Chapter 45 (1/2)

Summary of the last chapter in three lines

Move through the gra.s.sland using carriage.

Guards point their spears at Souta.

The guardroom door swings open.

In the moment that Souta tries to pa.s.s the letters he takes out from his magic bag to the man, the guard room's door swings open.

「Wa-Wait a minute Narasu-sama! We’re in the middle of protocol now.」

The woman called Narasu comes into the room hurriedly without paying attention to the people trying to stop her, she keeps going to Arezel after shooting a single glance at Souta.

She has silvery white hair and a different atmosphere from other elves.

「Arezel!」

Called by her master, Arezel stand up from her seat, surprised.

「Master! Ummm, I’m sorry. Even though I was being told not to go alone…」

「This!」

Narasu raises her hand, seeing that, Arezel curls up her body.

「You complete idiot! Do you know how worried I was because you didn't return!?」

After saying that, she hugs Arezel.

「M-Master… I’m-I’m sorry, uu, Uwaannnn.」

「This idiot! But I’m glad you’re safe…」

The two shed tears while hugging each other.

The guards watch the scene of the two elves hugging each other with warm gazes.

Even after making a fuss and then crying, no one seems to protest.

Also, from the way the guards call her, Souta a.s.sumes that Narasu has quite a status.

After ten minutes or so, the two finally stop crying and calm down.

「Sorry, I got a bad feeling about her. I can't hold my tear duct from bursting when I see her safety.」

「When I see my master's face, I feel relieved, that’s why …」

They lower their heads to the surroundings.

「Both of you should raise your heads, it’s okay, that’s natural after what happened.」

The man who had a short tempered att.i.tude with Souta says that in a surprisingly gentle tone, he also put on a gentle expression on his face.

「Anyway, I’m glad I can meet Narasu.」

Surprised that Souta calls her without an honorific, the man and Arezel look at Souta with startled expressions.

「M-Master, this person here is Souta-san, he’s the one who helped me.」

Narasu also moves her gaze to Souta who called her name without an honorific.

The look in her eyes, however, is not of anger that she was called without an honorific, but grat.i.tude for what Souta did to help Arezel.

「Souta-dono, you should already know, I’m Narasu, Arezel’s master. Thank you for rescuing Arezel. Also, I apologize for my rudeness of not giving you my grat.i.tude earlier.」

Just like before, Narasu also lowers her head toward Souta, surprising him.

Unlike the apologies to everyone else, this time the apologize is for Souta, someone from the human race. It’s rare for elves who feel repugnance toward other races to apologize to someone from another other race without reluctance.

The guardsman is surprised and tries to stop Narasu.

「N-Narasu-sama, you don’t have to lower your head to such a man! Especially when he’s of the human race.」

「What’s wrong with that? Regardless of which race, it’s only natural to lower your head to the benefactor who help your precious person.」

After rebuking the man, she turns to Souta and lowers her head again.

「I’m surprised. So there are people like you …. Please raise your head, it’ll trouble me if you keep your head lowered like that.」

After Souta says so, she finally raises her head.

「I wish there’s something I can offer as grat.i.tude, but…….」

「Unn, I don’t know if I can ask you…… But, it would be great if you could get me an entry permit.」

Narasu hits her chest twice.

「It’s fine if that’s the case, I will do something somehow. You, it’s fine, right? Just give him the entry permit already.」

Narasu's declaration has the man shaken and panicked.

「No, no, that is… If Narasu-sama says so, then it’s okay, but I can’t let such a dubious person in the country.」

「Come to think of it, I was told to hand over this red envelope to Narasu.」