Vol 2 Chapter 23 (1/2)
Chapter 23
Mentor and Disciple
After noon on the day we left Rinnal
We hadn't reached the royal capital, nor had we reached the next city, but ere getting ready for the fa outdoors
Right, I thought we could go on further, but Till said stop so we did
Well, even if I say sleep outdoors, we had prepared a tent beforehand, so it doesn't feel that uncomfortable
Besides, I had learned how to put up a tent back when I went to a summer camp, so there was no problem either
There was a nice place right below some trees, so that's where we put it up
There was a lake nearby, but even if it should rain a lot, we'd probably notice before the water level rose enough to sube us
We made the entrance face doind, properly fixed the ropes with pegs and preparations were complete
Well, more or less
”Good work, Ilya”
”You, too, Alice-sama I would have made it alone, too”
”It's fine, it's fine”
I don't hate inally
However, it's nice that there's a lake nearbyI can go wash up later
”Do thou have a moment, Alice?”
While I was taking a breather fro up the tent, Till came over
She'd taken care of the horse, but had disappeared along the way
I wonder what she'd done?
”Yes, what is it?”
”Hm, could thou show one thy Status?”
”Ahh”
Co we haven't had the time, so we hadn't done that kind of self-introduction
Even though, I should say, she's my proper mentor
There's no reason for me not to show her
”Sure This is it”
Name: Alice
Race: Halfelf
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Class: Mage
Level: 3
As told to by Till, I revealed my Status to her
Thinking about it, this is the first time I've showed it to someone other than shi+on-san in this much detail
”——W-what?a half, thou say?”
As she confirmed my Status, Till's expression hardened as if she'd seen a ghost
”Whose child are thou?”
”Eh? Ehh”
crap!
Halfs are cool, aren't they?
And riding on that feeling alone, I'dto half an Elf But Elves themselves seem particular here, what the hell, this is bad!
I stepped on a landmine!?
”Is it Estoria? Are thou Estoria's child!?”
”Wawa”
Till shook me by the shoulders
”Honored mentor, please compose yourself”
”Mng”
Softly rebuked by Ilya, Till aardly let go of my shoulders
Ilya, good job!
II could tell her
If anything, I'm the child of God
”I'd known thou were an elf but a half of all things”
How should I put it, if Till gets so surprised by it, I start feeling uncomfortable myself
”Till, isn't it fine now? It's not particularly pleasant having that topic dragged up”
”Apologies Thou are right”
It's not that it's unpleasant, there's just nothing I can say
Sorry, Till
”Anyhow, I also want to know about you, Till Because there's nothing I know about elves”
”is that so Understood”
Name: Tillbell Aynshaura
Race: Elf
Age: 287
Gender: Female
Class: Sage
Level: 275
” haa?”
I reflexively stared at Till
”Hm?”
The way her lovely, pointed ears twitched was extremely cute
And red as apples, well, I guess I should call them rinnals?
Red as rinnals, her springy cheeksat them, like she were some pet animal
Not one strand of her blond hair, tied in twintails, was dull You could tell its vibrancy at one glance
There was not a crack in her cherry-blossom pink lips and not one impurity in her eyes blue like the deep sea
———in other words
”A Legal Lo- crap, crap I mustn't say it out loud I mustn't”
”Hey, stop it! Do not pet one's head!”
Till brushed my hand away like it was abother
”Ah, I'm sorry, my mistake”
By mistake, I poured my affection on her
By mistake
”A little girl having not even lived a hundred years will not treat one like a child”
That's an a line
You'd never be able hear that in my former world, would you
”Are elves that long-living, after all?”
”Did thy -living, but people with strong mana are particularly so”
”Hee, then Till can reach an ae”
”The village chief is over a thousand”
”A thousand!? Elves are”
No, wait a second
Elves with strong ?
Then what about me?
”Alice, thou will probably live more than a normal human's life span”
”I see”
Till had replied like she'd read the question off my face
At the moment, that life span is a fact that hasn't clicked
””
”Ilya?”
So depressed
Life span
From our talk about life spans?
I knew Ilya's Status
During my business talks with the Firm, it had been shown to me
And to begin with, now I could operate Ilya's Status myself
On the other hand, Ilya couldn't operate her own Status
That was proof I was her master