Chapter 31 - Volume 3 (1/2)

Volume 3

Almost half a day has passed since I sent out Fran.

Though it worries little, I can do nothing but hope.

Regretfully, the only thing we could do right now is wait for the good news.

“Allan-sama, would you like another cup?”

Cecil took the empty cup placed in front of me.

“I’ll have another. How is Effie?”

I asked for the other companion of ours.

“If it’s her, she has gone crazy for some reason about some play with the innkeeper here”

“Oh, that one……Well, it’s better than going out without having a goal in mind”

Though the old innkeeper was surprised for the fact that I was an elf, when he saw Effie, he went at loss for words.

Here is a rarer being than an elf, a spirit.

And those two right now, are going crazy about a chess-like game.

They should have been done around noon, but was it still going on?

“It looks like you’ve been abandoned after losing to you, Allan-sama.”

“I’m troubled that I couldn’t refute about that”

I was also invited to have a match with them, in which I easily won over them.

Though it’s vexing for them, I actually had an intensive training on this by my father.

That ‘going easy on someone’ didn’t fit in my dictionary anymore.

While I was lost in thoughts, someone knocked the door.

“Yes, who is it”

“Cecil, it’s me”

“Fran-san! I’m going to open it now”

As soon as Cecil opened the door, there revealed the figure of Fran as I saw her in the morning.

“Thanks for the good work, Fran. You can rest for the time being.”

I urged her to sit on a chair, but she shook her head side to side.

“Before that, I have a child that I want to introduce to you first”

“A child you want to introduce?”

“Yes. Helena, you can come in”

As she gave the signal, a girl appeared from the other side of the door.

She stood at the entrance, then lowered her head to us.

“N-nice to meet you! My name is Helena……”

She introduced up to that point……and stopped there.

After landing her eyes on me, she stared, wide eyed.

“Wow……it’s really like the prince of my dreams……”

We couldn’t help but smile wryly at her reaction.

“Well, I’m a real prince though”

“Uwaa, it talked!”

“Heyhey, I’m a genuine elf you know. Of course I could eat and talk”

“Ah! I-I’m sorry…… I thought you were a statue for a moment”

“Quite an amusing one, this kid”

I stood up and went in front of Helena.

“I’m Allan. Prince of the Country of Elves. Nice to meet you, milady. I thank the heavens above to be able to meet such a wonderful woman today”

After that, I knelt, took her hand and kissed it.

Though that was pretty theatrical, seeing Helena with her eyes sparkling made me want to try something from her expectations.

But somehow, it feels like a shoujo manga though……

“Hawaaa……”

Helena was…… quite blown away, or so it would seem.

“An Elf Prince…… a real Elven Prince……”

“O oi, are you alright?”

“Eh? Ah yes! I’m sorry!”

“It’s okay. For now, please sit next to Fran”

Helena walked to Fran with a tense gait.

After confirming it, I returned to my seat.

I immediately drew the main subject.

“So, Fran. Is Helena the key?”

“Yes, I think so. If it works well, you may meet the king in a few days.”

“To that extent …”

If you look at the security of this town, the area around the king should be more strictly guarded.