Chapter 436 - Elf Village 2 (1/2)

Chapter 436: Elf Village 2

「Well then, let’s go!」(Maevis)

「「「Ooh!」」」(Rena’s Trio)

Rena’s Trio responded to Maevis’ calls and the elves nodded.

In the town near the village, everyone left the carriage and horses to the hired coach and asked him to wait in this town.

…Wages are paid properly even while waiting, so this is a delicious job. Well, most of the wages will be spent in bars though.

And from here, everyone must walk.

All the elves know about Mile’s storage magic… which is supposed to be the Item Box…

Since there are the only people who know about it, the elves asked Mile to store all the luggage and souvenirs bought by the elves in large quantities without any consideration of weight, volume, and fragility.

Originally, elves who live with nature in the forest don’t have much cash income and when they come to the human town once in a while, they only bring medicinal herbs and furs that sell at good prices for cash.

Therefore, it seems that the people who live in the Elf Village are looking forward to the souvenirs the Elves in the human city will bring home when they return.

But because they can’t use the horse-drawn carriage in the last step, so they can’t bring back so many souvenirs…

「Fufufu, everyone will be surprised this time…」(Kulereia)

「That’s right.

I bought a lot of human liquor and iron products that were heavy and could not be taken home so much.

Everyone will be happy」(Shararil)

Shararil responded to Dr. Kulereia in a good mood.

Homecoming isn’t always a troublesome and unpleasant thing,

it will be fun as it is.

And they want to take this opportunity to use Mile’s storage magic, cut off a part of the reserve and bought a lot of souvenirs.

Beyond the common sense of souvenirs that ordinary people bring when returning home,

In large amounts…

Of course, if they brought back such a thing, Mile’s storage magic would become anomalous but no one was concerned about it anymore.

Immediately after entering the forest, the road became narrow to an animal trail level,

And even without it, everyone would proceed along the literal road “which can’t be called a road”.

The Elves didn’t actually try to hide the way to their village, but they intentionally obscured the way to prevent the unwelcome and the like from coming in.

It makes people think that they are spinning around the same place.

There are meaningless turning points, and sometimes they are disguised as dead-end roads.

((((No, this is how people normally call “Hiding their village”…)))) (Red Oath)

So Red Oath thought but the Elf group insisted that they weren’t “hidden”.

They said that if they wanted to hide it seriously, they would set up a dazzling barrier and set up bamboo spears or pitfall traps.

「Of course, the bamboo spear that pops out will be poisoned and planted at the bottom of the pit.」(Elf)

「「「「…Scary!!」」」」(Red Oath)

It would be a big problem if human beings set it up and hurt the neighboring villagers or hunters who got lost, but in the case of Elves, there seemed to be no problem.

This area is said to be part of a human nation, but it’s actually an Elf-controlled area, and its autonomy is recognized.

So it seems how to deal with the intruders is the freedom of the elves.

Because they are friendly with humans and have various treaties, It’s just that they are self-restrained.

It’s just “shouldn’t do it”, it’s not “can’t do it”.

「So unless we have a lot of things to do with you, we will never take anyone other than Elves to our village.

Well, we’re together, so this time there’s no problem.

I also got permission from the letter in advance…」(Elf)

Of course, the letters are kept in the guild, and it seems that sometimes, someone from the village goes to check.

It’s like a “bureaucracy” in Japan.

「…Eh?」

And Mile was dumbfounded.

「Does that mean you usually don’t take escorts?」(Mile)

「「「「「「…………」」」」」」(Rena’s Trio + 3 Elves)

The Elf group was *acha* as they realized they let it slip while Rena’s Trio was suprised that Mile didn’t realize it until now.

Yes, it would be too much of a burden to use sp many gold coins for escorts and carriage on the way home each time.