Chapter 440 - Elf Village 6 (1/2)
Chapter 440: Elf Village 6
「It doesn’t matter to us, right?」(Maevis)
Yes, Maevis said it straight.
「We are friends, so please help me!」(Kuleria)
「In the first place, we hired you as our escorts so that you would help us in this crisis!」(Etoul)
「For what purpose did you think we paid so much to hire you as our escorts?」(Shararil)
「「「「Eh…?!」」」」(Red Oath)
Apparently, the true purpose of the Elf Trio was something else.
It’s not according to the order of the Elders,
It’s more like “Lucky, we don’t have to get permission to take the girls here!”
That’s why they made sure not to say anything at the village mayor’s house…
「Well then, we’ll go where there are no people」(Kulereia)
Saying so, Dr. Kulereia grabs and pulls Mile’s hand.
「Eh… Eh… Eh eh eh…」(Mile)
Mile is confused…
「It can’t be helped.
For the time being, I’ll just listen to you…」(Rena)
Rena, who is usually angry, said something plainly understandable.
「I agree. It seems like you’re in trouble.
And above all…」(Pauline)
Following Rena, Pauline then Maevis continued.
「Yes, it looks interesting!!」(Maevis)
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「…I see. In order to pull back those who want to live in the city, the Elders force them to have a face-to-face meeting…」(Mile?)
Red Oath finally understands the circumstances in the explanations by Dr. Kulereia.
It seems that Etoul and Shararil have long been married, and Dr. Coulerea is already in the marriageable age.
…Although it’s called “the right age”, it seems that this period will continue for over 600 years though…
Elves are living for so long that living with one person endlessly will eventually become painful, so they change their partner many times.
Even though they say goodbye, it’s not a divorce that is terrible, but it seems that most of them remain good friends thereafter.
After all, they aren’t at the age that easily gets upsetting…
Of course, if they stayed with the same partner until one of the partners died, it seems that some people wouldn’t remarry after the death of the other person.
Unlike human beings, the life of the survivors is too long, they might live alone for many centuries.
It seems that there are few such cases because they are still young physically.
Perhaps, because of its longevity, the idea as a race is basically different from that of human beings.
If it’s such a race, there might be necessary to rush to get married.
At least until they are about 200 to 300 years old…
However, even for elves who have been married many times and dozens of times, “First marriage” seems to be something special.
It seems that their family members, relatives, and other people have complained to them to the point that can be called noisy.
…Anyway, the village elders and the single men are in trouble as young unmarried women go to human cities one after another.
That’s why “The girl who left for the city and reached the age for her to have her first marriage” must return to the village regularly.
Then they would have a face-to-face meeting with young people of this village and the neighboring villages. It seems that such a rule was made a long time ago.
And there seems to be a custom for both men and women that their first marriage must be with young people.
… That’s right. Without such rules, a young man (Shota/Kouhai) can’t win the experienced and wealthy seniors (Senpai).
There are no disadvantages due to their appearance and physical deterioration which won’t change for the next few hundred years.
And it would be fatal for young inexperienced (beta) men if the girls prefer the strong, manly, mature (alpha) senpai or uncle who doesn’t look much different from a young man.
「Anyway, every time, those clinging, persistent men (boys) came again and again.
They would never allow their wife to leave the village, let their wife taking care of the house, children while they could do whatever they want…」(Etoul)
Etoul was angrily telling so.
「Is that because the elves have the ethos of being arrogant that women need to do housework and take care of their children at home?」(Mile)