chapter 272
272.Half Elf, Half Warrior (10)
“Ugh, my head is a mess…”
These were the first words Lue said after possessing the body of a female elf. She stood up, holding her head, and then she groggily pulled herself to her feet. I stopped her and said, seeing as she looked dangerous just by looking at her.
“Sit down. It’s better than standing.”
“But this place is too dirty.”
“Production.”
This will work. I turned the floor over and made a chair. Lue, who had taken over the body of a young woman, sat down on her chair, humming as if she was happy to be able to sit on it.
“The human body is fun!”
“Stop saying weird things. Is there anything worth salvaging?”
“Uhm…Wait a minute. I haven’t been able to search through all my memories yet. “Wouldn’t it take about 5 more minutes?”
“…Production.”
With the iron bars between us, we sat across from each other to kill time. Lue was amazed by the elf body she had somehow acquired, so she flapped her arms and legs and made various facial expressions.
I also spent time massaging various parts of her body.
10 minutes went by like 5 minutes.
Lue said with a wide smile.
“It’s over now!”
“Okay, tell me quickly. Is there any useful information?”
“Hmm, I guess this elf was a patrolman. While checking the condition of the World Tree, I discovered pollution. My colleague checked the pollution and turned into a monster. This elf, who saw it right in front of his eyes, ran away and fell down the stairs.”
“You’re alive and well.”
There are probably thousands of stairs.
“I guess the spirit protects my body. Wounds on the body heal over time!”
“When did that happen?”
“Uh…Um…Half a year?”
Is this roughly the same time as when Harpas appeared in this world? There was a possibility that the time when he appeared was the same time that foreign media began to interfere in this world in earnest.
Knowing that wouldn’t have made any difference, but it was still better than not knowing. They say ignorance is medicine, but now it was time to drink the poison that I knew.
Because trivial knowledge could determine victory or defeat in this war.
“And what other information?”
“Um…I’m hungry.”
“It’s not information, it’s your feelings.”
“But this is important. “This is my first time feeling hunger.”
“…Eat this at least.”
“Thank you!”
Lue ate the beef jerky I gave him.
“Drink it…”
I tried to urge him, but when I saw him crying and chewing the beef jerky, I couldn’t help it. I quietly watched her eat her beef jerky.
How much time has passed? Rue wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and said.
“This is shameful! “Only you guys eat this delicious food!”
“I’m sorry.”
“Ugh, I really need a body…”
“That body doesn’t work.”
“I know…”
It is a body that clearly has an original owner, and even though it is crazy, the personality of that body is alive. I spoke as if scolding Lue, who was looking at me with a regretful expression.
“I will find you a new body later, so just be patient until then.”
“Really?”
“Okay.”
“Is this a promise? Now, put your finger on it-“
Did you learn it from watching Millia do it? I willingly placed my finger on her little finger.
Then, let’s proceed again.
“Then let’s get back to work. Did the elf get a message from them?”
I wouldn’t have been mentally polluted just by seeing it.
In response to my question, Lue crossed her arms and took a pose as if she was thinking, and then she made eye contact with me as if she had just remembered something.
“Let’s be friends.”
“Friend?”
It was a very cute word compared to what he was doing. Come to think of it, when she first saw this elf, she muttered that she was a friend. So then their goal is to increase their ‘friends’?
Zombies?
In any case, it was clear that they were a people that should never be left on this land. If you let those guys do whatever they want, they might turn the entire continent into their friends.
“Is there any other information?”
“Uh…My memories are so hazy it’s hard to tell, but that strange guy’s eyes seemed to miss something.”
“Longing…”
I don’t know any more.
“What else?”
“I don’t think there is any particular harvest.”
“Do you feel dizzy or something?”
Since it was from the same foreign media, I assumed it would probably be okay, but I still couldn’t help but worry. Lue scratched his chin at my words, then shrugged his shoulders as if imitating me and answered that it was okay.
“Then come back.”
“…Can’t we just stay like this a little longer?”
“No.”
“Ugh… That’s a shame.”
It would be a shame to have to return my body again. However, the line that should not be crossed must not be crossed. If you pass it once… From then on, it won’t be a problem.
“Then it’s time to possess the next body. Lue.”
“Oh, you did? “What will my next body feel like?”
Lue, or rather the body that Lue had been controlling for a while, went limp. And I felt something wet tickling my hand.
Then, let’s finish it.
We repeated the same process and this time succeeded in awakening the male elf’s body.
However, the information that could be extracted from the man was not much different from the female elf that she had previously ruled.
“This place is close to empty soup.”
[I don’t think men’s bodies are that good.]
“Is it because your mental gender is female?”
[Is it? I’m not sure…]
The voice is that of a woman.
That part wasn’t particularly strange. I hung Lue back on her belt and dismantled all the furniture I had made for her. If it is left as is, it will be against traffic.
Then, let’s go out soon.
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The day after I went to jail. I had an audience with the Queen early in the morning. Not only did I have to report on previous events, but I also had to climb the World Tree and continue my investigation like last time.
I walked to the throne room with the drumming bear, and as soon as the door opened, I walked forward and knelt in the familiar position.
“I come to see the queen.”
“It’s time to say hello. So, well, did you get any good information?”
I explained everything I found out from the two elves. They want ‘friends’. That you are missing something.
“Friend…”
“Yes.”
The queen rested her chin in thought as I relayed the information, and then asked me as if something had occurred to her.
“Can you possibly talk to them?”
“I don’t know if they will accept the conversation.”
Conversation.
It’s easier said than done, but perhaps the most difficult thing in this case is conversation.
Not only was it unclear whether we could communicate with each other’s language system, but all they showed us was hostility. Maybe it was their ‘good intentions’, but it was an established fact that it was very dangerous to living things on this land.
Because several of the Queen’s guards were sacrificed right away.
“Still, I want to give it a try. If possible, I want to resolve the issue without damaging the World Tree…”
“You can try. However…Conditions are needed.”
“It’s a condition…So, what is it?”
“I need a body.”
“Body?”
The elf queen frowned at my words.
Is it because I didn’t understand the meaning of the conditions? Or is it because of the content of those ominous conditions? I quickly added to the elf queen’s words before she misunderstood.
“This guy’s help is essential in order to talk to them.”
I carefully held out Lue, who was hanging on her waist. The Queen looked at her Rue with her wary eyes, and she asked me.
“What is this? It’s a strange magical power.”
[Contractor, what should I do?]
Just stay still.
“This is my partner. It’s a grimoire named Lue. “I got it from a temple where guys similar to those monsters roamed around.”
“Colleagues…Yeah. “What can that colleague do?”
“This child can interfere with the minds of intelligent life forms.”
“What? How is such a thing possible?”
That’s right. This worldview couldn’t control the mind, except for demons. It’s probably because it’s a grimoire from the foreign media. Because the foreign media has been trying to interfere with the mind in some way.
“…I’m heartbroken, too, but it’s the only way to try to communicate with them as safely as possible.”
“Queen! This is too dangerous!”
“Queen! Do you plan to allow me to manipulate the mind of a living being?!”
Hmm, I knew there would be opposition like this.
I guess I’m reluctant. Because tampering with someone’s mind is a rather scary thing.
Still, I’m not sure if I have the trust I’ve built so far, but since I’m taking the lead and taking risks, I hope they do at least this much.
“If you refuse, I will pretend it never happened. Even for me, this is a gamble…”
“No. “Will you allow it?”
“Queen?!”
“I brought it up first. And…If, as a person in power, the work can be completed with minimal sacrifice, isn’t it the duty of the person standing on top to do so?”
The queen silenced the noisy elders with half-open eyes and spoke to me.
“Okay, as you said, I’ll lend you a body. But…The only thing that can be borrowed is the prisoner’s body. Do you understand?”
“Thank you.”
[It’s a body! I’m going to eat something even more delicious this time!]
I never thought a deal would be made like this. I hung Lue on her waist, waving her tentacles in joy, and thanked her again.
“Thank you. “Queen.”
Then, let’s start negotiations.