The Elf Is a Freeloader

─ ─ ─ There are humans nearby who are likely to be new together.

That brings my heart to a boil.

But.

But my powers have weakened so much.

Because for a long time now, I've been here alone.

So I tell that man about me by squeezing the last of my powers.

I'm here. I need you to find me.

As he jumps and chases Pi, who precedes the dark trail, Yasushi continues to run with flashlights illuminating his feet.

As always, I don't see Elle. Apparently, he's been there quite a while.

Still Pi - can you tell where Elle is for a second, he (?) was felt by Yasushi as he went along the trail without hesitation.

That way, how long have you been after Pi?

Yasushi noticed that she didn't know how much time she kept running.

In the first place, this trail shouldn't be that long.

If you run, you'll reach the end point in less than five minutes. It should be.

Yet.

The trail that Yasushi are running on doesn't see its end point anywhere.

Plus, he's even starting to stand in cages with all the foggy stuff around him.

-Mog? I didn't have that until just now...?

There are two ponds, though small near this trail. As a result, there is no possibility of fog, but I don't think it will suddenly come out like this.

Anxiety and fear.

Suddenly it boiled. To them, Yasushi accidentally stopped.

If you notice the rough breath you hear from behind you and turn around, Aye and Ryu are still looking around with anxious faces.

Apparently they, too, realize the unnaturalness of things.

"... what do we do?

Ryu asks Yasushi, briefly. It is they who have known each other a long time. Only then can the will be communicated.

Do you want to continue? Or turn back.

Given safety, we should turn back. It is true that this occasion will abandon El, but this is Japan. Even late at night, security isn't bad, so it's not too late to look for her after nightfall.

There could certainly be some crazy people out there, like putting a little bite out on Elle. But she is also an adventurer, and she is more accustomed to rough things than you. She won't be as good as the others around here.

Still.

Nonetheless, Yasushi did not choose to turn back on this occasion.

"Let's just go a little further. Still, if your surroundings seem strange, turn around and let the adults know."

The trail they are now on is certainly a dark trail but a main road. There is no chance of getting lost.

Both Aye and Ryu nodded at Yasushi's decision.

And when they set foot behind the trail again.

Sole was there, there he was.

Would anyone have had a short scream that

Neither Yasushi nor Aoi nor Ryu. All three of them stick their amazement all over their faces and stare at the sole with their eyes open.

A little further down the dark trail.

In the fog covering the area.

Sole that looks blurry and white and glowing in the universe.

"… but the skeleton………"

"Ho, really... out..."

Yasushi heard Aoi and Ryu squeal so behind him.

From the darkness of a whimsical night, whispering - because of the distance - and not even the sound - we swayed the decaying cladding, and the sole - the skeleton took a step toward the villains.

Your flashlight clearly illuminates the entire body of the skeleton.

As I heard rumors, he wraps a blurry clasp around his torso and holds a rusty, floating sword - a straight, double-edged sword of western style - in his hand.

And the skeleton moved the bones of the calf and jaw as it strolled through the vain orbits with no eyeballs, as if it were a glimpse of you.

─ ─ Caele. ─

Suddenly, in your heads, a 'voice' sounds directly.

"Yes, what's that..."

"It sounded like it was in a direct prefix... could it be something like telepathy...?

An uncomfortable 'voice' that resonates directly to the head. I'm not entirely sure on what principle it's going to 'hear' me, but that 'voice' seemed to be definitely from the skeleton in front of me.

─ ─ Kokoyoli...... Saki...... Wagaalji, Lantis Tribute...... no...... Yashiki, Nari. Nambito… Talitomo… Tatyl… Yursa Regi-

"Ra, run... what...? Besides, the Mansion... there can't be anything like that up ahead... right?

There is no mansion at the end of this trail. That's what all three of you know.

Ay and Ryu frowning unexpectedly. However, Yasushi had more concerns than that.

"La, Lantis Tribute......?

Yasushi sounded familiar with the name.

"And you know what?

Aye voice heard from behind. To that voice, Yasushi nodded slowly without taking his eyes off the skeleton.

"Eh, I've heard from Elle... that he's a famous hero in the Elle world..."

That was when Elle was still coming to this world and learning Japanese from Yasushi.

At that time, Elle had not yet been able to form a conversation in Japanese and was using translation earrings to communicate his will.

While studying Japanese, Yasushi asked about the world of El.

At that time, as her most revered adventurer, Yasushi painstakingly remembered the name Lantis Tribute.

"Well then... that skeleton..."

"Ah, oh. So you're from the same world as Elle..."

"Well, how could something like that be here...?

"I don't even know that far..."

Once again, the 'voice' of the skeleton sounds like breaking off your conversation.

- Kaele! Samonakuba... jitsuryok... de... heijo... sul-

The skeleton shook the sword in his hand and rushed toward you with momentum.

Until then, Yasushi had seen the sight in a movie or something.

Suddenly a skeleton appears in front of me. To that sight, which was too unrealistic, perhaps their brains did not acknowledge it as a reality.

So even if the skeleton appeared in front of them, Yasushi and I were able to have a conversation with each other.

But.

But seeing that skeleton wave a rusty sword and burst into us, Yasushi's brain finally admitted it was reality. I admitted it.

At the same time, it is fear that has boiled violently.

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!"

Ryu screams and accidentally gets his ass cake on the spot.

Though it was not screaming, the fear felt by both Yasushi and Aoi is the same as his.

Fearing the imminent alienation in front of me, their legs snap and they don't move.

Yasushi felt like he had heard the wind chirping.

Rusty sword cuts past the rinse in front of you.

Finally, his leg moves, and Yasushi takes a few steps back to get to the buttocks. But I can't afford to feel disrespectful to him right now.

If you look at him, he's pale in the face and sits on the ground in the same way.

Ryu, who had lost his hips just a little faster than they did, was sloppy and backward as he sat down, voicing his awkward and unspoken voice.

"Hey, run, Ryu!! Hey, get up!!"

Yasushi, who managed to get up, screams at Ryu, who is a little behind him while forcing Aoi to stand.

And I'm going to push Aoi's back up towards Ryu a little harder.

I'm gonna take a few steps to hang on to Ryu. Aye. A rising Ryu finally hugs her body, which is about to fall.

The warmth and softness of the body of the smell in your arms. The heart of Ryu, who felt it, regains only a little calm.

So Ryu saw.

I told myself to run away, and Teng himself, Yang-gui, somehow ran at full speed toward the skeleton.

The skeleton that shook up the rusty floating sword gets closer and closer.

Naturally, I'm running from myself to the skeleton.

Yasushi thought of it like some other human resources.

And.

The skeleton tries to wave the rusty sword down towards the approaching Yasushi.

At that moment, Yasushi dived toward the skeleton without killing the momentum running in.

One spin at the foot of the skeleton with the procedure of jumping forward. And Yasushi, who stood up quickly, runs off the scene with all his might without turning back as he was.

I told Ryus to run, Yasushi, but I didn't intend to run myself.

Because we're supposed to be ahead of us.

She's also his sister-in-law, and she's coming from a different world that she thinks is more important than anyone else.

It was inconceivable for you to abandon her and leave this place.

Until earlier, I did believe that there were times when I would return.

But that's only because I didn't think she was in danger.

But there could be more danger to her than such a monster existed.

Even if the amateur self goes to her, the adventurer, it may just be a leg wrap. Still, Yasushi wanted to go to her.

So.

Yasushi keeps walking the dark trail with all her might relying only on the small lights of the flashlight, calling her name many times in her heart.

Aye shrugs as he accidentally throws up at Yasushi, who forcefully broke through the side of the skeleton.

"Oh, that idiot!! I'm still half unprepared for times like this!!"

I was listening to Aye's words in my arms while Ryu thought they did.

For a long time, Yasushi has been.

When I was cornered by something. When you get lost in something. He was always the first of the three to decide to be ready.

When I was playing at Ryu's house at a young age, when I accidentally broke a piece of art that Ryu's father, Mayor Hagano, cherished.

Whereas Ryu and Aoi are just wolves about what to do, it was Yasushi who said to apologize first and foremost honestly.

Likewise, when we were kids, the three of us went out of interest to strangers and lost our way.

Aye and Ryu only cried out of fear and subtlety, while only Yasushi always looked forward to finding the right path.

I'm sure he still did such a mess for her, who would be at the end of this road.

When Ryu was thinking about it, the smell that had been in his arms until then slipped out.

And I say unto Ryu, who hath returned unto me, Amy hath a face ready.

"You can't just let him go, can you?

"Oh. Let's go too......!

Aye and Ryu nodded at each other only once, dividing left to right and jumping into the woods outside the trail.

With Ryus parting hands, the skeleton slowly looks left and right as he stands on the spot wondering which way to go.

In the meantime, the two run through a glass of forest with fallen leaves and dead branches.

The two of them managed to return to their original trail, even though they were about to fall over and over again.

If I turned the flashlight light behind me, I could see the skeleton running this way.

"Let's go."

"Yes."

After a short exchange, the two ran out after Yasushi.

Ai and Ryu were able to catch up with Yasushi immediately.

For some reason, he stood up a little further down the trail.

I don't see the look on your face from behind, but it's a very confusing atmosphere.

"What's wrong, Yasushi?

Even though Ryu speaks from behind, Yasushi doesn't even look back.

While questioning the matter, Ryu and Aai arrived at him.

And the two of them understood. How could Yasushi have been stunned without responding?

In front of the three of you.

Because there existed a large, splendid Western-style mansion.

Just like Yasushi, Ryu and Aoi stare up at the mansion stunned as they stood.

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Staring at the mansion in front of me for a while, Ryu opened his mouth to no one to see if he had come up with anything.

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