Chapter 208 – Reina Ornyx

#208.

“There is nothing suspicious about it. Then… Follow me.”

Reina, who followed me and finished searching for Hisha, turned back in the direction she came from.

“Are you accepting the request for cooperation?”
“Yes. Rai-sama is someone you can trust.”
“I’m just grateful that you’re kind to me.”

It seems that he has a good affinity for me and trusts me because he taught me how to get rid of the Pursuit of the Church of Destruction in a previous meeting.
It was just that she had paid off the debt she had saved from the water, but Raina seemed to have a different idea.

“I’ll go quickly.”
“You don’t have to worry about that. Hisha.”
“Huh.”

No matter how much Rayna is higher than me, it is safe to say that basically the physical ability of a wizard and a swordsman is the difference between heaven and earth.
Since I’m an elf, even if I move faster in the forest, the chances of me falling behind are just zero.

What’s left is hisha, but if that’s the case, I just have to carry it.
As she did while coming here, Reina looked at Hisha in her arms for a moment, then kicked the ground.

As expected of a high elf, Reina moved at an incredibly fast pace for a mage of her own.
Unlike the graceful yet leisurely movements of a butterfly, there was not a single hawk that was fast.
The way she fluttered her clothes made of leaves was quite dreamy.
As she made her way quickly through the forest, watching her back, she sensed a number of presences in front of her.

“The knights under my command. Do not worry.”
“Of course. Since you are a princess, you must have an escort.”
“…Did you hear that from the informant?”
“Yes. But even if it’s not that, wouldn’t you know it just by looking at it? You are a high elf.”
“Yes..”

Oops… I must have made a mistake in my words.
Reina gave a slightly bitter expression when she said that she was a high elf.
The word high elf probably reminds him of his mother, the now deceased Elf Queen.
Naturally, the conversation broke off between the two of us.

Blame—!

“Princess. I’m glad you’re okay.”
“I told you. He’s someone you know. You don’t have to worry.”

I don’t know when, but it seems that we kept in touch without our knowledge.
I don’t know what kind of magic tools he prepared in advance or if he used special magic, but he was quite thorough.
Perhaps if there had been a fight between the two of us, these knights would have come at once.

‘Are they 8 adults? It’s weaker than I thought..?’

It’s not something I would say at the same level, but it was still quite weak for a knight escorting the princess of the elven kingdom.
It was judged that the original knight commander died in the process of escaping, and his successor took over.

Reina commented on what had happened with her and tried to reassure the captain, but she was stubborn.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t. Please forgive me.”
“I really can’t help it. Then let’s go and talk about the important things.”
“Then I will take the lead.”

The knight leader gave instructions to her members at Reina’s words and guided them along the way.
And the rest of the knights formed a camp to surround us.
This can be seen as an escort, but in a different sense it could also be interpreted as an encirclement.

“Lay. Then follow me. I will guide you to the hideout of the elven resistance.”
“Please make it easy for me. I am only a knight.”
“…Then I’ll do that.”

Reina didn’t seem to care much, but the knights glanced at me and continued to press.
Of course, she doesn’t give a damn, but I can’t live with it because it’s annoying.
Wasn’t there something that I could benefit from receiving her only respectful title from Reina?
With the end of a simple conversation, we head to the hideout, but Hisha pokes the cheek.
The expression is quite sullen.

-Lie. Are you flirting with another woman while I’m here?
-What are you talking about?-
-You’re so kind.-

Hisha’s words made me think a lot.
Was I really nice?
I just responded at the level of common sense, so I don’t know why I was so upset.
I thought it was getting better, but since the last reconciliation, strangely, my jealousy has increased.

‘No… Did I just become honest?’

If you say that before that, I was sick to myself and suffered alone, now it seems that if I have a complaint, I just say it right away.
As if reading my thoughts from the look on my face, Hisha sent her whole tone.

– Jealousy right. So don’t even think about twisting it. Okay?-
-Don’t twist. I don’t know if I can get it from the other side.
-Does that mean you’ll accept that woman if she sticks?-
– Can’t you help it? The last remaining high elf princess in this world is clinging to you, but how can you ruthlessly refuse it?

Hisha must have thought I would flatly deny her own question.
But if she really wants it, she can’t help it.

-Really trying to increase more women!?-
– It’s a joke, a joke. There are already enough, so what to increase? And I showed you openly having sex with my sister, but would you become a princess and cling to me?

It seems that the bean pods on Hisha’s eyes have completely eroded even her rationality.
How likely was it that the last remaining high elf princess in the world would cling to a mere commoner, a man with as many as 8 women?
Not to mention that she was a woman with a goal of avenging her mother’s enemies and recapturing her kingdom.

-Definitely so..But not while my eyes are wide open!-
-Oh yes. Yes. All right.-

Despite Hisha’s warning, I nodded her head in response.
If it doesn’t work out, wouldn’t it be fine to meet secretly?
I am also quite interested in infidelity.

‘It would be fun if the high elf princess was my mistress.’

I could see the knight commander standing still in my eyes as I giggled while having a meaningless conversation.
Ahead was an ordinary forest, no different from the places we had passed so far.

“Yuruba. From now on, I will take the lead.”
“Yes. Princess.”

The name of the knight commander must have been Yuruba.
If she was born on Earth, this is a name that would make her want to become a broadcaster.

As Yuruba stepped aside at Reina’s words, Reina unleashed her mana.
The space began to shudder as her mana exploded from her hand and hit her head.
The space, which had been shaking dizzy like the water surface was shaken by the ripples, split left and right, revealing a small hole.

Aww-!

“Huh… Let’s go now. The two of you, please come quickly. It will close soon.”
“Yes. All right.”

I stepped into her space first and nodded at her words, then followed Reina and headed inside.
When I passed through the same lemon-colored hole as Reina and Magical Power, I saw a large number of elves.

After all, it must be said that it was an elf, but there were about 100 houses built in the shape of a hollow tree itself.
Children were playing in the clearing in front of the tree house.

“Princess. You are here now.. Uh!”
“This, human?”

Even though there was a barrier, the two elves who stood guard at the entrance with bows and spears were waiting for Reina to enter the village.
The eyes of the children who were playing and the women who were talking to their neighbors were also focused on us.

“Don’t worry, everyone. They are collaborators. You know him, so you don’t have to worry.”
“…If it’s someone the princess knows, it’ll be fine.”
“Come on in. It was blocking the road.”

The guards, who had been guarding us as if blocking our way, obediently nodded at Reina’s explanation and got out of the way.
Looking at this, I could see that high elves had a pretty big meaning to elves.
Of course, it must be because Reina has built up her trust all the time.

“Then two minutes. Let’s go to the meeting room.”
“Please.”

Following Reina’s guidance, we crossed the village and headed for the largest tree house.
The giant tree, so large that it could be seen from afar, was quite cool.
There is even a world tree in Elven Guard, but how big is it?

‘That’s interesting..’

The surroundings went to the form and style of housing that was different from that of humans.
In addition, each one of them was handsome and beautiful enough to slap a movie star on the face, so I felt like my eyes were purified.

The only thing I regret is that I have small breasts.
Eventually, my eyes turned to Reina.
I wonder if something bigger than Hisha and Tina would be a full E cup.
Although the degree of exposure is not very high, it is still quite thin and light clothes for activity, so the figure is quite visible.

I peeked at the beautiful legs exposed under the skirt, acting serious enough that no one noticed.
Looking at the thin but muscular thighs stretched out like a deer, the will to attack surged up.
However, even at this moment, I pretended to look around and look around at the gaze of Hisha, who was staring at her from the side.

As I moved along with that subtle nervous warfare, I quickly arrived at the meeting room.
Except for the Knight Commander, the members stayed behind to be vigilant in front of the conference room, and the four of them, Hisha, Reina, and Yuruba, sat around the conference room.

It was a room made entirely of wood.
It was shown that even trees sprouting from the floor in one piece with the room were never formed naturally.
It seems that it is possible to freely fix the shape with Reina’s magic.

“Then Lay. Explain it to me please. Who is behind you?”
“Um… Why do you think so?”
“Please answer me properly. I think you know why.”

It was only natural to suspect that the fact that an informant had been dispatched was proof that he had any kind of power, whether it be money or power.
Knowing about the Church of Destruction and finding the elven resistance that even Elven Guard hadn’t figured out yet, it was common sense to think that there was something huge behind the scenes.

‘How should I speak…’

The framework had already been set up to some extent, but it had not been set in detail, so I thought for a while and organized the story.
Reina stared at me and demanded an answer, perhaps taking that as a thought.

“Whoa.. I can’t help it if it’s to trust each other.”
“So… Who’s behind you?”
“…I am the Duke of Caius of the Harpe Empire.”
“If it’s Kairs, it’s one of the 5 swords of the Empire..!”
“You’re right. The head of the household, Duke Ludwig Kayers, ordered us to chase down the Church of Extinction.”

He set Ludwig in the shadows and explained how we came to know the elven resistance.
As I mixed her truth and lies half and half, even Raina couldn’t properly determine the truth of what she said.
In a way, that was natural.
It was because instead of absurd stories like I would survive even if I died or that I was a god in my previous life, I overwrote it with lies that were appropriately possible.

“—I came to know about it while investigating the Southern Jungle on the suspicion that the Church of Destruction is controlling monsters.”
“I see… The reason why the Lizardman Lord suddenly ran amok…”

It’s a rough story now, but when I think about it, it might really be that the Lizardman Lord is being manipulated by the Church of Destruction.
Of course, there are one or two things that bother me, but that’s because it’s possible if you hit it somehow.

“Are you done now?”
“Yes. Enough. I would like to accept cooperation. But… Is there any additional support?”
“Sorry. Currently, the dynamics of the Aman Empire are unusual, so it is difficult to dispatch additional troops.”
“Okay..”

Only two of us came, but each of us is an 8-star knight and wizard.
It could be seen that this amount alone was large enough power.
As far as I understood, there was no other elf stronger than us here except Reina.
Reina also smiled while giving off a hint of regret.

I looked at her face and smiled at her face, then I went straight to the main point after hardening my face.

“By the way… How are you? The current situation.”
“…For now, it has entered a lull. For some reason, the Lizardman Lord only showed up at first, but disappeared at some point.”
“Something… Not serious.”
“That’s right. So I’m doing my best to find them, but there are so many of them that it’s hard. Because it is a swamp, it is difficult to move.”

What is he really doing now that he is not showing himself?
I can’t pinpoint it, but I have an ominous feeling.
A strange anxiety that if you don’t hurry, you won’t be able to turn back.
It seemed to be the same for Rayna, and a shadow was cast over her face.

“But I think we can find it in just a little while.”
“We will help too. After all, I have confidence in hiding.”
“I’d appreciate it if you would, but are you really okay?”
“Of course.”

After all, Raina is a good woman.
Honestly, I wondered if I could believe this even when I said it, but I was very impressed with her mindset that puts her worries ahead of doubts.
Reina seems to be okay with me even if I commit mercilessly and say, ‘Actually, she has 8 women.’

“Haa.. Then I’ll show you to your room now.”
“Thank you.”

After she finished talking about her rough collaboration, Reina led her out of her conference room and into a treehouse.
A decently sized house, neither too big nor too small, seemed good enough for two people.

“You must have worked hard to get here, but please rest in peace. I’ll show you where to search tomorrow.”
“Of course. May the princess have a restful night too.”

Raina greeted her in front of her house and she turned around and disappeared.
We stepped inside after watching even going into a small house built next to the biggest tree.

“Isn’t Lai being too kind? He seemed like a man who just saw off his lover.”
“Are you jealous again?”
“Do you think I’m just jealous? The way she looked at you was unusual.”
“Is that so..?”

I tried to think of Reina’s eyes, but she didn’t have a special feeling.
But a woman knows best.
I just shrugged my shoulders not to provoke Hisha, but didn’t say anything in response.
Then Hisha let out a sigh of her own and she came right up to me and slammed her face into her chest.