Chapter 566 – [My Enrollment Expedition]

A common meal for elves.

Cut vegetables from the forest into appropriate sizes.

In addition, sliced ​​​​fruit is added according to taste.

Mix it with dressing (including eggs and some dairy products depending on the elves).

End.

“This isn’t crazy. An English vegan elf. Who is such a horrible hybrid!!!!!”

I don’t know if you use mayonnaise at least, but there are people who won’t eat it because they have eggs.

I’d rather not eat meat or dairy products at all from the beginning, or I have a lot of problems with my diet because I have different personal tastes.

Of course, not all dishes are completely uneatable. There were also many dishes made by roasting or boiling vegetables in their own way. If you think about it, tomato pasta is also a vegetarian dish, except for the meat.

But apart from that, these guys couldn’t find any signs of development in their food culture. With a little ingenuity, you can eat delicious dishes, but the number of dishes is relatively small.

It’s just that the one dish he’s good at is terribly good, though.

“Um…”

“Doesn’t it suit your taste?”

“No, it’s because it’s delicious, so I’m savoring it.”

I ate something called tofu noodles, which were in the middle of the day.

Although various ingredients were added, the umami of the broth was clean and well brewed without being messy. In addition, it is quite good to slurp and eat noodles made by mixing wheat flour with drained tofu.

But there were also noodles here. Of course, if there was pasta, there would have been noodles, but it’s more like somen or something rather than pasta.

Above all, the broth is authentic. Not just vegetables, but also mushrooms and other things from the forest. It’s quite easy to satisfy my appetite with simple soup without really joking.

“Of course. I’ve been running my store for 300 years!!!”

“I’m not kidding”

Reminds me of a joke I heard somewhere. If the elf did the business, he would do it all by himself.

Who wins the 300-year-old shop alone!!!

Even here, as the era is the era, tradition would be more important, but it was impossible for a human to beat the skill of a master level honed by an elf with a lifespan of hundreds of years.

“…But that’s the problem. One digs too deep and there’s no variety.”

“Ah”

“We are aware of our problems. In a way, it may be because we are conservative and afraid of change.”

British-style vegan conservative elf… Oh, joke joke.

But I get a little bit of understanding. Elves are nature-friendly children, so they live by considering the laws of nature as the order of things, so they are insensitive to small changes rather than big ones.

To make the elves come to their senses, there must be no other way than a major environmental change.

“But thanks to Your Highness, a big change has taken place in the Great Forest this time. Not only is it limited to food culture, but the number of people who grow beans has also increased, and through that, there are people who want to study more recipes.”

“It’s a nice change.”

“Because tofu is the perfect ingredient for all of us.”

Looking at the structure of the Great Forest of Urca, it is surrounded by the Frontier Empire, the Garuna Plateau, and the White Religion.

It is surrounded by races such as humans, beastmen, and humans, and the elves are isolated within them. Because culture is influenced by the surroundings, it usually develops by imitating and creating it… But humans are omnivores and beastmen are carnivores.

Besides, even if you try to learn from humans, it must have been difficult to learn a complete vegetarian diet. I kind of understand.

“I’ll meet my mother first, then I’ll introduce you to my little sister.”

“Ah, you mean that little sister who will be entering the academy this time, right?”

“Yes, originally, there were a lot of things to say about admission, but when His Highness, who told me about the ingredient called tofu, said he was going to be admitted, those words went well.”

“It’s good to learn various knowledge in the first place. If you don’t change, you’ll be weeded out.”

“Of course it is.”

It is said that the authority of the different races is alive now because of the slave revolution in the past, but it is impossible to say for sure in the next few hundred or thousand years.

Human greed is endless and we repeat the same mistakes.

If a unification war breaks out in the future, at least the position of the different races will fall as before. Such a rapidly changing world must be held by humans with short lifespans… It is easy to see what will happen to elves who live long, complacent, in such a world.

Elves who were just conservatives might become progressives in the same sense as erotic doujinshi.

To prevent that, we must accept outside knowledge and change. Still, it was a long way from catching up with humans.

Rather, it is the moment when a long lifespan becomes a disadvantage. Anything in excess is not good.

“Anyway, the meal was delicious. Let’s go see Pleione.”

The current head of the elves and one of the ten continental powers.

Her presence could be felt from far away 【The Bountiful Forest】. Even if you look for the size of imagination, not the class itself, you can see it at a glance.

Besides…She’s still watching me.

Wide sensing range is not my specialty. Others may also have the ability to spy on opponents beyond the city from their seats, if the conditions are right.

Although, in this case, it seems that her spying on me also depended on her self-fantasy. Her appearance is different from [The Bountiful Forest], So it seems to be her own fantasy.

“It’s quite a distance. Are you walking by any chance?”

“Oh, don’t worry, I have something to ride.”

When Archione whistles, something jumps from somewhere.

What came running soon was a huge bird twice the size of an ostrich. It is so big that it can be 3 meters from feet to head.

The original ostrich was big enough to carry a child and run, but this was a creature that could carry one or two people on its back.

“What is it, a chocobo?”

“It’s a camel bird”

“………Camel?”

No, it’s not dog drip? I just went to an ostrich farm, and that thing called a camel…

Suddenly, I wondered if the character ta for ostrich was the word for camel. No, is that right? Is not it? Wasn’t there a separate ostrich batter?

Uh? But wasn’t the continent topographically desert-free? Then there would be no such thing as a camel, right?

Oh, I don’t know!!!! I’m not even a biologist, so should I care about that! The meat just tastes good!!!

Anyway, Archione and I got on the camel bird and moved to [The Bountiful Forest]. The speed of the camel bird was so fast that it was almost like a cheetah.

If you collide with it, it’s likely to cause an accident… Well, it doesn’t look like you’re a beginner driver.

It didn’t take long to get under the huge tree, even though it was quite a distance. The problem is getting up there.

“I’ll be down soon”

“What do you mean?”

Eventually, as she said, something came down from above.

It was like a huge basket woven from vine stalks, but it was very large. It felt like an elevator that could accommodate almost 20 people.

When you climb up, it goes right up without much shaking. I wondered what it would be like to fall, but I couldn’t have thought of that.

Even though it went up quickly, it took quite a while to get to the top. But after coming up, I see a superb view out there.

A forest in the middle of the Great Forest of Urca. And the whole forest comes into view.

The far end of the forest was probably the border between the Great Forest of Urca and the Empire. I want to see that, but I see it because it’s my eyes.

My eyesight is so good that even eagles kick it…

“This is where Mother is waiting.”

【Above the bountiful forest】 There was not just the head of the elves, but a small city.

It seems that the main street on the ground is not a big deal. Oh, what a fun city it is.

Then, in the center of the city, a mansion built in an empty space in a thick branch came into view. I guess that’s really her home.

…….. Hey, if you think about it, aren’t these guys Johnber hyungs? How are you going to handle a tree this big?

A city in such a high position in a place where flying self-fantasies are rare and attacks are inaccessible… Is, in fact, an impregnable fortress. Even if you try to burn it, trees are self-fantasy, so just supplying them with imagination is enough.

“Welcome. I am Pleione, the current leader of the elves.”

An elf who greets me. An elf woman who resembles Archione enough to recognize that she is related by blood welcomes me.

He is a young man who does not appear to have had two children. With a little more makeup, you’ll look like you’re in your 20s.

Even with his bare face, he looked like he was in his early 30s… But I thought he was a scam.

“This is Worst Pawn Frontier. Thank you for your hospitality”

“Shall we talk over a cup of tea first? Oh, Archione, please leave her seat for a while.”

“I understand, mother.”

The society of elves is a tribe, and it is a matrilineal society.

It wasn’t that there were no male elves, but it was a society of male elves, with females ahead of them.

Maybe that’s why the female Archione is the successor of the elven tribe… But isn’t the male elf treated like a stallion here?

“Humans often ignore time and time and show its potential. When he first heard of Your Highness, he was astonished after hundreds of years.”

“You’re overrated.”

Her appearance is not much different from her older sister, the first princess, but in her eyes, you can feel the depth of the years.

If you look deeply, it feels like an old tree, so I felt unbalanced.

“Did you already know I was coming?”

“Oh, did you notice?”

“Roughly. I can feel your gaze.”

“My self-fantasy is [Friends of the Great Forest]. All plants and animals here are under my influence, so if necessary, I can know who is doing what and where.”

It won’t be just that. If you increase the size of the forest with 【Abundance of the Great Forest】 and use the forest as a landmark with 【Friend of the Great Forest】, you can survive the invasion of foreign forces.

An all-round fortress capable of self-sufficiency, absolute defense, and many other things… At least as long as Pleione is alive, the elves will be safe.

“I heard that Your Highness is doing a lot of things. Especially, it’s surprising that he even makes ingredients that suit our tastes, such as tofu.”

“It’s not a big deal”

“I suddenly think of the old days. Would you like to listen to it if you don’t mind?”

And! Grandmother! Talk about the old days!

I’ve lived thousands of years, so I’m older than humans and quite a few other races, but I don’t look down on older people. I don’t know if it’s a hard-headed kkondae because I’m old, but it’s because there are people who are wise because they’re older.

Besides, the story you want to tell in this situation must be something meaningful.

“A long time ago, there was a time when I was a slave to humans.”

“Uh, um… Is that before the slave revolution?”

“Yes, at that time I was still young, so I didn’t go through such a terrible thing. In terms of human age, I must have been younger than Her Highness.”

At that time, the heterogeneous people occupied the position of slaves. Even if an elf was used as a holy slave, it would have been better to use another elf slave rather than using Pleione, who was young at the time.

But to tell that story… Is it the story of the first king of a kingdom?

“Yes, I was a person of that era. At that time, the position and treatment of the different races were miserable… Even for the same human beings. They say that they do not have a status below commoners now, but their treatment is like beasts or beasts. It was like that”

“………”

“But, as you know, the slave revolution happened, and I was able to meet the first king of a kingdom who was still a slave and a rebel.”

I assumed that the first king of a kingdom was a dimension mover or a reincarnated person like me.

But I guessed what she meant by telling me her story right here and now.

“He was a man capable of leading the slaves and leading a revolution, but he was not. His quality and talent itself were a bit inferior, and he often said or did the wrong thing, but he firmly believed in one idea and went on.”

“What do you want to say?”

“An outdated technology or idea. I’ve seen it and heard it closely, but I know he’s from another world.”

Her gaze turned to me.

Not the elf girl who lived as a slave at the time, but the she who became the head of the elves, sees me in the present.

Is she overlapping me and him? If not…….

“Your Highness, are you from another world?”

I withheld my answer as I quietly drank my tea.

……Ah, the tea at this house is delicious.