I’m sweaty…really sweaty… I think I’ll just take another bath and head to bed.
I use my mini warp to bypass the wall again. I feel like I drill open another hole.
It’s definitely a barrier. But it seems it doesn’t alarm anyone or anything. My guess is that this barrier is being use by only one person and that person is the only who notice what’s happening to it.
Thinking about it won’t get me anywhere. I stealthily return to my room, take a bath and dive into my bed.
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“Susanoo! Look! That’s the inner district!”
“It won’t take long until we get to the academy!”
“Then Susanoo will get to meet mama!”
“Ehehe! Susanoo! You know what!? Mama is so beautiful!”
I’ve been hearing that for the past three hours now.
We are currently in one of this automotive magical tool…car… it’s definitely a car…
Outside is people working and doing business here and there. The road is paved and wide that even many stalls are set up, the road is still spacious. There are other races here too but the majority is, of course, the natives, the elf.
Both Magic and Spirit Elf are here and there doing business and all around the place.
There are only adults. It seems even common elf children get educated in a school or something. That’s a nice thing to hear here.
Education is an utmost important to gain knowledge about all the necessary knowledge about the world.
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After about three and a half hours of travel. The two drags me around their academy introducing me to their friends and mentors.
There are some events happened and a bit of calamity inside the academy. Because of that, all of the young and teen students got attached to me.
The story about it, though, will be told in another time…
After another hour of riding the…car…
We arrive at the white house kind of a building…
The guards immediately greet the twins and one guard rushes inside to inform the people of position.
“Come Susanoo! This is where we live! This is also where mama does official business!”
“Susanoo! Please hurry up!!”
“Don’t… don’t pull my hand…”
They are really rushing things. Albeit, this house is really amazing that it is thinkable to call it a house…
It doesn’t match up to the castle of Astlan but in terms of elegance, this one definitely curbs stomp the capital castle.
The whole house is, what stated earlier, is white. It’s made of smooth marbles with ancient engravings that of course, I don’t understand. The pillars that support the foundation of the house is not made of marble but trees.
The trees are visibly thick and some of its roots crawl to the interior of the house which gives a touch of nativity.
There are some elves that come and go in the business area of the house. It seems deeper inside is where they actually live as the guard's volume is visibly more.
The guards too, are properly equipped. They have light armors and spear and bow with them. Some of the guards are visibly androgynous but some have manly features.
They are also variations of light and dark skin.
No racism huh… that’s cool…
We move toward the deeper part of the house… until…
SWOOSH
A sword was swung. Its aim is my neck but of course, it’s easy to avoid.
I look at the source of the aggression…
There, an elf with an androgynous face, but has a toned body, which totally gives away that he is a male, is staring at me with killing intent. His hair is gold and tied in a braid.
The man… spoke…
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“Who are you bastard to hold the hands of my cute little sisters?!”
It sounds like he is walking trouble for me… His protective nature for them is commendable though
“Lect! Stop that!”
“Susanoo is not a bad guy!”
“Stand aside Hibiscus, Casablanca! This man should know his position!”
“...*yawn*…”
“B-Bastard! Do you know who are you talking to?”
“No… I am not even talking…”
In terms of nativity, I am a foreigner here. Aren’t you a dumb one not knowing about common sense?
Well, if he wants me to go, that would be more convenient for me as my job here is done and I did overtime too…
I really don’t care about the payment or reward.
“Hmmm…I’ll be taking my leave now then…If I am not… welcomed here…”
“”EH?!””
“This is farewell for the both of you… Bye…”
I turn around to leave.
I am thinking of restocking some supply for my next destination since I didn’t have any leads on Asagao’s whereabouts. Then find an excellent inn too… the good one like the Marigold inn.
My next destination should be the dwarven kingdom, but it seems impossible for Asagao-chan to go that far so I’ll try going to the demon continent. Also, a war will break out.
I don’t want to get involve or anything… I mean… I am not specialized in war and stuff…
.........
Haaa….
I sigh… when I was about to walk away, my waist is grabbed by the twins.
“Susanoo! Don’t go yet, please! You said you’ll stay a bit more!”
"Yes! You haven’t met mama yet!”
“”Please stay!””
This is a real problem… I couldn’t say no. Very well… I just need to meet this mama of theirs and I will immediately leave.
Again…that guy had another outburst…
“You human! What did you do to my little sisters?!”
“I didn’t do anything…”
"Yes! Susanoo didn’t do anything!”
“We are telling you Lect! Susanoo is a nice guy!”
“If you don’t stop Lect, we are going to hate you!”
“Also…"
“”We really like Susanoo!””
“GAH!!”
That’s a multiple misunderstanding right there…
I don’t have the will to say something now the motivation to do so. That guy… suddenly points his sword at me…
“I-I challenge you to a duel!”
“No.”
“Why?!”
“Just no.”
“Are you scared?!”
“It’s pointless.”
“Pointless you say?!”
“Yes… and you’re annoying!”
“That’s it! Have at you!”
“CEASE IT AT ONCE LECT!”
A voice of a woman resounds the place. From the stairs, a curvaceous woman comes down. Her hair is white but her skin is visibly light making her looks so ephemeral that pierce the very own meaning of beauty to the core.
Her eyes are sharp but have certain warmth in them. Her lips are glossy pink and her facial feature is like it’s carved by a master artisan. Her breasts are big. Her height is shorter than Ann-san from the inn, though. Her hair is so long that it was being dragged to the ground.
She dresses traditionally in accordance to the elf culture…she must be the queen or leader…
She then spoke…
“Lect, you are doing it again. Have I not told you not to challenge people because they are just close to someone.”
“But… mother!”
“No more buts. You are one of the commanders of the elven army but you act disgracefully like this! Go back to your post now immediately.”
“My apologies! I shall take my leave now.”
“”MAMA!!!””
The twins rush to their mother. Lect quietly and dejectedly exited the scene. He must not be a bad guy at heart. He is just overly protective to the twins.
The…Hmm… I wonder how I am going address her… she called out to me…
“You must be Susanoo that my precious little girls talking about.”
“I am… I’m thinking of how I should address you.”
“Ah, call me the most comfortable for you to say.”
“Then, Hinoki .”
“M-m-m-my first name immediately?! W-well, I did tell you to call me whatever you are comfortable, though…”
“So, Hinoki… do you need anything from me?”
“Y-yes… I want to talk to you right now. Please follow me. Hibiscus, Casablanca, please go somewhere else first as we are going to have an adult talk.”
Adult talk… that may as well lead to more misunderstanding…
The twins nodded and run off somewhere…
I follow Hinoki in her office. The place is really big and spacious. Roots and vines crawl on the white marble here and there.
It’s not bad to look at. I kind of find it really stylish.
We have passed some rooms… there are fewer rooms that I thought.
Hinoki’s strides are dignified befitting of her title but her breasts bounce… I do not harbor perverted thoughts about it. It was simply amazing…that’s all.
She doesn’t have any attendants or such… how could she trust someone like me, though…
Like her daughters… They are splitting image of their mother…
We enter a room. It seems to be her office. She beckons me to sit in the seat in front of a large desk.
After that she seats in her own seat. The room is not that really clean with papers here and there. The shelf is kind of messy too as there are papers that stick out.
But overall, it feels natural and comfortable.
Hinoki then speaks…
“Susanoo, I know that you are the one who bypassed my barrier last night.”
“Un. I won’t deny it. So are you going to punish me?”
“No, I know that I can’t. You are a person of a high caliber I take it. To even eliminate the band of mercenaries and dwarves that plan to infiltrate our city last night too.”
“You even know of that. You don’t waste time… tell me already what you want…”
“Susanoo..."
Mid-sentence, she halts for while and after a few more seconds, she continues.
"Please take my daughters!”
What?