episode_0029

Why is this guy so nervous?

Just holding hands, but he was shaking so much that he seemed like he might collapse at any moment.

“Holding hands with a guy… especially with this young man…”

Muttering under his breath, his ears perked up. I don’t know what this guy is saying, but is he so captivated that he’s lost his mind?

The hand he was holding onto tightly seemed so strong, I was worried he might break a finger. Well… if I slowly relax him, he’ll calm down somehow…

Somehow, seeing him tremble like this isn’t so bad. It’s like… my heart is pounding for some reason.

“How much time do we have, noona?”

“N-No, noona…!”

Just hearing the word “noona” seemed to make him lose his mind. Well, it’s fine.

“If we’re short on time, let’s eat quickly and go back.”

“Oh, no! We have plenty of time! Today is a day to finish quickly…”

“I see. That’s good, noona.”

“Y-Yes…?”

“It’s good. We have more time to spend together.”

“Ah…”

A word slipped out of my mouth without me realizing it. It just came out as a strange sound. Is this because of that passive skill? I was so dumbfounded that I just stared at him in silence.

“Ah, um… yes, yes…”

Blushing, she stammered awkwardly. It seems like she really likes it.

Honestly, it was a bit surprising.

Sipping the tea in front of me, I looked at the elf in front of me. She seemed more delicate than other elves, but in her own way, she looked pretty.

Perhaps due to work, her short hair was slightly messy. Maybe she had suffered some kind of injury, as there were faint dark circles under her eyes.

Taking a deep breath, I watched her pick up the teacup in front of her and hesitantly drink. I wondered if she was changing her clothes.

Her slightly disheveled hair, the white shirt she was trying to hide her body with, but a subtle hint of sweat was emanating.

Glancing at me, she shook her pointed ears. After a moment, she closed her eyes halfway, the tired expression disappearing as she let out a relaxed sigh.

“Um… noona? Are you very tired?”

Seeing her breathe heavily, I asked if she was really struggling. She looked at me with a slightly puzzled expression, shaking her head. I couldn’t tell what she was thinking.

“Rather than tired… um, can you call me ‘noona’ again?”

Now she was letting go of her words, quite adaptably. But maybe because she’s an elf, she has some resistance to charm.

“Noona.”

“Ah…”

No, she seemed to like being called ‘noona.’

Her eyes moved along with her nine tails swaying gently.

There weren’t many people in the small cafe in the middle of the city. Passing by, they all seemed to be women, with hardly any men around.

“Do you want to touch the tails?”

Trying to dismiss the strange thought, I blurted out a word, and she quickly nodded her head while looking at the tails with dazed eyes.

Seems like she really likes the tails.

Gently stroking one of her thick tails, her expression was so entranced…

“This is a real fox tail… so soft…”

Saying the same thing, I leaned my head in and began to stroke it with a contented expression.

Is this an elf…? No matter how you look at it, she seems like a girl who just likes cute things. Getting excited over a tail and all, maybe she has a thing for cats.

“But, Nuna.”

“Huah-”

With her head buried in her tail, all that could be heard was the sound of her breathing. So, she slightly pushed her head forward and gently pinched her cheek.

“Ah…”

As she tried to say something, she lifted her head only to meet my eyes, then buried her head in her tail again. The fluffy texture seems quite pleasant.

“Do you like your tail that much?”

“I love it. It’s so fluffy and soft, I want to hold it forever…”

She seems to be really struggling. It’s a bit strange to just leave someone who is struggling like this, maybe it’s okay to play around for a bit.

“What’s your name, Nuna?”

“Me? I’m Eru…”

In a slightly embarrassed tone, she whispered her name softly. While still not letting go of her tail, she continued to stroke it diligently and then pushed her head back in and started sniffing.

It’s starting to feel a bit weird.

“I’m Shirang.”

“Shirang… I see, Shirang. Hey, why is Shirang interested in me… Oh, right, because you’re an adventurer. You must be interested in a guild employee, right?”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

Suddenly making a comment like a guild employee, I couldn’t help but chuckle. I can’t figure out what she’s talking about…

“Yeah, but I’m an elf too. Elves aren’t really a likable race, are they?”

“What’s wrong with being an elf?”

“Huh?”

Eru chuckled. She seemed to be blushing subtly as if something was turning inside her.

“Oh… um, elves are not… how should I put it, a race of old grandmothers?”

Old grandmothers? Is she in her right mind?

Honestly, even Eru in front of me doesn’t look like an old grandmother. Depending on one’s taste, some people might even like her.

“You don’t look like an old grandmother.”

“Huh…?”

Honestly, even though I said that, she seemed to like it. Or maybe she was so captivated that she liked anything she heard, I was curious.

“Honestly, I think you’re pretty. And the fact that you work is nice too. You don’t look bad at all. Even though you’re tired now, you don’t look old… Nuna?”

With a face that was about to burst into a bright red, she sat there shaking her hands softly in front of me, unable to understand anything.

“E-Eru Nuna…?”

Sitting there absentmindedly, muttering incomprehensible words, it seems like she’s not in her right mind.

“Wait, can I ask you a favor?”

As if suddenly coming to her senses, she looked at me with a strange gaze, completely different from before.

I felt a chill down my spine.

“Yes? What favor do you want?”

“Please play with me for just one day.”

“What…?”

“Just, I’m asking you once. Just for one day. I’ll give you anything you ask for.”

“Uh, um…”

Honestly, this is a bit strange. Was there a scene like this in the original? She didn’t even have an illustration as a secretary, she just appeared as a normal silhouette. But now, she was holding my hand and asking for a favor that I couldn’t remember.

“I don’t mind playing together. But why are you going this far…?”

“If I’m not with you right now, I feel like I won’t have this chance again!”

“What…?”

I wonder what she’s talking about. Did she lose her mind because of the charm?

By the way, is it really true that you’ll give me anything I want? If that’s the case…

She looked at me with a slightly mischievous gaze. Overall, she had a pretty good body.

The elf had a slender figure, and her white shirt was sticking to her body, revealing a hint of her underwear through the sweat. She was wearing a black skirt, not bothering to hide her thighs, which was surprisingly bold.

Her chest seemed a bit small, but she could be described as slender, so let’s exclude that.

Thinking it might be okay for once, I nodded my head in response.

“Just for a day… it’ll be fine. It doesn’t matter.”

“Oh… hehe, I see. Just hanging out together for a day. And little by little, it becomes mine…”

“Sister?”

“Oh, no. Nothing. Hehe…”

This elf seems a bit strange in the head. Or maybe all the women here are a bit weird.

Either way, it doesn’t seem like a good situation. Well… she’s pretty, so does it really matter?

“Eru, sister?”

“Huh? Why all of a sudden?”

Sitting in a chair, my sister looked at me, smiling softly with her chin resting on her hand.

“Why not do something together instead of playing?”

It was her suggestion to go to the fountain, but she was the one getting splashed by the water rising from below, while she just watched me from outside.

Her clothes were soaked, revealing her body underneath. It made me feel uncomfortable watching her struggle to catch her breath.

“Why don’t you get splashed by the water with me, sister?”

“Oh, no… I’m in formal attire, so I don’t want to deal with the hassle of washing it later.”

Well, if that’s the case, there’s nothing I can do about it, but for some reason, the way she was staring at my body with such intense desire… felt a bit creepy and strange.