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“This is my first time going in this direction.”

Towards the southeast from Argen’s Lair. There is a fairly large mountain range, and beyond that lies a highland area. Don’t you feel some sense of déjà vu? This is the area where large groups of orcs and goblins used to come across.

So, of course, it was right to go in this direction for the first time. This is because in the past, this place had a separate owner. Of course, that dragon also went to the other world along with the monsters here when Viola went on a rampage.

“As expected, it’s not in these mountains.”

After settling down for a while, I released the spirits through Sirocco and searched for the elf, but there was no sight of the elf. Well, the forests and plateaus above and below were all dragon territory, so there was no way there were elves here. Even if you weren’t an elf, there was no way a civilization could settle in a place like this.

I had no choice but to go down a little further and enter the plateau. There were still no traces of civilization. I confirmed that the beastmen were seen occasionally, but unfortunately, the beastmen had no business.

“I’ve come quite far, but I still can’t even see the nose.”

It’s been less than an hour since I came out of Lair, but I’ve come really far. This is because it was moving at a much faster speed than when it went to meet the high elf. This was partly because of Kaela’s desire to finish her business as soon as possible, but also because faith had built up in my body.

There is no particular reason why the story of faith suddenly pops up here. Unlike when my body was an ordinary human, its resistance to external forces increased significantly. Thanks to this, it was able to handle the burden of exceeding the Sirocco’s wind barrier, and was flying at a speed that could literally be described as a supersonic fighter jet.

“Oh, it’s a forest again?”

As the color of the passing ground quickly returned to green, I quickly asked Kaela to stop. Sure enough, not long after we left the plateau, the forest was there again.

“Yes. Somehow it feels good here. There seem to be a lot of spirits, so the probability that there are elves is also high.”

We landed in the forest with great anticipation after hearing Sirocco’s words. The forest was truly untouched by humans, and there was not even a path.

“Wow, it used to be like this near our rare.”

I was energized by the thought that there might really be elves. Sirocco got out of my arms and started circling the forest. They are probably asking the spirits here about the whereabouts of the elves.

“Don’t worry. Because there is a way to find the elf.”

My eyes widened at Kaela’s words.

“What? Is there really such a thing?”

When Kaela nodded slightly, Wayne asked back with a reluctant expression.

“There’s a proverb that’s equally passed down among humans… Isn’t that right?”

“Why? What is it?”

“If it is difficult to find elves, burn the forest.”

I was literally speechless. That kind of thing is a proverb and is going around. What’s even more shocking is that Kaela avoids her gaze, as if that seems to be the correct answer.

“…I’m telling you this in advance just in case. Even if we can’t find it by the end of today, we won’t burn down the forest, right?”

“Tch.”

Kaela clicked her tongue. It was a very small sound, but it definitely clicked my tongue. It’s a bit scary to even think about burning down a forest just to have sex.

‘It seems very strange to burn down the place where we lived and then suggest that there is better land…’

As I was thinking about useless things, Sirocco came back. Judging from the bright expression on his face, it seemed like no unfortunate incident such as the elf’s absence had occurred.

“How about it? Is there a harvest?”

“Yes, yes. The kids here listen quickly and well. A dryad said he was close to an elf here and asked me to guide him. Now, come out!”

At Sirocco’s urging, a dryad with light green hair appeared from behind a tree. However, unlike the dryads I knew, it was quite large. Perhaps because it was around 160cm tall, I could have believed it to be a human if it weren’t for the spirit’s unique aura.

“Ah, hello….”

Moreover, even the words of people. I began to doubt whether it was really the same species as the small dryad I had seen a long time ago.

“Hello. Is there an elf you know?”

“Oh, yes!”

Of course, that wasn’t what was important right now, so I explained my business as kindly as I could. No matter how high your spirit affinity is, you can’t tell a spirit that you don’t know anything about to do this or that.

But my kindness had a negative effect. The dryad that found me walked towards me quickly and kissed my cheek.

side!

I barely managed to stop myself from panicking for a moment. I knew well from Sirocco that kissing was a common sign of intimacy between spirits, so I wasn’t embarrassed by it. There was just a scary person next to me who didn’t seem to know much about that fact.

“Huh….”

Kaela sighs softly. I was anxiously wondering what reaction would follow, but the Dryad who had actually done the work was just twitching its eyes with an expression of ignorance.

“Kaela. This isn’t because this dryad has other thoughts…!”

“I know. At least I don’t have any special feelings about it.”

Should I call it a blessing among misfortunes? Thanks to the fact that the knowledgeable Kaela was there instead of Arjen, there seemed to be no unnecessary misunderstanding.

“But Eugene. It’s very sad to see her kissing a full-grown spirit that isn’t even the size of a finger…”

Right. My head understands it, but my heart seems to be unable to bear it.

“In addition, there is a legend that a dryad drags a man she likes into the tree where she lives.”

Is there such a thing? I looked down at the dryad to see if she could, and saw that she was shaking her head with all her might. It seemed like he had finally realized that he was in a very dangerous situation.

“Calm down. Although there are such legends, there are no stories of actual sightings.”

Wayne intervened.

“If not, will there be smoke in the chimney?”

“That’s true, but at least the dryad story was created to scare children who would follow them when they went out to the forest to play or cut wood.”

When the source was revealed clearly, Kaela fell silent. The response was that there was nothing more to stumble over.

“But the fact that we kissed doesn’t disappear.”

However, in the end, I had to make a decision when it came to Kaela, who was determined to condemn the Dryad.

“Stop it, Kaela. If we wait like this, is it really possible that the work won’t be finished by today?”

“Oh.”

“I will kiss you a hundred times, so stop getting angry now. Because this kid wasn’t trying to do anything to me.”

It may have been uncontracted, but with Sirocco in the right position, there is no way the Dryad would have had any other thoughts. Kaela nodded, perhaps because my persuasion and my insistence that we must return within today had worked.

“Kiss only for me. You can’t add up what you did with other kids.”

So, he was asking me to kiss him 100 times, not with other personalities like Arjen or Luv. Considering that this information would be spread to everyone through Luv anyway, I ended up having to kiss 500 times.

“Well, that’s natural.”

It would be nice to have at least some lip balm. It’s a good thing that my lips don’t get swollen now that I’m a god.

Anyway, things almost got complicated for a moment, but in the end, we were able to find the elf safely. As I was walking around the densely grown trees and it was so confusing that I lost my sense of direction, I came across an elf with brown hair.

“Who are you?”

The elf who was picking fruit from the tree was startled by our sudden appearance and lost the basket containing the fruit. I quickly used the sirocco to put the fruits that were about to fall on the floor into a basket.

“Hello. I’m here to tell you good things.”

What I was saying was no different from recommending a pseudo-religion, but I couldn’t help it. This is because they actually came to do something good for the elves.

“Good words…?”

The other elf naturally looked at me with eyes full of distrust. Of course, that reaction was fully predictable, so I immediately took out the cheat key to prove my identity.

“Shall we look at this first and talk about it?”

“That… That’s…!”

When I saw the true value of the bow of the world tree I had taken out, I dropped the real fruit basket this time. I didn’t even think about accepting it this time, but this is probably more important than the fruit to the elf in front of me.

“Meet Titania.”

An unknown brown-haired elf who suddenly bows to me. There are times when the Ring of Venus does not work surprisingly well on humans, but the World Tree Bow works extremely well on elves, regardless of status or origin.

‘Titania. Come to think of it, I was called by that name….’

As I was wondering how I could explain to them to move their lives without being rude, an interesting idea occurred to me. I cleared my throat a few times to clear my voice and spoke solemnly.

“Okay. Hey kid. I have come to lead you to the green land.”

This can’t be overlooked, right?