I Give Up on Conquering the Heroines

47 – Episode 47. Unexpected Companion (2)

It must have been about an hour since I took a short nap.

The wagon soon arrived at a small station.

It looks like they are going to let the horses rest here and take a break for a while.

“Hey. They’re still doing business this night.”

Even though it is early morning, long after the sun has set, the market at the station is quite active.

Is this because most of the customers who stop by here are people who stop by briefly in the early morning?

As I got off the carriage and looked around for a moment, white rabbit ears followed me from behind.

He keeps tilting his head, it seems like he’s looking for something.

“What are you looking for?”

“The laundromat.”

“Well, because I’m tired…”

“Oh, please be quiet… I’m praying like this…”

Alicia comes crying and pleading.

She was planning on teasing her a little more.

I’m sorry, I can’t tease you anymore.

“I’ll be leaving in three hours anyway. I don’t even have time to do the laundry.”

“Ah…”

“You can wash it by hand. Dry it with magic.”

“I can’t use magic right now. The fan I used as a magic tool was broken…”

“If it’s a magic tool, just buy a new one.”

“It’s not that simple. I need a magic tool that fits my body perfectly.”

“That’s so picky.”

That’s right. The setting was like this.

Befitting her setting as a noblewoman, she has a very sensitive personality.

“So, you keep carrying it around without even washing it? Then it gets smelly.”

“Ah, I know. So, for now, I’ll use a magic tool for temporary use… Uhm.”

Alicia frowns as she stops in front of the general store.

Staves, orbs, wands, etc…

There are a lot of magic tools that look good, but they only look good and their performance is poor.

Even though I am unfamiliar with magic, it looks like this.

There is no way Alicia, who has been to the Magic Tower, will not be satisfied.

“Ugh…What is this…”

“Just buy anything. You’re going to use it once and throw it away anyway.”

“I can’t waste my sacred magic on something cheap like this. Let’s go to the next store.”

“All the stores here are similar. Just use this.”

“······?”

When she threw the ring, it spun around in a parabola and landed on Alicia’s palm.

Alicia stared at her ring with a reluctant expression for a moment, but then she put it on her finger and her eyes widened.

“Is it a mid-level magic stone? Instead of using a ring like this, I’d rather just use that cheap wand… Huh?”

“How do you feel?”

“This isn’t a manufactured product, is it?! Is it a top-quality magic stone? How can such a magical power come out of such a small magic stone…?”

“Are you greedy?”

“No? I don’t think it suits my body type, so I don’t really want it.”

Wipe the saliva from the corner of your mouth and speak.

“But I’m curious about the name of the craftsman who made this ring.”

“Let me introduce you…”

“Huh? Really?!”

Alicia must have known as soon as she saw this ring.

The craftsman who made this will be able to process any magic stone for magic tools.

No matter how difficult and sensitive the conditions are, we can accommodate them.

This is exactly what Alicia needs.

“Take some of your magic classes. I’ll tell you when I’m satisfied.”

“Ah!”

Of course, you can’t do it with bare mouth.

“Is it delicious?”

“······.”

Mijeong nods her head without answering.

Now, it has become a daily routine to give the neck of the animal and feed it blood.

I never thought I would last this long with him.

I was planning to sell it after I gained some characteristics and a good companion.

Somehow, he awakened and became a core member who could no longer be separated from him.

“Huh, huh.”

Alicia, who came with a luggage bag, is startled when she sees us.

It seems that she is not yet used to accompanying blood demons.

You will see this kind of scene a lot in the future, so you will get used to it quickly.

“I thought you were a slave…”

“You’re a slave.”

“For something like that, you seem very close. I can see deep trust in you in the blood demon’s eyes.”

“······Blood demon. No.”

“Huh?”

“······Undecided. Name.”

It seems he didn’t like the fact that he kept calling me Blood Demon Blood Demon.

Mijeong removes her mouth from my neck and criticizes every detail.

Astonished, Alicia was unable to respond and just froze.

“The more I look at it, the more fascinating it is. How can blood demons follow people so well?”

“When you’re done, give me back the ring.”

“Oh, that’s right. Here, it was written well.”

As if she had forgotten, Alicia stands up and takes out her ring from her pocket and returns it.

It looks like the laundry was finished well.

You don’t have to worry about a bad smell coming from your luggage.

Thank goodness.

“Have you eaten?”

“No. What are you doing this early in the morning?”

“You’d better take it with you.”

“I plan to eat when I arrive.”

“Do you know where you’re going?”

“Oh, that’s right. Where are we going?”

Only then did Alicia look directly at me and ask.

I knew the destination and thought I was riding in her carriage.

I found out that he had recklessly climbed on top of me, saying he was going to chase me.

“Elvengarde.”

“······.”

The destination is Elvengarde, the home of the elves.

After hearing my answer, Alicia’s expression gradually became distorted.

It has to be that way.

Because elves are enemies with the beast people.

No, strictly speaking, elves are enemies with almost all races.

Because of the elves’ unique long lifespan and magical affinity, they tend to look down on and despise other races.

Even elves have quite different cultures from other races.

If humans, beastmen, and dwarves feel like distant, foreign cultures, elves feel like aliens on their own.

As a result, the food culture is also unique.

I’m used to it and it’s quite edible, but for a beginner, it’ll be hard to even eat.

“Well, if you eat the food there, it gets better. If it’s your first time eating it, bay leaf konjac or steamed pine bark are the best…”

“Well, I’ll eat quickly and come back!”

Thumping.

In an instant, Alicia’s face turns pale and she hurriedly runs out.

We’re leaving soon.

If we continue like this, won’t we be able to return until the carriage leaves?

It would be better that way.

‘I don’t want to go and get kicked out. ‘I’m suddenly worried.’

The purpose of going to Elvengarde is broadly three.

First, to meet Mia, the goddess of the World Tree, and hear her prophecy.

The World Tree’s prophecy is quite abstract, so it won’t be of much help.

If you can know the future, even if only slightly, there is no reason not to listen.

I have the power to know the future better than anyone else.

The second is for training.

The atmosphere of Elvengarde is full of mana, so it is an environment where mana is restored simply by breathing.

It is the perfect environment for training and using your magic to your heart’s content.

And the third is…

“Please make way! It’s urgent! It’s urgent!”

Boom.

The door to the station opens roughly, and a man holding the reins of a horse stumbles inside.

Then the man took down his mask, put his head down on the drinking fountain, and drank water hungrily.

White skin and blonde hair.

And even long ears.

It’s an elf.

And looking at their attire, it is clear that they are messengers delivering official orders or news.

Furthermore, the direction they ran towards was towards Elvengarde.

What news does the messenger urgently have to deliver this early morning…?

No matter how much I think about it, nothing comes to mind other than situations like war or disaster.

Immediately taking Mijeong away, he approaches the man and asks.

“What’s going on?”

“Hey, hehehe… Who are you?”

“I am a person heading to Elvengarde. Has something happened to Elvengarde?”

“······.”

The man avoids my gaze and closes his mouth.

He seemed to think about it for a moment, then looked straight at me and spoke.

“Ha. Hiding it won’t be of any use. It would be better not to go towards Elvengarde.”

“Why?”

“I can’t tell you the details because they are confidential, but Elvengarde is currently in a state of national emergency. A huge fire has broken out, and Elvengarde is in danger of being completely destroyed.”

This. It was a bigger deal than I imagined.

“Elvengarde is on fire?!”

“Okay. We have to hurry.”

A big fire broke out in Elvengarde.

First of all, an ominous energy is already creeping in.

Because in the past 12 rounds, there has never been a great fire in Elvengarde.

There are two cases.

That messenger lied to me.

In the 13th episode, a new variable arose and a real fire broke out.

It is most likely the latter.

“What should I do?”

“Check the situation and put out the fire.”

“Yes?”

I left behind a bewildered Alicia.

Put Mi-jeong on the wagon, and I quickly hop on too.

It took time to persuade the coachman, who heard the news that Elvengarde was burning, and stubbornly refused to go.

If we do not hurry, a catastrophe will occur with elf refugees appearing in droves.

“How can I put out the fire?”

Alicia asks, reluctantly getting on the wagon.

It is a natural question.

Originally, Elvengarde is a forest where fires do not occur easily due to the thick mana in the atmosphere.

The fact that a big fire broke out in such a place means that it was definitely not a natural situation.

In addition, the elves, famous for having many archmages, failed to suppress them in the early stages.

What this means is that it is close to impossible to put out the fire, whether we go and sprinkle water or use magic.

“There is a culprit believed to have started the fire.”

“Who are you?”

“Great Spirit, Ifrit.”

As far as I know, there is only one being capable of committing such an enormous arson.

Great Spirit of Fire. Ifrit.

If it is the fire that burns mana that it causes, it is understandable that it has grown to have the power to devour Elvengarde.

However, if Ifrit asks why he did such a thing, I have no way of answering.

Although he is famous for his terrible personality, he is not the type of person who would commit such a dangerous act.

Maybe he is being manipulated by someone else.

‘Could it be that Kali is already…?’

It’s not like there aren’t any guesses.

The third reason why I head to Elvengarde.

That is to prevent the corruption of the World Tree that will occur in 6 months.

Over the past 12 episodes, the World Tree has been corrupted and transformed into the Tree of Death without fail.

The fallen world tree sheds all its green leaves and leaves white flower buds.

And the moment the flower blooms.

The seeds of the plague spread in all directions, becoming the main culprit in destroying countless cities.

The culprit is Kali, one of the Four Heavenly Kings.

I am a former Druid.

Using the Druid’s characteristics, he encroached on the World Tree, manipulated it, and corrupted it into the Tree of Death.

‘Carly came 6 months early?’

It is an ability so powerful that it can control the World Tree, which has been granted divine status.

For Kali, it wouldn’t be a problem to make a spirit go berserk.

What if Great Spirit Ifrit is being controlled by Kali, who came to Elvengarde six months early?

“There is a way to stop it.”

If you catch Kali, the runaway will end.

You have to hurry.