The Moonlight Princess In The Land of the Sun Day
Episode 31 The Race Fairy Leader

"Eh...?"

　Selene groaned a little and woke up. When I put my hand on it to lift my upper body, I felt a soft touch on my palm. For the first time, Selene found herself lying on a bed made of foliage.

　Rubbing my sleepy eyes, I looked around and touched the nearby wall. I know from the feeling that this building is made of wood, but for a wooden house, the walls are quite uneven and sloping. The walls were hollowed out in several places to allow light, and it looked rather careless.

"where is this?"

　I remember getting to the point where I was attacked by a group of elves, but I have no memory after that. By the way, what happened to Butler?

"Daughter! Are you conscious! ?"

"What!?"

　Suddenly spoken to in a loud voice, Selene jumped in shock. If you take a closer look, next to the bed where Selene was sleeping, there is a small wooden box with straw at the bottom, and the butler who was still tied up with the ivy plant was put in it.

"Servant, leave?"

"I'm fine, but as you can see, you lose consciousness. I'm really sorry!"

"Kurushunai"

　Selene comforted Butler by shrugging her shoulders. I can't keep him in that situation. Instead, Butler did a good job. If this happens in Milan, it will be an exchange of "Sorry, I lost consciousness" and "Bakayaro!"

　Selene took out the Servant Chief from the wooden box and struggled to release the ivy, but the tightly bound ivy was so strong that she could not tear it apart with her own strength. As I did so, the wooden door attached to the wall opened.

"Are you awake?"

　The elf girl I saw yesterday came in the sunlight. Wearing a white cloth wrapped around her body, she looked like a young girl rather than a woman. Although she was short, she had a slender figure reminiscent of a gazelle, and her voice was full of vitality and confidence.

"God?"

"I'm elf Zana. I'm in a good position. I'm 15 years old. My favorite food is apples. How's yours?"

"Selene, Man, Eight"

"Yes, her name is Selene. I've seen a lot of humans, but this is the first time I've seen a little one like you. Is that rat your pet?

"That's why you say I'm not a rat or a pet! I am Butler, the proud butler of Princess Selene! can

　Butler stood with his back legs out of control and deftly climbed onto Selene's shoulders on just two legs, puffing her chest and exaggerating, but Zana just tilted her head.

"Ununu, it seems like my words can only be understood by Princess Selene."

　Butler gritted his teeth. Neither Butler nor Selene knew it, because she had never spoken to anyone other than Selene. Unaware of their new discovery, Zana asks Selene again.

"That mouse, you're really attached to him. He looks worried all the time you sleep."

"Servant, Butler"

"That mouse... Butler, it doesn't seem like it's just a rat. What the fuck?"

"don't know"

"You don't understand either. There was no doubt that it was the benefit of Princess Selene.

　The parties were completely unaware of the reason why Butler was so powerful. How else to do it because it's a product of chance. Just as Zana was about to proceed to the next question, Selene's stomach suddenly rattled. With a wry smile, Zana walked out the door and immediately returned with something on a wooden tray.

"Well, you can ask me later. You sleep all day. You're hungry, right?"

　Saying that, Zana thrust out a tray in front of Selene. On top of the tray were large leaves that served as plates. I was on board.

"what's this?"

"Tore roasted lizard. It's delicious."

　I wondered what a lizard was, but as soon as I smelled the fragrant smell of grilled meat and vegetables, everything seemed important to Selene. Selene, who had not eaten in a day, had turned into a completely hungry caterpillar.

There was nothing that looked like poison.

　Butler also used his keen sense of smell to confirm the mysterious flesh, but it did not appear to contain anything that looked like poison. However, Selene barely listened to Butler's words, and as soon as Butler spoke, she threw the meat into her mouth. Selene's belief is to eat anything when she's hungry.

"Eye!"

　Without a doubt, Selene ate meat that she did not understand. Selene is not good at troublesome things like poison testing and wait-and-see.

　Zana who saw him eating carelessly, smiled. Anyone would smile if asked to eat by a friendly and adorable wild animal child. It was close to that feeling.

"Hey, hey, if you eat so fast, your throat will choke. Drink this too."

　Zana held a small barrel in the corner of the room, poured the wine-red liquid into a wooden bowl, and presented it to Selene. Selene rejoiced when she saw the deep purple liquid.

"By!?"

"There's nothing like it. If a child drinks alcohol, he or she will faint. It's just juice. Don't hold back."

　Zana takes care of Selene's body and gives her juice for the children, but the white girl in front of her looks very disappointed, so she tilts her head again.

"Satiety stomach"

"Thank you."

　So Selene put all the food served into her stomach, and Butler took part in the spill, and they both filled their stomachs. And when it comes to what Selene, whose appetite is satisfied, is one thing.

"good night"

　Selene lowered her head to Zana and headed to the bed of fallen leaves she had slept on earlier. The bed has a soothing and comfortable straw aroma.

"Wait a minute!"

　In a panic, Zana grabbed Selene's neck. I looked at Selene who was staring at Zana in surprise.

"You! Have you not forgotten that you are a prisoner of war!? Why are you trying to sleep normally!?"

"Here!"

　Zana was cute and the food was delicious, so Selene completely forgot that she had been captured. Zana feels like she's about to fall in love with her stupid answer, but somehow she holds it back.

　A colleague said the other day that the girl's appearance surprised him. Maybe I'm just pretending to be stupid. If that's the case, it's a realistic performance that couldn't be more.

　Thinking about it further, I actually let go of my vigilance when I saw Selene happily finishing her meal. At that time, I could have just thrown the stricken rat and killed myself.

"(Maybe I'm being too careful, but I think you should be a little more careful.)"

　The human girl in front of him was most likely pretending to be a helpless girl. After thinking about it again, the elf warrior Zana decided to try not to be careful.

"I'll take you to Guy's now. Please don't do anything weird."

"The gi? Who?"

"Our head. By the way, I am the leader of the settlement around here. If you shut up, you might not get killed. He was an idiot, but he was not someone who acted rudely for no reason. He's an idiot ."

　Zana placed the food tray in the corner of the room and grabbed Selene's hand. Looks like he'll be taken to the clan head named Guy. Butler, who was still restrained, would accompany Selene on her shoulder.

"Daughter, I have no choice but to comply here."

　Selene nodded silently as Butler whispered into her ear. Even if I wanted to escape, I was in the middle of Shiramori, and I did not know where to run to, so I had no other choice.

"Fu!"

"What's? Rarely?"

"Yes"

　Selene was stunned to see the scene unfolding in front of her as she was taken out of the building. What I thought was a bad hut or something, was a big tree hole. Giant trees with a trunk circumference of tens of meters, which could be designated as natural monuments on Earth, grew here and there. . That said, this is a natural wooden house.

"From our point of view, you're much rarer."

　Zana, who was leading the way, said so, and Selene looked around. I noticed that the elves were peering at Selene from a distance, looking half interested and half scared, from the shadows of the pure white bushes and among the tree branches.

　Everyone was wearing the same white costume as Zana, which seemed to be their national costume. It may play the role of a protective color to blend in with the white forest.

"Don't stare and be rude. Princess, you don't have to worry.

"Yes"

　Other than himself, Butler was not happy that his beloved Princess Selene was treated as a spectacle. However, to Selene herself, she let the gazes of the elves be lightened, and she seemed to not care at all.

　In the past, Selene sneaked into a hero event held on the roof of a department store with her children. Compared to the strange gazes from my father and mother back then, I had absolutely no objection to the probing gazes from those elves.

"(How dare. I have to learn from him.)"

　Of course, Butler would never know that. From her point of view, it seemed that Selene was acting calmly among the crowd of elves. Although elves were unknown existences, they would show a gap if they were jolted at their sight. Butler strengthened himself and regained his composure.

　After struggling to climb over a large root wall, there was a place where the same type of door as the previous tree was installed. Apparently, this is the entrance to the fairy house named Guy.

"Guy, I brought the boy!”

　Zana shouted so loudly and knocked on the door with great force. I did not hold back at all because I was dealing with the patriarch, and I kept knocking with the momentum that the door might break.

"Shut up! Give respect!"

　Without much delay, the door opened violently, and a short youth appeared from within. He was probably the chief of an elven tribe called Guy. I thought he was an old man or an old woman because he was the chieftain, but contrary to that, Guy was very young.

　With an even thinner body than the slender Milan, his white body was pure. It is characterized by the tightness of the fishing line that is inversely proportional to it. It could be said that he was a pretty handsome young man full of wildness, but for some reason he wore a wavy iron pot on his head, which destroyed everything. Must look stupid.

"Is this the rumored human chibi ..."

"Gi, sir."

"What's up, little boy?"

"Head, what is it?"

"Hm, what is this?"

　Guy glared at Selene as if judging the item, but Selene couldn't help but ask about the pot in her head. I thought he would get angry, but for some reason Guy smiled happily and hit the cloth pot on his head.

"It's Okan. A great human being wears a metal headgear like this, right? Whaddya think? Cool, right?"

"Okayo……"

　It was filled with tsukkomi, but Selene replied faintly because it was troublesome. Guy invites Selene to his room without mentioning Mahkota』 again.

　The basic construction seems to be the same as the large tree hole where Selene is sleeping, but somehow it is decorated with ornate feathers, masks, and iron spoons. Such decorations were proof that he was the chieftain.

　Guy had Selene sit on something like a pillow made of piles of leaves, and herself sat cross-legged in front of Selene. Selene is on the side of the wall and Guy is the entrance. Then Zana stood up to block the entrance. Apparently to prevent escape.

"You said something like Selene. Aren't you a bokkensher?"

"Bokkensha?"

"Maybe an adventurer."

　Selene finally came to a conclusion with Butler's guess, but of course she wasn't an adventurer, so she shook her head and denied it. Or rather, I don't know what an adventurer is. From Selene's doubtful expression, Guy seems to have decided that he is not an adventurer.

"I'm sure you're not a bokkensher. Looks like you're not one of those friends either."

"Rabbol?"

“It must be Valberg. I heard there are many adventurers in the country."

　An adventurer literally means "one who takes risks". Unlike Herifalte, Valver is still heavily discriminated against based on his status. Even if you have magical powers and the ability to match them, if you're an ordinary person, you can't get a good job, and it is very difficult to move to Herifalte to seek better treatment. Because you're sending salt to your rivals.

　Among the Valver humans who had been treated unfavorably despite having powers, there were a number of people who rushed to Shiramori, who were filled with magical resources, and aimed for quick luck. Throw in your own luck, collect magical resistance tools like the dress Selene wore, rush boldly, and defeat.

　Butler only heard rumors about the wind, but there were not many adventurers in Aquila or Herifalte, so he did not pay much attention to it.

"Balber, I'm in a different country"

"Right, that Banver... Wait, is there another human country?"

"Yes"

"Where is your country?"

"Herifarte"

"Helivaate, huh? Is it close to Shiramori?"

"Hey, distance, about a week."

　Guy tilted his head at Selene's reply. It's far from Shiramori, isn't it? Why would a child and a mouse suddenly appear from such a place? I don't have an idea.

"What you say makes no sense. Why did you come all the way here from so far away? Well, even Bokkenscher can't go this deep."

"Ryu, who took me."

"Dragon? Did the dragon deliberately bring you here?"

　Selene nodded without a sound. I was kidnapped by a dragon without knowing the reason, and I was mistaken for an elf and brought here. I wish I could explain that far, but unfortunately with Selene's language skills, I can only say that she was brought to me by a dragon.

"What the boy said is true. We went to investigate yesterday, didn't we?"

　Zana who was silent behind him, twisted the word to complete Selene's words.

"Ah, so you heard a dragon appear near here? I've heard the report."

“Two patrols found this kid there.

　The elves were familiar with the Shiramori ecosystem. There is no trick to imagining what animals are passing by from the footprints left on the ground. Even without doing that from the start, a huge trail was left near Selene. There was only one kind of creature with such feet in this world.

"Dragon meets man, yes... It's an unbelievable story."

"What's? Are you trying to tell us that our investigation was wrong?"

"I wouldn't say it, but it's a dragon, right? A dragon kills a human child? For what purpose?"

"I don't know, but..."

　Guy's question is absolutely right. The elves had no habit of believing in any particular god, but they had the idea that gods and spirits dwelled in nature and life itself. Among them, the dragon race, which had the greatest power, was the incarnation of a God and the object of worship and admiration.

　It is said that the dragon took a human child and even appeared in Shiramori. Such a thing has never happened before. I have received reports that the rat that was with him was also a strange creature.

　Does this girl have some kind of special power? For example, he claimed to have been taken by a dragon, but he had the ability to subdue a dragon, and came to meet an elf alone for some reason. That's too ridiculous. Guy shook his head to dispel his silly thoughts.

"Well, what's up ... Did you say Selene?"

"Yes"

"If that's true, Bockenscher just stripped you naked and ignored you, but it looks like you have a problem. Two weeks from now, I will send you out of Shiramori.

"Why? What reason?"

"I had some unsophisticated business that approached human land at that time, so it was incidental."

　Selene did not know, but the elves supplemented the materials and materials they used in their lives by collecting them from the forest in addition to cultivating them. If you continue to collect it in the same place, the resource will run out, so you set a specific period and change the collection point.

　The location of the harvest we headed for two weeks later was the closest to the human habitation. If you stretch your legs slightly from there, you can pass Shiramori. If you go further than that, it will be an unknown place for the elves in the future, so that area is the last line.

　There was also the option to clean up Selene and Butler in this place, but as long as the dragon was involved, I could not act lightly. Guy is the head of the clan, and his actions could harm the clan.

　As soon as Guy came to his conclusion, the door was knocked even louder than Zana before, and an elven youth rushed into the room. He looked so confused that Zana didn't even have time to stop him.

"Guy-sama! Excuse me!"

"Don't go in without permission! I'm talking about something important right now!"

"Ergent need! The dragon appeared again!"

"Are you kidding? Didn't the Dragon just come yesterday?"

　Guy stood up with a twitching face. A dragon that crossed the continent in a single day, landing on Shiramori itself was extremely rare. That's why, yesterday, I sent security forces including Zana, who has the second power after Guy. It seemed that such an abnormal situation had occurred two days in a row.

"And where is the place?"

"It's the same place as yesterday. It seemed to be searching for something, and it seemed to be walking around the area. There seems to be no damage so far."

"Hm...."

　Guy put his hand on his chin and thought for a moment, then turned his gaze to Selene who was sitting.

"OKAY. Me and Zana, and this little one, I'm going to the scene with Selene."

"Huh!? Not just Zana-sama, but also Guy-sama?"

　Guy is the leader of the elf clan. I don't move on my own unless I have to. It is said that Guy himself will go and bring a human child with him. Hearing those words, both the elves and Zana blinked in surprise.

"There is no doubt that this little boy is related to the dragon, but I don't understand the reason at all. If so, instead of thinking about it here, I should give this person directly to the dragon."

"Wait on! Are you going to feed the boy?"

"She said she was taken by a dragon. Then there is no danger. If what he said was true, there was no problem, and even if he lied, he would only die. How's that a good idea?"

　Zana tries to say something, but in the end says nothing.