Elysion Online ~The Dragonewt and The Summoner~

Chapter 283: Nukot Village and lore

I put out my matatabi and the cat-eared girls started giggling and laughing all of a sudden, a freak of fascination.

"Is this okay?"

"Raihyohunya~ (It's okay, nya). Hyotoyooharaateirurahenya (Im just a little drunk, nya)"

I asked D'Artagnan, but she was completely finished. Is this drunk? I mean, isn't it bad for children to drink alcohol? No, she's not drinking because it's the matatabi.

I put the matatabi away in my inventory after they were satisfied. Then everyone was back to normal.

"I was in a happy mood, nya"

"Good for you"

Matatabi is not a dangerous drug, is it?

"I have many more questions than that"

"I'll answer anything, nya. I owe a great debt of gratitude to the man who gave me a whiff of matatabi, nya"

Is that so much to ask? Oh, well.

"Where the hell are we? Where's Kid Village?"

"Ah, nya? It's like you've never been in the spirit world before, nya?"

"It's my first time hearing"

"Then, it looks like you didn't know. The spirit world is a world that exists on the same axis as the current world. Most of the fairy species like Cait Sith have their own villages in the spirit world, nya"

I see. A parallel world? The current world is probably the world I've been playing games in until now. Did I enter without knowing it? Fairy species? No way...

"Is it possible that the Elven Forest is in the spirit world?"

"Yes, nya! Did you enter the Elven Forest, nya?"

"Yes. I had some business to attend to"

When I say that, D'Artagnan is surprised. It seems that elves are famous for being hard-headed. They don't seem to get along very well, so let's not talk about the matatabi.

Let's go to the next question.

"Are those cat girls by any chance the cats from the current world?"

"Yes, nya. They all left when they detected the smell of matatabi and I rushed to Kid Village, nya"

"Can you go to Kid Village as a cat?"

"Is there something wrong with it, nya? A fox cerian beast and a fairy were in the village, nya"

She's right. By the way, at first I also went out with Grays, so I think it's okay.

"Can anyone enter the spirit world?"

"If you can use space-time magic, you can enter it once, nya. After that, humans who are recognized by spirits can enter, nya. Ordinary humans must not enter first, nya"

"Can any fairy species enter?"

"Only high-level fairies can enter, nya. After that, maybe someone with special permission like me can put it in, nya?"

In other words, can I go to the spirit world by raising the level of Setia and others? But what does it mean to need a special permit?

"The outside of the village is the domain of spirits, star beasts and divine beasts, nya. If you go out, you'll die instantly, so you have to keep an eye on them to make sure they don't go out by mistake, nya"

So there are a lot of legendary creatures and spirits outside this village...I'm afraid of the spirit world.

"How is that possible?"

"The location of Kid Village and Nukot Village are slightly out of alignment, so people can mistakenly go outside, nya"

Is there such a thing...it can't be helped if I make a mistake...wait.

"That means that if you move from the current world to the spirit world, you may enter or leave the village depending on your location"

"That's what it means, nya"

If someone who doesn't know about this suddenly enters the spirit world, will they be beaten up by legendary creatures? I'm really glad I know this now. It's no joke.

"And D'Artagnan is a cerian beast, right?"

"Yes, nya. Ah~, it's strange that Im a cerian beast and yet I'm in the Cait Sith Village, isn't it, nya?"

"Yes"

"That's because I'm a cerian beast, born between a cat sith and a human, nya. Cerian beasts are a sub-race and are treated as humans in Freetia, nya. That's why I was given the role of watching over the cait siths in the current world and protecting Nukot Village, nya"

Hee. It seems that D'Artagnan is a rare case. Is it treated like a subspecies or something? I'm not sure if this is a D'Artagnan-only setting or not, but I guess it's possible.

Have I finished listening to most of this? Oh, I forgot about the desert.

"Do you know how to get into the Sandwall Desert?"

"I don't know, nya"

Not good...D'Artagnan speaks up when I'm disappointed.

"But there is a legend in this city that if you burn matatabi on the day of the fire, the gods will give you a test and if you pass the trial, they will give you another trial, nya"

So, after the trial is over, they give a follow-up trial? But is it possible that the trial is the release of the Sandwall Desert? The day of fire is Tuesday.

So it'll be a fun thing to do after we finish the matter with the dark summoners.

"Then, can I come back on Tuesday?"

"Are you sure? Will you roast matatabi for me, nya?"

The eyes of D'Artagnan and the other children lit up.

"Ah, yes. I'm curious about the lore"

I have a feeling that the old elf knew about this and gave me the matatabi.

"Yes, nya! We'll all have a matatabi festival on Fire Day, nya!"

"What? That festival?"

"It's a festival where the smell of roasted matatami spreads throughout the village, making everyone happy and before you know it, it's morning, nya!"

It's not a festival! Is it really safe? I was beginning to worry.