The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 98

Chapter.23 Elf Forest

“Add soju here!”

“This is beer!”

“The grilled uba I ordered earlier still hasn’t arrived!”

There was chaos everywhere. Busiest evening time.

“Lurin! Serve this!”

“Eat your own food!”

Rurin’s screams continue.

“Yumma!”

My bad spirit too.

Still, it’s good that they serve without complaining anyway. As always, it’s a normal day.

Then, people leave one by one and it becomes late at night. If this happens, you can feel proud that it was a fulfilling day.

We lighten up the hall, take down the sign, and close the door.

“uh?”

But today something unusual happened at the door. Because there was a familiar face standing there.

A blonde hair just standing silently in front of the door.

“Elena?”

“El!”

Elena, who was standing still, looks at me with a surprised face. He seemed really surprised to see his long ears perk up.

If you stand like that in front of a restaurant, isn’t it natural for you to run into me?

I wonder why he looks so surprised. It was like I had seen a ghost or something.

“are you okay?”

“Oh yes yes! I was thinking about it… sorry.”

“Hmm, I don’t know what it is, but don’t just stand outside the door and come in.”

He closed the store door, came in, and sat Elena down at the table.

Elena continues to fidget and restlessly, slams her head on the table and holds the back of her head. No matter what you eat wrong, you act like you did something very wrong.

“What’s wrong with the elf? Also, why are you banging your head on the table? “What a fascinating guy.”

Rurin approached me, wiping away the residue that had spilled while drinking beer with a towel, and tilted his head.

“Hasn’t this guy finally lost his mind? “Well, if you want to live with the red one, that’s probably true.”

Pat pat.

Lurin shows sympathy and places a hand on Elena’s back. Then Elena lifted her head and looked up at me with her hands clasped together.

“Actually, I came because I had a favor to ask you!”

“Please?”

“sorry!”

“Why am I sorry for not saying anything yet? “You can apologize later, so tell me what you want first.”

As I sit down in front of Elena with a smile, Rurin wraps her arms around my neck and wriggles.

Elena looked at the scene, sighed again, and opened her mouth.

“actually… .”

“actually?”

“i get it! Actually, I’m asking you to kill me because I don’t like red things! Umm, if I harmed the elf, there’s nothing I can do. This body has to do something… .”

“Don’t be ridiculous, don’t strangle me!”

Lurin, who was wrapped around my neck, wrapped it tightly around my neck and shook it from side to side, making me lose my mind.

“Oh no!”

Of course, the elf denied Lurin’s words.

“It’s not that I don’t like it. but… !”

“yes?”

It’s not that I don’t like it, but there seems to be something there. My relationship with Serena.

“What’s going on? “Did Serena bully you?”

“Oh no! That’s not it, in fact, a magic message came in a hurry from the elven forest where I lived. “It said something big was going on in the forest, so I was told to come back for a while.”

“Oh yeah?”

It would be a big deal just to be called from the forest of the elves I belong to. I had no idea what they were asking me to do there. And how is it related to Serena?

“But Serena said she would go with me… .”

Elena lowered her head. Taking a dragon to the elven forest. A chaotic situation is expected.

What did you do?

I can’t stop Serena anyway.

“So, can I just stop it? “Well, if you ask me that much, I can grant it.”

“no. He may suddenly come by teleport and I won’t feel safe until the end… . Can you come too, L? If you leave Serena alone, she will try to play pranks like she did with those thieves last time. To think that the elf forest will be destroyed… . He’s not a bad person, but he’s too mischievous… . “The only person who can stop that is L!”

“In the elf forest?”

“yes… . I will repay you for not being able to do business during this time, even if it means sacrificing my life. “Anyway!”

“No, you don’t have to sacrifice your life, and it doesn’t matter since it’s a business you do as you please.”

Since Elena was there during the commotion with Red Dragon last time, the situation was easily resolved by rescuing Serena. She also provides various types of help in the recovery field.

I can’t refuse when you ask with such earnest eyes. But there is one problem.

“But if I go, of course the dragon hanging behind me here will follow, is that okay? “With Lurin and Serena appearing in the Elven Forest, don’t you expect apocalyptic chaos?”

“It’s only natural that if L goes, I’ll go too.”

Elena glanced at Rurin behind me. And then he quickly lowers his eyes. I think I at least made eye contact with Lurin.

“are you okay. As long as I have El… Both of them… Both of you… .”

I wanted to say something like that you both would be calm or that neither of you would get into trouble, but you seemed to be choosing your words.

“all right. Even if I can’t go, there’s no answer if Serena sneaks away. However, it is something that cannot be locked away. You can’t deprive the dragon of its freedom just to prevent that… “If you’re that worried, I’ll follow you.”

“thank you!”

thud!

Elena lowers her head violently and then hits her forehead on the table. I held my red forehead and had tears in my eyes, but I kept shaking my head.

“thank you. thank you “El is truly my benefactor!”

Elena said that, held her forehead, and left.

***

Elven Forest.

The place where Elena was born is the elven forest in the northwest of the empire. This forest, which boasts a vast area, has recently been very noisy due to something happening.

This was because the gold dragon Irimantium, which was rare in the northwest, had woken up from a long sleep.

There are three main types of dragons in this world. It is divided into black, red and gold.

In a one-on-one situation, Black is the strongest, and when the number of individuals increases, Red becomes overwhelming. And Gold is always the race that occupies the middle.

Although they are not as aggressive as Red or Black, they are a race that likes collecting treasures and pretty things rather than fighting.

“Great One above!”

The male dragon Irimantium woke up, yawned, and immediately landed in the nearby elven forest.

The forest elves, including Neria, the chieftain of the Elven Forest, fell down and began to tremble. After the peace of the dragon’s sleep, difficult times always come.

“Yes, your face has changed a lot since you woke up.”

“Three years have passed.”

When Neria responded, Irimantium immediately got to the point towards the elves.

“Anyway, since I’m up, send an elf to wait on me. It has to be pretty. “I’m going to ask for the treasure from the dwarves!”

The elves started to get scared with their heads down. Historically, there were many elves who were forcibly employed by the owners of rares in the elven forest, but Irimantium is a particularly picky being.

Of course, it’s not like I’m going to wait on you all night. Irimantium’s idea is that servants who manage rares must be beautiful.

After declaring that, Irimantium flapped its wings and disappeared without even hearing an answer. Naturally, from that moment on, the elves went into emergency mode.

“It can’t be helped. Don’t be too sad. “As the natural order of things, I, as the chieftain, will go.”

Neria, the chieftain of the elves, said. Elves retain their adult-like beauty until they die. In other words, the face of someone in their 20s lasts a lifetime.

The elves began to murmur at Neria’s declaration. But elves are that kind of race from the beginning. The chieftain was the one in charge.

“Neria… !”

“Neria… .”

The elves are crying. The next chiefdom passed to an elf named Seline.

For elves, the position of chief is a position that carries heavy responsibility. Unlike dragons, there is no one who is greedy among them. However, the elves were strictly guided by rank when it came to electing a chieftain.

The elves are a rare race in which good things are conceded and bad things are taken care of by the leader.

It was good that Neria, the leader of the race, went to the Dragon’s Lair so peacefully… .

This is where the variable comes in. Neria was immediately driven out by Irimantium. The vague reason was that he didn’t like the atmosphere.

Irimantium was a dragon with a very picky eye, as much as it liked pretty things.

“sorry. everyone… .”

Neria cried and now it was Seline’s turn. Seline nodded. Again the chiefdom passed to Neria. In general, if you think about it, it was Neria’s position that you should like it because it wasn’t you, but… .

This elf had a dark look on its face, as if it was about to commit suicide because it could not take responsibility.

But the problem showed no signs of being solved.

Even Seline, who was called for the second time, was shut out. It was a dragon whose pickiness soared to the sky.

In the end, it all comes down to ranking. Candidate for the next chieftain after Seline. The next runner was Noria.

However, when Noria was kicked out by the dragon because it was not to his liking, the elves were in a state of confusion.

Next to Noria is Elena, who is not in the forest. The elves, who had a firm position as chieftain, eventually ended up summoning Elena.

“Elena is out right now. What should I do, Neria?”

“The hierarchy of the elves means responsibility. Please bring it in first.”

This is why Elena was called to the elf forest. Although I didn’t know it yet.

***

“What, are you going too?”

Serena asks while looking at me. But why are you asking the obvious? He shrugged his shoulders. Then he folded his arms.

“Okay, I decided to go along here so that Red Dragon doesn’t get into trouble.”

“What kind of prank did I play on you? joy. And this time, I’m going purely to protect my Elena!”

Serena said while stroking Elena’s head stickily.

Elena couldn’t get used to the stickiness and trembled.

“Okay, okay, I give in and say that’s the case for you. But why does the black thing follow behind you? “It’s quite the opposite.”

“What are you talking about? “It sprays blood on the brain and makes it red!”

“Kaaaa! Try it! “I’ll rip your head off first!”

“Go away!”

As Sereina tried to grab my head, Lurin crawled onto my back and jumped on my back.

“stop! Lulin’s head is not allowed. As for the head. “How precious is this head?”

When he caught Serena’s running body and turned her back, he went and hugged Elena with a very miserable expression.

“Elena. “This body is sad.”

“That…” Serena! Cow hands!”

Elena is being harassed by Serena. I feel sorry for you so I can’t see you. So I pulled Elena towards me as well.

“and! “Now are you taking away the elves as well?”

“Don’t be funny. Elena is not yours. Serena or rather, how are you going to get there? Have you ever been to the elf forest? “Lurin has never been to that area, so teleportation is impossible.”

“I think I know where it is, so it’s possible.”

Then, Serena began to smile as if she had found control.

“He’s completely different from that kid. Hehehe. “The quality of life is different.”

Saying one more word, Sereina casts a curse.

“you. That’s annoying. “Let’s just use another dragon nearby as a stepping stone to get over.”

Then Lulin casts a heat attack.

“Hold on a little. “The one you can go to right away is the best.”

It is still better to move directly. Soon we gathered at Elena’s clinic and tried to use the teleport.

“for a moment! “Stop!”

Then, right before that, she screamed. Sereina stopped trying to use her mana and tilted her head.

“what’s the matter?”

After getting past Serena’s puzzled expression, I looked at Elena and opened my mouth.

To solve one problem.