The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 99

Chapter.23 Elf Forest

“Elena, is there any way to deceive the elf’s eyes of truth? Anyway, if you take two dragons, I think it’s going to be a real mess.”

“I think so too. but… .”

Elena shakes her head, blaming herself for not being able to think of any solution.

“Hehehe idiots.”

Then, Serena, who was next to me, burst into laughter.

“why? “Is it because he has a good way of being confident?”

When I ask, Serena points to Rurin and is still full of bullshit.

“yes. “I don’t know about that black thing over there.”

Lurin, who was pointed out, immediately gets angry.

“What kind of red dragon are you talking about eating grass?”

“Oh, then do you know?”

“know. “It’s obvious.”

“What?”

“This body is also a dragon. There’s no way you don’t know about mana. “Ummmm.”

“Oh Lurin, do you understand?”

As I also ask, Rurin glances at me. And then he lowered his head.

“I don’t know. “Hmph”

Serena started laughing at the declaration of defeat.

I glared at Sereina while hugging Lurin, who was clinging to me. With Lurin’s grudge in mind.

“So what is your method?”

“What are you looking at so scared?”

“… okay. It’s soft, right? “Now tell me.”

“It should have been like that a long time ago. There is a simple way. All you have to do is cover your eyes. “Those elves see the truth through the other person’s eyes.”

“Oh yeah? “Really, Elena?”

“yes. “That’s true.”

Elena nodded. I guess it’s true. Just cover your eyes. It’s definitely a bit of a difficult problem in this day and age, but with modern technology, there’s nothing difficult about it.

“But if you cover your eyes, you can’t see, right? I have to figure everything out with mana, but it’s so annoying. That can’t be possible. “Just reveal your identity.”

“I don’t mind closing my eyes.”

At the same time that Serena was disgusted, Lurin closed her eyes with a peaceful face. And he puts his arm around mine.

“It doesn’t matter because I have your eyes. It’s different from the red one. Hehe you! I’ll close my eyes if you want! Instead, it never falls off the side!”

“Oh yeah?”

As the two of us were having this conversation, Serena started screaming while rubbing her arms.

“You’re making me laugh!”

Could it be said that it has the power to overturn the dinner table? But Lurin doesn’t react at all. Just close your eyes and lean on me. The smile is also peaceful. He looked happy.

I don’t want to break that happiness, but if all I have to do is cover my eyes, the problem is already solved.

“Rurin, open your eyes first. “There is a better way.”

“What! Why is there such a thing?”

Rurin’s question as if asking why such an annoying thing exists. Serena also tilted her head. Elena can’t even participate in the conversation at all.

Well, if you’re just going to cover your eyes, there’s nothing better than sunglasses. There is no such thing in this world, so of course there is no way to avoid the elf’s ability, the lie detector.

I summoned two sunglasses through summoning magic. A round black hole.

If you reach out to that black hole, you will have to travel to another dimension. Once you move to another dimension, you cannot return until your mana is restored, and that recovery is very slow. So please do not touch it by mistake.

In fact, this black hole occurs because the number and scale of summoning magic use has become stronger as the dragon beads have been completely absorbed.

So, I have no choice but to take it even if it is a bit risky.

Anyway, when I spurt out the mana, two sunglasses fall into my hand from inside the black hole. Lulin and Serena blinked and looked at their sunglasses.

“What is that? If you use something black like that, you can’t see in front of you anyway… .”

“You know, I think I’ve seen that before, or I don’t think I’ve seen it, whatever.”

The two dragons spoke at the same time. So, I first put sunglasses on Lulin’s face.

What was summoned was ShaO sunglasses. It is a luxury product. Of course, I couldn’t choose the design because it was random.

“how is it?”

“Oh, the world is black! But it looks good. Your face is black! Hehehehe.”

As Lulin was having fun poking my face, Serena seemed curious and held out her hand.

When I hand over the sunglasses, she puts them on her face just like Lulin. Since they were two very beautiful women, the sunglasses went well with them. Lurin, who is an innocent girl, has a slightly arrogant vibe, while Serena is just endlessly gorgeous.

“Hoo what is this? “You have all these amazing things?”

“There is something like that. How are you, Elena? “Can you figure out the truth?”

Doridori.

Elena shook her head. It’s a somewhat unfair face.

“excuse me… .”

“huh?”

“L-nim ho, by any chance.”

“yes?”

“Is there one more?”

Elena asked that. I don’t know what’s going on with this greedy elf.

Were you jealous when you saw the two women wearing sunglasses and smiling? Elena immediately lowered her head as if she was embarrassed by what she had said.

This elf is so kind that I have nothing to say. So what do I need to say? I immediately summoned another pair of sunglasses.

***

“Okay, it’s around here, right? “There’s no point wearing sunglasses if you fall directly into the elven forest.”

Serena declared after using teleportation.

“yes.”

This guy has ideas. It’s Serena. Elena seemed to be curious about the sunglasses she was wearing, so she took them off again and put them away, probably because she returned to her hometown.

The two dragons, still wearing sunglasses, put their arms around their waists and looked around the forest, exclaiming in exclamation.

“Oh dear. It’s a strange forest. ah! Besides, I don’t need that red thing anymore. “I remembered this place, so let’s leave it and go.”

“There is no need for anything. “It’s necessary.”

Serena immediately joined our conversation and stamped her feet.

“I’m Elena’s protector!”

“Elena is my subordinate!”

Lulin still did not give up his claim that Elena was his subordinate. I have now denied this for I don’t know how many times. It’s extremely tiring.

“So you’re saying it’s neither? Elena is just a good elf from Great City. Two people? So, would you please get away from Elena?”

I dragged the back of the causing a commotion with both hands.

And I followed Elena into the forest. Then a group of elves come down in front of us. On the tree.

“This is the sacred elven forest. Travelers, the current Elven Forest is… uh? “Elena?”

Elves recognizing each other.

Elena also nodded with a very happy face.

“long time no see! “Lilinia.”

The elf who was blocking ran to Elena and grabbed her hand. It seems very welcome.

“Elena, it’s been a really long time. “Have you come back completely?”

“No, the chief urgently called me and came back. “Is something going on in the elf forest?”

“That…” .”

I saw that the elves’ faces instantly became very dark.

“See, it wasn’t for nothing that I volunteered to be your guardian? Rather, Elena should be thankful for this person’s overflowing glory.”

Serena also whispered in my ear as if she had confirmed it. Although it is definitely true.

“Elena, who are the people behind you?”

An elf named Lilinia looked at us. A question directed at me and two women wearing very unusual sunglasses. The expressions on their faces seemed as if they were curious about something.

“These are people I became friends with in Gray City.”

“is that so. Ah, first, I will guide you to the chief. Elena and other guests who came with us are also welcome.”

An elf is an elf. We didn’t know what was going on, but as soon as he realized that we were guests brought by his own people, even though his face was so dark, he maintained a polite attitude and kindly guided us without being rude.

It was my first time entering the elf forest. There were a lot of refreshing parts. Although I have lived in this world for 15 years, there are many plants and trees that I have not seen before.

The trees in particular were quite unique.

A uniqueness that I have never seen before, not only in this world but also in my original world.

The trees are very straight and tall. So much so that you can’t see the sky. It can be said to be as straight as bamboo, but it is much thicker than that.

And there are houses everywhere in those trees. In high places.

It’s probably the home of the elves. I’ve heard it before.

One by one, the elves looked down at us from the house high up.

Liliana replaces that gaze and explains the situation to us.

“Everyone is surprised because it’s been a while since an outsider came in. “Don’t be upset, forest guests.”

“Oh yes, it’s okay.”

I nodded as if it was no big deal, and as I walked further while receiving that gaze, a very large building soon appeared in the middle of the forest.

“Neria!”

Liliana nodded at us and entered the building. Immediately, more than 10 elves appear from the building.

All of them are beautiful blondes.

Elena, who discovered them, moved forward and was hugged by the elf in the middle.

“I came because Neria called me. “What’s going on?”

“Welcome back.”

Neria patted Elena on the back without saying a word.

“Oh, what about the people behind you?”

“They are benefactors who received help from Gray City. “They are worthy of being guests of the forest, so please treat them well.”

As Elena calmly explained, the elf called Neria looked around at us and nodded.

However, the slightly puzzled expression did not go away. Maybe it’s because of the sunglasses Lulin and Serena are wearing.

He seemed to be concerned about the presence of sunglasses blocking the elf’s eyes.

However, since Elena described herself as her benefactor, she could not ask him something outright and just nodded. Elena is a recognized elf in the elven forest.

“Elena, it’s dinner time, so I’m thinking of serving it to the guests. “We’ll have a little talk after that, so wait until then.”

“Yes, got it. “Neria.”

When Neria said that, Elena nodded strongly.

Soon all the elves began to gather in front of the building. And sit around. It was also spectacular to see so many elves sitting in a circle.

However, the faces of all the elves are not bright. Everyone from Liliana, whom we saw earlier, to Neria, the chieftain.

It is impossible to deny that something is happening. If I tell Elena later, I’ll be able to figure out what happened soon.

“You helped Elena?”

“yes? Hmm, I guess something like that.”

“I think I heard the story. “It seems like Elena is always the one who comes up when talking about the city.”

Neria smiled and looked at me favorably. Probably, the elf forest and scorpions were exchanged frequently.

However, the part about me appearing frequently in the story is a bit strange. So, when I looked at Elena, she suddenly lowered her head.

“Anyway, I’ll serve you some food. I think it might not suit my taste, but… “I apologize in advance.”

As soon as Neria gestured, various vegetables were delivered to the sitting elves.

I clearly saw a scene like this earlier, with grass growing all over the trees. In other words, they are wild grasses and herbs that grow directly in the elven forest.

Rurin looks at me in shock.

Serena didn’t seem to like it either.

Elena whispered with a troubled face.

“sorry. But we only eat this.”

“Hmm, there’s nothing I can do about it… ah!”

In that case, you should at least sprinkle some dressing on it. I had a good idea and opened my mouth to Neria.

“Neria, I would like to give you a visiting gift. Would you please accept it?”

“A gift for my visit?”

Neria, who was reverently trying to eat vegetables, questioned and shook her head.

“Well, it’s nothing special, but I’ll tell you how to make it taste better. “Can you please wait a moment?”

As I stood up, the blondes’ eyes started to turn to me. It was a very unusual experience. A situation where beautiful elves were looking at me at the same time.