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Almost half a day has passed since I sent out Fran.
Like a mother duck teaching her baby how to swim, I was full of worries, yet I can only do nothing but hope for the good news.
“Allan-sama, would you like another cup?”
Cecil, who had arrived together with Effie, took the empty cup placed in front of me.
“I’ll have another. How is Effie?”
I asked about that newest companion of ours.
“Effie-san? Well, she’s downstairs, playing some kind of game with that weird innkeeper.
“Oh, I see……Well, it’s better than going out without having a goal in mind.”
Though the old innkeeper was surprised for the fact that I was an elf, when he saw Effie, he went at a loss for words. He went bonkers after that, making him gain the title ‘weird innkeeper’ from Cecil.
Can’t blame him, though, as she’s a being rarer than an elf, a spirit.
Currently, those two are playing a chess-like game of this world.
They should have been done around noon, but to think it was still going on.
“It looks like you’ve been abandoned after losing to you, Allan-sama.”
“Ahahaha. I guess I went overboard. I can’t refute about that.”
I was also invited to have a match with them, in which I easily won.
Though it’s vexing for them, I actually had an intensive training on this by my father.
He was too much, though. To the point where ‘going easy on someone’ didn’t fit in my dictionary anymore.
While I was lost in those memories, someone knocked on the door.
“Yes, who is it?”
“Cecil, it’s me.”
“Fran-san! I’m going to open it now.”
As soon as Cecil opened the door, there revealed the figure of Fran as I saw her in the morning.
“Thanks for the good work, Fran. You can rest for the time being.”
I urged her to sit on a chair, but she shook her head side to side.
“Before that, I have someone that I want to introduce to you.”
“Someone you want to introduce to me?”
“Yes. Helena, you can come in now”
As she gave the signal, a girl appeared from the other side of the door.
She stood at the entrance, then lowered her head to us.
“N-nice to meet you! My name is Helena……”
She introduced up to that point……and stopped there.
After landing her eyes on me, she stared, wide-eyed.
“Wow……it’s really like the prince of my dreams……”
We couldn’t help but smile wryly at her reaction.
“Well, I’m a real prince, though.”
“Uwaa, it talked!”
“Hey, I’m a genuine elf, you know. Of course, I could eat and talk.”
“Ah! I-I’m sorry…… I thought you were a statue for a moment there.”
“Quite an amusing one, this kid.”
I stood up and went in front of Helena.
“I’m Allan. Prince of the Country of Elves. Nice to meet you, milady. I thank the heavens above for being able to meet such a wonderful woman like you today.”
After that, I knelt, took her hand and kissed it.
Though that was pretty theatrical, seeing Helena with her eyes sparkling made me want to try something from her expectations.
But somehow, it feels like a shoujo manga though……
“Hawaaa……”
Helena was…… quite blown away, or so it would seem.
“An Elf Prince…… a real Elven Prince……”
“O oi, are you alright?”
“Eh? Ah yes! I’m sorry!”
“It’s okay. For now, please sit next to Fran.”
Helena walked to Fran with a tense gait.
After confirming it, I returned to my seat.
I immediately drew the main subject.
“So, Fran. Is Helena the key?”
“Yes, I think so. If it works well, you may meet the king in a few days.”
“To that extent …”
If we look at the security of this town, the area around the king should be more strictly guarded.
To be able to receive an audience smoothly like this is pretty remarkable already.
However, no matter how I look at Helena’s appearance, she didn’t give a noble-like vibe at all.
“Uhm, I’m sorry but, I couldn’t understand well what you are saying”
Helena raised her hand with a question.
“Oh yeah. We have to explain the issue yet to Helena.”
After that, I told Helena about the purpose of our trip and the circumstances leading up to this point.
“… Amazing, world peace! Really like a fairy tale!”
“There will be enemies and obstacles that will stand before our path if it’s a fairy tale, so I don’t really want it to appear like one, especially in front of me.”
“I agree. I also don’t want my head to be bitten off by some kind of dragon”
I and Helena nodded mutually.
Well, this is better than an assassin aiming at the branch, or a princess who has quite the circumstances behind her.
“And, to exchange branches of the King Tree, I need to meet with the King of this land-“
“and that’s where you go in. We would like to seek Helena’s cooperation.”
“Oh, I understand!”
Helena immediately agreed to the words of me and Fran.
“Really? But I think I haven’t explained it further yet.”
Even Fran, who invited her, was also surprised by this.
“It’s amazing to be able to cooperate with the elves, and moreover, the prince itself! I will do it!”
Helena’s eyes shone brightly as ever.
“So, Fran-oneesan. What should I do?”
“Well, that’s…”
Fran thought about it.
“Nevertheless, an onee-san, huh. Fufufu”
I didn’t expect that the figure who has her feelings tightly shut just earlier to be this open. It’s like her previous self is a lie.
“Prince, please stop laughing”
“Who’s laughing here? Isn’t that great, onee-san?”
“Geez……”
Oh, Fran can now throw a tantrum. That’s new.
“Ah, uhmm……”
“Yes, what is it?”
“Can I call Prince-sama oniisan too?”
“So it leads to this, huh. Well, because we will be companions from now on, you can call me onii-san or onii-chan or aniki or whatever you like”
To tell the truth, I was an only child, even in my previous world, so I never had the experience of having brothers and sisters.
Calling me like this, it felt quite comfortable.
As I thought about that, the door was suddenly opened.
Allan-kun, let’s have a match again!”
Thus entered Effie.
In her hand was a pawn of the board game.
Well, it seems that the special training with my father has finally kicked in once again.
“If I win, I’m allowed to monopolize you tonight. Deal?”
“That was a quite one-sided deal, however.”
“My my, do you dislike me now?”
“Of course not.”
Cecil, Fran, and Effie. I’m happy to be partnered with any one of them.
“Uhm, what does that mean?”
Fran asked Helena who seem to not understand the situation.
“If you win the game, you can be alone with the prince.”
“Eh…… wait… eeeeeeeh!?”
“Ara, does the child over there also want to participate?”
“No, Helena is …”
“I-It’s my first time, so if Onii-san is okay with it……”
When I was about to stop her, the person in question suddenly blurted that out of the blue.
“Ufufufufu, so, what will you do, Allan-kun?”
“Onii-san……”
Don’t tell me, Helena’s actions until now is because……
Did she fell in love at first sight? With me?”
Well, I’m happy about god’s will turning in my favor, and I don’t have any reason to decline either.
“I understand. I will take responsibility if anything happens.”
When I told her that, she happily accepted it.