Episode 294: Packed full of a man’s dreams

“What exactly is this?”

“We shouldn’t worry about that right now. We need to quickly put up a barrier. If it’s us now, the two of us should be able to set up a stronger barrier than before. Since the World Tree has grown so big, we need to put up a barrier as soon as possible to prevent anyone from entering.”

 The chief tells Sarion-san, who is looking at his body dumbfoundedly, to hurry up.

“Oh, Chief … That’s right.

 Sarion-san comes to his senses with the chief’s words.

“Well then, shall we start now?”

“Understood.”

 When the two agree, they begin chanting a spell.

 A complex circular pattern spreads out on the ground and begins to emit a faint light.

[ It’s warm!! ]

[ What is this? ]

[ Amazing!! ]

[ What are the two of them doing? ]

 Then, the fairies flock to them and start to dance happily. Not only that, but it seems that the light emitted by the pattern attracts beings who seem to be non-humans in various shapes, such as humanoids, animals, and natural phenomena.

“Gh, ghosts?”

 Nanami mutters while being slightly frightened.

 However, although they don’t seem to have physical bodies, I feel that they are too sacred to be called ghosts.

“If anything, I think they’re something like spirits. In the sense that they have no substance, they may be no different from ghosts.”

 In response to Nanami’s mutter, Rei shares her thoughts. I think Rei’s idea is correct.

“Spirits, huh. They certainly don’t look bad.”

 When Nanami looks at the translucent beings who have no substance after hearing Rei’s words, her fear seems to disappear.

“” ~~~ “”

 After a few minutes of chanting the incantation, the complex patterns at their feet begin to spread with tremendous force. And I can see something like a translucent dome covering the forest.

 It seems the pattern spreads throughout the forest and covers the whole area. It’s amazing to be able to create a barrier over such a wide area.

“Fuu. It’s over. I instinctively thought we could do it, but I didn’t think we could put up a barrier so easily.”

“Certainly. Apparently, it seems that our power has increased considerably.”

 The chief is surprised that their strength was beyond expectations, and Sarion-san looks down at his body as if agreeing.

“”Chief ~ !!””

 When the barrier is finished, out of nowhere, many voices resound and I feel them coming closer to where we are.

“Oh, did they come back. Because I left them all alone. That’s right.”

 The chief looks at the approaching elves and narrows his eyes. The appearance of the incoming elves has clearly changed.

“Chief!! What exactly is going on!? They suddenly became like this!!”

“Right, right!! They suddenly got bigger and it’s really hard to move!!”

“It’s true!! They’ve grown so big that it hurts just by running a little!!”

 They, or rather, it’s closer to say the women rather than them.

 The confused elf women approach the chief. Moreover, none of them had fruits before at all, but without exception, the two flat fruits are swollen as if they have absorbed all the nutrients.

 Everyone is lifting up their fruits as if to show them off in an ostentatious display, so much so that the chief is cringing.

“Or rather, everyone knows that he’s the chief. Even though his appearance has changed completely.”

“We don’t judge by appearance, but by the color of the soul we have, so we won’t lose sight of that just by changing the appearance.”

 I mutter while looking at the chief, but someone picks up on my words.

“Umm … Are you from the guards?”

“Yeah, that’s right. Have I changed that much?”

“It’s outrageous.”

“Is that so. As I said earlier, we see things by their souls rather than their appearance, so we are indifferent to changes in appearance. However, I can’t overlook this because it interferes with movement too much.”

 Saying that, she lifts two anti-male weapons in front of me, just like the other elves.

 I can’t help but be captivated by the presence that is approaching my field of vision.

“Onii-chan!!”

“Ah, no, this is … Hahahahaa!!”

“It’s no use trying to deceive me by laughing!!”

 Nanami finds out that my gaze had been captured, and she puffs up her cheeks and gets angry. I hurriedly avert my eyes and give a wry smile. Still, Nanami is pissed and angry.

“I have never met a human, are these nice for humans?”

“Eh, ah, hmm. It’s more like a man’s dreams than those of human beings.”

 I don’t know how to answer the question from the female guard, so I answer appropriately.

“I don’t know what that is, but that’s right. Would you like to touch them?”

“No thanks!!”

 The female member who takes those words seriously tilts her head with a strange expression and holds out the fluffy marshmallows in front of me, Nanami’s gaze is piercing, so I refrain from doing so.

 Even if Nanami and the others aren’t here, I’ll refuse!! It’s true?

“What is that!! I’m envious!! Gugigi!”

“Nn.”

 Nanami clenches her teeth in frustration at the elves who suddenly grew bigger, and Shia makes a slightly envious expression.