The Archmage’s Restaurant

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Chapter.38 You are not there

The carriage moves quickly down the mountain road. El and Elena were in the carriage together.

Except for the coachman, there were only Elle and Elena.

“Thank you, Elena.”

In that situation, L suddenly thanked Elena. Elena couldn’t even guess what that meant.

Why are you suddenly saying thank you?

Because my head was full of these thoughts, I opened my mouth because I thought it was wrong to just blink for two seconds and then continue to not respond.

“yes? “What are you thankful for?”

“Thank you for following me without saying anything.”

L came into the clinic in the morning. He then asked me to go with him because he had a patient. Of course, it was a very sudden request, but Elena willingly followed El and this is the situation now.

“That’s natural. I am… !”

Elena tried to appeal that such things were natural, but she kept her mouth shut.

I am! Is it okay to go wherever L wants to go? Elena, who was about to say something like that, hesitated, thinking that this wasn’t right.

Ears are red.

Twirl.

Her red ears perked up and Elena jumped up and screamed.

“I mean… ! This means that as long as there are patients, we will go anywhere! “Aaaah!”

Then, the carriage shook and fell.

Cradangtang-!

Rolling over on a carriage.

Seeing the unsightly appearance, Elena jumped up, crouched in the corner, and lowered her head.

It is embarrassing. It is embarrassing. I’m so embarrassed that I’m embarrassed. Because of those thoughts, my long ears become even redder and tremble.

Elves are like that. Normally, even if the food is not very tasty, if you cook it yourself, especially if the person who cooked it is your mother-in-law, you say it out of politeness.

However, elves are a race that does not have such things. Always tell the straightforward truth. If you think it’s not tasty, it’s not tasty. It was a race that said.

Instead of speaking directly, Elena changed her words. Including some lies.

no. It’s not a lie because it’s the same if there’s a patient there. But it’s embarrassing! At that thought, my red ears had no intention of returning to normal.

“As expected, Elena is amazing, going wherever there are patients.”

L says innocently, completely unaware of those feelings. Elena felt a little complicated.

As we enter the mountain road, the carriage shakes even more. Thanks to this, Elena’s expression becomes even more shaken.

Of course, L had other concerns, completely unaware of Elena’s feelings. I’m thinking that the redness of my ears may also be because of my embarrassment from falling.

The important problem for El was not that the patient she would ask Elena to look after was a dwarf.

What is the relationship between elves and dwarves?

It’s an enemy among enemies.

Since they are enemies like the Black Dragon and the Red Dragon, they do not seek help from each other.

But this time, I needed Elena. It is absolutely necessary to cure the patient.

By using the recovery skills he and Elena shared. Then, the object to be obtained is the final goal.

Because of that item, I couldn’t come with Lulin. Because it was a secret to Lulin.

So teleportation was impossible, so we were moving by carriage like this.

Although Serena can use teleportation, she has never been to a dwarven village. And the mouth is cheap.

Elena knew that she was going to heal a patient, but she had no idea that it was a dwarf, so El spoke cautiously.

Anyway, I thought it was a fact that needed to be known.

“But Elena, you just said that you would go anywhere as long as there were patients, right?”

“yes yes? yes!”

Elena answers three times. It was the same answer, but each meaning was different.

The calm yes at first was something he said a moment ago, so he just accepted it in the affirmative.

The second yes meant “Why are you asking that?”, but I immediately thought that it didn’t matter, so I clenched my fist and answered yes once again.

The yellow eyebrows rose and fell, and the mood swings weren’t crazy. I felt strange myself, so I held my ears with both hands.

hot.

My ears are hot!

Why is it like this! L will think it’s strange.

It was holding its long ears with both hands and curling up, so L looked like a lost sheep.

“Is it okay even though the patient is a dwarf?”

Towards such a lost sheep, L got to the point. Then Elena frowned slightly as she held her ear.

“If you’re a dwarf… Are you talking about those rude drunkards who look down on the forest race, saying they are the land race?”

“Yes.”

L scratched his cheek and affirmed. And he bowed his head.

“But it must be treated. “I need to do you a favor.”

“… … .”

El bowed her head. Elena didn’t know what to do and lowered her head.

L asked. With that alone, it didn’t matter whether Elena was a drunkard or an arrogant pudgy. But he even bows his head because of someone like him. That would not be possible.

“It’s not okay.”

“yes?”

“Don’t bow down because of me! “Because El is an amazing person!”

Elena puffed out her cheeks.

El tilted her head slightly. I don’t quite understand the part about puffing out your cheeks. Not because you lied about being a dwarf, but because you bowed your head?

After all, is this woman a goddess? El was thinking so, but it would never happen for an elf to heal a dwarf unless it was El’s request.

Elena broke that taboo without any hesitation.

“Really?”

“Yes, it’s okay! Whether it’s a dwarf or a dwarf’s son… “Dwarf grandson!”

Both sons and grandsons are dwarves. I was so embarrassed that my words were coming out in vain. L smiled at Elena and said.

“thank you.”

Elena lowered her head.

If you smile like that, that’s enough. You don’t need anything else. Because just the time we have together is precious.

My heart is pounding. Elena didn’t know what to do with her heart that was pounding like an idiot, so she got up from the carriage, but the carriage suddenly stopped and she fell to the floor.

Kuuuung-!

“Aaaah!”

“Elena?”

El jumped to the floor. Elena fell to the floor and was supported by El. My face is red.

“are you okay?”

“It’s not okay… !”

“Are you hurt a lot?”

“no. That’s okay! It’s not okay, but it’s okay… .”

While letting out that sound, Elena pinched her thigh. What kind of obscenity is this?

“Are you here, El!”

The reason the carriage stopped was because it had arrived at a dwarven village, so the dwarves came in regardless of Elena’s disaster. Elle stood up and greeted the dwarf, leaving Elena sitting down and covering her face with her hands.

An elder with a familiar face bows his head. The elder who created the rare knew what kind of being El was, so he treated El as a dragon, not a human.

“yes. Rather, is the news you sent really true? Are you really saying that a dwarf who knows the whereabouts of that item has immigrated?”

“yes. “Yes!”

The young dwarf next to the dwarf chieftain straightened his back and answered.

“You said you would tell me everything as long as you heal my father?”

“yes. Since I am a dwarf who has emigrated, I cannot forcefully obtain information, so I contacted you… If it’s not polite, you can threaten it somehow… .”

The dwarf spoke, shrinking his already short stature while discussing courtesy to dragons, but El shook his head.

“no. Of course, if you want something, this side has to provide something as well. Please guide me.”

El helped Elena, who was still sitting down and trembling from embarrassment, stand up.

Elena blows her blonde hair and looks at the dwarves. Only then did the dwarves realize Elena’s existence.

There was a momentary silence.

“El, can’t it be true that the elf is… !”

The Dwarf Chief asked in surprise, and the other Dwarves also began to mutter.

And Elena also looked at the dwarves with an enemy-like face, rather than the expression of gentle sheep and an expression full of shame that she had shown to El.

“What about elves?”

“this… this! Shut that mouth! How dare there be elves in the Land of Earth… !”

Elena and the chief started growling as soon as they met.

It was similar to the scene where Lulin and Serena met, so it was rather familiar.

“Stop petty fighting. Chief. “This is a warning.”

“I’m sorry!”

Whether it’s an enemy or something else, dragons are scarier. That is an idea embedded in the DNA of dwarves.

The Dwarves, who knew that it was El who could not even move the dragon, eventually had to accept the Elf.

El completely sided with the elves. In other words, he asked the dwarves to exercise restraint. Normally, one should remain neutral, but one side is no different from their own person. To Elena, she just smiled.

Elena was somehow happy about that. Because it seemed like he took his side. I was so happy about that simple fact that I laughed at the dwarves.

“Wait! let’s go together. L! Wow!”

He then ran and grabbed El’s arm, but was surprised and took his hand away. And I looked around.

After that, I swept my chest.

***

After becoming acquainted with the dwarven chieftain, I was inquiring about two types of jewels.

There is no race as skilled in minerals as dwarves. So, if you are looking for minerals, the fastest way is through dwarves.

One of the sought-after gems is the black diamond, which is said to be a legendary gem.

Black diamonds exist on Earth too. However, what we call black diamonds on Earth are usually colored diamonds mixed with minerals.

That’s not what I’m looking for. I am looking for the legendary Black Diamond that is talked about by some dragons.

In the colorless brilliance of a pure diamond, the shape of ink spreading through water is impressive, and it is a gem that constantly sparkles whenever colorless and black are mixed.

Since its center is black, I think it is a gem that fits perfectly with Lurin. So I really wanted to get it.

A jewel among jewels that suits Rurin. So, my wish is to make sure Rurin has it.

And a legendary gem like that would be a perfect match for the wedding ring that will be on Rulin’s finger in the future.

But Black Diamond is a legend, and like a legend, there were no clues.

So the news the dwarves brought now is not about Black Diamond.

Unlike black diamonds, this is a gem that has a somewhat realistic supply.

It was news about pink diamonds and blue diamonds.

Diamonds themselves have considerable value. The mining industry, led by dwarves, is very active, and various gold and silver treasures are mined in the mines.

Just like on Earth, naturally colored diamonds are recognized as rare and more valuable than colorless diamonds.

And those with natural colors are more mysterious and beautiful.

Therefore, pink diamonds and blue diamonds were very valuable. It’s also rare.