Translator: Silver Editor: Namorax
To the WestPart 1
Two people were walking down the highway at dusk. The sky was proceeding to turn a pale blue as dawn slowly approached.
A cool mist was coming off the Calcutta mountains in the north that obscured the vision of anyone trying to traverse the highway.
In the middle of this mist, there was a tall woman dressed in a gray cloak walking next to . Visible through a gap in her cloak were a protective leather corset and the hem of a shirt that was easy to move in. Despite her humble attire, her large chest, thin waist, and round buttocks made her womanly charms known to all who saw her.
However, one look at her face revealed that she wasnt a human.
Her skin was smooth and lilac tinted, her hair long and snow-white, her eyes that stared straight ahead were golden and the ears at the side of her head were pointed.
She was one of this worlds dark elves and currently my employer for the job I had taken on.
This woman was Ariane Glenys Maple. The majority of the elves lived in the Great Canada Forest and she was one of the forests elite soldiers.
At her waist hung a sword with a guard in the form of a lions head, which she could wield with enough proficiency to outclass skilled adventures. In this age, the main assets of the elves were their in-depth magical knowledge and their ability to use spirit magic that humans were unable to replicate.
As for myself, my body was the one of my ga avatar that I had been playing as before I had been transferred into this world.
Underneath my black cloak was a set of full body armor fitting for a mythical knight, that had fine details etched into every piece along with white and blue undertones.
A jet black mantle, that was inlaid with a pattern seemingly cut from the starry night sky, hung off my shoulders.
A large, elaborately decorated shield and a two-handed broadsword were tied on my back, covering the luggage sack I have carried since the start of my travels.
The only problem was that inside this armor was nothing but a walking skeleton.
Underneath my helt I was lacking a nose and the light of the dead filled my eye sockets.
Ariane had been the first person to see my true self without raising her sword against . Since the number of people who would do that could be counted with the fingers on my hands, I couldnt take off my helt in public.
However, Ive had the good fortune to co across a small number of people that have been willing to except .
Though I always had terrible luck at lotteries in my previous world, my luck seems to have improved since Ive co here.
While I was absorbed in my thoughts, Ariane suddenly called out to .
Arc, what did you think of Chios magic the other day?
Arc was the na of my ga character whose body I now possessed, and I had decided to act the sa way I always did when I played the ga. No, i am still not quite accustod to this characters way of living, but it beca natural enough to not feel uncomfortable.
I looked at Ariane as I thought for a mont before breaking eye contact and looked straight ahead.
Chio was the na of the girl we had helped freeing her enslaved brethren from a slave trading company in Rhoden Kingdoms capital the other day. She had been a mber of the People of the Plains and Mountains, the so-called beastn that grew animal ears and tails.
Her ancestors had been led by another person from my world who appeared in this world six hundred years ago. Thanks to his influence, Chios people ford the ninja-like Blade Heart Clan, whose purpose was to liberate their enslaved brethren scattered across the continent.
The elves and the people of the Plains and Mountains were persecuted by the humans of the northern continent, and thus they were exposed to the threat of slavery. Even in this strange world, prejudice among the races, similar to the history of Africans and Europeans, still existed.
My modern sensibilities as an Asian man saw neither Africans nor Europeans as superior to the other. That reminded , when I had skin it was rather sensitive and would easily tan, though it wasnt like I could be mistaken for a
I had this strange feeling that I was missing sothing, but I didnt know what.
Shaking the unrelated thoughts from my head I returned my gaze to Ariane.
Anyway, the reason Ariane and I were walking down this path was because it led to the next destination in our quest to free the enslaved elves.
In the Kingdoms capital, Ariane, Chio and I worked as a team in cooperation with the other agents of the Blade Heart Clan.
Ariane was probably talking about Chios occasional use of ninjutsu. It seed that ninjutsu could pass for magic in this fantasy world.
Hum, is it possible that it was ninjutsu? You could be confusing the two Ariane-dono.
What she called ninjutsu seed like a form of spirit magic to
I let out a surprised cry at her comnt.
Huh? I thought that only the elves were capable of using spirit magic, but is it different?
Ariane shook her head at my question.
No, there were never any real restrictions on which races could use spirit magic. Even a human would be capable of using spirit magic if they make a proper contract However, its said that communicating with spirits is extrely difficult and potentially fatal for humans.
Apparently, it was possible in theory, but synonymous with impossible in practice. I thought about so of the characteristics of the People of the Plains and Mountains as I walked.
Now that you ntion it, arent the People of the Plains and Mountains capable of bonding with spirit beasts?
Spirit beast was the general na for creatures that housed the power of a spirit in their body, and they were extrely wary of humans. The elves and the People of the Plains and Mountains seed to be the only ones that could ta spirit beasts.
Thats right, however, most of the People of the Plains and Mountains have low magical power, so its rare for a contract to be established. Still, a few of them should at least be capable of performing spirit magic, however
Ariane lowered her eyes as if she was rembering what she saw in the capital the other day.
When it cos to spirit beasts
She lifted her gaze to the spot atop of my head. She was looking at the place where the spirit beast Ponta currently and usually sat.
Ponta was a fox-like creature that was roughly sixty centiters long. Her tail made up half of her body length and was puffed out like a dandelion. Despite her fox head, there were patches between her forelegs and hind legs that were similar to the legs of a flying squirrel. Her rather soft fur was green on the top and white on her underbelly.
The popular na for this kind of spirit beast was Fluffy Fox and she had been with
ever since I freed her from a group of bandits.
Ponta was capable of using spirit magic to manipulate the wind and fly freely in the sky.
When she noticed Arianes stare, Ponta tilted her head.
Kyun?
I wonder if there was so kind of connection between Chios people and spirit beasts like Ponta.
What are you trying to say?
I asked her about my honest concerns.
Ariane looked back at
before she began to slowly give her response.
The spirit magic we elves use and the magic of the spirit beasts are different from each other. Based on the contract weve made, we have to offer a set amount of our own mana to the elental spirits, who then convert it into magic. Spirit beast dont need to form contracts since they are one with the spirits. They can simply convert their mana into magic directly.
Hoo? So youre saying that Chio-dono not only managed to form a contract with a spirit but they also achieved a type of unification in order to use her brand of magic?
Thats right.
Ponta suddenly loudly yawned before laying down on my helt.
I raised my hand as asked Ariane another question I had
Ariane-dono, are the elves capable of seeing spirits?
Yes. Elves can perceive magical entities that humans can not. We are able to see spirits and that allows us to facilitate communication with them. Do you rember the ti we entered Great Canada Forest?
She looked back as she asked about the ti we visited the elven village of Raratoia a while ago. I nodded as I thought about the large forest
The reason we avoided encounters with powerful monsters is because we only traversed paths with thin layers of mana. Dark elves are superior to normal elves in many physical aspects and one of those areas happens to be our perception capabilities.
I ca to a realization at her comnt. When we entered the forest we didnt go straight to the village, instead taking a complex path that I thought was ant to prevent
from knowing the way.
I thought that was to prevent
from learning the way to the village
Hearing my muttering, Ariane looked a little surprised before shrugging her shoulders.
Arc, you have transfer magic. What purpose would that have served?
I realized she was right about that. I had a form of magic for both long-range and short-range transportation. It was a convenient spell that allowed
to transfer to any location that I could visualize, so it wasnt really necessary for
to learn the way to any place. I suppose my directionally challenged self would be in a tough situation without transfer magic.
However, Transfer Gaterequired
to have visited the location I wanted to transfer to at least once. On the other hand, Dinsional step could only be used at short distances and was unusable if my line of sight was greatly impaired.
Hum, so the reason the elves can live in a monster-filled forest is because of that ability
There are differences between individuals. They say that the magic power of the first cheif, Evangeline-sama, was so great that she could detect almost every monster..
The first elven cheif of the elves was the one who had built the capital Maple and is soone I suspected of crossing into this world the sa way I did. Maybe that person ca to this world in the body of an elf, and that ability was sothing exclusive to the elves?
However, she had said most and not all monsters, so there might have been limits to that ability A sha there was no way to question the deceased about this.
Dawn gradually started to break as I continued to ruminate on what Id learned and walked down the highway. The mist coming off the mountain began to clear as daylight approached, and a cool wind blew across the area
The sound of the wind stroking the trees and plants welcod the new day. The view of the highway opened up and I started to see a village in the distance.
We hadnt really traveled far from the capital since I could still make out its vague outline in the distance.
The surroundings have cleared up a bit. Lets distance ourselves from here before anyone else cos by.
When I nodded at her suggestion, Ariane placed her hand on my shoulder.
Dinsional Step
When I invoked the short range transfer magic we had moved to the farthest point of the highway I had been able to see.
I repeat to use the transfer magic on the highway that led to Lanbaltic, our next destination.
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