Flying low in the air with Timia in his arms, he made his way along the low-lying terrain between the hills, keeping our position as concealed as possible. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I seem to feel the magic of the cavemen"

"Really?"

Timia wasn't as sharp as I was because she used the Water Shaping Charm to relieve the pain of her injuries.

This is a side effect of the incantation - as if analgesics were numbing to some extent.

'Stinky little ghost, don't say feel it, I've seen cavemen!'

The view was empty only of earthy gray hills, and I couldn't even see Ellie's figure.

'Where are you crazy?'

'Hum ~ look at the top'

Looking up, on very, very high places, the little one floated in the air like a little kite.

'Ellie, are you stupid?, what if you float so high and are discovered by the Sati chiefs?'

'So didn't I come down?'

The little one floated down from the sky whirring, looking like an eagle swooping down.

"Oh oh, so Elle is in that kind of place"

That's when Timia saw the wayward little guy.

"You two are talking to each other with soul links again, right?"

"How do you know?"

Timia is too smart, isn't she?

"Ha, that's the girl's instincts"

"Bah, it's okay for you to coax Ellie with this set, just coax me"

"Shut your foul mouth!"

Ellie's voice came from above, as annoying as the buzzing of mosquitoes.

"Hehe, it's actually very simple, I'm afraid that no one in the world can make Elle float down from anywhere except you"

Timia didn't know if she had lost her strength or what, her eyes became soft, and even her gaze lost her usual energy.

"Are you alright, do you want to regain some energy with the healing spell?"

Timia squinted at me and smiled as if she were a child.

"Although you have a soul bond with Ellie, you still don't understand a girl's heart?"

"Poof!"

Timia's words made me almost squirt.

"You, you, what did you suddenly say?"

"Right~"

Timia turned back and spoke to Ellie, who had already floated to her side.

"Na~"

Ellie, as if she knew what Timia was talking about, echoed in agreement.

The two princesses winked at each other, and I alone didn't know what they were talking about.

It was very uncomfortable to feel as if everyone else had a soul connection and was the only one who excluded me.

"By the way, Ellie, you just said you saw a caveman?"

So I quickly diverted the subject.

"Well, it's over there."

Ellie didn't notice what I meant, and pointed into the distance like a simple little girl.

The cloudy magic reaction, like a natural disaster such as a sandstorm or a flash flood, is manic and unforgiving.

In contrast, the magic reaction radiating from Elle beside me was as clean and transparent as pure flame, exuding steady power, and ......

“...... What a fragrant smell......"

"What are you talking about!?"

Elle wrapped her arms around her body and instantly floated away from me, glaring at me with a look of disgust.

"No, why are you reacting so much? I'm talking about the smell of the air!"

Ellie sniffed with her nose, and she could feel the scent from the soul link.

"The smell of the camphor tree"

Timia noticed it too, and in one bite she determined the source of the smell.

"But I don't see any trees around here?"

Not to mention within a few kilometers, even at the end of the exhaustive vision, there is no green in sight, all of them are gray hills.

"If you smell this, you have reached the territory of the Sati chiefs"

"Huh?"

"They plant a lot of these trees around their territory, and the smell they emit can dispel cavemen, which is one of the reasons why they may live so close to the Wild Canyon."

True to being an elf from the north, Timia knows more than Ellie.

"Hmph, I also have this level of knowledge, but I don't remember it for a while~"

The little one doesn't admit defeat at all.

"But in that case, let's go down and walk, shall we?"

"No, we are safe until we see the forest, especially here, where there are neither troglodytes nor the middle ground of the Satie chieftains"

"Okay, then let me do it......"

Timia hurriedly nudged my face with her left hand.

"Imp, slow down"

"Hey, what's wrong? Isn't there no Satie Sheikh in this area?"

"But their ability to sense magic is top-notch, and if you unleash it like this, they can find it from far, far away."

Call...... It's a hassle.

But when you think about it, not even dragons can find our place in the human world, but Corlius, the chief prince of Saty, can find me and Ellie, and their abilities are truly outstanding.

Carefully controlling their mana, as if breathing in small breaths, the three of us slowly drifted in the direction of the more scented fragrance.

After a while, after climbing a higher hill, I saw the forest in Timia's mouth.

I don't know if it's because of the seasons or if the tree itself is like this.

At the end of the hills, where the plains begin to stretch, there are golden leaves as far as the eye can see.

Just like the ginkgo biloba in autumn, not only the forest is golden, but even the land around the forest is dyed golden.

But if you look closely, it's not ginkgo, it's a very tall tree, straight and straight, one after the other, like the Great Wall.

If you had to find a similar scene in the human world, it would probably be like a birch forest on the edge of the Gobi that is used to protect from wind and sand.

Whew-

Stopping the supply of magic, the three of us descended from the hillside, and from this vantage point we could see the vast ocean-like golden forest.

"The miracle irrigated by magic is like the white wood valley of the Dawn Mountains"

Timia still had little strength, she tilted her head to look at the forest in the distance, and slowly evaluated the spectacle of the world.

"Just like the winding groves of Tolmange, no matter where we are in the aurora world, our elves have the same habits, and like to use magic to create such natural barriers."

Is it......

Timia mentions an important thing-

Elves are elves wherever they are, and even if they are politically and ethnically divergent, they cannot change their caste.

Being able to see this is Timia's strength, and she is worthy of the elf princess I agree with from the bottom of my heart.

And in comparison from this aspect......

I turned my head to look at Ellie.

The little one was looking intently at the golden forest in the distance, a land that Ellie had never set foot in before.

This elven princess named Ellie, who has already put aside the restrictions of caste, has traveled to all corners of the Aurora world, not only elves, barbarians, but also witches and krakens, and even ugly cavemen, all of whom are potential allies for her.

I can give my heart and soul to her without regrets, and the little one has the compulsion and vision that can firmly attract me.

Though...... It's just a matter of dropping the chain once in a while......

'Ellie, saliva, it's going to flow'

"Oooh......"

Ellie reached out and quickly wiped it, and Timia raised her hand to wipe her mouth.

"Timia, you're coming too?"

"Don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong!"

The well-bred elf princess hurriedly explained.

"Satie Chieftain produces the best spices in the world of the Aurora, which is a natural reaction for us elves...... Suck the Flue"

The best spice?

I suddenly had a strong premonition in my heart that this trip to Satie Chief would bring me an unexpected and wonderful experience.