(EP.511)- The Story of Little Imps #1
Special Edition – Tales of Little Imps #1
The sky is blue.
The wind is calm.
On a day like today when the weather is warm and flowers are blooming—.
“This mormor is a tagger… ! I’m counting 60 seconds, so everyone is hiding… !”
Watching the Imps is the most fun.
Imps are mostly children with the appearance of little girls.
They said they were children, but their ages ranged from teenagers to over twenties and beyond.
But just because they got older doesn’t mean the Imps are becoming more mature.
“Ah-! I found Narnar… !”
“Hide and seek is too bad for Narnar. I’m big and I have limited hiding places in this Angmar Company garden.”
Seeing Narnar, a large Imp like an adult, often hanging out with other Imp sisters, the essence of the Imps seemed to never deviate from the innocence of a child.
That was then.
“Uh-huh, Miss Narnar is here… .”
A man in a navy blue suit enters the garden. Was he in his mid-30s or late 30s?
He had a neat beard in his hand, and he had a nice cane made of carved ivory handles, and a pretty one in the other hand.
“It’s a pretty flower… !”
Mormor ran to the indigo-colored shrine without looking for his hidden friends. At Mormor’s cry, the other Imp sisters hiding behind trees or bushes also stick their heads out.
“To this tartar, this is the northern evening primrose… ! It is a very imp-friendly flower… !”
The indigo-colored gentleman-Baron Voltaire was sweating as he looked at the imps surrounding him. As he pulled out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, Narnar, a large imp, approached him.
“Mom, Baron.”
“Miss Narnar. Please accept this… .”
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Narnar, who was holding the flower shyly offered by the man, took in the scent a few times and smiled gracefully.
“thanks.”
It was a wonderful smile. He seemed to understand why Baron Voltaire came to Narnar every day and presented them with gifts such as flowers and pretty papers.
If a man can see a woman’s pretty smile, it’s unexpectedly designed to do anything reckless.
“Then, since you received pretty flowers, it would be polite to serve them a cup of tea. Baron, let’s go inside.”
“thank you.”
Baron and Narnar gracefully held hands and disappeared into the company building.
The Imps, who had just been playing hide-and-seek, stare blankly at the figure and then start waving their tails left and right.
Mormor said.
“Maybe that’s what we’re doing today… !”
“I think today is the best time for this tartar too… !”
“Garrr, Garr… !”
“It is said that Gargar is also a part of the recognition… !”
I thought I would observe the Imps all day today, but to everyone’s fuss, I stopped observing and approached them and asked.
“What are you doing?”
Then everyone raises their hands and shouts.
“proposal of marriage!”
proposal of marriage.
It means asking for marriage.
is it.
He knew vaguely that Baron Voltaire and Miss Narnar were not normal. Because I often see them walking around the city.
Then I suddenly wondered.
Do Imps get married too?
Why, as I explained before, Imps, no matter how old they get, are as pure as children. If you hit it well, it’s like a teenage girl.
It’s just the fantasy that teenage girls have in marriage, so we can chatter with each other. Actually getting married and starting a newlywed is a different story.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Imps interested in the opposite s*x… . What about the other imps who grew up like Narnar?
As I was thinking about it, I suddenly realized it.
Although I spent quite a lot of time with the Imps and received a lot of help from them.
In fact, I didn’t know much about them.
* * *
“Imp of the bonfire?”
Stella nodded at my question.
“Yeah, Imp of the Bonfire.”
Then he found some books in the library of Angmar Royal Palace and opened them to me.
“If you look here, it is said that when the Imps were still performing their duties under the reign of Demon King Solomon, they were usually divided into three groups. First, Imp of Remnant Fire.”
“Imp of Remnant Fire?”
“It’s like a nymph in a ditch, if you’re a nymph. Why, nymphs basically start with ditch nymphs? Leono or Stano, they’re all ditch nymphs now.”
“Yes.”
I nodded. Nymphs like Na Tae, Leonoi and Stanoy had a special evolutionary system.
The nymph of the ditch is the first step, the most basic of its evolutionary system.
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Nymphs who have had a certain experience here will evolve into honey water nymphs, treasure nymphs, stream water nymphs, seawater nymphs, and so on.
It was said that it is the norm to evolve into a nymph of a ditch, a nymph of a stream, and a nymph of seawater. Of course, in my case, I’m not an ordinary ditch nymph, but a super ditch nymph.
“Initially, Imps are subspecies of nymphs. This evolutionary system is similar. Remnant Imps are nymphs from the ditch. Children who can evolve into any flame.”
I see
“Are you referring to small Imps like Marmar and Mormor as Imps of Remnant Fire?”
“Um, no, I don’t think that’s probably the case. The Imps of Zanbul are a little smaller and younger. Ms. Marmar and Mormor are a little older than they look, so they’ll be like campfire imps.”
Bonfire Imp?
It was cuter than I thought. It felt as if I could hear the sound of burning firewood in my ears in winter.
Stella continued the explanation.
“It is said that the Imps of Bonfire will evolve into Imps of Hell as they gain more experience and grow. You grow taller and you become more mature. According to the Imps, they are called the best Imps.”
“Then, Ms. Narnar is an imp of hellfire.”
“right. Ms. Marmar is the number one Imp, but she hasn’t reached the Imp of Hellfire yet. In the first place, the best imp is a symbolic title. Remnants of fire or bonfires, even the Imps don’t really care.”
“The parties are really not interested.”
The reason I haven’t heard of the Imps of the bonfire or the bonfire is that the Imps themselves were not interested in evolution.
that’s interesting.
It was good to ask Stella.
Then, suddenly, the most curious thing came to my mind.
“But can Imps get married normally?”
“You can do it. When the Imps were in the army of the Demon King, they were usually married. Even the nymphs get married. So did Tae-oh, and so did Tae-oh’s mother.”
“It is.”
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Nymphs become adults when certain requirements are met. The nymphs who have grown up like that are ordinary love, ordinary marriage, and ordinary children.
That’s how I was born, the half-elf Tao Gospel.
Imps said the same thing.
If certain requirements are met, they will grow up and become adults, and they too can have a normal family. Like Narnar and Baron Voltaire.
Stella said while I was thinking.
“For several years, we have been dispatching one imp per household. Thanks to this, I was able to easily obtain various materials about the Imps. Even the boys who fall in love with the young imps don’t seem bored.”
“Five.”
“Would you like to go see it?”
“Young couples?”
“okay.”
“Good.”
* * *
One household, one imp quota.
It is a policy to dispatch one imp per household.
I proposed.
The purpose of this policy was to provide a residential environment for Imps who had nowhere to go, and to increase people’s happiness.
Most of the Imps are good at household chores, have strong vitality, and take good care of children. Also, the sound of the laughter of the Imps has a ripple effect that makes people happy.
So, the families to whom the imps were dispatched said that they were very satisfied with the policy.
In addition, the decrease in the crime rate and a significant increase in the tax payment rate after the quota system for 1 imp per household were also excellent results.
Why do crime rates and tax rates have an impact?
This is because the number of imps is smaller than the number of Angmar households, so they had to carefully select where to send them.
The families to which the Imps were dispatched started from a place where they had a clean track record, performed their military duties such as conscription and reservists, and faithfully performed their national duties, such as paying taxes well.
You can’t send good imps anywhere to make them suffer.
As a result, the perception that being dispatched to an Imp is a model citizen was born.
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Naturally, people began to think of being dispatched as an honor recognized by the state, and they began to work even harder to enjoy that right.
Anyway.
Years since the policy was implemented.
Imps have come to be accepted as family members of each family. This time, he said that the Imp Toro Toro we are visiting is a good example of an Imp who has successfully settled in a home.
This is the common area of Angmar Monarch City.
A place where people who are poor but ordinary people live in their own way.
Where old houses are lined up, there is Toro Toro where we will meet.
“This is the house. Tortoro Toronoi is now a fifteen-year-old imp. It has been 5 years since I was sent to this house. It is said that this house has an ordinary leatherworker and his son, Armin.”
Stella looked at the map and the house in front of her alternately. It was a house that creaked because the roof had been repaired with old planks, and the windows were not good enough.
Shh.
Me and Stella peeked out the window before knocking on the door. It is a common street where you have to light candles indoors even during the day because the sun is not very good.
A loud squeak could be heard inside.
– What is it, Armin? A fifteen-year-old boy can barely carry a sack of flour. Whoops, are you completely stupid? How can you go to marriage because you are so ungrateful?
-That’s it, Torotoro. can you hear You probably won’t hear it! I’m taller than you, and I can barely lift it… !
-Uh, a subject that was smaller than me not so long ago… ! I’m embarrassed to say that I’m only a few centimeters taller… ! And me too, oh, this year I’m about 1cm taller… !
The imp, speaking in a chirping voice, was a friend with short red hair and a brown robe. Personality looks a little sassy.
On the other hand, the boy, who was now fifteen, seemed quite calm and calm. The two were arguing loudly, but they seemed to get along very well.
It’s like a childhood friend from a picturesque story.
“Tae-kun, where are you going? Why don’t we go inside and talk?”
“Looks like a fun time. It’s kind of disturbing.”
Instead of going in and chatting, I decided to take a step back. It was an old and shabby house, but the inside of the hut was already like a finished painting in itself.
If Stella and I went in with dirt feet, it would only get in the way. Stella seemed to understand my heart well. Stella immediately follows me and talks to me.
“How was it, how cute was it? It’s like young kids.”
“Iknow, right.”
“Most Imps who have been with young boys for a long time feel that way. Growing up together like childhood friends Tae-oh’s mother and father were childhood friends, right?”
“It’s a bit complicated, though.”
What will these children look like 10 years from now? I’m looking forward to it a bit.
Anyway, I was relieved to know that the One House, One Imp Act that I had planned and implemented was being followed well.
It is said that he was receiving reports on the progress every month in writing, but seeing it with his own eyes like this is a different feeling. The world is moving in the right direction.
Then Stella said.
“Of course, there are not only these happy Imps. Like everyone in the world, I have friends who have problems.”
“Is this a serious problem?”
“No, it’s not like that. It would be quicker to go to Miss Marmar and ask about this than I am talking about. Would you like to go with me?”
“like.”
I decided to visit Marmar with Stella.
The top of the imps in Angmar. The best Imp among the best at the apex is Marmar Marno.
“Marmar, how are you today?”
“Ah-! comrade! I’m always the same as yesterday! The sky is clear and the wind is warm! On a day like this, it’s nice to go out together and take a walk in the field!”
Marmar was very happy to see me. But Marmar’s expression looked as cluttered as the clothes scattered around the meeting room.
“Marmar, what’s wrong?”
“no! The shoes I got last year didn’t fit. Are you fat on your feet? weird.”
Marmar whined as she put on her favorite long boots and took them off. Then Stella, who was listening to the story next to me, said:
“Aren’t your feet a little bit too big? Do you want to be taller?”
“is it?”
Marmar tilted her head. Soon, Stella opened her slender eyes and asked with a slightly mischievous feeling.
“Marmar, is there anything good for you?
“Am I good every day?”
“No, what. That’s not what I mean by asking. Marmar, how long have you been without candy or chocolate?”
In response to Stella’s question, Marmar thinks, “Um-.”
“Well. Come to think of it, was the last time I ate candy last week or last week? I don’t remember well. You must be very busy these days.”
Oh my gosh.
I was very surprised. Imps give up candy. Because it was as difficult as a bee cutting off honey.
At that, Stella snorted, “Uh-huh-.” But Stella didn’t say any more.
Marmar asks.
“So, what’s going on today?”
“No, just. I wonder how the Fortress Imps are doing. This week is Imp Special Observation Week. I’m going to meet several Imps and listen to their concerns.”
“I see! After all, no one cares more about Imps than comrades! Actually, I had something to discuss with my comrade!”
“to me?”
After waving his proud diamond tail from side to side, Marmar finally bent it like a question mark before starting the conversation.
“Do you know that my comrade is the Imp of the bonfire?”
“bonfire?”