78 – Grand Duke Aka – 78
A land of nature with lush forests, clean air, and numerous animals and plants. Delinia.
In Delinia, which is called the Sea of Trees, there is a city with the same name as its local name. Delinia exists.
And, there was an exceptionally special family in this Delinia… … .
“Sister! let’s go together!”
“Because Ella is slow!”
The family that inherited the blood of the warrior.
It was Euglia.
Delinia is a city governed by six families, and each family holds one right to the city.
military ukelai family
Amelu family of commerce
Yaquile family of administration
House of Justice Sydrea
Elena’s House of the Hunt
finally,
The Euglia family of agriculture.
On the surface, they all seemed to be in a fair balance, but in reality they were different.
It was because the Euglia family, which was in charge of agriculture, had a stronger voice, position, and power than other families.
A race of elves that live in harmony with nature. Farming and hunting were indispensable in their lives as most of the territory was covered in forests.
Above all, since they are the family that manages the ‘god’ world tree of the elves, which they regard as sacred and cherish above all else, Euglia is a unique family among the six families.
And, there were two half-elves who inherited the family line.
They were the older sister Roger von Euglia and the younger sister Ella von Euglia.
“Sister! Others will look at you strangely when you run while blowing smoke like that!”
“I am a train! Has Ella ever seen a train? Adventurers told me that the train runs while emitting smoke like this! It’s cold~ chuchu!!”
“Sister yi yi!!!!!!”
A black-haired elf runs through the field with a pipe in his mouth, and a blonde-haired elf eagerly pursues her.
People who were farming while bending down around them laughed at the sight.
“Lady Rose! Did you go faster than last time?!”
“Cheer up, Miss Ella!”
At the appearance of the only two girls of the Euglia family, the other farmers stop their work and look at the two.
“ha… … ha… … sister! A race where you always run to the World Tree on your own accord, if you keep doing that, I won’t stand still!”
“Ugh? what do you say? Can’t you hear Ella, who can’t run?”
“really!”
A green magic circle is engraved on Ella’s feet as she eagerly chases after Rosé.
Even in the Euglia family, a unique magic that can only be manifested by those who signed a contract with the World Tree.
「Yggdrasil」
That little piece of magic gave Ella’s feet a boost.
“I almost caught up… … !”
“Magic is against the law! Then me too… … ! Haste!”
Rosé struggled not to catch up by using the auxiliary magic [Hist], which she had practiced to enter the academy.
Compared to the unique magic [Yggdrasil], which can only be used by those who have contracted with the World Tree, its level is inferior, but Rose, who ran while blooming the leaves of the World Tree, was still in a lively state.
“I am first… … !”
“I am first… … !”
The hands of the two people crossing the field at full speed almost simultaneously touch the world tree.
At the same time, the two collapsed and collapsed. The two of them, lying on top of each other as if entangled in each other, stared blankly at each other’s faces and burst into laughter.
“Ha ha ha ha ha! I won!”
“What are you talking about? I won!”
Even as they said that, the thin, white hands of the two holding each other seemed unwilling to let go.
“Then, let’s ask Yggdrasil.”
“good!”
Soon, the two people lying side by side under the world tree looked up at the sky.
The World Tree, with its huge and lush branches that seemed to cover the sky, created an enormous shade.
Ella looked at the world tree and asked.
“Yggdrasil! My sister and me, who was faster?”
Two people with faces full of anticipation. After a while, the leaves of the World Tree fell on Rosé’s face.
“Did you see it? Even Yggdrasil says I was fast!”
“oooh… … ! I will never lose next time!”
Ella bites her lips and glares at Rosé as if she is really indignant. Seeing that, Rosé grinned as if she was having fun.
“Look, you always say you’re in trouble, but you’re more serious than anyone else, right?”
“That, that!”
“It’s okay~ It’s okay~ If our Ella had fun, unnie would be happy too!”
Saying that, Rose opened her arms and hugged Ella tightly.
“oooh! Because I am not a child.”
“I am always a child in my sister’s eyes~”
The age difference between the two is one year. Since she was also a long-lived elf, it was almost impossible to tell who was the older sister and who was the younger one just by looking at their appearance.
They just think that the one with black hair is the older sister and the one with yellow hair is the younger one.
In the end, Ella got out of the arms of Rosé and arranged the dressing of the ‘manager’ outfit.
“As expected, Ella looks good in that outfit.”
“It was originally meant to be worn by unnie, right? however… … To suddenly be accepted into the academy is too much.”
Originally, the manager of the World Tree, representing the Euglia family, was supposed to be Rose.
It was because she was a lot older, and her talent for manipulating magical powers and the ability to communicate with summoned animals were exceptionally talented.
However, she chose to enter the academy rather than become the administrator of the World Tree.
“I really don’t understand. Originally, I knew that my sister likes to walk around with Jung-gu heating, but… … ‘Summoners Academy’ is no different from another continent, isn’t it?”
“So that’s good! Because I will become a great summoner like Lily-sama.”
Lily von Euglia.
A genius born in the Euglia family and a hero who sealed disaster.
Unexpectedly, the current reality was that in this Delinia, there were quite a few elves who longed for Lily and left for the academy.
“still… … . I think I would be very bored without my sister.”
“Hi-Hi… … . me too still… … The disaster has reappeared and we must prepare.”
few years ago. The saintess of the empire had to receive an oracle that would terrify the whole world.
[The disaster has returned.]
A short but powerful trust.
Accordingly, the academies created to train talented people to prepare for disasters began to recruit more new students, which became an opportunity for Rosé.
“I will become a hero like Lily-sama. So, should our Ella also help her a lot?”
“… … I see.”
Rosé gently stroked Ella’s head as she bowed her head.
Ella silently placed her head on Rose’s shoulder.
Two people who are silent like that. What broke the silence between the two of them was the sound of Rosé’s stomach emitting a loud growl.
“oh… … . I’m hungry. Hi-Hi.”
“ha… … . It’s been a while since I’ve been trying to gain some weight, and as expected, you don’t disappoint me.”
“Is that my charm? hehehe.”
“… … I bet it is. then let’s go eat I feel like I’m going to die of hunger from running all the way here.”
“As expected, my sister Ella! You are my sister’s lifesaver!”
“… … Even if I didn’t say let’s go to eat anyway, I would have run. Can’t we run with a pipe again this time? Humans see it and laugh at it.”
Saying that, Ella looked at the humans in the distance who were diligently weeding under the supervision of the class leader elves.
Those who came to Delinia to catch the elves, but were instead captured and enslaved by the elves.
Since they were slaves recognized by the treaty with the Empire, they were destined to live as slaves for life unless the Euglia family released them.
“huh! I smoked a lot earlier, so I’ll be patient.”
“As expected, my sister. nice, nice~”
Contrary to what just happened, Ella stroked Rosé’s hair. This time, instead of racing, the two of them walk hand in hand toward the mansion of the Euglia family.
“There human! Tell me how many times it’s not a weed, it’s a sprout! Shall we put in the deworming work at all?!”
“Hee hee! As much as there please! Help me! Help me!”
“If you want to live, you have to work!”
Ella clicked her tongue as she looked at the man kneeling and begging and the slave yelling at such a man.
“When they came to capture the elves as slaves, they didn’t even think that they would become slaves, so that’s what happened. Unnie, if someone you don’t know buys you snacks, can’t you follow suit?”
Rosé shook his head at Ella’s expression of genuine concern.
“No matter how much I offer you sweets, I won’t follow you.”
“Right?”
“You have to give me at least a cake to follow me!”
“… … So that. It’s my sister.”
“huh? what?”
“no… … .”
The road back home was lined with numerous buildings.
Buildings that make elixirs, buildings that make powder, buildings that make packaging, and buildings that prepare goods to be sent to the Amelu family.
And at the far end of those buildings was the mansion of the Euglia family.
“Is it a week from now? The days left until my sister goes to the academy.”
“hmm… … . Will it?”
No, was it two weeks ago? Looking at Rosé who muttered, Ella let out a sigh.
Will such an older sister be able to adapt well to the academy? thinking that
The academy is literally a melting pot where races and intellectuals from each continent gather.
It was Ella, the younger sister who let out a sigh at the thought of her sister going to such a place.
“… … I can’t. I also have to tell my mother that I have to educate my sister separately.”
“what? why!! I hate studying!”
“It’s all for my sister! You doze off all the time during etiquette class, so you don’t even know the continent’s etiquette properly, right?”
“That, that’s it, but… … !”
“That’s right! ruler! Then let’s talk over lunch!”
After saying that, Ella grabbed Rosé’s left arm and started to enter the building.
Rosé, who felt a chill at the moment, tried to pull out her arms, but the magic [Yggdrasil] was engraved on Ella’s hands.
Cold sweat began to form on Rosé’s forehead.
“Hey, wait a minute, Ella! I’m not hungry! Are not you hungry!”
“hot! Even though he said that, his bulging belly growled because he was hungry!”
“No! So! Study is jebaaal!”
“It’s all for my sister!”
“Ella! Ellaaa!!!”
This is the story of the Euglia family located in Delinia.
It was a story of two sisters.
* * *
“——This is the story before I came to the academy… … .”
Klopp. Rosé swallows saliva and observes her surroundings.
Others who listened to Rosé’s story were tired of laughing or smiling.
“So what? After all, did Rosé end up studying?”
Priscilla leaned forward and asked Rosé if Rosé’s story was very interesting.
“yes? right? I was confined to the mansion for about five days and forced to study manners and manners of the continent… … . I almost died then… … .”
Rosé seemed to be reminiscing about what had happened at that time, drooping down to her ears, but everyone else except Rosé seemed to have realized it.
If it wasn’t for Rosé’s younger sister, Ella, Rosé’s life would have been even more difficult.
“I’m Rosé’s younger brother~ I’d like to see you again if I get a chance later.”
“is it so? Priscilla will love it too! He’s a really cute and pretty little brother!”
“is it so? Huhu, I look forward to more.”
… … He is Rose’s younger brother.
I was definitely curious.
Listening to the story, he seems to be a more upright child than Rosé, but what will he really look like?
As I was thinking about that, the carriage came to a halt with a rattle.
and sounds outside.
“Kiehelhel! We are the bandits in charge of this place! If you hand over the wagon’s luggage and all the women, I’ll try to save you!!!”
… … How come we don’t have a way to go anywhere comfortably?
Naturally, they were a group of people carrying their own weapons.