Volume 3 Chapter 45

The Elf King’s Proposal

I woke up in the morning to the sunlight.

I felt something soft against my left arm. It was a beautiful half-elf  that was asleep in my arms.

It was my wife, Tina.

Normally, Tina would wake up before me and prepare breakfast, but today she remained asleep. But since we were in the elven country of Alheim and were invited as guests to the royal castle, the maids here can just prepare breakfast for us, so I let Tina sleep a little longer.

The reason I wanted to is that yesterday she looked tired yesterday. She also wore an unfamiliar dress, one that reminded me of Tina’s wedding dress.

She looked really beautiful.

I think I should have complimented her more. I regret a little bit that I didn’t get the words out because I was staring at her.

I saw Tina asleep next to me, slumbering next to me.

She looked beautiful in her wedding dress, but Tina sleeping beside me like this was so cute, so I stroked her head.

[Huh.]

Tina made a cute little noise.

She looks pleased.

Cute.

I wanted to keep doing it, but the time was almost up.

There was a knock at the door as the maids of the castle service had come to wake us up.

[The breakfast is ready, sir. Would you like to come?]

[Yes, I’m coming.]

I replied that and the maid walked out of the room.

[Tina, wake up.]

[Mmm.]

I let my face slip under the covers as if I didn’t want to see her.

I think Tina is actually awake, which is why…

[I’m so hungry, if Tina wakes up now, we can go to dinner, I’ll give her a kiss as a reward…]

Tina fell with a thud and rolled up the covers vigorously to reveal her face.

Her eyes were closed and her lips were sticking out a little.

I touched those lips softly.

[Good morning, Tina.]

[Good morning, Haruto.].

[Breakfast is ready.]

[All right. I’ll change in a minute.]

When we got dressed and walked out of the room, the maid who had come to wake us up was waiting for us. The maid took us to the room where breakfast had been prepared.

[After you have finished your breakfast, His Majesty wishes to speak to you two.]

I wonder what’s it about?

We ate a bit hastily after that.

The food was delicious.

I sometimes thought that elven rice would be thin, but it was just plain good. Come to think of it, I’ve been eating half-elf Tina’s food all this time, so maybe I’ve gotten used to the thin taste.

Putting that aside, it looks like the Elf King is calling for us, so I had to get going.

─ ─ ─ ──***──

Tina and I had arrived in the Elf King’s office.

[Good morning to you both, it’s good to see you here.]

[Good morning.]

[Good morning. I was told you wanted to talk to me.]

[That’s right. Have a seat at the table.]

The Elf King urged me to sit on the visitor’s sofa. I obliged and sat down on the sofa, facing him.

[I’ll get right to the point, are you interested in becoming a nobleman of this country?]

[A nobleman, sir?]

[Tina was originally the daughter of a baronial family in this country., but when the country realized that Tina’s father was dead, Tina was enslaved, so she did not inherit the title, and the House of Haribel was stripped of its name.]

Apparently Tina would have been a viscount if she hadn’t become a slave at the time.

[That’s why my country would like to give another title to Tina, the hero who defeated and destroyed the Demon King. What do you think?]

[I refuse.]

Tina answered almost immediately.

[Can you tell me why?]

[First of all, I’m not interested in power. And even if I were given a fiefdom, I wouldn’t be able to run it well regardless.]

[In that case I could make you an honorary nobleman with no real estate.]

[Still, a nobleman should expect a fair return, don’t you think? For example, I could be sent to war.]

Power came with obligations. For example, if you obtained a fiefdom and ruled it, you need to pay a portion of the profits you get as a tax to the state.

If you were an honorary nobleman without a fiefdom however, you have to provide the country with strength and manpower. Since we have no men, that meant that we both would need to go to the battlefield ourselves.

[Haruto is my master, and only him can give me orders. So I won’t be a nobleman no matter what you request.]

[In that case, how about you Haruto?]

[Me?]

I’m the third son of an earl, so if I marry and leave the house, I’ll lose the family name. However, I think I will receive support from my parents’ family even if I do that.

Regardless, I won’t have any trouble making a living. If the need arises, I can become an adventurer and kill monsters to survive. Besides, if I, a human, became a noble of the Elf Country, it’s easy to imagine that the Elf nobles would regard me with disdain.

[I don’t need it either.]

I declined the Elf King’s offer.

[Then, is there anything you want from this country?]

I’m not sure what the Elf King’s intentions are in this.

[There’s nothing in particular you seem to want us to do, so is there something you want to negotiate with us?]

[We just want your blessings. I promise to give you what you want for that as best I can.[

[Blessing? We can’t give that to you.]

[I’m not talking about the kind of blessings the spirits give. I want assurances that you will not become enemies of this country.]

[I don’t think I’ll ever be an enemy of this country, which is Tina’s home.]

[But Haruto is human. And there are those of your race who will eventually desire the World Tree that we elves want to protect.]

The Elf King explained further in the subject. It seems like in the long history of the world, there had been many times when the human race had waged war against the elves in search of the World Tree.

Each time, the elves have fought off the human race and continued to protect the World Tree. However, now that Tina was united with me, there was a chance that Tina would side with the human race.

Tina-Haribel, the hero who defeated the Demon King, who is powerful enough to win alone against a large army of demons, could become their enemy.

[If Tina, plus Haruto, who is as powerful or even stronger than Tina became an enemy of the nation, Alfheim could easily be destroyed.]

The Elf King proceeded to bow to us.

[From now on, I will give you the leaf of the World Tree, the only one I get every year. So, please bless my country. I ask you to promise me that you will not become an enemy of my country.]

He turned to face Tina.

[You know, I hated this country.]

Tina spoke to the Elf King.

[Elves were the one who killed my father and mother. That’s why I hated this country. I even thought about getting revenge on them when I got my powers one day.[

The Elf King’s body trembled. Tina has enough power to exact her revenge now if she desired to do so.

[But right now I don’t think about that at all. Sarion took my revenge, and a certain hero healed my wounded heart. And now I have Haruto-sama as well.]

[So, uh-]

[I promise not to attack this country.]

If Tina says so, then I’ll do it.

[Thank you! Then, I will give the leaves of the world tree as a price.]

I’ve been meaning to talk to you about that.

Just as I was about to speak, wind blew into the Elf King’s office.

[Ah, Haruto, so you’re in a place like this.]

[Sylph-sama!]

The Sylph had appeared.

[Yoo-hoo! Thanks for the food yesterday, King. It was delicious.]

[Yes, that’s good to hear, sir.]

[What are you doing here?]

[I forgot to give Haruto a wedding present, so here you go! Leaves of the World Tree!]

The sylph handed me a dozen leaves.

He said that they were all leaves from the World Tree.

[…]

The Elf King froze when he saw my hand with a large amount of super rare items on it.

[That’s why I don’t need the World Tree leaves. Oh, but I’ll keep my promise, so please don’t worry.]

After that, the Elf King almost forced me to give him all sorts of treasures, but I refused them all.

In the end, he even asked me to make Rifa a concubine.

Of course I politely declined.

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