Chapter 9: Back to Earth 1
A few weeks later, Liria took Silvia with her to Earth through spatial movement.
Silvia was startled by the enormous buildings she had never seen before.
Could it be that Earth's humans were larger than those of Selenia?
Observing the buildings around her, she saw many people.
Seeing the humans passing by, Silvia realized that Earth's humans were only slightly taller on average than Selenia's, though not by a huge margin.
“This is Earth. It is truly amazing.”
“There are so many things to see on Earth, Silvia unnie.”
“Really? I am looking forward to it.”
Liria smiled, her lips curving up, and held Silvia's hand tightly. She thought that if she let go, Silvia might wander off, and Silvia had the same thought. If left alone, Silvia's curiosity might lead her to disappear somewhere, so Liria had to take good care of her. Being a hatchling, Silvia was full of curiosity.
“This way, please, Silvia unnie.”
“Huh? Liria knows the way well.”
“It is the cafe over there. Hehe.”
Liria pointed to the cafe where she would do business on Earth and said.
Currently, the cafe sign was properly installed, and she had heard from Kim Gayoung's group that free tastings would start from 1 PM. Under the sign, a banner announcing free tastings from 1 PM was also hung.
Since that day, Liria had visited the cafe multiple times, and she had agreed to their free tasting plan. It was only for one day, but it was an event where she could drink blended coffee mixed with 10% Eleas beans.
Entering the cafe, Kim Gayoung's group welcomed them happily.
“Liria, welcome. Who is the person next to you?”
“Liria. Hello.”
“Welcome. Liria.”
“Liria and the most close friend of Liria, Silvia unnie.”
Even with Liria's introduction, Silvia looked at them with half-lidded eyes, and they were curious about Silvia's identity. Silvia had thought they might be elves too, but something felt more intimidating than Liria. Most importantly, she didn't have the long ears that symbolized elves.
“Hello. Silvia-ssi.”
“Hello. Silvia-ssi.”
“Hello. Silvia-nim. You look young, but are you older than me?”
Even with their greetings, Silvia tilted her head and didn't answer.
Liria, who wanted them to get along well, pondered how to make them bond.
“Silvia unnie, the humans we'll be with from now on, Liria thinks it's better to get along.”
“Huh? Sorry. I am Silver Dragon Silvia. Nice to meet you.”
Before Liria's words could finish, Silvia introduced herself. She had originally wanted to speak first but missed her timing. In fact, it was rare for three blue-haired people to be together, so she had been stunned for a moment.
Then she sat on the sofa and placed Liria on her lap.
They were surprised once by Silvia's identity, and again when Silvia immediately responded to Liria's words.
“A dragon? The strongest creature in fantasy?”
“Now it really feels like a fantasy world.”
“Ehem, there are elves, so there should be dragons too. In a fantasy world, they are the strongest race.”
They were more amazed by Silvia than when they saw Liria. At first glance, she looked like an incredibly beautiful silver-haired human woman, but her true identity was a dragon. Park Dahye, a fantasy novel enthusiast, thought Silvia had polymorphed. There were polymorphs with horns and tails visible, but Silvia was in complete human form.
“You don't know how amazing Liria is.”
“I know? She is incredibly cute.”
“I know. She is the cutest.”
“And she is incredibly smart.”
“Right? How smart our Liria is.”
When they praised Liria, Silvia's mood brightened immediately. But since she didn't know much about the rarity of the High Elf race, she decided to explain it to them specially.
“Liria is a High Elf, royalty among elves, and only five exist in Selenia.”
“Five?”
“Yes. Above Liria, there are two older brothers, and two parents.”
Currently, only five pureblood High Elves exist. Dragons are also rare, but there are many more than High Elves. In the past, there were many High Elves, but at some point, only two remained, and they married and had children. So the remaining High Elves are just one family of royalty.
“Liria is an incredibly rare being. Only five?”
“Five is rarer than dragons, right?”
“I thought Liria was really rare, but even rarer than I thought.”
“Yes. Those who respect Liria like you, I acknowledge.”
Silvia pointed to Park Dahye and said.
Seeing Park Dahye use honorifics to Liria from the beginning, she nodded her head. She didn't attach "nim" to Liria but acknowledged the use of honorifics.
“Liria said we could use informal speech with her.”
“Yes. We tried to treat her like a princess.”
“No, I am speaking comfortably.”
“Is that so? Then you can speak comfortably.”
When Silvia heard that Liria had permitted it, she immediately accepted. If Liria was okay with it, it was fine.
“Honestly, even if Liria was just an elf, she would have been popular.”
“No matter how cute an elf is, this cute elf exists?”
“Liria is the cutest even in Selenia?”
“Huhu, you know a thing or two.”
Liria was overjoyed by the praise. Liria thought it was great to talk about the cutest being in the world. Liria decided to share an incredibly happy fact with them. She thought they would be delighted if they heard it.
“Among humans, you are the first to have directly met Liria.”
“What? Really?”
“Wow, we are the first? No one on Selenia either?”
“I understand. If I were Liria's parents, I would not send her to the human society until she became an adult.”
“That is why I came to Earth with her.”
Silvia empathized with Park Dahye's words. Even if she were a parent, she would not send Liria alone to the human society. Elves and dwarves doted on Liria so much that they could trust her, but humans might do anything, and she had plans to avenge if they hurt Liria.
“Silvia-nim, you know about the free tasting today, right?”
“Huh? Free tasting? I do not know?”
Silvia did not care much about Liria's business. She trusted Liria to handle it well and would just protect her from the side. She did not care about the free tasting either.
“It is an honor to work with Liria.”
“Of course. I think it is a huge fortune.”
“Me too. Meeting by chance is a miracle.”
“We borrowed a lot of money trusting Liria.”
They had borrowed a significant amount of money trusting Liria. That is why the cafe's interior was much better than when Liria first came. Most importantly, the cafe's name was Elf Cafe. And the name registration was complete.
“In Eleas, elves work in coffee farms.”
“I heard. Are they Liria's employees?”
“Elves would be happy since Liria is the president.”
“Elves would be incredibly fond of Liria.”
They nodded as if it was obvious. They did not know about profits, but if they could work with Liria, they could see Liria often. But they did not know. That elves earn much more than 6-star adventurers.
“Liria's coffee farm is called a dream job.”
“I think so.”
“Yes.”
“It is natural since we can see Liria often.”
“And financially. Elves work every other day, and they earn more than 6-star adventurers in terms of time.”
“6-star adventurers?”
Park Dahye's eyes sparkled at the mention of 6-star adventurers. Adventurers from the fantasy world she only heard about in stories. How wonderful it would be if she could become an adventurer in another world too? Usually, in isekai, it starts from F rank, so maybe A rank? She knew that A-rank adventurers were the top among humans. Occasionally, cheat characters were SSS rank, but rare, and mostly S rank was the top.
“How high is a 6-star adventurer?”
“Among humans, it is the top adventurer. In human terms, 7-star is almost the peak. They are amazing beings compared to humans.”
Silvia gently stroked Liria's hair and said.
Silvia thought that even though Liria looked quite weak on the surface, she might be able to reach 9-star or higher as an adventurer.