Liria Returns to Earth
Liria learned that the space-time magic had succeeded.
But she was surprised by the fact that a significant amount of mana had been consumed.
Furthermore, she felt dizzy and exhausted from the mana shortage she had never experienced before.
Originally, she had planned to scout the human world for a short time and return.
Liria tried to use space-time magic to return home, but she couldn't move due to the mana shortage.
She was at a loss for what to do with the mana shortage phenomenon she had never experienced before.
Liria, who had always had abundant mana since birth, had never experienced mana shortage like this before.
Therefore, it was even more difficult to assess the situation.
Liria regained her composure and looked around.
No matter how she looked, the place she had arrived at seemed familiar.
In front of her was a large building, and there were several humans around.
Fortunately, using the perception-lowering magic, no humans recognized her.
This place was so different from the forest she lived in that the air was not good.
Liria had never met humans while living in the fantasy world called Selenia, so she had used space-time magic based on her memories from her previous life.
She had imagined Seoul, South Korea, where she had lived for tens of years in her previous life.
And she had successfully space-time traveled somewhere, resulting in this situation.
Liria had received permission from her parents to leave the Eleas forest after completing her adulthood ceremony.
Elves are very overprotective of their children, so they never send them to the world where humans live before they complete their adulthood ceremony.
What about the children of high elves?
Elves grow to look like teenagers until 20 years old, and then growth slows down significantly, and when they reach adult size, growth stops.
The age when they become adult varies by elf, but it could be as early as early 20s.
At 20, they complete the adulthood ceremony, and from then on, they can leave Eleas alone.
Liria had just completed her adulthood ceremony and was 20 years old, but her body was still not quite adult-like.
Liria's height was less than 130 cm.
Liria thought that being small was a characteristic of high elves, but her older brothers said it wasn't the case.
No matter how she thought, Liria's growth was much slower compared to other elves.
Liria had to find a place to rest for mana recovery while leading her small body.
“Hey kid, what a cutie.”
“Really, she did an elf cosplay. So cute.”
“Her hair color is gorgeous golden blonde.”
“Little one. Where are your parents? You didn't come alone, did you?”
“Are you not from a foreign country? Hi? Hello?”
In front of Liria were two women who looked in their 20s, speaking to her.
The perception-lowering magic doesn't work on good people, but it doesn't work on kind people.
Liria's parents had told her to avoid associating with kind people, so the perception-lowering magic could develop in that direction.
From Liria's perspective, she could tell that the two women were good people.
But she couldn't accept that they were doing elf cosplay.
“Liria is a high elf from the Elf Kingdom. It's not cosplay.”
Liria was frustrated seeing them mistake her for cosplay.
No matter how you look at it, she is an elf, but they don't recognize it, which is sad.
Is doing elf cosplay a trend among humans in Selenia?
“Liria? There was even a setting. So cute.”
“The elf princess concept suits you perfectly?”
“Fortunately, you weren't from a foreign country. I'm glad we could communicate.”
They wanted to stroke her because she was so cute.
But they thought that stroking a stranger was rude to Liria.
Liria heard a gurgling sound from her stomach, realizing she hadn't eaten.
Moreover, with mana shortage, she had to fill her stomach.
“Are you hungry? Want some snacks?”
“If you want, I'll give you special snacks.”
Liria immediately answered when they said they would give snacks.
They thought she could receive them since they were good women.
In the palace, Liria could eat snacks or sweets every day.
She often received human snacks from elf adventurers or Silvia, and the taste was quite good.
She thought the snacks they would give would be similar.
“Wait a sec, I'll go buy them at the convenience store.”
“Alright, I'll wait here.”
Liria thought there were convenience stores in the human society.
Around here, only one large building in front, but the convenience store seemed quite far.
In Earth, convenience stores are one of the stores humans frequently use.
Liria received a lot of chocolate bars and snacks from them.
In Liria's eyes, the packaging looked familiar from somewhere.
Moreover, Korean text was written on it, which she had lived in for tens of years in her previous life.
Without using translation magic, she could read it, which Liria couldn't hide her surprise at.
Liria imagined the humans in Seoul from her previous life memories.
She never imagined that by imagining the humans in Seoul as they were, she would actually cross dimensions to Earth Seoul.
She felt a bit of exhaustion from mana consumption.
She thought it was because of mana shortage since it was the first place she came to, but it was because she had jumped over space and time.
“Is this Earth?”
“This is Earth. Our cute little elf princess.”
Liria learned that the place she had space-time traveled to was Seoul, Earth.
She had eaten a lot of food in the kingdom, but she missed the food on Earth.
If it were Earth, there would definitely be overflowing foods that would satisfy Liria's taste.
“Liria wants to look around the surroundings.”
“Then we'll guide you.”
Liria wanted to look around Seoul following them.
While moving following them, Liria's eyes sparkled with delicious snacks in front of her.
From Liria's memory, it was soft ice cream.
She had gone crazy with the sweetness after becoming an elf, wondering how well the ice cream in front of her would suit her taste.
She hadn't eaten ice cream made with milk after becoming an elf, so she wasn't sure, but she still wanted to try it.
“Liria wants to eat that too.”
“Are you talking about the soft ice cream?”
“Yes, just wait a moment. I want to eat ice cream.”
“What flavor do you want?”
“Liria wants the sweetest one.”
Following Liria's request, they bought her chocolate-flavored soft ice cream.
Liria was grateful for the kindness they showed her without any compensation, who she had never seen before.
The blue-haired women were so kind to her, whom she had never seen before.
Liria bit into the ice cream.
The sweetness and softness spreading in her mouth made Liria unconsciously smile at the corners of her mouth.
In the Elf Kingdom, she couldn't eat such things.
For Liria, who had lived in Earth for over tens of years in her previous life, Earth food suited her taste better.
“By the way, Mom, Dad, where are they?”
“Parents must be worried. Didn't you come together?”
“You don't have them here.”
Liria thought of her parents in the palace.
Liria planned to explore Earth as much as she wanted and return when mana recovered.
“Then you came here alone?”
“Yes.”
“Leaving such a young child alone, what if you meet a bad person?”
“If you get kidnapped, what then.”
“This place has few people passing by.”
Liria was grateful for their worry, but she didn't think humans were threatening.
Because she had magic.
She was still using the perception-lowering magic, so no problem.
Moreover, she trusted that she was safe with kind women around her.
“It's fine. Humans can't harm Liria.”
They were worried about Liria, who was carefree and cute.
It was cute that she chose an elf as a character, but reality was harsh.
They sincerely thought that Liria looked great in elf cosplay.
They never thought Liria was a real elf.
“What should we do? Should we take you to your parents?”
“It's fine.”
“Are you very hungry? Want cake?”
Liria thought of cake.
She couldn't eat it in Eleas, and in Earth, it's cake for special days.
Liria drooled thinking she could eat cake.
Liria followed them into a store without any sign.
Inside the store, a young woman in her late teens welcomed them.
“Welcome. Unnies.”
Liria recalled where she had entered, and realized it was a cafe.
She also learned that the women who gave her snacks were the cafe owners.
“That super cute kid, what is she? She really looks like an elf.”
“Right? So cute?”
“So cute. Are you not kidnapped?”
“What do you think of people. She looks hungry, so I brought her to get cake.”
“Joke. Hehe.”
“Dahye. Come here for a moment.”
“?”
She whispered to the female staff member.
Liria could eavesdrop on their conversation with magic if she wanted, but she wasn't particularly interested in what they were saying.