When Marina met Saclasi
When Marina met Saclasi
A 200-year-old elf who logged in with a permanent nickname after a long time. Her true identity was actually a High Elf. She was also the head moderator of the <Water Ability Gallery>.
She had often communicated on the <Water Ability Gallery> out of curiosity about how other elves were doing, and before she knew it, she had become the head moderator.
She felt that if she revealed she was a High Elf now, the gallery users would feel unnecessarily awkward. She didn't particularly want to be treated like a princess, so she didn't bother correcting them when they treated her like a regular elf.
At first, it was a hassle, but thinking about it now, she was glad she kept the head moderator position. She could immediately ban the trolls from the <Imdang Gallery> who were slandering the gallery owner, and before that, when a user famous for being a 'man-crazy' came over to the <Water Ability Gallery> and treated her like one of their own, she could ban them immediately too.
She already knew that the gallery owner was Saklasi. She had taken a liking to him just from seeing one photo, so she had been watching him in the gallery, and she even liked his personality.
"It was common for blood-related nobles to marry each other just 500 years ago, anyway."
It was something that actually happened in the United Kingdom, but for her, having lived a little over 200 years, it was a story she had never actually seen. If Gelya had heard it, it would have been a remark that would make her snort. Since Gelya, who had lived for 2,000 years, was of the generation that had actually seen and heard of marriages between blood-related nobles.
Meanwhile, Saklasi posted a thread asking for the location of Mano Mountain. She immediately logged out and took off her head moderator badge. She didn't care about the sniping posts calling her a 'man-crazy'. She went to take a selfie to send to Saklasi.
That the person who sent a nude photo to Saklasi happened to be the eighteenth princess—this, too, was something that would have made Gelya snort if she had known.
Title: Yes, it was from the beginning
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Please tell me the location of Mano Mountain
WaterGalleryUser1 - The title sounds like a confession!
WaterGalleryUser2 - It was from the beginning for me too, Gallery Owner-nim hehe
WaterGalleryUser3 - Aren't you guys those elves who said you were a hundred, two hundred years old? I'll say it again, you are different from the Soi tribe.
└WaterGalleryUser1 - You know I don't like it when you say things like that?
└WaterGalleryUser5 - Actually, I might be the one who's right.
Ruler of Water - Hey everyone, the location of Mano Mountain...
└WaterGalleryUser4 - I'll send it!
Ding.
It was the notification sound for a gallery direct message.
'But why is my heart pounding at this sound? It's obviously just the coordinate for Mano Mountain!'
(Photo of an elf bowing while naked)
"Ah!"
It was not obvious. It was that elf from before.
Title: Ah! Gallery Owner-nim, I sent the wrong one~
Author: WaterGalleryUser
Content: I'll send it again hehe
Ruler of Water - Yes, understood.
└WaterGalleryUser - How was it this time?
└Ruler of Water - I deleted it.
└WaterGalleryUser - Aww.
Ding.
This time, a proper photo arrived.
Mano Mountain was located on an island in the middle of the 「Atlan Sea」.
If there were many islands nearby, it might have been confusing, but fortunately, there were no islands of similar size near Mano Mountain. It was quite a distance from Hepas Island, but distance wasn't an issue. The area near the sea was all in the palm of my hand.
The real problem was the remaining time for the Minos people.
The Minos people who hadn't achieved racial awakening, 80 years having passed, had few survivors left. Even those whose lifespans had doubled due to racial awakening were starting to die off if they were old.
They had been in a coma, but time doesn't stop. Thus, the population, which had reached 50 million, had dwindled to 10 million.
"I'll be back for a moment."
"Yes!!! Baron Stan!!! If you!! tell me to wait!!! I will!!! stay!!! here!!! for!!! the rest of my life!!!!"
"My Lord!"
Tears welled up in Heifer's eyes as she looked at me.
Her bright demeanor probably wasn't just because she had a genuinely bright personality.
"My Lord, I am too shameless, aren't I? After this is over, you may kill me at any time. I am serious."
I'm going to be an overpowered protagonist. The overpowered protagonists I know live as they please without any adversity.
"Why would I kill you? I'm going to become an Imperial Duke soon, and while I'm at it, I'll become the King Emeritus, and I'll use Holy Water ability users like my limbs in exchange for your heart being pierced. I'm going to collect from you forever. Be prepared."
"My, My!!! Imperial!!! Duke!!!! Your Excellency!!!! I am!!!! truly!!!! mortified!!!! for getting the title wrong!!!"
It wasn't time yet, but I skipped correcting the broken deputy manager. At that moment, she bowed to me and slammed her head into the ground with a thud!
"I, Heifer Minos de Labyrinthos! As the last bloodline of the Minos Kingdom and the rightful heir to the throne, I will dedicate my body, mind, and soul to my Lord for the rest of my life! Until the very last moment my life ends, Saklasi Stan is my only Lord. I swear it on the myth of the Minotaur!"
Thud! Thud! Thud!
"The island is going to sink. Are you trying to abandon this island because the Minos territory is being returned?"
"My Lord~"
At my joke, she, who had been making a desperate oath of loyalty just a moment ago, called me in a nasal voice.
"I'll be back."
"Even if you fail to make the Elixir, no matter what happens, it's fine. My oath will not change!"
"That won't happen. Who am I?"
"Husband?"
"The Transcendent of Water."
"Trans!!cend!!ent!! As, as expected!!! Baron Stan Your Ex--—!"
Embarrassed even though I was the one who said it, I immediately used Mist Transformation and ran away.
It was just a desperate move because it got awkward when Heifer suddenly got serious.
Avoiding the broken reaction of the deputy manager was a bonus.
I arrived at the beach of the island where Mano Mountain was located in one go.
It was the spatial movement of [Wish] 'Mist Transformation'.
Gauging the size of the island touching the sea, it was a fairly large island. The name of the island was also Mano Island, and the proportion of the mountain on the island was so huge that it was called that.
"What is this?"
That was when it happened. Dark, ink-colored things began to stand up. They were golems that had been crouching like giant rocks.
Soon, those golems saw me and rushed at me. They suddenly tried to attack me, so I was surprised and kicked them away with all my might.
Clang!!!!
It was a kick that would have torn through lumps of iron, but instead of breaking, it flew high into the sky.
"It's insanely hard? What is this made of?"
I'll have to ask the gallery what these are later. Clang! At the sound, golems that had been crouching here and there also stood up and rushed at me.
"This is actually better."
It was a chance to test how strong my physical power was.
A strange sight caught Marina's eyes. An 'Iron Lump' was flying hundreds of meters high into the sky and falling back down.
"Wow!! They're fighting exactly my style? Who is it, let's make a bet!"
Marina liked any kind of bet. This bet was going to be about who could catch more Iron Lumps.
[Crimson Spirit Bird! Flight of the Flame!]
[Wish] 'Firebird' soared into the sky above Mano Island. Other sisters told her to stop, but Marina thought this was cool.
Soon, Marina saw a man in her eyes who was neutralizing the Iron Lumps by breaking their limbs with pure strength. It was exactly the style Marina used to deal with Iron Lumps.
'Finally, someone who resembles my combat style has appeared!'
Marina withdrew her 'Firebird' and plummeted to the ground near where Saklasi was fighting.
"Let's play together~!"
Boom!
Marina, who had landed on the ground, finally got a good look at Saklasi's face.
"Uh-huh~? A black-haired Soi tribe?"
"Yes?"
Saklasi, who had suddenly had an elf appear by smashing the ground with a boom, was surprised to see her call him a Soi tribe member as soon as she saw him, so he thought she was someone looking for a fight again and answered bluntly.
"What is it?"
Just hearing Saklasi's voice and seeing his face made Marina's face turn bright red.
She had already heard about the black-haired Soi tribe orphan from her mother, so she knew about him, but she hadn't intended to go see him separately.
As an Offenser, she was passionate about dealing with monsters that threatened the United Kingdom or collecting Mandite and Orichalcum materials.
It wasn't like it was the first time she, the fifth princess Marina, had seen a black-haired Soi tribe member at her age, but she didn't know why she was acting like this either.
'Is it because of that strength that easily breaks the limbs of Iron Lumps as thick as tree trunks? Why is my heart pounding like this?'
Saklasi thought, 'Is she trying to pick another fight?' because the red-haired, red-eyed elf who had suddenly appeared was just staring at him with a flushed face.
"Why are you staring at me like that?"
"Ah! Huh? Oh?! Yeah! Sorry? Hi!"
[Like a Firebird]
When Saklasi spoke to her again, Marina's heart felt like it was going to burst, so she used [Wish] 'Firebird' and ran away in a hurry.
She had [Wish]-ed 'Crimson Spirit Bird! Flight of the Flame!' all by herself among her sisters to look cool. But for some reason, this time it was embarrassing.
"What a strange person."
Only after she left did Saklasi realize.
"Ah! The word 'Soi tribe' itself wasn't an insult, right? I was too blunt."
He had heard so much about how they were lowly, inferior, etc., that he had momentarily mistaken it for an insult even when someone just called him a Soi tribe member.