Chapter 41

Chapter 41

“What is that..., fairy?”

-＼(´◓Д◔`)／!!

Incomprehensible language poured out.

Soon it was revealed that the thing that looked like a fairy wasn’t one.

-⁀⊙﹏☉⁀

-ヘ(°◇、°)ノ!!

The guys covering their bodies with leaves made incomprehensible sounds toward us.

“Ara, what is that?”

“I also don’t know!”

Following the Pururuk a living creature Ara doesn’t know appeared again.

Maybe Ara was trapped in that altar longer than expected? In the meantime a new life form was born in the dungeon.

Knowing the sparkle sparkle tree but not knowing existences like those fairies didn’t make sense.

“This really wasn’t expected.”

Setting aside the existence of fairies for now I had to confirm if not dangerous.

Physically those small existences didn’t seem able to do anything to us, but just in case. They might wield abilities or magic or something.

‘Um, indigenous people?’

Occasionally there are cases where indigenous people of that world come out in dungeons. To begin with the established theory is that a dungeon is something that tore off a part of some world so it was a sufficiently possible matter.

“Does conversation not work?”

“I’ll try speaking!”

Ara made a haughty expression and crossed her arms and stepped forward. Wondering why she takes such a gesture but after hearing the words that come out I could know.

“I’m Ara! The owner of this dungeon!”

Ah, because owner the shoulders rose.

Well from Ara’s position while away from home a life form seeing for the first time setting up house in her house without permission might be felt.

But does Korean work? Confidently stepping forward I thought she would do monster language or something.

-(‘◇’)?

“Arphei? Alpheheim?”

What, the words work?

Come to think of it Ara also communicated with the slimes. But I didn’t know she could communicate with other races or monsters too.

‘If Ara wasn’t there it would have been a headache.’

Ara was even taking on interpretation.

Like that Ara who was quietly listening to the fairies’ words for a while shouted.

“Living is fine!”

-ヽ

Suddenly looking at the fairies who seemed happy I casually asked.

“What conversation did you have?”

“Asking if living here is fine! So saying it’s fine!”

At the conversation between too pure two races I tried hard to understand purity for a moment.

“Hmm.”

“If Lee Gyuseong Gyuseong also has something curious say to me! I’ll convey instead!”

There were many curious things.

But for now I have to say this first.

“Tell them we aren’t bad people so no need to be scared.”

“Ooh! Indeed Lee Gyuseong Gyuseong! Smart!”

I don’t know the standard of smart but if Ara is satisfied it’s done. Soon when Ara conveyed my words as is in Korean the fairies nodded.

The gesture of nodding is universal.

-?

“Then asking why came!”

“Say we came to look around briefly. Up to the sparkle sparkle tree. Originally you’re the owner here right?”

“Oh? Thinking about it that’s it! I’m the owner!”

Soon when Ara said we came to look around the fairies fussed with scared expressions.

“No need to be scared! We came to play!”

When Ara added a few words then the fairies who calmed approached us coming down from the tree.

-ヽ(•̀ω•́ )ゝ?

“Oh, good!”

“What?”

“Guiding to the village.”

There is a village?

That certainly tempts.

Fairy village I never thought.

Soon two fairies climbed on Ara’s both shoulders and guided the way. Guiding the way at most was ultimately the direction of the tree we were going to.

“But what were these guys doing here?”

“Saying they were looking for food.”

“Food?”

When I asked back Ara interpreted.

Immediately an answer was heard and Ara said.

“Flower nectar is food. But...”

“But?”

“Saying nectar that only comes from a flower called Meluca. Saying other flowers’ nectar won’t do.”

“Picky taste.”

“Saying they came far to find Meluca.”

Walking exchanging stories we before I knew it could come to the pillar of the sparkle sparkle tree.

“Oooh.”

The tree pillar seen closely didn’t look like a tree and felt like a cliff. That too a cliff whose end wasn’t visible.

‘Should I say not cliff but canyon? Looking not only up but beside the end isn’t there?’

The tree finally arrived walking for two days.

Originally we would have pitched a tent around here and rested but we decided to visit the village of the fairies, according to themselves Alpheheim.

-⸜(｡˃ o ˂ )⸝~~~~!!!

Then nearby there was a fairy making a tremendous sound. Then suddenly from all around where they were fairies popped out and were wary of us.

‘Came to block invaders? But everyone’s expressions...’

Scared faces.

Seeing that they didn’t seem a warlike race but there was need to be tense at the sudden situation.

“Hey! Don’t worry! I’m Ara the owner of the dungeon!”

Ara stepped forward with a solemn face and waved her hand.

At Ara’s sudden action the fairies who came out to be wary of us showed flustered eyes.

-The owner of the dungeon?

“Oh? Can understand?”

A mysterious voice suddenly was heard in a form that is understood.

Looking for the owner of the voice a winged fairy who appeared from the tree gap quite far above was looking down at us.

Not flying but in the point that wings were attached she looked different from other fairies.

-I am Prey the owner of this land. Who dares to claim the name of owner?

Beautiful appearance and mysterious voice.

But the tone ate manners mixed with rice.

“Eeng? I’m the owner?”

Ara was flustered and trailed off.

Then the fairy who introduced as Prey snorted and soon started coming down the tree.

“Can’t use wings?”

-A, not using. Not can’t use.

Prey who was coming down as if rock climbing made an excuse.

‘Can’t use.’

Spoke arrogantly, haughtily but anyway this guy Prey also seemed pure.

Soon Prey who stepped on the floor puffed her chest and said.

-Then, what’s the name?

“Ara!”

-Ara? Ha! Such a name our Alpheheim living here for 300 years has never heard even once!

Prey who fully sneered her gaze this time headed to me.

-What are you?

“Me? Umm, I’m...”

Wondering how to introduce I saw the slimes staying quietly behind.

“I’m the Slime Great Lord.”

-...Slime Great Lord?

Prey muttered lowly then soon started trembling little by little.

-S, Slime Great Lord?!

“Why suddenly. Is it a name you know?”

Now Prey’s state was strange to the extent trembling was visible even at a glance.

She tried hard to shake her head at my question but ultimately asked back.

-Th, really you are the Slime Great Lord...?

“Suddenly the words became kind?”

Anyway this guy Prey seemed to know about the Slime Great Lord.

-...

“Since I played a joke don’t be too sulky. For now I am the Slime Great Lord. See the slimes behind here?”

Wriggle!

Mark Two stepped forward as representative and bowed his head as if greeting. Exactly he made the gesture of bowing.

“And Ara in front is really the owner of this dungeon.”

-Th, that can’t be! The previous owner of this dungeon is a terrifying demon, Gluttony Gula!

“Ara is that gluttony slime. Now Ara though.”

-Huk!

Prey’s pupils started shaking to the extent miserable. And watching such Prey’s appearance Ara asked worriedly.

“Prey! Are you okay?”

-Fine, no I’m fine.

Prey who became suddenly respectful soon gestured toward the surrounding fairies. Then shouted.

-G, guests! Take care extremely!

“Prey, so the talk earlier? You said you’re the owner here.”

-M, me? Ha, haha. Memory is well...

The action was cute.

Compared to other fairies arrogant but still this guy also pure was felt.

“But curious from earlier why all your words are interpreted in meaning?”

-Ah! Magic. No, should I say an ability only of me the queen of Alpheheim.

At the end faintly it might be a curse... was heard. Something with a story?

Anyway receiving Prey’s guidance we entered inside the tree. Fortunately there was a separate entrance so no need for us to climb the tree.

“Have you entered inside the tree too, Ara?”

“Yeah! I dug and ate the tree a bit!”

-...Ha, hahaha.

Entering inside unlike expected it was bright.

And extremely wide. I wondered if narrow for me to enter since small fairies live but the scale wasn’t a joke.

‘Even if a person comes and lives it would be fine.’

In the meantime seeing the places where fairies live densely decorated it was a feeling of entering a huge doll’s house.

“Changed a lot!”

-Th, right. Because we’re living decorating the part Ara nim dug and ate.

Even just the current space looking only visible to the eyes looks wider than combining about five or six soccer stadiums and Ara ate all this?

‘Indeed Ara was a monster form before becoming human type!’

I wanted to see that appearance once too but regrettable.

Anyway we continued exclaiming while sightseeing the fairy village Prey personally guided.

Really beautiful sceneries that would appear in a fantasy fairy tale existed inside the tree.

-(ू˃ o˂ू )

-(╹ਊ╹)/

The fairies we encountered looked at us amazingly. Whether because of Prey beside there were no fairies scared.

“Wow, this is a bit amazing?”

“Hoong!”

Following Prey’s guidance we arrived at an amazing place.

-Here is the training ground of starlight bugs. Besides that there are spawning grounds or rearing grounds, and nectar collection grounds.

“You guys were raising those bugs?”

-Not raising all but half would be the ones we raise.

The bugs I thought as fireflies the fairies were raising. But why raising bugs?

“Hearing earlier Alpheheim eats nectar right? By any chance these bugs...”

-Starlight bugs also inform places where flowers are and collect nectar too. Processing that is our work.

Prey just in time hearing my words as if good ordered something to the fairy beside. Then that fairy soon went somewhere and came.

The fairy brought something like a box and held it out toward us.

“What?”

-Honey we processed directly. Mainly used as food for starlight bugs but other living creatures also like it.

Honey!

This really tempts.

Because the fairy’s size is small the box was also small but still an amount of about one drop. Me and Ara, and the slimes each received one box.

Tok!

Really one drop.

But that taste was sweeter than any honey I’ve eaten.

‘Wow, this scent is crazy.’

The flower’s scent remains but that not thick and subtly mixed in the taste feeling.

“Amazing?”

-Hoho. Not that amazing a thing.

Whether happy at the praise Prey who made a bright smile was funny yet cute. But Prey soon made the smiling face sullen.

-...But recently the flowers we look for aren’t well discovered so a big problem. No matter how much other honey we make it’s meaningless.

“Meluca?”

-Yes. Starlight bugs can eat any honey we process but we Alpheheim can only intake Meluca flower’s nectar.

Hmm, it seems we visited in a quite troublesome situation.

Then suddenly a natural thought came to mind.

“That flower called Meluca, cultivation not possible?”

-Already a matter we tried from 200 years ago. But until now never succeeded. To begin with Meluca being rare is a plant hard to grow...

“Then.”

-Yes.

“Can I try cultivating Meluca too?”

Whether a sudden proposal Prey tilted her head as if she misheard then smiled bitterly.

-The heart of thinking is really thankful but Meluca’s cultivation even we who know that habit well failed for over 200 years of time.

“Yeah. So rather than expectation that it will succeed just the sound of is it okay to try.”

-Of course. To begin with no need for me to block, no work.

“Yeah?”

If doing this well...

I might obtain this delicious honey unlimitedly?