Hearing that Hachiman wanted to go to the Elf Forest to see more elves like her, Melaise was not angry at all. Instead, she felt it was Hachiman's acknowledgment of her. Only, because of the ideas she had absorbed for so long, she still envied Iris and Elio for their cute and lovely figures.
Her figure was too bloated and cumbersome. Not only did it make hunting troublesome, being slow and easily making noise, but even her everyday clothes required extra fabric.
"Iris is very cute, Melaise, you're also very cute, only your directions of cuteness are different. Melaise, you don't need to care about the evaluations of the villagers from before. In front of me, you are a cute and beautiful elf."
Hachiman was not at all surprised by Melaise's repeated entanglements. He directly gave her flawless delicate cheek a strong kiss, kneading her plump, elastic face hard.
"But the same kind of cuteness also includes Leticia, Leona, Sylpha, and the others. Tonight's aid, you'll need to work hard and do your best."
The proud knight princess, who had once been the Elven royal daughter, Aegis, also suffered from the anxieties of her body, feeling herself ugly and unsightly. Melaise, an elf of an ordinary identity, needed not even to be mentioned.
Although he also felt it was a little absurd, how could there be elves who thought Aegis and Melaise were ugly? but thinking carefully, human views were already worlds apart from each other, not to mention across races.
Narahashi Miki was discriminated against because of her height, Gotou Hitori bowed her head and hunched her back from social fear so no one noticed her beauty. Even though in human aesthetics they were very pretty, for all sorts of reasons they felt themselves unattractive. So it seemed normal that the elves, whose racial values were different altogether, would also have this kind of body discrimination.
"Mm… Savior-sama… I will do my best. As long as Savior-sama does not despise me…"
Blushing, Melaise nestled into Hachiman's arms. As her fair delicate pointed elf ears were played with until they turned redder, her slender arms like lotus roots slowly climbed up Hachiman's neck, unable to stop herself from wanting to seek the affection of the Savior-sama.
To be chosen to receive the aid of Savior-sama may have used up all the luck she had accumulated from childhood to now.
She absolutely must cherish the time spent with Savior-sama, to work together with Leticia and the others to make Savior-sama happy, so that he would not regret liking an elf like her.
Hayase Saki and Narahashi Miki, who had eaten too much in the carriage just now and were feeling weak in their legs, unable to straighten their backs, stood resting behind the two of them. Watching this elf Melaise move from inferiority to initiative, they looked at each other and chose to quietly watch.
Although they didn't know the details, they could feel in Melaise's words her deeply hidden inferiority.
They very much understood the taste of being discriminated against. They too had always been inferior and introverted, and only after being guided by the club president did they get much better, and started to think of pulling people into their social-anxiety support group, to receive the president's guidance and aid together.
They just hadn't thought there would be such a personality among elves. Clearly this elf's skin was fine and flawless, white to the point of envy. Getting a little closer, they could even feel this elf's body had the same faint fruity fragrance as Princess Iris.
The pressure really was too much. Such a beautiful elf was also so humble toward the president. There was no way they could ever compare. If they didn't think of something, the president would soon be doting on elves like Melaise.
Since Melaise was an elf, she should, like Princess Iris, join the Service Club.
Would there be a chance to pull Melaise into their social-anxiety and inferiority support group?
"Ah! I say, Melaise, why did hanging a nameplate take you so long! So it turns out you were secretly enjoying Savior-sama's affection!"
While Hayase Saki and Narahashi Miki were secretly exchanging looks, the brown-skinned, finely toned, and hot-bodied Leona walked out from inside. Seeing the always body-anxious, inferior Melaise actually receiving Hachiman's aid, her eyes lit up immediately, and she rushed over and hugged Hachiman too.
"Savior-sama, I want it too!"
"..."
Hayase Saki looked at Leona, who slid on her knees and hugged Hachiman, and suddenly felt this scene was a little familiar.
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"Hss…"
Just as Hachiman was developing feelings with Melaise, he was suddenly hugged by this dark elf Leona who had rushed out. Feeling her enthusiasm, he couldn't help sighing that elves truly deserved to be called a species even more succubus-like than succubi.
Melaise, having lived in a disharmonious village, suffered from body anxiety, and was extremely reserved in facing him, needing his initiative.
But other elves weren't like that. Once they knew he liked them and was willing to aid them, they became extremely warm and proactive.
Leona had only formally met him this afternoon for the first time and had had some intimate contact, yet tonight seeing him close with Melaise, she dared to boldly rush in to join.
But thinking carefully, Iris had also been this proactive at the beginning. Even the royal princess of the elves was like that, so Leona being even more passionate wasn't excessive.
Narahashi Miki and Hayase Saki looked at the two golden-haired, beautiful elves pressed tightly against Hachiman from top and bottom, not leaving the slightest gap. Even though their scene in the carriage just now had been no less, they still couldn't help blushing shyly.
Inside the carriage was one thing. Outside was another. They felt it was still somewhat different.
So elves of another world had personalities like this?
The president hadn't even properly entered the door yet, and was already blocked at the entrance by overly passionate elves welcoming him home.
Good thing the president and elves could all use magic, otherwise at this time they would have panicked. If someone passed by and saw, that would be terrible.
Just as Hayase Saki and Narahashi Miki were thinking this, suddenly they heard footsteps behind. Turning their heads, they saw a young woman in a sleeveless dress, with shoulder-length hair, stepping on low-heeled sandals, appearing outside Hikigaya's house, seemingly looking this way. Their hearts jumped sharply.
But then they noticed this gentle and meek-looking young woman seemed unable to see them, her gaze passing through them, staring at Hikigaya's home. Only then did they let out a sigh of relief.
Good, good. Luckily the president had invisibility magic. Invisibility magic really was amazing.
The young woman standing in front of Hikigaya's gate stared directly at the house. Several times she raised her hand wanting to press the doorbell, but ultimately did not. After hesitating a while, she silently lowered her head and turned to leave.
"Not just passing by?"
"Does this person know the president?"
At first Hayase Saki and Narahashi Miki thought this young woman was merely passing by, but seeing her move to press the doorbell, they realized she likely knew Hikigaya.
Now seeing her leave without daring to even press, the two walked a little outside and looked after her departing figure, discovering that she hadn't gone far before turning into the old apartment next door.
"So she's the president's neighbor? We've never seen her before, and the president hasn't mentioned it."
"Could it be she has a crush on the president?"
"Very possible. Though she looks a bit older than us."
"Should we maybe…"
The two socially-anxious sporty girls exchanged a look, whispered quietly, and each had the same thought in their hearts.
Social anxiety? Inferiority? Or maybe reclusive?
Harboring a crush on the president but not daring to approach him?
As fellow socially-anxious, self-doubting girls, seeing that young woman's behavior, they immediately understood. She absolutely had a crush on the president. Only they didn't know why, living right next door, she couldn't even ring his doorbell.
But whatever the reason, as long as it wasn't some quarrel with the president that they didn't dare meddle in, they could find a chance to try.
Pretty, timid, introverted, not daring to cause trouble, with worse figure and likely poor stamina, she was simply a perfect candidate for their social-anxiety, introvert, self-doubt support group.
Plus, since she lived nearby, once she joined the support group, they could have an excuse to come play here.
Though the president's house wasn't off-limits, there were too many people there, student council president, rich young lady, singer idol, elf princess… one by one, all people they couldn't afford to provoke.
Even though they knew those girls were just the same, and when facing the president, they were even more proactive and enthusiastic than themselves, in daily interactions it was still tense, the pressure no less than from never-flustered vice-president Yukinoshita.
Desire rises from the heart, courage grows by the side of lust.
Under Hachiman's guidance, the two cowardly girls who had been gradually gaining courage schemed together for quite a while, while on the other side the two elves' welcome ceremony for Hachiman finally came to an end.
"Savior-sama, would you be willing to dote on me together? Mmm… I think you would. After all, Savior-sama has already given me your reward~"
The dark elf Leona looked up at Hachiman, who had just let go of Melaise to look at her. Without waiting for him to answer, she licked her lips and gave her own reply.
"Leona…"
Freed, Melaise lowered her head with a resentful expression, glaring angrily at Leona, who had cut in late. Her smooth fair face puffed up in frustration.
Clearly Savior-sama had been doting on her alone. Even the two human girls had only watched without disturbing. Yet Leona came to share Savior-sama's affection. No, that wasn't right. Strictly speaking, Leona had stolen the fruits of her hard effort to enjoy alone.
"Melaise, don't be mad. You're enjoying the Savior's affection, and I'm enjoying Savior-sama's reward. Isn't this a win-win? Hehe~"
Leona had wanted to comfort Melaise, but halfway through her words, even she couldn't help laughing aloud.
So lucky. She had only come out looking for Melaise, fearing she had once again sunk alone into body-anxious worries. Unexpectedly, she ran straight into the just-returned Savior-sama.
Before tonight's Elf Forest Tavern opening, she got to enjoy Savior-sama's reward in advance.
"Stand up, Leona. Next time let's go inside first. If not for the invisibility magic, we would've been discovered already."
Seeing Leona still kneeling on the ground, Hachiman reached out to pull her up, casually using cleaning magic to brush the dust off her round slim knees, helplessly looking at this passionate, uninhibited dark elf.
He knew there had been someone passing outside, and from the light yet hesitant footsteps he could tell it was his next-door neighbor, the college student Hayasaka Yuuko, whom he had saved once before.
He had even chatted with Yukinoshita Haruno about her tonight, but had been too busy to call out to her.
Now wasn't the right time to invite her into his house either. Better to look for Gabriel and Vignette later, during feeding-punishment play, and then find a chance to reach out to Hayasaka Yuuko.
"As you command, Savior-sama~"
Seeing Hachiman speak reproachfully, but his fingertips glow faintly with cleansing magic, Leona knew that her efforts just now had not been in vain. Immediately, she cheerfully hooked her arm around his, pressing her soft, full body tightly against him.
Melaise, who others had fretted over how to comfort, instantly recovered her confidence and no longer worried anxiously about her body, being accepted so generously.
No wonder the princesses liked Savior-sama so much. Truly worthy of being their Savior.
"I'll teach you properly later… Saki, Miki, let's go inside."
Seeing Leona still grinning without any thought of reflecting, Hachiman gave her a firm pat. Only when she finally blushed slightly in embarrassment did he turn to call Hayase Saki and Narahashi Miki. Surrounded by the dark elf Leona and the body-anxious elf Melaise, he stepped into the entryway and returned home completely.
Leona was called a dark elf, but in truth her skin wasn't really black, nor was she a dark elf.
She had simply used magic to tan her skin into a light brown, far from the bronze color of true dark elves.
However, since Leona often hunted, her figure was agile, and her personality passionate and carefree, such a wild-style dark elf was quite eye-catching among the elegant white-skinned elves like Melaise.
Mm… Even just from their brief contact, he had already felt Leona's passion. It wasn't hard to imagine how proactive she would be in tonight's Elf Forest Tavern theme.
Elves who were usually elegant and reserved for hundreds of years, once they experienced joy, would become uncontrollable. All the more so for an elf of Leona's personality. Among the elves forced to restrain their desires while hiding in the Elf Forest, there were surely many like her.
Just as he entered the entryway, Hachiman saw his home transformed tonight into the Elf Forest Tavern.
The clutter originally placed at the entrance had all been put away. Lively plants of unknown names were arranged on both sides. Even the ceiling was decorated with lush greenery, from which white glowing lights spilled down, filling the place with the atmosphere of a midnight tavern.
Clusters of flowers covered the space, leaving only a single walkway through. The tavern overflowed with a pleasant fragrance.
This scent was a little like fruit, but unlike the usual smell of fruits. Inhaling it was unusually refreshing, and after a deep breath he felt a heat rising in his chest.
Normally, he could catch a similar scent from Iris and the others' flawless white bodies, but their fruity body fragrance was very light, imperceptible unless close.
He hadn't expected that now, just standing here without even entering the living room, he could smell a faint fragrance in the air.
"Leona, Melaise, what are you… Savior-sama, welcome to the Elf Forest Tavern~"
Hearing the sound from the entryway, the dignified, elegant, golden-haired older-sister elf Leticia, dressed in a pure-white gauzy gown, stepped barefoot from the living room. Seeing Leona and Melaise clinging to Hachiman, she paused, then quickly bent forward to greet him.
"Tonight please fully enjoy yourself in the Elf Forest Tavern~"
"Just seeing you now, Leticia, I already feel very enjoyed. I didn't expect you to prepare so well, returning early."
Looking at Leticia's so-called sleeveless gown, better described as revealing elven-style clothing, Hachiman nodded in satisfaction.
The white fabric looped around her neck, supporting her proud bosom like a bikini. The long white skirt had slits reaching up to her waist, the swaying fabric unable to hide her straight, fair thighs, especially when she bent forward.
Whether or not tonight's Elf Forest Tavern was authentic, compared with the real one, he didn't know. But the elves inside were surely authentic.
In the vast Elf Forest, carefully selected elder-sister elves and princess elves, what tavern could give him such high-level enjoyment?
"It was all the princess's idea. As long as you are happy, it is our honor~"
Feeling Hachiman's gaze on her, seemingly lingering at the ties at her waist, Leticia's fair face flushed red, and she spoke softly in embarrassment.
This outfit resembled what her mother usually wore at home, something she herself rarely wore.
When living alone, she either wore ordinary home clothes, or her adventuring gear.
But since Princess Iris said this would make Savior-sama happy, after hesitating, she followed through.
Compared with Sylpha, who later would have to wear an even more embarrassing outfit and perform on stage for Savior-sama, Leticia, wearing only her mother's cool, loose long dress, already had it easy.
"Too bad you didn't come out with us just now, Leticia, otherwise we could have enjoyed Savior-sama's reward together."
Seeing Leticia already dressed in the elven-style clothes ordered by the princess, Leona regretfully released Hachiman's arm.
Even with Melaise, who was basically a stranger, she encouraged her. All the more so with Leticia, whom she was close to as a sister.
She felt Leticia's alluring attire matched well with the lively tavern atmosphere now. Just from Savior-sama's gaze lingering on her, she could tell.
But she and Melaise had only just offended Savior-sama at the door.
If she now urged Leticia to offend him again, that might not work.
Princess, knight princess, youngest princess, all were waiting inside. For them to block Savior-sama at the entrance demanding his reward was too improper.
Hopefully, the princesses inside would share more time with them. The princess and knight princess were fine, they quickly became satisfied and let others receive aid first, waiting until later when they couldn't endure before switching again.
But the youngest and most beloved, the seemingly purest princess Lumilia, was somewhat obsessed with Savior-sama. She would surely compete with them to seize Savior-sama's reward.
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