CH 11

Chapter Title: How to learn to see spirits

「Noー, you’re a great guy!」

「I didn’t expect Phil to lose. Let’s have a toast!」

「Hey, I need more booze!!」

When I got off the stage, the elves were in a good mood and slapped me on the shoulders. They seemed to congratulate me because I won the mock battle.

「What are you talking about, there’s no alcohol left.」

Since the party was not originally planned, they had already run out of acohol.

I suddenly thought of something…..

「How about this wine if you don’t mind?」

I took five bottles each of the three different wines I had from my inventory and placed them on the table.

「Oh! Looks like a magic trick. It’s an unusual bottle, but I’ll take anything for a drink.」

As the elf happily held up the wine…..

「Hey, let me have a look at that drink!」

I heard Yomi’s voice.

The elf man and I took the wine and headed to Yomi-san.

When Yomi received the wine, he stared at it. He held it up to the light, turned it around and intently read the words on the label. After a while, Yomi’s eyes snapped open.

「This is…! It’s Phantom wine!」

「Phantom wine?」

「Yes. It’s the wine of the lost civilization.」

I took out a bottle of wine that was stored in the evil god’s castle. I didn’t realize that it was such a legendary drink…..

「What’s so great about it?」

Diablo wine, Bahamut wine and the Leviathan wine are lined up on the table.

「These are the three of the world’s five most famous drinks! It’s said that an elf is lucky if they can taste one of them in their long life…」

I didn’t know it was that much of a great wine.

The drunken elves around me looked serious, as if this was no ordinary thing.

「Elt-kun. You should keep this in a safe place and open it on some kind of anniversary. It should not be consumed at a banquet like this.」

Yomi-san gently admonished me and tried to return the wine to me. But I didn’t take it.

「Then we should open it today.」

I looked around at everyone with a smile on my face as they all suspiciously looked at me.

「This is the anniversary of our meeting. I can’t think of a more appropriate day to open this wine.」

When I was in town, Alicia was the only one who would talk to me. Today, the elves all gave my a friendly look and spoke to me.

It’s only natural that I would want to drink this wine with the people here.

「Er, Elt-kun……」

Yomi-san looked impressed. I thought I might have said too much, so I added a few more words.

「B, besides this kind of drinks taste better when you drink it with other people.」

「Hahaha, you’re right! Well said!」

Afterwards, we all shared a glass of wine and had a great time.

「……My head hurts.」

The next day. When I woke up, I found Phil holding my left arm and Serena holding my right arm, they were hugging me closely.

Apparently, this was Yomi’s and his family’s house. I don’t remember how we got back, but we seemed to have ran out of steam as soon as we got home.

「Ufufufu, Elt……」

「You can’t have Serena……」

The two siblings are muttering something in their sleep. The faces of the two of them very close and still very well put together. Compared to the other elves I saw last night, I’d say that they were both outstanding.

I pulled my arms out from both of them, and….

「【Perfect Heal】」

I cast a spell and the headache disappeared. Apparently, Perfect Heal can also cure abnormal conditions.

「一I’m going to cast it on them too.」

I knew they would probably have a headache when they’ll wake up, so I also cast Perfect Heal on both of them to kill their hangover.

「What? You want me to teach you about spirit vision?」

「Yes. Or is this some kind of top secret thing within’ the elves?」

When I woke up and saw Yomi, I remembered last night’s spirit magic.

I thought it would be useful in my future travels if I could learn it, as it was much more powerful than if I was fighting with swords.

「Hmm, it’s true that Elt-kun has the [Charm] status. There is a possibility that you could see spirits.」

I clenched my fists as I waited for his reply.

「How do I become able to see spirits?」

There are about 100 elves in this village, but only about 20 of them are actually able to see spirits and use magic.

This means that one out of every five people can see spirits.

Yomi-san replied, stroking his chin.

「In order to see spirits, you must increase your [Charm]. The higher your status, the more spirits will be attracted by your charm. The more spirits you gather, the faster you’ll be able to see them. So if there’s an elf who lacks charm, they need to hunt and raise their levels, and one day they’ll be able to see spirits.」

Yomi-san then turned his stern eyes to me.

「You are still young, Elt-kun. If you train here for a while, you will eventually be able to see spirits. But it won’t be easy, will it?」 1

Yomi reminds me that I have……

「I see, I understand now.」 2

・Rainbow fruit ×108（eating it will increase your charm by 100）

I answered while looking at a certain place on the status screen.