CH 91

Speaking of which, I just realized that Christmas was coming soon.

But there was no Christ or faith in the Christ itself in this world, so obviously there was also no Santa Claus or Christmas cake. As expected, not having any event to do during the end of the year felt somehow lonesome.

Elysia Online had lots of seasonal events, so obviously there was a Christmas-vibe in the game during Christmas time.

The capital city of each country was adorned with decorative lighting, and the residential areas were also decorated with a large Christmas tree.

Naturally, there were some quests related to it. Last year, there was a quest to retrieve the stolen present bags.

The rewards for clearing the quest was just an outfit, and we were able to choose one of the five options that we liked, ranging from the normal Santa outfit, Santa dress, mini-skirt Santa-styled outfit, an angel’s outfit, or even a reindeer costume.

That quest was one that we could accept many times over, so of course I worked hard until I managed to collect all of the outfits.

But, hmm… I was lining up the outfits on my bed and…

Yup. There were indeed five of them!

That’s it! I got a good idea~ Ehehe.

“That’s why, please wear this, everyone~”

“What is this?”

Amanda-san was holding the reindeer costume… or rather, the cartoon-character costume and was taking a long, hard look at it. The reindeer’s horns were splendidly spread out—it was a wonder how they made it that way—and the costume’s surface was so fluffy that it felt really good to touch.

Of course, it still lost against Noir’s fur.

“Uhhm, you see, there’s this kind of a fairy called Santa Claus that gives good children presents once a year.”

It was slightly different, but the setting in the Elysia Online was supposed to be something like this. There was even a pair of small transparent wings on Santa-san’s back.

“So, is that person a fairy living in your origin country, young girl?”

“No. There’s a country where only Santa-san lives there, and he visits from that country. Along with the flying reindeers… this animal. Santa-san would ride on a sled pulled by this reindeer, giving out presents to good children.”

“A magical beast that can fly in the sky despite not having wings, huh? …In other words, it’s flying using magic, huh? Fumu. It is truly interesting.”

Karin-san looked at the reindeer costume fixedly. Next to her, Virna-san had her eyes sparkling, and her tail was swinging.

Virna-san liked fluffy thing, so she seemed to be really interested in the costume.

“This… Do you want to wear this, Virna-san?”

“Is it alright?”

She asked with her body leaning really forward.

“Of course.”

I said that as I handed it out to her, and Virna-san rubbed her cheek against the reindeer costume, fully enjoying the fluffiness.

“In short, we should wear the costumes and go distribute presents at the orphanage?”

Ar-niisama asked, and I turned around to look at him.

Uhhmm… Ar-niisama’s eyes are blue, so… cosplaying as an angel… no, the angel costume would suit him.

“That’s right!”

“Donating to the orphanages is certainly a noble’s duty, and the children there might be delighted with the peculiar idea of us wearing costumes.”

Noblesse oblige, is it? The nobles were obliged to periodically donate to the orphanages. This time, after hearing about it from Ar-niisama, I thought of visiting the orphanage while becoming a Santa.

We might as well try it, and it might even make the children happier.

‘Yup, yup’, as I nodded several times, I handed over the angel costume to Ar-niisama without any hesitation.

He had an expression that seemed to say, ‘Eh, this?’, but I pretended to not notice it at all.

After all, the ones left were the dress, the mini-skirt, the angel costume, and the regular Santa outfit. If Ar-niisama were to get the regular Santa outfit, what outfit would Frank-san be wearing, then?

Frank-san in an angel costume was… it was something that I wouldn’t even dare to imagine… I guess.

Santa-san seemed to suit him, or rather, Elysia Online’s Santa Clause suited him as he was somehow muscular. That was why, the image was a perfect fit.

The remaining would be the mini skirt and dress, but… between Amanda-san and Karin-san, who would be wearing which one, I wonder?

“Amanda-san and Karin-san, which one would you like to wear?”

“I am not wearing anything like that.”

I had already guessed that Karin-san would respond that way. But these Santa outfit actually had an amazing feature that was tailored for Karin-san!

“Wearing those outfit will make slimes approach you.”

“What? You should’ve said that earlier. They will approach me quickly, huh?”

Right, right—?

In the first place, the Christmas quest was for us to collect Present Fragments by defeating the slimes, so various slimes would come near us if we were to wear those outfit and go out.

I had forgotten that feature at all, but when I took out the outfit earlier, I saw the text [Santa outfit, well-liked by the slimes], so I quickly thought, ‘this is it!’ Ehehe.

But the Santa outfit I had at my hand was the mini-skirt, would that be fine, I wonder? …Well, to Karin-san, as long as the outfit could attract the slimes to approach her, anything would be fine, I guess.

Which meant, the remaining Santa dress would be for Amanda-san.

Unfortunately, there was no kid-sized outfit among them all, so I would be joining with regular clothes, but I was also a small child now, so I would be the one receiving a present too, right?

Then, after everyone had changed their clothes…

“What, isn’t this way too red?”

Whoa. Frank-san in Santa-san’s costume was a splitting image of the game’s Santa-san!

Although he was muscular, the outfit unexpectedly suited him.

“It’s so fluffy.”

Virna-san in the reindeer costume seemed to have enhanced the fluffiness, it was lovely!

“Where is the new type of slimes?”

Karin-san in the mini-skirt Santa outfit was adorable.

“My whole body is donned in the passionate red. Fufuu.”

Amanda-san in the Santa dress was even more gorgeous than the usual.

“I can’t really calm down without a sword by my side.”

And Ar-niisama was…

“Whoa… An angel…”

His handsome features made him look like a real angel. To think that it’d suit him so perfectly…

I wonder if the wings at his back won’t spread out by itself?

“Yuuri, you don’t have any costume to wear?”

“Ah, uhm. There’s no costume with a size fitting me.”

“Is that so?”

Ar-niisama seemed to be thinking for a while before he called out to me and suddenly lifted me in his arms.

“Fuwaa!”

I reflexively raised my voice in surprise, and I was met with his tender brown pupils1.

“Then, Yuuri should wear this hood and play the role of my retainer2.”

Come to think of it, in Elysia Online, the players would be accepting the Christmas quests from a white cat NPC, if I remembered things correctly.

Which means, I’d be playing the role of that white cat?

Whoaa. What a coincidence!

“Then, what should we say when we are giving the presents to the children?”

“You should say ‘Merry Christmas’.”

“Is that so? Then, shall we all try it out?”

In response to Ar-niisama’s suggestion, everyone raised their voices.

One, two…

“Merry Christmas!”

After that, a certain story started to spread out in Elysia, about how a macho fairy called as Santa-san would be coming to give good children presents once a year, but it was a talk for another story.