In a Different World with a Smartphone Chapter 389: The Fairies Future, and a Visit from a Prince.

The talk between Refreese Imperium and Panashes Kingdom proceeded without troubles. The new border line was decided swiftly, and the two sides have established a friendly relationship with each other.

For the countries that used to be in the Surface World, the thing known as golem doesnt exist; and for the ones that used to be in the Reverse World, magic is a very uncommon thing.

For the difference in recognition in that area to be resolved on a national scale, the nations themselves must lead the way.

As a sign of friendship, Panashes Kingdom will be sending a few golems to Refreese Imperium, and the latter will gift the former some magic books in exchange; theyll also send a few golem engineers and magicians to each other as technical guides.

I hope that by adopting each others culture into their own, they can understand and interact with the other more deeply.

Now then, about the information from Anubis and Bastet, who have infiltrated Eisengard.

As expected, since [Godslaying Poison] doesnt affect normal people, theyre living life normally within the country.

Apparently, in the town theyre in currentlyits a port town on the eastern edge of Eisengardrumors that some golden monsters have destroyed several other towns already, and that the Magicraft Kingdoms golem knight order has been dispatched to deal with them are floating around.

Bastet and Anubis will be leaving that town by tomorrow, and head towards a bigger town inland.

While receiving Bastets report, I went to Dr. Elka to consult about the information regarding the white [Crown] that I heard from the blue [Crown], Blau.

It was a coincidence that led us to Noir, you see. Normally, [Crown]-class golems are found inside places like ruins or sites of old research facilities, but we found him inside a mine instead.

A mine?

It was a magic light stone mine, if I remember correctly. Whats more, its been in disuse for several decades already, and I only found it by chance too. I thought it was an abandoned

mining golem from before, but it had the [Crown] series emblem on its neck, so I immediately knew what it was.

Dr. Elka immediately recovered Noir and began repairing it, but with her abilities back then, it took a long time. The repairs finally finished after a year; however, Noir did not choose Dr. Elka as its master.

The [Crown]s choose their masters. I guess I just didnt have the compatibility required. I had never imagined my younger sister Norn, who sneaked into the laboratory when I was out on a trip, to become its master, though.

Dr. Elka made a wry smile as she took a sip of the coffee placed on the table.

I wonder if the [Crown]s have a set of criteria when they choose their masters. Black-Norn, red-Nia, blue-Robert, purple-Luna

Muu. I cant think of anything besides the fact that all of the masters have troublesome personalities

The blue [Crown] had been passed down in the Panashes royal family for generations, and the previous master of the red [Crown] was Nias father. Genetics or lineage could be a possible factor as well.

That reminds me, the conditions in which we found Noir in was a bit strange.

Strange?

Un. Normally, when you find Legacies, theyre in situations like buried inside the earth or sleeping in some ruins. But in Noirs case, it felt like it was thrown away inside the mine tunnel. Even if its in disuse now, that mine should still have people who worked in it before, right? Which means

Someone had thrown it away inside the mine after it became abandoned, or it had gone into the mine and shut down by itself

Someone had forced it into a situation where it had to shut itself down That possibility isnt zero as well.

Noir was thought to be together with the white [Crown] At least, according to Blau. It sounds unlikely, but could the one who drove Noir into shutting itself down be the white [Crown], Albus?

It doesnt show up on my search magic too. Its appearance shouldnt be different from Noir and Rouge, and its color is likely white. If thats the case, I should be able to tell its the white [Crown] the moment I see it

Either theres something blocking my search, or it no longer exists in this world already.

Mu. Nothingll happen from me worrying about things I cant resolve right now. Lets refresh our mind a bit.

When I returned to Brunhilds royal castle from Babylon, Leen was sitting on a sofa in the living room with her arms folded and pondering something. Pola was folding its arms besides her as well, but youre not thinking about anything, are you.

What is it?

Just a bit. I was thinking about the amount of magic power and aptitude held by the people in our world and the other one.

Dear me, my fiance-san is thinking about something difficult again I sat down besides her in order to hear her out.

Its probably due to the different path of evolution they took, but the people on the other side has lower magic power than us in general. Its likely that the number of people with magical aptitudes is small too. Their sense for manipulating magic power is sharper, but thats most likely because they use magic tools on a daily basis.

Aah, right, while candles are still commonplace here, the other side has things like neon lights made with magic light stones, after all. The light intensity adjustment of that is done through magic power manipulation.

So, youre saying that the people on the other side arent suited to using magic?

Unn, its not like thats completely the case. Arent the people from [Red Cats] and that [Black Cats] manager using magic properly?

Leaving Nia and the others aside, I had helped out during that time when Silhouette-san used summoning magic, though.

Well, if the people from both worlds mingle together in the future, after some generations, a new change might be brought forth. It might be somewhere around our grandsons grandsons grandsons age, though.

Thats a long way off into the future, huh.

Ara, is that so? At least, to us who are gods and his dependants, thats a period of time that could pass as an instant, you know.

Leen grasped my hand. She is of the fairy race, and has a long lifespan. To her who had already lived for a long time, I suppose it would feel that way.

Our grandsons grandsons grandson, eh. Cant imagine it at all.

Well, the children born between you and I would be of the fairy race as well, so they would have a long life too.

Its the same with Sakura whos part of the demon race, but children born between a fairy and a human wont take on characteristic of both parents like half-elves. The child will always be of the fairy race.

Further, the fairy race has a very low chance of birthing male children; the child of a fairy would be female with a possibility of around 80% to 90%.

Ive asked about this towards Kami-sama before, but our children would be born as children of gods. Of course, their lifespan would be longer than normal. However, its at most twice the length of a normal person, and by the next generationour grandsonstheir lifespan would drop down to basically the same as average.

Which is why, the children of the ones with long lifespan originally, Leen and Sakura, would probably live the longest.

Its going to be a long relationship, huh.

Theres just one thing Im worried about, to be honest If our daughter grows more than me before her development is stalled, when we line up as a family, wouldnt I get treated as the daughter and our daughter treated as your wife instead

Leen muttered under her breath. Well, that possibility does exist I think?

Leens outer appearance is around 11 to 12 years old, and right now she barely looks older than Suu. However, unlike Leen whose growth has stopped, Suu would definitely overtake her eventually.

Including me, everyones aging would stop at a suitable point after weve become adults, but Leen is already an adult according to the standards of her race. She will never grow bigger than where she is now. I guess shes still hung up about that.

Thats nothing you need to worry about. Youre you no matter what; just boldly stay by my side and itll be fine.

Thats not the problem Well, whatever. Its stupid to be jealous of a daughter that doesnt even exist yet, isnt it.

Snickering, Leen stretched her body and put her arms around my neck before giving me a kiss. I hugged her small and delicate frame back.

At the end of the day, Ill be fine as long as you love me enough to make me not be jealous of my daughter, I guess.

Ill do my best Was that weird for a reply?

Since youre nine times more troublesome than a normal person, I dont mind giving you a bit of discount, you know.

Thats a thankful offer. To be honest, rather than thinking about which one I love more between my wife and my daughter, I believe that love between spouses and love for a child are different things in the first place. N?

Its pretty late to be asking this, but what are your parents or siblings doing now, Leen?

It really is late to be asking that.

The fairy girl laughed teasingly.

No, well, since shes the fairy tribes chief, I somehow got the image of an elder from that, and assumed her parents had already passed away or something.

I dont have any siblings. In the first place, races with long lifespans like us usually find it hard to conceive children, and us fairies are a race with abundant curiosity on top of that. Even married couples would go around and do their own things for centuries on a stretch, so the child is almost always an only child.

I was thinking about how they managed to not go extinct like that, but then I realized that since the parents will live a long life anyway, that actually makes it balanced overall I think?

And, your parents?

After theyve reached a certain amount of age, somenot everyoneof the fairies would head into [Avalon]. They would prepare to spend the rest of their lives there.

[Avalon] is a different land with its entrance situated in the Great Sea of Trees, and is apparently something similar to the Spirit Realm in nature. The elderly fairies would move there and slowly live out the last couple hundred years of their lives, before passing away.

And my parents have already gone to that [Avalon]. I think theyre still alive, but they probably will not come back to this world ever again.

Thats

Its nothing that you need to worry about. Ive already finished saying goodbye to my parents a few hundred years ago, you know. Besides, dont I have a new family now?

Leen smiled with a face from which I couldnt sense and sadness. I suppose to the fairy tribe, thats something normal.

I had wanted to meet Leens parents, actually.

Ara, if its about that, then I actually want to greet your parents too, you know.

If I master [Dimensional Transfer] more, I think I can move to my previous world as well. However, Im treated as a deceased person in that world. If I want to let Leen meet dad and mom, I think the most I can do is something like standing beside their bed like ghosts? Nono, if I do that itll make their hearts stop and then theyll become ghosts as well. Guess Ill stand beside their bed in their dreams or something.

Well, theres nothing much I can do about the situation.

As if to break apart the atmosphere that had become somewhat solemn, my smartphone vibrated and notified me of an incoming call. Its from the knight order commander, Rain-san. I wonder what happened?

Yes, hello?

This is Rain. Your Majesty, actually theres someone in front of the castle gates who named himself as a friend of Your Majestys

Friend?

Who could it be? If its Zanack-san from the clothing store or Mika-san from [Silver Moon] then Rain-san should know them too, so maybe Ende?

That is How should I say it; it may sound rude, but his dress is way too bizarre Hes also wearing something like a miniature crown, and calling himself a prince

Ah Ill go there soon. Please tell him to wait there for the moment.

Speaking of a bizarrely dressed prince, there cant be anyone besides him. That bastard, he came here with his teleportation ability, didnt he. Call me when youre going to pull

something like this, was what I thought, but when I checked he had actually dutifully sent a mail to me before this. I didnt notice.

Seems like he remembered my words of Mail me except for important things. However, as expected, I really cannot comprehend the nerves of sending a one-sided message of Heading over there before arriving just three minutes later.

The prince you mentioned?

Aah. For the first time, I know how annoying people with teleportation abilities can be. Im reflecting.

In my case, I would properly confirmed whether the other party is available, though. As much as possible. Whenever I could. I mean, I cant exactly do that when therere emergencies, right.

Will you come as well, Leen? I can introduce you to him.

Right. Im a bit interested too. Come here, Pola.

Pola, who had been rolling around on the sofa in order to not disturb us, jumped off and clung to my right foot.

I hugged Leen close before activating [Teleport]; in an instant, we were before Rain-san in front of the castle gates.

As expected, the one in front of me is the prince with a short mantle, pumpkin pants, white tights and short bob-cut blonde hair, Robert.

Yaa, Touya-kun! Weve come!

Zip it with that tone.

Normally, this is the place where I gave him a generous chop on the head, but since he brought guests with him I held back somehow.

One of them, a small blue golem, isit goes without sayinghis partner, the blue [Crown] Blau. Without its spatial warp ability, they wouldnt have been able to come here through teleportation anyway, so its natural that its besides him.

And then, theres the girl wrapped in a beautiful dress standing besides Robert. The girl, with flaxen long hair, is smiling while looking at Robert with glittery eyes.

She is Roberts fiance, Celestia Twente Hernandez. A few days ago, I met her when I went to Strain Kingdom together with Robert to deliver a smartphone. Shes the niece of Her Majesty the Strain Queen, and a bona-fide royalty.

This girl Celes, she has accepted all of Roberts quirks including his bizarre fashion sense, so in a way, shes the perfect fiance for him.

Honestly, I had legitimate doubs about how such a girl fell for that guy (discourteous but oh well), but it seems that she seriously yearns for Robert from the bottom of her heart. To each their own, I guess.

Hello, Touya-sama. Thank you very much for the wonderful present the other day. Its like a dream how Im now able to talk with Robert-sama every day.

Im glad you like it.

Holding the mass-production model smartphone I gave her in her hands, Celes smiled with happiness.

Behind the two, four knightsmost likely guardsfrom their countries stood at attention with two for each side, but besides them, theres also one more young man standing there.

His age doesnt seem to be that far apart from me or Robert.

Ash-colored short hair and rare golden eyes. His ears are a bit sharp at the ends, and scale patterns can be seen on his reddish-brown skin. Two horns grew out of his scalp, and a fat tail can be seen behind

Youre A dragonkin?

Leen opened her mouth as she looked at the young man. To Leen, who used to be the royal court magician of Beast Kingdom Mismede, the race of the young man before her must be something shes curious about.

Dragonkin? We are dragonewt. The ones who have inherited the power of dragons, proud descendants of the Martial King.

(Note: that while dragonkin is in kanji, dragonewt is in katakana i.e. its spoken in the English pronunciation in the raw.)

Dragonewt. Wonder if thats what they call dragonkin on the other side. In my eyes, he looks pretty similar to the adventurer Sonia-san, though.

Ive brought him here today to let Touya-kun meet him! He is

When he spoke up to there, Robert suddenly toppled face-first and began sleeping with loud snoring. The compensation for the [Crown] ability, huh.

Leen and Pola, and Rain-san who saw it for the first time jumped with surprise and looked towards me.

Ah, its fine its fine. This is normal.

Blau immediately moved Robert onto its shoulder. Celes took out a handkerchief from her pockets, and wiped off the dirt from Roberts face. How gallant.

Please pardon us. Could you lend us a room with a bed? He should wake up after around four hours.

He sure sleeps well Im not reluctant about lending them a room, so I asked Rain-san to lead the way.

After Robert and Blau, as well as the two knights who acted as his guards left, Celes cleared her throat cutely with a *kohon* and introduced the dragonkin Wait, its dragonewt, isnt it? Anyway, she introduced him to us.

I shall introduce him in place of Robert-sama. He is Zanbert Gal Raze. Raze Martial Kingdoms second prince.

The youth known as Zanbert lightly lowered his head upon Celes introduction.

The prince brought a prince, oi.

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