Chapter 95: Having the Idiot Examine the Elf’s Body
Ah. That’s right.
"Um, sorry if this makes you feel bad, but... why can’t you move your arms and legs?"
For a moment, the elf’s expression darkened. It was hard not to imagine some painful past.
But she seemed to have already come to terms with it. With a bitter smile, she quickly returned to her usual face.
"My power was feared, so someone used magic to stop time in my limbs."
"A magical binding, huh... Even the Elixir couldn’t fix it..."
"That’s right. Not even an Elixir can do anything about this. It’s like my arms and legs are tied up with invisible strings. An Elixir can heal physical strength and illnesses, but it can’t sever an invisible bond."
"I see..."
In RPG terms, it can recover HP and status effects, but not petrification or time stop.
"Oh. Would it be okay if I ask an acquaintance to take a look? Just to see if it can be healed?"
"It’s pointless. Among elves, I have especially outstanding magical power. The fact that only my limbs are frozen in time is already a mercy. This is a large-scale ritual magic that required sacrificing many mages. It can’t be undone."
Sacrificing many mages... huh.
It really does sound like an insanely powerful spell.
But I have ten times the magical power of the strongest court mage in this country. Since magic power calculations involve a squared multiplier, I should be able to use spells roughly 100 times stronger, right?
Plus, I have three times the power of legendary mages from history, so about nine times stronger...
Still, even if I have the magic power, I can’t actually use magic. I don’t know anything. I have no idea how to undo it. I should call Lucia.
"Wait here a bit."
"Huh?"
"Just wait and have some hope."
Figuring Lucia could probably handle anything magic-related, I casually left the room.
In the courtyard, the humans had disappeared and the beastmen were relaxing however they liked.
Now then, there are a lot of capybara girls, but which one is Lucia?
"Hey— Baka—?"
Is it the one riding the Ifelaski? The one sleeping sandwiched between the dog sisters Rian? One of the five capybara girls huddled together? Or the one touching Letri’s boobs? They’re all getting along so well that I can’t narrow it down.
With no other choice, I checked them one by one until I identified Baka, picked her up, and brought her back to the elf.
"I brought someone who might be able to undo that time-stop magic."
Fruru looked confused as she glanced back and forth between me and Baka.
"That’s a mixed-breed beastman, right? There’s no way she can undo it."
"She’s not a mixed breed, she’s a capybara girl."
"Either way, it’s impossible. Beastmen have high physical abilities, so the gods took their magic power away long ago. That’s why they can’t use magic at all."
"Really?"
"I don’t know."
"She says she doesn’t know."
"Of course she doesn’t. There’s no way a capybara girl would know something like that."
"Really?"
"I asked a god-like being in my head, and it said it doesn’t know."
"Apparently it doesn’t know."
"Hey, Masaharu... is that child’s head okay?"
"Well, she is a baka..."
"I’m... baka..."
Lucia sounded a little sad.
"See? It feels a bit sad when people call you an idiot, right?"
"Yeah... I’ll reflect on it."
"Hey, should I laugh?"
Hmm.
I wonder what would happen if I told her that this capybara girl is actually the god who released such overwhelming magic power or aura that you passed out in terror.
"It’s a good thing, you’ll be able to laugh right away. Baka can probably undo any kind of magic."
"Look. I don’t like showing off my power too much, but my magic is incredibly amazing. Super amazing. Unbelievably amazing. Shockingly amazing, okay? This seal is so powerful that even I couldn’t resist it."
Fruru’s vocabulary is so poor that I have no idea how amazing it actually is.
Well, whatever. Seeing is believing. I held Lucia up right in front of Fruru’s face.
"Hey, don’t bring a beastman so close to me."
"Don’t say that. She’s cute, right?"
"Cute? This thing? You just called me cute earlier, but you’re putting me on the same level as this?!"
"Don’t call her ’this’. You’re cute like a flower as a girl, and Baka is cute as a pet animal."
"...Hmph. Then it’s fine."
I still don’t really understand this girl’s emotions. Her face is a little red — is she drunk from the wine I poured in her ass earlier?
"Hey. Maybe this is a stupid question, but... do you not know that humans, elves, demi-humans, and beastmen don’t get along?"
"Is that true?"
I asked while stroking Lucia’s fluffy belly.
"I don’t know."
She doesn’t know. Well, conflicts between races have probably lasted hundreds or thousands of years, so a young girl like Lucia probably wouldn’t know.
"Even if the races don’t get along, the capybara girls and dog girls at the church didn’t do anything bad to you, right?"
"Well... that’s true, but..."
"I’m not saying you have to become best friends right away, but instead of thinking about races, just look at these girls. They’re all good kids."
"...Okay. If you say so, Masaharu..."
She’s surprisingly honest!
From the impression I had of her up until yesterday, I thought she’d get angry and say something like "I’m an elf! I won’t get along with beastmen!" but her personality has become much softer.
She’s become quite docile. Time to get her treated.
I placed Baka on the bed.
"This girl’s arms and legs stopped moving because of time-stop magic. Can you heal it?"
"You want me to undo the magic? I can do that."
"See? It’s impossible, right?"
Whoa. It’s like one of those comic misunderstandings.
"This capybara girl just said she can do it."
"Huh?"
"Yeah. I can."
"No way. There’s no way a beastman who can’t use magic could heal it."
Pat.
Lucia lightly tapped Fruru’s left arm with her short paw.
Then she climbed onto her body and patted her right arm with another pat.
After that, she slowly moved down to the lower half and patted her left and right legs one after another.
"Magic, gone."
"Thanks."
"See? It was a lie. There’s no way something like that could heal it."
"No, I think it’s healed."
I experimentally reached for the hem of Fruru’s clothes and lifted it up.
At this point she should shout "Kyaa! What are you doing?!" and slap me.
...
...Eh?
Fruru didn’t get angry or slap me, nor did she try to hold down her skirt. Her slit was now completely exposed.
When I got carried away and lifted it even higher, her childish, slightly plump belly (the so-called "squid belly") was revealed too. But Fruru still didn’t move.
Don’t tell me even Lucia couldn’t heal it?!
