I Reincarnated as a Villainous Noble and Want to Enjoy a Laid-Back Harem Life – I Have No Intention of Getting Involved in the Main Story, Just Want to Live Comfortably with My Female Slaves, but Everyone Around Me Keeps Treating Me Like a Hero - Chapter 2.8

The Elven Kingdom was scarier than I expected.

I mean, I never would’ve imagined there would be a fully naked woman just wandering the streets.

That was way beyond unexpected.

The Elven Kingdom… was terrifying.

An introvert like me wasn’t built for this.

Sure, I may have pathetic desires like wanting a s3x slave, but even I wasn’t prepared for an actual exhibitionist.

I was just a twisted, socially inept shut-in at heart.

“……”

And so, I fled from the streets of the Elven Kingdom, returning to the royal palace.

“Haaah… This is harder than I thought.”

At the moment, I was studying spirits.

Since spirits were a completely unknown field to me, I needed to properly educate myself before attempting anything.

My first step was research.

And so, I sat silently in the palace library, diligently reading through books.

A stark contrast to the version of me that had been looking for a s3x slave just a short while ago.

Unfortunately, I had already hit a roadblock.

“Are spirits… actually alive?”

I had initially assumed that spirits functioned like a form of magic.

Or perhaps as a kind of living magic circle.

But… that theory wasn’t holding up.

“Ugh. Is my imagination just garbage? Or is this because I inherited the skills of my pathetic past life?”

The royal palace library contained a vast collection of magical texts.

I had been reading through them, constructing various hypotheses about what spirits were, only to tear them down one after another.

“…I can’t rely solely on the game’s settings.”

According to the game, spirits were beings born from nature, capable of manipulating the elements.

Elves specialized in spirit magic, which allowed them to borrow the power of spirits to cast unique spells.

However, the inner workings of spirit magic were never explored in detail.

The game’s description had merely stated:

Rather than directly sending their desires to the world through incantations, elves use spirits as intermediaries, amplifying their voices.

That was the only explanation given.

“Even magic didn’t function exactly as it did in the game.”

So I couldn’t afford to blindly trust the game’s version of events.

Even magic itself had turned out to be far more complex and deep than the game had suggested.

It stood to reason that spirit magic—and spirits themselves—would also be far more intricate.

“Hmm. But there’s barely any information on spirits…”

Because spirits were semi-deified beings, there was virtually no research dedicated to understanding their true nature.

This was like trying to prove heliocentrism in an era where geocentrism was the universally accepted truth.

“Nature’s power… If I want to understand spirits, I need to figure out exactly what that means.”

Spirits.

How do I go about studying them?

“……”

Pondering the matter, I continued flipping through every book on spirits available in the Elven Kingdom.

Without any knowledge, I wouldn’t be able to accomplish anything.

I had to gather as much information as possible.

“How is your progress?”

As I was engrossed in my studies, a voice suddenly addressed me from across the library.

“…Huh?”

Turning my gaze toward the source of the voice, I found myself staring at—

The Queen of the Elves.

The ruler of this kingdom.

The woman sitting at the very top of elven society.

And most importantly—

My favorite character.

“Fweh—!?”

My beloved character had just appeared in front of me.

Caught completely off guard, I jumped to my feet, flustered.

“Come now, just because I am the Elven Queen doesn’t mean you need to react like that. After all, I am the one who requested your help.”

No, no, that’s not the issue here!

My favorite character is talking to me directly!

This is a problem!