Elena's Intimacy story

Ugh, my head. I'm tired because of the new technology development project I've been working on these days.

Are you comparing your cooking to my work? You just get your underlings to do everything anyway!

I'm making a role-playing game where you travel through space! It's a huge challenge.

You totally get me! No sugar this time, please.

Hey, Master. Don't you have a problem with the homeless flocking to your shelter here?

Tsk, tsk. Glorify it all you want, but the truth won't change. How can you say that when your main customer is the Sprite Queen?

Sort of. I've rounded them up somewhere. Say... it looks like you've got some room here, why don't you take some of them?

Ooh, so idealistic! Once, I used to think like you, too.

Master, why isn't there a single guard at the Order? How do you maintain peace and order?

Minimal control has its limits, but maybe it works here because sprites are a gullible bunch?

I knew it! You need someone like that to give you peace of mind!

Being that trusting isn't a virtue. Doubt is what helps you to be on the ball.

My goodness, look at this mess! All these utensils and cutlery everywhere! Clean up once in a while, come on!

Oh? Really? It seems sprites don't have a very presentable dining culture, do they? Wait, or is this the dining culture of humans?

This is it! This tranquil, tidy emptiness! The sense of cleanliness that cannot be felt at my lab!

Th-This is some out-of-the-box thinking! How refreshing!

Sometimes in life, it's hard to know what's right or wrong.

You think so? I thought everyone was similar to me there.

Let me let you in on a secret... When you're in a bind, just pretend to be confused and move on.

Ugh, I hate being educated! I do like educating others, though.

Hey, human! Do you know the difference between death and the Weekend Farm?

It's a difference in attitude toward accepting the very concept of death. Elias as a whole isn't mentally mature enough to accept death.

Simply put, yes. You're not exactly wrong.

Sigh... Look, we're both outsiders. There's nothing wrong with us talking about stuff like this. Don't be such a stick in the mud.

Pop quiz! Why is there only one Yggdrasil?

But Yggdrasil is a massive tree! It would bear fruit, which means there would be seeds. You never found that curious?

That's half correct, but you meant it as a joke, right? Tsk, tsk...

It's because the planet can sustain only one Yggdrasil. If there was another, the whole planet would've dried up.

AI is merely AI. There's no reason to form emotional attachments to it.

Oh, please! It's impossible for something like a self-thinking robot to exist! It's all just a bunch of elaborately programmed codes!

That's the issue at hand. They believe in ambiguous things because they fail to comprehend the technology!

Uh, yeah. Sure. Whatever you say.

Master, here's my order. 500 raw potatoes, please!

Why, aren't you curious about what you can do with a mountain of potatoes?

Great! There's nothing more interesting than creating potato batteries when you're bored.

Tch, I said raw potatoes, not fried ones. You're so lame.

Objectively speaking, Monatium needs to grow larger than it is now.

What's wrong with that? It's natural for an elf to think with elves in mind, isn't it?

Compared to our home planet, Monatium is only a tiny village!

Can you please be serious? Sigh... But... that does sound fun.

Don't you miss your home planet? As a fellow castaway, I'll listen to you complain at least once.

What? I was trying to keep it light, what happened? Now I feel bad for no reason!

...Now that I think about it, I can't deny that things are way more exciting here.

I guess I'll have to start thinking like that too until I can go back. Hehe!

Atmospheric Sugar Collection and Refinery Device?! You call this a proposal? Do you think it's even possible?

Ugh... This is why I hate sales jobs. The developers are the ones who suffer!

We're good enough to know when something can't be done! Alchemy and science are different things!

That's too much money to refuse. I'll give it a try!

According to the latest temporal engineering papers, microwaves can be the basis for time machines. Isn't that amazing?

Huh? What's going on with the elves?

How ridiculous! You're not very good at acting.

Ha! You're being sarcastic now? You think mockery from a non-expert doesn't hurt?

You humans are really something else. You've developed nuclear weapons but don't know basic dimensional leap techniques...

Why should I? I'm certain that the moment you learn, humans will become tyrants that surpass us elves.

Well, it may sound like a loser's excuse, but one battle doesn't change the outcome of the war.

Oh? That's some embarrassingly honest self-reflection. It would've been nice to know a human like you during my captivity.

Ah! Master, what do you think is the most useful tool for ruling?

How childish. In an extremely advanced technological society, individual ideological deviations only hinder social stability.

Ah, so that's why you took over the Yggdrasil Order? Please take good care of me in the future, too. Hehe!

Violence, the most traditional method of control. I can't deny that.

Energy drinks... the most useful of human inventions.

What's with that sociopathic comment? Aren't you a leader, too?

Hehe, human society... I've experienced it myself and it's terrifyingly efficient.

What's that? Tell me the recipe. We can make a deal.

Research shows that Magical Energy is ultimately a form of energy, too. Do you understand?

Huh, they interpreted a magical system through particle theory? Is there a genius among the sprites? Can you set up a meeting for me?

Oh, so you do know the basics. We're not obsessing over Yggdrasil for nothing.

Tch, trying emotional manipulation, huh? Unfortunately, I trust numbers more than my hormones.

It's impressive that you can maintain common sense among those dim-witted sprites.

Ah, that's nice. I sometimes take walks in the Sprite Kingdom just to feel like that.

You've gone soft. Get too close and you might forget your home planet, you know?

What can you do when Elias itself is screwed up? Even if war broke out on this world, it'd probably be a joke!

Coffee.

Oh yeah, this is coffee.

Why are you acting like an amateur? If a real big shot throws their weight around, how much do they have to lose?

Too bad.

What if the universe was just one big simulation? What if everything in our universe was nothing more than a game?

Wow! You're so level-headed when it comes to stuff like this. I can never figure out what you humans are thinking.

Are you seriously claiming that video games are turning me into a living zombie? Want me to lend you a tinfoil hat?

Oh, so now you're setting yourself up as some kind of god? That's just great! Sometimes I actually envy your attitude.