Bigger Is Better, Isn’t It

…By the way, the cloth that had been draped over him until a moment ago appeared to be a blanket-like thing sewn together from all sorts of fabric pieces.

It also seemed to be human-sized, but had she really gone out of her way to prepare it?

“Oh, that? That’s my carpet.”

“Your carpet.”

“Yep.”

“……”

Well, whatever. That was what Kikori thought, but this house… or rather, this hut that seemed to have been made by combining tree branches, also felt more human-sized than anything else.

Even the entrance was large enough for Kikori to come and go through without any trouble.

“Hey. Isn’t this house kind of too big for you to live in, Orphe?”

“It is big, you know? But bigger is better, isn’t it?”

“I won’t deny that.”

“It’s not like I have any reason to ask for your approval, though?”

“Sorry. I chose my words badly.”

“I don’t care, idiot.”

“Haha…”

Her mouth was foul, but they could still talk.

That was what Kikori thought, but he understood that it was only because he was “not very human-like.”

That was exactly why it left him feeling conflicted.

Dragon Crown.

If that had not existed within Kikori, this moment would never have happened.

“Well then, I’m going out for a bit.”

“Hmm… oh, wait.”

“Huh? Uwoah!?”

The moment he stepped out of the entrance of the house, what hit him was a sense of floating.

There was no ground. No, it was below him.

Was he falling?

Break his fall… he had no idea how to do that.

What should he do? There was nothing he could do.

“Gu, uuuuuuuuuuuuh!”

Unable to do anything else, he tried to land on his feet at least, hoping to avoid breaking any bones.

He had no idea whether that was actually the right thing to do.

His bones might crack at the very least.

Then strengthen himself. Strengthen his body so he would not get hurt.

Thinking all of that through in an instant, Kikori tried to activate Mjolnir.

No, that was wrong. It might have been an enchantment spell, but at the same time it was also an attack spell.

There was no way he could use something like that here.

The spell he had been on the verge of activating dispersed halfway through.

Then, with a tremendous thud, Kikori landed on the ground.

“…That hurt…”

“Whoa, are you okay?”

“I’m pretty sure this guy’s the one from Orphe’s place, right?”

“Yeah, yeah, some human-shaped thing that doesn’t really seem human.”

With no room to answer the fairies swarming around him, Kikori let out a short breath.

He was fine. For some reason, there was no pain.

Was this also the power of that so-called Dragon Crown?

“Hey, hey.”

“Ignoring us is the worst.”

“Huh, ah, sorry.”

When Kikori apologized reflexively, the fairies looked at each other.

“Well, if he apologized, then I guess it’s fine.”

“Yep, yep.”

“Let’s forgive him.”

He could not tell whether they were just lighthearted or whether they simply had some unique rhythm to them, and he could not even tell whether they were being friendly or not.

As Kikori struggled over how to start the conversation, something softly plopped down onto his head.

“You dropped out all of a sudden, so of course I was surprised. Idiot.”

“Orphe…”

Even though he should not have known her that well, she made him feel relieved.

Kikori let out a breath of relief.