Fors-san seemed hesitant, but perhaps sensing that I wouldnāt be conceding on this matter, she finally agreed and we walked hand in hand.
Even though she was under the influence of her experiment, Fors-sanās body had become quite small, so I was very prudent while holding her hand.
[ā¦ā¦Hmmm. Your hands sure are big. Ahh, no, I see, it was because my body had shrunk huhā¦ā¦ Good gracious, I have almost no opportunity to hold hands with the opposite sex, so Iām somehow feeling strangely conscious of this. Well, itās a rather pitiful story given Iāve lived for such a long time, but I have hardly had many opportunities to go outside in the first place, so the chance Iād interact with others is limited.]
[Have you always been a researcher like you are now?]
[Well, Iām quite the staunch recluse after all. If I were to state why such a thing happened, I probably may have been a recluse because I was directionally challenged. It was quite a long time ago, but when my parents were still alive, they didnāt let me out much because I would get lost if I went out alone. No, it may sound as if I was mistreated, but I simply got lost too much and they were genuinely worried about meā¦ā¦ Perhaps, the reason I was even called the Sage of the Forest was because I often wandered off into the woods.]
I donāt really think anything she said back there was a laughing matter, but Fors-san seems to be enjoying herself quite a bit. No, rather, she unexpectedly seemed to be really nervous about holding hands, as I could feel her eloquence in speaking was to gloss over that nervousness.
Well, in any case, since Fors-san says it was a long time ago, it really must have happened thousands of years ago. The typical lifespan of a normal Elf is approximately about 2000 years, but High Elves donāt have a lifespan, so itās not entirely clear how long ago it was, but Alice said that the Human Realm was created at least within the past 20,000 years, so it is certain that it would be within that 20,000-year timeframe.
[By the way, Fors-san, is there anything that you have researched so far that you think is the best?]
[Oi, oi, are you out of your mind? Asking such a question to a researcher is no different from suicide. However, when asked that question, my blood started to boil. Indeed, my best research huh. Based on what Iāve researched in the past, the most socially impactful has been my research on High Elvesā Ecology and Evolutionary Conditions. I was the first individual to evolve into a High Elf in Elven history, and that had been the deciding factor for me receiving my title. I think you can understand this since youāve also seen High Elves, but while High Elves are Special Individuals, there are hardly any visible changes in terms of appearance. That is why my first struggle back then was proving whether I was a being different from regular Elves and whether it was due to me being a Special Individual or not.]
[Indeedā¦ā¦ Well, that Duchess-dono is even more of an extraordinary example. After all, she isnāt a Special Individual or anything of that sort, sheās simply a being with an exceptionally abnormal level of talent. Oops, letās get back on track. Anyhow, as you correctly surmised, as a Special Individual that is a High Elf, which held no external changes from normal Elves, it posed me a challenge when it came to proving whether I, with my innate talent that simply made me exceptionally loved by nature, was a singular occurrence or if there could be second or third instances in the future and if such a thing was a species-exclusive aspect of ours.]
That certainly sounds quite the challengeā¦ā¦ Thatās almost as if it could only be proven if another High Elf is born in the future. However, since we are talking about research done in the past, and since she even talked about it being the most socially impactful, she must have proven it in some way.
[Just a question, something related to our current topic, but are there any other High Elves besides Fors-san and Sieg-san?]
[There have been three others in the past. If I am the first, Sieglinde would be the fifth High Elf. In her case, however, the evolutionary process she went through is extremely rare. Evolution caused by the consumption of a Fruit of the World Treeā¦ā¦ While the Fruit of the World Tree certainly may be brimming with Nature magic power, it originally doesnāt possess the power to drive the evolution of Elves into High Elves. Itās likely her exceptional talent that enabled such evolution.]
[I seeā¦ā¦]
[The original condition for evolving into a true High Elf lies in the transformation of internal organs. This aspect also decisively distinguishes High Elves from regular Elves. Over a long period of time, High Elves absorb Nature magic power into their bodies, resulting in a change in their internal organs through the influence of Nature magic power, leading the High Elvesā constitution into something akin to that of Spirits. Detailed explanations might get a little lengthy, but do you mind? Am I not talking too much?]
[Ahh, itās alright. I know people much worse that you canāt even be compared with them, so itās perfectly fine.]
[ā¦ā¦I donāt know if I can really say it myself, but when you say theyāre someone much worse than me, I can only think of them as someone considerably crazyā¦ā¦]
[Because they are considerably crazy.]
Unnn. Fors-san actually gives me the space to engage in conversation, so thereās actually no issue at all. Her level of gentleness is completely incomparable to Eden-san when her switch is flipped.
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