Living with a magical girl, but a weirdo cadre

　Blue Sky Nagisa: "..."

　The two remained silent. Cong Yu sniffed and complained, "This open space... is filled with the smell of blood."

　It's amazing that Yaochuan Guang didn't smell it.

　Perhaps she smelled it but subconsciously ignored it? After all, this place is indeed as beautiful as a fairy tale.

　It's hard to imagine that it would be associated with bloodshed, right?

　While Cong Yu was thinking this, he looked at Lan Tianzhu and hesitated, wondering whether to tell Yao Chuan Guang...

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　A little elf, who looked like the referee, waved a small flag in its hand, signaling the start of the match.

　"Whoosh!"

　The little sprites representing the two lakes rushed out almost simultaneously, with cavalry sprites and infantry sprites in front of them.

　The cavalry were little elves riding "cute little red mice" and "cute little yellow mice" respectively, wielding long spears.

　The spear is the same as the spear of the infantry sprite, which is the sprite that Xiao Cui summoned before. It is a long spike similar to the second hand on a clock.

　Although small, Cong Yu and the others had witnessed the sharpness of these long spiked spears countless times.

　Behind these sprites are the "backup" teams of both sides' sprites, namely the mage teams.

　Holding wooden staffs, they released the only spell they had mastered: the "drill."

　This is the armor-piercing spell that everyone learned from Teacher Hong after encountering the monster in Wind City.

　They look quite cute.

　It's like a cute version of a mini-brawl.

　Yao Chuanguang was quite pleased with himself, but... that pleased expression vanished instantly when the two sides began to fight fiercely.

　It's not that the battle was ugly...

　On the contrary, the competition was extremely fierce, and although the little elves were small in size, they fought with extraordinary ferocity.

　The speed and mobility of the beasts beneath them are at their peak. Although there may not be any tactics involved, the sheer attack and kill is already very exciting.

　But the problem lies in...

　That's too exciting.

　"Pfft!"

　"Chirp—"

　"Waaaah!"

　"..." In the bloody clashes and battles, countless little elves were pierced and beheaded by the other side's little elves.

　The scene of infantry clashing was like a meat grinder, leaving countless pieces of flesh and limbs scattered on the ground.

　Where the cavalry moved through, countless little sprites (war beasts) fell swiftly from their horses, their chests pierced by spears during the fierce charge.

　The elf rider was thrown from the saddle and fell heavily to the ground.

　Then, during the charge, he was trampled over by the war beast, and his joyful screams, which sounded like cheers and leaps, came to an abrupt end.

　All that remained was a bloodstain and a broken spear.

　Yaochuan Guangren was stunned. Her eyes were blank, and she stammered, "Eh...this...this is..."

　Cong Yu also frowned. Although he had expected it, he did not expect that this seemingly game-like competition would be so cruel.

　Instead of cute and pink blood, or the kind of death depicted in comics and fairy tales, where a special expression and coma replace death.

　Hmm, similar to...

　(XX)

　such.

　……

　Cong Yu originally thought it might be like this, but she never expected it to be such a cruel scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere.

　However, Yaochuan Guang was no ordinary little girl after all. She was just a little surprised for a moment, rather than truly feeling terrified.

　Xiao Cui's expression was somewhat like "I knew it," and she nodded: "Yes, this is the fighting technique of the little elves."

　Unlike outside the Fairy Land, where the fairies were blasted into a cloud of magic, here the fairies are real flesh and blood.

　Although there are some differences, they do indeed contain blood and organs.

　Finally, in the midst of the chaotic battle, the spears of the three little elves pierced the chest of the last opponent, and bright red blood splattered onto the lush green grass.

　The little elf's wooden staff lay to the side.

　The victorious team raised their spears high and cheered in triumph—a delightful, chattering sound.

　The match ended amidst cheers from the winning team's Pokémon. The Pokémon that represented their teams were also overjoyed.

　As for the little sprites that represented the battle but ended up as the losers, they naturally weren't disappointed... because they had all been wiped out.

　However, the little elf who sent out a force that failed didn't seem particularly sad; instead, he cheered for the victor.

　"I'm done fighting... I feel out of place in this world."

　Yaochuan Guang said this, then tilted his head and thought for a moment, looking at the little elf corpses that were gradually being "eaten" by the ground.

　Regarding this…

　"Um……"

　After a brief pause, I sat down like everyone else in the very thick...

　Cong Yu straightened up on the branch and said, "Do you know the first edition of fairy tales?"

　None of the people knew much about it, so they all stuck their heads out.

　"The first edition of a fairy tale?"

　In response to Yaochuan Guang's question, Cong Yu nodded: "Well... but it would actually be quite a long story."

　It was as long as the rain had passed.

　"I'll explain it in more detail when I have time later..."

　As they said this, Cong Yu and the others got up and prepared to leave the arena... However, the sprite's surprise did not seem to have dissipated yet.

　After listening to the little elves around her talk for a while, Xiao Cui stopped them from getting up.

　"Well, the victorious Pokémon will have to fight each other, and then there will be individual matches... it'll be a bit of a free-for-all."

　Xiao Cui translated the words of the little elves, looking at the elves on the field who were ready to fight: "They still have to decide a champion."

　……

　The champion...?

　Chapter 845 Rat and Tree

　"Chirp chirp chirp chirp!"

　"They said...a new champion has been crowned."

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　"They said... after the champion turned into a fairy tree, only 21 million of the mortal worlds that failed to transform were left."

　"..." As Xiao Cui translated, Cong Yu watched the chattering, excited "Champion" Pokémon depart, surrounded by a group of other Pokémon.

　Yaochuan Guang and Lantian Zhu didn't understand what the little fairies were saying, and they tilted their heads, trying hard to comprehend the new information.

　Cong Yu, however, had a general idea and said, "I originally thought that 'competition' was a solution for the two lakes to resolve their conflict..."

　"Didn't you expect it to be a selection process?"

　As she spoke, Cong Yu watched the bustling, noisy little sprites heading toward the distant, unclaimed lake.

　"Selecting the most powerful and promising Pokémon to serve as the mother Pokémon of the Pokémon Tree through battles is like the process of selecting seeds before cultivation."

　"And that little sprite will take root in a world that the sprites once destroyed, and then spread more spores."

　"Mushroom spores, the bloodshed and honor of war, death and rebirth, and also adept at... proliferation?"

　Cong Yu summarized the little elves in this way, adding with some emotion, "Aside from 'intelligence,' the little elves really can do everything."

　Cong Yu could feel a sense of déjà vu.

　It's quite scary.

　The others had no idea how Cong Yu felt, but Xiao Cui confidently stood with her hands on her hips and declared, "I am the wisdom of the little elves!"

　That's true... but your color scheme isn't quite right.

　Cong Yu thought to herself, then looked at the Pokémon Champion's battle beast that had remained in the arena.

　Since war beasts can't all turn into trees, and there doesn't seem to be a custom of burying them with the dead in the fairy village, this rather cute-looking rodent is still alive and well...

　The little mouse is so cute!

　but……

　"I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I always feel like I haven't seen any small animals other than elves and these 'battle beasts' in the fairy realm."

　As Cong Yu said this, he recalled the birdsong and fragrant flowers from before... Indeed, there was only the fragrance of flowers and no birdsong.

　Could they have all been eaten?

　As for Cong Yu's words, Yao Chuan Guang had an obvious look on his face: "They must have all been captured and used as battle beasts."

　Hmm? Isn't this guess a bit strange?

　Before Cong Yu could speak, a reassuring voice came from the side—

　"Yeeees!"

　"..." Hmm? Who's talking? Is it those little elves who've learned to talk?

　Everyone turned around curiously, and then saw a rat (battle beast) that hadn't been killed in the battle, speaking in human language: "Yes yes!"

　Cong Yu: "?!?!"

　Everyone: "!!!"

　The battle beasts can talk, but the little sprites need a long time to be taught before they can stammer out words like "Eh!" or "Uh!"

　Isn't this going against the natural order of things?

　"These things can actually talk, and they even speak English... It's amazing."

　Lan Tianzhu spoke so calmly, and the mouse showed a human-like denial and hesitation in response to her words, before shaking its head.

　This can be seen as an expression of rejection of Lan Tianzhu's viewpoint.

　But this denial isn't specific, and it doesn't feel very firm...

　"so……"

　Cong Yu, however, felt he might know something, and his face betrayed his barely concealed unease: "Is all you can say 'yes'?"

　The mouse immediately gave a positive response—

　"Yesyes"

　Then, after a moment's hesitation, as if to show off its vocabulary, the mouse began to speak again—

　"Little Cui yessyes! You bad guy diedie!"

　"..." It seems that it can pronounce "Xiao Cui".

　As Cong Yu was thinking this, watching the amazed Xiao Cui and the mice and elves start playing, he suddenly realized something.

　Why does even the mouse admire Xiao Cui?

　When the warlike sprites see Little Green arrive, they fight even more fiercely in order to please her...

　Mmm...

　Xiao Cui is too powerful.

　Cong Yu couldn't help but sigh like this, only