Looking at Tilly and Ti Du, who were on high alert, Ellie spoke in a very relaxed tone.
"There's no need to be so nervous; even if we run into your unit, it's fine. In fact, it's better; they can even lead the way for us or something."
"What do you know! You don't know the terror of the guerrillas in this forest and mist… In the end, it's all your fault; the forest fairies can't be summoned anymore, otherwise, we wouldn't have to be so tense!" Tilly retorted, clearly annoyed.
"Was I more terrifying yesterday?" Ellie chuckled, reminding Tilly about her attitude towards her. As soon as Tilly heard Ellie's words, she immediately recalled her experience from yesterday, her body instantly trembled, and she quickly fell silent.
Putting that aside, so the forest fairies could be used like that? Thinking about it, they really are quite useful. Not only can they monitor opponents of her level without any detection, but they can also act as sentinels? Just these two points made Ellie think the forest fairies were incredibly useful. If she could control them too, that would be great. She'd inquire a bit.
"How do you summon forest fairies?" Anyway, there was nothing else to do right now, so she might as well ask. What if she could use them?
After all, her special constitution allowed her to easily learn the unique martial arts of this world. Perhaps she could also communicate with forest fairies?
"I don't know!" Tilly replied with a somewhat troubled expression, probably still not having recovered from yesterday's memories.
"Hmm? What do you mean by that?" Ellie asked, a little displeased. Even after all this, Tilly, are you still daring to argue with her?
"No, Clementine, Tilly doesn't mean to be perfunctory. I am also a Spirit User, and I can communicate with spirits, but I can't explain exactly how it's done. It's an innate ability. Normally, if you just call softly, forest fairies will come out to help us." Ti Du quickly explained.
"So it's an innate ability? This should be a type of special ability, right?" After hearing Ti Du's explanation, Ellie finally understood. No wonder even Bell didn't have information on this profession; so it was a natural special ability?
"This… I don't quite understand either." Ti Du said with a troubled expression. After all, she couldn't really say if it counted as a special ability. Among the elves, those who could communicate with forest fairies were indeed a minority.
"Then how do you summon forest fairies?" Ellie didn't give up. So what if it was a special ability? How would she know she couldn't do it without trying?
"Uh… it's probably similar to how you normally speak? But when you call, you have to release your own magic power outwards. forest fairies are creatures that really love magic power." Ti Du thought for a moment, then explained to Ellie.
"Releasing magic power? But can it be used in this mist?" Ellie remembered the effects of the mist.
"This mist only affects the reconstruction of magic power, not the magic power itself. So, simply releasing magic power outwards will not be affected at all." This time, Tilly explained to Ellie.
I see, so this mist works on this principle. It affects the reconstruction of magic power, which means it hinders the formation of various effects from magic power. It doesn't hinder magic power itself at all!
Hmm! She was becoming more and more interested in the treasure that could create this mist. She might as well collect this item too! Ainz would definitely be happy. Ellie thought so.
"Then… I'll try." Ellie, following the method Ti Du provided, released her own magic power outwards. Her MP recovery speed was already abnormally fast; the MP consumed by simply releasing magic power was less than what she recovered, essentially allowing her to maintain this state indefinitely.
"Come out! forest fairies!" Ellie struck a pose and shouted.
Ellie's shout didn't summon any forest fairies; instead, it startled Ti Du and Tilly.
"Clementine! Please be quieter… This… This is a guerrilla patrol area. It will be troublesome if we're discovered." Ti Du said, very nervous.
Although it wouldn't matter much if they were discovered, seeing Ti Du so nervous, she decided not to say anything. More importantly, she hadn't summoned any forest fairies.
"But none came out…" Ellie felt a little regretful. After all, it was a type of special ability, so it was understandable that she couldn't summon them.
"You're not an elf, how could you possibly summon them… Ugh…" Tilly said with a hint of mockery in her tone, then immediately cowered after seeing Ellie's fierce gaze.
"Clementine, did you release your magic power outwards just now?" Ti Du, however, looked at Ellie with a confused expression and asked.
"Yes, I did everything exactly as you said, Ti Du. Does it mean I need to release more magic power?" Ellie asked.
"No, just a little bit is fine. But you said you were already releasing magic power just now, yet I didn't see any magic power leaking from you?" Ti Du still looked at Ellie with great confusion.
Hmm! Information acquired. Can Ti Du also see magic power like Arche? Ellie thought, gaining another piece of information.
She didn't expect Ti Du could also see magic power? Arche's special ability really was cheap; now she had met a second person with this special ability?
Hmm? Wait a minute… Can a special ability have a negative value? If Ti Du communicating with forest fairies counts as one special ability, then her magic eyes that can see magic power would be a second special ability, right?
Ugh! It seems this Ti Du needs a bit more attention.
"No? But I really did release magic power outwards just now, uh! Let's try again?!" Although Ellie's interest in Ti Du had increased by several levels, on the surface, Ellie remained calm, completely feigning an oblivious look.
So Ellie once again released her magic power to the outside world. This time it was greater than before. Although the MP consumption speed was faster, it was still within an acceptable range.
"Come out! forest fairies!" Ellie's voice wasn't as loud this time, but she still struck an incredibly chuunibyou-like pose and called out.
"Still nothing!" But there was still no movement. Ellie was about to give up. It must really be a racial issue. It seemed forest fairies were only close to elves.
"I still can't see any magic power overflowing from you, Clementine. This shouldn't be."
Ti Du found it even stranger. She had personally seen this princess use high-level healing magic to continuously heal her companions without even panting. Her magic power must be extraordinarily astonishing; she shouldn't be unable to see any magic power at all.
"Oh! I get it!" Ellie seemed to suddenly realize something, then quickly took off a ring from her hand. It might be due to this ring, the one Ainz had given her to conceal her magic power and information.
"This… this…" Ti Du's face turned ashen, and she gradually backed away, as if she had seen something terrifying. She uncomfortably leaned against a nearby tree trunk, supporting her body, which was trembling uncontrollably from head to toe. She looked as if she had been afflicted by her Despair Aura from yesterday.
Ellie was confused. She hadn't activated any Despair Aura, had she? But never mind, she would try summoning again first. If it didn't work, she would just have to give up.
"Come out… right?? Uh… Ah!!!" Before Ellie could even utter a summon, she saw countless light points, like large fireflies, suddenly burst out from the grass, trees… flowers, and so on around her, and they all swarmed towards Ellie. In an instant, Ellie was covered in all sorts of… fairies?
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