The Dwarven Princess

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 The girl that Kobelco captured seems to be a dwarf.
Moreover, she seems to be a princess.
 That’s surprising.
No, of course it isn’t surprising that there are other races living here, but I didn’t expect to find dwarves here.
 Dwarves used to live on the continent where I used to be.
But at some point, the dwarves disappeared from the continent.
Their whereabouts were yet unknown, however, I never thought they’d be on the island I drifted to…
 Of course, the dwarves living here aren’t necessarily the same dwarves that were living on the continent.
There’s also the possibility that they’re dwarves that originally lived here.
 However — as an architect, I’m obviously curious.
Dwarves are said to be the most skilled race when it comes to building things.
 
 ”You! Even if you can do what you want with my body, d-, don’t think you can make my heart submit!”
 
 Before I realised it, I felt that the misunderstanding had somehow gotten worse.
I kinda feel sorry for her, so let’s put her down.
She doesn’t seem like a bad girl.
 
 ”Kobelco.
I’ll come over there now, so you can put her down.
I want to her what she wants to say.”
 ”Go-!”
 
 Then we hurried to come down to the ground.
Kobelco put the princess down on the ground.
 
 ”Sorry for the rough treatment.
There’s been a lot of ferocious monsters and magic beasts, so we’ve been cautious.”
 ”S-, stay away from me, invaders! Grrrr!”
 
 I thought I’d explain to clear up the misunderstanding, but she growled threateningly like some sort of animal.
She seems completely on guard.
 
 ”We aren’t really invaders…”

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 ”What are you talking about! You built such a fortress before we even realised it!”
 
 Ah, that’s true, we did build a fortress, didn’t we~? It was for a countermeasure against monsters and such, but if there’s indigenous people living here, it’s not strange for them to see us that way.
 
 ”Honestly, who are you calling an invader-ja.
That’s a rude thing to say, since I’ve mostly lived my whole life on this island-ja.” (Bamboo Princess)
 ”Don’t lie to me! I’ve never seen anyone like you!” (Dwarven Princess)
 ”You know there’s a bamboo grove, don’t you?” (Wirk)
 ”I know, it’s common knowledge! Don’t make a fool of me!” (Dwarven Princess)
 ”No, that’s not what I meant, but… this girl is that bamboo.”
 ”Huh?”
 
 She wrinkled her eyebrows while giving me a very suspicious look.
Sort of a “is your head fine?” typ of look.
 Well, if you think about it, there’s no way she’d believe me if I told her this little girl was bamboo.
 
 ”Anyways!” (Dwarven Princess)
 ”Unii!”
 ”N?”
 ”Unii! Unii!”
 ”””””Mogu~ Mogu~!”””””
 
 The Dwarven Princess’s tone of voice roughened up.
Then Uni and the moles step forward and complained against the Dwarven Princess while gesturing.
“We’re not bad fluffy guys~” is what they seemed to be saying.
 

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 ”Kyupi~!”
 ”Koo~ koo~”
 ”Go-!”
 
 Then Keon, Kani and Kobelco joined in.
However, although it would be easier if they let down their guard with something like this, but as expected, it won’t be that easy—
 
 ”Fuaaaah! How cute! What’s this! What’s thiiis!”
 ”Unii~”
 
 Ah, no, this girl is simple.
She’s already stroking Uni.
Somehow it was easy to ensnare her.
 
 ”Do you like them?”
 ”Ha! Wh-, what nonsense! You plan to throw me off guard like that! I won’t be deceived by something like that!”
 ”You, that’s not very convincing when you keep hugging Uni-ja”
 ”Tsk!”
 
 The Bamboo Princess bluntly pointed it out.
The princess groaned.
She certainly doesn’t seem like she’s about to let go of the fluffiness.
 
 ”Uuu, because, because…” (Dwarven Princess)
 ”That’s how it is-ja” (Bamboo Princess)
 
 The Dwarven Princess looked frustrated, but then the Bamboo Princess continued speaking.

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 ”You, do you truly think we’re here to invade with this bunch?”
 ”What are you saying! Such a thing, such a thing…”
 
 The Dwarven Princess looked at me, then at the Bamboo Princess, then at all the fluffy guys.
 
 ”… I’ll ask one question, but, is this everyone?”
 ”Everyone.”
 ”…Really?”
 ”Does it look like there are others?”
 
 The Dwarven Princess groaned “U~n”, tilted her head, counted on her fingers, wrote something on the ground, then started thinking, and then with a clap, she thrust her finger at me.
 
 ”You can’t possibly invade with just these fluffy guys and a little girl, you’re making fun of me!”
 ”No, that’s why I’m saying we’re not invaders.”
 
 Then after that followed apologies.
 
 ”Sure, I think what I did was bad, but you were also bad!”
 ”Well, I apologise for building a fortress without asking.”
 
 She apologised for treating us like invaders, but we did build this wall and fortress here without permission.

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 ”In the first place, where did you come from?”
 ”Uni and I came from the Carcel Kingdom, across the sea.
We met the rest on this island.”
 ”The Carcel Kingdom…”
 
 The Dwarven Princess gave a reaction at the kingdom’s name.
 
 ”You know it?”
 ”U~m… I don’t think I’ve heard it… well, that’s fine.
By the way, are you from this island too?”
 
 The Dwarven Princess asked the Bamboo Princess.
 
 ”Umu.
I am the Bamboo Princess-ja! I am the master of bamboo on this island-ja!” (Bamboo Princess)
 ”…really?” (Dwarven Princess)
 ”It sounds like a lie, but it’s really true.” (Wirk)
 
 The Dwarven Princess was also quite surprised by this.
 
 ”Well, anyway, I want to ask you some things, so let’s head inside? If you want to.”
 ”G-, guess I have no choice, so I’ll go in!”
 
 The Dwarven Princess replied firmly.
Fuu, but that’s good.
I’m glad she seems to have let down her wariness for the time being.
 Now then, regarding the dwarves, I have various things I want to ask…