--Marriage outlook of the elves?"
"Yes, for a future reference. Although it's fine if you don't want to talk about it."
I've learned that the trouble this time was because of the lack of mutual understanding, so I asked Lua-san about it at once.
"Right, even though it's quite different depending on the person, in general a pair who gets along with each other will be tied with 『Conceiving Contract』 after passing the lover period for about 100 years. It's what the humans refer as marriage. No one shares the same bed until the contract."
As expected of elves. To spend 100 years as pure lovers....
"Even after the contract has been made, most give birth to a child in several decades or at most 100 years, and then they raise that child as a couple until the child grows up. Once the child becomes independent, most couples conclude the contract and go back to be single. Most elves make two or three children in their lifetime, but there are rarely children who have the same parents."
I thought it was quite a dry relationship, but in actuality, they still spend hundreds of years living together even after the contract is complete.
The reason why the elves have no family name but use "■■, the child of ●● and ▲▲" instead seems to be because of this custom.
"If a couple doesn't have a child in 1000 years, they'll be forcefully separated by the Clan Assembly, but that hasn't happened here in 5000 years."
"Isn't it about to become dangerous for Lua?"
"I'm young, so it's still quite alright. Yes, it is alright."
With a cool face, Lua-san answered Aze-san's interruption about her being unmarried.
I can see slight sweats from Lua-san's side profile, I wonder if it's just my imagination?
--Wait.
"Do high elves like Aze-san not get married in the million years time?
"I haven't you know? We high elves can make children among the same race, but the world tree will produce a new one when there's a vacant position, so there's no one who gets married besides the ones who are that whimsical."
"Is that so."
I sip the blue tea while feeling slightly relieved.
"I mean we high elves are to be the companion of the god when they don't get a consort."
Aze-san said the important matter casually.
"God's consort?"
"Un, the present god pantheon don't have enough power to form children though, so the call for it is a story from the olden age I think."
Then, in order to prevent them from thinking some unnecessary thing, perhaps I should visit the male gods and chip off their power?
"Satou-san, you're having a scary smile you know?"
"I'm sorry, I was just thinking of something stupid."
I shake my head to drive out the dangerous thought, and then eat the portion of the celebration cake reserved for Aze-san and the others.