I Am the Elves' Shared Mother

Gong Youchu transmigrated.

The Duke of Lennon was hiring maids, offering two gold coins a month.

With no money to his name, Gong Youchu applied in women's clothing and successfully became a background-character maid in the duke's household.

Today's headlines:

Apparently, the Elven race's World Tree of Life disappeared half a month ago.

The elves, who had long kept to themselves, have left the Elven Forest in search of their tree mother.

Gong Youchu listened to the news while holding a rag and pretending to work diligently. In reality, all eight hundred of his brain cells were focused on slacking off.

His fingers accidentally brushed a potted plant.

A plant that hadn't bloomed in five years burst into flower.

Plants loved him.

Gong Youchu: "..." He really was amazing.

He had an incredible affinity with plants.

He'd never been tested, but he thought he was a genius, probably with a powerful talent for wood magic. Becoming the strongest mage on the continent was just a matter of time.

Once he'd earned enough money, he planned to buy some beginner magic books and study.

A few days later, an honored guest arrived at the duke's estate.

He was a young man from the Elven Forest, tall and slender, with golden hair and green eyes. He rushed over and leaned against Gong Youchu's fake chest like a damsel in distress. "You smell like Mother. Be my stand-in mom!"

Everyone's eyes widened in shock.

Gong Youchu: "..." What?

No, no. Setting aside the fact that he wasn't a woman, he couldn't give birth to a son that big.

Gong Youchu went with the duke's eldest son to the archery range to enjoy some shooting practice.

Aside from his clingy, bargain-bin eldest son, there was also an elf in the group, gazing at him with burning eyes. His lips were moving. Looking closely, he was calling, "Mom, mom, mom, mom!"

The eldest son shot an arrow.

It hit the 9-point ring on a ten-ring target, and everyone praised him.

The eldest son asked if Gong Youchu wanted to give it a try.

He'd never tried archery before, but that didn't mean he couldn't give it a shot...

Gong Youchu was stunned.

He really had just fired casually. The wind blew! Blew and blew! It tried its hardest! It gave it everything! It blew like crazy!

The wind loved him.

The wind gave it everything it had and forcibly carried his wayward arrow into the bull's-eye, making him the MVP of the whole range.

With everyone's eyes on him, he proudly flicked his head and said, "I really am some kind of genius, huh?"

The elves: "..." Uh.

So a stand-in mother really was just a stand-in, not an actual mother?

And yet, the elves all enthusiastically joined in, celebrating their mother in common!

Mom smells so good!

Theme: Let's all live well together.