Elf Story from Another World

Chapter Six

Ori and Ouyue have never seen so many elves at one time. Because the elves reproduce very slowly, their total number is the smallest among the six major tribes.

So when they were among the elves coming and going, they couldn't help but have an unrealistic illusion.

There are shops on both sides of the street, and you can tell at a glance that they are selling gems.

But there is a very strange feeling, that is, although there are a lot of voices here, it is not noisy. Although some walked quickly, no one ran. When acquaintances meet each other, they just put their hands on their left breasts and bow their heads slightly to salute.

"Everyone who can settle here is a noble, except maybe you." Charlie whispered: "There are currently twelve recorded noble families. In addition to the three families I will tell you about, you should pay attention to. They are the three major families of the elves.”

"The first is Rhine, which is the family established by the ancestors. It is also the royal family. The family where the Elf King belongs."

"Then the family I want to talk about is Rovira. In the last election of the Elf King, they were almost able to become the new royal family. Therefore, the current Elf King is targeting them a lot. They were once second only to Rhine. Reduced to the bottom of the three major families."

Charlie paused, as if he was sorting out his words: "However, these two are not the ones you need to be wary of."

"Why?" Ori and Ouyue couldn't figure it out again.

"Because you rarely see the royal family, and because of face, they won't do anything to the two little guys." Charlie thought for a while and then said: "Rovella is under supervision now, and anything that is not in line with the rules will be They were caught out. So even if they want to threaten you, they don’t have the guts."

"But." He changed the topic: "The last of the three major families is Strass. Their status in the Forest of All Spirits is second only to the royal family. And it is rumored that an elemental elf has emerged from their family. Specifically, I still don’t know what element it is. If anyone is most likely to hurt you, it’s this family.”

Ori and Ouyue both swallowed, and they suddenly felt huge pressure on their young shoulders.

It is now known that the Forest of All Souls is the arena for major families, and every major family is vying for power. The appearance of these two little ones is nothing more than something that can affect this competition.

If this competition were compared to a rough coast, then they would be like two bombs accidentally falling into it. So other competitors can consider making them available for their own use, while also tearing them down so there won't be any impact.

"I emphasize again, don't show the elemental patterns on your forehead in front of anyone in the Strass family." Charlie whispered: "Although they will definitely know that you are elemental elves, if you cover it intentionally, they will think you are It's safe."

"Thank you," Ori said softly.

"Brother, I don't understand." Ouyue looked at it with a confused look. He was not as clever as his brother. He had not yet realized why someone here wanted to harm them.

Ori rubbed his brother's head: "It's okay. I promised my mother that I would protect you. So you don't need to understand."

Ouyue nodded. Although he couldn't figure out the situation, he knew very well that his brother was the only person in the world who would not harm him.

As Ori said, he doesn't need to understand, just trust his brother unconditionally.

"Stop." Charlie pulled them both and said in a voice that only they could hear: "Stand on the side of the road and lower your heads."

Suddenly, the elves on the road quickly dispersed to both sides, as if something terrifying was coming.

Ou Yue secretly raised her head and scanned the things in front of her with her peripheral vision.

It was a carriage, pulled by two white unicorns without a trace of hair. Long horns grew on his forehead. This creature is so beautiful that it takes your breath away just to look at it.

There seemed to be a few elves sitting in the carriage. They were talking and laughing on it, as if they were discussing something.

He wanted to continue to raise his gaze, but was blocked by a hand.

"I forgot to mention, don't look directly into the eyes of any elves here." Charlie reminded softly: "To activate spiritual spells, you only need to look at each other."

"They are" Ouzuki asked in a low voice.

"Not only the elves of the Strass family, but we also need to consciously avoid the carriages of the other three major families on the road." Charlie thought for a while and added: "But you just need to avoid it, there is no need to do other unnecessary things. After all, except for you and a few guards, this city is full of nobles. Kneeling down is an act of untouchables, so you have to disguise yourself as a noble of unknown origin."

After the carriage passed by, the place returned to its previous appearance. No one commented on this because they were used to it.

"Where are we going to be sent?" Ori asked, pulling on Charlie's sleeve.

"I don't know about this. The Elf King has the final say." Charlie sighed slightly: "Don't worry, I won't treat you badly. If nothing else, the Elf King should want to win you over. But for the sake of face, I guess You won’t be able to grab it openly, but you might be able to offer a lot of generous terms.”

"What if I accept it?" Ori asked.

"There's nothing wrong with accepting it, but I guess you'll have to work for the Rhine family where the Elf King belongs in the future." Charlie shrugged: "I would say, rather than being accepted by the Elf King, it would be better to go to the Rovera family. Your father I didn’t tell you that in order to win over you, they all humbly asked me to take them to deliver the message.”

"Ah" Auri and Ouyue were stunned. They had indeed never heard of this.

"But your father refused. Although it seems to me to be a stupid move, I have to say that he loves you." Charlie recalled the scene at that time and chuckled twice: "Oh, I was really surprised at that time. I was so shocked.”

"Why do you want to help us?" Ori looked at him, his voice suddenly turned cold: "You are obviously a member of a family here, what's the benefit of helping us like this?"

"Hey, you're so smart. You understand the rules of this game of power so quickly." Charlie was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said.

"I just inferred from what you told me. You basically want to tell us that all the sweet apples in this city are poisonous. Then why did you hand us this apple?" Ori's tone became more and more serious. Coming faster and faster, Ouyue next to her didn't understand the situation and was still looking at the strange things on the roadside.

"Do you believe what I say?" Charlie chuckled and said, "That's right. If you can understand the rules, you should know that many things can't be found out by just asking."

Ori was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"Didn't you compare this to a poisoned apple? Then can you directly ask the person who poisoned it what kind of poison is in it?" Charlie said with a smile: "Let me remind you again, there are many things that need to be investigated to know the results. And once you get a poison apple, you can do much more than just know what poison is inside.”

He rubbed Ori's head: "Remember, if you really find out what poison is in this apple, then you can find a way to feed it to others, or find a way to give the other party a more poisonous apple. Of course, It would be nice if you could be silly, because no matter what, poisoned apples are sweet."

Ori swallowed, his mind was spinning rapidly, and he was using his only understanding ability to understand the city as much as possible.

He is the elder brother, and it is his responsibility to consider such matters. He promised to protect his younger brother well. Elves are a race that keeps their promises, and their promises must be fulfilled.

"But, no matter what, as long as you have the ability, everything will be easy." Charlie looked at him and smiled: "Learn magic well, and you will become a big shot sooner or later."

The air is fresh now and the sun is shining brightly. The body temperature is so comfortable that it feels like falling asleep on the spot. Everyone passing by was polite and filled with joy and peace.

But this is just the surface. Seemingly unintentional words are a trap for people to take the bait. What seems like sincere help is actually a sharp knife. This is an arena, and everyone is a warrior inside. The victors talk happily while the losers may lose everything.

Ori felt a slight chill on his neck, and he suddenly understood what kind of place he had come to. If the place where they once lived was the nest of little white rabbits, the little white rabbits played every day. Suddenly, two little white rabbits were led to a brand new rabbit nest. And what lives here is not a cute little white rabbit, but a poisonous snake pretending to be a little white rabbit.

And he, the originally cute little white rabbit, wants to survive in a place like this with another little white rabbit, so he has to grow teeth that are sharper and sharper than those of poisonous snakes, and an indestructible stomach. .

"Brother, look at that." Ouyue pulled Ori, who was thinking, and looked towards the street with interest.

Before he even turned his head, Ori heard the loud sound of metal stepping on the ground, which made people feel frightened.

Ori followed Ouyue's gaze and saw a group of strange creatures with short stature and metal armored stomachs.

"Is that a dwarf?" Ouyue asked Charlie curiously.

"Well, yes." Charlie also looked at the strange group of people: "Although the relationship between the elves and the dwarves has not been good since ancient times, it cannot be considered bad. At least among those group of bad-tempered guys, we Not an enemy."

"That armor looks so heavy." Ou Yue swallowed and said, "Don't they find it too heavy?"

"Dwarves are quite strong. You know, their muscles are harder than metal." Charlie explained to the brothers: "Dwarves are highly resistant to magic, so they can't use magic, but they can Carving strange inscriptions to achieve effects similar to spells. They call them arcane inscriptions."

"Why do dwarves appear in the capital of the elves?" Ori looked at Charlie and asked: "Didn't it mean that the location of the Forest of All Souls is a secret we need to keep?"

"It should be a normal envoy visit." Charlie shrugged: "Believe me, you can't know the location of the Forest of All Souls just by visiting it once. They should have come from the teleportation circle in other cities, and they should There are elves leading the team.”

"Then what are they here for?" Ori continued to ask.

"I guess they brought something good as a gift. You know we often send people to give gifts to the Dwarf King." Charlie thought for a while and said: "I was sent there last time. To be honest, this job is really terrible. The living environment in the dwarf country is much worse than ours here, and I was almost blown to death by a sandstorm."

He patted the two brothers on the shoulders: "Don't keep staring at them, be careful if they get upset and throw a hammer at them. The dwarf is famous for his irritable mood. If you really make him angry, he will throw everything at your face." If you hit someone, whether it's a hammer or something else, you basically won't survive if you get hit."

Charlie looked up at the sun: "Go faster and try to get there before noon."

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Because my mission is just to take you there, and it's not my business after that." He thought for a while and said, "I thought if I could hurry up, I might be able to get home for lunch."

Ori and Ou Yue looked at Charlie unhappily, thinking that this guy just treated them as transported goods.

This city is really big. If I were suddenly thrown into such a place, I really wouldn’t know how to get around.

They walked to the huge palace. The stairs looked densely packed, and elves wearing steel plate armor walked up and down patrolling them to prevent anyone from sneaking in.

Charlie, Ori and Ouyue stopped in front of the stairs. A few minutes later, several guards came down, and the leader asked Charlie about their purpose. Then he led them into the palace from the stairs.

Ori and Ouyue swallowed when they looked at such a high staircase, but there were guards on both sides holding spears or other weapons. The cold feeling made people feel uncomfortable all over.

But even if they are unhappy, they must not say it. This is the palace. If they really do that, they will probably be stabbed to death on the spot.

Ori glanced back secretly. Although he couldn't have a panoramic view of the entire city from this height, he could indeed see a lot of things.

Prosperity and harmony are the first feelings, and anyone who sees such urban conditions will have such thoughts.

At first, who knew if there was anything hidden underneath?

Ori chuckled to himself. He was bored with his own thoughts.

They are just the two most insignificant elves here. Even if this place is full of participants in the power game, it has nothing to do with them.

What they have to do is to learn as much as possible and strive to become elves who can stand alone as soon as possible.

When that time comes, he will take his brother home. It's so comfortable to live in a small village. It's a good thing to spend the long life of an elf there in boredom every day.

While he was thinking about it, they finally arrived at the main entrance of the palace, which was a gate with a height of more than ten meters.