episode_0149

Due to Arjen’s insistence, I returned to Lair a day later than expected. Since I don’t live a busy life every day, I thought that being a little late wouldn’t be a problem, but it seems to be the inevitable way of life that problems arise one by one only when I think like this.

“What kind of mess is this again?”

There were a considerable number of elves near the lair. That this many elves had gathered in just three days made me feel like I was belittling the mobility of the elves walking through the forest.

Anyway, that wasn’t what was important right now. It was definitely my fault for leaving the place after I told him to come find me, but I can’t just ignore the fact that he made a mess around the house in the absence of the owner.

The difference between elves and humans is that, even if they do the same thing, humans continue to make a fuss among themselves without even knowing that the owner has returned, while elves are quick to notice and calm down quickly. As soon as Rube and I returned, the elves stopped fighting and looked at me.

“Why? Let’s fight more, right?”

“Ah… no, that’s…”

The elves slowly retreat whenever I approach. I could see that he was having more trouble with me than Rube, who was in the form of a dragon as he was flying a long distance. I’m not sure, but it seemed like they knew by some means that I was the holder of the World Tree’s bow.

“Ha… That’s it, let’s see what they were thinking when they fought here.”

We have long since abandoned the preconceived notion that elves are peaceful and harmonious beings. After hearing the truth about the existence of dark elves and the half-elves being captured as a tribute to Arjen, all I could think of were long-eared vegans living in the mountain valleys.

“Let me explain.”

“No! Let me explain…!”

“Uh-huh! Are these people still out of their minds? Of course it’s right for me to explain!”

I felt like I made a mistake in judgment. In the midst of this, I see signs of him trying to raise his voice again, so I have to take back what I said about being quick-witted.

“Okay, Eugene. In preparation for situations like this, I installed a record crystal at the entrance of the lair.”

“What is that convenient item like CCTV?”

At Rube’s hand gesture, magic power was drawn out from a small bead that was inconspicuously embedded in the entrance of the lair and was deposited on Rube’s hand. Eventually, the magic that spread from Rube’s hand in all directions was reflected in my eyes and showed me the situation here where we were not just a moment ago.

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“Woah, this is green land…!”

The gray-haired elf can’t hide his thrilled expression and begins to smell the scent around the rare like crazy. To someone who didn’t know the situation, there wouldn’t have been a truly crazy bitch, but coincidentally, the people gathered at this place were all elves who shared similar sentiments to her.

“Oh, where are you from?”

“I came from the forest of Pale Arlo. How about you…?”

“I come from the land of innovation.”

“You’ve come a long way.”

“This is an opportunity to move to a green land, so you have to leave everything aside.”

The elves who gathered here seemed to have faithfully followed what I said last time, and they all came from different backgrounds. They maintained a friendly atmosphere for a while as they introduced each other to places where it was difficult to even tell where they were just by hearing their names.

Even though the places of origin were different, the sense of homogeneity of being of the same race seemed to create such an atmosphere. The problem is that that situation did not last. The elves, who had no idea where they came from, continued to gather in droves, but without me or Arjen to hold the center of attention, it seemed like anxiety was slowly starting to settle in their heads.

“Why is there no response…?”

“Aren’t you away?”

“After hearing the news, I came here a month later and found these side effects… Even if it is too fast, there is a problem.”

The good news among the misfortunes is that, unlike humans, it is not difficult for elves to stay in the open for a day or two. Even more so, if it were a green land, the field you lie down on would be like a bed, and the leaves that cover the sky would be like a ceiling.

However, as time passes, Titania, who holds the bow of the World Tree, does not even see her nose. The neighbors who will live together in the Green Land, that is, regional competitors, keep pushing in. In their minds, if they make a mistake, they may not be able to live in the Green Land. The seed of anxiety of not knowing was planted. Naturally, it took less than a day for them to raise their voices.

“Keuhm, it’s boring to just sit here, so let’s listen to the story. What is your relationship with Titania…?”

Just by hearing it, you can clearly tell what the intention is. As more elves came than expected, it seemed like their intention was to show off their friendship with Titania in order to gain an upper hand among them.

The problem is that, as Titania herself, I have no friendship to show off with the elves in front of me.

The only elves I have a connection with are the elves who lived near this land in the past and the high elves at the end of the world. Viola cleaned up all the elves who lived near here, and the high elves also live in the Green Land. There was no reason to come far away. It is questionable whether the contact was made in the first place.

So naturally, everything that came out of the mouths of the elves here were lies.

“We received a command from Titania to come to the land of green.”

“Huh, is that so? They said they would allocate us to the most desirable area near Lair. I guess you didn’t tell me specifically about that?”

No, I would never have thought that people who call themselves elves would lie to each other like that without even putting saliva in their mouths. In the past, the words of elves were also highly trusted by humans, although not as much as dragons, but it seems that nothing lasts forever in this world.

“No, what are you all saying? Aren’t most of you here hearing the news through us? It is a precious mission that I received directly from Titania…”

Those words are true. Because I remembered the face of the elf that I and the kids found with the power of Sirocco. However, the problem was that there were only one or two elves gathered here, and her mosquito-like voice was quickly drowned out.

“Our tribe must be in the green land!”

“No, our tribe comes first!”

“Everyone, let’s not lie! Most people have never even seen Titania’s face!”

“What? What do you say you know!?”

Voices getting louder. Now, there are places where arguments turn into physical fights. At a time when I was feeling confused as I watched the surrounding environment being destroyed in real time, a bomb exploded.

“Our tribe has Titania’s bloodline!”

“…….”

“…….”

A sudden silence. It was a natural result since it had such a big impact. No, more than that, that bastard gave me a child out of wedlock out of nowhere? I need to remember your face.

“Well, is that really true…?”

If you have a descendant of Titania, that is truly an overwhelming advantage. It’s an advantage so great that it doesn’t mean anything no matter how loudly they talk about it among themselves. They say that even hedgehogs have their babies, so why not give them a yolk from the green land?

‘You must be thinking about something like that.’

Let alone why you’re telling a lie that will get caught right away, I don’t know how you’re going to fix it. When I saw them handing out blank checks without me, I was beyond outraged and found it absurd.

“Wow, us too!”

“Our tribe also has Titania’s bloodline!”

Some of these people, unable to give in and keep their mouths shut, responded in the same way. No, I don’t know if you should call that a response. Now that I’ve found out about this, isn’t it a response and a double suicide?

“Lube. Turn off the video.”

In the end, the conflict continued without stopping, so I asked Luv to take down the video. Your magical power moved once again, and the scene in front of you returned to the current time.

“…You turned me into some kind of Casanova chair king while you were away?”

I could see some people flinching as if they were stung by my words. It matched exactly with the faces I saw in the video.

“Eugene. I’m just asking because I don’t know, but it’s not true, right?”

“I wonder if it’s true….”

I sighed and glared at the elves. Even though he didn’t say or do anything special, that alone made all the elves freeze. Even if they didn’t compete among themselves, they could easily accept all the elves here, and they were truly foolish.

“You, you, and you. Oh, you too.”

Just because they fought here was enough reason to throw them out, but if they did that, it seemed like there wouldn’t be a single elf left, so they had to endure it just to see Prinia’s face. However, I could not ignore those who spoke as if I had a child who did not exist. I only singled out those who mentioned my lineage and kicked them out.

Still, it was not an excessive measure since the same tribe was not accused of association. Since he didn’t call me aside and criticize me for saying such a thing, it could be seen as an angelic response.

And I never expected that this response would later create a huge snowball. At least I should have gone through the process of verifying my lies to see if I could swear on the World Tree…