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His body froze suddenly, like Parnasses' arm parked in mid-air. Panic and panic appeared on each elf's face. The white leopard turned, bowed down, and let out a low roar from deep in its chest against the thick shade of the trees at the edge of the camp.

That's not a call, it's not a call for help...... It is the vigilance and threat after sensing the danger, and it is the instinctive defense of the beast.

In the shade of the tree stood a man. The dazzling sunlight and the swaying shadows of the trees blurred his face, but the invisible pressure silenced the birdsong and wind around him. In the dead silence, Isis vaguely felt as if he was standing there as if he was a powerful and ruthless beast, staring at them indifferently and contemptuously, as small as dust, but with a little half-asleep and half-awake carelessness.

“...... Scott ...... he spoke, his voice low enough only he could hear. Under the blazing sun, he was so cold that his blood seemed to be frozen, and he shivered uncontrollably.

The white leopard tensed its muscles and remained ready to attack...... Or flee in a posture, slowly moving forward, letting out another roar.

It was a completely different sound -- it barely looked like a leopard could make. It was majestic, clear and loud, thundering down under the clear sky, blasting in all souls.

Even Iss shuddered involuntarily. Not because of fear, but because of sudden lucidity. It was as if the countless chaotic emotions that filled my mind were dispelled in an instant, and only the strongest one remained.

“...... Scott!" he exclaimed, with a hint of hope...... But they are also ready to attack.

He knocked him unconscious once...... Would not mind doing it again if necessary.

A moment later, Scott stepped out of the shade.

The feeling of oppression that was full of danger just now melted away like ice and snow in the sun. He stood there calmly, looking a little tired, but his eyes were still clear.

He raised his hand. The white panther trotted all the way over, not desperately coquettish as he had just been to Iss, but just looked up elegantly and rubbed Scott's palm, and the purring in his throat sounded a little reserved.

Is, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head silently, full of irritability for no reason.

...... No, he has absolutely good reasons.

"Sage......" Panasses muttered, finally coming to his senses.

Scott looked down at the white leopard.

“...... It was born in your forest," he said, "and you watched it grow up." ”

Panasses's heart sank, and the panic that he had barely suppressed struck again.

Scott may not have been a true Sage, but the words hit him easily, even if it hardly felt like a reproach...... But more than any harsher wording, he was embarrassed.

"We didn't ......," he tried to discern, "and we didn't want to hurt it." ”

It's a fact, it's a lie—it doesn't make half a point of his panic and shame.

"It came on its own. ”

He squeezed out the sentence almost in despair.

That's true. He still hadn't figured out why the damn leopard wouldn't stay with Scott instead of burrowing into them...... It wasn't to visit the leopards and elves that he had jumped on top of his head when he was a child, feeding him milk and meat, right?

After it appeared, everything went haywire. The leopards began to disobey orders, some disappeared into the forest, and some were locked up by them...... They even had to use some drugs to calm them down as they tried to flee in a rage.

He wondered if it could be Scott's order...... But the white panther will not accept orders from anyone, let alone such a complex order as "the elves who urge your companions to leave them".

It's just a leopard after all...... But he may still be underestimating it.

As if to prove his mistake again, the white leopard shook his big fluffy head, squatted down very majestically, and let out a long roar.

The imprisoned leopards responded again, the angry but weak roars that made Scott frown slightly.

The elves bowed their heads in silence. Those roars were perhaps more uncomfortable to them than Scott's condemning gaze.

"You are elves. Scott spoke slowly, "Whatever you believe, whatever path you choose...... At least remember this. ”

He didn't say anything more, just patted the white leopard on the head, turned around and took a few steps, and then turned back with a little confusion.

"Is?" he cried, as if to ask him why he hadn't followed with a quick wag like a puppy.

Isis glared at him, and before he could retract his wings, he moved dangerously, almost throwing out his long tail and slapping him into a pond not far away.

But his tail has not yet been born.

He suppressed that breath and followed in silence.

Panasses stood there stunned, watching their backs disappear into the woods, not even hearing who was whispering to know if he needed to know where they were.

He nodded absentmindedly, even though he knew it was useless.

The leopards were still growling low, though it sounded more like a whimper in their ears. The elf suddenly remembered the first leopard he had ever raised...... As it grew old and died, it made a sound that was more alive than what he heard now.

“...... Put them in. He suddenly spoke, "Release all the leopards." ”

“...... What?!"

"Why?!"

Extremely rare, the elves did not hesitate to obey his orders, questioning and refusing to blurt out as instinctively.

"Because they are free. Panasses replied calmly and bitterly, "because they are friends and not weapons...... There is no need to involve them in our battles. ”

- Besides, they've probably lost the trust of those agile and graceful creatures.

No one argued anymore. Looking at those gloomy faces, the elves knew that they knew that this might be the best option.

But those choices that make them have to make that choice...... Is it good or bad for them?

He was upset, but he remembered the order: "Put them in the forest of Grivar." ”

Grivar's spirits don't hurt them...... Not necessarily.

"No matter how many disagreements and contradictions there are, we are always elves. ”

Although the purpose is different, before Scott speaks...... He'd actually heard it more than once.

Panasses glanced back, but did not see a familiar figure that was always around him.

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