Ed's gaze circled between Helenor's smiling face and the dice in her palm, doubt and uneasiness mixed with an untimely emotion - it turns out that elves also play dice?!

Currell tugged at the corners of his mouth helplessly, retracting his intimidating acpier.

"What else do you have to gamble on?" he asked rhetorically.

"Everything I know. Helenor still looked directly at Ed, and replied without hesitation, "You didn't pierce my neck with a sword, didn't you?"

"To get that," Currill chuckled, "I don't think I have to make some inexplicable bet with you, do I?"

Helenno finally glanced at him, and the corners of her lips were slightly pursed with an indescribable mockery: "Are you sure?"

"How do you know if you don't try?" said Correll's tone with a kind of eager lightness.

Ed suddenly shuddered - this little elf who loved to smile so much that he didn't look like an elf might have another side that he didn't really want to see.

"Who can be sure that you will keep your promise?" he asked, "and if you lose, you won't ......admit it."

He couldn't do anything with her.

“...... I am an elder of the elves, a descendant of the Flame Royalty!" Helenor growled, his question seemed an unacceptable insult to her, "I should be worried...... Human!"

The deliberately accentuated title was full of disdainful contempt. Ed shrugged, "yes...... Then don't bet with me. ”

When he simply became a scoundrel human without thinking, the proud elven elder was speechless for a while. Currell let out an unceremonious laugh of pleasure, and even the corners of Payne's tight mouth twisted slightly in an uncontrollable smile.

“...... There's no way I'm going back. The suppressed anger made Helenno's tone stiffen, "It won't allow it." ”

She raised her hand, the worn dice dull and unremarkable, but it made Ed feel some kind of indescribable pressure...... and the temptation that is not strong but cannot be ignored.

"You can feel it, can't you?" Helenor's voice lowered, "its power is of the same origin as you...... I can tell you what it is, and I can even give it to you, whether you win or lose...... As long as you're willing to make a bet. ”

“...... What am I here that is worth the price you pay?" Ed had to ask.

"Let your 'friend' order me to go. Helenno replied, "Expulsion or disappearance, I don't care what excuse you use...... Don't let the dogs who only hide in the shadows chase after me – it's for their good. ”

"If that's what you want," Penn said coldly, "I'm the one to bet you on." ”

"And," Helenor ignored him, "take that ...... in your hand Stay in Grevar. You can give it to your friends...... After all, that's what he wanted. ”

Ed weighed the "stone" in his hand, and only thought it was a little funny.

"What do you think of that? He said, "I can give it to the Silver Leaf King right now, and then they'll grab you and see if they can squeeze something out of your head." Even if they can't...... Seriously, it doesn't really have much to do with me. As for that dice...... I'm a little curious. ”

He turned to look at Payne and held up the stone, "Can I trade this for you?"

He cracked his mouth, revealing a mouthful of neat white teeth, and smiled brightly.

Payne instantly understood his intentions, and a smile crossed his eyes.

"Of course. He said.

"Look......" Ed turned to Helenor, spreading his hands, "I really don't see the need to bet. ”

Helenor glared at him gloomily. But soon, she laughed.

"It's really not okay to be too greedy. She muttered, "Well, all I ask is that you keep that thing - even if one day you know what it means to own it, you can't take it away again." It belongs to Grivar forever...... Always belong to the elves. ”

"Then I don't need ......"

"Let's just assume that I can't trust you. Helenor interrupted Ed, "Like you can't trust me...... I can't trust you by nature, human. You know better than I can be how greedy you can be...... What a shameless thing to be able to do under the drive of desire and desire. ”

The corners of Ed's mouth twitched.

"Can you take a look at yourself first?" he said.

The bodies of the three elves were still lying on the ground...... Panasses' blood was drying on his shirt.

"But I'm not doing it for myself. Helenor replied calmly, "It's never for me." ”

- This is not a reason to do whatever it takes.

The words were blocked in Ed's chest, and he didn't say it...... Obviously, Helenno didn't care about this at all.

"What the hell are you hesitating about?" Helenor was a little impatient, "since what you might lose doesn't matter to you...... It only takes a little bit of time to make a lot of things easier. You're here to help your friends, aren't you? Why don't you just help out?"

Ed was silent for a moment. He instinctively didn't want to make this bet - who knew what this arrogant and paranoid elven elder who had lived for hundreds of years was thinking?

It really doesn't feel like a desperate struggle...... Was the bet she was talking about, what she really wanted?

"Ed. Payne began, "You don't have to promise her anything...... It's not about you in the first place. ”

Ed didn't answer.

He understood what he meant—the Silver Leaf King didn't want him to get into trouble with the elves, and even if he was in danger, he probably never thought of asking him for help...... It was good intentions, but it also made him feel an indescribable depression.

It's okay - he thought. Haven't I had enough trouble myself?

"Good. He said, "Then make a bet." ”

The answer blurted out was so disobedient to his mind that he himself was dumbfounded.

"I didn't want to ......," he muttered, looking up unconsciously.

Sachses was still smiling and didn't say a word from beginning to end. When the eyes met, Ed couldn't see anything in his eyes, which were between gray-green and golden.

Then he lowered his head and met the little white light blue eyes.

The white leopard shook his ears and turned his head as if nothing had happened, without giving him any hint.

"Whether you want to ...... or not," Helenno chuckled, "the bet is made." ”

The dice floated from her palm, their dull and yellowish surface glowing warmly.

“...... How do you want to bet?" Ed asked, shoving the stone into his arms and rolling up his sleeves. The subtle uneasiness in my heart was pushed aside, replaced by a broken can.

Speaking of craps...... The games he played on the docks with the sailors as a kid weren't for nothing!

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