“...... What kind of king do you think Payne Silverleaf is?"

Ohlin substituted a question for the answer. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Ed blinked. An elf came and asked him what he thought of the elven king...... Even if this elf came from a group that had been away from Grivar for thousands of years, it was a bit strange.

He ...... Kind of like humans. He replied earnestly and frankly, "I know it's not much of a compliment to an elf...... Human life is short, so they are always in a hurry to move forward, even if they will fall and go in the wrong direction, they will always have longing and enthusiasm for the scenery they have not seen before. And the elves ...... I love elves, since I was a child, but when I watch them walk by on the streets of Tonbuch, when I'm in the shade of Grivar, I always feel that they ...... At least most of the elves are not in the same world as me. They seem to be stuck in some distant dream, unable to get out, and unwilling to come out. But Payne, he prefers to take a path forward rather than stay where he is, looking back at the glory of the past, or the darkness that he can't get rid of...... He lives in this world, and he also hopes that his people can see this clearly and live more truly and freely. I don't know what kind of king he is to elves, after all, I am not an elf...... But as a human being, I think it would be a blessing to have such a king. ”

“...... Even after knowing what his father and brother had done?" Orin asked in a low voice.

“...... Yes. Ed replied. He didn't hesitate, but in the end he looked the elf in the eye firmly, "That's his relative, but it's not him after all." What's more, they may have made a mistake, but they are trying to do something to change the situation in front of them, instead of standing by and putting everything on the gods...... If you don't do anything, you won't make a mistake, and even if you make a mistake, it's easy to shirk responsibility, ordinary people may be able to spend their lives in such mediocrity, but as a king...... But it shouldn't be. ”

Orin was silent for a long time.

He got the answer he wanted. The bright-eyed young man in front of him was more trustworthy than he could have hoped for...... It's still so hard to take the last step.

Ankelan is nothing but a shadow from the past, everything that has happened cannot be changed, even if he is not standing here today, Ed will one day know the truth of the facts, but the future that he is trying to change is ...... Once you open your mouth, it is a complete betrayal.

What kind of punishment will he receive?...... His soul may never return again.

“...... We left the Antlers Forest to come here because we believed we could save our people from the impending crisis. He heard his own dry voice, word by word, slow and heavy, "We believe that after thousands of years of separation, we can finally prove that our choice is the right one......

Yes, the Parnasas could not accept it, no one could accept it, for thousands of years they had been adrift, clinging to their pride and persistence in the midst of human beings, only to find that what they had clutched in their hands might not be hope and salvation...... Rather, it's a lie.

Admitting this is enough to destroy them...... But if lies are allowed to turn into disasters, it may destroy the entire race.

“...... But we were wrong. ”

He suddenly calmed down as he spat out the last word. He may have betrayed the gods, but at least...... He did not betray the people he had sworn to protect.

"I'm not going to ask you to do anything. "I will tell you everything I know, and as for what to do, it's up to you to decide." ”

"I ...... Thank you very much for your trust. Ed's response was tinged with surprise, confusion, and apprehension.

He wasn't sure if he could afford that kind of trust, or even where it came from.

"My grandfather once told me that the evaluation of others is more revealing of one's own character. Orin smiled rarely, "I believe you...... I also believe in Felicity Amber and Scott Christus - I believe that they did not make the choice as saints. ”

There were many things hidden in this sentence, but the first thing Ed grasped was the name that had been engraved in his heart.

"Felicity......" his eyes lit up, "You know Felicity?!"

“...... Yes. Orin replied softly.

The figure of the white-haired woman passed through his mind...... No, she was always there.

In the depths of the Forest of Antlers, there is an ancient ruin, as old as if it had been abandoned thousands of years ago before the elves left Grivar...... But it was left by the elves.

The older elves say that their ancestors had moved to this time and had wanted to build another city comparable to Grivar out of rock, but they quickly gave up - they chose a more modest way of living, and the unfinished buildings were discarded there and gradually forgotten.

The staghorn forest is damp and rainy, and the lines carved into the rock have long been blurred, and the mottled moss is covered and peeled off layer by layer, smearing the originally carefully polished outline into a rough and mysterious one. Two stone pillars stood like two petrified trees, but behind the stone pillars, only a piece of rubble was left that had fallen into the dirt and was hidden by lush vegetation. The only thing that was barely intact in the rubble room was a small square room, half buried in the ground, half collapsed, and half miraculously still on top of the broken roof, tangled vines, and even faintly visible carvings.

The young elves secretly thought of it as a place of adventure - small enough to be risky, but a rare stone building in the forest.

After his sister broke her head and bled here, Orin always came to take a look from time to time. Despite being strictly forbidden...... It is likely that it is because of the strict prohibition that those imps are even more happy to run here.

On the day Felicity appeared here, a light rain had just fallen in the woods, and the white-haired figure was unusually abrupt in the new greenery.

Orin hid quietly behind a tree, watching the strange woman go round and round the ruins, the longbow in her hand never raised.

The Antler Forest is not allowed to be entered by humans. The person who sneaks in will never stand so calmly and look around in an unsheltered place, like a traveler who has strayed into the forest and knows nothing...... He subconsciously felt that his bow and arrows might not be of use to her.

After looking at it for a long time, he gradually realized that the woman was not wandering aimlessly—her steps followed a certain pattern, as if it were some kind of ritual.

In the midst of the growing uneasiness, the woman suddenly stopped and smiled slightly in his direction.

"Hey!" she called out, her voice as clear as the sun washed by the rain, "can you do me a favor?"

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