It shouldn't be here. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ed thought almost blankly. Although now it seems that these symbols, deliberately woven into some kind of pattern, are more like the style of elves...... It is much more appropriate here than in the Temple of Nesses.

But it shouldn't be here.

“...... What the hell is this?" asked Payne.

Ed thought he might know...... The Elven King's deep voice showed panic and wavering in the calm that it had never been before.

Ed opened his mouth, but his throat was so dry that he couldn't make a sound.

"An altar. ”

Another voice replied in his place, "If you are so desperate to know." ”

Ed unconsciously clenched his cane—the comer's reaction was much quicker than he had imagined.

The slender figure of Fei Rui Silver Leaf appeared silently by the door, his expression still revealing a faint impatience in calm and reserve, as if he had to endure the rudeness and childishness he despised, full of disgust, but not worth the anger of it.

"I didn't know that the elves were still sacrificing to the gods in this ancient way. The emotion expressed in Payne's suppressed tone was much stronger, "I can't think of any need to hide it." ”

"There's a lot more you don't know...... Your Majesty. "Philee looks more like an elf in the human image, haughty and elegant, but his words are often surprisingly more direct than those of a dwarf," and that's beyond your comprehension. ”

The corners of Ed's mouth twitched, and he remembered Ikabard inexplicably.

Even he felt like he had been punched in the face, and Payne's face was naturally not much better. He closed his lips, the anger burning in silence causing Ed to move uneasily.

Not farther, but closer.

He unconsciously reached out and touched Payne's arm, only to realize that such a soothing gesture did not seem to be suitable for the current high-ranking and age-...... More than ten times the king of elves.

“...... So, maybe you can allow me to borrow a little bit of your time and sort out my doubts?"

Payne's tone remained stiff. Even if he deliberately used overly euphemistic sentences to calm his emotions, it sounded more sarcastic.

Fei Rui's answer was unceremoniously.

"Maybe I didn't understand enough. "It's beyond your ability to understand, and it's not something you should understand." ”

Ed's scalp tingles. He felt that Fei Rui had come to war...... He had never known that elves could be so unreasonable.

He was worried that the next moment he would hear Payne draw his sword and unsheath it, but after a moment of dead silence, Payne exhaled lightly and said calmly, "There is no point in not giving in to each other, Firey...... I've come here, I've seen all this, and it's impossible to pretend that nothing hasn't happened -- is it really that difficult to explain?"

"It's not me who needs to be explained. "The explanation is why you broke into a forbidden place with a suspicious human who you are not allowed to enter. Before the other elders find out, if you can give me a reason that I can accept, for the sake of your dead brother...... Perhaps there is room for redemption in this matter. ”

The "suspicious human" lowered his head and rubbed his nose, embarrassed and had the slightest urge to punch the other person in the nose. This condescending and aggressive elf doesn't look like Payne's uncle at all...... It's more like an enemy.

Payne was no longer angry about it, as if he had become accustomed to it. He even smiled self-deprecatingly, the lines in the corners of his eyes revealing a faint tiredness.

"I broke in recklessly because I was told that Ankeland had been summoned...... His soul should have been imprisoned in the darkest places, but it had been set free many years ago. "The summoner tried to use his power to defeat the enemy, but ended up losing control...... I was told that it was we ourselves who caused this catastrophe, just as the rulers of the Far North Light did thousands of years ago...... Suicide. ”

“...... What nonsense are you talking about?" Fei Rui rebuked disdainfully, "Aren't you ashamed that as a king, you can easily believe these ridiculous rumors?"

That's ridiculous, but it's not unfounded. Payne pointed to the ground, "Can you tell me that this was not created by Anclain, and that it wasn't used as a sacrifice to summon the souls of the dead, and why the hell did it exist here...... The last place it should be?"

Philee fell silent—it looked like he wasn't going to lie, at least.

"That's why I say you can't understand it. "What is it used for and how it is used are two different things...... It is true that he created it, but if we don't know anything about it, if we don't know where his power comes from, how can we defeat him?"

That's a plausible reason.

“...... If that's the case, why the hell is there to hide it from me?" Payne frowned slightly.

"If you're mature enough -- if you behave like a true king, one day you'll have the opportunity to stand here with us and know all we know. Ferry looked at him exasperatedly, acting like an elder for the first time, "I've watched you grow up, Payne, I know how reckless and bold you are, if you're just as tempted—"

He stopped suddenly, and a hint of panic flashed through his eyes.

"Same?" Payne asked alarmedly, "like whom?"

“...... Get out of here. Fei Rui stiffly avoided his question, "Immediately." The other elders will soon find out that they don't have the patience and forgiveness I have. ”

Patience and forgiveness - Ed, who was dizzy by the countless "ifs", silently felt that the meaning of these two words in Elvish was probably very different from what he understood.

Payne stared down at the runes that snaked on the ground, and didn't hesitate for long.

He walked out the door without a word. Ed followed him closely, watching as Fairy relocked the door as quickly as he could—he was surprised to find that this annoying elf was actually an extremely powerful spellcaster.

"Don't do that again. Without looking back, Ferry told Payne, "You know why they would tolerate you continuing to sit on the throne. ”

He threw down the words and turned to leave, but his steps were so hurried that he seemed to be fleeing.

Ed stole a glance at Payne, and the elf's face was even more ugly than he had imagined, but it didn't seem to be because of the last threatening warning.

He looked at Fei Rui's back in a daze, the muscles in the corners of his eyes twitching slightly, as if he had suddenly fallen into some terrible memory.

. (To be continued.) )