Chapter 5: Listen to Lahuana's story
Monia always thought she wouldn't fall twice in the same place, but it turned out to be nothing more than her delusion. www.biquge.info After experiencing two crashes in quick succession, the mage had to admit that in some areas, it was normal for them to fail in the same place in a row. Fortunately, after the third experience of falling from a great height, the fourth time she finally managed to complete a certain distance and arrive at Lajuana's treehouse.
Lavana's treehouse is a different from the registry's cottage β the exterior of the treehouse is decorated with green vines, which looks unique. In more popular terms, the grade is higher, in addition to the most basic residential function, there is also a certain aesthetic function. This is actually a normal thing, elves are not independent of the world, there are also levels, there are also high and low nobles, and the aristocratic system of human beings is inherited from the elf empire in the final analysis.
It's just that now the elves are the enemy, the old power system has been completely destroyed, and the grass-created structure has not yet given birth to a new generation of elites, so the dwellings of all the elves are very similar, even if it is Lahuana, who belongs to the Moon Guard, it is just a layer of vines outside the treehouse.
Follow Lavana into her hut, which, like the registry office, is mainly used for the interior of the trees, which looks a little cramped on the outside, but is very spacious on the inside. If it weren't for the single bed, Monia had no doubt that even four or five people would not be cramped in this room.
"You guys are trekking outside for a day, go wash your body first, and I'll talk to you about the current overview of the Elven Forest later, so that you can have a general understanding first." Lavana said, leading Monia and the elf sisters into a room, pointing, "This is the bathroom, the water outlet is the bulge on the trunk of the tree, and if you cut it with your fingernails, there will be clear water, this is a pure water source from the ground, and it has the effect of beautifying and whitening the skin...... Forget it, you don't understand it. β
Fana and Lil really didn't understand, only Monia listened with black lines.
"I'm going to put Luciella in the last baptism, which of you comes first?"
"I don't need much, let Fana and Lil do it first." Monia hesitated to speak, what she said was true, but the more important reason was that she didn't like to expose her body in other people's homes, "I have been constantly cleansing on my clothes, and there is nothing unclean on my body. β
"No, as a girl, how can you not take a bath?" Perhaps because she became familiar with her in the process of climbing the tree, Lahuana did not have the respect she had when they first met, she pushed the mage straight into the bathroom, and then closed the door with a "snap", and locked it with her hand, "I won't open the door in half an hour, little Monia should look like a lady, don't learn from the sloppy style of those human mages every day." β
"Okay." After several unsuccessful attempts, Monia finally lowered her head in resignation, then used her fingernails to cut through the bulge on the trunk, and the water poured out of the pipe, and when the bucket was almost full, the crack healed naturally, leaving only a raised scab.
It's quite eco-friendly.
Thinking so, the mage hesitated for a moment before proceeding to undress and take a bath. She hadn't bathed for a while, she had very little dirt on her body with a constant cleansing technique on her robes, and the last time she bathed was in the city of the Holy Roses when she was forcibly dragged into the bathhouse by Eronica and Wiena, and I don't know how they're doing now - write a letter to them when you're done! Save them from worrying about this, worrying about that, and worrying about it in vain.
While reminiscing about the days when I was in Sword and Rose, I washed my body, Monia's skin was very good, and with the cleansing technique, I could just rinse it with water, and the more troublesome thing was the hair. A woman's hair has always been a troublesome thing, especially since the mage has always maintained a long black and straight hairstyle in this life due to factors in his past life. As the price of beauty, every time she washed her long black and smooth hair, she felt no less tired than a hard battle.
By the way, there is no shampoo in this world, and the reason why the mage is obsessed with alchemy is that gold refining is only one factor, and another important factor is that she hopes to develop a convenient alchemy product like shampoo here.
Half a day is not too long for a woman to take a shower, especially Monia's waist-length hair, which is beautiful and beautiful, but it is a time-consuming and laborious task to clean up. By the time she had dressed and been spell-washed and dried, the locked door could be opened.
When Monia walks into the living room, Lajuana and Lil are mingling. What surprised her slightly was that after the female knight changed into a light helmet and a green dress, she didn't look like a knight at all, but was full of gentleness. As if sensing the mage's gaze, she looked back and chuckled, "Washed quite clean, isn't it?" Little Monia. As a girl's family, you should take a bath frequently, and pay more attention to your skin even if there is magic maintenance. β
"Hmm," Monia nodded yes, not wanting to spend too much time on the topic, before asking, "Who's next, Fana or Lil?" β
"Together."
Fana replied and took her sister's hand and walked into the bathroom.
"They have such a good relationship." Lahuana's gaze lingered on the wooden door for a while, "Sometimes I really envy them, and I also wish I had an older sister to take care of me, or a younger sister to be taken care of by me." β
"Don't you have two daughters now," said the mage, who knew that the female knight was a river knight, half-jokingly, "how does it feel to be a mother of two?" β
"It's pretty good."
After a brief conversation with Lavana, the mage enters a meditative state, and any qualified mage, no matter how difficult the conditions, will spend a certain amount of time meditating every day. Although there may not be much progress in meditation every time, progress is the accumulation of this bit by bit, whether it is a spellcaster or a warrior, those who can't do this are destined not to go far on the career path.
By the time she finished meditating, it was already two dawn hours later. Fana and Liel had a lot of fun in the bathroom, they both spent more time at a time than Monia and Lajuana combined, and it was already dark, and the helpless female knight had no choice but to take a casual shower, and then sit down at the square table with her long wet hair.
"I'm going to tell you about the Elven Forest tonight," she said as she wrung out her hair, "You've only been here for a short time, and your knowledge of this place may be just hearsay, so I'll take advantage of the moment to make up with you about the power system in the forest, and the history of the last hundred years." β
"Pap" Lil clapped alone, and the look seemed to say "yes, yes".
"At present, there are about 70,000 people in the forest, of which there are more than 40,000 aborigines in the forest, and there are about 30,000 returnees from the outside world. Lahana recounted in an extremely flat voice, "The current power system of the Elven Forest is mainly composed of Her Majesty AdΓ¨s, who represents the interests of the return of the elves, and the Senate, which mainly represents the interests of the forest elves. These four forces are very important in the Elven Forest, and the imbalance of any one of them is enough to shake the foundation of the future of the entire Elven race. β
"To introduce these four forces in detail, the first thing to introduce is the history of the Elven Forest in the past hundred years." After a slight pause, the knightess continued, "Two hundred and eighty years ago, the Forest Council first decided to create our elven homeland on the continent, and at that time we only intended to make the Southern Forest a de facto elven forest, which was acceptable to both the Dominion and the Lordship. After all, the continent was still in turmoil at that time, and we, who claimed to be the survivors of the Elven Tinder, did not intend to rush forward when the situation was unclear, and our only advantage compared to humans was that we had a long life, which gave us enough time and patience. β
"About a hundred and fifty years ago, an elder in the forest secretly came to the church of three powerful gods recognized by the New God lineage to meet the true God. At that time, the elder was determined to die to see the true God, but she did not expect that the gods of the new god system were unexpectedly merciful, they had no racial views, as long as they were allowed to preach and join the camp of the new gods, then the vast southern forest would be the territory of the elves, as long as it was a country that believed in the new gods, the elves would enjoy the same power as humans to walk in the sun. β
This was more than the best we had ever imagined, so the elders of the forest humbly bowed down, praised the gods in the most sincere language, and then returned to the forest with hope and began to make preparations for the establishment of a home of the elves themselves. About a hundred and fifty years ago, when everything was ready, we began to work on the return of the outsiders, and for decades it had been proceeding according to plan, but ninety years ago, an accident happened. β
"Although it was an accident, this accident was an accident that all of us were happy to see, that is, in the return of the elves, the blood of the elven queen appeared, and the real royal blood appeared." Lahuana's words changed, "It's just that everyone didn't expect that the appearance of the elven royal clan almost caused the elven race to split. β
"Before the appearance of Her Majesty AdΓ¨s, the contradictions between the forest elves and the returned elves had accumulated to a certain extent, and the forest council noticed these emotions, but in the eyes of the elders, everyone is an elf, and under the cleansing of time, everyone will slowly become a family. Unexpectedly, the appearance of His Majesty Adeis completely detonated this contradiction. β
"The Elven royal family is naturally the king of all elves, but no one wants to hand over power to a stranger who is completely unfamiliar with it, and even the wisest and most indifferent elders are conservative about the extradition of power. At that time, the final decision of the Council of the Forest was relatively conservative, and they would examine the king's qualifications and character. This sentence may seem uncontroversial today, but in that era of sharp contradictions, this announcement was just made, and the return of the elves boiled. β
"They believe that this is the deprivation of royal power by the Council of the Woods, the contempt of the creator, and the decay of the abyss of depraved power." When she said this, Lahuana stopped, made a cup of flower tea with a teacup, and took a small sip, "It is undeniable that there is indeed a section of the Forest Council with ulterior motives, but most of the elders don't mean this, it's just that in the excitement of the crowd, no one can listen to the elders' explanations. β
"The situation is getting worse and the conflict is intensifying to the point of blood, when even the most naΓ―ve elves are ready for war, even if the war is against their own people, and a few generations ago, our ancestors may have even been brothers and sisters." Lahuana's voice was unusually heavy, "At this time, Her Majesty Adeis is still very young, she has no political wisdom at all, she naively thinks that everything is because of her, and she is willing to give up the succession to the throne and transfer power to the Forest Council." β
"Fortunately, although Her Majesty is not yet mature, the elders of the forest are indeed the wisest elders. Sensing the hidden problems in the Empress's proclamation, they called an emergency meeting and responded before the situation became the worst. β
"Reorganize the Council of Elders and form a Senate Council, and any elf with sufficient prestige can get a seat in the Senate. The Senate oversees all the power of the elven race, and each governing body is directly accountable to the Senate. At the same time, the power of the Senate comes from Her Majesty the Empress, who is supreme and has the highest decision-making power over the affairs of the Senate. β
"In general, this is a concession for both sides, and many elves who are eager to fight have calmed down, although there are still some people with ulterior motives who are stirring up emotions, but at this time, Lord Moya has successfully controlled the chains left by the southern forest and suppressed all opposing voices."
"No one wants to be an enemy of an archmage, especially an archmage who holds the Mystery Lock, a few guys who are obsessed with power with ill intentions were executed by Lord Moya himself, and the turmoil in the entire Southern Forest seems to have been poured with cold water, so that everyone's fanaticism and confusion have all dissipated, and the Southern Forest has gradually returned to its former calm, and it is also since that day that this forest has the qualification to be called the Elven Forest - not only because of the righteousness of mastering the Elven Royal Family, but also because of the possession of the Mystery Lock, Having an archmage in charge gives us a certain amount of confidence. β
"The Mage Guild is the mage organization created by this Lord Moya, this organization is intended to train young mages and organize the power of elven mages, in terms of strength, this force is the most powerful in the forest, but mages are faintly outside the power system, so they are under the imperial power and the senators."
"In contrast to the caster's organization, there is the organization of the warriors, who are not as detached as the mages, and most of them join the army to do their part for the possible war. The military department is represented by the warriors, and includes the power of all armies in the entire Elven Forest. This force is second only to the Mage Guild in terms of combat power, but in the entire power system, it is constrained by both the Senate and Her Majesty Adeis, and it is divided into multiple factions internally. Lawana said quietly, "For example, I belong to the Empress's faction. β
"What kind of person is the Empress?"
Slightly curious, Monia asked, maybe Fana and Liel don't understand the elves' power system very well, but for her with memories of her past life, this system is actually very similar to the parliamentary system, and it can even be said to be a system. Compared with this system, she is more concerned about the Elven Empress. After all, the Empress bloodline inherited from Eugtrasil is also a branch of the Primordial Elves.
"It's a secret," Lavana replied with a wink and a smile, "but I'm sure you'll see her soon." β
PS: 4500 words...... It's not close.
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