Niro wasn't a pure elf---- a secret that almost everyone in the Crescent Moon Knights knew by heart.

Nelu seems to have been born with an ominous color, his mother was a noble class among the elves, but even Nelu himself did not know who his father was. Compared to other elves, Niro's ears were rounded, and his golden beard appeared prematurely under his jaws---- Noah's hallmark.

At first, Nelu didn't understand why elves of his age were free to receive magic, and he could only practice stabbing, striking, dodging, and raising his shield under the watchful eye of a strict governess.

The master's name is Sothos, and he spends much more time drunk than sober on weekdays, looking half-dead all day long, sometimes drinking too much and forgetting to eat, and even vomiting in front of Nilu when he wakes up the next day, vomiting dark green bile. Obviously, this tutor is unreliable to the extreme. The master and apprentice sometimes really look at each other and hate each other.

"I can feel the natural elements as well...... Master, I think ......"

"What do you think?" The swordsman Sothos looked down at the child in front of him playfully: "When you grow up, you will understand that many things are not what you think, you can do it, I paid a lot of tuition fees in order to understand this truth." ”

A horrific scar on Sototh's chest resembles a lightning burn.

"Olander Jeffrey has given every elf the ability to affinity with nature!" Nilu's eyes were slightly red: "Why do I have to accept boring and tiring swordsmanship practice, and they ......"

"Just waving your wand and chanting incantations every day, yes, elegant and noble, like a dance, right?" Sothos interrupted him impatiently and handed him a wand: "Try? ”

Nelu happily took the short gray-blue staff made of fir wood, and for a moment the growth of green leaves, the subtle ripples of water in the air, and the wind blew through the tip of his nose...... Magic forms one of the most overlooked, yet terrifying collections of energy in the world.

No one had taught him, but Nilu gathered the tiny elements of water as if he had been born and removed the impurities...... I thought I would be able to gather water polo skills in the first lesson like any other child.

"Huh? What's going on...... "The elements can't be condensed, and the last step of all spells needs to be to aggregate and arrange the surrounding elements into a fixed form, otherwise it's just a low-level, means of manipulating the elements, and it's obviously not a grade away from real magic."

Nelu's breathing began to be rapid, and the elemental could not move according to his command after being forcibly pulled to the consciousness in front of him, but simply attracted more and more of his kind, forcibly consuming his small amount of spiritual power......

A sword slashed across the wand, and the staff in his hand, which had been emitting emantic spells, lost its surging glimmer, and Nilu staggered to the ground. The center of gravity of the palm was unnaturally purple, and the blood color of the nail area was lost.

"Got it?" Sothos lifted his lowered head with the hilt of his sword and looked directly into the child's deformed pupils in front of him: "You are not a pure elf, and the other half of the filthy blood dooms you to be unable to wield the vast magic power like others to become a noble mage." ”

Nelu wept in disappointment, his nose twitched, and he buried his head in his arm like an ostrich: "I thought...... I thought that one day, I would be able to be like everyone else...... Shanna...... She also asked me today when I was going to go to school together......"

Sothos didn't comfort him, but sneered and continued to mend the knife: "It's really pitiful, even if you grow up, you won't be able to inherit your mother's title, because it is impossible for the elven nobles to allow Noah's blood to contaminate their affinity for nature, and Lord Orangel's gift will not be sent to the half-bloods." ”

Nelu was still crying as if he had lost the whole world.

"I remember, that elf girl named Shanna seems to be a descendant of a nobleman?" Sotosmo asked as he gripped the hilt of his sword, seemingly absent-minded.

"Hmm...... "The young Nilu buried his head in a whispered pander.

"Forget her," Sotos's words were so cold that there was no room for negotiation, "no matter how much credit you make in the future, you can't have Shanna, let's be practical, boy, maybe the elven poor girl or the Noah who doesn't care about blood is the most suitable partner for you." ”

"Next......" Sothos said of Nelu's tearful face, "it's time for you to practice the only thing in the world that can make you stronger." ”

A practice sword made of ebony, not far away was a pair of cold and emotionless eyes, hidden under an equally cold and hard helmet.

The child's eyes gradually lost their sparkle.

At the age of seven, Sothos once secretly took himself to a splendid golden hall, where a green-robed elven nobleman was as graceful as a maiden, chatting and laughing with other well-dressed nobles.

The master and apprentice were refused permission by the waiter because of their unclean clothes, so they could only watch through the transparent glass door, as if they had never seen the world.

"Look, this is your mother," Sothos said, pointing as if casually.

"I can't cry...... I can't cry......" Nelu muttered stupidly, his eyes red.

Sothos sighed, covering the bright lights in front of the child's eyes.

Eight years later, Nelu felt untouched by the elves, and simply packed his bags and prepared to leave. He hadn't even seen his mother, who had not liked him much for as long as he could remember, and who had been far more interested in the ball than his only son, except for the occasional visit to see how his swordsmanship was progressing. Listening to Sothos, when he was born, his mother calmly cut the umbilical cord with scissors, and with a sigh of relief, said to the servants around her: "Finally get rid of this little bastard." ”

Not only did he refuse to breastfeed Niro, but he also bought new clothes for the next dance party when Niro was full moon.

yes, finally got rid of ......

Nelu thought to himself, "For us...... Perhaps, all of them. ”

At the age of twelve, Sotos was killed by excessive drinking and unbridled pleasure-seeking, and the unscrupulous master left Nilu with a total of two things before he died, one was the swordsmanship he had taught, and the other was a blue sword, which was probably the most valuable thing in his life.

Just like the person he was when he was alive, he was vulgar, cheap, and chaotic...... But stiff again.

By the time she was gone, the elf's broken family had finally landed on the side of a good tree, and the daughter of a minor nobleman, Sanna, had married a duke, and her descendants would enjoy the title of Fortune as well as her, for generations to come. Fireworks rang out in the distance, the air was filled with the scent of warblers' flowers, and the maids sprayed the juice of this festive flower to all corners of the street, and the warm atmosphere infected almost everyone present.

Nelu just clenched the sword in his hand tightly, steel-blue cold. Even many years later, after the countless divine weapons in Nilu's hands, he could not forget the touch of this sword, simple, real, and pure power.

"Looking through the top of the blade, or seeing a kneeling enemy, or seeing your own blood, that's much more pretty than bells and whistles magic, isn't it?" Sothos taught him so.

"Is this enough for his teaching expenses this year?" Mother said to Sothos proudly, throwing a dozen gold coins on the table at will. It seems that with memory, she never used the word "son".

"Hey, Niro, when are you coming to class?" It seemed to be the cheerful voice of Shanna's childhood.

"Never." The voice was so small that he couldn't even hear it.