Lucieux hesitated for a moment, no, although she was still a little naïve, at least she was no longer the young elf she was fifty years ago, she had made mistakes, and of course she would remember the ugly fruits of her mistakes, which was what she had been depressed about, but she didn't think of sneaking away from Eloch to find Cremar's relationship- If it weren't for the fact that Cremar was surrounded by so many threatening women now, she might not even have had this bother, happily completing the work handed over by the black-haired Dragonborn, ten or twenty years, they still had plenty of time anyway - like many humans who were still young, she thought.

When the human girl next to her asked this sentence, even Lucieu had some hesitation, as her coming-of-age ceremony, under the guardianship of Eloch, she had already traveled many places, although she felt that this matter was not a secret, but still subtly asked back: "Why do you think so?"

The human maiden smiled boredly behind the wooden cup: "Even if there is no duty now, there will be one later." ”

"But it's not about love. ”

The human girl shook her head, "Relevant," she said, "Love is never an independent thing, it is based on many things. ”

"You ......"

"Can I leave you alone? It only reminds me of the tragic gap between me and him...... Of course, there is no need to apologize, I know you did it unintentionally. The human girl shook the wooden cup: "If you must find love without impurities, you can probably only find it in children and people like children, but such love will eventually lead to tragedy." Because whether it is a real child or not, they will grow up, and the moment they grow up, it is when love is no longer invincible. ”

Of course, Lucieu can understand the other party's explanation, perhaps in the eyes of this human girl, she is a child-like person, "Maybe it will no longer be invincible, but there will be times when it will be won." ”

"That's up to you to be cruel enough. The human maiden said.

Lucieu couldn't help but look up, because she couldn't understand the other person's words, cruel, how could it be connected to love?

"Look at the man," said the maiden of men, "that is my love, and will be my husband, and he is the farmer's son, and I am the steward's daughter, and we have known and loved each other at a very young age, but when we grow up, we ......."

"How's that?" Lucieu asked.

"He's starting to get ambitious, but you know, all the ambitions of a farmer's son must sound ridiculous to you — he wants to be a wandering merchant, which is almost impossible if the girl who loves him is someone other than me. She turned her head to look at Lucieu, "Because a farmer simply cannot provide the initial capital as a traveling merchant, and his parents cannot tolerate a worthy laborer in the family leaving at will, let alone carrying a debt for him." ”

"You helped him, didn't you?"

"Yes, because I love him. "At that time," said the human maiden, "I had the courage to give in my love, and I gave all the things and money that I could, which I had stolen and cheated upon, and he did have the talent and luck of being a businessman, and he was rewarded—very richly—and so that many, many, many, many girls began to be willing to be close to him, and he never refused." ”

Lucieu looked at the fire, and there was no trace of cunning or despicability in the face of the human man, but his gaze did remain on the face and body of the girl except his lover, and his eyebrows were raised high with an indescribable look.

"Our love is dead. "You see," said the girl, "I have not expected such an end, but I am not cruel enough to kill his hope with my own hands—and sometimes I wonder if I let him stay in this little village......

"Then why are you still with him...... What about continuing the engagement?"

"Because of what I have done," said the girl, "in fact, he is now lenient with me, because because of his status, a merchant in the city can find another merchant's daughter to marry, and not me, who is no longer of any use to him." But he came back here anyway, and my father thought I should be grateful, and I ...... I don't have a choice," she said, looking confused, "but perhaps, that's the best way to go, for everyone." ”

Lucie lowered her head sadly, "But it's like a bargain and a ......" The word she didn't utter was begging, but the human maiden understood it at once.

"But I must be grateful that the deal will be made at last," said the maiden of mankind, "or who would want to accept a girl who has no dowry or family but a serf?"

"That's why I don't go on to get close to the Lord," she continued, "because for for him, whether he has a heavy responsibility or not, I am a useless person who will only drag him down, I will only be rejected, and I will be humiliated and bitter for it, and of course, when you think that love can overcome everything, in my dreams, he will accept me, but if my love can blossom again in him, but my emotions are real, I must break them with my own hands— Because I know very well that I can only be a tumor on him, dragging him down, making him tired, and I can't help him...... Not at all, tell me, dear nobleman, if you love someone, will you be willing to let him indulge in mediocrity and humility? If you can do it, then I can only say that you really do not love him enough, and perhaps you love only a phantom of self-satisfaction. ”

Lucieu took a deep breath, and she turned her head away from the human maiden to see her expression: "So...... Tell me, when do you think you can have love?"

"Of course, when I can be on par with my lover or even higher," said the human maiden, "when I was a steward's daughter and my lover was only a farmer's son, my love was pure, passionate, and proud, and I never feared that he would break his appointment, or give up, or betray me, and I stood with him, without fear of the eyes of others, or of the temptations he was about to receive— If it were your brother or uncle, I think the only one who could pursue them would be the daughter of the king or the Grand Duke, who had the authority in their hands to satisfy his ambitions and long-cherished desires, and let him sleep in the lair of power, without fear of storms, thunder and lightning, and without the temptation of others. ”

"But that's not love. ”

"It's love, noble," the human girl retorted, "love can't be a solid stone, that kind of gem seems to be crystal bright, but in fact it is vulnerable, as long as the external force strikes lightly, it will be broken, love is a shining stone, its beauty comes from the impurities in the body, the flame of rubies, the fluorescence of amethysts, the magnificence of emeralds—only the stones can combine them into one, and thus become indestructible." ”

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"Are you really reluctant to accept Lucieu?" asked Adele.

"I don't want to. The soul of the other world replied that although being chased by a beautiful and pure girl is something that can make any man happy, but the presentation of character and morality lies in the bottom line and rules that only he can grasp. From the bottom of his heart, if it were just an elf, or a half-elf, he might be willing to accept Lucie, but it is not, not only is it not, but its complex identity makes it impossible to enjoy the sweetness of love like ordinary people, it always remembers that it is going to return to another plane, it has already tasted the pain of struggling to survive in a strange place far from its homeland, does it have to inflict it on another person?

And now, it is still burdened with the fate of more people, it has tried to ignore and ignore them, but with the recovery of memory, the ideas and thoughts that belong to it also return to its soul, when it finds that it can no longer be indifferent, and even gives up the hope of returning for this - it also knows very well that as a once ordinary person, it may bear the blame and hatred of the colossal at any time, in this case, it should not be surrounded by innocent people who are forced to sink with it.

If it is Kerryben and Adair, it can only be said that they themselves have noble character, excellent ability and selfless mind, which makes them willing and able to do their best for something that can bring peace and happiness to many people, but Afra and Lucieu have never been in this ranks, especially Lucieu. If Afra is still a demigod and the master of Crefa, then Lucieu's responsibilities should not be with this place at this time, although she is the heir of Emerald Grove Island, the future king of the Elves of Aya, but just like Kerryben, the meaning of this position is more about giving than plundering- Elves are not humans, and they revere their king, not because their king has an army, a mage, or is powerful in their own right, but because they know that their king will sacrifice everything for them and for the whole race, not the other way around, which is a duty, not a right.

All she should have done was to watch this great change from beginning to end, under the protection of Eloch, and perhaps them, and draw the experience and nutrients needed from it, like a small tree growing in a rainstorm, and it was only her mother, the Queen of Lynn, who could and needed to make decisions, not her, which is why letters from Cremar and Kerribben were never delivered directly to Lynn.

But Adel can't help but have some regrets, he still lacks understanding of the true identity of Cremar, and it is precisely because of this that he can still have an optimistic view of the future of Lucieure and Cremar, as a human being, he thinks that the approach of Emerald Grove Island may be understandable, but it has always limited the development of Timard Island, and sticking to the place may not be a good thing for the elves, which can be seen from Eloch and Lucieu, many of their views and practices are obviously not as good as Kerryben. And in the situation he knows, although the Eya elves will also travel abroad after adulthood, they are not as good at harmony with races other than the elves as the Singer elves, which makes them lose their grasp of countless opportunities and understanding of countless things when they become cold and lonely, and these opportunities and things are likely to change the situation and status of Lin Dao in the outside world, I have to say, this is very regrettable and fortunate.

The Singh Elves, or rather, their King of the Jungle, have made decisions that have made humans deeply jealous, but they are no less profoundly intimidating the despicable ones who are ready to move, so that they do not dare to touch the Jungle, the Grey Ridge, or any area or city that the Singh Elves claim to protect, but the island of Ring...... The Elves of Aya only have Lynn Island.

It would probably be a good thing if Lucie's affection for Cremar, and the love of the King of Woodland for his daughter, could make Emerald Grove less closed.

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"A nobleman would not marry the daughter of a steward. ”

The human girl who had talked to Lucie for a long time turned away, and she looked at her former lover, and her heart was full of pain and relief.

The boy, no, it should be said, a young man about to become a young man stood behind her, with a little anger, he no longer loved, and decided to abandon this stupid and lowly woman, but he still did not want to see her fall in love with anyone else, even if it was a noble man who was a thousand times more handsome than him, ten thousand times richer, and had both power and prestige, he wanted her to kneel on the ground and beg her, and let the tears and snot pollute her face, and make her dirty and ugly— No one would fall in love with such a woman, much less that she still loved herself, and was unwilling to give up on herself, and while he frolicked with his children in the spacious and warm living room, and lingered with his beautiful and rich wife, he would be satisfied to remember that in the distant woods, there was a woman who was willing to give everything for him.

"Have you already made your decision?" the girl asked.

"I will not be engaged to marry you," said the young man triumphantly and cruelly, "I have become married to a merchant's daughter." ”

He looked forward to seeing the eyes of despair and grief, but he was disappointed, and there was only relief and joy on the girl's face—what was she happy about, was she really crazy?

The farmer's son took a few steps back with some fear, and then he was horrified to find that the maiden stood still, but her shadow writhed like a viper.

"I have done the work you have given me," the girl murmured, "and now give me a reward, incomparably powerful and respectful...... The King......"

Her shadow leaped up before the young man could scream, and opened its jaw, full of cracked teeth, swallowing him from head to foot at once, and the shadow swelled up on the cracked earth, and then shrank so violently that there was nothing strange when it returned to the girl's feet.