As among the many Ainu created, the strongest was Vera, and the next rank was called Maia.

Mirko used to be the strongest among the Ainu and even among Vera, but his nature made him unable to resist doing things, and in the end he was completely on the opposite side of all Vera.

In a sense, Vera can be called the god of this world, and Maia is a secondary god who serves these "gods".

Sauron and the later Gandalf were among Maia, one of whom served the first Dark Lord Mirkor, and the other who followed Manw, the head of Vera, in the continent of Amen.

It is worth mentioning that Manway and Mirko are brothers.

The elves were originally protected by Vera, but the departure of the Noldor tribe disappointed all Vera, except for a limited one or two, the other Veras no longer paid attention to everything that happened in Middle-earth, let alone helped.

In Finrod's knowledge, among the Villas, only the Lord of the Waters, Uomu, has not given up on them, and is still trying to guide and protect the creatures of Noldor and the whole of Middle-earth.

However, at this time, he heard the news that it was most likely someone else......

The meaning behind this had to make him think a lot.

Finrod wasn't much worried that Vera would be angry at the nephew's little trick.

In fact, most Vera are generous and kind, and will even befriend elves.

There are one or two small-minded people who are unlikely to make a disciplinary move, and even if there are, at most some innocuous pranks will accompany Charles.

It's just that correspondingly, he also thinks that Charles's behavior is really inappropriate.

However, since he has never traveled to the West and is not familiar with Vera at all, it is actually reasonable to say what he did...... Probably.

"If you're not in a hurry, I'd like to invite you to stay in Nagoth Lund for a while." Finrod finally apologized and said: "Actually, you came in time, if it was a day late, I would have left here and gone north to do some personal business." ”

Charles wondered what he was busy with, but Finrod looked helpless: "Egnor, that is, my brother, is in love with a Hildo, but this love is not destined to bear fruit. My youngest sister, Artanis, was determined to break them apart before tragedy could ensue, but I told me that the seeds of tragedy had already been planted, and that Artanis' wayward decision would have had little effect and would have backfired. ”

Hildo refers to humans, and Atanis is actually Galadriel, or Galadriel's real name (the rest are either gifted, or mother, or Sindar translations)

So, speaking of which, His Majesty the Monarch of Nagoslund is actually preparing to go to the rack.

It reminded Charles of his departure five years ago, and now that I think about it, eighty percent of it was because of it.

So because of this family ethics drama, Charles had to live in Nagoth Lund for a while.

……

Nagoth Lund is a large underground city with an intricate interior of armament depots, residential areas, treasure vaults, manufacturing areas for various items, storage areas for food materials, and so on.

It also caused the complex passage that extended in all directions in the city.

Before Finrod left, he sent a nobleman named Edrahir to receive him, so Charles wandered around under this leader's leadership.

But when he returned, he stopped wandering, but was always in the city's central hall, or around the central square.

The bridges in the central plaza are neatly arranged, and in the dim light, the crystal glows brightly.

This place was the place where the banquet was held at that time, and in fact, in addition to the nobles of Naguo, there were many commoners who participated in the banquet at that time, and the place was too small to put down.

Somewhat similar to the dwarven city-state of Norgrod in the Blue Mountains, there is also a narrow mountaintop hollow exit above the square.

The exit landscape is peculiar, and during the day, there are always patches of radiant dust shining brightly, making the Charles who often walk on the bridge trance-like feeling of living in an underground fairyland.

Occasionally, some birds would come in from there and play with the elves who lived in the city.

Charles even saw elves "talking" to them mimicking bird calls.

No more than his own psychic power, what he saw was a real conversation.

"I and some of my fellow people learned the language of birds with Crowning Vana during the time of Valinor, and in fact it wasn't that difficult, but it required a certain trick, which I think might only Crowning Vana know."

In response to Charles' inquiry, the emaciated elf, who leaned on the railing of the bridge and talked to the bird on his back, replied, curious and suspicious of Charles's rumored similar abilities.

Vana is a Veri (female Vera), the younger sister of Avanna, the queen of the Great Land.

Charles didn't know how to be low-key and clumsy, so he responded to his words very simply.

I saw the little sparrow who was still tilting his head on the back of the other party's hand one second, and the next second, under Charles's "invitation", flew directly to his shoulder, and followed him to turn his head and leave.

The elves in situ couldn't help but be stunned when they saw this, and then after hearing some of the "words" blurted out by the distant birds, their faces were like mourning.

The language of birds is intermittent and extremely difficult to control, and it is not systematic, and it can only show some emotions.

However, with the skillful translation and filling in of the elves, the result is very frustrating.

"Are you a bird too?"

"You speak a beautiful bird language."

"His accent is so strong, I can't understand a lot of words, but I don't dare to talk to him, he won't play with me anymore when he does......"

……

Half a month has passed, and life has been calm and unwavering.

Charles didn't think the wait was a pointless waste of time, because during this time, in addition to seeing the jewelry polishing he wanted to learn, he also saw the elven civilization other than the Nando elves.

I have to say that the Nando tribe can indeed be called a mountain village man in front of Noldor and even Sinda.

Compared to the crude and simple Nando, everything in Nagoth Lund made him feel as if he had reacquainted himself with the elven race.

Sculpture, painting, metal engraving, weaving, sewing, embroidery, polishing jewelry, music and poetry......

These ordinary techniques and knowledge alone are a cut above the Nando, not to mention some supernatural, magic-related things.

In addition to communicating with birds and even other beasts, he also saw many elves consciously exercising their "spell-casting" abilities.

That's right, spellcasting.

Compared to the Nando, who only instinctively use their own talents, Sinda and Noldor have a certain systematic study of the power of magic.

Although there is no so-called magic element in this world, and only the will and mind are used to cast magic, the elves have still found some tricks to do so.

These tricks make it easier and more targeted for elves to use their talents, rather than just in the face of emotion.

After understanding, Charles believes that this trick is similar to psychological suggestion such as self-hypnosis or self-motivation, but it is more complex and difficult to understand, and it needs to be implemented according to one's current experience and emotions.

At this moment, for example, he was lying on the railing of the high bridge, looking down at a corresponding spell cast by an annoyed elven woman below.

"You damn rats, run, you run, now see where you can run!"

A relieving voice came from below, and thanks to his excellent eyesight, Charles could see that the gray-haired woman below the hall was blocking two black rats in the corner.

She didn't actually plug the gap tightly, but the two rats just ignored it, and kept circling around the corner in a panic.

Then, every once in a while, he rushed to the base of the rock wall, and he didn't even notice that his head was bleeding.

It's an interesting mantra.

Charles was looking at it, when suddenly a beautiful word came from behind him.

"Misuse of Illuvita's bounty will disrupt the laws of nature, and will only make my people and the land of Arda more and more corrupted by the shadow of the North."

It was a rather pleasant voice, and it was clearly talking to Charles.

He turned his head to see a tall and graceful woman with gold and silver hair standing behind him with a smile.

Next to the woman stood two other elves, one was a blonde-haired Finrod, and the other was a silver-haired green-robed looking stranger. But in the face of Charles's gaze, he also smiled and gestured.

Galadrier, Kellerborn.

Through Finrod's introduction, Charles got to know the couple for the first time.