Minna asked curiously, "Why can't a half-elf become a true elven royalty?" He's so pretty, and you say he's no different from an elf. ”

The young man smiled bitterly: "It's just that there is no difference in appearance, but it can't be compared in blood." The elves have always looked down on the half-elves and considered us to be the evil product of humans seducing their people to deplocity, and even our blood relatives felt that the half-elves were inferior to them. Because elves are noble and pure beings, a race blessed by the gods of nature, they have been tens of thousands of years old, and there is no race in this world that can compare with them. ”

Minna didn't quite understand what he meant, and could only understand it with what she knew: "Is it like the meaning that those noble families with a long history are more noble than those who are only a few decades old?" My mother said that my grandfather's family is the upstart, and my aunt is the daughter of the big family, so she always looks down on my mother. ”

The boy didn't know how to react for a while: "This ...... It's not the same......"

"You just think that's it." Joe smiled and sent two drinks, "It's too complicated, you can't understand it as a child, just remember that the elves are very arrogant and look down on humans, you see the elves, don't provoke them." He pointed to the drink, "This is our signature juice in the store, you can't drink it outside, how about you taste it?" ”

Minna smiled and nodded, picked up the wooden cup containing the cyan liquid and took a big sip, it was really sweet and sour, and there was a fresh aroma that made people feel refreshed. She grinned at the innkeeper with a big smile: "Drink well, thank you Uncle Qiao." ”

Qiao Le laughed, and the half-elf boy tugged at the corner of his clothes: "Doesn't it matter if you say this?" ”

"What's the matter? This child is only playing here for a few days, and it is not a long-term stay, what is the use of you telling her so much detail? Old Joe turned to Minna absently, "This town is full of half-elves, we are different from elves, we are very friendly to your uncle, even if you play in the town, just remember not to run into the forest." ”

Minna nodded, took another sip of juice, and asked, "You and my grandfather...... Is uncle a good friend? ”

Joe smiled, "Not really, in fact, most half-elves don't recognize him, but those who know his identity will be grateful to him." ”

Minna was a little puzzled, and the half-elf boy asked Qiao with some excitement: "Is that black-haired and black-eyed guest just now...... Why didn't I think of that?! When the elf came to him, he called his name! He turned to Minna and said, "It turns out that your uncle is Xiao!" Thank him so much, if he hadn't proposed this town, we half-elves would still be ostracized by the elves and have to be scattered all over the continent. It's okay for ordinary-looking half-elves like me and Uncle Joe, those who are beautiful and live hellish days, and it's like a dream to live a safe and leisurely life like today. ”

There were two other half-elves sitting in the store drinking tea and chatting, and they all came over when they heard the words, they had heard the news of Xiao Tianjian's return, but they hadn't seen anyone yet, and it was also a joy to see his "niece".

Minna was happy to hear them compliment her grandfather, but she was still a little puzzled: "Big brother just said that a beautiful person will have a bad life, why?" Aren't pretty people more likable? ”

The boy was speechless for a while, and the other two didn't know how to answer, Joe coughed and winked at Minna: "You don't have to ask about this, just know that we half-elves are your uncle's friends." The others laughed and agreed.

Minna nodded as if she didn't understand, and suddenly remembered someone: "I saw a beautiful uncle before, his name is Keith, and he is also a half-elf, but he doesn't seem to like me very much...... Uncle. ”

The two half-elves suddenly became interested: "Little Keith?" He's still alive? How's it going? "Yes, he said that he wanted to go to the outside world, and if he couldn't achieve something, he wouldn't come back for the rest of his life. No matter how we persuaded him, we didn't listen, we haven't heard from him for several years, and we thought he was dead. ”

"Uncle Keith is very good, he now lives in Mount Toure with a great magician. I just came from him. ”

"I see." Joe suddenly realized, "Lao Xiao said that he came back after hearing about his son, presumably Keith said it, right?" That kid, since he was a child, he heard us talk about Lao Xiao, and he always wanted to make a name for himself outside, but he used to admire Xiao very much, how could he not like him? ”

Is that so? Minna recalls Keith and his grandfather, and it doesn't look like a look of worship, does it? However, she was very interested in her grandfather's story, and asked a few half-elves, and they began to talk nonsense. Those were stories she didn't know before.

It turned out that Grandpa had traveled thousands of miles back to the Elven Forest because he accidentally discovered the will of an elven elder who had wandered away and a World Tree seed that had not yet dried up left behind when he was adventuring outside. Poisoned in the Misty Wasteland and accidentally injured by an elf, he had to stay and recuperate. Later, he made a few elven friends, and learned some elven unique light skills from them, and a year later, he married the elven princess. It's just that due to the rule that non-elves are not allowed to enter the Elf King City, he had to settle down on the outskirts of the forest, that is, at that time, he met the expelled Joe and other half-elves.

The half-elves recalled that time and sighed: "We had a great time then, and everyone was very motivated to build their own town. It's a pity that Lao Xiao left later, and he didn't come back until now, he has been gone for so many years, no wonder Princess Funoya refuses to forgive him. ”

"Isn't it? What a gentle and kind person Princess Funoya is, she never looks down on us, and often brings us food and drink, when the town was first built, thanks to her support, otherwise we would not have been able to hold on. ”

"I hope Xiao won't leave again this time, just stay here and live a happy life, it's good to spend more time with his wife and children, that child is too pitiful."

Minna was a little unhappy when she heard these discussions. If Grandpa stays, what will she do? Grandpa said that he would accompany her to find her parents. Are that princess and her son pathetic? Her grandmother had been waiting for her grandfather for many years, until she died, and Grandma Mirabel. If grandpa really stayed for that princess, what about his family and the family on his uncle's side?

While the crowd was talking, a beautiful little figure suddenly appeared outside the door, and it was the little prince Radlow. He walked in with his head held high, glanced at Minna and the others with disdain, and said to Joe proudly, "My lunch." ”

Qiao Le replied hehehehe: "It's okay right away, you can sit down first." Then he went to the kitchen. A half-elf greeted Radlow in a friendly manner: "Little prince, how come you are free today?" Didn't the princess prepare lunch for you? ”

As if he had been punched, the little boy glared at the half-elf fiercely: "Rude guy, what's the matter with you?!" He tried to make a vicious expression, but unfortunately that pretty little face ruined the effect, and only made people think that he was awkward and cute. The half-elves present all smiled secretly, and the little boy's face suddenly turned red, and he was about to have a seizure.

At this time, the silver-gray haired half-elf boy hurriedly comforted him: "Don't be angry, everyone also teases you because they think you are cute and like you, why do you always make a nasty look?" Come and sit down. This is Xiao's niece Minna, you are about the same age, be good friends. ”

Minna felt that the half-elf big brother was very good, and decided to give him face, and forgave the stinky fart child very much, so she took the initiative to say hello: "Hello, this juice is delicious, do you want to have some?" ”

But the little boy did not appreciate it, and he jumped up violently and shouted at the boy: "You fool! Do you think I'm the same age as this little brat?! Then he shouted at Minna: "Tu Baozi, I drink this every day, what's so rare?!" ”

Minna was angry: "What are you doing? I'm kind enough to ask you, what are you angry at me?! And say I'm a little kid? You're not much older than me! ”

The two children were furious, and when they saw that they were about to fight, Joe and the boy hurriedly hugged each other, and the former persuaded the little boy: "You are a prince, you must be graceful, and quarreling with girls is not what a prince should do." The latter advised the little girl: "Your uncle has told you to be obedient, what will you say if he knows that you have quarreled with the little prince?" ”

Minna remembered what her grandfather said, "If you don't behave, you won't give a storage ring", and immediately became honest. Radlow's side also restrained his temper slightly, and the two children reluctantly shook hands under the persuasion of adults (half-elves), and became friends, but the two still ignored each other.

Seeing this, Qiao hurriedly brought lunch and let the two children sit together to eat. I don't know which sage said that people who have eaten together and sweated are more likely to become friends than others. In order to coax the two children, he also specially picked a few bunches of small fruits hanging from the window frame for them to eat.

Minna's lunch consisted of mushroom soup, buns, and a few brightly colored fruits, which she ate with relish. Of the bunches of small fruits, she liked the red ones the most, which was moderately sweet and sour, and the purple ones, some of which were too sweet, and when she saw that Ladlow liked them, she threw them all to him, which was a gesture of friendship.

Radlow liked little purple fruits, but he liked sweet things more than girls as a boy, which made him feel a little embarrassed, so when he heard Minna say that her favorite fruit was oranges, he half disdainfully and half-ostentatiously talked about the varieties of fruits he knew, many of which were unheard of outside and were special fruits of the Elven Forest.

Minna was at first a little angry at his attitude, but gradually, she was attracted by his words and became interested in the strange and delicious fruits.

Seeing her looking at her with bright eyes, Ladlow began to think that it was not good to have such a friend, and generously expressed his willingness to take her to open her eyes after eating.

The half-elves laughed when they saw the two children getting along, and whispered to each other about their opinions.

As soon as she finished eating, Minna eagerly urged Radlow to take her to see the fruits, and the little prince held his head high and proudly led the way in front of her, leading her to his "secret base".

It was an old tree on the edge of the town, and it had a big hole in it that could hold a lot of things. Radlow pulled out a large basket made of dried rattan and filled it with fruit.

He introduced them one by one, some were round, some were fan-shaped, some looked like flowers, and some were slender and long like snakes. There is a small fruit that tastes sweet and greasy, and can be used to make sweet wine; There is a fruit whose seeds are delicious and can be used as a snack; There is also a kind of fruit that must be removed before eating, otherwise it will make a strange sound similar to a cry......

Minna was so anxious that Radlow hung her appetite for a long time before he was satisfied with her to settle the fruit. The two children ate until their stomachs were round, and they fell there, and they laughed when they saw each other's stupid appearances.

After laughing, Minna sighed, "I'm so full." Where do you find so many delicious fruits? I've never seen any of them. She grew up in Qiton, where supplies were poor, because she had a rich grandfather who often brought some food and clothing, and she had already seen a little bit of the world, but the variety of fruits in the Elven Forest was so rich that she couldn't help but sigh.

Radlow was very proud, thinking that this was a compliment to himself, and gave Minna a blank look: "Tubaozi, this is just a small meaning, there is more." He thought it necessary to open the eyes of this new friend, most likely a relative, so as not to lose face, so he pulled out his collection from the hollow of the tree and showed it to her.

His collection included several large hedrons and all kinds of bird feathers, colorful and colorful, Minna was amazed to see it, but Radlow pouted and said, "What is this, my aunt has a white peacock, that hair is beautiful, one day I will pluck one." The last thing he showed was a bundle of silver fur: "This is plucked from the silver wolf, it's beautiful, isn't it?" It glows at night. ”

It was indeed very beautiful, but Minna was shocked to hear it: "Is it that kind of very tall wolf?" You actually ran to pluck its hair, aren't you afraid that it will bite you?! ”

But the little prince said, "It's all right, they have made a pact with the elves, and they will not bite me to death." He casually pulled up his left sleeve: "You see, the wound has long been healed." "There was a hideous scar on his left arm, and although the wound had healed, it was clearly not well cared for, and his skin was somewhat pitted.

Minna gasped and felt a little pain in her left arm: "It must be painful, right?" Why are you messing with wolves? "That's a beast!

Ladlow said nonchalantly: "It was a little painful at the time, but my mother stayed with me for a month, and with my mother, it was not a big deal to have some pain." ”

Minna asked curiously, "Doesn't your mother live with you?" ”

Radlow shook his head: "She's an elf and lives in the forest, I'm a half-elf and I've lived alone in the town for as long as I can remember." I can only see her once every few days. ”

"And what about your dad?"

"He's a bastard!" After cursing, Radlow stopped his mouth and refused to say any more.

Seeing that he was unhappy, Minna's heart became heavy: "My mother has also left me." ”

"Why? Is she also an elf? ”

"No, my father and mother quarreled, and my mother went back to my grandfather's house in anger, and asked my father to pick him up before she would come back. My grandfather's house is by the sea, far from here. ”

"The sea? What does that look like? I've heard people say it's blue. ”

"Well...... I haven't seen it either. Minna tilted her head, "But I'll see it soon, and when my uncle sees his son, he'll take me to my mother, and then I'll be able to see the sea, and maybe I'll be on a big boat." ”

"You're leaving?" Radlow was stunned for a moment, then blushed, glared at Minna fiercely, and jumped up and ran quickly.

Minna didn't know what was wrong with him, she called his name loudly, but she couldn't make him turn back, and seeing the things piled up on the floor, she had to put them in a basket and put them back in the hollow of the tree before returning to the inn.

Radlow wasn't there, Joe said he hadn't returned, and Minna wondered why this new friend was angry. Is it just because she said that she and her grandfather are leaving?

In the evening, Xiao Tianjian came back with a tired face, Minna told him about getting along with his new friends during the day, he was not too interested in the little boy's troubles, but he paid close attention to a certain half-elf boy: "The big brother who is our guide, do you know his name?" What does he do to you? ”

"That big brother? I don't know what his name is, but he's a very nice person, and he advised us when I had a fight with Xiaola today. ”

"Oh?" Xiao Tianjian groaned, recalling that he still couldn't find out about his son from his wife today, and he was thinking about when to find out the true identity of the young man.