Xia looked at her with a smile, expecting the other party's reaction.

I thought she would be very happy, maybe give herself a fragrant kiss or something, but when the half-elf girl saw the leaf, her body trembled violently as if it was invaded by the cold.

"Nana?"

Natsu noticed that something seemed to be wrong.

“…… I hate you! ”

Natya Vida suddenly spoke, saying something that surprised her.

Then he took the leaf and put it on his chest.

"I ...... What's wrong? ”

Natsu, who was a little confused, took a step back.

She didn't understand why she had done a good deed, but the other party saw the leaf as if she had seen a ghost.

"Nothing."

Natya Vida took a deep breath, put the leaf close to her, and then laughed miserably:

"Maybe I should be grateful to you...... Helped me make one of the hardest decisions. ”

"Nana, if you have any troubles, I want you to talk to me about it."

Xia walked up to her and hugged her, and said to her in a voice:

"Sometimes a person thinks too much about things, and he will get into the tip of the horns, and get narrower and narrower into it, and finally fall into a situation from which he cannot extricate himself."

"But if you consult with others, you may get some enlightenment."

Although this may be a suspicion of being nosy, but seeing the beloved girl with this expression, she can't just sit idly by and ignore it anyway.

"Consult with the others...... Revelation ......"

The half-elf girl murmured.

Her hand rested lightly on the back of Natsu's hand, and she stroked the slippery skin with her slender fingers, and finally grabbed the hand tightly.

"Natsu, then I'll ask you a question."

When she said this, there was a hint of fear hidden in her voice:

"Do you know how long the strongest human warrior in the continent, the longest-lived one in thousands of years, lived?"

"Uh......h It seems that there are many different races among human beings. The longest-lived ones are probably the Taruman people in the southern part of the continent. ”

Xia also studied the history and customs of some parts of the continent, and recalled such a human race:

"Their country borders the Harlem Empire, but it has never been conquered by the Empire; Legend has it that one of their greatest kings lived to be 500 years old, and even ordinary people were able to live for more than 200 years, so it was called the 'Nation of Immortality' by many. ”

Seeing the silence of the half-elf girl, she took the initiative to open the conversation:

"You know what? Actually, I've heard a story about the Taruman people. It's a very poignant love story. ”

She had the audacity to rub the half-elf girl's neck, smelled her fragrance and said:

"The story starts with a song...... It was the meeting of a mortal and an elven maiden, a glade in the woods sprinkled with moonlight, and starlight twinkling in the shadows of the trees, where elven maidens danced; The traveler from afar lost his way and saw this golden dance. ”

Natsu said as she gently stroked Natia Vida's long hair:

The fatigue of the long journey was instantly healed, and the traveler's footsteps were drawn by the moonlit maiden, and followed her into the dense forest of elves. But the maiden disappeared into the forest...... The traveler searched for her everywhere, and the heat and winter had passed, and she finally came again in spring, and the traveler summoned up the courage to call her name—"

At this point, she deliberately stopped and quietly stuck her head out.

But I found that the half-elf girl was listening quietly, and there was no expression on her face.

She shrank her head back with some disappointment:

"This is a ballad from Taruman that is supposed to be just a fictional story; But the prince of Taruman firmly believes that there is an elven girl in this world who belongs only to him. So he left his country and went to the distant Moonlight Forest. Embark on a long journey to find the elves. ”

"Time flies, and finally one day, when he was singing this song by the campfire, he met the beautiful fairy princess, and fell in love with her at first sight."

"The love affair between a mortal and an elf brought him glory and a throne, but it did not give him eternal life...... He said goodbye to his children. He came to the secret room where the kings had passed away quietly, and met his lover who had been persuaded away by him. ”

The elf could not bear to let him go away like this, and made a final stay, but the king only kissed her on the forehead and chose to die as a human. After the funeral, the elf princess returned to the forest alone where the two had met. It didn't take long for him to die of grief, and from that day on, the star flower Illano never opened in the southern part of the continent again......"

"-Say no more!!"

Natya Vida suddenly shouted.

Then Xia felt a little warm liquid dripping from the back of her hand, and the half-elf girl pushed her away, covered her face and ran into the dense forest next to her.

"Nana!"

Xia didn't expect this story to bring her such a big stimulus, so she was stunned in place for a moment, and hurriedly chased after her.

She was much faster than the flightless archmage, and soon chased after the half-elf girl, grabbing her arm.

"I apologize, I shouldn't have told you such a sad story."

She looked at Natia Vida with tears streaming down her face, and fell into deep self-blame in her heart: "You can scold me and beat me as much as you want, but don't be angry anymore......"

“…… I'm not angry, Natsu. ”

The half-elf girl wiped her tears and said, her voice still so gentle:

"The story you told me was very moving, and I loved it."

"Then you ......"

Natsu couldn't understand why she was the way she was.

"I just thought about something."

Natyavida looked up at the World Tree and said in an imperceptible voice, "Elves and mortals...... Is it really impossible to have a happy ending? ”

"You see, you're crying like a little flower cat right now."

Xia helped her wipe the tears from her face and said with a smile:

"But it's still just as cute."

The two returned to the camp hand in hand, and the others looked at them with a strange look in their eyes.

Natsu ignored the eyes of others and went to the werewolf princess with Natya Vida, and was about to have a good chat with the two girls, but was called out by the lich.

"You'd better keep an eye on the half-elf, buddy."

The lich glanced at Natya Vida in the distance:

"I can feel that she has been given some kind of strong suggestion, and it has been cast by someone she trusts completely, and it is deeply imprinted in her spiritual sea."

Its words are accompanied by a warning:

"That means...... As long as she doesn't give up on her own initiative, no one will be able to decipher this hint, and I suspect it will bring disaster to her. (To be continued......) R1292