Fairy changer, this is a word that sounds both familiar and unfamiliar to Atalanta. If it weren't for the bits and pieces of information she'd gathered about her own ordeal during the trip, she might not have been able to make out the word that Cheese had spoken. Being able to discern does not mean that you can understand. The swordswoman stood up, her hands on the table and almost pounced on the mage's head, "You know the goblin changer! you can tell me what the goblin changer is!"

This time it was Cheese's turn to be surprised, he didn't expect that the other party didn't even know what the fairy changer was. However, thinking of the information he knew, and the accounts that made people doubt the authenticity even in the library of the Gray Tower, the mage quickly understood Atta's situation, and he motioned for the other party to calm down before speaking,

"The so-called goblin change, as the name suggests, is that the goblin has changed the child. And this kind of exchange often occurs in human communities. In fact, according to the records of elves and dwarves, there have been cases of goblin swapping children in their races, but such examples only existed in very distant times. Based on the fact that both races are currently able to communicate with elves, such as elves and children of the green, it can be understood that the elves have stopped doing so because they are able to communicate with these two races. In this way, the purpose of the goblin swap that takes place in humans is clear, and the goblins are to raise goblins who grow up in human society by exchanging their own children for human children, so as to understand the way of thinking and living habits of humans. Their ultimate goal may be to find a way to communicate with humans. As for you, you are a victim of this child-swapping game, that is, the son of a human who has been adopted by the goblins. Am I right?"

Although the swordswoman claims that she doesn't know the truth about the fairy changer, Cheese still asks her about the correctness of her explanation. This is also because the fairy swap is so unbelievable that even the wizards of the Grey Tower dare not fully believe what they have just said.

After all, if the elves really rely on this method to understand humans, then they are afraid that it will take a long time, because the gap between humans in this world is no less than the gap between humans and elves or dwarves, and the information obtained through the exchange is narrow and one-sided, and it is likely to be full of misunderstandings. Judging by the long history of elves in this world, they shouldn't have done anything so inefficient. But they were goblins, and no one knew what they thought.

"I, I don't know. What you said is most likely right, but I, I don't have a memory of being a child. I have no memory of my childhood, all I know is the time of my birth and information about the flaklag. The man who gave me this sword told me that it would take me to my own family. Atta's expression was mixed, a mixture of confusion, pain, grievance, and unease. And no matter which of these emotions is the strongest, they are all negative.

"Don't you have any memories of being raised by the goblins..."Cheese's eyes flickered slightly, "Do you mind if I check your body?" You won't feel any discomfort or hurt during the process. ”

There was no reason to refuse, and Atta reached out his slightly trembling right hand to the mage, who grabbed the swordsman's palm with his left hand, while the fingers of his right hand quickly drew an invisible pattern in the palm of his hand. By this time, Cheese had noticed that whether or not Atta had been raised by the goblins, she had carved the traces of a difficult life on her hands.

Regardless of the anomalies caused by the influence of the elves, the female swordsman would not be more than seventeen years old, and for a girl of this age, she had obviously experienced too many things that she should not have experienced. In the past, Cheese would not have thought that there was anything wrong with this, everyone's fate has its own sad and pitiful place, and even for the person concerned, this part is likely to occupy a large proportion of the entire life experience, so it is meaningless to pity others. Now, the Master has come to understand that even if confusion and struggle are inevitable things in life, those who are not impressed and are still working hard are valuable.

"Don't you know where you came from? I don't know where I came from, I don't know why I came, and I don't know why I went. It's just that most people can give a more definite answer to these questions through society and blood, and you lose that right when you are swapped by the goblins. That's probably why Kolandi cares so much about you, she was also a lost person. Cheese whispered, not knowing if he was speaking to Atalanta or to himself.

The brilliance in the mage's eyes faded away, he let go of the hand holding the swordsman and shook his head slightly, "Good news or bad news, which do you want to hear?"

"Well, good news. Atta obviously doesn't do this kind of multiple-choice question very often, and hesitates between good and bad. However, her hesitation is actually superfluous, the so-called good and bad are just things like the two sides of the coin, in essence, they are all one, and where can they really be separated.

"The good news is that your childhood memories have not been subjected to any external influence. And the reason why you can't recall the memories of that time is because your human brain can't make sense of the memories that you were around the elves. According to my speculation, your childhood was probably spent in the world of goblins, which is no different from the abyss for normal humans, and it is a place of death with no return. You've survived probably because you didn't have the right cognitive abilities and didn't know anything about the crazy and grotesque conditions around you. And when you can recognize it, that's when you're cast out of the goblin realm. So, you don't have amnesia. ”

Amnesia, incomprehensible memories, in fact, Atta prefers to choose the former, because lost memories can be retrieved, but incomprehensible memories are completely incomprehensible. That's not good news at all, is it?, worry creeping up the girl's cheek again, "So, what about the bad news?"

"Bad news, maybe it can be taken as good news. Do you know why your ears are like this?" said Cheese, gesturing to Atta's shaggy ears in his chestnut hair.

"Generally speaking, this would be classified as bestiality, a symptom of a person becoming like a beast, which could be caused by a curse or a potion. But your situation is different, the reason why your body is abnormal is because of your soul. As a human raised by goblins, your body still belongs to a human, but your soul has become a somehow, inhuman being. Now your body and soul are like a jar with too much water. If the jar does not change shape for its contents, then it will shatter. Your ears are the result of this change. ”

"And what's worse is that this change doesn't stop there. Your body will gradually tend to a new state, whatever that state may be, and you will not be more than five years as a human being. "Change accelerates once it happens, and while Cheese says it's been five years, it's likely that Atta's human form was gone long before that time. After five years, the girl will become something that can no longer be called a human being, both inside and out.

"We're back! We also brought dinner, and I don't know how the barbecue recommended by the Grand Duke tastes, so I hurried to taste it while it was hot... Atta, why are you crying?"