Chapter 23: The Moon's Decision
"Luke, what are you thinking?" Erlinee took the rattan basket into her arms, the mulberries in it were cultivated with great difficulty, but they couldn't withstand Ouyang's big hands, even if this sweet fruit was brought by him.
"Raise your head to look at the bright moon", "talk about wine", what else can Ouyang think about at this time?
But he really had one thing in mind.
"What do you do when you send someone to the mainland every hundred years?" What are your plans?" Ouyang really couldn't understand the reason, after thousands of years of hard work, why did Cadore still live in a corner and gradually withered in the population?
"Yes, Sister El. My sister hasn't been back for 300 years, and the last letter was more than 100 years ago, and she said that she had found some clues about the ancient elves and was leaving Lotherma, and she hadn't heard from her for a hundred years. Santis paused in prayer and asked eagerly. She had just realized nature in the moonlight, which was the priest's way of practice.
"It's been 5,000 years, and more than 50 excellent Cadores have crossed the ocean and returned. Cadore has updated the magical knowledge of the outside world from generation to generation, renewing the bloodline of the druids, we know the situation of each elf bloodline, we have always understood the situation of the continent, the sea and land wars, the bit wars, the tran split, the pattern of the continent in the past five thousand years, earth-shaking changes, and we elves, still live in seclusion in various places. The nature of elves is to study, magic, nature, music, ...... There are so many wonderful things that allow elves to immerse themselves in their long lives and delay other things. Returning to the country, every predecessor found a hope for the restoration of the country, but they all deviated from this path and turned it into a study of a certain career. Sister Ellenita left Lothmar in pursuit of the trail of the Ancient Elves, and the Mentor of Amuras formed an organization to save enslaved elven slaves...... A similar situation happened to every senior, even High Priest Erwin and Aunt Lynchet, as if the other end of the ocean was the world of flowers, and Cadore who had left the ivory tower was lost......"
Ellene's face was full of sorrow, sadness for her seniors, sadness for Cadore, and even more for her own future. When you go to Lotherma, should you go looking for the mentor you missed for a hundred years, what will be the things that will disorient you, magic, or whatever?
Ouyang suddenly understood why Kadore had never been able to fulfill his wish. Not only before, but also in the future, it will be difficult for Kadore to return to the country, even if Santis does summon an elemental creature. Could it be that his own advent is really the meaning of the moon god?
"What's your plan?"
"Unite the elves of various tribes and re-establish a kingdom in the Baiyue Forest. In fact, the problem we are facing now is that the population is decreasing, and if the elves of all races do not unite and marry together, it is difficult to say whether there will be elves in the future. But for some reason, every time the lobbying was unsuccessful, we lacked the strength to screw the various elven tribes together. Erlene sighed.
"What about you, do you have any plans?" Ouyang asked after glancing at Santis, who was listening carefully.
"I'm planning to go to the Baiyue Forest, where several elven tribes live, and I hope to convince them. And the method of persuasion is a powerful force. Just like Queen Aishara at the beginning, she has absolute power to control the entire elven empire and control the fate of every elf. It's just that Queen Azhara abused her power and led to the fall of the Elven Empire. "I have studied the history of every country on Lotharma, and to rule a kingdom you must have absolute power!
Ouyang looked at the strange red light on Erlinee's face, shook his head, and said, "You're not worried that you will eventually evolve into a pure pursuit of power?"
Ellene lowered her head and didn't speak, she couldn't decide how to tell the Luna Emissary what she was looking forward to.
But Santis exclaimed, "What? Luke is also going to the mainland?"
"Yes, my contractor, dear Shantis. I don't have that long life, wait a hundred years. Ouyang looked at the surprised silver eyes and replied definitively.
"No, I'm your priest, I'm going with you, I think three people are better than one!" Santis shook her head, looked at the mage expectantly, and said what she thought, "The High Priest won't agree to you leaving Gaillard alone!"
"No, Shantis, I have to leave Gaillard, I have experience from another world, some ideas, I have to see this world to be able to implement them, no matter what the outcome, I will be back in three years. Ouyang patted his chest, "The monks don't say anything, believe me, Sandy, I will convince the High Priest as I will convince you." ”
"But you can't even convince me now!" said Santis, flattening her mouth.
"In my country, there is an effective way to rule over many peoples throughout history, and that is marriage!"
"Marriage?" Not only Santis, but even the pensive Ellene were intrigued.
"Yes, your family will marry a princess, and my family will marry a princess, everyone is in-laws, so naturally they can sit down and talk. Ouyang said it as a matter of course, as if this method must be suitable for elves.
"No, it won't. Erlene shook her head, "Although there are not so many princesses married in Kadore, it is also the pride of Kadore who goes to the mainland, and there have been marriages. The Druid Eraden is a half-elf, half-druid half-blood, but as you can see, nothing has changed. Actually, I've considered a lot of methods, but after analyzing it, I still think that absolute power is the best. I don't like it either, I like to read books quietly and study the mysteries of magic, but for the sake of Cadore, for the sake of the elves' future, I have to force myself. ”
Erleni said this as if she was encouraging herself to make a decision, and Ouyang understood that the red on her face before was to muster up the courage to say that she didn't like to make a decision.
"Elle, it doesn't have to be like this, maybe my method will work, you don't have to force yourself. Power is such a thing, sometimes things are extremely opposed. Ouyang comforted.
"Marriage?" Ellene wondered.
"That's right, Luke, Sister Elle said, history has proven that marriage does not work in elves, speaking of which, all elven tribes are split from the Night Elves, only we Kadore are the continuation of the Night Elves, and there is also a marriage between us. Santis didn't understand.
"That's not what I'm talking about in marriage, doesn't every elf tribe have a queen or princess? Find a man, each tribe asks for a queen or princess to be a wife, and be a prince of multiple tribes, doesn't it have the right to speak?" Ouyang Thief squinted at a pair of "blindfolded pig eyes", looked at the two women, and said embarrassedly, "Do you think it's good?"
"No way!"
"Lukey, you won't want to ......"
The two women immediately refused, and the eyes of the divine envoy became wary.
Could it be that the angel has really been defiled by the spider queen, and has become as depraved as Drow?
"What's wrong with me? Don't look at me like that, I don't know Rose. Ouyang hurriedly clarified that since he was suspected of being defiled by spiders, Ouyang deliberately learned about the history of the dark elf Drow and understood the reason, "I only have a hundred or more years of life, not to mention whether this time is enough to win so many princesses and queens, even if I succeed, when I sit down, won't I leave a group of harem to fight for power?
"Luke, how can you think like that? Your mind is so depraved......" The little girl was so angry that she couldn't find the words to scold this visitor from the other world, "that's why you persuaded me? It's so hateful, I won't let you leave!"
Erlene looked down in thought, she stopped Santis's temper and said, "Alright, Sandy, maybe that's a good idea......"
Santis immediately interrupted, "Sister El, how can you!"
"Listen to me. Ellene hugged Santis affectionately and continued: "I suddenly thought of a person, the epic hero of the 'War of Gods and Demons', His Highness Legolas. ”
"What's wrong with him, Your Highness isn't of mixed race, and he doesn't have many wives. Do you want to say that there is a descendant of His Royal Highness in Kadore, and then he marries many princesses...... The moon god is above!" the little girl was frightened by her own thoughts, and covered her mouth and did not dare to say any more.
"Little girl, where do you want to go?" Ellene patted Santis on the head, "What do you think His Highness Legolas is capable of?"
Santis tilted his head and thought about it seriously, and said carefully: "His Royal Highness Legolas is born as a forest elf, his ability is the 'incarnation of the Three Altars of the Sea Society', holding the three elven bows, commanding all the elves in the world, once single-handedly defeated a team of golems, changed the situation of the Lotharma coalition army, and in order to commemorate him, his highness and his companions were named epic heroes. ”
"See, His Highness Legolas is a powerful man, and he is a hero, both for posterity and for those of his time. He was able to command all the elves because he was a hero and everyone looked up to him. Lu Kai just said that to find a person who has influence in each elven tribe, this person does not necessarily need to be a prince of each clan, but he must be a hero that everyone admires. In fact, I thought about it before, of course, having a strong power can unite the elves, but what the elves reject the most is precisely the oppression of power, and they will be separated because of this ten thousand years ago. And now the conditions are different, we can make a hero!" Erlene excitedly said her thoughts, leading Santis to think.
Ellene understands that she is a Traveler of this term, but she cannot be a hero herself, but Santis is different, she is not only the best candidate for the next Traveler, but she has the potential to become that hero.
"Heroes? How do we make heroes? Now that the war has not affected the elves, how can we replicate the second Highness Legolas to guide the elves?"
"My little girl, aren't you a hero?" said Ellene, rubbing Santis' blonde hair fondly.
"I, how can I be a hero, I'm just a little fool, far from my sister. ”
Indeed, whether it is compared with her own sister Elenita or compared with the genius mage sister next to her, Santis has a big gap, which has always made the little girl feel a little inferior and brought a lot of pressure.
"You're a little fool! Think about it, for thousands of years, which Kadore has successfully summoned an emissary? Your sister summoned an elemental pill, but what about you? Our great priest of Nightface, you have summoned and contracted an emissary with otherworldly thinking, and this emissary also has the eye of the moon! Aren't you our hero?"
In fact, there is another point that Erleni did not mention, Ouyang's arrival came out of the "Holy Dragon Gate", indicating that there is also the meaning of the dragon god Haibo. But elves and dragons have never had a good relationship, and they don't know what that means.
Ouyang suddenly discovered that Erleni really had a talent for lobbying, and almost all of Cadore's ignored this, but with a few words, she made a little girl living in the shadow of her sister shine in her eyes and wanted to be a hero.
Seeing Ellene smirk at him, Ouyang suddenly remembered that Ellene had trained herself in this area.
Erlinee struck while the iron was hot, and continued: "And Lukey, he is your contractor, he went to the mainland with me, as long as we create some heroic deeds, we can mold you into a greater hero!"
"That's right!" Santis seemed to suddenly understand, and her eyes lit up, "Aunt Lynn once retrieved the artifact Starfall, if we retrieve all three divine bows, won't it be the same as His Highness Legolas?" ”
Ellene immediately understood what Santis meant, and refused: "No, you can't go to the mainland with us. ”
"Give me a reason. "Santis didn't give up.
"You're young, you're not an adult!" said Ellene, bluntly.
"I'm not too small!" said Shantis puffed out. But I found that I was indeed not big, and there was still a long way to go compared to the mage.
In fact, the elf is not big, let alone an underage elf.
"The High Priest won't agree!"
"I will convince my mother-in-law, just as I will convince you!"
Hearing Santis's words, Ouyang and Erleni glanced at each other and couldn't help laughing.
Ellene said: "This is the charm of fate! There is a saying in the elves, which was said by the guardian of the continent a long time ago: 'The moon is cloudy and sunny, and the yuan is fixed; the moon is lacking in the sky, and the world is impermanent, and the most important thing is to create and make people'." We elves worship the moon, probably hoping that we can be like the moon, eternal and calm. The current elves, just like the lack of the moon in the sky, may the Mother God bless us, and hope that the trajectory we choose will be perfect. ”
"Elune is above!" said Shantis as she prayed, singing an ancient ode to the moon.
Ouyang stared at the moon blankly and stopped talking.
"What are you thinking?" asked Erinee softly.
"Homesick!" Ouyang slowly swallowed the mulberry in his mouth, leaving a sweet taste on his tongue.
"In my country, Sang represents hometown, eating hometown here, looking at the moon, listening to Santis singing the praise of the moon, can you miss home?
As he spoke, Ouyang's voice became a little hoarse.
"Hmm. Ellene didn't say anything, but quietly listened to Santis's singing:
...... It is her boundless magic that often brings my spirit to the Goriti: I love the silver waves the most, the silver bells with music in the waves, and the white foam like a ponytail is also as carved as jewels. A perfect bright moon, and it will never be broken! As long as I close these eyes, she will ascend to the sky!