Snow Elf Village

In the deepest part of the Star Whispering Forest, there is a village of snow elves, where there are about a few hundred snow elves.

Most of the snow elves live in rudimentary wooden shelters, while a small number of them live in slightly more elegant treehouses.

Even in the deepest Snow Elf villages, most of the trees were largely destroyed by the flames, except for a few trees that were preserved by spells, and these trees are now inhabited by the upper echelons and elites of the Snow Elves.

The three of them were brought to the village by the snow elves and placed in two tents and guarded closely, but they didn't seem to have any ill intentions, making Leach say that the feeling of a happy meeting was wrong for a while.

"All good intentions may not lead to a good result, and without malice, it may not hurt people. 」

"You're here again, they don't even restrict our personal freedom, and they haven't even taken away their weapons and equipment, so they don't look like they want to hurt us. You've always been reluctant to trust people, and you see those snow elves talking about not being allowed to move around at will, and it's not that Eren is getting out of the tent. ”

He has neither a high intelligence capable of deducing the cause of everything, nor any solid evidence to prove anything, all he has is an ethereal feeling and a little speculation.

Hopefully, he guessed wrong, he thought about it and looked at Allen, who was actively participating in the treatment outside.

"She's a nice girl, isn't she?"

Leach gave him a cup of boiling water and sat down on the floor in the tent.

And Xi Xiangyu poured water into the teapot that he took out of the space bag, which contained the tea leaves he cultivated himself.

"She's a nice person, and much more normal than another good person I know. 」

"That's not what I'm talking about......"

"Your snowy owl is probably flying this way from the academy by now, and it's carrying a reply from Heras. 」

The snow owl that had been released to the academy by Leach a few days ago had arrived the night before, and he had written down the situation of Windhelm City and his questions about the encounter, and handed it to the mentor that Leach's snow owl would bring some key information when he arrived.

"Sure enough, I knew the corgi wouldn't get lost, but would it really be able to find us?"

When I went back, I easily arrived through Snowy Owl's familiarity with the Academy, but Snowy Owl didn't know where Joy and Leach had run after that, and it was unlikely that it would be possible to do it no matter how much you thought about it.

Leach didn't believe in the promise of a happy encounter, which no one could do, impossible, impossible.

"I wrote in the letter that I want my mentor to tell you...... Where the corgi is going to fly, trust me, I knew the approximate location of our future in a few days. We'll just go find your corgi then. 」

Taking advantage of the fact that the air conditioner had not yet frozen the tea, the happy meeting quickly finished drinking some warm tea and tidied up his clothes and walked out of the tent.

"Let's go, let's go out for a walk. 」

And as he was about to walk out of the tent, two snow elves outside the door stopped him.

"You two can't move around freely, especially you, it's best to stay there all the time. ”

"Including going to the toilet?"

“...... Sure enough, it's a barbaric inferior race, just do whatever you want, anyway, it's you who live in it. ”

Returning to the inside of the tent, Xi Xiangyu had to continue drinking tea and looking at Allen, who had forgotten about his teammates in the distance, hoping that she would quickly remember that there were two more people waiting for her here.

Until a few hours later.

"Lucky and happy, the snow elves have given me these, let's eat together. ”

The wounded Snow Elves thanked the Half-Elves who had healed them without hesitation, and gave Alan their supplies or items as gifts, and she only took a small portion of them to share with the two of them.

"Sure enough, you're more popular, although the house cat is also a druid and can heal spells, but it's completely disliked by others. ”

"Maybe that means I'm good at hating? And Alan has a lot of milk, and you're dps? 」

"I can understand what you say alone, but why can't I understand it when you put it together? ”

"She even knows I'm from Earth? 」

"All. ”

「emmmmm。 」

Anyway, the three of them had a sumptuous dinner in the tent for a long time, and the food of the snow elves was simple and delicate, and it was also delicious, much better than the monotonous bread broth barbecue.

"I don't have much hope, but I'll ask. Did you find anything suspicious in the village?"

"No, not at all. Although everyone in the snow elves is very mean, they are actually not bad-hearted. ”

"Maybe it's because you're kind-hearted that you think everyone is a good person. 」

"Do you think of me as a little girl who is not deeply involved in the world? I have been walking all over the Northland all year round, so I have seen a lot of filth. You think too much, the snow elves really have no ill intentions. ”

Then Alan seemed to suddenly remember something, paused for a moment, and then became solemn.

"If you have to pick a thorn...... Maybe...... I mean, maybe, they might actually be trading with someone. ”

While treating the wounded around, Alan found some marks of heavy weight, but at the time she thought they were traces left by the wounded's stretcher. Now that I think about it, it is impossible for an elf to leave that kind of trace so light.

I'm afraid those marks would have to weigh at least a thousand pounds or more to leave them.

"What about the details of those marks? For example, is there snow or ash on it, is there any plants or moss on it, and what is the state of those plants?"

Speaking of traces, that is the main business of the wilderness expert ranger, as a ranger who needs to survive in the wild all year round, tracking is a necessary professional skill.

Alan carefully recalled for a moment and told Leach the details of the trace, and Leach immediately came to a conclusion.

"The marks were from a few days ago, they weighed at least a few thousand pounds, and there was a smell of sulfur all around the charred black...... No, it can't be. Hey, house cat......"

According to Allen's description, Leach found that the result was a little beyond his imagination, and hurriedly asked for confirmation from Xi Xiangyu.

"Unfortunately, the Snow Elves are in trouble...... Now I'll find a little creature and talk to it about sending the letter to the Academy, and hopefully we'll be able to get it back in time. 」

"No, happy to meet, don't rush to conclusions yet. I'm going to ask the Snow Elves what happened now, they weren't the ones to do such a bad thing. ”

Alan rushed out of the tent as she spoke, and from the sound of footsteps, she ran anxiously in the direction of the treehouse.

"Let's go on, let me think about what the spells and materials for the Animal Messenger spell are......