Chapter 138: The Dispute Between the Two Princesses
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In the hall of the palace, everyone who heard the shouting turned their heads to look in the direction of the gate, only to see Sophia, the youngest daughter of the Elf King, wearing a silver chain mail and a short sword hanging from her waist, and hurried into the hall to the throne with the crisp footsteps of her high-heeled boots.
"Father, we must no longer tolerate those impudent dwarves, they must pay for their crimes!" Sophia pressed the hilt of her dagger at her waist in her hand, her red eyes burning with hatred, and the tears in the corners of her eyes had not faded.
Elf King Elendil glanced at his daughter silently, bowed his head and was silent, and the eldest princess Eva on the side gently stroked her sister's shoulder with her hand, and persuaded softly: "Sophia, don't disturb your father's thinking, this matter is very important, and you can't be blindly impulsive." β
"Sister Wang!" Sophia looked back at her angrily, feeling unreasonable at her words, she stared into Eva's calm eyes and asked loudly, "Have you forgotten Brother Wang's blood feud? Ten years have passed, and Brother Wang's revenge has not been avenged until now, and now that Trancy has suffered another murderous attack, do we still have to wait?"
"Sophia, no matter how great the personal hatred is, it cannot override the entire race, and if our brother Lorian knew about this matter, he would not approve of us sending troops at this time, so that the dark wizards and the Bloods can take advantage of the fire and take away the holy weapon that sealed the vampire king from the Sun and Moon Forest. β
Eva's voice was as calm as the waters of the Lake of the Virgin, and Rogge listened quietly, without feeling the slightest emotional fluctuation from it, and he looked at the quiet face of the eldest princess with his peripheral vision, and felt a trace of uneasy coldness in it.
"No, I don't believe that if Brother Wang lived, he would be the first to lead his troops to kill those hateful dwarves, Trancy is his best friend, he will not sit idly by and ignore his death!" Sophia was so excited that her face was flushed, and her light and pleasant voice was a little hoarse.
Eva sighed softly and shook her head, her eyes fell on the Elven King, and asked softly, "Father, have you made a decision?"
The little princess also looked back at the Elven King expectantly, and Elendil's gaze swept over the two daughters and the ministers and generals present, and fell on Rog's face for the last time, and he said, "Mr. Rogge, I should have refused your request, because the feud between the dwarves and my people has dragged on for too long. β
The Elven King's words made Rogge's heart sink, but then he sensed a glimmer of life, and he heard the Elven King's voice in a low tone: "However, since you are here on behalf of Master Augustine, I don't think what you said to me will be true, and the invasion of the dark wizard is obviously more dangerous. β
He waved his hand to stop the little daughter who was supposed to speak, and after a long silence, he seemed to have made a difficult choice: "I can stop declaring war on the dwarves for the time being, but I want you to be my messenger to negotiate with the dwarven king in the Fortress of the Burning Sun, and only if he can agree to my three conditions and sign the agreement, I will completely stop sending troops." β
"Willing to serve Your Majesty, please inform Your Majesty of the conditions of negotiation!" Rogge stepped forward and bowed as if he had been pardoned.
"First, the Dwarven King must guarantee that his soldiers will never cross the neutral zone, and if he can keep his promise, I can also guarantee that we will never cross the line, which is a binding condition for both sides!"
"Of course, Your Majesty, I believe this can be done. Roggo duΓ n responded.
"Second," the Elven King's sharp eyes revealed a hint of murderous intent, "the Dwarf King must hand over the murderer of Tracy, and if he is unwilling to hand over the person to me, he can also execute it himself, but I want you to supervise the execution for me at the execution ground, and you must confirm the true identity of the deceased!"
Rogge hesitated a little when he heard this, but the Elven King did not wait for his answer, and then said, "Third, the Dwarven King must return my eldest son Lorian's crystal longbow 'Moonlit Wind', these three are indispensable, Mr. Rogge, can you do it?"
Rogge couldn't help but sigh secretly, he knew that each of these three things was extremely difficult, although the Elf King's request was not excessive, but with his understanding of the Dwarf King, that grumpy bearded man would definitely not answer happily, maybe even thunderous.
Although it was very difficult, Rogge still readily accepted the conditions of the elf king, at least he could buy time and avoid the outbreak of war, but the little princess Sophia on the side heard her father's decision to temporarily withdraw the army, and immediately screamed angrily.
"Father, you can't continue to be patient, the dwarves have no credibility to speak of, they won't keep their promises, we have endured for so many years, even Brother Wang's bow has not been able to recover, now is the time to repay their blood debt!"
"Little sister, don't mess around anymore," the eldest princess Eva's voice suddenly became stern, she turned her head and stared at her sister with a solemn face, and said sharply: "My father has already made a decision on this matter, you can't be reckless because of your desire for revenge!"
"Sister Wang, why are you always defending those dwarves!" Sophia stared back at Eva angrily, and retorted sharply: "When the news of Brother Wang's death came, it was you who prevented your father from declaring war on the dwarves, and you have always made us calm down for so many years, and now that Trancy is dead, you make us endure again, what are you thinking?"
"I'm just looking at the big picture, and we can't get carried away by hatred. Eva replied calmly.
Enraged by Eva's casual calmness, Sophia was about to shout a rebuke to Eva, but the Elf King shouted at them: "Don't make any noise!
He turned his gaze to Rogge, and said majestically: "Mr. Rogge, if you can meet my three conditions, I will temporarily press down the old grudge with the dwarves and wait until a suitable time to settle it, but I ask that you must carry out my request to the letter, if you let me know that you have any deception about me, you know the consequences!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do my best!" Rogge said solemnly.
The Elven King nodded approvingly, and then said, "Very well, before you come back with the final result, I will send troops to strengthen patrols in the territory and find out the movements of the dark wizard and his henchmen, you don't have to worry about this matter." β
Sophia on the side saw that the matter had come to this, full of anger and nowhere to vent, she glared at everyone angrily, turned around and ran out of the hall angrily, the elf king glanced at the back of the little daughter leaving, sighed softly, and asked Eva to take Rogge and the others to the lounge to rest first.
Halfway through, Catherine, who was following Rogge, slowed down and distanced herself from the elf princess, and then asked Tali and Murphy beside her in a curious whisper: "What happened between the elves and the dwarves, and why is there such a great hatred between them?"
"I don't know very well, I only remember the great battle a hundred years ago, the dwarves and elves were still allies at that time, and they once united with humans to fight against the vampire king's coalition army, and after the victory, the two clans jointly kept the second holy weapon, the white jade staff, but then they turned against each other, I don't know very well. Tali whispered.
"I've heard some legends," Murphy said in a low voice to Catherine and Tully, glancing at the elven princess Eva, who was walking alongside Rogge, "It seems to have started with Gilgard, a veteran dwarven who disappeared ten years ago." β
"When Gilgard disappeared in the neutral zone on the border of the two tribes, the Dwarven King thought that the matter was related to the elves, and sent an envoy to the Moon Shadow City to ask the Elven King Xingshi for his guilt, and the Elven King specially sent his eldest son Lorian to the Castle of the Sun to explain the matter to the Dwarf King. β
"Originally, it was just a simple meeting, but I didn't expect that when Prince Lorian was about to leave the dwarven territory, he was attacked by unknown people, his skull was shattered by a blunt object, and the treasure he carried with him, the crystal bow of the 'Moonlit Night' was also missing, and the elves thought that it was the dwarves who murdered the prince in revenge, and the two clans have since become feuding. β
Murphy sighed softly and said: "It is precisely because of this that the white jade staff rod was handed over to the dragon clan and was stored in the depths of the Dragon Cliff. β
"I see, the dwarves are too much!" said Catherine indignantly.
"Don't jump to conclusions," Murphy cautiously shook his finger at her, and whispered: "It's hard to say who is right in this matter, Prince Lorion's death has always been a mystery, and no one knows who the murderer is, and it is not ruled out that there is a third force to blame." β
Catherine nodded in realization, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that Mr. Rogge was not involved at that time, otherwise he would definitely have found out who killed the prince and let the truth come out." β
"But so much time has passed, and I'm afraid it's too late. Tali shrugged helplessly.
"In that case, you'd better not say it in front of Sophia. The eldest princess Eva, who had been walking beside Rogge, suddenly turned around and whispered to the three of them, the three of them were stunned for a moment, thinking that they were unaware of the ghosts, they didn't expect the princess to hear it clearly.
"Your Highness, please don't blame them, it's the first time they have gone deep into the Sun and Moon Forest, and they don't know a lot about things in the forest, so please don't blame them for some misunderstandings. Seeing this, Rogge hurriedly said to Eva.
The eldest princess shook her head calmly, showing a gentle smile, and said: "It's okay, I mean you don't mention this to Sophia, although the child is not young, but his temperament is always so impulsive, our brother loves her the most when he is alive, and Lorian's death is a knot in her heart." β
She raised her beautiful blue eyes and stared at Rogge, and said earnestly: "I'm afraid that if she hears what she just said, she will pester you to track down the murderer for Llorian's death, after all, ten years have passed since that incident, and I'm afraid no one can find out the truth except God, and she will only cause trouble for you like this." β
"Your Highness, rest assured, if there is really a chance, I am willing to serve, but I am afraid that after so many years, there are no clues to trace. Rogge said with a little regret.
Eva smiled gratefully and nodded: "That's right, what's more, you are now carrying such a heavy burden on your shoulders, and the conditions proposed by my father are also quite harsh, I'm afraid it has already given you a lot of headaches, and if Sophia pesters you again, it will be really bad." β
Rogge expressed his gratitude to the eldest princess for her understanding, and hoped that she could work with him to make the elf king and the dwarf king take a step back and reach a reconciliation in time to prepare for dealing with the dark wizard William.
The group came to the door of the lounge as they spoke, and Eva was about to invite Rogge and the others into the spacious and bright lounge, when a soldier suddenly hurried to her and shouted: "Your Highness, Your Highness Sophia left Moon Shadow City with her Pegasus troops and went to Sun Castle!"
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