Chapter 399: Elves

A variegated cat sitting on a low wall, licking the meat balls on its forepaws, watched a group of people go away. The figure faded and finally disappeared without a trace.

And a group of people who entered the royal capital of Pyathaime looked around to see this country with a culture and style very different from that of humans.

There are no high-walled mansions, and most homes are just low walls or fences. The windows are open, allowing you to see the interior of the house at a glance.

Every house in the city is carefully cared for, and there is nothing dirty to be seen, but each has its own characteristics. Some of them are covered with climbing vines, and some of them are smeared with a few colors on the walls, simply expressing the feeling of sky, white clouds, and green space. Some elves who don't know what they're thinking are even more desperate, simply don't have walls, and the whole home is exposed to everyone.

I can't see what to do in the store. This is because I haven't gone through the relevant places, or for other reasons, I can't tell for the time being. But from the places we passed, we can know that the atmosphere of the elven city is indeed different from that of the human city.

However, when the leading elf moved into a more isolated group of houses, she shouted in Elven language, 'I'm back.' Someone's eyes widened in disbelief.

This house is not more ornate than the outside, and there is nothing special about it. That is, as a low wall separating the houses, only the outermost circumference is enclosed here, and many houses are enclosed in this area. Simply put, it doesn't look at all like the grandeur of that chick's self-proclaimed one, one of the kingdom's six ruling families.

A deep, deep male voice came from within, saying, 'Welcome back.' ’

The source of this voice is the housekeeper of their family, or, according to the chick, her father, who is the prime minister of the kingdom. Staying home in broad daylight? Is this for myself? Or have you lost ground and stayed home? Or...... It's good to work in this country for half a day? What a happy country this is!

When someone came out of the house, saying that it was too late, it was too soon, and one of the arms of someone was embraced by the female elf, and assumed a rather intimate gesture. Completely ignoring the stunned expressions of the others, Riena smiled sweetly and said in the lingua franca, "Father, I'm back." ”

The kind old man, who was originally kind, instantly looked angry, and whispered like a lion: "I will never allow it!" ”

I lose! What kind of family ethics is this?

"Hahahaha, it turns out that it was all a misunderstanding." When I heard this hearty laughter, it had been a few hours since it all began. Even in the process of explanation, someone once had the illusion that he was going to die on the spot.

During this time, the two apprentices were completely defeated by each other's aura, hiding aside and trembling like quails. The four dwarves were even more unbearable, so they simply hid outside the wall of the entrance, and two of them, one on the other, leaned out half of their faces to look inside.

The female elf, who was the initiator, obediently lowered her head, stared at her toes, and did not say a word. It's going to be dead to the end. As for the lich. "Huh." These two voices were heard from beginning to end. And someone is alone resisting the various bombardments of that strict father. Seriously, someone would rather just take a knife, you cut it, and I cut it with a knife, rather than explain this kind of thing.

Finally clarified the misunderstanding, this old elf who wanted to devour his daughter's boyfriend alive finally regained his deceptive and kind expression. I am really worried about his son-in-law in the future, and his life is worried when he meets such an old man.

And he didn't spoil his daughter all the time, but pulled Li Ena, who had been pretending to be obedient, to his side, pressed his head and apologized: "The little girl's prank has caused trouble to the guests, please accept my apology." Letting go of the female elf's head, the prime minister of the kingdom laughed and said, "I'll just say that my daughter's taste won't be so bad." Thankfully, it was all a misunderstanding. ”

I'll lose it again! This is intended to be the second round does not work!

Someone leaned feebly and whispered, "Lord Titov, there's no need to say it so ugly. ”

"You criticize my daughter from beginning to end, saying that you yourself will never take a fancy to her. Her conditions are really poor, she is disgusted by you like this, which father can endure it? ”

Big brother, you're embarrassing me like this. Whether I can't like your daughter, or do I have to like your daughter, I'm a little insane.

There was no longer the strength to fight the old man in the second round, and someone was already trying to use the flash technique to leave. At this time, the two girls hiding in the corner of the wall were rumbling in their stomachs, interrupting this strange and inexplicable atmosphere. Luca, Prime Minister of the Kingdom? Titov smiled heartily: "Sorry, it was my mistake. The guests came from afar, and we were so rude and inconsiderate. Please come with me. ”

God rescue, these two girls! Praise them when you leave. In short, it is a great credit to make this extremely majestic elf old man give up and continue to hunt and kill others. And the two girls didn't have a ringing stomach, and they didn't notice that they were hungry. Looking out the window, it was already dark, and it was almost evening. I remember when I entered the city, it was early in the morning.

A daughter-controlled father is definitely the most difficult creature in the world to deal with, in every sense of the word.

What kind of scene will the elves' dinner be like? To be honest, before today, someone had done a lot of imagining. It's like in European-American style film and television dramas, sitting on both sides of a very exaggerated long table, with mountains of roast chicken, roast sheep, and cans of wine on the table, ready to make people eat and drink to the point of vomiting.

But when you actually see it, you will realize that reality and imagination are two different things, especially for a race that you are not actually familiar with.

There is nothing to say about the elves' cooking. And unlike their close relatives, the wood elves are almost all raw food, and the dinner hosted by the prime minister of the Pyathaime Kingdom has no place to be picky, even for a certain traveler from the Great Foodie Empire.

What really dumbfounded someone was what he had observed about the 'system' of this elven kingdom.

Luca? Titov, the prime minister of the kingdom, did not entertain people in his home. In fact, according to someone's observations, the place where they lived was not large enough to host a banquet, or even large enough to receive guests, so the place they came to was a restaurant-like guest house.

Originally, I thought that this was the elves looking down on humans, so they deliberately used such means to mock Lin and others in various explicit and implicit ways. But inside the guest house, and Luca? Who did Titov greet? It's not this minister, it's that elder. They all look like elves with heads and faces, not extras who come to fill the scene.

Of course, a sumptuous dinner is indispensable for small talk. Because when the two parties meet for the first time, of course, they are talking about the topics around them and deepening their understanding of each other. Lin listened to the part he couldn't understand, the atmosphere of the entire Pyathaime Kingdom.

There are no similar shops on the road, because there are really no shops in the elven kingdom, and there is no currency between the elves except for trading goods with other races.

Although the elves live in a very personal place, the foundation and pattern are almost the same. After asking, I found out that the places where they live are actually allotted. In addition to the royal palace exclusive to the royal family, the larger families and the larger number of people will be surrounded by more houses than the allocated places to live.

In addition to the royal family, the six ruling families are actually six people who specialize in helping other elves solve troubles, commonly known as wiping their butts. In addition to the work, whoever likes it and is willing to do it will be responsible for it. This includes making bread, cooking food, tailoring, blacksmithing, and more.

There may be low, dirty work that seems to be human beings, but has to be done. In human society, it will be a group of people who are vulnerable to be forced to deal with it. Like cleaning up garbage, feces, and so on. But this is a magical world, as long as you are willing to spend money and put effort into it, you can simplify many things.

As for the military system, the kingdom of Payathaime is a military system for all people. Of course, different positions will be assigned according to what everyone is good at, rather than stuffing everyone to the front line as a small soldier. However, in normal times, only a minimum standing force is maintained, which is responsible for patrolling the border and guarding the palace.

Although individuals were allowed to own private property, the vast majority of supplies were publicly distributed, including food. Any elf who wants to eat can come to the various restaurants or guest houses in the royal capital and be full at any time. The guest house where Lin and the others enjoyed the dinner was also part of rationing and cooking food, but the difference was that it would also receive guests from other places. Other places may not accept it, it depends on the elf who was in charge at the time.

Talking about this, someone feels that this kind of ideal township seems to have heard of it. The self-discipline of the elves

, and the importance of spiritual life over material life, so that they are willing to become a part of a huge machine, driving the smooth and continuous operation of the machine.

But don't think that the pride in the mouths of the elves is the pride of their more advanced system. It's not the same at all, and according to someone's words from the dinner table, the elves, and from their standpoint, it is easy to understand their helplessness in running a country in this way.

In the situation of countless human kingdoms looking around and coveting, cowardice and division can only have one result: the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species. There will be some rules in the war of the same race, which can redeem lives and not kill them all. But wars between different races always end with the elimination of one side.

Choosing the life of a slave, living humbly, perhaps can continue life. But that choice, just to save his own life, but to bury the future of the entire race.

Not to mention that the elven race is very fragile compared to the human race. The average life expectancy of 600 years is counted from the time of birth, and it is not considered an adult until the age of 90, that is, the ability to have children. Over the course of a lifetime, an elf couple will have three or four children. With the support of many magic and druid spells, the survival rate is high unless there is a congenital defect.

But from the birth of an elf to the time he was able to conceive the next generation, three generations of humans have been born. If you work hard, you will have no problem giving birth to the fourth generation. Maybe the elves can take on humans alone, and they can do a dozen or ten; When it comes to fighting wars, there is no problem in winning battle after battle. But if you want to fight for consumption and quantity, in terms of overall strategy, the elves are in an absolute weakness.

And in such a predicament, it seems that it is not difficult to understand to embark on such a path. Because only in this way, the entire ethnic group is clenched into a fist, and there is a way to resist foreign invasion. In order to keep the whole race alive and accommodate some of the less obedient children, the young elves often leave the kingdom and travel around the world.

Therefore, if you look at the situation of the kingdom of Paiyat Jaime clearly, you will understand what kind of predicament the elves are in, and then understand the reason why their actions are so drastic.

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