Elena lived with her mother until she became an adult, although it was in a deserted mountain, and her daily life was the same, but it was still a very happy and peaceful time, and Elena's favorite thing to do was to lie in her mother's arms and listen to her tell about what she had seen and heard outside, although she thought it was interesting, she never longed for the outside world, because she liked to be with her mother the most.

But as time passed, she grew up and began to realize that she had a rather paranoid attachment to her mother, because as soon as her mother was out of sight, she would feel a fear that went deep into her bone marrow explode in her heart, and even felt that the sky was about to fall, and she was weak, so she could only huddle in the corner with her eyes closed and shiver.

The mother naturally discovered this problem a long time ago, and she was indeed worried about her daughter's future, but unfortunately she still couldn't find a solution, so she could only shelter one day at a time, however, not long after that, she still didn't have the opportunity to shelter her daughter.

Because both mother and daughter were taken away by Cornes, to Elena at that time, Cornes was a strange and terrifying man, and he exuded an evil aura all over his body, which was completely opposite to the warm breath of the elves.

Then, on a rainy day, Elena learns of her mother's death, and when she hears the bad news, she freezes in place, as if she has been transformed into a delicate puppet.

Until Cornes came over silently with a cup of hot tea, and then solemnly said that she would be Elena's support in the future, she didn't respond, just looked up at the man, and there was a glimmer in Mu Ran's eyes.

Since then, her father has become the object of Elena's attachment, she does not want to go through the pain of saying goodbye to her mother again, because of this, she would rather die herself than see her father die in front of her, and then she thinks that she has lived for her father all her life, and she is willing to sacrifice everything for the dream of Cornes.

Later, when she learned that her mother had also given her life for Cornes' dream, she was finally relieved by her mother's death, and at the same time hoped that one day she could sacrifice for her father's great cause like her mother.

"Elena, listen up," her father said to her righteously, "Humans are insects that threaten this continent, greedy and evil, always causing misery to other races, if they are allowed to do anything wrong, the whole world will be destroyed sooner or later, so my dream is to completely destroy humanity, and then unify this land caused by human chaos, your mother dedicated her life to this great cause, and you must also try to set an example for her, you know?" ”

"yes, got it." Elena nodded heavily, her eyes shining with hope.

For hundreds of years, she had never been in contact with humans, and even if she did, she was only an enemy, because after learning about the evil of humans from her father, she had always scoffed at this creature, and felt disgusting at the slightest touch.

But now, after spending a day with Adele as Fiona, she realizes that her understanding of the world has been skewed, and that humans are not all what her father said.

When she fought with Emile before, she did have murderous intentions, completely ignoring the communication between the other party and those partners, but her subconscious kept telling her that Emile was a very affectionate person, and he would be angry because Ophelia's life and death were unknown, but Elena obeyed her father and chose to ignore Emile.

"Adele...... I...... I'm sorry...... I'm really sorry. Elena immediately covered her face and cried.

"Fool, you're too deep into the play," Cornes said coldly, then sighed, "Well, forget it, it's better to erase this memory of yours." ”

He pressed his palm on Elena's head, and then a black light flashed, and Elena's eyes went black and she lost consciousness.

About three minutes passed before Elena woke up, and she saw her father standing in front of her, holding the key box mentioned in the mission, and quickly knelt on the ground.

"I'm so useless, but I still let you go out in person, please punish me."

"Reprimand?" Cornes sneered, "As long as I punish you, I will feel better, and then forget about my incompetence." ”

"I ......"

Elena was speechless, for her father had spoken to her heart.

"Hmph, so I won't punish you, just remember my mistakes for me, and then try to make me impressed, and I will naturally not hesitate to praise you when the time comes."

"Yes, yes, I see."

"It's good to understand, my good daughter, okay, now that we've got the key, let's hurry to the next place." Cornes urged.

Now, he had to speed up the progress of the plan, he thought that the emir was the biggest uncertaintie, so he would find a way to solve it in advance, but the result was that the other party was outnumbered, he couldn't beat it at all, and finally fell into passivity.

If he delayed any longer, he would probably capsize in the gutter, so he decided to activate the killer plan directly, although the threat of the Emir and the others was still there, but at least they didn't know where he was now.

After a while, looking at Cornes who disappeared into the spatial crack, Elena was a little dizzy, and she took a few deep breaths before recovering, but at that moment, she suddenly had several more memories in her mind.

“…… Mother...... How could you? ”

Elena muttered, knelt on the ground, and then sensed the faint traces of magic left by Adele.

"Adele...... Sorry didn't save you. ”

As if noticing that Elena didn't immediately follow, Cornes poked his head out of the spatial rift again.

"Hurry up, those tricky guys at the Academy of Magic seem to sense my presence."

“…… Oh, I see. ”

Elena quickly wiped away her tears and regained her calm look.

……

On the other side, the emir and others returned to the royal capital.

I still encountered a little trouble when I passed through the city gate, the guards guarding the city had changed the guard, so the other party didn't know a few of them, but fortunately, the emir suddenly remembered and showed the ticket stub for the knight competition, and the other party believed that they were originally from the royal capital.

However, it was said that they were chasing Cones, but they really returned to the royal capital, and they became at a loss again, after all, in such a big place, even the traces of each other's magic power disappeared, and it was like looking for a needle in a haystack for them to find someone.

Unable to do anything, the Emir chose to give up, and although he was hit several times by letting Cornes slip out of his hands, it was also a matter of helplessness, and he had to pick himself up quickly to ensure that he could kill this fateful enemy next time.

"Alright, let's go to Anthony's house."

"Well, that's all there is to it." Ophelia nodded.

But Cosette was noncommittal, and she was silent for a few seconds.

"You guys have a big heart, I can see that guy is dangerous, and it's obvious that he's planning something, and if you let it go, maybe even this king can be destroyed."

"......" the emir was frightened.

"Well, forget it," Cosette sighed and said with a smile, "Maybe I'm worried about it, but it's better to keep an eye on it, and of course, I can't impose my own worries on you, and besides, you two alone can't save this royal capital, so I'll go after that guy alone, and then you just need to testify for me before Byron and let him know that I really care about the safety of mankind, then I'll be satisfied." ”

"But is it really okay to leave it to you alone?"

"What words? Look down on me, don't you? ”

"No, no, well, since Your Highness insisted, we won't say anything, but I'm worried that your atavism will recur again. You'll be the biggest threat to humanity then. ”

"Bah, don't give me a crow's mouth," Cursette scolded, shaking the kettle, "I don't have the Fountain of the Elves, it's a big deal to drink it and sleep until you take me back." ”

“…… That's fine. The emir finally agreed to her freedom of action.

"Hehe, you are really a sensible person, I really appreciate you more and more." Cosette threw his arms around the emir's neck and spared no words of praise.

"It hurts, it hurts, my neck is going to break."

"Tsk, it's really useless to be weak after they have all become my kindred."

Cosette let go of her hand, and walked away without looking back, waving at the two of them before diving into the shadows of the building.

After Cosette's magic was completely gone, Emile couldn't help but say worriedly.

"It won't be a big problem, will it?"

"What are you worried about? Cornes' business? Ophelia asked casually.

"No, I'm worried about Her Highness Cosette, what if she gets into a conflict with a human magician?"

Ophelia could naturally understand the reason why he mentioned human magicians, after all, knights have no magical sense, and Cosette has now become human, so it can only be detected by magicians.

However, in her impression, Cosette is such a rational person, even if she is discovered by a human magician, and then makes things difficult in every way, she will not be able to conflict with humans, not to mention, she came here this time, obviously to build a bridge of friendship with humans, otherwise she would not be so concerned about human affairs.

"Haha, Emir, I find you nagging like my mother sometimes." Ophelia couldn't help but complain.

"Huh? Have it? ”

The emir looked shocked.

"Well, His Highness Cosette thinks so too, but I'm just embarrassed to break it," Ophelia said and then diverted the subject, "Let's go, don't keep Anthony waiting too long." ”

"Oh."

The emir agreed, hurrying to keep up with Ophelia.

For some reason, there was a hint of joy in his heart, maybe Ophelia's words brought them closer.

Because Ophelia's evaluation of him has always stayed in his ability, this external aspect, but this time it is a direct complaint about his character.

The two walked for a few minutes when suddenly a carriage came into their face, and then a familiar voice came out.

"Emile, Ophelia, have finally found you both."

The man lifted the curtain, and the Emile saw that it was Antony.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that he didn't have to go in person, after all, his legs were as heavy as lead after a long period of travel.