"Oh-oh-oh! I didn't misread you - Sheena, you're really useful, I've never seen anyone so good at stealing chickens and dogs!"

When Sheena heard this, she almost fell off the roof.

"This ...... Is that a compliment?"

Sheena took a closer look at Io's face...... There was excitement and curiosity on that young face, and there was no malice in the slightest—presumably, Io was indeed praising himself, though the words of praise sounded a little strange.

"Really got you out. ”

If anyone was most surprised, it would be Lilou. Compared to little Io, who didn't have so many troubles and was relatively simple-minded, Lilou followed Sheena left and right all the way, and finally bypassed the guards who avoided all the patrols?For such a result, Lilou felt very incredible, not to mention, after Io sneaked away once, the guard force around the palace has been strengthened a lot, and after the two of them slipped away and were discovered, it was obvious that the power of patrol and search was strengthened several times...... But it was in such a situation that this human actually escaped with the two of them without being discovered by anyone?

Although he didn't deliberately expose his whereabouts, this is a bit exaggerated, right? No matter how strong a stalker is, it is easy to leave alone, but he has to carry two oil bottles with him who lack stealth experience...... This is not something that can be explained by stealth ability alone.

Lilou always felt that the process of leaving the palace was a little simple and incredible. The guards...... How can I say it, as if I didn't notice myself at all?

Once. Lilou saw the careless Io, letting the sunlight shine through the window on her as she crossed the corner. A long shadow passed through the blind spot of the guards' vision...... It should have been exposed, but I don't know what's going on, the guards on the other side of the corner didn't notice such an obvious anomaly.

Is it because of a coincidence that you don't see it for a while, or is it "not noticed" in another sense?

"Finally ran out~ I can't be caught back so quickly this time!"

As if he hadn't surfaced for air in a long time, Io took a deep breath and sniffed greedily at the scent of the outdoor forest. Since the last time she had snuck out, Io felt like she had spent an extra minute in the "cramped" palace. It's all very unbearable torture.

I want to continue observing the outside world.

With this in mind, Io found that the environment in which he grew up became more and more devoid of texture—intellectually. Io also understood that it was not that this elven palace was a failure, but she was really tired and bored with this place that countless elves looked up to and longed for every day.

[This guy ...... Roughly. You can guess some of Io's identity, right?]

Lilou didn't feel the tense atmosphere and personnel changes in the palace. These anomalies will be hidden from this human woman. As long as you are not stupid, you will more or less guess who is the root cause of such a big fight...... Lilou carefully hid some of her thoughts, she was ready if this human had any signs of strange behavior towards Io - all the power to kill her here!

Hina was originally very sensitive to such things as killing intent, but now that she is in the environment, there is really no lack of hostility towards her - in the palace behind her, Hina can sense a very powerful one. And it's a very targeted grudge. Under Luna's "cover", Lilou is also very cautious herself. It didn't make Sheena realize that something was wrong.

"I'm still hanging around, I'm afraid it's easy to be spotted......" Io looked at Sheena, the hero who took him out of the "cage", considering Sheena's human image, with her by her side, it was simply a conspicuous attention.

"Hawkers, I still have something to do there, I can't continue to play with you~"

Hina knows very well that if she continues to "disappear", the hostility behind her will turn into murderous intent. She already had some eyebrows about Io's identity, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to explain the situation in the palace, would she? let alone continue to disappear, even if she went back now, Sheena didn't know how to talk to the murderous elf - even though the other party seemed to be a sensible person, and wouldn't want to kill her casually.

If that's the case, Sheena is also confident that she is not a fish to be slaughtered.

"Are you going back?"

Hearing this, Io showed a look of disappointment and frustration on his face: "Woo, the first time I met a human is so interesting, I always feel sorry for you to walk away like this...... It's such a human who is so good at stealing chickens and dogs......"

"No, it's said that the skill I'm good at isn't 'stealing chickens and dogs'...... By the way, Io, do you know what it means to 'steal chickens and touch dogs'?"

"Isn't that a boast?"

“...... It's not impossible to say that. In the end, Sheena gave up on competing with Io - because technically, as a stalker, in a sense, she can indeed be said to be good at "stealing chickens and dogs".

"But in case something happens to me and Lilou while we're 'out', do you know how to explain to Sister Luna?"

Io suddenly put on a "mask" of a smile, and the little malice hidden in that smile made Sheena reflexively get goosebumps.

"You...... What do you mean?"

"The royal court is too small and too heavily guarded, and it can't satisfy me at all!" Ai Ou excitedly raised his finger and pointed sharply into the distance, "I'm going to play farther away!"

"Ai, Io!"

Lilou was in a hurry on the spot, Io's posture seemed to be to leave the area of the royal court and go to some places that she felt were new and interesting - the problem was that "novelty and fun" was very large, and it was equivalent to "danger". What kind of girl Io was, Lilou knew something about it—no doubt about it. Ai Ou is the kind of bear child who has an adventurous plot flowing in his bones and craves tension and excitement!

The forest area where the elves are located occupies a considerable area. The area around the royal court, including some large elven gathering areas, is naturally not dangerous, but this is only a small piece compared to the entire forest. The Elven Forest, which covers an extremely large area, has a considerable area and is full of dangers.

Something must have happened......

"Actually, I kind of want to go to the border. But what if we encounter a small invasion of the human army, and Lilou and I are captured? Would you do something so and that with bad intentions......"

Is this a threat?

Sheena looked at Io angrily and funny, this little girl really dared to say anything. As an influential person in the elven race, is it really okay to say such things......?

"Sister Sheena, is there anything very important?

Stared at by Ion's big crystal clear eyes. Sheena finally swallowed some words: "And...... It's not urgent—if it's a two-day delay because of you. It didn't affect at all. ”

It really didn't make much of a difference - because Sheena wasn't a diplomat at all!

[This guy! Is this the so-called "want to get away with it" strategy!? What a good calculation, this woman ......]

Seeing that Sheena changed her tone, where could Lilou not know, she had actually agreed to Io's invitation to mess around? Before, she said that she had something to go away and couldn't accompany her, but in the blink of an eye, she agreed again, and Sheena's actions made Lilou directly put a certain hat on her head - ill-intentioned!

"Sister Sheena, did you agree!?"

"I have one condition...... It can only be done for two days at most, and you must come back in two days. And you have to go and explain the truth to that terrible woman - I don't want to be hanged by your elves in a tree. ”

"We don't have hangings, even if they do. It is also impossible to hang a condemned prisoner from a tree. I don't know what kind of feelings humans have for trees, but elves value the dignity of trees!"

"Then it's better to be burned at the stake~ Anyway, no matter how you think about it, it's impossible to give me such a direct and painless punishment with a neat knife......"

"We're not going to set fires...... In other words, among our elven clan, there should be no kind of strange people who like to set fires. ”

Lilou, who was beside her, felt a tingling pain in her knee.

......

"Why are you pulling me?"

Luna looked at the Elven Empress and Aisha behind her with an unkind face, and just now, they grabbed her wrists left and right, otherwise, Luna would have rushed out.

"Her Royal Highness is right in front of you, and the human is with you, but you are preventing me from catching up with them...... What's the reason?"

"Because little Io looks much, much happier than usual! And you don't think she's ...... relationship with the other little guy."

"Shut up, no one asks you. ”

Luna glared coldly at Her Majesty the Empress, who immediately shrank back tremblingly like a schoolboy being punished by a teacher, with a look of grievance.

Luna didn't expect any valuable advice from the Elven Empress at all—she was asking Aisha.

"Actually...... My thoughts are similar to those of Her Majesty the Empress~" In Luna's expectant gaze, Aisha replied with an answer that she couldn't accept completely, "Don't you think Her Royal Highness and Lilu can talk very well?"

"Ahhhh

"But have you ever thought about the question, if Her Highness was the only one, she would drag that human with her?"

Aisha's question silences Luna.

Only Her Royal Highness the Princess...... Will she still be as close to that human as she is now?

"Yes, yes, Aisha said everything I wanted to say!" the Elven Empress was also on the sidelines at the moment, "I have hardly seen little Io so happy as she is today." Although I am very unwilling, I am closer to my new friends than my mother. However, little Io has made friends after all......"

"But the human ...... What do you mean...... In fact, Her Royal Highness the Princess, she is also paying attention to the good and evil of that human being?"

Io is not blind. Although she didn't think hard about Sheena like Lilou, she instinctively discerned the good and evil of this strange human. It was precisely because of the feeling that Sheena gave Io, somewhat similar to Lilou, that she couldn't help but relax, so she didn't resist and reject this alien.

"Isn't Lilou on guard, too?"

"But those two children really had a conflict. Isn't that guy's strength the best known to you, you, who have fought against her, anyway?"

Luna glared at Aisha disapprovingly. She was really a little unhappy about Aisha's indulgence. Anyway, Luna didn't really like this kind of "confident strategizing" posture in the past—she liked to put aside the twists and turns. The feeling of going straight to the point.

"That's right. Of course, I know that this Sheena is an incomparable opponent for Lilu and Her Royal Highness the Princess...... But in the same way, I who have dealt with her, I can also feel her character to some extent - this is not a person who likes to play with intrigues, and her heart does not have many distorted feelings. Actually, this one. Aren't you elves more vocal than me? Her Royal Highness the Princess, if it weren't for the fact that she didn't feel malice from the other party, she wouldn't have agreed to go with the other party. ”

Actually, the main reason is ...... Isn't Io alive and well in the future, and if Lilou was the guardian of her last Elven Canon, as Io said, and could be regarded as Io's teacher, she would not be the current when she lost her whereabouts.

In short, at this point in time, neither Lilou nor Io were in any danger. At most, there was danger, but the danger was saved!

“...... No, I still can't sit still!"

Luna spun around a few times in annoyance, but still shook her head, and firmly grabbed her weapon, "Even if it is really as you think, I can't see those two children with my own eyes, I still don't feel at ease - I'm going to follow Her Royal Highness the princess!"

"Eh, you, if they find out, they will definitely be less interested......"

"When is it, you don't worry about your daughter's safety, but pay attention to this aspect?" Luna forcibly resisted the urge to rush up and beat the Elven Empress, "Other people's daughters are all kinds of 'superfluous care', you are good, this attitude really makes people wonder if Io picked up the cabbage field......"

"Actually, it was given during the big sale of pectin candy!"

After that, the Elven Empress was knocked to the ground by a punch to her face.

“...... You really like to bully Luna. ”

Aisha is starting to get curious, and the Elven Queen's husband ...... Why hadn't I seen or heard of it from beginning to end? Because Luna and the Elven Empress seemed to have a very CP feeling, and watching their interactions, Aisha felt a sweet and greasy atmosphere - so how did the Elven Empress's husband, Io's father, the unknown mysterious man, be hidden?

I heard that when Io was a child, she had no father...... But as far as Aisha observed, she didn't even hear much about the Elven Empress's husband from the elves. Even if you are dead, why is there such a low sense of existence in the mouths of the people?

There really isn't a conspiracy hidden, right?

"Because there are many, many years to live, if you don't find some interest, then the rest of your life will be too boring?"

- So your interest is to flirt with Luna?

Couldn't it be that her husband was stimulated when he died...... Nothing else dares to say, but Aisha can guarantee one thing - if the husband of the Elven Empress sees the way these two get along on a daily basis, the cliff will crawl out of the pit in grief and anger! Even if he is of the same gender, it is estimated that it will be difficult to prevent a handful of green grass from popping up on his grave.

"In order to tease Luna, you have to pretend to be so stupid and cute on weekdays, and Your Majesty the Empress should be really idle. ”

"Huh, huh, huh, was it discovered?"

"......" Aisha suddenly understood why Luna had violated etiquette again and again by throwing her fist at the Elven Empress - this woman really had the urge to make people confused her! People are beautiful. Beauty is beautiful, but like this elven queen, beauty is also a feeling of omission. It's quite a rare situation.

A lot of age still sells cute, aren't you really afraid of flashing your waist?

"In that case, didn't Lord Aisha deliberately lure Luna to chase her, in fact, you can also see that Luna's personality doesn't like the gesture you just had, that's why she did it deliberately, isn't it?"

"I really haven't deceived the Empress Xià you. ”

"Isn't my reaction just as expected by His Excellency Aisha?"

The two thoughtful women looked at each other for a long time. At the same time, there was a laugh.

"Right, right? It's really fun to tease a serious person like Luna~"

Two Old Women (...... It resonated with each other.

From the very beginning, Aisha's idea was to hope that Luna would be able to follow up on the insurance - because of the human named Sheena. While confirming that she herself does not have much malice, it also shows one thing...... The human forces that hired her are actually not very similar to these human stalkers.

Aisha has reason to believe. Those people are still hiding their backs. As for why you think so......

"Her Majesty the Empress. Shouldn't you tell me something?"

"What is it?"

"Don't pretend, there will really be someone who will go to the elf clan to kidnap the elf princess as a hostage for the victory of the war? If there are other circumstances, I will believe it, but who asked you to 'lock' your baby daughter in the deep palace for so long, isn't this the place without three hundred taels of silver?"

There must be some secret hidden in Io's body that Aisha didn't know in the past - and it was a secret that would make the Elven Empress not hesitate to confine Io in the royal court for decades.

Before the Elven Empress gave birth to Io, Luna didn't know her. And at that time, in fact, the Elven Empress's reputation was still very high...... That's right. It's political. Although Aisha didn't know what the elven queen looked like back then, she was sure that it was definitely completely different from the now picture of the terminally ill comic look.

If you think about it, the time of the mysterious death of the Elven Empress's husband ......

"Your Excellency Aisha looks very confident~ Generally speaking, more than half of the people who do this kind of 'showdown' behavior are dead, right?" The Elven Empress, who has always had a cute temperament, became strange in an instant, "I have seen Your Excellency Aisha grow cat ears...... Obviously it's not a spirit race, but it's unexpectedly suitable for cat ear dressing. ”

Curiosity kills cats.

The Elven Empress was already giving a warning.

"I'm also very envious of the vitality of those meow girls...... It is said that cats have nine lives, and as a human being, there are really all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred. ”

The atmosphere between the two of them suddenly froze a little.

"Your Excellency Aisha, you are really not human. ”

After a long while, it was the Elven Empress who conceded defeat first - the "human" on the other side didn't look like she would lose, and it was the first time that the Elven Empress had seen a guy like Aisha, who made her feel that she couldn't do it. In the end, she also gave up this kind of game and said frankly:

"That's right, as you might think, for some reason, I've been forced to keep Io around me, and I'm not even afraid to let her out...... As for the reason, I wouldn't mind letting you know if you could give me a reason that would impress me. ”

"Oh, should I be worried about any plot against me?"

"If the conspiracy were to work for an out-of-spec monster like you, I wouldn't have to do the same to Io...... I deliberately pretended to be stupid for fear of making Io sad, and I have been pretending to be this for decades, and now I am used to this way of life......"

She wasn't meant to be funny, but even if she was reluctant in her heart, her body had long since become that kind of woman, and she was used to that embarrassing life...... (Fog)

"This starts with my husband's death......

"Hey, hey!" Aisha interrupted the Elven Empress, "your husband...... Do you really have a husband!?"

"Why this attitude?"

"I saw the way you got along with Luna, I thought you were ...... Ahem, you get the idea. ”

The Elven Empress is not a little girl who doesn't understand anything, so she naturally understands Aisha's words......

"That...... There's a special reason for that......" (To be continued......)