Alien world

Chapter 1094 16. The Easiest Ellie
"You jump, I jump too."

When Jack on the curtain said these long-standing words to Rose, a figure sat next to the wood elf elder Ellie who was immersed in the story.

"Do you still like it?"

"I like it so much... I know it's fake... but how did you find so many mice to cooperate with you?" Ellie, who was already watching it for the second time, asked puzzledly.

"We have an illusionist."

Ellie looked surprised.

"Don't you want to go and see other magical images?" Annan, who was sitting next to him, asked again.

His purpose of coming here was simple - to get close to the elf elder.

Compared to the arrogant Kailandra and the cold Fioria, the lively Ellie seems the easiest to approach.

It’s definitely not because she is shorter than Annan.

Annan stroked his hair gently. He was very confident in his charm. He thought that he had watched "The Fall of the Mage Tower" twice and was already unable to extricate himself from the wood elf elder.

"Because I'm curious about these mice... I'm not curious anymore now that I know they're fake." Ellie stood up: "Let's go see other magic images!"

Annan followed the wood elf out somewhat awkwardly and introduced, "What kind of stories do you like. Love, humans, life, war, or fables?"

"Life?"

"It's 'When Freedom Knocks on the Door', which tells the story of an orc father and son living in human society."

"Hmm...like The Adventures of Tarot Man? I'm kind of interested."

Annan took Ellie to the hall where "When Freedom Knocks on the Door" was being screened, while trying to find a topic to talk about: "What is "The Adventures of Tarot Man"?"

"It was also the underground people who accidentally ran into the human town and experienced many adventures."

“I think there is some difference.”

They were lucky. The magic video had just started and the audience seats were about 30% full. Annan led Ellie to sit in the front row. The light and shadows reflected Ellie's delicate face. She stared at the screen and gradually immersed herself in it.

When she saw the orc father and son huddled in a public toilet cubicle, leaning against the door, covering their sleeping son's ears, silently suffering, Ellie couldn't help but let out a girlish cry: "What happened to them in the end? Don't tell me yet... I want to see it for myself."

Two hours later, Ellie breathed a sigh of satisfaction.

The emotions in "When Freedom Knocks on the Door" are not passionate, just like a piece of cake that is not too sweet, but this light warmth just suits the taste of the immortal species like elves.

Annan took the opportunity to say, "Chris and his son are in Liberty City. Do you want to go meet them?"

Ellie was a little tempted, but still refused: "They are fake too, right? Let me keep a little fantasy."

Annan wanted to lie to her and say it was an adaptation of a true story, but his pouty face made it difficult for him to lie.

"I've been at the theater all morning. Let's go out and have a look."

"it is good."

Annan accompanied Ellie out. Just as they reached the open space outside the theater where catering trucks were parked, a woman's angry shout suddenly sounded in the distance.

"Olaya, die!"

Annan looked up in the direction where the sound came from, but was blocked by the crowd and could not see anything clearly. Then the guards and enthusiastic residents rushed over.

From the talk of the crowd in front, we learned that a noble had been assassinated and the murderer had been caught.

Annan frowned. Liberty City had always prided itself on its safety, and the prison had not held any serious criminals for 190 consecutive days... How could a murder suddenly occur, especially in front of the distinguished guests?

There was no way to hide, so Annan said to the curious Ellie, "Let's go and take a look."

There were several layers of people surrounding the scene, and Annan saw Ingrid with Sigma standing not far away. The guards who were maintaining order evacuated the crowd, and when they saw Annan, they led him into the middle.

Annan saw the assassin - an ordinary girl staring at the well-dressed man lying in a pool of blood with hatred in her eyes.

She did not resist, but simply let the guards kill her.

"What happened?"

The guards stationed at the theater and the murderer had not expected to alarm Annan. Her pleasure at revenge was mixed with a trace of guilt: "Olaya imposed heavy taxes and killed my parents. He hung up and whipped my brother to death when he went to ask for justice, and he even ran to Free City for refuge... I... I really couldn't help it..."

"Actually, I quite support justice and revenge..."

The girl looked up in surprise, but Annan shook his head with regret and said, "But the Liberty City Code cannot be violated. You killed someone, which is a serious crime..."

"I know... I don't want to live..." the girl murmured.

"Why can't we let her live?" Ellie suddenly spoke.

The guards and the crowd around shifted their gazes away from Annan and focused on the petite elf with sprouts growing under her feet.

"Isn't it normal to fight tooth for tooth?"

Elves have their own moral standards. Don't think they love peace - on the surface, they do like art, music, and literature... But how can a peace-loving race rule Wilhelm for 40,000 years?
The root cause is not only the powerful gods of the elven pantheon, but also the elves' belief of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth: you provoked us, we pursue peace and will not argue with you. But if you continue to test us, the elves will turn your home into a forest and you into fertilizer for the forest.

No one can violate the Free City Code, not even Annan, but if it's the elf messenger...

"You are right. If the law cannot protect the victim, then lynching is just from this moment on." Annan said to the girl with a righteous attitude, "If you can obtain the forgiveness of the victim's family, I can consider--"

"It hurts so much..."

At this moment, the noble lying in a pool of blood suddenly let out a cry of pain.

"The victim is not dead yet!"

Annan changed his tone and said: "If you obtain the forgiveness of the victim, I can consider reducing your guilt."

Tearing open a magic scroll to heal the noble's wounds, the girl stiffened her neck and pursed her lips.

Annan couldn't do anything about her and looked at the noble who was pale from excessive blood loss.

For some reason, the noble suddenly felt as if he was facing Olmer, and his fat body trembled: "I... don't blame her, I should repent, I have done many wrong things in the past... I am willing to compensate her..."

At this point, he didn't dare to say anything else.

Satisfied with the noble's response, Annan signaled the guards to take the two men to prison, followed by Ellie who was showing great interest.

"I'm sorry for showing you the bad side."

"Don't say that. You're already better than many human towns."

“But it’s not the best yet.”

Then they arrived at the Liberty City Prison, and just as they reached the door, Ellie suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Annan looked back at her and looked in the direction she was looking: another group of guards came over with a man dressed as a refugee.

The high elf elder Kailandra quickly lowered her head, avoiding their gazes.

"Nothing." Ellie turned her head.

"Oh... by the way, I'm having the team rehearse the new rules you suggested. It should be ready in a few days..."

(End of this chapter)