A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

103 – Dancing With Elves (4)

It’s important to be strong.

It is important for people around you to become stronger, but it is more important for you to become stronger.

‘I can’t ask Sir Mente to assassinate the crown prince.’

Sir Mente was one of the eight great generals, but if you think about it, he was close to the bottom of the pile.

The emperor’s eight masters also had their own ranks, and their levels of strength were different.

Sir Mente became a master and took over just before the war, but the emperor, as the crown prince, is probably already gathering masters to strengthen his power.

If I were to entrust Lord Mente with a mission that would risk his life his, it would be like asking one of the Eight Lords to stop me when I try to kill the Emperor.

So you have to be strong.

To become stronger, I accepted Baek Jin-gyeong’s offer.

Thanks-

“Flying in the sky looks familiar.”

“Yeah, well.”

I am flying in the sky, riding on the back of a white goldfish.

Flap.

White wings fluttering left and right.

If someone saw this, they would think it was a bird – in fact, I thought that too when I saw it before, but the reality is different.

“White Gold Sutra.”

“Why are you doing that?”

“Is this the unicorn you’ve only heard about?”

A horse with white wings.

Yellow horns on the head.

A fantasy beast that can easily fly through the sky with two people on its back…!

“It’s not a unicorn, it’s a species of heavenly horse. Pegasus.”

“…”

“Unicorns can’t fly. And she can’t ride either.”

“Hmm.”

Perhaps because of his age, he speaks at a stronger level than Sir Mente.

“White Gold Sutra.”

“Why are you doing that?”

“I am 15 years old.”

“In the eyes of an elf over 500 years old, 50 or 15 years old are all the same.”

“Are you saying this even though you know the laws of the human world?”

“Even 200 years ago, 15 was the age when one would have gotten married and had a child.”

I realized.

It wouldn’t be strange to call this being an ‘old man’ in the Empire.

“It’s more surprising than that.”

“What do you mean by surprise?”

“It is clear that this body is so attractive that people want to pounce on it by human standards, but how can you not show any signs of being rationally excited?”

“…If I wasn’t flying in the sky, I would have let go of the hand holding my waist and landed.”

“Really? Older people aren’t your thing?”

“It’s not that I don’t like being older, it’s because I already have one in my heart.”

“Hmm… It’s a proper answer for Gibraltar.”

“I hear it often.”

If you look at it objectively, Baek Jin-gyeong’s words are right.

“There are people who think love with an elf is a romantic dream, but unfortunately, it’s not me.”

However, since I am a person with confident subjectivity, I have no reason to be swayed by White Gold Sutra.

“I’m sorry, Baek Geum-gyeong.”

“As expected, the way you talk is extremely arrogant. It’s no different from Canada.”

“Were you in a relationship like that with Lord Cadian? If you think about it that way-“

“That couldn’t be possible. He was like an enemy.”

“…Yes?”

Lord Platinum turns her head.

“He is the one who dared to threaten her real wife.”

His head turned towards me, almost 180 degrees, so that his gaze was directly in front of me.

“That’s why she was so proud that she sharpened her sword for hundreds of years.”

“…”

“If an elf holds a grudge, her whole life will be ruined. Be careful.”

“It looks like I haven’t done anything wrong to Baek Geum-gyeong yet.”

“It’s been okay so far, but I’m telling you to be careful going forward.”

“…”

First of all, I have to be careful about what I say.

Just like her father did before returning, she may harass me later by saying she will teach me the Taoist method.

“To be honest, she didn’t think you would follow me so obediently.”

“…”

“Before becoming a member of the guardian family, it is not uncommon for a child to suddenly be invited to an elven forest with which he had no contact. He even responded.”

“…That.”

I pointed ahead.

“Everything else is fine, but if your body is facing forward and your head is backwards, I’m a little scared.”

“Is that so? Then…Tsk.”

Sreuk.

Lord Platinum immediately turned her body towards me and sat down on her horse.

“This will work.”

She even sat with her legs crossed and placed her knees on my thighs.

“Why? Did you expect a hug or something?”

“I’m sorry, but if I had to put someone in front of me, I would only put the person I love in front of me if we were holding them face to face.”

Haha. That’s a good attitude. It would be great to be your companion.”

Baek Geum-gyeong smiled and looked directly at me.

“Yes, it looks like he wants to talk, and since the barrier is getting closer, let’s talk while walking from here.”

Just.

When Platinum Flicked his fingers outstretched to the side of her, Pegasus began to slowly fold its wings and descend downward.

Flutter, flutter.

Like a bird perched on a tree branch, Pegasus flapped his wings and slowly landed in the clearing of the forest.

“Follow me. Beyond this area is a path that only elves know, so humans can get lost if they make a mistake.”

“I heard that no one has gone into the elf forest and come out…”

As soon as I saw the entrance to the forest, I got goosebumps.

“Are the elves just leaving the bodies of the dead like that?”

Underneath the huge tree, white bones are scattered.

“Yes. But don’t worry. I didn’t leave it there on purpose.”

If it was an animal, you might think it was just that, but everything, including the shape of the skull, shows that it is a human bone.

“He died of starvation here without being able to enter the entrance of the maze.”

“Aren’t you going to clean it up?”

“Let it go. That too is part of nature.”

Nature.

Although elves are similar to humans, the elves’ perspective itself is very different from humans.

“At least there has to be something like that so that those who are scared don’t go home after seeing that.”

“Those who come in without being scared and saying they want to see the elf…”

“That’s how it happens.”

The moment I entered the forest, another white skeleton appeared.

A white bone that slumped forward.

It was a look that reminded me of the person who collapsed and died of hunger in the Seville territory.

“…”

“This forest. There are no animals. Only plants exist.”

Baek Geum-gyeong smiled slightly.

“No animals mean no ‘insects.'”

“…”

It must be a truly scary maze.

* * *

Elven Forest.

The end.

“They’re all here.”

“…”

I think I walked for about 2 hours.

The word ‘maze’ was meaningless, and Baek Geum-gyeong got out of the forest so easily.

‘If the forest lasts 2 hours, you might get lost.’

Surely, as long as there is a maze like this, everyone is bound to die in it.

Even in the middle, there were many white bones that were about to be weathered, but no traces of people could be found from the middle.

In other words.

This means that many people starved to death before they could find the elf forest.

No matter how much food you bring, you cannot survive by just chewing plants.

“You seem to be more worried about the maze than the elf city. Why? Are you afraid that they will ask you to find this path alone later?”

“No.”

Once again, I became slightly afraid.

“If there is someone who can break through this maze, I wonder how they would break through it.”

From noble mtl dot come

How did the crown prince break through the maze with his eight arms?

“There are many ways. Lift the barrier inside the elf city, kill me, the maze master, or destroy the entire maze.”

“Can you tell me that?”

“I thought you knew, but guess you didn’t? Hehe.”

“…”

I try not to let my guard down, but each word is as sharp as a knife.

“Keep your guard up, but don’t be that nervous. I’m not sure if the elves here will pay much attention to you.”

“…?”

“First of all, I have to get rid of this cumbersome thing.”

Baekgeumgyeong fluffed his robe-

“…What are you doing now?”

“What are you doing?”

I barely managed to hold onto Lord Platinum’s hand before she even took off her clothes her her her her.

“I asked what you are doing now.”

“What can I do? This is the elven forest, and this is human civilization.”

“No, wait a minute. Aren’t these elf clothes?”

“It is only a formal ceremonial chair used when dealing with humans.”

This woman.

Aren’t they using a sophisticated deception tactic against me?

“That’s strange. Do you think elves wear clothes?”

“…”

“If you’ve ever been to the elf forest, you would know.”

“I’m 15. That can’t be possible, right?”

“So. But you don’t wear stuffy clothes, even at home. Do you wear a coat and socks and shoes to bed when you sleep?”

“That’s not true, Lord Platinum, even though I, her guest, have come to the forest, will she still walk around in such a light outfit?”

“Light clothes? It’s too much of an illusion.”

Lord Platinum shook off her hand and pointed to the inside of her dress-like street clothes.

“Do you think there are other clothes under this uniform?”

“If you are trying to figure out my true nature, why don’t you just stop?”

Anyway, this is a bit like that.

“I have never been to the Elven Forest, this is my first time, and this is my first time meeting Lord Platinum. Is this enough?”

“Hmm… I don’t think you’re lying. It’s good.”

Lord Platinum took her hand away from her dress uniform that she was about to throw off.

“It’s good to be honest. Well, at least you know that lying won’t work against elves.”

“I know that much.”

“How much do you know about elves?”

“…”

Baek Geum-gyeong’s expression gradually begins to change.

“No.”

Seriously.

“Let’s change the question.”

Approach the cliff, beyond the lush green forest below.

“This is a place called the Elven Forest. A city of spirits that protect the ‘World Tree’, which is said to be the axis of the world.”

“…”

Between the trees, an elaborate ancient city that looks like it was made of hardened gray mud blends in with the forest.

“If this place is destroyed, how do you think it will be destroyed?”

“…I don’t know the details either.”

I’m afraid of speaking directly, and I don’t mean to reveal it to anyone.

“If only I heard it through a rumor in a dream.”

I can’t say we’ve regressed.

“One day, I think the strongest person in the world said this in passing. He burned the elf forest and slaughtered the elves.”

“…”

“If nothing else, he is neither a member of a vampire nor a person with demonic blood, but he is clearly a ‘human’.”

The most frightening thing about Habsburg von Tersian is that no matter what actions he commits or what ideas he holds.

“As a man boasted, he said he had destroyed the elven forest.”

As a species, it is clearly a ‘human’ born between humans.

“I see.”

Baek Geum-gyeong looked down at the gray city with faint eyes and smiled bitterly.

“If that’s the case, then that person must have joined hands with renegades, or had some kind of relationship in that dream that you don’t know about.”

“…”

I don’t know.

To be honest, I couldn’t find any connection between the Empire and vampires other than ‘Silver’.

Rather, after the regression, I learned more about it, and was able to infer that possibility through the story of Baekgeumgyeong.

In the first place, there was nothing like a vampire or anything next to the emperor and the eight-year-old.

“…”

“Why are you doing that? Did something come to mind?”

“…”

It’s just a realm of possibility.

‘What if all internal dangers were eliminated and only human battles were prepared?’

The emperor said he had eliminated all the elves.

“White Gold Sutra.”

“Okay.”

“The vampires that humans call vampires. The real originals, not the corrupted ones… So…”

“They describe themselves as ‘true ancestors.’ They are not the same.”

“…”

“It seems like something comes to mind, but I’m not sure.”

Deal with the elf.

Deal with ‘all elves’.

Vampires can be killed and recycled into ash.

“…Ha.”

It wasn’t an impossible scenario, but I couldn’t help but laugh.

‘You really prepared thoroughly.’

It is a moment when I become even more afraid.

And because of that, it becomes even more desperate.

“Let’s go, Baek Geum-gyeong. There’s something I want to show you.”

“It’s good. But…”

Baek Jin-gyeong looked me up and down as if he was hesitating.

“Is it your body that you want to show me?”

“…Yes?”

“No. Just. She thought you decided to follow the elf culture.”

“Over there… “

“Look.”

As the Platinum Mirror pointed forward, elves began to appear one by one on the rooftop of the gray building.

“The spirit of nature, the forest of the elves.”

“…”

I was completely dizzy by the sight of the elves, who were so natural.

“White Gold Sutra.”

“Why again?”

“Doesn’t clothing culture exist for elves in civilization?”

“Ha.”

Nature.

“You.”

Another name.

“You’re saying the same thing as Erwin.”

Wild (野生).