Chapter 250 (Catching Bugs)
Fairy tale, princess and prince.
The elf flapped its translucent wings and flew lightly onto a beautiful flower, stepping on the petals swaying in the wind. Surrounded by the gentle floral fragrance, she quietly listened to the system's strange tone of voice telling her about her next first task.
"Far, far to the west of the Silver Moon Forest, there is an endless blue ocean. In the depths of the ocean lives a tribe of the sea. They are deep-sea mermaids, also known as mermen."
"Mianmian, your first mission target is the royal family of this group of deep-sea mermaids, a fifteen-year-old mermaid princess. You need to cross the entire Silver Moon Forest to reach her and protect her so that she will no longer turn into sea foam in pursuit of love and an eternal soul."
The elf listened to it in confusion, and curiously held it in his hands and asked, "But... I was just born, won't I be eaten by fish?"
Yunmian curled up on the light blue petals a little uneasily, pursed her lips and whispered: "Princess Yuyu is already fifteen years old, much older than me, can't we let other elves protect her?"
The elf who has never seen the sea in his past life or this life, the elf whose soul belongs to the forest, instinctively resists the boundless deep sea.
"And I know this story." The elf sat on the petals, shook his white and tender feet unconsciously, and obediently told the system uncle the fairy tale he had heard from his mother in his previous life.
Also tell it to the curious elves flying nearby.
"In the distant sea, there are six most beautiful princesses in the mermaid kingdom..."
The elf's tender and soft voice echoed softly in the forest, attracting not only fellow elves, but also other small animals who liked to listen to stories.
They hid behind leaves, under tree roots, or landed on high branches, all listening attentively and quietly to the story of the Little Cotton that the Little Mermaid told them.
But as time went by, the stories the elves told became sadder and sadder.
"…Finally, the little mermaid dropped the knife, and then, at the moment when the sun rose from the sea, it gradually turned into transparent foam."
"Wow, wow, wow, the little mermaid is so pitiful..."
"Why did the witch take away the little mermaid's voice? If she had told the prince earlier, it wouldn't have come to this."
"I hate the princess of the neighboring country... She stole the prince who originally belonged to the little mermaid."
"Little Cotton, this story is not happy at all. Mother Tree, can you tell us another happy story?"
"Little Cotton, will the prince really be with the princess from the neighboring country in the end? What about the little mermaid..."
The kind and naive forest elves all cried their eyes out because of a small story, and they all expressed their feelings after listening to the story.
The system glanced at the script and did not correct the host's story content.
After all, in the small world derived from fairy tales, the plot is actually not much different from the content of the most widely circulated fairy tales.
Only the Elf Queen, who came nearby at some unknown time, heard this story and tapped her scepter lightly, and a beautiful light enveloped every elf nearby.
"Outside the Silver Moon Forest, in a place even further away, there is indeed a sea inhabited by mermaids."
Yun Yejin looked at the elf cub Xiao Mianhua, who was a newborn but could tell a complete story, and said to all the curious elves in a gentle voice:
“I have never heard of such a story, but mermaids, elves, dragons, demons…all the immortal races on the continent have been compiled into poems and sung by humans. Wandering poets among humans are best at writing these stories.
Little ones, don’t be fooled by the beautiful fantasies in the story. Humans are insidious, cunning, difficult to trust, and absolutely cannot be trusted. "
"Your Majesty, why did the little mermaid save him when the human was so evil?"
"Yes, didn't the little mermaid's grandmother and sisters tell her that humans are all bad?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I definitely don't like humans. They don't have pointy ears or beautiful wings. Humans always slaughter the lives in the Silver Moon Forest. We will always learn from their mistakes."
"Will the wandering poet come and sing the story of us elves? Will the Mother Tree of Life and Her Majesty the Queen be in the story? Will we and Little Cotton be in the story?"
Perhaps it was because the people in the Silvermoon Forest were too carefree and bored. The elves' thousand-year lifespan meant that everyone was always occupied by a small thing.
For example, the Dada flowers secretly blooming on the treetops, a bird with colorful feathers flying from nowhere, or the strange big cloud in the sky that looks like a moon beast.
These little things in life can make the naive elves marvel or dance with joy, not to mention a new and strange mermaid story that they have never heard of?
The sea, mermaids, princes, princesses, and huge ships in the story...
Everything was completely different from the world in the Silvermoon Forest. The elves could only use their imagination to think about and depict the scenes in the story, and then shed tears for the sad ending of the little mermaid.
They even began to look forward to the elf cub Little Cotton, who was not even a month old, telling them more novel and tortuous stories.
But in the boundless sea of Hitanya, the fifteenth birthday of one of the protagonists of the mission, the mermaid princess, is about to arrive.
So before telling a new fairy tale, the elf flew to the throne in the Elf Palace and told a little lie to the Elf Queen who was sitting elegantly on the throne.
"Mom, I received a request from the mother tree..."
The elf's lies were not bad, but she was really bad at lying.
He became so embarrassed that his face turned red before he even opened his mouth. He twisted his fingers nervously and stammered for a long time without being able to finish his lie.
"Little Cotton, look at me."
The elf looked up at his mother with tears in his eyes.
"Go do whatever you want." Yun Yejin raised his hand and gently stroked her forehead, his voice soft as the most beautiful sound in the world: "The Mother Tree of Life gave us wings, and it will never bind us to this forest. The world is so big, you can go anywhere you can reach, whether it is high in the sky or deep in the sea, the companion leaf will show you the way home."
"Mom..." The elf walked forward, raised his head and hugged his mother's hand.
"Go, be careful of humans, and remember to return home within a month." The scepter in Yun Yejin's hand emitted a bright green light again. As her voice faded away, the world in Yun Mian's eyes became more and more blurry.
The forest elves have never been imprisoned in the Silvermoon Forest for any reason. They certainly know the temptation of the Immortal Seed to humans and other life forms, and they even know that human warriors are famous throughout the continent for capturing an elf, but so what?
Under the protection of the Mother Tree of Life, the elves are always free and fearless. They can go wherever they want. Even if they lose their lives, the companion leaves will carry their souls back to the Mother Tree.
The sky is high and the sea is vast, and the elves can always go home no matter where they are.
But elf cubs are different from adult forest elves.
Elf cubs can also step out of the Silvermoon Forest freely, but they are still too young and have not yet learned much advanced shapeshifting magic, so they need adult elves to help cast the shapeshifting magic.
Fortunately, under the protection of the Mother Tree of Life, the forest elves are recognized as the darlings of magic throughout the entire continent. At least the perfect magic used by the high-level elves is absolutely indistinguishable by humans of the same level.
Only other races who are also immortal may be able to see it, but the probability is extremely small.
At the edge of the Silver Moon Forest, after hearing these complicated knowledge from the system uncle, Yun Mian learned that the reason why he turned into a human cub was because his mother cast a shapeshifting magic on him.
"Uncle, but I can't see what I look like." Yun Mian raised her hand and touched her head. She could still feel a soft and tender little leaf. That was her companion leaf. Even after it changed its shape, it always stayed on her head.
After the system scanned, it showed her the host's current appearance through the light screen.
The child's light golden, slightly curly hair did not change much, and fell lightly behind her. Only a wreath woven from vines surrounded her hair. The originally colorful petal skirt turned into an ordinary light green dress for humans. The elf's pointed ears turned into human ears, and even her height returned to Yunmian's height when she was about five years old in modern times.
Even though her emerald green eyes had turned into ordinary light brown, she in this world looked more delicate, lively and vivid than herself on the modern hospital bed.
Yun Mian reached out to touch herself on the light screen, but the moment her finger penetrated the screen, a human voice was heard not far away.
"Hurry up, we have to get out of the Silver Moon Forest before dark. I don't want to set foot in this damn forest again in my life!"
A rough, urging, complaining voice sounded from the woods on the right.
Yun Mian was startled by the sudden sound, her pupils shrank slightly, and she subconsciously hugged the ball of light and hid behind a thick tree trunk nearby.
“Don’t be afraid, Mianmian. The Mother Tree of Life can inform the Queen of your life information at any time. I’ll go out and check on those humans first. You hide here and don’t talk. Wait for me to come back.” The system comforted the frightened host, then flew out of her arms and quietly approached the team of adventurers walking in the forest at dusk.
Yunmian pressed her body against the rough tree trunk, her delicate hands pressed against the hard bark behind her, and she held her breath without doing anything dangerous like looking around.
Instead, her eyes were fixed on the woods ahead, wondering how she could quickly avoid the group of humans that had not yet appeared but were getting closer and closer.
Every elf cub has learned some small magic, some are cleaning spells, some are wind control, and any magic of natural elements, the elf cubs can always learn quickly and well, which is a magical talent that all other races envy.
Yunmian doesn't have a wand of her own, but elves don't need a wand to cast magic.
All it takes is a clean and concise mantra, or even a slight movement of the mind.
So when the system flew back, the child who had just been standing obediently behind the tree had turned into a tall and green little tree.
It was less than 40 centimeters long, and those big guys could have crushed it with just one step.
system:"……"
If the scan is correct, this is indeed the host of my little silly one, right?
So why are there so many small trumpet creepers blooming on the small tree that the host transformed into? ?
How can a decent little tree bloom when it is so short?
And the form you transformed into is not the trumpet creeper vine!
Mianmian: Turn into a small tree, bloom small flowers, and deceive every human who passes by.
Human: This tree...this flower...ah???
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution:
Pear's daily fishing 346 bottles;
After the Snow, Drunk, Clearing Up 68 bottles;
60 bottles of 哓咲xuekeyan;
Muxun and Sen 24 bottles;
15 bottles of Heart Realm;
50122688, 10 bottles of Oh Howler, Jinghong, Yingguang, and Chengyou;
Songyun 9 bottles;
5 bottles of tea;
Dream 1 bottle;
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