Chapter 175 Request
"Cookies? Nothing else..."
Lu Yi brought out both plates of cookies and said simply, "The one on the left is normal-flavored cookies, and the one on the right is more challenging."
The two elves had no appetite for the food and only tasted a small piece of the cookie on the left plate out of courtesy. All their attention was focused on observing Lu Yi.
It’s nothing, it’s just that Lu Yi’s reaction was a little too calm.
They were not familiar with Lu Yi, so naturally they could not see the shock and collapse beneath Lu Yi's seemingly calm appearance.
In their eyes, it seemed that Lu Yi had already guessed it and was not at all flustered by their sudden arrival and the elf cub who looked like himself.
Such a calm reaction is actually not conducive to what they are going to do next.
Elder Shu thought so and once again silently raised his estimation of Lu Yi in his heart.
According to their original plan, they were going to test Lu Yi's attitude in the afternoon.
But the problem is that plans cannot keep up with changes. The cub kept crying and shouting "papa", and no one could comfort it.
The little guy cried without caring about anything else, his cheeks turned red, and he looked like a stubborn person who was about to cry himself to death.
The elder was really afraid that this precious baby would cry himself sick, so all the elves, who had lived for thousands of years in total, surrounded the cub all night.
At first she tried to persuade him in every possible way, and repeatedly promised to take him to find this so-called "papa" at dawn. She also sang songs to put him to sleep and used all her tricks, and finally she managed to coax the little cub to sleep.
The little cub slept soundly, but the elves were exhausted and didn't sleep the whole night.
The next morning, the little cubs, who had had enough sleep, started howling again with their mouths pouting. They had no choice but to rush to find Lu Yi.
Looking at the cute and well-behaved little cub at this moment, Elder Shu felt particularly uncomfortable.
"Hey, Xiaoyi, are you hungry? Do you want to drink some honey dew?" Shu said kindly.
The elf cub named "Xiaoyi" blinked his big eyes, as if thinking about the elder's words.
"It's the honey dew that I fed you last night. That sweet water..."
With the elder's reminder, Xiaoyi finally remembered last night's rations. He stretched out his hand excitedly, and his little hand, like a lotus root node, grabbed in the air.
The watery blue eyes were brighter than gems, and they made Elder Shu's heart melt.
He took out a small bottle of honey dew and reached out to pick up the elf cub.
The little cub noticed his intention and instantly withdrew his hand, hugged Lu Yi's neck tightly, and looked at Elder Shu vigilantly.
Elder Shu was heartbroken. He withdrew his hand dejectedly, handed the small bottle to Lu Yi and said, "...Can you help feed Xiaoyi?"
[Hurry up and hug him. I think his heart is about to break!] 857 said with great emotion.
Lu Yi took the small bottle for the cubs and complained to 857: [“Stop talking. I’ve broken into pieces.”]
The elf elder was very heartbroken and he was also devastated!
Two adult elves looked at him without blinking, a human feeding a baby elf with a bottle of milk. What kind of thing was this? !
Lu Yi held up the bottom of the bottle to make it easier for the little cub to hold the small bottle, which was almost as big as himself.
Xiaoyi adjusted his posture and finally found the most comfortable position on Lu Yi's shoulder. He lay on the small bottle with his mouth wide open.
He has no teeth yet, and his pink gums are exposed.
The man and the two elves were watching him eat attentively, but the little one's big mouth did not reach the bottle, and instead closed its mouth again.
The elder was wondering about the condition of the cub when he saw Xiaoyi pushing the bottle and looking at Lu Yi eagerly, "Drink, drink..."
The elder's heart was completely shattered into powder.
“Papa, drink, drink!”
Xiaoyi is still a little elf who is less than a day old. He doesn’t know anything. He only vaguely remembers that he drank very delicious and sweet honey dew yesterday, so today he actively wants to share it with his favorite papa.
Lu Yi was a little amused and his originally confused heart softened a lot.
Humans have almost no resistance to good-looking and well-behaved cubs, and he is no exception.
Lu Yi gently touched Xiaoyi's soft golden hair, lowered his eyes and said gently: "I just had a meal, and now I'm so full, Xiaoyi, can you help me drink it?"
Xiaoyi tilted his head and looked at him, then tentatively pushed the bottle again.
Lu Yi shook his head and said patiently again: "Xiao Yiguai, can you finish drinking it?"
Xiao Yi mumbled something in baby language that no one could understand, and finally stopped pushing the bottle towards Lu Yi.
He turned his little head, hugged the bottle and started drinking the milky white honey dew.
The blond, blue-eyed elf cub was drinking honey dew quietly, his big round eyes seemed to be able to speak as he looked around in an intelligent way.
Bubbles began to form in Elder Shu's heart again.
The elf cub had limited energy, and he began to feel sleepy after drinking a bottle of milk. By the time the honey dew was gone, Xiaoyi had completely closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Shu took the bottle very gently and used a soft handkerchief to carefully wipe the milk stains on the little cub's cheek.
There was a subtle magical power floating in the air, and Shu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I added a magic to block the sound for Xiaoyi, now we can talk normally."
Lu Yi nodded and asked, "Is his name Xiaoyi? The one of one, two, three, four?"
"Yes, One. Verden means world and hope in the Elvish language. It is a very good name. On the first day in the Garden of Eden, light appeared, and light and darkness became distinct. One is the world and also hope."
Shu told the story slowly, looking at Xiaoyi with soft and expectant eyes.
Unlike the human race, the names of the elves are recycled.
Each word represents the long years that the elves have gone through. When an elf falls in the river of time, his name will return to the embrace of the mother tree and be re-given to a newborn elf cub in the future. This is a blessing and hope that is unique to the elves and passed down from generation to generation.
"It's hope..." Lu Yi said softly.
"Hope that shines like gold." Shu said, looking at Xiaoyi's golden hair. "As you can see, except for the black elves, the hair and irises of us white elves are all very light in color."
"But Xiaoyi is different. Do you know who was the last elf as colorful as him?" asked the Book Elder.
Lu Yi shook his head.
Shu smiled and looked at the tower beside him. The reserved Elf King said concisely, "It's me."
[Great! Xiaoyi has found another father!] 857 said excitedly.
Lu Yi ignored 857's self-congratulation and asked curiously, "Xiaoyi's name means world and hope in Elvish. What about your Majesty's name? It should also have a very beautiful meaning, right?"
"Ah, your Majesty's name." Shu's smile became more genuine, "Hyre, which means authority and power."
He was born as the only prince of the elves and destined to be the Elf King in the future.
Lu Yi nodded thoughtfully. No wonder he saw such a scene through the Crimson Eye (Seeing Through Illusion) at that time.
Hold power and gather strength.
It turns out that the Elf King's ambition was destined from the very beginning.
"Since Xiaoyi is already asleep, how about we get straight to the point? I believe you must have a lot of questions now." Ta looked at Lu Yi and said.
Lu Yi followed his words and said: "I do have some questions..."
"You can ask directly, and we will answer your questions first." Elder Shu said kindly, "Don't worry, in front of an old guy like me, you are still a child like Xiaoyi."
Although there were long-lived human mages who lived for hundreds of years, the lifespan of most humans was only a hundred years, not to mention the servants and slaves at the bottom. Although there was no detailed information, Lu Yi remembered that a book briefly mentioned that the lifespan of the lower-level slaves in modern times did not even exceed 20 years.
It's a cruel number, but this is the real nourishment that is squeezed out of the nobles' extravagant daily life.
But no matter whether it is twenty years or a hundred years, in front of the elves whose lifespans can easily reach hundreds or thousands of years, humans are just actors in a pantomime that is performed at an accelerated pace.
"I don't know if it's my illusion, but Xiaoyi seems to be a bit like me." Lu Yi said implicitly.
"They are indeed similar, which is why we came to find you." said Elder Shu.
Lu Yi pretended to be confused and waited quietly for his answer.
"It has been a long time since humans entered the Elf Forest. For the sake of safety, when you first entered the Elf Forest, I collected some of your blood to familiarize the Elf trees with their aura."
[“Nonsense, I’m 99% sure that this group of elves only took my blood.”] Lu Yi said confidently.
Still lying here? Does he look so easy to fool?
[Why did they say that? To get closer to you and get you to cooperate with them?]
【“It seems more like they are trying to turn the tables.”】Lu Yi guessed, 【“If you think so, then we have the initiative.”】
[“But this is the elves’ territory, and they definitely want to have the initiative. So they must take the initiative to gain the upper hand in terms of logic and reason.”]
[Oh~] 857 said doubtfully.
"...and then an accident happened and Xiaoyi was born?" Lu Yi cooperated.
"Yes, you can say that." Elder Shu smiled bitterly, "It's not some unspeakable secret. I'll tell you directly that the Elf Mother Tree has two state cycles, the blooming recovery period and the withered dormant period.
“The recovery period is a critical time for the elves. The mother tree is actively blooming, but it also carries the risk of injury. Generally speaking, we will not allow non-elves to approach during this period.
"During the dormant period, the mother trees tend to be stable, so there won't be any unexpected events that are hard to deal with."
"But yesterday, an accident happened, right after your blood dripped into the Mother Tree." The Elf King whispered.
[“What did I say? You’re pushing the blame.”]
【Predict things as if they were gods! 】
"Is there something wrong with my blood? I'm sorry to hear that."
The Elf King shook his head and said, "You don't have to feel sorry for this. This is not your fault. To be honest, you actually helped us by accident.
"The mother tree's current recovery period has yet to arrive. The elders and I are extremely worried. Your blood is more of an opportunity than an accident."
[“Seven parts true and three parts false, a beating followed by a sweet treat, this Elf King is quite something.”]
After a set of combined punches, if Lu Yi still didn't cooperate, he would be ignorant of what was good for him. In other words, anyone with a little bit of sense would take the initiative to cooperate with them at this time.
"Opportunity?" Lu Yi repeated doubtfully, "Your Majesty, is there anything I can do?"
"Of course you can do something." Ta stared at Lu Yi, with a vortex in his light blue eyes, "Your existence is very important, Lu Yi.
“Perhaps this is destiny. The God of Light guided you to come to the Elf Forest. You possess a great power that you are not even aware of.
"And this great power is exactly what the elves urgently need right now."
The last syllable of Ta's voice fell to the ground. He looked at Lu Yi deeply, then lowered his eyes and slowly bent down.
"So please allow me to represent the entire elves and earnestly ask for your help, Lu Yi Klein. The elves need you—"
The moment the Elf King bent down slightly, Lu Yi immediately took a big step forward and came in front of him, holding his arm in time.
Acting together? It's time for him to cooperate! Lu Yi thought.
"His Majesty!"
Ta lowered his eyes, and there were fragments of light floating on his light-colored eyelashes, and his cheeks were also white and pink, as if translucent.
Like a long shot in a movie, the picture gradually zoomed in and Ta slowly raised his eyes to look at him.
It was clearly a cold expression without any strong emotions, but the more so, the more touching the faint sincerity in his eyes seemed.
"This is the request of the elves, and it is also my request."
[Oh shit! Honey trap!] 857 exclaimed.
It finally understood what was going on. First it used the little cub to lure the enemy into relaxing, and then it sent out the Elf King, a powerful weapon.
Being needed so earnestly by the almighty Elf King.
Wouldn't this make one's vanity and sense of accomplishment explode? !
Not to mention Lu Yi, even 857, an inorganic life form, was firmly grasped!
The damn elves are so cunning!
he——tui!
…
Zorn opened the door quietly, and saw three pairs of bright eyes.
"Yo~~~~" the bald man said in a winding manner.
"The person who leaked the information—" the man with glasses continued in tacit understanding.
"Finally back?!" the fox said with teasing eyes.
The three of them looked like they were interrogating someone, which gave Zorn a headache. "What are you doing? Rehearsing a play to change your career?"
"Tsk, then we thought you were going to change your career, Old Z!" The fox jumped down from the tall wooden chair first and followed behind Zorn with great interest.
"Old Z, Old Z, did you go to look for Lu Yi just now?"
"Yes, Old Z! I wanted to ask you before, do you know Lu Yi? Why did you change your name on purpose?!" said the bald man.
"And he always wears a mask!" added the fox.
The man with glasses said faintly: "Could it be the one you love?"
"Yo——" the bald man immediately started to make a noise.
"Don't guess randomly." Zorn took off his mask and said seriously, "Lu Yi is a very important person to me. It has nothing to do with love."
"It has nothing to do with love?" the man with glasses repeated, his expression becoming a little uncertain.
"If it's not love, then it's family? Is Lu Yi a family member?" the fox asked naturally.
"Ah? No way, Lu Yi doesn't look like the eldest brother at all! How could they have the same mother?" The bald man muttered, and suddenly seemed to realize something, and said in astonishment, "Could it be that they have the same father but different mothers, or even different fathers and different mothers?!"
Family affairs, the love-hate entanglement of the previous generation, are actually happening to my team?!
Zorn smiled slightly and admitted straightforwardly: "You, a big fool, actually guessed it right by accident."
The expressions of the three people relaxed instantly, some were relieved and some felt regretful.
"Indeed, Lu Yi is my younger brother."
"Hey, if you're my brother, why don't you just tell me earlier? There's nothing to hide." The bald man waved his hand, turned around and walked into the room.
"That's right, your brother is our brother." The fox patted his back and turned away.
In the end, only Glasses was left sitting on the sofa, as if he had something to say.
Zorn realized something, sat down opposite him, and asked, "What's wrong, Yujin, is there something you want to discuss with me?"
Yujin is the name given to the man with glasses as an elf by his tribe members.
White elves' names come from the single words of the elven mother tree, while black elves are mostly named with two words given by themselves or their parents.
"Brother Z, there are something I have to tell you."
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①, Norwegian, meaning world
②, hyre, there is a letter that cannot be typed (sigh), Norwegian, meaning rights
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