love……
Lovers.
Although I already had a guess in my mind.
However, when he heard the answer from the black-dressed girl in front of him.
Liliana's mind was still shaken violently.
She raised her head slightly.
The gaze of those gray-black eyes kept moving between the girl in the black dress in front of him and the figure on the throne.
Because, at this moment, Liliana suddenly recalled an event that happened more than 500 years ago.
A past that has long been buried in the dust of history.
...
...
That was when the Elf King's Court had not yet fallen into the abyss like it is now, but was still a lonely island in the endless sea.
Myself, the conversation with Hathaway's sister.
"Sister Hathaway...what is your relationship with that new human?"
At that time, I was naive and young, just an inconspicuous little girl in the gray elves, and I also asked similar questions to Hathaway, the elder of the gold elves at that time.
The other party’s answer is——
It is no different from the leader at this moment.
Even the distant gaze, which was looking at him but seemed to have passed through his body and reached the world farther away, was exactly the same.
The little gray elf girl at that time was still in a confused stage. She had only a vague understanding of the word "lover" and could not comprehend its meaning.
However, at this moment, Liliana, who had become an elder of the gray elves, could already understand the meaning.
Furthermore, contained in this seemingly insignificant information is a huge vortex that can overturn the entire Elf Royal Court.
"Speaking of which, Lily."
"You are an elf born on the Isle of the Lost before the fall."
"In other words, have you also seen the golden elf when he was with Char?"
The girl in the black dress suddenly withdrew her distant and vague gaze.
She looked at Liliana in front of her, with a faint smile still on her lips.
"Can you tell me about what happened to them back then?"
"Or to be more precise...what kind of relationship did they have in the beginning?"
A drop of cold sweat silently slid down Liliana's cheek.
Now, she is no longer the little gray elf girl who knew nothing.
You can tell how big a hole this problem is just by thinking about it.
I was sweating profusely on the spot.
However, although she was panicking, Liliana was now an elder of the council after all.
On the surface, she still showed a thoughtful expression.
After a long time, he shook his head.
"These are all things from my childhood. I don't remember them clearly, Leader."
"Well, is that so?"
The girl in the black dress nodded, and her white fingers gently rested on her delicate chin.
"Then let me change the question."
"Lily... do you think he is more suitable when he is with Hathaway or with me?"
What kind of devilish question is this...
The cold sweat dripped down Liliana's forehead even faster.
Frankly speaking, Liliana also had a good impression of Sister Hathaway, who took good care of the gray elves when she was young.
However, when it comes to friendship, Liliana is more inclined to this leader who single-handedly helped the Elf Royal Court to revive after it fell into the abyss and allowed the royal court to live and work in peace in the abyss.
Moreover, Sister Hathaway was not in the abyss, but the leader was right in front of her.
Therefore, the answer to this question is naturally self-evident.
"If I remember correctly...Sister Hathaway only spent less than a year with him."
"I think that a year's time is still not as good as five hundred years of companionship."
"Yeah?"
After hearing Liliana's answer, the charming curve of the black-dressed girl's mouth became more prominent.
But soon, she waved casually.
The faint night and shadows behind the girl weave into an ancient and elegant black throne.
And she gently sat on the shadowy throne, side by side with the icy throne behind her, but slightly lower.
"Although this may just be what I really think, I am still very happy to hear such an answer..."
"but--"
There was suddenly a bit of complexity in her eyes.
"More than five hundred years of companionship."
"Can it really be compared to that one year?"
There was a hint of confusion in the words of the girl in the black dress.
There are also those little sighs and fleeting feelings of uneasiness.
This made Liliana startled.
As the recognized leader of the Elf Royal Court, or in other words, the true guardian.
For a long time, even in the eyes of the legendary elders of the council, the image of the girl in black dress has always been mysterious and majestic.
It was as if he really was a god above the clouds, overlooking all living beings and protecting the world.
Since Liliana met the leader, this was the first time she saw the girl in the black dress in front of her showing such a confused and even uneasy look.
"Actually, my previous answer was a lie, Lily."
The girl in the black dress leaned her elbows on the armrests of the shadow throne and held up her delicate chin with her hands, quietly staring at the boy who seemed to be sleeping beside her.
"The relationship between him and me, between Char and I, is not actually that of lovers."
"This is just my own wishful thinking..."
"It's just unrequited love."
She smiled, but there was no smile in her words.
Instead, there is a slight bitterness.
"In fact, he may still be somewhat distant from me and not want to have too much interaction with me."
"Perhaps deep down in his heart, he still sees me as just a friend, or even just the relationship between a beastmaster and his pet."
"Close, trustworthy, even able to lie on his head and bask in the sun without restraint..."
"But that is ultimately just the closeness between a beastmaster and his pet. Between people, the true connection of hearts and the true reliance on each other are two completely different kinds of fate."
The girl in the black dress spoke softly.
"He's very smart, there's no way he didn't notice my special fondness and closeness to him." "But, because of our first encounter as a pet and a beastmaster... in his heart, he always attributed my fondness and closeness to him to the dependence of a hatched dragon on the first living being it sees, or perhaps it was because of the soul bond relationship."
"I can understand his thoughts... He thinks that my closeness and dependence on him comes from the coincidence when I broke out of my shell, and from the external constraints of the soul contract, rather than from my heart."
"This is not true love, but just some distorted emotion."
"So he didn't want me to be tied down and dragged down by this abnormal fate, and also to restrict myself."
"But……"
She spoke softly.
"I know clearly in my heart that this is not the case."
"Something like 'the special feelings of a newly hatched dragon for the first creature it sees', or the constraints of the 'equal contract'... perhaps such things could have an impact on a newly born dragon that doesn't understand the world. ”
"But how could these constraints and concerns last for hundreds of years, or even for several epochs?"
There was light flowing in the red-gold eyes of the girl in the black dress.
"During those long days, I wanted to resent him for leaving me unreliably and to reject his evil behavior of trafficking underage dragons."
“But in the end, after a long period of settling and cooling down, after all the clutter and distractions in the ocean of my mind were eliminated, I was able to see with incredible clarity.”
"The strongest and most passionate feeling I have for him—"
"I still miss you and feel nostalgic for you."
She blinked.
"Being able to be his lover like Hathaway... maybe it was just my own wishful thinking from the beginning to the end."
"But, Lily."
"Since everything has not been settled yet, there is still a chance, right?"
"Even though I have been with him for more than five hundred years, it was all because of my own will... But when he wakes up and sees everything I have done for him."
"Even the most hard-hearted person would be touched and even open up to others, right?"
The girl in the black dress spoke softly.
At this moment, she seemed to no longer be the mysterious, powerful and majestic leader in the eyes of everyone in the Elf Royal Court.
She is no longer the queen sitting on the throne of night.
She is just a sensitive girl who is worried about her own affairs, but also has unspeakable expectations in her worries.
"Yes."
"Although I only met him once, I think that Brother Char, who smiled at me even when we first met, is definitely not a heartless person."
"A heartless person would never do such a decisive thing for Sister Hathaway."
Liliana blurted out without thinking.
This time her answer was no longer the previous formulaic answer of "eyes watch the nose, nose watch the heart", with the first priority being to avoid mistakes.
Rather, it was her true thoughts from the bottom of her heart.
And heard Liliana's answer.
On the throne of shadow, the girl in the black dress just closed her eyes slightly.
The entire hall became silent, and even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard clearly.
The corners of her mouth sometimes curled up and sometimes twitched, but there was more joy than melancholy.
It was unknown how long it had been before the girl in the black dress opened her eyes again.
A red-gold luster appeared, like flowing lava.
It is crystal clear and bright, just like the brilliance of the bright moon.
The joy and melancholy intertwined in those scarlet-gold eyes disappeared.
In just a moment, she turned back into the mysterious, beautiful and incomparable queen of the night.
“That’s right.”
"He has never been such a heartless person."
"Besides, from ancient times to the present, there has never been a reason why childhood sweethearts cannot defeat a gift from heaven."
"If not for this, how could Xiao Ai become the most special person by his side?"
"My story with him——"
"It's just the beginning."
Obviously at the beginning, I just felt like I was a little unconfident and was just trying to encourage myself.
But when it comes to the latter part, it takes on a certain unquestionable majesty.
A hint of tenderness disappeared from the red-gold vertical pupils of the girl in the black dress, and was replaced by an indescribable awe-inspiring glow.
This was the image that Liliana was familiar with, the image of the leader in the eyes of the elves in the Snow Wind City.
When the entire Elf Royal Court had just fallen to the bottom of the abyss, countless elves were dizzy and completely lost for choice.
It was the mysterious leader who walked out from the deepest part of the royal court.
With his overwhelming power, he helped the elves build this snowy city on the ice field at the bottom of the abyss, using the ruins of the royal court as their foundation.
He also used a number of mysterious holy relics to create edible crops that could grow and be harvested in the poorest soil within the barren and lifeless abyss.
It can be said that without her, this snowy city would never have been built, and the elves in the royal court would probably have decayed little by little in aimless confusion.
Many residents of the City of Snow and Wind, including the legends, have speculated about the true origins of this guardian and leader who walked out from the depths of the royal court, with an unpredictable origin and unparalleled strength.
Some people said that she was an extremely powerful elder of the Council of Lords who had gone into seclusion hundreds of years ago in order to break through to a higher realm.
Some people also say that she is the descendant of the former Elf King, or even the Elf King himself.
But in fact, only Liliana, the leader's confidant, knew it.
The reason why the leader became the guardian of the Elf King's Court and guarded this snowy city for hundreds of years was actually just because of a very trivial reason.
"This is Hathaway's hometown after all."
"After all, we are best friends. Even though it's a little fake, our opponents are not just each other, but many other people."
"In that case, since we are on the way, let's take care of it."
That's the only reason.
"Okay, I've finished complaining."
The girl in the black dress casually leaned back on the throne shrouded in the night.
Those red-gold eyes also returned to their original lazy and leisurely look.
She lowered her eyes and looked at the gray elf girl in front of her.
"Then let's get back to the point and talk about business."
"Lily, come and report on what I asked you to investigate in the gap between the Abyss and the Prime Material Plane."
"The movements of those false gods on the Western Continent."
"A certain golden elf who is about to return from the depths of the astral world..."
"as well as--"
“The matter of the Black Tower.” ”
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