……uncle?
Everyone present suddenly realized that although Joshua had been in the Wizard Tower for a while, due to physical reasons, today was the first time he met Jane.
The only two elves in the third wizard tower are now facing each other by chance.
Brent was very surprised: "Joshua, who is he?"
Of course he knew who Jane was.
He is a high-ranking member of the Secret Alliance, and Jane, who hates humans, is a sharp knife of the Secret Alliance and a very useful thug. Although Jane is not his direct subordinate and he has no direct communication with Jane, he has long been famous for the title of Pseudo-Scarlet.
He was just surprised that he had never heard Joshua talk about Jane.
Joshua's expression had calmed down. He seemed to sigh, "I thought he was gone." So he never mentioned it.
He walked to Jane's side, and Jane stood up unconsciously. A rare look of helplessness emerged in her inorganic eyes.
Just like a child facing the scrutiny of his parents, he subconsciously worries whether he will disappoint his parents and feels uneasy.
Joshua raised his hand and pointed at the top of his head, and said in a gentle voice: "Jane, you have grown up."
He pulled Jane to sit down and explained to the shocked people: "I was born in Muen Cave..."
Most of the elves of Iluf live in Muen Cave, which is governed and protected by the Wizard Association.
Joshua was born into a tribe of forest elves, next to which was a tribe of moonlight elves.
Being in roughly the same situation, the two ethnic groups came quite close.
Joshua also often visited the neighbors.
Especially when an elf is born, the new life always attracts a lot of elves to watch and bless it.
When Joshua was an adult, a little elf was born among the moonlight elves next door and was named Jane Fairbairns.
Of course he also went to give his blessings and even held the little guy in his arms.
He watched Jane grow up, from a small kid to a lively and lovely child, and then to a vibrant teenager.
The most profound impression is that when the child made a mistake and was about to be punished, he would always try to escape. As a guest from next door, Joshua was often used by his good-tempered uncle Joshua as a shield to block the anger from his family.
A dejected elf who always likes to hide behind himself.
——In Joshua's eyes, Jane has always been like this and there is no chance of changing.
Because before Jane grew up, Joshua was captured by humans on the edge of the Muen Cave, sold as experimental material to the underground laboratory of the Famiglio Manor, and never saw the light of day again.
When the Familio Manor was blown up into the sky by Brent with a grand firework, he also sneaked into the Muen Cave accompanied by Brent, but found that his tribe was gone, and the tribe in the Moonlight Forest next door was also gone.
Many of the elf tribes that once came and went have disappeared.
It is said that a group of evil wizards once broke into the Muen Cave, captured and killed elves on a large scale, and many tribes fell apart.
Joshua had been imprisoned in the Famiglio Manor for too long, and all traces and clues from those years had long since disappeared, making it impossible to trace them.
Joshua, who had been imprisoned by humans, naturally knew that after so much time had passed, what fate his people might have fallen into. He also knew that after so much time had passed, only a few of his people would survive.
Not all tribesmen can meet a Brant and be saved.
He may have no tribe members left in the entire Iluv, or there may still be one or two, struggling in the darkness.
His body used to be getting weaker and weaker, and he was just a burden to Brandt, but now he was getting better. While Nans was treating him, he began to think that if he could really get better, he would travel all over Iluf with Brandt, and maybe they would really be able to find one or two of their tribesmen?
Unexpectedly, not long after he thought this, he met the elf who always liked to hide behind him. Of course, this elf had grown up, and he looked strange yet familiar.
"It's nice to see you again." He looked at Jane and said from the bottom of his heart.
Seeing Jane seemed to reaffirm the possibility that there were still members of the tribe alive somewhere.
Jane was immersed in great shock and still couldn't recover.
He also remembered Joshua.
He liked this very much when he was a child, but suddenly one day it disappeared. Once he asked "Why hasn't Uncle Joshua come for a long time", all the older elves around him would show sad expressions, remain silent, and then repeatedly warn him not to go to secluded places to play alone, and not to be curious about the world outside the Muen Cave.
Not long after, when all his tribesmen were killed and abducted...he finally found out where his missing Uncle Joshua had gone.
"You're still alive..." His eyes were a little dazed. For a moment, Ash seemed to see a gleam of water in his smoky gray eyes. "You escaped?"
"It's a long story." Joshua stood up and held out his hand to him. "Want to listen to it?"
Jane stared at the hand stretched out before her eyes.
Very thin, so thin that the bones were visible, with a layer of pale skin tightly attached to the hard metacarpals and phalanges. But the hands were still big, the hands in his vivid memories of his youth that he had long since deliberately blurred, very steady and gentle.
The hands would hold his shoulders, pull him out from behind, and say with a smile, "What mistake has this kid made again? Kid, it's good to be more lively, don't you think?"
A warm current surged from his chest and flowed to his throat.
His emotions, which had been cold for so many years and certain cowardly, powerless and useless feelings that he had forcibly stifled, suddenly revived and thrived in his body.
He couldn't help but become weak in front of his elders.
Just like many times before, I wanted to hide behind Uncle Joshua.
Tell him that all his people are gone, humans killed them and kidnapped them, and he no longer has a home.
Then someone will provide shelter from the wind and rain.
He raised his hand and shook Joshua's hand tightly, lowered his head, and seemed to choke in his throat.
Uncle Joshua, I'm so glad you're still alive.
Joshua apologized and left early with Jane. Brent watched the two elves leave, then shrugged helplessly, walked to sit next to Meng, and took a bowl of hot soup and started drinking it.
"Don't want to follow?" Meng asked.
Brent curled his lips and said, "That elf... Tsk." He seemed to be jealous of himself and changed his words, "I've heard that he hates humans, right? It's a rare opportunity for them to meet again, so I better not go over and get in the way."
He seemed to be showing off, but also said in distress: "Joshua is mature and steady, but he is very popular with these little guys, alas."
Several people at the table looked at him strangely, as if he wasn't one of these brats.
Compared to Jane, Brent is younger.
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