Chapter 95
"To see me? Are there any other Terrans coming?"
Al was a little confused. The elves did not like to be close to humans. Even the royal family could not send envoys to this birthday.
Only the Holy See of Light, because of its long-standing insistence on promoting racial equality and its branches in every city strictly investigating the buying and selling of aliens, has won the favor of the aliens. The Holy See has thus become a bridge of communication between them and the human race.
However, this is just Al's own analysis. He has no idea why the alien races would give face to the Holy See.
In short, the Holy See only sent him to this birthday party, mainly to make the future Pope and the Elf King recognize his face.
Of course, Bishop Edgar said that he could bring a few more people, including archbishops or paladins, and they could all obey his orders, but he didn't. He led his own people and came here comfortably.
Dinah shook her head slightly, "If you hadn't had your companions left behind, no Terrans would have come in."
Even the elves were a little puzzled as to why the Holy See sent three people this time, unlike before when at least ten people were sent to protect or take care of the person with the highest status among them.
However, the elves had to admit that they liked the visit of His Royal Highness the Son of God the most. His Royal Highness was sincere and friendly. He entered the elven land with only two knights with whom he had a good relationship. He was simple and casual, just like visiting a friend, unlike the previous priests who were serious and restrained.
Dinah continued, "The one who wants to meet you is the envoy of the mermaid tribe. I heard from Miss Lydia that you two know each other."
Al listened to the familiar yet unfamiliar name, and it took him a while to react before he met a face. "Yes, we have known each other for a few years. I am looking forward to meeting her later."
The young man had curved eyebrows and tiny starlight twinkled in his deep blue eyes. Dina praised the Son of God's attitude towards his friends in her heart, but she didn't know that Al was worried - he didn't know how many of the mermaids here were people he knew. Before meeting them, he had to take out his notebook and review it to match their appearances with their names.
Dina took out a palm-sized exquisite wooden box and said, "By the way, Your Highness, this is the thank-you gift that the king ordered me to give you. Thanks to you, Phoebe was able to return safely."
Some modern habits are deeply ingrained in our bones. Al politely declined at first before accepting it.
Although he was a little curious, he didn't plan to open it and see what it was. Dinah was worried that he wouldn't recognize what it was, so she explained, "This is the leaf of the tree of life. It can nourish the soul and body."
The tree of life itself can give birth to life, so it is not surprising that its leaves have such a function.
There are many people out there who are willing to pay a large sum of money to buy a leaf. The Tree of Life is lush and leafy. Although it bears few elves, it has many leaves. Trading it will not cause any damage to the Tree of Life, but for many years almost no leaves have left Silegusen.
This is because the Tree of Life is the most sacred and important existence to the elves, and it is something they will protect with their lives. They are absolutely unwilling to trade it, as this would be an insult to their mother!
However, they would occasionally give the leaves to friends or benefactors, but this was just occasionally...it might not happen once every two or three hundred years.
When Al heard her say that, his eyes lit up. "Thank you. I just happen to be of use."
Dinah was glad that their gifts could help their friends.
"Lord Arlin has gone to practice swordplay, and Lord Winster doesn't seem to be awake yet. Your Highness, are you going to meet the mermaid messenger now, or do you have other plans?"
When Al heard Winster's name, he felt a little guilty. After all, the person was just inside the door behind him... If others found out that they were sleeping together, he wouldn't be able to explain why!
"Let's go meet Lydia and the others. Please, Dina, lead the way."
Go, go, go quickly. It would be so embarrassing if Winster came out from behind him the next second.
The elf was flying ahead, and Al lagged behind a little. He took out his notebook and quickly went through the names of the mermaids he had seen.
After a moment, Al threw the notebook into the space ring with a beautiful and confident smile on his face.
I have to say this trick is really useful. Since I started taking notes, I have never had the embarrassing situation of seeing acquaintances but not being able to remember their names.
This method was used by the Lancaster family's "blindness" patients and all of them said it was effective!
Dinah brought the Holy Son to a lake somewhere in Gusen. The clear water reflected the pure blue sky. The beautiful and powerful fish tail swung, raising a few splashes of water, which turned into dazzling light golden beads in the golden sunlight.
The bored mermaid saw someone flying towards her, so she turned her fish tail into legs, quickly put on a skirt, and walked onto the shore.
"Lydia, Pearl, Kellogg, long time no see."
"Little Al, long time no see. It's been a long time since you last came to see us."
The young man responded to the hugs from his acquaintances... oh no, familiar fish, one by one, "Please don't call me Little Al. Look, I'm so much taller than you."
He was still a young boy when he met the mermaids. He didn't mind being called that by mermen who were hundreds of years old, but... men have to be more or less proud, and now he doesn't want to be treated like a child anymore.
The enchanting and gorgeous male mermaid laughed and said, "Be careful or they will turn into fish tails and compete with you in height."
“……” No way, no way. Mermaid’s tails are nearly two meters long!
There were still a few mermaids in the lake who had not come ashore. They were all people that Al had never seen before. An old male mermaid listened to their conversation for a while before speaking, "Holy Son of the Vatican, I heard that you helped Liv a few years ago. Lydia and the others should have thanked you, but it seems that they have caused you more trouble instead."
What Al hates most is talking to the old and powerful people in this world. They are polite and well-mannered, and like to observe what kind of person you are. But he is also used to communicating with such people.
An elf asked curiously, "I thought the mermaids didn't like to leave the deep sea. How did His Royal Highness meet everyone?"
Speaking of this past event...
Because he was very curious about fantasy creatures like aliens, Al would run towards their territory every time he had a long vacation.
Four years ago, Al went to the coastal Pearl City, mainly to find seafood for new dishes and to see if he could encounter mermaids.
He used light elements to create a barrier to isolate the water, and then he picked fresh fish for himself in the sea. He didn't want to attract a crowd of people because of his magic, so he walked a little further away and chose a nice beach with no one around.
But a good place is very attractive, and he is not the only one who is attracted by it.
Al was holding a big lobster, his mind full of recipes. As soon as he popped his head out of the water, he saw two humans, one big and one small. Just when he was thinking about changing direction and swimming farther away, he heard them mention catching man-eating fish.
Hmm? What are they catching? Al looked more carefully and saw that it was indeed a combination of a middle-aged fisherman and a boy of eight or nine years old. The two of them? Catching mermaids?
He thought it was just a child's fantasy and was amused for a moment, but he didn't expect that the fisherman had a plan -
The fisherman sent his son to lie on the reef on the sea, pretending to fall into the water and calling for help. If he could attract a mermaid, he would stab it with the medicine-coated dagger, and then the fisherman would row a boat to pick him up.
Of course, the fisherman is not just trying his luck when he does this.
He heard from a traveling bard in the tavern that on this beautiful beach, he saw the upper body of a person appear in the sea, and it seemed to be looking at the beach. Unfortunately, the next moment he saw it, it dived under the sea. Then the poet saw half of a gorgeous golden fish tail.
The poet concluded that it was a mermaid, and because of greed, the fisherman believed it without a doubt and immediately made up his mind to catch the mermaid!
Mermaids are prejudiced against humans, and it’s considered good if they don’t kill them. Fishermen don’t think they can get close to them… But in an ancient legend that everyone in Pearl City knows, mermaids saved children who fell into the water, and sometimes they would give gifts to children when they saw them on the beach - they are very tolerant of young cubs.
The fisherman quickly made a plan to use his son as bait.
If the mermaid didn't come for one day, they would stay for one more day. If she didn't come for one month, they would stay for another month! Anyway, he could catch fish, and the father and son wouldn't starve to death. If he could successfully catch a mermaid, he would become a distinguished rich man and would no longer have to live such a hard life of fishing and drying the nets every day!
Al didn't believe that a fisherman wouldn't know how dangerous the waves were, yet the man still chose to put his child in danger, day after day.
Look at the little boy again, holding the dagger, saying with anticipation that he could ask his father for help, cut open the mermaid's stomach, take out the heart and sell it for a lot of money, and he also acted coquettishly and said that he wanted to buy new clothes and live in a big house.
Al shook his head, too lazy to bother with the father and son, and prepared to land on another beach.
The distance was not very far, so he would stop by in the next few days to see if the person had left. It turned out that he was still able to hold on, but the child did not look very energetic.
He had been swimming in the nearby sea for several days but hadn't seen any mermaids. He didn't believe that the father and son were so lucky that they could easily meet mermaids, and helpful mermaids at that.
The result is really a blind cat catching a dead mouse, a greedy human encountering a simple fish cub——
After calling for help for several days, the boy, whose voice had become hoarse, attracted a little mermaid.
The little red-tailed mermaid hid beneath the sea and hesitated for a moment. When she didn't see any other humans on the beach, she swam towards the human cub.
El was hidden in an inconspicuous halo in the air, and he looked at the mermaid approaching the child with a speechless look. He held his forehead with his hand, and it seemed that the mermaids' awareness of defending against people was not strong enough. Even if they wanted to save people, couldn't this little mermaid control the sea water and send the people to the beach?
He didn't move for the time being, planning on giving the merman a lesson.
The boy looked at the cute face of the mermaid and hesitated for a moment, but the sharp nails of the mermaid touched him, which frightened him. The swinging tail of the fish made him regain the skillful feeling of killing fish at home...
Thinking about the life of rich people, the boy ignored the mermaid's questions, took out a dagger from his arms with a ferocious look and stabbed her - but the dagger was knocked out of his hand by a flash of white light.
Liv stood there in a daze, and suddenly found herself swimming away uncontrollably.
Hey, she didn't move her tail... Liv looked around: Ahhhh, she has wings! How can she, a fish, have bird wings? !
The light wings swam her to a very good-looking human. His expression reminded Liv of a stern elder.
"Have you learned your lesson now?"
——
The three races chatted for a while, and then the Elf King came over.
Everything was fine in the clan, and there wasn't much that needed his attention, so Heinrich was quite free.
The scenery near the lake was pleasant, so they did not walk around. While chatting, the Elf King played a few songs on the harp and directed the flock of birds that had been trained for several days to perform for everyone.
Al's thoughts suddenly drifted away from the excitement for a moment. Eh... hasn't Winster come yet?
He didn't see the most familiar person in his sight, and he didn't know what he was doing or where he was. Al was still not used to it.
Before he had time to feel disappointed, Al heard someone mention his name and was dragged into the fun again.
After chatting for half a day, the mermaid elder, who was usually the most self-disciplined and quiet, began to feel annoyed by the noise and dismissed everyone with disgust.
Because there were so many people and everyone was talking, Al spent more time listening than speaking, so he felt much more relaxed than yesterday's socializing. However, he still decided not to go out in the afternoon. There were still a few days to the Elf King's birthday. If he kept being idle like this, would he still be able to practice and study?
When he returned to the room, he still didn't see Winster. Al thought he must have gone to practice swordplay, so he didn't go looking for him.
In the afternoon, the young man who was concentrating on reading the notebook was distracted for a moment, thinking that Winster had not come back yet, so why not take a break? Even Yaerlin came back to look for him once.
He never considered the possibility that his brother had returned to his guest room.
When the sun was about to set, Winster came into the house wearing thin clothes and sweating all over.
Al threw him a handkerchief, "Why do you practice swordplay for so long?"
Winster smiled at him, his black eyes sparkling, "I'm not here today, did you miss me, brother?"
Al was silent. He had indeed thought about it, but it seemed a little strange for Winster to ask.
The young man moved his eyes to the notebook, "No, I know you are not far from me, what is there to think about..."
Winster knew him so well that he knew he was lying as soon as he saw his brother's reaction.
He is very happy now, it seems that today's seduction method is effective, look, his brother will miss him after being away for a day... But he doesn't want to use it too much, because Winster doesn't like not seeing his brother.
Winster did not expose Al's lie. He sat next to his brother, pursed his lips and smiled lightly, seeming a little shy. "I thought my brother was angry with me this morning, so I didn't dare to show up in front of you. I wanted you to calm down first."
Dare not? Al was a little skeptical. Is this kid so timid?
"I'm not angry."
Al finally looked up at him again and saw that the man was wet. Because he was so close, he could faintly feel the heat coming off of Winster's body. "Okay, it's so dirty, go take a shower."
"good."
That night, Al ignored Samuel's objection and insisted on covering himself with separate quilts as before. The young man secretly complained in his heart that it was good enough that he didn't separate from him, and yet he dared to make more demands.
——
In the next two days, Silagusen also welcomed other guests, including envoys from dwarves, goblins, and orcs.
As the time of the banquet drew closer, the elves became happily busy and some places were not taken care of as carefully as usual.
An elven elder went to the king, discussed some matters, and then returned to the confinement area he was guarding.
"Little Mori, Grandpa brought you some fruit with a new flavor. It's an imported variety. Wang Gang cultivated the first batch and he was thinking of you."
The elder waited for a while. Normally, the cub should have flown over by now...
He frowned and shouted a few times, but received no response. The elder immediately searched the restricted area but found nothing.
The usually calm elder was sweating profusely, "This little Mori, could he really have run away?..."
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