Chapter 96
In the forest at night, the hazy moonlight illuminates the way for the sneaking elves.
Mori was furious. He flew recklessly without even looking at the road and flew aimlessly all the way.
But he didn't need to find the way, because little Mori didn't know where to go anyway. He couldn't go back to his tree house, nor could he find his familiar brothers and sisters, because they would definitely catch him and hand him over to Elder Harris.
Mori has been feeling aggrieved for many days.
Previously, the elf cubs had a monthly exam. After the results came out, Mori performed poorly in all other knowledge except magic.
The elder was very angry and said that he played too much every day and did not study seriously, so he took him to a confinement area and asked him to reflect on himself and study hard.
But Mori is only a five-year-old elf cub, the youngest cub in the forest. He has only attended a few classes, and apart from his innate talent for magic, he certainly doesn't know anything else!
Mori originally wanted to ask other great elves to intercede, but everyone supported the elders' decision, even His Majesty... Obviously everyone loved him the most before, why is he like this now...
Moreover, His Majesty's 500th birthday banquet is about to begin. I heard from Sister Phoebe and the others that many foreigners will come here.
Mori had never seen outsiders before, and he had been looking forward to the lively banquet with the participation of the whole tribe for a long time!
I originally thought that the elders would release him after locking him up for two or three days, but they actually said that Mori had not read any books while he was in confinement, which showed that he had not reflected on his actions at all, so they kept him in confinement until after the banquet as a punishment.
Little Mori was sad and angry, feeling that the whole world had abandoned him and no longer loved him. After being sad for a few days, he took advantage of the absence of the guarding elder tonight, shook off the alchemical puppet that the elder had temporarily left there to watch over him, and ran out of the confinement area.
Mori flew forward in a hurry. He hated everyone now. Humph!
While flying, Mori suddenly stopped and sniffed. Hey... why does it smell like the tree of life?
The cub then took stock of its surroundings and realized that it had flown to the area where the elves received guests. This place was far away from the Tree of Life, so there shouldn't be any smell of the mother tree.
Little Morrie followed the smell and came to a door. There was no light inside, so the guest must be asleep.
The cub tugged at the hem of his clothes. He was very conflicted. He wanted to go in and take a look, but he didn't want to disturb others' rest.
Finally, he sat down at someone's door, his hands on his chin, his round eyes rolling around, and it was obvious that he had started to think about all sorts of things in his little head.
From guessing the race of the guest inside the door, to what topics to talk about after meeting him, to asking new friends to take him away from this sad place...
Imagining that everyone had gone through so much trouble to find him, apologize to him, pamper him and coax him, little Morrie stamped his feet happily.
The dull sound of wooden boards colliding was very slight. Al was sleeping soundly and did not react at all. Samuel, who was selecting fragments to unblock in the sea of memories, suddenly opened his eyes, his black eyes were deep and indifferent.
He turned his head to look at the kid who was less than half an arm's length away from him, and his brows softened instantly.
He slept so soundly in someone else's territory, it's really... What would I do if He wasn't there to watch over me?
Samuel raised half of his body and kissed him on the lips for the second time, privately asking the young man for a thank you for reminding him.
Al was awakened by a god pinching his cheek. He was dazed for a moment, but soon became fully awake - to be more precise, he was scared awake.
The handsome face of the Lord God was only a fist away from him, looking at him teasingly, as if he would come down on him in the next second. He was so scared that he immediately raised his hand to hold Samuel's shoulder and pushed Him away a little.
"What's wrong?"
Al sat up, ready to not be able to sleep for a while. He knew Samuel would not wake him up in the middle of the night for no reason.
At this time, Al was already wondering, on a dark and windy night, it was the perfect time to do something sneaky, Samuel might want to...
"There's a thief at the door."
He could solve it quietly by himself, but Samuel thought it was nice to be a little cunning like Winston occasionally.
For example, if there is an intruder, if you don't wake the kid up to see it with his own eyes, he won't realize the importance of sleeping with you.
Samuel is usually too lazy to think and likes to use force to quickly settle everything, but after all, he is the same person as Winster, with the same brain and personality, and he is as smooth as flowing water when it comes to scheming.
"..." Al silently apologized for his previous thoughts, just as Samuel wished, thinking that living with the big guy would have many benefits.
In addition, with Samuel's style, He did not kill the intruder who disturbed His sleep directly, but woke Him up, as if He wanted Him to deal with it...
Could it be that he considered that killing people at random in the elves' territory might cause him trouble? If not, it would be difficult for Al to explain why Samuel woke him up on purpose.
That little trick worked better than Samuel expected, because Al is now a little touched!
Although it was strange that there would be thieves in the elves, since Samuel said so, Al did not doubt it. He listened carefully and found that there was indeed some very subtle movement outside.
Al quietly opened the door, hoping to catch the culprit in the act, but he only saw an elf cub sitting with his back to him. He was only as tall as his calves, grabbing his own bare feet and swaying as he sat. No one knew what wild thoughts were going on in his little head, and he had no idea that someone was staring at him from behind.
The smell of the tree of life made little Mori feel at ease, and he felt much better staying here.
Al was silent for a long time before he slowly turned to look at the God who lied about military intelligence: Thief?
Samuel turned his head away silently and wandered around someone else's door in the middle of the night. He couldn't think of any other possible intruder.
Al knocked on the door gently. Mori heard the noise behind him, turned his head, and looked up again to see a handsome brother with silver hair and blue eyes.
Because the older brother looked very gentle, Mori was not afraid and stood up to talk to him.
"Good evening, my name is Morrie, and I'm a five-year-old elf."
It was his first time meeting other races, so he was a little nervous. He glanced shyly from one race to another, "Brother is a guest attending His Majesty's banquet, right? Are you a human?"
The cub's voice is tender and cute, its little round face is chubby, its eyes are big and round like a cat's, and its golden eyes are innocent and pure.
Al touched the little guy's curly black hair, and it really felt good. "Yes, I am a human, you can call me Brother Al. Cute elf, why are you sitting here? Are you lost?"
The cub clenched his hands. He didn't want to say that he was punished and then sneak out. What if brother Al thought he was a bad boy and wanted to drive him away?
Little Mori blinked his big eyes and looked at the human, "I came to play with you."
"?" Al was puzzled. At this time? Looking for him to play? He seemed to have not seen this little guy in the past few days, why was he suddenly pestered...
"Little cutie, you should go home and sleep at this time. Let's play together again in the morning."
Mori hesitated for a moment and looked at him timidly, "Then can I sleep with you?" He had no other place to go.
Al: “?”
Samuel leaning against the door: “?”
Seeing the cub's expression of fear of being driven away, Al was silent for two seconds...
"Running away from home?"
Then he saw the cub's shocked face and knew he was right.
With a sigh, Al could only let the little guy in first.
When Mori entered the room, he found that there was another person inside. Unlike his brother Al, the older brother with black eyes had a fierce face and seemed to dislike him... But he disturbed other people's rest, so it was reasonable for the older brother to be angry.
Samuel was waiting for the kid to send away the elf that had inexplicably come to him. He didn't want a third person in the bed.
Al turned on the light. Little Mori looked around and ran happily to the bed, stopping in front of the bedside cabinet. "It turned out to be the tree of life!" He turned his head to show off his sense of smell. "Brother Al, I smelled the scent of the tree of life from a long distance away, and then I came here."
So that's how it is... He was wondering why a strange cub came to his door.
He placed the leaf beside Samuel's bed to nourish his soul. They could only smell the normal light grassy scent, but now it seemed that the elves had a unique and strong sense of it.
Al asked the cub to sit down, took out a small piece of cake from the space ring and gave it to him, thinking of chatting with him and persuading the cub to go home. He didn't know if there was any big elf looking for him now.
"Hey! Delicious!"
Little Mori fell in love with this food at the first bite, which he had never seen before but looked very delicate. He finished the four-inch cake in no time and then looked at his big brother with sparkling eyes.
"Still want to eat?"
Mori wanted to nod, but after hesitating for a moment, he said no with difficulty, "Food this delicious must be very rare. Brother Al, keep it for yourself..."
Al was touched by the sweetness and stroked the cub's hair again. "How could such a good and caring baby run away from home? What injustice did he suffer?"
On the other hand, Samuel was touched by his sweetness and wanted to find an opportunity to let the kid coax him so gently...
Mori hadn't been praised for many days. When someone coaxed him, his grievances instantly burst out. Al saw him pout, and then burst into tears, with tears falling like beads falling from the string!
Huh? What, what happened? Was he just praising me, not scolding me? Why is the cub crying!!!
Al looked at the other adult in the room at a loss, only to see Samuel's expression as if he couldn't stand the devil's sound and wanted to throw the cub out... Damn, I can't count on this guy for anything other than fighting.
Al held the cub in his arms and patted his back to comfort him, "What's wrong?"
Little Mori cried for a while before he sobbed and told her about his grievances.
Al was incredulous. He couldn't believe it. The elves also raised their children like chickens?!
Besides, Mori was only five years old. As a long-lived species, he thought there was no need to rush for the next ten or hundred years! And the Elf King seemed to have such a relaxed personality, but was he so strict with his cubs?
He stood on Mori's side and gently criticized the great elves for going too far. Seeing the kid's silly look, Samuel reminded him faintly, "He has a dark talent."
Al: “…………”Oh, I see.
Little Mori had no idea what his two older brothers were talking about. He was still nestling in the arms of the Son of Light, nodding stupidly, "Yeah, I have a dark talent."
"What a coincidence... I have a talent for light."
Little Mori didn't know what was so coincidental about this. He and Brother Al didn't have the same talent. "Elder Anqiluo is also a light-type! In our tribe, there are the fewest people with light and dark talents. Now only Elder Harris and I are dark-type."
For many years, the elves have been claiming to the Church that no light or dark cubs have been born in their tribe.
In fact, the Light System is definitely safe, but the probability and balance of only the Light System are wrong. There is no reason for the elves to only produce the Light System! So they concealed the existence of the Light System.
A long time ago, people from the Vatican had euphemistically questioned this matter, but the elves were very confident: You humans are so numerous, and both light and dark talents are rare. We elves are so few, so isn't it normal that we don't have these two talents!
The Tree of Life can give birth to light and dark elements, but there haven't been any so far. If it appears, we will tell the Holy See!
Anyway, those priests rarely show up and searches cannot be carried out, so the elves had no pressure to keep it secret. However, they didn’t expect that the young cubs would tell everything to the Son of Light without them knowing!
El: It is a blessing for the elves to have such an honest and good child.
He knew from the cub's defenseless look that Morrie had never heard of the current situation of the confrontation between light and darkness in the world.
The elves probably didn't want the cub to grow up with worry, fear, and hatred, so they haven't told him yet that there is a huge, unrivaled organization in this world that is bent on eliminating talented people like him. They think it won't be too late to tell him after the cub grows up.
Al was almost certain that the grievances Mori had suffered recently were just an excuse made by the elves to hide him away from themselves, the Son of Light.
He guessed that after he left, the big elves would definitely take good care of the little cub.
As the culprit who caused the cub to suffer injustice, Al felt a little guilty. He immediately took out a few dark magic books from the abyss and gave them to Mori as gifts.
"It just so happened that my brother got these books some time ago. Mori is obviously a very smart and talented child. Giving these books to you will make the best use of them."
The cub has not yet learned the courtesy of adults, so he won't pretend to be happy when receiving such a gift. His little mouth is pouted high. No cub likes to learn, no!
But Morrie still thanked him obediently.
Al then took out a top-grade dark element ore that was so black that it seemed to absorb all the light around it. "This is the Eye of the Abyss. I'll give it to you as well. Mori can use it to make a very powerful staff."
"Wow——" The cub happily took the box of ore. He liked it very much. The smell of this big gem made him feel very comfortable.
"But... Mori can't accept such an expensive gift." The cub touched it and then reluctantly handed the box back.
"It's not expensive. Someone gave this to my brother. I didn't spend a single copper coin on it. But I'm a light element, so I can't use it. It won't be a waste to give it to Mori."
The sensible cub hesitated for a while before being persuaded by the young man and accepting the big gem.
Then Al took great pains to speak good words for the big elves and reconcile the relationship between the cub and them. Finally, he coaxed the cub into being willing to go back.
The elf looked at the silver-haired young man expectantly, "Are they really not going to ground me anymore? Mori really wants to attend the party with everyone, and also wants to play with brother Al again..."
"No, if I can't see Mori after dawn, I will go to His Majesty to plead for mercy, okay?"
Anyway, the matter of talent has been exposed, so there is no point for the great elves to hide Mori.
"That's fine. Mori believes my brother. I'm going to go back to find Elder Harris. He must be looking for me now."
Al carried the cub out the door. Mori hugged the young man's neck, kissed him on the cheek, and said sweetly, "Thank you, brother Al!" Then he flapped his little wings and flew away.
Al was once again touched by the cuteness of the soft cub. He closed the door happily, turned around, and then met Samuel, whose face was as dark as ink.
"What's wrong..." His expression wasn't that ugly just now.
Samuel held up the handsome young man's face and rubbed his thumb heavily over the place where the elf cub had kissed him. Al understood that this was his possessiveness and cleanliness obsession with his belongings again.
After Samuel wiped it several times, Al took his hand away patiently, "Okay, okay, it's clean now, time to go to bed."
He quickly turned off the light, ran to the bed and lay down, all in one go, hoping that Samuel would also calm down and not cause any more trouble.
Samuel went to bed unhappily and sat next to the young man, looking at him.
In the silent darkness, the God suddenly approached the young man and said, "You took me home, raised me, and have always been very kind to me. Have I not thanked you yet?"
Al opened his eyes and looked at Him: Huh? Is this Samuel's line?
The handsome god lowered his head and kissed the beautiful human on the cheek. He said in a magnetic and pleasant voice with a slight smile, "Thank you, Brother El."
Al: “!!!”
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