Vol 1 Chapter 4 (2/2)
Louie said, while so with her”
Though, that’s not to say that Louie didn’t find her a little suspicious
Then, they all introduced themselves to the elf
“My name is Celecia”
The elf girl introduced herself, and thus they began a relaxing stroll in the forest, heading towards the Elf village
After a while, they finally reached the elf village
Immediately, four arroup and put Louie and the three women in a small hut, they were effectively under house arrest
They were charged with the cri a Tree of the Dead
However, Louie didn’t kno serious this charge really was2 – Magical Treasures“I can’t believe this”
The three women said simultaneously
“You can say that again”
Louie’s conscience was shouting at hi him that it was all his fault, he wanted to block out all such thoughts
Though, there was one thing that he wanted to know Why did they stick him in the same room as the women? If he was in a separate room, he wouldn’t have to listen to the three women berate him
Right now, Louie felt like he was in purgatory
“What will happen next?”
Merrill thought out aloud
“I don’t think they’ll kill us……”
Genie wasn’t confident in her answer
“In the end, all we can do is hope that the elves are honourable”
Melissa wanted to believe Louie
“I’m sure it ork out just like in the books”
No matter how Louie tried to justify it, it just came across as useless
“You can’t be serious Do you believe everything you read in a book?”
“Well, yeah”
Louie admitted, much to the dismay of the three women
“Oh, Great God of War, Mylee Your foolish servant hasn’t finished her trials yet, her life is in danger”
Melissa continued praying, she hoped that if they died, it would be a mercifully one
(Do that someplace else)
Louie didn’t intend to die here However, he didn’t think he could lose his life for cutting a branch from a tree!
“Perhaps if we confess our sins to God, ill be forgiven”
Louie jokingly said, he wanted to liven the mood
“Well, you are the hero so you should go first”
Genie sneered at hi ridiculed
It was clear to Louie He was responsible for this whole incident today, since he was the one anted to ancient branches in the first place
“Although the elves took our weapons, we still have our luggage Therethat we can use to escape”
However, Merrill iet chased around in a forest by elves unarmed”
Indeed, they’re weapons were confiscated before they were put in this hut
Though, since Merrill was a thief, she did have soe
(I forgot, I borrowed soical treasures from Ila……)
Louie alot, before he left for the Tartious Forest, Ila literally handed hiical treasures
They were the “forest fairy cape”, two sticks that point in a direction, and a ical effect, the cape renders the wearer invisible, the sticks show the way, and flute can summon demons
These three treasures hadn’t been used yet, but in this situation, they were totally useless
(There’s no way these would come in handy)
“Anye should at least try and communicate with them”
Louie said to the three women
“Do you have a plan?”
Genie said, then their attention shi+fted to the entrance to the hut
The door was opened, the elf girl called Celecia appeared before them
“What are you going to do with us?”
Louie asked
“The elders are discussing what to do with you You humans are different froht hu the sacred wood”
“You lied to us!”
Merrill shouted at the elf girl, she was furious
“Say what you will, but it was for the best Even though I lied to you, I truly am sorry”
Celecia’s face was full of emotion, Louie looked at her quietly
“Don’t you have a conscience?”
Melissa calmly said
Listening to Melissa, Louie knew that the elf was afraid of so
“If I let you walked around the forest and take the sacred wood, the tribe would have blamed me I was forced to lie to you, I’m sorry……but there was no other way”
“Our actions ivable, but will you kill us?”
Genie said in a low voice
“That’s not h, I’m happy that the man wanted to believe in the elves Norainst us”
“What prejudice?!”
Merrill shouted
“I’ elves”
Louie felt betrayed too, but he didn’t hold a grudge
“Really? What a pity……”
Celecia revealed a lonely smile
(I really have poor luck omen)
Louie thought, as if he had been cursed
“I’ll send soive you water and food As for your fate, it’s out of my hands”
Celecia said
“I was almost moved to tears”
Genie’s laughter rang out in the hut, but she was actually quite upset
“You say this is the first tiht humans, but if these demons cut wood, what do you do to them?”
Melissa asked the elf girl
“What do you think we do to them?”
Celecia said with a grin
“Oh, I understand”
“I believe that you huh, the elders don’t think like I do, they think humans are just as bad as the demons But if you can prove to them that you are different from the demons……”
Celecia said, hoping that Louie would understand her Then she left the hut
“Thanks for the advice”
Melissa said, then she watched Celecia walk away through a slit in the door
“I have a bad feeling”
Melissa then turned and faced Genie
“I think this is a trial”
“Maybe it is”
“Then so be it”
Genie and Merrill agreed with Melissa
“It was just a branch, why must they throw a fuss?”
This was an unexpected developer, he just wanted to kill someone
“That damn woman, these elves can’t just kill us”
“These elves aren’t noble at all, and apparently normal people can’t understand them”
“They are uild”
The three women said
“I don’t want to die here”
The three women said in unison
Louie had so, he wanted to create some kind of distraction
“Alright, but hoe bust out of here?”
Even though they could be killed, Louie found himself rather calm, he wasn’t afraid at all However, when he heard those words, he couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable, er
“Elves don’t just use ic, they use bows and arrows too”
Genie smiled as she talked
“And their archery skills are outstanding”
Merrill said outright
“Great God of War Mylee says that life is a battle”
Melissa said
“They can’t decide e die!”
“If we are really going to start a fight, I’m happy to join in However, if I do, will you accept ain?”
“We aren’t going to wait here for the elves ement, that isn’t our style”
Genie angrily looked at Louie
“That’s not what I said Anyway, shouldn’t we discuss the plan?”
“There’s no need for that”
Merrill said in a low voice, so her
“I will not give up!”
Louie wanted to convince them
“However, if we can prove to them that we aren’t the same as demons……”
“Yes! I am a monster!”
Louie happily shouted, as he put his hand on Melissa’s shoulders
“Wait, what……”
Melissa was stunned by Louie’s sudden outburst, all of the women were
“It’s true! It’s true!”
Louie shouted wildly
Genie and Merrill looked at each other
“I’ll let them know, that humans and demons are different!”
Louie vowed He had thought of a concentrate plan, one which would secure their freedom
”I can’t believe it”
Celecia said in disbelief
“Our tribe hasn’t been attacked by monsters in decades, ever since I was born, I haven’t even see that many monsters”
Louie heard the elf girl say, he wondered if she was hundreds of years old
While the elders were discussing what to do with the hue came under attack from monsters
Louie and the three women were freed froainst the monster attack
Although they had gotten their weapons back, Louie was still un-arh he still could have used a sword
They don’t kno many monsters Louie knocked out
Also, Genie showed her impressive combat skills, she defeated a lot of monsters
The elves found that they fought bravely against the monsters, this removed any doubts that they were harmful to the elves
Also, they didn’t take the chance to escape during the confusion This helped convince the elves that they weren’t bad guys
“These humans think the elves are noble, also, as you can see, they helped fight against those e you point of view of the humans?”
Celecia tried to convince the village elders, she hope that they forgive them for the crimes they have committed As a result, Louie and the three women were freed
They also got the branches Louie wanted (and soot what they came for
Then, they were led to the edge of the Tartious forest by Celecia
“You o back to the human world”
“Great, thanks to your help, ere able to return safely”
Louie said to the elf girl, he gripped her slender hands, and shook her hands
“It was my pleasure”
Celecia said, her cheeks glowing red
“Well then, goodbye”
“Goodbye I hope we ain”
After they finished speaking, Celecia slowly disappeared into the woods
“Meet again, what does she mean?”
Merrill irl left, she then forcefully breathed ten sighs of relief
On their way back through the forest, the three women were silent As far as Louie knew, he was all alone
Although he can up with a plan, it created unexpected results
Louie didn’t just free theot what they came for
However, the monsters attack wasn’t randoical flute to call a bunch of monsters to his position If the flute was used to its fullest, an entire ar a couple hundred would have descended upon the village Luckily for Louie, he didn’t kno to do that
Since the battle was really intense, the elves did suffer some causalities, Louie felt saddened by this
People died, and Louie kneas all his fault
This was how the forest became known as the “Forest of Strife”, because elves and ht each other
The elves always knew that battle with monsters were inevitable, this helped preventtheir lives, the helped Louie’s conscience
“Let’s go home, we don’t need to be in this forest anymore”
Louie said to the three woh of relief
“I couldn’t believe that……”
The three women said in unison
Now, they leisurely walked back to town