Chapter 185: The Elven Princess (1/2)

[ This chapter will contain dark content , only proceed if it does not bother you ]

Rudra needed to initiate the quest by himself , hence he gave the other three free hand to explore the Elven capital and have fun. Rudra was sure that they would love to see the beautiful cityscape the Elves had made.

One of the most notable feature of Vanaheim was that plants and nature was everywhere. Creepers and beautiful plants grew on the compound walls of the houses , and vines covered the rooftops.

Everywhere one would look , they would find greenery and nature. It was a beautiful and pleasing sight to the eye.

Rudra did indeed visit the temple , the first thing he did after coming to Vanaheim. Although he had no explicit reason to do it. Neither was he a beleiver of the goddess of light to be fair. But he knew there were many eye's on him in Vanaheim. The Elves looked at the human and his party with curiosity , it was not everyday that outsiders were spotted in the city.

Hence , when Rudra visited the temple and was warmly greeted by the head priest , and even the cardinal himself came to greet him , the Elves understood that a man of great faith and stature had came there.

Rudra pretended to be an devout worshipper and even shed crocodile tears when he saw the magnificent statue infront of him. The Elves were moved , the human was a genuine beleiver of the goddess.

Only after spending an hour at the temple , did he take his leave and started to go towards the quest location.

While walking towards a tavern , his mind could not help but wander at how beneath this seemingly perfect society a mountain of problems was buried. The events that were to transpire in the future would turn this place into a very different society.

The current Elves had absolutely no tolerance about breeding with any other species , except themselves. Even within elves those who inherited the bloodline of the Goddess of Light herself were called the High Elves. Taller , stronger and more talented than the normal Elves , they did everything in their power to keep their bloodline pure hence only did mating with other high elves.

The current Elven king , was King Frey , he had two wives and two children. One from each one of them , or soo the world thought.

Frey married his first wife out of political needs , he needed to suppress the Council of Elders , and to do that he had to compromise and marry the daughter of the head elder.

He never loved his first wife, ' Pelopne ' , but as a dignified king , he gave her the respect and luxury that a queen should have.

His second wife was his true love , whom he loved from his younger days , 'Sara', he was ashamed that she would have to live as his second wife and not as the queen , however when she showed no dissatisfaction to this , Freys's heart moved and he treated her with even more love and care than he did before.

Pelopne grew jealous of Sara and the affection she recieved from the king. And in one of her nights of endless frustration , she consumated with a mere servant who attended to her .

That servant did not have the high elf bloodline , he was a mere elf. However he did get the Queen pregnant , and hence the first price was born with a normal bloodline without the blessings of the goddess.

The world did not know of this secret , as the queen had the servant executed when she got pregnant , and had done extensive planning to keep the facade.

The First prince was named Rumi , and although he had a stark contrast to the appearance of the king , No one dared to question the queen and her faithfulness as a wrongful accusation at the queen would lead to being branded as treason. And the perpetrators would be executed immediately.