672 Daily Life of Elves (2/2)

\”Mr. Ulmer, there's something that we'd like to ask you.\” Eventually, Annick, with 'Mechanized Mind', summoned his courage and asked.

Ulmer replied with a smile, \”What's your opinion on the heptachord? Has the human beings' modification on the harp lost its essence?\”

\”…\” Annick and Sprint were immediately rendered speechless. While their teacher was a great musician, they had been learning arcana and magic after him, not music! They did not even know what the professional music question was about at all!

Ulmer sighed, \”We can't be friends if you don't know art, and we can't have a pleasant conversation if we are not friends. Do you have any opinion on wax figures? I bought one of them recently and I feel that they are very interesting. Do you like them?\”

\”…\” Sprint and Annick were lost for words again, suddenly feeling that their life lacked a profile.

\”You don't know wax figures, either? Well, what about the lost civilizations? I'm told that the Congress of Magic found a relic of a steam civilization?\” Said Ulmer in disappointment.

Hu. Annick and Sprint both heaved a sigh of relief. History and lost civilizations were the specialties of every arcanist, or they wouldn't be able to explore and identify things. Also, their teacher was the discoverer of the relic.

After a pleasant exchange of opinions, Ulmer finally changed his attitude. \”You have come to ask about Kalette?\”

\”Yes, we would like to know if he showed any anomalies before his corruption.\” Said Annick, greatly relieved.

Ulmer moved his long and beautiful hand on the strings, producing cheerful music, but he said sadly, \”Everything was good. Kalette even mentioned that he learnt a special dance and was going to perform it for you. However, he was corrupted and demonized later…\”

His voice lowered and was barely audible.

\”A special dance?\” Despite his shyness, Annick had always been scrupulous and wouldn't let go of any clue.

\”It's our deal. We write poems, songs and create special dances according to the records of different civilizations to entertain each other.' Ulmer explained gloomily.

There doesn't seem to be anything wrong about that… Sprint continued asking, \”Who else was Kalette intimate with except for you? Or rather, which faction of elves did he prefer?\”

\”We are both believers of Nature's Balance. We both love the music, statues, painting and other artworks of human beings.\” Ulmer did not keep it a secret. Suddenly, he remembered something. \”He did have a few friends who believed in Nature's Abhorrence. However, the society in Nature's Residence is small. Everybody has a few friends who believe otherwise. Right, before his corruption, he just served in the abyssal gap. That was probably the reason why he was demonized…\”

It was a major clue provided by the Elvish Court. Both Annick and Sprint knew it very well. Seeing that no other valuable intelligence could be obtained, they bid Ulmer farewell and looked for the next elf on the list.

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Heidi and Katrina traveled in the woods protected by Nature's Residence. Now and then, they saw the elves making statues with the dry roots of trees, or painting with special natural pigment on the rind paper. Their life couldn't have looked more peaceful.

\”Everyone…\”

A hundred elves had been gathered on the empty ground up ahead. A medium-height female elf was giving a speech on the tree. Heidi was certain that she was a female because she was wearing a long skirt woven with fresh tree leaves. The male elves, on the other hand, wore two-piece suits made of leaves that were covered by beast hide.

If they wore the same clothes, Heidi and Katrina would have to observe them more carefully to decide their gender. After all, both the males and the females of the elves were slim and gorgeous, and it would be too rude to examine them with magic.

Stopping next to the empty ground, Katrina pulled Heidi's clothes and pointed at the other side. \”Mr. Felipe is there…\”

Felipe was standing below a tree quietly with his hands in his pocket, listening to the speech of the elvish girl.

\”…I am Nodanielle. I'm here to call for you to capture more deer.\” The elvish girl spoke in a high but not unpleasant voice.

\”What?\”

\”Why do you want to kill such a docile animal?\”

The elves down below were all confused.

Nodanielle? Heidi and Katrina looked at each other. That's the target that the two of them were looking for.

Nodanielle said earnestly, \”The previous incident made the predators in the forest more crazy and bloodthirsty. Their number has greatly reduced after many of them were killed by us. Under such circumstances, the number of deer will grow exponentially after their nemeses are gone, because they are as fertile as mice.\”

\”Once the number of deer surpasses a certain threshold, they will cause irrecoverable damage to the forest because they feed on the roots and stems of the plants.\”

\”We have to maintain the balance of nature!\”

Was she a member of Nature's Balance? Heidi and Katrina joined the crowd and listened to her with great interest.

After Nodanielle finished her speech and most elves accepted, the two of them went forward to greet her.