12 A Star (1/2)
Hector had added a plate for Selena who had gone to set up her stuff with Amy. The Elf had just had time to greet Hector, the maid had taken hem upstairs to put everything in order after putting the food in the storage room.
If Selena had been accepted as a bodyguard, she must have offered herself. You had to be a volunteer to be selected, Amy had explained the process to Hector, in this case, it means that Hector had had an effect on her, even if he only half believed it. But as Balam had told him, his body had a nice appearance and Hector's character was much softer and more thoughtful than Krein's.
If Selena had only appreciated him a little, she would not have given up the stability that her profession as a horsewoman of a prestigious squadron brought her for a job as a bodyguard for a rich man son.
Hector put his thoughts aside before bringing the meal, as the two young women had still not returned, he went to get them. They were both discussing their origins, Amy, a young girl who had been raised by an elf and Selena, a Dark Elf who had been born by accident.
Hector did not prefer to eavesdrop the conversation behind the door any longer. He was already happy that Amy did not discriminate against Selena for the simple fact of being an Elf; he knocked at the door and told both of them that the meal was being served. The maid stood up and apologized before leaving with Selena, Hector took the opportunity to welcome her and she accepted his word with a smile.
The two women were surprised that Hector knew how to cook, it was obviously not the quality of many men in the country given the thoughts they had on the subject. It was just a simple salad, but it already seemed like a lot.
\”Helena wanted me to pass this to you.\” said Amy in a serious tone. \”A new identity card, fortunately, Krein's grandfather's name was Hector, so it was only necessary to change the first two names, but it still surprised the members of the Town Hall, apparently Helena told them that it was your choice and that after an altercation in the family, you had decided by yourself to leave the family home…\” she explained as she finished eating her last piece of avocado. \”It's still a fake excuse, what do you think?\”
\”She did a very good job on it, I can never thank her enough, but that probably won't stop the authorities from coming to me to understand the reasons for such a sudden change in my behavior.\” Hector replied after a few sips of water.
\”Did you tell anyone else but me about it, then?\” Selena asked with a very subtly admiring voice.
\”Yes, I already told you, living a lie is not something I would have been able to do, and it would have come out pretty quickly, so I decided to say it as soon as you and Gregory took me back to the Weilers.\”
\”It must have taken courage…\” she replied, lost in thought. \”Thanks for the meal, I think I'll go back to my room and start settling in. I don't plan to stay up too late, I'm a little tired.\” Selena concludes by starting to clear the table.
A simple end of the day, but one that was bothering Hector.
First there were problems with the Weiler family; having to find a source of income greater than the simple scholarship Helena gives, because it is not enough to support three people; finding sexual energy and learning to use it; learning to defend yourself in this world, unfortunately, even if he could fight very well with his fists, a plasma ball in his head and he could no longer stand. And finally, the last problem was at the heart of Hector himself: what did he really want? Living by trying to help Balam build an empire with him is a noble goal, but it is not really an ambition coming from his own person.
The world in which he lived had vanished, he now had to find another reason to live and not just a reason to exist to continue to be.
This is the complexity of this problem, to really experience life, you have to understand its different stages. Hector knew this, which is why, even after the meal, his mind was crossed with diverse thoughts just as philosophical as the others. From time to time Balam tried to talk, but he did not help the young man find the answer to his question. It was something that only Hector could do and it was after several hours of ruminating his thoughts that he asked himself the question: \”What is your dream?\”
Creating a world of peace? This childhood dream made Hector's laugh, knowing so well that peace was only a phenomenon of inter-war. For him, this wasn't a dream but an illusion, and this was insufficient, on top of that impossible to realize for a single man.
Simple and bestial dreams crossed his mind: to have fun in this New World. That was the wish of the people who sent him here after all. But for him, it was not a dream, it was a perfectly achievable goal by doing something else.
Realizing that he was far too busy thinking then resting for the next day, he got up from the bed on which he was lying, arms behind his head and removed the book from the bottom of his mattress as he began to want to learn more about Selena's origins. He opened the book in the chapter entitled: Dark Elf.
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֍═══════►Dark Elf◄═══════֍
The least widespread race of Elf to date. Most of them have a mat or dark skin, this is due to their former living environments, which used to live near the equator. Others have slightly purplish skin, but this is due to demon blood flowing through their veins, I learned this after a few years of research and I will spare you the details.
The average height of the male is about 1.85 meters, while the female is about 1.79 meters. This makes them the second-largest race of humanoids, outperformed by the Sylvan Elves.
Unlike their close cousins, these Elves do not have a specialized ritual for everything in life and even less for reproductive processes. This is something that has almost damaged me on several occasions, in my time, race relations are still prohibited and taboo. They are very fussy about this kind of thing, certainly, there is no restriction between Dark Elves, but there are with other races. However, over time and as things progress, matriarchs will have to quickly forget traditions to ensure the survival of their breeds. Unfortunately, they are becoming more and more common over time. At the time of my grandparents, around the year 30, they represented approximately 40% of the Elven population; today, in 181, they are only about 15%. According to my observations this is due to the migrations created by the war, these people were people who lived in the heat, the fact of having to change their place of life several times, first because of the war fronts that moved, then it was followed by Dentelia's reprisals against the Elves, which gave a terrible blow of the sledgehammer to this race already very weakened by climatic and migration hazards.
If I had to label an important date, I would say the eradication of the dwarves by the Dark Elves, they had no choice but to submit themselves or Wood Elves and Neifel Elves, it was that, or their people would be genetically transformed. That's why so many people still feel hatred towards the Dark Elves today.
However, I saw the damage of the Elven biological weapons, some of his poor wives had merged with animal cells, making them half-animal half-elves, these people then listened much more to their animal impulses: violence, sex, extreme feeling, hunger, etc.
Elves were the most affected by this, but other races like dwarves also experienced it, humans also managed to get corrupted by its weapons. I saw some elves merged with Slimes, these people, I never saw them again…
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Hector closed the book with stupefaction without having finished the many pages that remained to be read about this breed. Things seemed almost worse than in his world in some ways, for the young man, the Neifel and Wood Elves had clearly used the Dark Elves as guinea pigs for their biological weapons, but they had done so with full consciousness. The most disturbing thing was the mixture of race and beings that seemed to create some kind of monsters.
Hector had not realized at first, but it had nothing to do with any other kind of experience he had seen or learned in his world. It was a whole other thing.
He got up from his bed and ran into the corridor without really knowing what to do when it had already been dark for several hours. Hector wanted to get some fresh air, but he was forbidden until Selena or Erwin was there and he didn't want to betray Amy's trust. He wanted to come down to drink a glass of water, but one thing caught his attention, a light came out from under the door of Selena's room. He walked towards it and knocked without really having any hope. The answer was a little scream.
\”Y-Yes, who is it?\”
\”It's Hector, can I come in?\”
\”Um… wait a little…\” after about twenty seconds, Selena opened the door in a half-transparent white dressing gown. \”Sorry about the outfit, usually I sleep naked… but since you came… I dressed in the first outfit I saw…\”
\”Don't worry about it.\” Hector replied, analyzing Selena.