748 Emotional entanglement Part 2 (1/2)
Eleanor stood on the top floor, gazing at Saleen and Lex who sat under the fragrant tree. The singing had stopped, but the aftermath lingered on. Not only Saleen and Lex heard it, the soldiers downstairs, the swordsmen in the palace, and the mages also heard Eleanor's song. The area sunk into a faint melancholic atmosphere.
Eleanor was homesick, very homesick. She thought that an elf could forget the past events and was adaptive, just like the elders had said.
It did not turn out like that. When Eleanor gazed at Saleen's and Lex's silhouettes, she was not thinking of the marquis, she was actually pining for her first lover in the elvish plane. The marquis' fatal attraction had become a faint shadow, it was almost gone already. Her oldest memory had become increasingly clearer.
”Eleanor is thinking about home.” Saleen broke the silence, but was still holding onto Lex's hand.
”You cannot go and console her on your own!” Lex wrinkled her nose, using a small girl's voice to warn Saleen.
Saleen simply laughed it off, as he thought to himself, ”There is nothing to worry about, I don't have such feelings towards her. Even if I did, Eleanor would never agree to be with me. She is homesick and I cannot help her to ease such feelings.”
”You are laughing so smugly, what are you thinking of?”
”I am thinking of something very troublesome,” Saleen replied solemnly.
”What is it?”
”I heard that once a mage advances to a sorcerer, it will be more challenging to have offspring. Can you pause your advancement for the time being?”
A fireball appeared in Lex's hand immediately, but was immediately snuffed out. She rebutted, ”Don't you and Sika already have a child? We are mages…”
”You will be empress in the future!” Saleen interrupted Lex and said, ”An empress must have a successor.”
Lex's face became redder than the fireball. She was at a loss for words, eventually she gave up and only glared ferociously at Saleen. If Lex discussed this topic with others, she would not blush because she was a grade-6 mage, she would only regard it as a technical problem.
Now all she could think of was that she had to engage in intercourse with Saleen after marrying him.
”Since Saleen is broaching this topic now, it seems like he wants to do it right away.” Lex tried to break away from Saleen, but Saleen gripped her hand tightly. Saleen was stronger than Lex, she could not break free. Lex wanted to berate Saleen, but was worried that Saleen would get angry, ”I cannot do this, he has finally expressed his feelings after much difficulty. If I behave coldly, he will be hurt.”
”Lex, I am trying to say that Sika can create a medicine which can solve this problem, what are you doing?”
This time around, a fireball appeared in Lex's hand, almost on the verge of hitting Saleen. Saleen giggled, as a tiny icicle appeared atop his fingertip, destroying that fireball.
”Aye, forget it.” Lex decided to lean half her body against Saleen. Tilting her head slightly to look at Eleanor's silhouette under the moonlight, she muttered, ”You are right, I have to think about the future.”
”This medicine isn't expensive, Sika has concocted some and it costs eight-hundred-thousand gold coins.” Saleen mentally prepared Lex first, in case she got caught off guard.
”Ah! That's fine…” Lex almost spouted something which embarrassed herself. She quickly changed the topic, ”Saleen, is Eleanor…”
”There is no use, it cannot be resolved easily. I think we would need godlike powers to truly fix her problems.” Saleen had no idea how to help resolve Eleanor's trouble. To let her return home, the planar passageway between the elvish plane and Myers mainland had to be opened, this was neither the demonic plane nor the death plane. The spaces between these two planes and the Myers mainland were not stable, but there were precise coordinates available.
On the other hand, the elvish plane was very far away. The elves betrayed the humans in the past, so the human experts who were mightier than the gods had sealed all the available passageways.
Given Lex's intelligence, she could easily guess Eleanor's identity, but she was helpless to do anything. She and Saleen would have to advance past the limits of grade-9 to help, or perhaps even grade-10 would not suffice. They might have to at least be above grade-18 in order to possess the ability to alter planar rules and reopen the channel to the elvish plane.
On the entire Myers mainland the number of grade-10 professionals could be counted on one hand. Grade-18 experts only existed in myths, neither Saleen nor Lex had ever thought of progressing to this grade. Advancing to grade-10 was a practical goal. It would be daydreaming to want to advance to grade-18.