457 Gathering of Elders (1/2)
At the same time, Leon quietly observed the surrounding elves.
King Erendriel was a Preliminary Accession-level Transcendent, and the royal guards were all 9-Star Ranked Awakeners.
This was a strong lineup.
However, even amongst the Elven Tribe, there were strong elves, and there were weak elves. He had seen the strong.
As for the weak, they were before him.
Every elf in Elvengarde had some achievement in their Awakening Cultivation, no matter how big or small. Even so, none of the elves before him were above the 9th step of the Awakener Realm.
He could see the disparity between the common elves and the high elves.
”Quiet! Can't you see that you are all making it difficult for the Fifth Princess?! We should be asking this human here instead!” Said a hot-headed male elf, who was a fervent admirer of Princess Faelyn.
Once the words were spoken, the male elf quickly gained supporters.
Amongst the four princesses and crown prince, the fifth princess, Princess Faelyn was the most favored by the commoners within Elvengarde.
”He's right, guys! Let us not make it difficult for Fifth Princess Faelyn!”
”Sorry, Fifth Princess! Human, please tell us what is going!”
”What is happening outside? Why hasn't the king told us anything?”
The elves shouted one after the other.
They gathered dangerously close, causing Leon to frown slightly. In response, the infant Guardian Spirit used its tree roots to ward off the elves.
”Uwahh!”
The elves exclaimed.
As they retreated in alarm, one of them asked with surprise, ”Why is the Guardian Spirit shielding this person?”
”Right? I believe this is the first time this person had visited our tribe. How did this person earn the Guardian Spirit's favor so quickly?”
The elvish tribesmen were all puzzled.
It was not like they were going to attack the human or anything. But even then, why was the Guardian Spirit so protective of this person?
”Human, what did you do to our Guardian Spirit!” A female elf interrogated.
The female elf felt envious that the Guardian Spirit favored a human so heavily upon their first meeting, while she had been faithfully praying to the Elder Tree every day without any gains.
Leon patted the tree root calmingly before casually answering, ”Nothing much. I just befriended it, is all.”
”How can you befriend the Guardian Spirit so quickly? What secret method did you use?”
”Mind your manners.” Princess Faelyn warned with creased brows, displeased by the female elf's inquisitiveness.
She did feel it had something to do with the green stone, but she did not ask.
”This person here is the Crown Prince of the Crawford Empire from within the Human Domain, Prince Leon. Please show him the proper respect.” Faelyn said with a soured expression.
The female elf had overstepped her boundaries.
When the male elves saw their idol princess like this, they all threw deadly stares at the rude female elf, causing the female elf to be startled.
”I'm terribly sorry, Fifth Princess Faelyn.” The female elf quickly apologized.