Chapter 499: “Don’t… Don’t Come Any Closer…!”
As the commotion subsided, night finally fell upon the Elven Homeland.
Compared to the daytime, the Elven Homeland at night was even more beautiful.
Although located deep within a forest, surrounded by ferocious monsters, the Elven Homeland was protected by a barrier and remained unaffected, like a tranquil village on a magical night, a peaceful atmosphere pervading the air.
The glowing trees emitted a soft light.
Fairies and butterflies danced, trailing long tails of light, creating beautiful patterns in the air.
The unicorns and other fantasy creatures seemed to be asleep.
The elves seemed to be engaging in after-dinner activities, some taking walks, some doing handicrafts, seemingly preparing for the next morning.
Shien and his group settled into their tree house and had dinner.
Dinner was prepared by Lasha.
This amazing maid had somehow procured a bunch of ingredients they had never seen before, then calmly cooked them into a luxurious dinner.
The dishes were said to be something Lasha had never made before.
But even though they were new dishes, they were so delicious that it made one want to swallow their plates and tongues, even more magical than the Elven Homeland itself.
Fortunately, Shien had long since given up on trying to understand Lasha’s cooking, or he wouldn’t be able to sleep.
In short, “Lasha is invincible” was the only explanation.
After dinner, the group chatted for a while, then dispersed.
“I’m sleepy. Don’t wake me up unless it’s important.”
Airi said this curtly, then returned to her room and fell asleep.
“I’m going to find Melika.”
Lucy suddenly said this, as if she was concerned about what Melika was doing, and quickly left.
Shien wanted to follow, but Lucy was already gone.
“Why is she running so fast?”
Shien was dissatisfied.
He strongly suspected that this princess couldn’t wait to go out and have fun.
She had been restless since arriving in the Elven Homeland, wanting to explore. She must be very curious about the night scenery here.
There was nothing wrong with that.
However, leaving her fiancé behind and going out to play alone wasn’t very considerate.
“I’ll deal with you later.”
Shien made a mental note of this, then turned around and went back, preparing to cuddle and play with Lilith to pass the time.
Who would have thought that Lilith was also asleep?
“I’ll take care of Miss Lilith.”
Lasha carried the sleeping Lilith and returned to her room.
Shien stared blankly at this, then suddenly realized.
“Have I been abandoned?”
Yes.
He had been abandoned.
In this village unfriendly to men, he had been left alone by the girls around him.
“I…” Shien wanted to curse, then sighed. “Forget it, I should go to bed early too.”
Shien returned to his room and lay down on the bed.
Here, the bed wasn’t a soft mattress and warm blanket, but a hammock-like tree bed.
Vines extended from the walls of the room, interweaving to form a net, covered with leaves and unknown herbs, emitting a refreshing fragrance.
Shien tried it out and found that this bed wasn’t as shaky as a hammock, very stable, not only comfortable but also making one reluctant to get up. Coupled with the lingering fragrance, Shien almost instantly fell asleep.
“No wonder those two little girls went to bed so early.”
Shien realized.
When they chose their rooms during the day, Airi had been very satisfied with this type of bed, and Lilith had also been jumping on it for a long time. At night, influenced by the quiet and peaceful atmosphere outside, wanting to go to bed early was understandable.
Shien glanced out the window and saw that Yulin had actually flown to the Queen’s Palace and was sleeping comfortably on the canopy.
That scene almost made Shien think that this village had been occupied by the dragon, now sleeping at the highest point of the Elven Homeland, like a lord.
“Is she taking revenge for what happened during the day?”
Shien almost laughed out loud.
He knew that because of what happened during the day, Yulin’s impression of the Elven Race had dropped to its lowest point. Now, sleeping at the highest point of the Elven Homeland, above the Queen’s Palace, was clearly meant to spite those elves.
“This little dragon girl is becoming more and more human-like.”
Shien said with emotion.
Although Yulin had always been intelligent, able to understand human language and respond to a certain extent, she wouldn’t have done such a human-like thing before.
Recently, this black dragon of Atlus seemed to be becoming more and more human-like, not only roaring when seeing beautiful scenery, but also retaliating and deliberately provoking others when in a bad mood, much more lively than before.
“Could she be about to transform into a human?”
Shien used [Outer Awareness of Heaven’s Decree] to observe and found that the magic power within Yulin seemed to have changed somewhat.
It wasn’t a matter of increasing or decreasing, but the way it operated seemed to have changed.
In the past, Yulin’s magic power was abundant and strong, but it just “existed” within her body, like stored energy.
But now, Yulin’s magic power, like that of a humanoid lifeform, wasn’t just stored, but also flowed and circulated according to a fixed pattern.
Although it was still a bit crude, complicated, and unclear, Shien felt that if this continued, the magic power within this dragon would circulate like that of a human.
Would that be when she transformed into a human and became a demon?
“I’m actually a little excited about this.”
Shien smiled slightly, deciding to “feed” this violent dragon girl more in the future.
His magic power would definitely be very useful to her, whether it was absorbed to increase her strength or analyzed to learn the human way of manipulating magic power. Yulin definitely needed it.
As long as he continued to provide magic power, Yulin might be able to shorten the time required for her transformation, or at least increase her level and strength.
Anyway, Shien’s magic power was overflowing. Even if he used it, it would recover very quickly, so providing some to Yulin wasn’t a problem at all.
“The rest depends on her.”
After saying that, Shien left the window, glanced at the bed, thought for a moment, then decided not to lie down.
“I’ll take a bath first.”
Taking a bath every day and going to bed feeling refreshed had become a habit.
Now, it was impossible for Shien to go to bed directly without taking a bath.
“But where is the bathroom?”
Shien scratched his head, walked around the tree house, but couldn’t find a bathroom or a bath.
“I’ll go ask someone.”
In the end, Shien left the tree house and went outside.
…
The tree house Shien and his group were staying in was very high, at least a hundred meters above the ground.
The night air was a bit chilly, but there was no strong wind at this height, either because of the barrier around the Elven Homeland or some other magical mechanism.
After leaving the tree house, Shien simply jumped down.
Normally, people would take the vine bridges to get down from the tree houses.
Unfortunately, although it looked romantic and magical, it was a bit time-consuming.
If he was with everyone else, Shien wouldn’t mind taking his time, but since he was alone, he decided to just jump down.
At this height, in his past life, if Shien dared to do this, he would definitely break both his legs, and that would be the best-case scenario.
Now, without doing anything, Shien could easily negate the force of the fall, landing on the ground like a feather, both steadily and gracefully.
Then, Shien started wandering around the Elven Homeland.
His goal was to find an elf and ask about the bathroom.
However…
“Excuse me, Miss…”
When Shien encountered an elven girl and tried to talk to her, before he could even finish his sentence, she ran away.
Shien paused, then turned to another direction and found another passerby.
“Excuse me, beautiful…”
Shien spoke, but he startled her.
“Don’t… don’t come any closer…!”
The elf girl screamed, as if encountering a pervert in the middle of the night, and fled in a panic.
Shien paused again, then changed his target.
“Excuse me, Miss…”
“Ahh!”
“Excuse me, beautiful lady…”
“Eek!”
“…Excuse me, classmate?” (This is a more modern and informal way of addressing someone, usually used among students.)
“Aaaaaah!”
“Excuse me…”
“A m-man…!”
“…”
“…”
About ten minutes later, Shien stood on the street with an impassive face, looking at the elves scattering around him like he was a plague, and finally admitted one fact.
Here, he was being blatantly ostracized.
“I should just destroy this village…”
Shien muttered.
A voice immediately replied,
“What terrible things are you saying?”
Shien turned his head and looked behind him.
There, an elven girl was staring intently at him, as if he was a dangerous person.
Besides Carol, who else could it be?
“So you’re here.”
Shien said calmly, not surprised at all.
“What do you think?” Carol replied calmly, not backing down. “With an unstable factor like you appearing in the village, how could I not monitor you?”
“So?” Shien retorted, “You’re just watching me being treated unfairly in your village?”
“This isn’t unfair.” Carol frowned. “All men receive this treatment in the Elven Homeland.”
So, it was fair.
…Did you think he would say that?
Fair my ass!
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