A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

107 – Dancing With Elves (8)

Drink.

Throwing up.

Absorb.

Discharge.

Four days have already passed since I entered the elf forest.

“White Gold Mirror. How should I go out?”

“To go out?”

In four days, I wore traces of civilization, not nature, on my body.

It felt awkward trying to wear something I hadn’t worn for four days again, but I still couldn’t go out in front of people like a natural person.

“A person cannot survive by drinking only water, and there is no food for me to eat here.”

Food.

This is why I talked about going home for a week.

“According to the Imperial Food and Nutrition Science, humans should consume a balanced diet of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. But what have I eaten for the past four days?”

“Water. Mana.”

“I don’t feel hungry, but humans can’t survive by drinking only water.”

“I think my body has become stronger in four days.”

“You can maintain it with mana.”

For four days I could not drink anything other than the fountain of mana.

“If you’re staying here for more than a week, you’ll need to bring food.”

There is nothing to eat here.

I’m not complaining about food, but there is no real food to eat.

“They said elves were forest spirits, but I never imagined that they could gain the strength to survive just by exposure to sunlight.”

Elves are forest spirits and are not much different from plants.

It was a very unique creature that could survive as long as it had sun, water, and mana.

“I’m going out. I’ll take care of things outside, and then I’ll come back and drink mana.”

“From what I was saying, it seemed like I couldn’t do it because of the food.”

“I never said no. If you live peacefully like a plant, it would be okay to live here by farming and sowing fruit and vegetable seeds.”

A story that could have happened when she miraculously survived and left with her in a time of peace when everything was over.

It’s literally a dream-like story, but humans live diligently in the present because they dream of such a dream-like future.

“I’m not saying I’m going to raise livestock here, but I’m just going to bring the minimum amount of meat and food necessary to build muscles.”

“It’s difficult.”

“What do you mean by trouble?”

“One of the reasons why children who became vampires broke the rules and left the forest was food from outside.”

“…Write.”

A picture is drawn.

As the empire came to dominate the kingdom, numerous foods made from the empire’s alchemy chemical factories hit the kingdom’s tables.

A stimulating and addictive alchemical taste.

The empire immediately exterminated the kingdom’s food culture, and began with food communism, filling its colonial rule from the table.

The kingdom was like that, but there’s no law saying elves shouldn’t do that.

“I see. As expected, the food of the empire…”

“Human blood.”

“…”

“For the elves, the most delicious thing was a human.”

There was a reason why the so-called renegades became vampires rather than dessert ghosts.

“Before I came in, someone said they wanted to eat me. Did they really mean that they wanted to eat me physically?”

“Well, I guess it’s both.”

“It’s not some kind of praying mantis. Are elves creatures that evolved from praying mantises, not mosquitoes?”

“Do not judge all elves based on one personality. We simply reproduce ourselves through grafting when we need descendants.”

“…”

“She was not the original maiden. She was definitely the original maiden and gave birth to a child through human seeds.”

Certain types of people may be interested in the elf breeding process, but I am not particularly interested.

“Anyway, I’m going to bring some food, so why don’t you come to Gibraltar Mansion with me for a while?”

“I understand. Getting in shape is my top priority right now, and I can’t ruin that plan.”

Just.

When Sir Platinum snapped her fingers, the leaves flew in the wind and stuck to her body.

“That’s what you wore…” ” “How did you do that?”

“Spiritual magic. It is Elfman’s secret method that humans cannot use.”

Her her her platinum suit she became the green dress she wore when she first arrived at her Gibraltar residence.

“You surround yourself with leaves, wind, and mana.”

“…Was it like that when you first came to the mansion?”

“Yes. But you weren’t wearing this at the time.”

Lord Platinum tapped the ground this time and put on the golden robe I had seen before.

“This is also an elf’s secret skill that cannot be taught even if one wants to know it. If you want to learn it, it would be faster to become an elf.”

“Is it possible to become an elf?”

“What if I become a Bloody Elf?”

“They said they would kill all the Bloody Elves.”

“So, if you want to use this, be prepared to die for her real wife.”

“I’m just going to not wear anything and get dressed slowly.”

There are good things to learn and bad things to learn.

“Instead, please teach me more about Aiferia on the way. And if possible, how to get through the maze. How to get out of here on foot.”

“You are hoping for a lot. She will support you as a true woman, but it is wrong to think that she will walk away.”

Hwiik.

“There is no need to walk.”

Baek Geum-gyeong whistled.

“Oh, that’s right. There was Pegasus.”

I don’t know where it lives, but Pegasus flew from the sky and landed in front of us, flapping its white wings.

“Does Pegasus also live in the elven forest? Is it okay for these guys to live only on grass? They fly.”

“As long as you have grass, magic power, and sunlight, it’s all you need.”

“Indeed. My thoughts were short. “This is a place that cannot be judged by human common sense.”

I should have abandoned common sense since elves are roaming around in a natural state.

“Okay. So you’re flying from here? The maze was just put down for show.”

“No. Are you going to ride?”

Baekgeumgyeong climbed on top of Pegasus, which flew in the sky.

“Will you follow me on foot, or will you ride behind me?”

“…”

“Even if you fly in the sky, there is a barrier so you can’t get out. Hurry and get on.”

Baek Geum-gyeong patted the back of her butt.

“Well, can I drive it?”

“You are riding this child because your mother gave you permission, and she does not allow you to ride her because you want to.”

Pegasus snorted and tapped the floor with his foot.

Although I can’t speak, I seem to have human-level reason, so I got on the back of Baekgeumgyeong without saying a word.

“Uhm…”

“Aside from the fact that she is the main woman, she seems to have often carried women in front of her. I saw that her hand naturally came to her waist.”

“Her her handle her her her is nowhere else than here.”

“Really? Wouldn’t it be better to just do it this way?”

Lord Platinum grabbed both of her hands and pulled them tightly, making her pull her stomach tightly.

“This way, it will be easier for the main lady to drive her horse.”

“Excuse me.”

The parts that touch are just clothes.

“Then I will guide you. The passage leading out of the elf forest.”

“…Passage?”

“Yes. It’s quite absurd, but…”

Lord Platinum pulled the reins, and Pegasus slowly began to take her steps towards the dense forest.

“There is an underground cave where the first traitor, Thersian, escaped. It would be better for you and us to use that place.”

“…Is this a vampire’s passage?”

“Yes. It’s really absurd, but this is an underground cave dug over 400 years by an elf who longed for the outside world.”

“…”

How long did it take?

Underneath the gray building, a huge hole leading underground was waiting for us.

“This is…”

“There used to be a huge tree here. Can you see the edge of the hole?”

“…Was it a tree?”

A huge hole that seems to be almost 5m in diameter.

The border had an unfamiliar shape, but after hearing the story, I couldn’t shake the feeling that it was like the bark of a tree.

“We built a log cabin in a huge tree, dug a hole in it, dug out the center of the tree, dug up the ground, and dug a hole all the way to the north.”

“…”

“After digging the ground for 400 years, we were able to reach Thersian. Over there in the north…”

Baek Geum-gyeong shook her head as if she was tired.

“The land of the old dwarves, which humans call the demonic contamination zone.”

“…”

“Even now, some elves break the rules and escape through this hole. Even though there are guards guarding the door to prevent them from coming in from the other side.”

As we went down the hole, several elves were waiting for us along with torches hanging on the wall.

“High Road. He is…”

“This human will travel to and from the forest through this path.”

“It’s dangerous. Humans…”

“He is a clan of guardians. He is the eldest son of the current guardian and may be the next guardian.”

“…”

The elf guards with bows on their backs looked at each other and slightly lowered their heads.

“If the High Lord says so.”

“Would you like to pick up a cake on the way?”

“Are you going to a human city?!”

“Yes. This child is on his way to pick up food for when he often stays here.”

“Well, that…”

The elf guards seemed to have something to say.

A familiar reaction.

That was exactly the look on the faces of those who visited me, the Margrave of Gibraltar, to ask for something.

‘The content is cute, though.’

Asking them to turn a blind eye to delivery irregularities, saying that if they invest, they will repay by doubling their investment, or asking them to provide a guarantee because the Margrave is a good person.

Compared to those people, the requirements of these elves are really cute.

“If you want a dessert from Gibraltar, we can bring the ingredients and make it for you here.”

“What… !”

“Instead.”

If you know the demands and meet them, of course there is a need for something in return.

“If you eat the cake I made, from now on, will you at least wear the underwear that humans wear?”

* * *

Jeopuk, Jeopuk.

Pegasus walks slowly through an underground passage filled with only darkness.

The underground passage was so dark that if it weren’t for the light emanating from the horn on the forehead, it would have been like walking with your eyes closed.

“Renegades will not be able to invade the forest this way.”

Wide enough for three people to barely pass.

Pegasus is also walking with his wings folded to the side, and the two of us riding on Pegasus’ back are so high that our heads touch the ceiling.

“You dug a passage this deep, but it didn’t take 400 years?”

“Yes.”

“That’s right, Ranyo.”

“At the time, none of the elves had ever thought of escaping from the forest by digging like this.”

Well.

Just as humans would not have thought of flying through the sky and passing through a canyon, no one would have thought of elves escaping from the land of discipline by digging tunnels.

Until you see it in person.

“The Tersians were both cautious and good at using magic. Rather than scooping out the dirt from the excavated wall, they used magic to compress it around to create a solid wall.”

“If this is the case…”

“It is said that the tunnel was made solid from the time it was dug so that it would not collapse even after hundreds of years.”

“…”

Did he really want to escape from the elf forest?

Digging a tunnel for 400 years must be an incredible amount of persistence.

Even-

“So, it’s been almost a thousand years?”

“If you look at it roughly in terms of timing, it’s like that.”

Saying that it was dug for 400 years does not mean that it escaped 400 years ago.

The existence of vampires existed before the beginning of the Nostrum Dynasty.

In other words, whether it is Nostrum or Thersian, this underground passage was created before the two major mountain ranges of modern human history, the Kingdom and the Empire, began.

“It may be new, but it feels like it has a really long history. The work of the elves.”

“…”

“Is it really that old?”

“Well.”

Baek Geum-gyeong let out a low laugh.

“If you want to listen to a lecture on the history of elves, I can give it to you for a hundred days.”

“I politely decline. No matter what happens to history, let’s just kill him and be done with it, right?”

“Yes. That’s the answer. Just remember this one thing.”

Are you trying to say something right?

“The name Thersian is the name of a traitor, but that name also has its origins.”

“I think it’s better not to listen to it.”

“There will come a time when you say, ‘Ah, this is what it sounded like.'”

“Usually, when things like that happen, it’s either a really bad situation or a mess or something like that.”

…

Gradually, the sound quiets down.

Baekgeum-gyeong stops breathing, and I also stop breathing.

“Tsk.”

Pegasus stops walking and lowers his posture.

“This passage. You said it’s a passage that even vampires know.”

“Okay.”

“Then they could just invade here and do that?”

“It happens often.”

“…”

“How would you like to warm up for a moment?”

“Ha.”

I got off from behind Baekgeumgyeong and took the sword I was wearing behind my back.

“I never imagined something like this would be happening underground.”

The moment when something red sparkles in the darkness.

Ka-euang!

As soon as I swung the knife with Baldo, something bounced off the tip and hit the wall.

“White Gold Sutra. What should we do if a body arises here?”

“Vampires evaporate when exposed to sunlight, and Pegasus’ horns store sunlight.”

“Then if Pegasus pushes his horn forward and exposes the light, wouldn’t everything turn to ashes?”

“But then who will check your skills?”

“…I see.”

Although there is an easy way.

“It’s the perfect place to check out who I am now.”

Sometimes you have to leave the easy path and take the difficult path.

“Kyaaa!!”

With red eyes flashing, a Bloody Elf wearing an imperial suit runs towards me with sharp claws shining.

“Be careful. Those nails…”

“It’s an auror.”

Nails with a red tint are pseudo-aura.

It is said that humans can barely create an Auror if they become a Master, but it is a different story for vampires, who are based on elves.

“Well, anyway.”

I stretched my right foot forward and swung the lightly drawn sword at an angle.

“Just because you can create an aura doesn’t mean your body has an aura.”

Phu-uuk.

“It wasn’t a difficult road.”

“Big, big…?”

Beneath the blade, which was halfway inside the throat, a sticky black liquid began to flow.

“It was a bit of a hassle.”

Press the sword with light pressure at the tip of your finger.

Suddenly!

The vampire’s neck fell down.

The cross section was cut twice.

“Next time, all at once.”

There is still a long way to go.