The conversation that took place in Elsa's village wasn't friendly. The reason for it was naturally because Chief Ted had reprimanded Brody without giving him any face.
About a month ago, Brody and Roddy had talked about this. At the time, Roddy had laughed and suggested that Brody "slap him in the face with facts". However, he didn't expect that Ted would come to the village again not long after and beg him humbly.
Brody did not have any High Elves books. He had just packed up the cryptic tomes and sent them to Elsen City. There were no books that could be read in the village at the moment.
"Brody, I'm begging you. I really need these books."
Ted's words made Brody raise his eyebrows. The man wasn't easy to talk to. Stubbornness seemed to be a common problem of the wood elves. It was unusual for him to be so humble now.
"I'm not trying to make things difficult for you. I've sent all the books in Wagra City to other places. There's a better place to store them. If you need them, tell me their names. I'll have someone bring them over next time."
Ted's expression stiffened at Brody's words. He seemed to understand that Brody wasn't trying to fool him. His old, bark-like face twitched a few times. Finally, he sighed and said, "Forget it then. Thank you."
With that, he walked away. Brudy looked at his back in a daze and muttered, "Since when did this guy learn to say thank you …"
Walking out of the wooden villa, Ted looked up at the village. The traditional wood elf villages didn't change much in a hundred years, but Elsa's village was changing with each passing day.
On the cleared land, the human construction team was busy building new houses. Accompanying the houses were simple shops with distinctive human characteristics. They sold cheap alcohol and snacks. The Wood Elves around Ted were no longer as vigilant and hesitant as they had been in the beginning. They were already used to this change, and all of them ignored Ted and walked past him.
The village chief, who had come from afar, frowned and made an expression of "incomprehensible". Then, he left the village alone.
Natha, who had just finished her training, walked past the village chief. She looked at Ted strangely. As a village chief, no matter how capable he was, he shouldn't have walked through the forest alone to come here, right?
However, Ted didn't give her an answer. After walking for a few hundred feet, he gradually disappeared into the forest. Natha wasn't interested in meddling. She tidied up her quiver and returned to her tree hole.
What she didn't know was that "Chief Ted" gradually stopped in his tracks. His brown eyes slowly turned deep purple. His face, which had a lively expression just a moment ago, gradually became cold. At that moment, there was only boundless calmness left. It was difficult to see any emotion.
He raised his hand, and a faint black smoke flickered in front of him for a moment. He took a deep breath as if he was sensing something. After confirming something, he waved his hand to disperse the sorcery. Immediately after, he changed his previous way of advancing and began to run in the forest.
At the same time, in Village, more than 100 miles away, the real chief Ted, who had just finished his lunch, completely unaware that someone had visited Elsa.
*****
27th of May, Elsen City.
After circling five or six times in the air, the Kelda Duck hesitated for a long time. Finally, under Roddy's order, it made a landing posture.
Because of the continuous adjustments and familiarization along the way, the Pintail Sand Awl, which was used as a flying mount, had finally found some "tricks" for landing. In short, when it landed, the big bird was no longer in the "jumping" mode with its butt facing the sky.
After being freed from the "Time Stop Enchantment", Elsen City had welcomed several batches of reinforcements in the past few months, including the territory of Paar, the village of Elsa, the city of Hollier, and the nobles who had reached an agreement with the Dukes Of Angmar at the banquet.
At this time, although the city was still empty, the core area of the inner city had gradually become lively because of the arrival of hundreds of people.
There were a lot of goods piled up in the central square where the Kelda Duck landed. But under Roddy's precise control, he and Naifei finally arrived at the destination unharmed.
Roddy, who was wearing three layers of leather, jumped down and immediately carried Naifei, who was wrapped in a ball, down.
"Brother Roddy, is this your city?"
"Yes, this is Elsen City. Your mother is here."
Naifei stood there with a face full of surprise. Because she was wearing too many clothes, she could hardly move. There was no fear on her face, as if flying thousands of meters in the sky did not bring any burden to her at all.
Roddy did not stay idle. He stretched out his hand to help her take off her leather coat, hat, scarf, and cloak. Naifei cooperated and raised her hands. After a few rounds, she finally revealed her original linen skirt.
Naifei had rested four times on the way, so she was not frozen like Roddy. At this time, she was quite excited to see the buildings around her. She curiously said, "This place is much bigger than Grimm City!"
"Yes, four times bigger than Grimm City."
Because of the matter with Sally, Roddy had been a little depressed these days. When he spoke, there was always a sense of tiredness. After accompanying Naifei for the whole journey, their relationship did not improve by leaps and bounds, but at least it was a lot closer than before.
"I can't believe brother Roddy is even stronger than Earl Tass." Naifei ran around the surroundings. She had lived in Mogra Village since she was a child. After suddenly crossing thousands of kilometers, everything in front of her was so new that she momentarily forgot why she came here.
"Is this a fountain? What about this? Brother Roddy — "
She turned around and was about to ask more questions. Suddenly, a figure wearing a red robe suddenly appeared beside Roddy.
"Mom, mom?"
Naifei stopped and rubbed her eyes hard. Her face showed a surprised expression, but then her eyes turned red. She lowered her head and rushed to Camilla.
"Naifei!"
Camilla hugged her daughter tightly. Although she tried to control her expression, in the end, she could not hold back her tears.
Roddy pursed his lips and looked at the mother and daughter who had reunited in front of him. His eyes suddenly seemed to lose focus. After a few seconds, he turned around and took off the belt that was used to stabilize the duck's body. Then, he quietly tidied up his equipment. After confirming that he did not leave anything behind, he saw Camilla was carefully looking at her daughter's cheeks. He whispered, "There was an accident, but he came back safely."
"Accident …?"
Camilla suddenly turned around and remembered that Roddy was beside her. She hurriedly said, "No matter what, I have to thank —"
Roddy raised his hand and said, "Make arrangements for Naifei. I will wait for you."
He did not say where he was going. Instead, he turned to Naifei and smiled. "I will leave first."
After saying that, he carried the short bow and bag and walked away. Camilla frowned and looked at his back. She heard Naifei whispering, "Brother Roddy has been in a bad mood these days …"
Her daughter's voice was obviously worried. Camilla did not know what happened between her and Roddy. But she still had something to discuss with Roddy. So, she softly said, "Go to my place and stay. We can talk about these things slowly. It's good that you are back … It's good that you are back …"
Although she tried to suppress her emotions, Camilla's voice still trembled. She thought that she would never see Naifei again. She did not expect that Roddy would bring her to her after a month …
Even though she was holding Naifei's hand, she still felt like she was in a dream. But when she looked at Roddy, she inexplicably felt that his back suddenly looked a little lonely.
"Mom, your hand is so cold."
Naifei did not know about the agreement between Camilla and Roddy. She just felt that her mother's face seemed to be a lot worse than before. Camilla's wife held her little hand tightly and did not explain anything.
Roddy had crossed three streets and arrived at the Magic Tower of Pasha. At this time, he looked a little numb.
He threw the bag on the armchair of the mansion and looked at the deserted hall. He opened the [Atlas Orchid] and turned around to walk to a library according to the route on the city map. Although there were hundreds of people busy here, when he was one or two hundred meters away from the core area, it suddenly became quiet as if he had come to another world.
The empty street was still clean and tidy. White marble sculptures could be seen everywhere. But Roddy was not in the mood to appreciate it. He glanced at everything tiredly, stepped up the stairs and entered the bright public library.
He walked all the way to the back of Akasha, who seemed to be so absorbed in reading that she did not notice Roddy's arrival.
"What are you looking at?"
"Ah!?"
Akasha suddenly jumped up from the chair and was about to condense the elements between her hands. When she turned around, she suddenly froze.
"Roddy!?"
Her originally tense cheeks were like a blooming flower in an instant, and her small mouth was slightly open. Akasha raised her arm as if she wanted to do something, but in the end, she still stood there obediently. "You're back so soon?"
Her chest was slightly heaving up and down, and her heart was beating faster. She looked away and said with her head slightly lowered, "I thought I would have to wait for a long time, so I just read here every day … Camilla did not tell me that you were coming back …"
"It's okay. I have something urgent to do." Roddy nodded. "Can you understand these books now?"
He did not come back to Elson to chat. After Camilla settled Naiffy down, Roddy planned to discuss about the "Recharging Crystal" here, so he simply sat in the seat opposite Akasha.
However, his action made Akasha think of something else … She touched the ring with her finger and pursed her lips. She seemed to have a lot of things to say, but she did not know what to talk about at the moment.
Roddy looked down and casually flipped through the big book that Akasha was reading. "A Conversation with Dragons? Is it about the High Elves and Dragons? "
"Yes … There are a lot of things that I have never heard of." Akasha finally found a topic and quickly said, "I saw that there were Dragons that were defeated by the High Elves, so they won the status of an equal dialogue or something like that. The rest … is about the Dragons' character and philosophy. "
"Oh?"
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