Chapter 518

Elven homeland, outside the treehouse.

When Shien, Rosie, La Xia, Lilith, and Mi Lu walked out of the treehouse together and followed the vine bridge to the ground, there was already someone waiting there.

"Mr. Shien! Everyone! "

Merica seemed to have been waiting there for a long time. When she saw them, her eyes immediately lit up, and she hurriedly ran over.

"Merica?"

Shien blinked and smiled.

"You're here?"

Rosie also looked at the elven girl and smiled knowingly.

"Miss Merica."

La Xia greeted Merica.

"Hmm?"

Lilith tilted her head. It was unknown if she was surprised by Merica's sudden appearance, or if she had only just remembered that Merica was here.

As for Mi Lu, she was puzzled and looked at the unfamiliar elven girl curiously.

Merica didn't seem to notice Mi Lu, and only spoke apologetically after she ran all the way to the front of the group.

"I'm … I'm sorry, everyone, for leaving you all behind."

Merica seemed to be very apologetic for not going on a mission with the group yesterday.

The group didn't take it to heart.

"You haven't been back for a long time, right? You must want to catch up with your acquaintances and say hello, right?" Shien looked at Merica and said with a faint smile, "Your complexion seems to be much better than yesterday. You must be in a good mood, right?"

Shien's words made Merica blush in embarrassment. She lowered her head and was too shy to say anything.

In fact, Merica's complexion was indeed much better than before, and everyone could clearly see the changes in her body.

Merica didn't know why, but she felt that after returning to the elven homeland, her spirit had become better, and the speed at which her mana had been increasing had also increased a lot.

Perhaps after returning to her homeland, Merica's spirit had indeed improved.

This was a good thing.

In any case, Merica didn't feel that there was anything wrong, and her attitude was also less restrained and shy than usual.

"Where's Her Highness Ai Yi?"

Merica looked around, but didn't see Ai Yi. Instead, she saw an unfamiliar little girl whose hand was being held by La Xia and staring at her curiously.

"Ai Yi stayed in the treehouse to sleep. You know, that girl loves to sleep." Shien curled his lips and explained while patting Mi Lu's shoulder. "This is a newcomer, and she can be considered as one of Ai Yi's connections. There was another one, but she didn't come. I'll introduce her to you later."

Hearing this, Merica didn't seem to understand. "Her Highness Ai Yi's connections …?"

Evidently, Merica did not think of Ai Yi's Demon Dweller sisters.

"Mi Lu! My name! "

Mi Lu naturally wouldn't mention it. She raised her hand and introduced herself to Merica in a lively manner.

Miss Mi! " Mi Mi! "

Merica hurriedly bowed her head in greeting. Although she was less restrained and bashful, she was still as polite as before.

She smiled and said, "I thought you would bring your friends." Rosie asked with a smile, "I thought you would bring your friends with you."

These words caused Merica to stammer.

Shien was speechless. "I … I also wanted to introduce my childhood friend to everyone …" Merica carefully glanced at Shien, and then said in a low voice, "But she heard that there are foreign men here, so she didn't want to come …"

Shien was speechless.

Well, another sexist elf girl.

This place is really not friendly to us.

"I … I'll definitely introduce her to everyone next time!" Merica hurriedly said, "Genom is a very good person. She's bolder and more powerful than me. Everyone in the clan says that she will be the next genius to enter the elven division. She has been taking care of me and protecting me since I was young. She just doesn't know everyone well, so she's a little resistant. After a few days of persuasion, she will definitely agree to come and meet everyone!"

Merica tried her best to put in a good word for her childhood friend.

Her appearance was very similar to how she had spoken up for Shien yesterday.

From this, it could be seen that Merica valued this childhood friend called Genom very much.

Shien was immediately curious.

"According to what you said, that childhood friend of yours should be more outstanding than you, right?" Shien said, "Then why was it that you left the elven homeland to gain experience in the outside world, but that childhood friend of yours didn't?"

This was something Shien had heard from Caroline.

It was said that Merica's childhood friend had a very good relationship with Merica.

The two had survived the reincarnation period as elves at almost the same time and had been reborn as elves. It could be said that they had been brought back to the elven homeland one after the other and joined the elven family.

Thus, these two elven girls had been inseparable since they were young, as if they were a pair of sisters.

Caroline also mentioned that back then, Melica and her childhood friend had received her enlightenment in magic. They had begun to learn magic at the same time and had started cultivating at the same time.

The two were of the same age and had been best friends for more than a hundred years. Their relationship was far better than that of ordinary elves.

However, two years ago, these childhood friends who had been together for a hundred years had embarked on two different paths.

Genom had followed in the footsteps of the elven seniors and had worked hard to cultivate in the elven homeland in order to become one of them.

Merica, on the other hand, had suddenly decided to leave the village to gain experience in the outside world and increase her knowledge and experience.

But according to Merica, in terms of temperament, the elven girl named Jenom was clearly more extroverted than her.

Under such circumstances, why was it that Merica, who was easily nervous and shy, went out to gain experience, while that elf girl called Genom stayed in the village and cultivated behind closed doors?

"This …"

Merica was speechless.

Seeing this, Rosie couldn't help but nudge Shien's side with her elbow.

The corner of Shien's mouth twitched, and he helplessly rolled his eyes at Rosie.

He knew that this princess was blaming him for not being able to control his mouth, for not considering whether he had touched on a sensitive topic and made it difficult for her to speak.

For some reason, this fish-catching princess suddenly seemed to be very concerned about Merica.

Shien could only shrug helplessly.

"I was just asking casually, you don't have to answer."

Shien expressed to Merica.

This made Merica shake her head.

"Actually, this isn't something that can't be said …" Merica said with some difficulty, "The reason why I wanted to leave the village and train outside is because I felt that if I didn't do this, I would never be able to surpass Genom."

This was not something that was difficult to understand.

"Ever since we were reincarnated as elves, we've always been together. We do the same thing every day, live the same life, and even our magic cultivation is exactly the same. There is almost no difference."

Under such circumstances, the two of them did the same thing, but obtained different results.

"The first to learn magic was Genom."

"The first to level up was Jenom."

"The first to learn mid-level magic was Genom."

"Even the first person to successfully subjugate the monsters outside the village and gain the favor of the elven squad was Genom."

Merica clenched the staff in her hand. There was no unwillingness in her tone, but there was still some dejection.

"I've always been doing the same thing, but Genom has always been ahead of me. I can't help but wonder if I can't catch up to Genom."

It was not jealousy, nor was it unwillingness. It was just a bit of suspicion.

But it was this little bit of doubt that finally made Merica decide to take a different path.

"If I continue to train like Genom, I will never be able to catch up to him."

"And when Genom joins the elven team, she will receive better training and better nurturing. Then, I will never be able to catch up to her."

"I don't want to be left behind by Genom."

"So, I mustered up my courage and decided to leave the village to train and train outside."

At this point, Merica could not help but mutter to herself.

"I wonder if I've caught up with Jenom yet?"

It was obvious that Merica did not have much confidence in this matter.

The two of them had just reunited yesterday and were both in a state of joy. Naturally, they did not notice this.

It was only now that Merica seemed to remember why she had left the village in the first place. She could not help but feel a little nervous.

Her appearance made one feel a little protective of her.

Rosie stepped forward and gave Merica a gentle hug.

"It's alright. You must have caught up to her."

Rosie comforted her softly.

"Thank … Thank you, Your Highness Rosie …"

Merica was a little shy. She did not know if it was because she had said what she found hard to say, or because of Rosie's rather intimate actions.

At the same time, Merica stole a glance at Shien, as if she was very concerned about what Shien would think of this matter.

Shien got it.

So, he said without hesitation.

"I also think that you have caught up to her, or even surpassed her."

Shien gave her the greatest evaluation.

"Surpassed her?" Merica did not seem to have thought of this possibility. She hurriedly said, "No, Genom is so powerful and outstanding. It's good enough that I can catch up to her."

It seemed that Merica's evaluation of her childhood friend, Genom, was much higher than his.

"Is he that talented?"

Sean began to mutter to himself.

He didn't know how powerful that Genom guy was.

But he did not think that the current Merica would be inferior to him.

Putting everything else aside, Merica's magical power had increased crazily in the past few months. It was impossible for Genom to catch up.

That was a rate of growth that even Ai Yi was surprised by, and even the Elf Queen was surprised by.

Of course, just having outstanding magical power did not mean that Merica was stronger than Genom.

But what could they do when they were both mages?

Since they were both mages, the one with stronger magical power would definitely have an advantage.

Thus, Shien believed that the current Merica was definitely not inferior to his childhood friend.