The southern great lord Martin, facing the queen of elves, lilith, maintained an outward calm while agonizing inside.
(That white girl is entrusted to us by her Majesty. She cannot be hurt, and furthermore, she’s a precious healer who can treat the knights afflicted by poison. We cannot lose her!)
The members of the knight order who continuously eradicated the monsters welling up from the great southern forest. They were being slowly poisoned from the inside without realizing it, and by the time they noticed, they become critically ill and their lives were in danger.
The Queen has sent Ceres, and she saved those knights.
She’s the lifeline that supports this defense, if she were gone, the front would immediately collapse and the poison monsters would ravage the south.
For the knights still suffering from the poison, Martin couldn’t back down an inch against the Queen.
(However, the queen here is the worst of the bad news. She’s not just an elf, she’s the queen of elves. It’s certain that something’s happening to the world tree)
The elf queen, who never leaves her doman of the elves guarding the world tree in the deepest part of the great forest, has come out of the forest by herself.
Considering the abnormal situation in the great forest, it’s undeniable that some kind of anomaly is taking place in the world tree.
Martin looks like he’s got muscles even on his brain, but he’s a high-spec man who handles politics and strategy above the standard. Merely relying on brute strength isn’t enough to become a great lord.
And yet, that’s also why he can’t oppose the queen of the elves. The cooperation of the elven queen is absolutely necessary to obtain information about the anomaly that’s happening on the world tree.
(You must’ve come out of the great forest with that intention, Queen of Elves. You should know that, and yet why are you causing trouble here!!)
The Elf queen should also want the cooperation of the Kiryu. She’s come to the kingdom for that reason, so why is she causing trouble here? If the elf and kiryu were to fight here, it’ll only bring harm and no benefit, it’ll end up ruining both.
Martin doesn’t want to back down as he wants to repay the Queen who came to rescue qhile the knights were suffering from poison, faced the other Queen while his head and stomach agonized.
(Please back off, Queen of elves)
Martin earnestly wished for a wind of change.
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(What do I do about this? This is a problem)
Carrying the legacy of the Elven queen, Lilith was at a loss, wondering what to do next.
Common sense among the elves says that half-elves are victims. They’re pitiful children born from victims who were attacked by hideous monsters, and they’re brethren who are granted salvation by death.
Throughout Lilith’s long life, she bestowed that mercy many times. She doesn’t think that her judgment is a mistake.
However.
(Looking closely, she doesn’t seem struggling with her life, she’s protected by the lizards, and she even gave birth already)
Ceres looks somewhat worn out, but looking at the patients lined up in the room, she can grasp the situation.
Since coming here, she used her mana every day to treat the knights. It’s natural she would become worn out.
(Her mana, it’s from a unicorn The mana of life, imbued with the power of purification and healing. That mana is invincible against all kinds of poison)
Purification and healing also exists in spirit magic of the elves, but compared to the mana of the unicorn, it’s several steps inferior. The elf magic was unable to purify the poison, causing the queen to flee outside the great forest, but the unicorn was not affected by the poison at all, still walking proudly throughout the great forest. That’s the difference.
(If she was being used as a tool for treatment, then it’s my place to give her the final rest)
In front of Lilith is a child (Alec) surging mana trying to protect his mother, and a half-elf who was looking at him with a gaze of afection and worry while being sheltered behind.
A love between mother and child. It’s a regrettable sight to deem death is her salvation.
(This one also bears the blood of our brethren. Is it natural to feel this close? …Then, there’s no need to decide at this moment)
Lilith judged the brethren-like feeling she sensed from Alec must be due to the mix of elven blood and Kiryu’s blood, therefore she stopped making a move on Ceres and Alec at the moment.
She must ascertain how they live in the dragon kingdom, and if she judged that mercy is necessary, then and only then, she will act. And so, Lilith reached a concludion.
Well, Alec hasn’t actually inherited a drop of elf blood. It was Lilith’s misunderstanding that he is Ceres’ biological child.
(Well, if I’m to save these two, it’s better to avoid fighting and ask the lizards for aid, just as originally planned. It’s a heavy burden to borrow the power of other races for our mother, however… At this point, there’s no other brethren other than the two. If I don’t bother and borrow the lizard’s hand, I cannot save our Great Mother Tree)
Lilith’s got various thoughts running in an instant.
「Ceres-mama won’t be involved. I’ll deal with it if needed」
「Fine. I’ll withdraw for now」
Faced with a child (a misunderstanding) bearing the child of her brethren raising their mana, the Queen of elves decided to set her anger aside and reach for a place of discussion.
Martin sighed in relief, making sure nobody noticed as Lilith lowers her bow and eased up.