My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 122

§ 122 – Dark Elf (1)

The elf’s eyes darted between Osley and Panat.

“Very strong humans.”

Then, she turned her head again.

Soon, her gaze stopped on Xian.

“Human… are you?”

The elf tilted her head repeatedly.

“Strange. Not human.”

The elf strode towards Xian.

“I feel a familiar energy. What is it? I’ve never seen a human like this before.”

Soon, the elf looked directly at Xian and said,

“I’m Sera.”

Xian chuckled.

Xian had heard about the habits of elves from Semir.

According to Semir, elves didn’t really stand on ceremony [weren’t very formal].

As long as you respected the other person, you didn’t have to use any special honorifics.

In fact, they found it uncomfortable to use honorifics.

‘I don’t think Elodie was like this…’

It seems that a long time has passed.

Dwarves became humans, but elves became isolated from humans.

Living among themselves without interacting with others, it seemed that this kind of tendency had developed.

And meeting them in person, they were quite unique.

“I’m Xian.”

“Xian?”

Sera tilted her head once more.

“Xian. Are you human?”

“Don’t I look human?”

He thought he looked like a normal person.

“Strange. Humans aren’t like this. I feel a very powerful energy. And it’s amazing. Familiar. That’s why it’s so strange.”

Sera circled around Xian, speaking.

It seemed she felt the primal magic residing in Xian’s body.

The power of Kyle dwelling within it.

‘Wait. Even Durak couldn’t feel that?’

He wondered if she felt Kendrick, but that couldn’t be.

Just in case, Kendrick was left with Ruben’s knights.

He had ordered them to help the northerners suffering from the barbarians.

They would probably be slaughtering the barbarians by now.

Kendrick wasn’t in the bracelet he was wearing now.

But how…?

“I am Panat Rorschild.”

Following that, Panat spoke to Sera.

His face was full of curiosity, as if he was also seeing an elf for the first time.

“Panat Rorschild? Too long. I’ll just call you Panat.”

Panat was momentarily stunned by Sera’s words.

Usually, people were surprised and fell over at the word Rorschild [a powerful and influential family].

At least, they should pretend to be surprised.

But Sera didn’t show any particular interest.

“What about that bear over there? What’s his name?”

Sera pointed at Osley.

Master-level expert, and the Margrave [a noble title] of the North, Osley.

Calling such Osley a bear.

Well, it wasn’t wrong… but still. How could she say such a thing?

If it were a human, it would be a crime punishable by beheading.

Fortunately, Xian had told him in advance.

Or perhaps he understood the characteristics of elves.

Osley didn’t draw his greatsword.

“Osley Batenberg. Margrave of the North.”

“Batenberg? North? Margrave? Humans are too difficult. I’ll just call you Bear.”

Why did she even ask?

In any case, the habits of elves were incomprehensible.

“What brings you here? Do you need help?”

Sera asked, and Osley and Panat.

Both of them looked at Xian at the same time.

Even though they pretended not to be, they seemed quite embarrassed by the appearance of the elf they saw in person.

At least Xian was responding familiarly.

It seemed like they were asking him to do something.

In the first place, it was Xian who brought them here.

Xian immediately asked Sera.

“Sera. Are you the one who helped the humans?”

“Yes. I helped the humans.”

It seemed that Sera was the elf the people were talking about.

“Then are you the one who used black magic too?”

“Black magic? Yes, I can use black magic. But I don’t know what you mean by ‘used’.”

At that moment, Osley’s aura changed completely.

Murderous intent filled with anger erupted from Osley’s entire body.

Still, thanks to Xian’s request, he didn’t immediately draw his greatsword.

“Bear is angry. Did Sera say something bad?”

Sera looked dejected and lowered her head.

It wasn’t so much that she was scared by Osley’s aura…

It seemed that she was genuinely dejected by the fact that she had angered Osley.

Xian couldn’t help but laugh.

And with the conviction that arose, he spoke to Sera again.

“Sera.”

“Yes?”

“You’re a dark elf, right?”

In an instant, Sera’s body stiffened.

Soon, Sera’s clear eyes widened as she looked at Xian.

Her expression was as if she was shouting, ‘Oh, how did you know?!’

“Oh, how did you know?!”

Indeed, that was the expression.

Xian couldn’t help but laugh at Sera’s reaction.

Usually, people would deny it at least once.

But she didn’t seem to have any intention of lying in the first place.

No, it seemed like she didn’t even know what a lie was.

He didn’t know whether to call it pure or what.

Well, what did it matter to the elves?

It was the humans who were strange for deceiving others.

Sera brought her long hair in front of her eyes.

“My hair color is still the same!?”

After confirming that it was still pure white, she widened her eyes once more.

Sera’s eyes were so clear that they were transparent.

Xian looked into those eyes and said.

“That means you’re a dark elf, right?”

“Uh… y-yes.”

Sera stammered, rolling her eyes.

Xian quietly watched such Sera.

Then, Sera asked in embarrassment.

“Aren’t I… scary?”

“Not scary.”

“Why?”

“Are you scared of me?”

“No. Not scared. Familiar. I don’t know why, though.”

“Then what.”

Xian shrugged.

Sera tilted her head at Xian’s appearance and said.

“You’re really strange.”

“What is?”

“Everyone else is like that when they find out I’m a dark elf.”

Sera pointed behind Xian.

Turning his gaze naturally.

There, Panat and Osley were staring with wide eyes, surprised.

‘Ah, right.’

Xian was able to realize it then.

He had told them that she was an elf in advance, but.

He hadn’t told them that she might be a dark elf.

Xian had been considering the possibility of her being a dark elf since he heard the word elf.

And the image that dark elves had on the continent was quite negative.

Race of darkness.

Dark elves were outcasts on the continent.

Still, thanks to Xian’s firm instructions, they were only surprised.

So, they just seemed very surprised.

Fortunately, they didn’t start swinging their swords.

Well, even though she was a dark elf, just by hearing the words.

Sera didn’t seem like a dark elf at all right now.

Far from being consumed by madness, she didn’t even look like a race of darkness.

A completely different image from what was known.

And that was the same for Xian as well.

‘I didn’t know elves were such a pure race.’

Was Sera special?

Xian turned his head again and said to Sera.

“Then I guess I’m strange.”

“That’s right. You’re really strange.”

Sera nodded in agreement.

In any case, she was an honest elf.

“Are you the only dark elf here?”

“No. There’s a village where my friends live.”

“Is there a chieftain there?”

“Chieftain?”

“I mean… someone who leads the dark elves. A kind of leader?”

“Leader? Are you talking about the Forest Keeper?”

It seemed that elves didn’t have the concept of a chieftain or leader.

But it seemed that the Forest Keeper was taking on that role instead.

And.

“My dad is the Forest Keeper.”

It seemed that Sera was the daughter of the elf chieftain.

“Could I possibly meet the Forest Keeper?”

“My dad? Why?”

“I have something to ask. I have something to say.”

“Umm…”

Sera couldn’t answer easily.

It seemed like she was quite troubled.

Well, it couldn’t be helped.

Sera’s 고민 [worries] continued for quite a while.

How much time had passed?

“Okay. I’ll take you to our village.”

Sera’s voice was heard in the meantime.

“… Huh?”

Xian tilted his head for a moment.

“Because Xian doesn’t seem like a bad person.”

Sera smiled and said.

Xian really didn’t know what to make of it.

Was this also a habit of dark elves?

Well, whatever.

With this, it seemed that he would be able to go to the village of the dark elves.

“Can the Margrave and Panat come with us too?”

“Bear and Panat? Umm… okay. They’re Xian’s friends, so they can’t be bad people.”

Somehow, it seemed like he had gained a great deal of trust…

But well, whatever.

“Let’s go.”

Xian turned his head and said to Osley and Panat.

But why was it?

“How can this be…”

“You, what on earth are you…”

Osley and Panat were looking at Xian with shocked eyes.

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Unlike the dwarves, elves hated humans and were isolated from the world.

Even more so for dark elves.

They had been completely ostracized from the world.

And perhaps influenced by such ostracism.

The village where the dark elves were located was quite remote and far away.

So much so that people couldn’t find it.

“Ugh… !”

In a word, it was a terribly cold place.

Xian trembled and moved his feet.

It was useless even though he had squeezed into countless fur clothes.

Every time the wind blew, wind cutter magic grazed his skin.

Every moment he breathed, it felt like he was shoving ice balls into his mouth.

And.

Ting!

《Kkong!》

As expected, Mobile Lord was frozen as well.

It was really too cold.

Could he live in a place like this…? It was so cold that he wondered.

‘They haven’t been discovered because they live in a place like this.’

Xian calmly looked around.

Panat was fine, but.

“Margrave, aren’t you cold?”

Osley also seemed fine.

Could he use the function to warm his body when he became a master?

“I’m used to this kind of cold in the North.”

Osley spat out the words.

He was moving his steps indifferently.

He wondered if he was a real bear.

Well, Osley had lived in the North all his life.

This kind of cold was more than familiar, it was normal.

And.

“I’m not cold at all.”

Sera wasn’t cold either.

It wasn’t just that she wasn’t cold, she couldn’t feel it.

She was wearing clothes that revealed her fair skin as it was.

That didn’t mean she was naked.

But the fact that she was wearing clothes that revealed her skin was absurd.

“H, how on earth…?”

“Magic.”

“Ah.”

Dark elves were descendants of Elodie.

And not only dark elves, but the elf race was a race related to magic.

In a word, they were born magicians.

It seemed that Sera had warmed her body with magic.

“I got hotter when I moved my body.”

No, it seemed that she had heated her body to the point of burning it.

Sera took off the clothes she was wearing.

Only one piece of clothing that seemed so light that it would fly away was draped over Sera’s body.

Because of that, Sera’s fair skin was revealed as it was, and quite a lot.

That didn’t mean that such places were visible.

But it seemed like it would be visible if you weren’t careful.

Whether she knew that fact or not.

Sera now had an expression that she was going to live.

“Do you want to wear it if you’re cold?”

Then, she handed the clothes she had thrown off to Xian.

Xian stared blankly at the clothes Sera handed him.

It didn’t seem like it would be warm at all.

It seemed like an act of scratching his temper [a pointless gesture]…

Maybe it was because Sera said it, but it didn’t feel that way.

Perhaps it was because he knew that there was no malice in the words she spat out, but it seemed like she was really teasing him purely.

So, that feeling that wasn’t strangely bad.

“… Give it here.”

Xian squeezed into one more layer of clothes that Sera handed him.

It was better than nothing.

At that moment.

“Huh?”

Heat began to circulate throughout his body as if he was facing a burning bonfire.

At the same time, the cold that he felt to the bone disappeared in an instant.

“There’s magic on the clothes. Is it warm now?”

And the words Sera said were heard.

Sera smiled.

“I’m okay, so Xian wear it. I can use magic.”

Then, Sera took a step forward.

Xian quietly watched such Sera.

Then, he said to Panat, who was walking next to him.

“Don’t you realize something?”

“This… it looks simple, but it’s quite difficult.”

Then Panat said.

“It’s not just about generating heat, but also about adjusting the flow of the atmosphere to trap the heat, and also about driving out the previous cold, so you have to constantly manage the flow. So, you can put it on someone else…”

He began to explain magical theories.

He began to explain quite complex theories…

Somehow, it seemed that he thought Xian would understand.

But Xian just closed his ears because his head hurt.

In short, it meant that it wasn’t something that could be done like Sera.

“Even putting enchantments on clothes…”

Panat could only look at Sera, who was going ahead, with admiration.

“It’s over there. We’re almost there.”

Soon, Sera shouted, pointing to the place ahead.

It seemed that they had arrived…

Xian tilted his head.

That was because the place Sera was pointing at.

He couldn’t see anything there.

To be exact, it was just full of white snow.

It was no different from the scenery he had seen so far.

He couldn’t see anything that could be called a dark elf village.

He couldn’t even find a trace of it.

At that moment.

“Illusion magic…?”

Panat’s voice was heard from the side.

Panat was looking at the place Sera was pointing at with trembling eyes.

It seemed that something was different for Panat, who was a magician.

“A level that even deceives the senses…? On such a large scale?”

If Panat was so impressed, it seemed like it was amazing magic.

“It’s magic that borrows the power of the World Tree.”

It was definitely not ordinary magic.

At that moment.

“Sera. Where have you been?”

A strange voice was heard from the sight ahead.

Soon, the scenery distorted and an existence walked out from the background.

And the dark black hair and pointed ears that were visible.

It was the typical appearance of a dark elf.

At the same time, Osley’s eyes turned sharp.

That was not only because of the fact that he was a dark elf.

The energy felt from that dark elf.

It was not an ordinary level of energy.

At least master intermediate level.

No, more than that.

Xian didn’t know the realm of magicians well, so he couldn’t say for sure.

But he was stronger than Panat next to him.

So, at least 7th Circle, maybe 8th Circle.

He was on par with Elan Dur’s head, Durak.

He felt an energy on par with the head of Rorschild, Egrit.

Xian and Panat also looked with nervous eyes.

“I’m here, Dad!”

Sera shouted happily and ran to him.

It seemed that he was Sera’s father and the Forest Keeper who led the dark elves.

The Forest Keeper’s gaze turned to the back of Sera.

Then, after discovering Xian, Panat, and Osley, he asked Sera.

“Who are they?”

“Human friends. They said they wanted to see Dad, so I brought them.”

Sera pointed to Xian, Panat, and Osley in turn and said.

“This is Xian. That’s Panat. And there, Bear is Bear.”

The last words were a bit strange…

Well, anyway.

The Forest Keeper scanned them one by one in the order Sera pointed out.

“Is it because of the black magic that spread in the North?”

Then he spat out meaningful words.

“Follow me.”

The Forest Keeper turned his back and moved his steps.

The space rippled once more, and the Forest Keeper’s figure disappeared.

“Come in quickly.”

Soon, Sera disappeared into the rippling space as well.

And at the same time.

Ting!

『[Territory Quest] – ‘Dark Elves are calling. We are not demons!’ (Clear!)』

The cheerful notification sound of the smartphone that the quest had been cleared was heard.