Catalian sat in the central garden of the Farosi mansion, and the ice-blue vertical pupils unique to the ice dragon swept across the other people sitting in the garden.
A watcher, a powerful undead lord, and a humble and hateful human.
It is completely unimaginable in Catalion's long years, how these three completely different races sat together and drank tea happily.
What makes Catalian even more incomprehensible is that the former priest of the Holy Tree, and the most obedient and well-behaved elf priest, Tailin, has also become one of them!
Judging from the attitude of the undead lord towards Tailin, she seems to like Tailin very much.
Shouldn't the undead, who have always been with death, hate the World Tree? After all, the World Tree is a huge aggregate of life energy.
Katarian's thoughts were a little confused. During the time when the ice dragon felt that he was dominated by the gray fog, the world seemed to be a little different from before.
"Is black tea okay?"
Joshua handed a cup of black tea to the ice dragon who looked male.
However, Joshua learned from the information provided by the dark elves that every protector of the World Tree is genderless, they are the "only" individuals, and each death symbolizes another new life.
And the appearance of the humanoid is like a fraudster, no matter what it becomes, it is determined according to their preferences.
Catalian didn't take the black tea that Joshua handed over, although the ice dragon relied on his sense of smell to determine that there was no "toxin" in the black tea.
But Catalian didn't come here for afternoon tea!
"Taelin."
Katarian's eyes softened instantly when he looked at the frost elf.
This ice dragon was not in the mood to think about why the Guardians and Lords of the Undead appeared in the human city.
The original purpose of Catalian coming to Nolan was to keep the sacred tree away from those dangerous humans!
"Get out of here with me," Catalian said.
In Catalion's memory, Taelin was the most obedient of the twelve frost elf priests, and she was also one of Catalion's closest elves.
For thousands of years, the frost elf family blessed by Catalion has watched the frost elf in front of him from childhood to adulthood.
When Taelyn was young, Catalion often sang a sleepy song to lull her to sleep.
This kind of mentor-mother-daughter relationship is far more reliable than the "friends" she met in Nolan.
"The Asylum..."
At this moment, Tailin's answer was very hesitant.
This ice dragon neglected a very important factor, that is, the little girl who used to hum a sleep song every day before Catalion fell asleep, has now fully grown up!
Tailin glanced at Qiao Xiu, who was sitting next to him, and Qiao Xiu made a shrug to indicate that she could not give any advice.
So after a few seconds of silence, Taelin raised her head again and looked at Katalion.
"I'm sorry, patron... I can't leave this city!"
The tone of Tai Lin's words was not at all soft and weak, but full of a firm meaning.
"No? Are they threatening you?" Katarian glanced at Joshua with his vertical pupils, as if he had misunderstood Joshua's shrug.
Before Joshua could speak, Taelin immediately shook her head and rejected Katalion's idea.
"No, it's not like that."
"Taelyn, have you forgotten who destroyed our home?"
Katarian glanced at Ciri, who was sitting beside Josh.
This ice dragon has a great prejudice against humans, but this time, Ciri not only did not fear Catalian's gaze, but instead glared at Catalian.
Even the mini Deathwing standing on Ciri's shoulder spit out a small fireball like a demonstration.
"I didn't forget... Of course I didn't." Tailin held her hands tightly, a sad expression appeared on her face. With Katarian's reminder, Tailin recalled that nightmarish day again. .
"I watched those people in the gray fog kill my mother and father but there was nothing I could do, even if I covered my ears, I could hear everyone's cries, Elder Cusi, Priest of Keltian... all fell down. In the blood." Taelin muttered to herself, "In the end, I was the only one left to escape in the snow. Even if I came to the human world by chance, I could only hide in a dark corner and tremble."
Catalian listened to Taelin's narration, his anger subsided a little, and the ice dragon's heart was also full of self-blame.
So Catalion tried to soften his tone as much as possible.
"Taelin and I leave this city. It is said that no human beings will set foot on the high elves, and it is even more unlikely that any human beings will harm you."
"Asylum, Nolan's people didn't hurt me." Taelin raised her head and met Katarian's gaze again.
"That's just a superficial phenomenon. The hearts of those guys are made of mud and water. When you are defenseless, you will find out how dirty the inside is."
Katarian stared at Taelin, with a majesty between dragons and elders.
Tailin felt the pressure from the dragon's coercion. Ciri wanted to go forward and help Tailin to say a few words, but was stopped by Qiao Xiu, who also stopped the skeleton by the way. .
The only one who can convince the ice dragon is Tailin herself, and the involvement of others will only make the relationship more tense.
"I know not everyone can call it 'kind' but..." A shimmering white cat suddenly appeared in Taelin's palm.
"Holy Tree."
Katarian had been thinking about taking Taelin out of here, but ignored the will of the World Tree that was lying in Taelin's hands.
After the World Tree is destroyed, if you want to be reborn, you can only use the most basic seed state.
Catalian doesn't know how long it takes from seed to germinate, but the nourishment for the growth of the world tree is the belief of the frost elves.
It stands to reason that the only belief in the holy tree today is only Tailin.
But judging from the aura emanating from the white cat, this is definitely not a level that Tai Lin's beliefs can reach by gathering together.
"With the help of Mr. Joshua, the people of Nolan can hear my singing and the stories I tell every day. The stories that Mr. Joshua wrote are very interesting... No." Taelin was obviously a little flustered. Halfway through, realizing that she was off topic, she sorted out the language again and said, "Anyway, the people of Nolan like my singing and the stories written by Mr. Joshua!"
"What does this prove?" Catalion said impatiently. The singing of the elves was not very beautiful to the dragons, let alone the humans.
"Because I also like the songs I sing, and the stories that Mr. Joshua wrote!" Taelin's eyes kept staring at Katalion, and at this moment Katalion was in the eyes of this frost elf Saw something called "Determination" "I believe that people who like the same songs and stories as me... must be good people!"
Catalian heard what Taelin said, and should have ridiculed that everything she said was illogical, but Catalian noticed the most crucial point.
Those humans provided the nourishment of the sacred tree!
How could human beings... provide the nourishment of the sacred tree, or how could those human beings worship the tree of the world!
"Also when the holy tree Enluxi was still a seed, the haze of gray fog still shrouded it. It was Mr. Joshua and everyone from Nolan who saved me and Enluxi." Tailin didn't have time to finish speaking. A sentence was interrupted by Katalion.
"The erosion of the gray fog is attached to the sacred tree in the seed state?" Katarian looked at the white cat incredulously, as if asking "how did you survive".
The white cat yawned lazily. After scratching his chin with his paws, he opened his squinted eyes and looked at Qiao Xiu.
Katarian's eyes followed the white cat's, looking at Joshua who was watching a play with black tea.
"Cough, this... let me explain."
Qiao Xiu watched the emotional ethics drama for so long with black tea by the side, and felt that it was almost time to intervene in the conversation between the two.