Even though the Queen's guards dispersed the crowd nearby, the number of people looking at Yang Yu and his men did not decrease at all. On the contrary, it increased slowly as time passed.
The average vision of the elves living in the forest is 6.0, so even if they are watching from a distance, they can see Yang Yu's every move.
It was not until Yang Yu and his companions stepped onto an open stone road that the gazes on them slightly narrowed.
In front of Yang Yu and his friends was a towering tree. Although it was not as exaggerated as the mother tree of the plant family, its dense branches and leaves still blocked out the blue sky.
Vines hung between the branches, and countless green and golden lights swirled around the towering tree like fireflies, sometimes hiding, sometimes shining, sometimes spreading into balls, and sometimes gathering into dots.
Surrounding the big tree, white stones with unknown words engraved on them formed a large circular square, which connected to the stone road that Yang Yu and his friends were walking on.
Stepping on the white stones, Yang Yu and his companions walked straight towards the big tree, climbed up the stairs made of huge vines, and finally arrived at the palace where the Elf Queen was.
The guards confirmed with the queen again that they would meet with Yang Yu and his group, and then they withdrew and warned Yang Yu and his group:
"The Queen has allowed us to see you. Please be careful not to behave disrespectfully, or we will not be polite to you."
After Pu Tong agreed, the royal guards let Yang Yu and his companions enter the Queen's palace.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Yang Yu led the team to half-kneel like Iyas and Huck, and saluted the Elf Queen.
"No need to be polite."
The Elf Queen Elena waved to the guards, and the guards lowered their heads and left the room where Yang Yu and the others were, and stationed outside the door.
Elena stood up from the throne and looked at Iyas, Hake and Bai Jin.
"You have suffered a lot during this period. I commend your courage and perseverance for being able to return to the Elf Forest from the human world. Please rest assured that this is an elf village. As long as I am still here, I will never let anyone hurt you."
Iyas and Hake looked extremely respectful and flattered.
"Thank you for your concern, Queen. We are all fine."
After a few polite words, the Elf Queen turned her attention to Yang Yu again.
"I heard that you helped them get back here. I sincerely thank you for everything you have done for them."
Yang Yu also said a few polite words, "No, no."
"So, Mr. Human, can you please return to the human world?"
"My Queen, I don't think this is too cruel. He sent us all the way to this Fallen Feather City for our safety. We should at least listen to what he wants."
If it was the old Iyas, she would never say these words to the Elf Queen, but now the Queen's cold attitude, like that of other elves, is unacceptable to Iyas.
Iyas believed that as the queen of elves, Elena should have been more rational and should at least wait until Yang Yu had finished saying everything he wanted to say before expelling him.
Che Lan quickly grabbed Iyas's hand, signaling her not to continue talking and to bow her head and admit her mistake to the Elf Queen.
Iyas also realized her own rudeness and quickly lowered her voice, lowered her head and tried to say something more reasonable that the Elf Queen would be more willing to accept, but she couldn't find a better way to say it than what she had just said.
Yang Yu was silent for a while, then he raised his head tentatively, and after confirming that there was no disgust on the Elf Queen's face, he spoke:
"My Queen, can I hear your reason for letting me leave here? Calling me in and calling me back out, just to say a simple thank you?"
"sorry."
The Elf Queen bowed her head in apology.
"I didn't make myself clear. I called you here to express my sincere gratitude to you. This is the highest etiquette of our elves.
This kind of ceremonial thanks is the highest level of thanks I can currently express.
We don't have anything to give you.
The elves are not without treasures.
It's just that due to my current position, I cannot send you the treasure, and I sincerely apologize.
You have seen the attitude of the elves towards humans when you came here.
We the elves and you humans.
There are many things in common. I can't predict what will happen if you, as a human, continue to stay here.
That’s why I hope you can leave quickly.”
"It's amazing that you can still speak for a human like me and think about my safety."
"Humans are not necessarily evil. I have seen all kinds of humans before I became queen. I will only judge a person based on what he has done, not his race."
"I am very happy that Your Majesty the Queen is thinking of me this way, but I have come all the way here because I have some questions and would like to ask Your Majesty the Queen. I wonder if Your Majesty the Queen can help me..."
"If you want to know anything, I will try my best to answer your questions. Can you please consider my answers as a reward? After you finish asking your questions, can you please leave quickly?"
The Elf Queen's attitude was extremely kind, and Yang Yu would not push her any further, so he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you don't need to tell me, I will leave naturally after I have asked my questions.
I was not polite and asked. First of all, the first question is, I want to know if the queen is the oldest elf here. If not, how old is the oldest elf?"
Yang Yu first brought up an extremely ordinary topic, which surprised Queen Elena.
“Why do you want to know the answer to this question?”
"Just curiosity." Yang Yu said with a smile.
"Just curious?"
The queen, sitting on the chair, looked at the young man in front of her.
“Many elves tend to slow down their growth when they are your age, and then stop one day. It is impossible for an old elf to appear forever.
It is indeed impossible to determine an elf's age based on appearance alone.
As far as I know, I am indeed one of the oldest members of the elf clan, the second oldest elf to be exact.
The oldest elf is now approximately 982 years old.
Please allow me to keep my age confidential."
"It's shorter than I thought. You are blessed by the goddess, so you should have an infinite lifespan. I thought there were elves walking around who were a thousand years old."
"In theory, it should be like that, but wars and diseases will still take the lives of us elves. The gift bestowed upon us by the goddess is not complete. Although we are immortal, we cannot be immortal.
Moreover, the older the elves are, the more obsessed they are with certain things, and they may easily sacrifice their lives for that obsession."
(End of this chapter)