After discovering the previous cheating between the two mentors, the two of them had no time to joke around. After saying goodbye to the two mentors, they rushed to the elves without stopping.
After being informed by the elf guard, they met the elf queen.
The Elf Queen Aurora is still beautiful, but the tired look on her beautiful face is getting darker. She sat high on the throne, and when she saw the two of them, the fatigue on her face dissipated a little. She smiled gently, with a hint of joy in her tone.
"You guys are here, how are you? Have you found Ella?"
"Your Majesty the Queen, please look." Miao Anyun stepped aside, revealing Ella who was tied into a rice dumpling behind her. Ella, whose face was covered in blood, was wearing leather armor, and her dark purple skin was covered with horrific scars. She was tied up with chains, and she looked particularly embarrassed.
Aurora looked at her beloved daughter in embarrassment, the distress in her eyes fleeting. But Ella glanced at her coldly and turned her head.
Aurora noticed the coldness in Ella's eyes and felt a little sad, thinking that her Ella would be back soon. She steeled herself, opened her red lips slightly, and was about to say something.
Before Aurora could say anything, an extremely noisy sound suddenly came from outside.
"I want to see Her Majesty the Queen!" "Wait, you can't go in!" "Elder Elway!"...
Aurora frowned her slender eyebrows, grasped the scepter of life tightly, and stood up from the throne.
The next second, a lot of elves broke in. Aurora's face suddenly turned ugly.
As soon as those elves came in, they locked their eyes on Ella, with a hint of disgust in their eyes.
"Your Majesty the Queen, since the traitor Ella has been captured, why not hand it over to our tribe for judgment?" A respected elf glanced at the embarrassed Ella and asked in a deep voice.
"Elder Elwey..." Aurora frowned, "May I ask why you led this group of people into my palace?" She avoided mentioning Elwey's question. .
"Your Majesty the Queen, I am extremely sorry for my rudeness." Elway put his right hand on his chest and saluted respectfully, and then he continued, "I broke into Her Majesty the Queen's palace to betray my family and life. Ella, the sinner of the goddess.”
"Your Majesty, please allow me to take this traitor away." Although he was respectful, Elway's attitude was quite tough.
"..." Aurora was silent for a while, "I understand..."
Ella suddenly raised her head and looked at the Elf Queen. His eyes were cold and slightly filled with incredible disappointment. She didn't know why she felt a little empty and disappointed in her heart. She obviously had no expectations for that woman. She lowered her head somewhat self-deprecatingly, and was roughly pushed forward by an elf. However, she did not notice the queen's sudden clenching of the scepter in her hand.
Mu Anyun and Orlando followed a group of elves to the trial venue. The elder named Elway just looked at them coldly and said nothing.
There were already many elves surrounding her. They looked at Ella with disgust in their eyes, and they no longer looked as supportive as before. In the elves, it is an unforgivable sin to get involved with the demons. What's more, Ella fell voluntarily, not by force.
"According to the rules of the elves... the traitor Ella colluded with the demons and should be sentenced..." An elf read out from a thick red book with a serious face.
The elves do not have the death penalty, but there are punishments that are more terrifying to the elves than death. This is usually only prepared for the elves who have committed unpardonable crimes and are extremely vicious. And Ella's behavior has reached this final bottom line.
"In that case, come and execute it immediately." Elway nodded and said. As soon as he opened his mouth, two elves came forward, held Ella up and were about to carry out the order.
The elven elders on the side just watched his actions silently, with no intention of stopping him.
"Wait!" Aurora shouted loudly. Seeing that Ella was about to be taken down, she finally couldn't help it anymore.
"Your Majesty the Queen." Elway looked at the elf queen who suddenly spoke out, frowning and reminding her. The surrounding elven elders also looked disapproving, and they shook their heads at the Queen.
When the elves watching on the sidelines saw that the queen actually stopped the execution, dissatisfaction spread.
"I remember that as a queen, I have a power?" Aurora looked at Elway with a majestic gaze.
"Could it be that..." Elway looked shocked. If he guessed correctly, Her Majesty the Queen wanted to...
Ella is her beloved daughter, how could she be willing to let Ella suffer that kind of pain... Aurora smiled bitterly.
Miao Anyun and Orlando looked at each other. He didn't know what the Elf Queen was talking about. Miao Anyun is not an aborigine, and the original work he knows does not mention this matter.
Orlando, who is an aboriginal, explained in his ear: "Every elf queen has such a power. If they take the throne for a hundred years and make no big mistakes during this period, they can abdicate. As a price, I will make a request to the elves."
"So... the Elf Queen wants..." Miao Anyun frowned. He asked the lover on the side, "Orlando, I remember that there seems to be a mirror called the Mirror of Truth in your collection of treasures?"
Orlando nodded affirmatively, as if there was such a mirror.
"Can you lend it to me?"
"Of course." Orlando casually placed a very beautiful small mirror in the palm of his lover's hand. Not to mention borrowing it, even if it was given to him, he wouldn't hesitate at all.
The silver dragon was quite happy to give all the treasures he collected to his little knight. After all, these are not important compared to the shiny little knight.
"I..." Aurora looked firm, but was interrupted by Miao Anyun as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Your Majesty the Queen." Miao Anyun interrupted the Elf Queen.
"Clarence, what's the matter with you?" Aurora frowned. She didn't know why Miao Anyun interrupted her at this time.
"This is the Mirror of Truth. Her Majesty the Queen must have heard of it, right?" Miao Anyun approached the Queen and spoke in a very soft voice. Except for the Queen and Orlando, no one else could hear what he was saying.
Aurora nodded. Of course she had heard of the legendary Mirror of Truth. But, does this have anything to do with her
"In front of the Mirror of Truth, any disguise will be shattered. Your Majesty, please take a look. Is this really your daughter?" Miao Anyun handed the mirror in his hand to the Queen.
"..." Aurora took the mirror hesitantly, and she reached out to open the mirror.
Although they didn't know what they were doing, the people on the side didn't stop them for some reason. Ella looked at the Elf Queen quietly, she wanted to see what this woman was going to do? It was impossible to save her anyway.
Seeing the strange figure in the mirror, the Elf Queen felt a little cold. This person was not her Ella. Her slender body swayed, and she staggered a few steps back. Her husband held her up and kept her from falling to the ground.
"Auro... Her Majesty the Queen?" Hudson showed his figure and supported the Elf Queen. He had never seen his dignified and elegant wife look so out of sorts.
Aurora looked pale and shook her head. She closed the mirror and returned it to Miao Anyun. Ignoring Miao Anyun anymore, she just turned her attention to Ella. I'm afraid that from a long time ago, it was not her Ella who lived in this body.
Ella stared at the Elf Queen's actions and actually had an extremely ridiculous guess in her mind. Just now, Miao Anyun deliberately let his words reach Ella's ears.
Could it be that...she already knows that she is not Ella at all, but just a soul from another world? Ella shook her head in her mind, how is that possible! But the more she denied it, the more Ella felt that this guess was true.
Finally, Aurora sighed quietly.
After all, she had raised a daughter for so many years, and how could she, who cared deeply about people, be willing to let Ella suffer like this. The Elf Queen was raised by the previous Queen as the heir to the throne since she was a child. Therefore, she has been very well-behaved since she was a child, and has never been willful in all these years. Just this time... only this time!
She was probably going to live up to the high expectations her mother and her people had for her. The Elf Queen, who had already made her decision, spoke resolutely.
"I voluntarily abdicate in exchange for three days. If within three days, I can allow Ella to break free from the control of the demonic energy, then I implore the elders to re-judge this matter." The Elf Queen pleaded, and she stretched out her hand to lift the hair on her head. The crown was taken off, and the scepter of life was placed aside by her.
Elway was both shocked and expected. Although he had just guessed what the Queen wanted to say, he did not expect that the Queen was actually willing to do this for Ella.
"Your Majesty the Queen!" The elders were shocked. They had watched the current Queen grow up and had never seen such a determined expression on her indifferent temperament.
Ella, who had a cold expression, just watched quietly, seemingly not moved at all. There was a wavering look in Demon Charming's purple eyes, but it was quickly buried deep down by indifference.
It's obvious that she is not her daughter at all, right? Why do we still do this? Ella didn't understand why the Elf Queen, who had been indifferent to her since childhood, still acted like this after knowing that she was not her daughter Ella at all.
Since the Queen has abdicated as the price, Elway and the elders simply cannot refuse. They reluctantly agreed.
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Today is already the third day.
Elf Holy Spring
Aurora gently stroked the soft hair of the girl in her arms, and her delicate and long fingers wandered down, landing on Ella's cheek, caressing her lovingly.
"Come back, (my daughter)..." Aurora reached out and hugged Ella. She had a gentle smile on her face, but her green eyes were full of tears. Dazzling white light filled the entire holy spring, and a miracle occurred. The changes caused by the fall in Ella were restored.
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Everyone waiting outside the door saw the Elf Queen coming out with Ella who had returned to normal. Due to the use of forbidden magic, a few strands of white hair even appeared on the Elf Queen's head. As a long-lived race, the Elf Queen began to age, and she was clearly still in her prime.
"Elder, I succeeded. According to the agreement, please re-judge this matter." The Elf Queen was obviously very weak, but she still insisted.
Facing Aurora like this, even the hard-hearted Elway couldn't help but soften his heart. He sighed: "Now that the Queen has succeeded, I won't say anything else."
"I am no longer the queen." Aurora smiled, feeling as if her vision was spinning.
Hudson hugged his wife who had fallen into a coma, nodded silently to Elway, then turned and left. He never looked at Ella again, he was afraid that he would be tempted to anger Ella.
Ella sat on the ground, looking at her parents going away, and cried. She suddenly understood that it was not that the Elf Queen didn't love her... it was just that she understood it too late.
Orlando narrowed his eyes when he saw this result.
Looking at Ella who was crying quietly, Miao Anyun stopped him and shook his head at Orlando. This was no longer necessary and Ella would forever live with regret and guilt for her mother. This upset her more than killing her.