"Who is it?"
The Great Elder Fairy suddenly realized something, stood up straight, put his pointed wizard hat back on, and then walked to the door and opened it.
Sure enough, the one standing outside was not some goblin.
Although they also have pointed ears, a graceful and hot figure, and a beautiful appearance, but from the temperament, there is a kind of holy and dignified beauty.
"Elder Joseph, long time no see." The woman smiled, showing a friendly smile.
"Oh, it's you, Catherine of the elves."
The goblin little old man was putting on airs. Although he was shorter than the woman, he still couldn't lose in momentum.
Catherine smiled, and said gently: "Yes, this time I am on behalf of the elves as an envoy to the nobles, and today I specially came to visit Elder Joseph."
The Great Elder looked her up and down, nodded, "Okay, come in and sit down."
He turned around and walked into the house.
"excuse me."
Catherine said politely, then bent slightly and walked into the door—although she was shrunk by the goblin's spell, the door was still too short for her in terms of body shape.
The Great Elder waved his wand, and with a light touch, the coffee table that had been split in two on the ground was closed again, but if you looked carefully, you could still see a crack in the middle.
[Zai Zai is monitoring the scene outside the safe house, do you want to switch to Zai Zai's perspective?]
Just as Yu Xingqiao wanted to continue the lottery draw, a system box popped up on the game screen.
He froze for a moment, Zai Zai's perspective
He clicked the confirmation curiously, and the screen suddenly changed to a familiar room.
Isn't this the cabin of the goblin elder
Um? Who is this beautiful young lady? How come there are no fairy wings
Yu Xingqiao clicked on Catherine curiously, and chose information detection.
Name: Catherine
Race: Elf
age: mature
Identity: Envoy of the elves, princess of the elves
Occupation: Archer, Druid
Combat Rating: Four Stars
Status: Tired, Slightly Anxious, Transfiguration (shrinking in progress)
Yu Xingqiao touched his chin.
Seeing the word elves, he remembered that night in Huahai, he overheard the conversation between the fairy queen Funa and Sal. She seemed to have said that the elves would send someone to the elves.
Is that what elves look like
Yu Xingqiao looked at Catherine, feeling that she was indeed a little different from those mischievous goblins.
At least the goblins, it is impossible for them to sit upright and well-behaved like her.
If you just look carefully, you can see the tiredness and melancholy between her brows.
So why did she come to the Great Elder
Yu Xingqiao looked at them curiously.
Elder Fairy made a pot of scented tea and poured it into the teacup. With a tap of the wand, the teacup floated in front of Catherine.
"Come on, little Cathy, try the scented tea I brewed, with honey brewed by me in it, you can't drink it anywhere else~"
Elder Goblin enthusiastically sold it.
Catherine took the cup of scented tea and paused.
Under the expectant eyes of Elder Goblin, she lowered her head and took a sip, and said, "It's really good."
The Great Elder looked at her for a long time, then shook his head and sighed, "Hey, you elves are really boring."
Then, with a flick of the Great Elder's wand, the teacup in Catherine's hand disappeared.
"I'll give you another drink."
After changing to a cup of scented tea, Catherine took another sip. It was obvious that her expression eased a lot this time.
"Thank you, Great Elder Joseph." She said seriously.
The Great Elder just shook his head, chanting boringly.
Looking at this scene, Yu Xingqiao only found it interesting. Looking at the performance of the Great Elder, the first cup of scented tea just now must have been added, right? Unexpectedly, this elf sister could drink it without changing her face.
"Okay, let's talk about it, what can you do for me?" The goblin elder sat down, poured himself a cup of scented tea, and drank it slowly.
A trace of worry finally appeared on Catherine's beautiful face.
"Elder Joseph, you know, since Elder Kang Na returned to the Mother Tree of Life two years ago, there are no older elves in our clan who can point us in the direction when we are confused..."
Catherine showed a bit of sadness, but she quickly restrained herself. She raised her eyes and looked at the Elder Fairy sincerely.
"As for you, you are one of the longest-lived people I know on the Glorious Star. We are actually a special trip to find you on our mission to the nobles this time."
Elder Goblin stroked his beard, and when he heard her mention Elder Kang Na, his eyes were rarely sad, and he pondered: "It seems that your family is in trouble?"
"Yes." Catherine nodded.
Just as she was about to speak, the Great Elder raised his hand and stopped her.
The little old goblin man picked up his wand, waved it and made a gesture. With the release of magic power, a sound-proof barrier enveloped the cabin.
"Okay, you can talk."
Yu Xingqiao couldn't help nodding his head, feeling that the Elder Fairy was quite cautious.
Only then did Catherine adjust her mood, and said again: "About a year ago, the Mother Tree of Life suddenly became weak..."
Elder Goblin's eyes narrowed slightly, "I remember, a new generation of elves will be born soon?"
The mother tree of life, for the elves born on it, is undoubtedly the existence that is related to the lifeline of the whole family.
"Yes." Catherine nodded.
"You can imagine how much panic our family fell into at that time."
The goblin elder nodded slightly.
This is completely understandable. Even if there is a slight mistake in the tree of life, it will have an irreparable blow to the elves.
"As soon as the problem was discovered, the queen recalled the elves who had traveled and ventured around the empire, and all the elves returned to the clan after receiving the order."
"The queen and the elders sealed off the forest of elves, and all the clansmen began to use the fire of life to protect the mother tree in turn, guarding the children who are about to be born."
In the safe house, Jun Lu, who had been watching their conversation, was slightly taken aback.
So, when he was hunted down, the elves who had always been upright and loyal never appeared
He pursed his lips and lowered his eyelashes slightly.
The Great Elder's expression also became serious, but he didn't interrupt Catherine, only listening to her continue.
"Under the continuous protection of the whole family day and night, the situation of the Mother Tree of Life has finally improved. However, just over a month ago, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse again."
Catherine said heavily, with tears in her eyes.
"The leaves of the mother tree are beginning to wither, and the elf flowers that are about to enter the fruiting period have also shrunk, and perhaps they will all wither soon..."
She blinked her eyes, and although she tried her best to control it, her voice was inevitably crying.
The goblin elder sighed and handed her a handkerchief.
Yu Xingqiao couldn't help asking the system: "What is the fairy flower? Is it important?"
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[The following is the detected information]
[The flower of elves, which blooms in the mother tree of life, only blooms once every hundred years. The flowering period is two years, and after two years it will enter the fruiting period, and the new elves will be born in the fruit]
Looking at this explanation, Yu Xingqiao couldn't help touching his chin.
It turns out that the mother tree of life means this. All elves are born from the tree of life, and the tree of life is their mother.
And these elf flowers represent newborn elves. It is really cruel to watch the next generation of relatives die. It is no wonder that Catherine is so sad.
But... more than a month ago? Why does this time sound familiar
Yu Xingqiao was thinking about this, but he heard the goblin elder sigh heavily.
"Elder Joseph, do you know something?" Catherine had collected her emotions and looked at the elder with hope.
The elder rubbed his teacup and said in a low voice, "Catherine, do you know about your Majesty and His Highness the Queen?"
Catherine was taken aback, and she shook her head: "I have stayed in the clan land for more than a year, this time the queen sent me out, and I rushed to the fairy world day and night, and I didn't dare to delay..."
"Why… "
Elder Goblin sighed sadly, and told her the bad news that he didn't want to mention.
"How could this be..."
Catherine looked disbelieving and devastated.
"No wonder..." she murmured suddenly.
"No wonder what?"
Catherine said with a dazed expression: "The Queen once asked His Majesty the Emperor for help, but none of her requests were answered... But that was already half a year ago..."
"Also, will the death of His Majesty and the Queen have such a big impact on the Mother Tree of Life?"
Catherine looked at the goblin elder, as if she had already guessed something, but she couldn't believe it.
Elder Goblin said quietly: "As the princess of the elf clan, I think there must be a sentence in the inheritance you have received - the clan of light is the god who shines in the world."
"Do you think… "
"How can this world not be shaken by the fall of the gods? Can all beings who grew up in the world of the gods continue to be stable?"
It's just that the mother tree of life bears the brunt, and there is a crisis early in the morning.
Catherine stared blankly at the elder.
After a long time, she murmured: "Could it be... isn't that just a symbol?"
The Great Elder Fairy looked at her, and in his old slightly cloudy green eyes, there was a strong sadness and pain.
"You are all too young..."
He actually thought that the oracle was just a symbol...