After eting with the High Priestess and Vivrum, the rest of the day was spent with the Elven King.
With the way that he stuck to , it was as if he suspected sothing.
It was just that he didn't have any proof and couldn't make any accusations without said proof or else he would make things worse for himself.
So the only thing that the Elven King could do was stick close by to make sure that nothing else happened.
Even when it was night ti, it really seed like he wanted to stay at the manor that we were staying in. It seed like he wanted to keep surveilling us for as long as he could.
It was just that he couldn't actually do that or he would be crossing a line.
So the only thing that could be done was leave things to the maids that had been deployed to the manor.
But even if the maids were here, it wasn't as if they were strong enough to break through the spells of Aisha. Aisha was the strongest high elf that was equal to a sage, if she didn't want them hearing anything, then they wouldn't hear anything.
At the sa ti, they weren't even able to follow her as she snuck into my room the sa way as before.
"What is it?" Aisha asked right after she jumped in through my window.
Though she said this right after jumping in, I could tell that there was mana that was stirred around us. It was clear that she had put up so kind of barrier that would protect us while we spoke.
The walls had ears in this place after all.
I didn't say anything when she asked this.
It wasn't that I didn't know what to say, it was just that it was hard for to actually say it out loud.
This was sothing that would without a doubt bring up a trauma from the past for her, so it was hard to talk to her about this.
But the more that Aisha saw act this way, the more that she glared at .
The way that she glared was almost as if she could already guess what I wanted to talk to her about.
At this point, the more that I hesitated, the worse that I was making this for myself.
So in the end, I took a deep breath and said, "What do you think of the current Elven Kingdom?"
A surprised look appeared on her face to my surprise as well.
I thought that she had already guessed what I wanted to talk about, so I didn't expect her to reveal this kind of expression. But it seed like she hadn't actually guessed what I wanted to say.
There was a tense silence that lingered in the air after I asked this.
But in the end, Aisha asked with one brow raised, "Why are you asking this?"
I looked at her with an expressionless look for a bit before slowly saying, "No particular reason."
Once again, she narrowed her eyes to look at and there was another awkward silence that filled the air.
It really seed like she wasn't happy with the answer that I gave, but it wasn't as if I could say anything else. I had to at least scope out what she thought before I brought up the rest of this conversation.
There was even a part of that was complaining about Vivrum and the High Priestess since they dumped this matter onto .
It was a good thing that Aisha couldn't read thoughts like Vivrum could.
Eventually, Aisha finally said in a slow voice, "There's nothing that I really think about this place. Rather, I prefer to think about this place as little as possible."
I couldn't help slightly knitting my brows when I heard this.
After all, it seed that the trauma that had been inflicted on her by the Elven Kingdom still ran deep. So for to bring up what I wanted to bring up, it did seem a bit heartless…
Only I had to say it…
Aisha had looked down and been silent after she said this, but then she suddenly looked up at with a strange look.
After a while, she said, "Just say what you have to say already. This really doesn't suit you."
A trace of a bitter smile appeared on my face when I heard this, but I slowly gave a nod before saying, "But at the very least, this should be your ho since it's the ho of all the elves, right?"
It was Aisha's turn to reveal a bitter smile this ti.
She didn't answer right away as she looked at with this bitter smile, but then she said, "I don't really feel any attachnt to the other elves."
"Then at least it's the place where the Tree of Life is, right?"
This ti, it seed that Aisha had a different reaction.
Even if she didn't feel any attachnt to the elves, it seed that there was sothing different about Vivrum. Even though she had been treated that way by the elves, it didn't seem like that changed the way that she felt about Vivrum.
That had been evident when we t her in the ruins last ti.
It was clear that Vivrum held a dear place in her heart.
Only after a while did Aisha slowly give a nod.
It was true, it seed that at the very least, she still had Vivrum in her heart.
Then that should make it easier for .
After all, this was an oracle from Vivrum and she was even going to personally take action.
That should be enough to move Aisha into going along with us for this plan.
"How do you feel about becoming the ruler of the Elven Kingdom?" I suddenly asked.
There was a very strange look that appeared on Aisha's face when she heard this before she asked, "Are you serious?"
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