What did she mean by that?
A test, is this all a test?
“…” (I)
I try to talk to Nix through our connection.
“(You can also be considered as a Moon Spirit, can you tell if this Dragonewt is telling the truth?)” (I)
“(What she says is true, at least she really believes it.)” (Nix)
“…” (I)
I look at Dragonewt and then at the High Priestess of the Elves, then I turn to the Gray Elf who was once in my hands and who is now lying on the floor breathing heavily. .
“Answer what orders you received, if you lie I guarantee I’ll kill you faster than this person will be able to interfere.” (I)
“…” (Grey Elf)
Sigh
“Tell him, at this point it doesn’t matter anymore.” (Aredhel)
“My orders were to get into your carriage as discreetly as possible, take the Night Watch mask, and leave.” (Grey Elf)
“(He’s telling the truth, master.)” (Nix)
“Then why were you holding your dagger in your hand as you approached Kira?” (I)
“It was a matter of defense, if I was attacked I could move the dagger with better freedom to defend myself, but it was useless against you.” (Grey Elf)
“(He told the truth.)” (Nix)
I can’t believe this was a test, I’m even angrier now.
“Let’s go.” (I)
All of my group got into the carriage, but before I got to the carriage, the Elf named Aredhel makes a barrier between me and the carriage.
“< Claws of the Night >” (I)
I destroy the barrier with my claws as I keep looking without looking back, I can’t trust these Elves after doing something like this.
“You don’t even want to hear the rest of the explanation? You don’t want to know the reason for this test.” (Karina)
“All I need to know is that these Elves can’t be trusted, I won’t let anyone from my group be in danger by going in there.” (I)
After saying that, I climb into the carriage and Sophia drives along the way we came.
———-
Pov Aredhel:
Everything turned out different than I imagined, they realized it too quickly and their reactions were much more extreme than I thought they would be.
“He’s a lot better than he thought.” (Karina)
“Then go after him, he’ll act I know why you stayed here so long, I was waiting for him.” (I)
“I’ll wait a while until he calms down, you made him very angry.” (Karina)
“I didn’t think he would lose control so quickly, but what I did was right, he was a risk.” (I)
“(You made a mistake this time, Aredhel.)”
“(Lady!)” (I)
“(I suppose I also made a mistake by not interfering earlier.)”
“…” (I)
Am I the only one who sees how dangerous he is? He ended up wiping out an entire Kingdom and we don’t even know his intentions to do that at the time, even now we don’t know much about him.
“I couldn’t let him into the village without first seeing what he was capable of, but I didn’t expect him to explode so quickly.” (I)
“He saw it as if you wanted to hurt someone important to him, you should be glad no one died, if it were me in his place I wouldn’t try to talk, I would have just killed them all.” (Karina)
“…” (I)
I may have taken things too far this time, but I can’t change what has already happened.
I look at the other guests and lead them inside the village, I can’t help but do that.
———-
Pov Zenos:
Two hours later I was a little calmer.
After thinking for a bit I realize that Gray Elf didn’t make any move against Kira, he didn’t even have murderous intent as he looked at her, I think I may have jumped to conclusions too quickly.
I talked to Nix and she said that none of them lied, it seems that it was just a test, I was completely deceived, they wanted to see my power and I showed some of it to them.
After two hours of travel, I see a lake and tell it to stop here, I realized that no one was following us, so I went to the lake alone to clear my head.
“I know you’re there, so show up.” (I)
“How did you know I was here?”
“I knew that some Elf would end up coming after me, I thought the only one capable of hiding in a way that I don’t notice would be you.” (I)
“Great reasoning, but I’m not here, at least not myself.”
From a tree comes a Fairy with brown skin and brown hair, her clothes seem to be made of leather.
The expression is Aura I feel from this Fairy doesn’t match what I’m seeing from her appearance, I think she must be controlling this Fairy like I once did with Diana.
“What you want?” (I)
“I want to explain a few things to you, for starters none of your companions were in danger, Aredhel just wanted to find out more about you since you hid so well passing 2 tests in this forest.”
“I tried to be as honest and friendly as possible, but you guys didn’t treat me the same, I don’t think I can trust you.” (I)
“I can’t trust someone who tries to trick me.” (I)
“I promise we’ll be honest from now on, I might even make it up to you with something for all this misunderstanding, just come back with me to the village.”
“Before you decide anything, tell me why you wanted to take Kira’s mask?” (I)
“The mask of a Nightwatchman is made in a special way, besides its main crafting material is the outer bark of the World Tree, this is an item that binds and grows together with the owner, so Aredhel couldn’t stand it seeing someone use it without permission, the mask would be collected and destroyed.”
“You were invited by the World Tree itself, no Elf of this village would dare do anything against you.”
“If you don’t believe my words, then ask the Dragon Spirit in your shadow if I’m lying?”
“(She noticed Nix.)” (I)
“She’s telling the truth.” (Nix)
“…” (I)
I understand what she said but I’m still very angry and I don’t want to go back there but I must say I was very impulsive too.
“Are you going to break your promise to me?” (Guardian)
“Did you know it was all a misunderstanding?” (I)
“I suspected, there was no way we could be attacked by Elves when the very World Tree that called me here” (Guardian)
Sigh
“Fine, I’ll go back, but Kira’s mask stays with her, the next one you try to take off her will be killed instantly, do you understand?” (I)
“I’ll warn the others, so don’t worry.”
“I also want 50 crystal cards.” (I)
“I can only offer 15.”
“Neither me nor you, 40 crystal cards.” (I)
“25 is the most I can offer.”
“Then I choose these 25 from the ones you have.” (I)
“OK.”
“Then we have a deal.” (I)
It seems that everything was a misunderstanding, besides I don’t like to break my promises, so I’m going to vote for the village of the Elves, but I made it very clear that the next time I would be more decisive when it came to killing, besides the compensation was very useful since it is very difficult to get these crystal cards.