“You bad people, let go of me and Gu Gu! Hmph, you detestable vampire—Ah!”
The Wood Elf girl struggled on the ground non-stop. Verafia pulled at her skirt, squatted down, and forcefully tapped the girl’s smooth, fair forehead. “Idiot elf, remember, this young lady’s sister is named Flarn, not vampire!”
The elf girl cried out in pain, sobbing softly. Her emerald blue eyes were filled with mist. “Wuwu, you detestable bad people… bullying me, give Gu Gu back!”
The Wood Elf girl struggled desperately. Under the binding of solidified blood and demonic power, her light leather armor was tightened, revealing the fabric of the girl’s inner clothing. Verafia tilted her head and looked curiously.
“This elf, the material of the clothes she’s wearing doesn’t seem ordinary. And this pattern…”
A portion of the elf girl’s hem was exposed, outlined with needle-picked gold thread forming beautiful lines. In Verafia’s eyes, it seemed to be the pattern of a constellation, and the raised curves resembled flames.
Verafia extended her fair fingertips and rubbed the elf girl’s cheek. “Hey, elf, is your surname Branster?”
The Wood Elf girl stopped struggling, raised her face, and said in surprise, “Eh, how did you know?”
Verafia pointed her slender finger at the collar beneath her thin leather armor. Her eyes moved closer, and after receiving the girl’s affirmative reply, Verafia found it increasingly familiar. It felt quite similar to the pattern on Ravnos’ clothes, which she had noticed before.
Branster was also Ravnos’ surname. According to what the elf girl had said back then, it was a totemic noun evolved from the two words “Burning Stars” in the Elvish language.
“So it really is an elf from that family… Hmm, is this good luck or bad luck for this young lady?”
Verafia muttered softly.
If she was really Ravnos’ relative, Verafia wouldn’t just eat her pet dove without saying a word, would she?
Verafia thought for a moment and let Flarn release the Wood Elf. The elf girl puffed out her cheeks, rubbing her aching wrists that were bound. Her long ears perked up, but she didn’t dare to completely lose her temper, so she looked at Verafia pitifully:
“Um, can you give Gu Gu back to me?”
“Since you’re an elf from the Branster family, then this young lady asks for your name, and who is Ravnos to you?”
Verafia ignored the Wood Elf’s unrealistic question and posed her own.
“Me? My name is Ain! Ravnos, she is naturally…”
The Wood Elf answered subconsciously. But the girl immediately realized something was wrong. Remembering what Verafia had done, she angrily raised her face. “Wait, why should I tell you?”
“Hm?”
Verafia’s gold eyes narrowed. She picked up the dove she had captured with her left hand and squeezed it slightly. The Fire Dove immediately flapped its wings, making a distressed “gu gu” sound.
The Wood Elf immediately became anxious. Not caring that the girl beside her had just had Flarn hit her, she grabbed Verafia’s wrist with her little hand, her emerald blue eyes filling with tears of anxiety.
“Don’t bully Gu Gu, I’ll tell you. Ravnos, she’s naturally my sister, although I haven’t seen her much…”
The Wood Elf girl said reluctantly. “Before I was born, Sister Ravnos had already gone to the City of Sky, the Royal Court of the Saint Queen. These years, the last connecting fortress between the Holy Spirit Mountain Range and the Emerald Forest has been occupied by the fallen ones of the Dark Night, so she doesn’t have time to come back.”
“Ravnos, this elf, this young lady remembers she’s already several hundred years old. To think she has such a young sister?”
Verafia examined the Wood Elf with surprise. “Also, aren’t you elves in the Great Seal? How did you get out and end up in Peka’s Andelfel Province?”
Ain didn’t want to say, but Verafia quickly used the same tactic again. The Wood Elf became anxious. “I… I secretly ran out with Gu Gu. But I don’t know why I came to this place…”
Suddenly, from the night-filled air far away, a faint, noisy sound could be heard. Verafia’s interest was drawn away. In the distance, several torches lit up.
Verafia pricked up her ears and listened carefully. Amidst the disorderly footsteps, rough conversations could be heard.
“Boss, Lord Marquis said he’s willing to pay a thousand gold coins for that elf if we catch her. Wow… Noble lords are really rich!”
“This is a pure-blooded elf. It’s been years since there was one in the Kingdom! Plus that face, it’s not like those broken goods in the brothel. But this girl’s strength is not low. Yesterday, she injured several of our brothers, and that dove next to her…”
“Don’t worry, the Mage is willing to help us. You’ve seen the adult’s capabilities, haven’t you? No matter how good that elf girl is, it’s still easy to capture her… Stop talking. The adult has sensed the elemental trace of that dove. The Wood Elf must be nearby too.”
Then came a burst of laughter, mixed with nearly lewd jokes. Verafia’s gold eyes blinked, and her face turned to look at Ain. “Oh oh! Actually, I just ran out and haven’t found a human city yet when I ran into these bad people who want to catch me.”
Ain said, her snow-white cheeks suddenly blushing, her long ears drooping, and her voice becoming stammering.
“Originally, I managed to shake them off and wanted to run quickly… but then I saw you grab Gu Gu, and I got agitated and forgot about it.”
Verafia rested her chin on her white little hand, her big eyes rolling as if in thought. Ig, standing beside her, showed a speechless expression.
Ig originally thought that Miss Ophi, the Ice Dragon, was quite naive, but compared to this Wood Elf, it was on a whole different level. She could forget about being chased… What kind of situation was this?
“That elf is ahead. Wait, next to her… there are other people!”
The poachers’ voices drew closer, and they seemed to have discovered the elf girl and Verafia and the others.
Ig hesitated whether to remind Miss Phoenix beside him. Suddenly, Verafia’s gold eyes lifted, and she rubbed her smooth, small chin with her fingertips. She glanced at the approaching poachers.
“Hmm, a group of thieves, and so audacious. Could it be… that they’re the group for our mission?”
Verafia looked at Ophi, who was holding a gun and lost in thought. Suddenly, she tiptoed and patted the girl’s shoulder. A smile spread across her snow-white face, and she said,
“Little Ice Dragon, since these people have found us, these guys are all yours!”
Ophi quickly responded after coming back to her senses. But when the Ice Dragon girl realized it was Verafia who was commanding her, she immediately showed a resistant expression.
“Wait, it’s you, you detestable thing… I won’t listen to you! Also, I don’t like that flippant tone, I don’t go by ‘Little Ice Dragon’!”
