Chapter: Chapter 533
“Is this what you call a prophecy book? Do you think I’m easy to fool?” Looking at the old, yellowed booklet in her hand, Leticia raised an eyebrow, a hint of anger appearing on her face.
The Grand Elder, standing below the steps with his head deeply bowed, looked up in surprise, his gaze towards Leticia filled with some confusion, “My Lady, why do you say that?”
Why do I say that? If this book were real, the runes on my hand would have reacted long ago. Now, these runes are like dead things with no reaction at all. Doesn’t that mean this book is fake?
Standing up from the Elf Queen’s throne, Leticia looked down at the bewildered Grand Elder, “This book is fake.”
The content recorded in the book might be real, but what Leticia needed wasn’t the content of the book, but the book itself.
Giving me a handwritten copy is useless, I want the original!
“This…” The Grand Elder’s mouth hung open. He suspected the goddess was deliberately picking on him, but then he thought that if she wanted to cause trouble, she wouldn’t need to find such a reason.
He had plenty of other weaknesses, any of which she could easily find, and she wouldn’t need to use such a reason to deal with him.
The book is fake? But this prophecy book is one of the secret treasures they secretly took from the royal treasury many years ago.
Yes, the Elder Court had plundered the royal treasury and taken many valuable things into their own hands, including this prophecy book.
Along with the prophecy book were some secret arts not passed down to the outside world. Compared to things that could realistically improve one’s own strength, the value of the prophecy book in the eyes of the elders was not that high.
It was similar to the attitude of the phoenix believers of the Orc tribe towards the prophecy book.
“Ash, is this the prophecy book you looked at?” she called out softly into the empty hall, counting to three in her heart.
After three counts, the grey goddess had already appeared by her side.
Leticia did not let Evangeline observe this meeting with the Grand Elder, as His Majesty the Queen had a lot of things to do. However, idle gods would not miss the opportunity to watch a show, and they almost used all their powers to secretly watch this meeting.
Seeing Ash’s ridiculously fast reaction speed, Leticia knew without thinking that she was one of the people peeking from the shadows.
“Yes, it’s the one I looked at. He shouldn’t have lied to you.” Ash took the book and flipped through a few pages, nodding as she said to Leticia, “What’s wrong? Is there a problem with this book?”
“The content might not be a problem, but it’s not the original, it’s a handwritten copy.” Leticia sighed helplessly. This was somewhat beyond her expectation. She had thought she could easily pocket the Elf prophecy book, but she didn’t expect that she would still have to find it herself with great effort.
“What’s the difference?”
“There are some differences that are hard to explain. Just think of it as me needing the original.”
“Alright, if there’s nothing else, I’ll leave then?” Ash pouted. Since there was nothing else, she would go back to watch the show.
But since Leticia had called her out, she wouldn’t let her leave so easily. “Wait, go search the elders’ homes. Perhaps they are ill-intentioned and unwilling to give me the original?”
Upon hearing this, the Grand Elder’s breathing hitched. He wasn’t an idiot. Would he do something so brainless in this situation? Of course, he would cooperate honestly and pray that this great god would spare his life.
All the trump cards he originally used to oppose the Empress had now shifted to the opposite side. Now, a full five gods had gathered on the Empress’s side, five!
Having witnessed the burning of the sky by the Phoenix, the Grand Elder had completely recognized his status and strength. In front of these great gods, he was just a small bug, and if he wanted to survive, he could only be obedient.
“The prophecy book in my hand is really the only one. If the real prophecy book is not with me, then it must have been hidden by the previous Elf Queen. My Lady should look for it in the royal treasury.”
“Do you think I’ll only search your place?” Leticia waved her hand impatiently. After discovering that the prophecy book in the Grand Elder’s hand was fake, she had already planned to thoroughly search the Elf royal treasury.
Asking Ash to search the elders’ homes was just a precaution. Since Ash had contact with the elders before, it was a perfect match for her, while she herself would go to Evangeline to get access to the treasury.
Hearing this, the Grand Elder was somewhat relieved. It was good that it wasn’t a deliberate targeting of him.
“Alright, you can go back now. Don’t appear before me if there’s nothing else. You’re annoying.” Waving her hand and telling the Grand Elder to get lost quickly, Leticia turned and left the hall belonging to the Elf Queen.
Without paying attention to what would happen between the Grand Elder and Ash later, Leticia ran non-stop to another room in the palace and found Evangeline, who was tearfully communicating with her subordinates.
“Evangeline, come out for a moment.” Opening the door, Leticia beckoned to the tearful Evangeline.
Hearing Leticia’s voice, Evangeline quickly wiped her eyes, whispered an apology to the subordinates in the room who were moved to tears, and hurriedly ran out of the room.
“My heavens, they are too easily fooled.” Closing the door tightly, Evangeline, who had been looking sad with tears streaming down her face just moments ago, changed her expression, baring her teeth and complaining about her subordinates, “They’ve almost cried their eyes dry.”
“Heh, what a cunning and wicked woman.” Leticia reached out and pinched Evangeline’s face, teasing, “Where did my adorable, brainless little Evangeline go?”
“I can’t help it. Being a queen requires this. By the way, aren’t you like me, Letty? Empress of the Demon Realm?” Evangeline retorted with a smile.
“I’m alright. My subordinates are basically quite obedient.” Because the disobedient ones were all dead.
“Then I truly envy you. Alas, these elves here, although a bit naive and easily fooled, are all good-natured elves. I can’t let them down. Well, let’s not talk about this. Letty, what do you need me for?”
“It’s not a difficult matter. I just want you to take me to see your royal treasury. The prophecy book in the Grand Elder’s hand is not the original, and I suspect the original is still hidden in your royal treasury.” Leticia briefly explained what had just happened.
“Is that so? It’s no problem for Letty to go to the treasury to take a look. However, I haven’t been to the treasury much since I became Empress, so I can’t help Letty this time.” Evangeline naturally wouldn’t refuse Leticia’s request.
To enter the Elf Royal Treasury, one couldn’t just casually go in with a key. The treasury door had a very powerful magic array to determine the identity of the person.
If the person had no Elf Royal bloodline, then no matter what, the door would not open, unless one could forcibly destroy the door.
But unfortunately, so far, no thief as formidable as to blast open that door had appeared among the elves. The Elder Court had plundered the treasury back then only with the help of an insider from the royal family.
“It’s quite funny, actually. I’m the Elf Empress, but I can’t enter the treasury.” Holding the emerald green scepter, Evangeline led Leticia into the depths of the palace, and on the way, she complained to Leticia about the treasury’s shortcomings.
The most speechless thing for Evangeline was the treasury door’s extreme demand for bloodline recognition. She, a half-elf, couldn’t pass the treasury door’s qualification certification and had to rely on the scepter to get in.
Oh, yes, if one held the Elf Royal scepter, the royal bloodline was no longer needed. This was probably a small backdoor left by the designer back then?
After all, those who could obtain this scepter and gain Qing’s recognition were basically loyalists of the Elf Royal family. It seemed reasonable for them to take something for the Elf King when they entered the treasury.
“If I didn’t have the scepter, I’d have to bring my sister to enter the treasury. Just thinking about her face makes me a bit lazy to come to this place.”
“Your relationship with your sister should be quite good, right? I heard that she actually supported you this time, but was controlled by the Elder Court?”
“She’s just a brainless child, but she’s quite clear on major issues. In a way, my dealing with the Elder Court is also strengthening the power of the royal family. Moreover, I’ve talked to her before, and the position of Empress will eventually fall to her.”
Evangeline becoming the Elf Empress was a deformed result of various complicated reasons. The elves might accept a half-elf Empress, but they absolutely could not accept the Elf Empress being a half-elf forever.
As of now, Evangeline hadn’t fallen out of love. She was still thinking about growing old with her little lover after finishing her work.
Xi Mengyao… this was a pure human girl. Whether Evangeline could have children with her or not, even if they could, would the children born truly be recognized by the elves?
A half-elf with only a quarter of elf blood in her body, even if she became the Elf Empress, she wouldn’t be able to sit securely.
It would be better to directly let her sister take over the throne.
Letting Evangeline’s sister, the youngest daughter of the former Elf Empress, be the Empress, probably wouldn’t be opposed by any elf.
“Anyway, elves have long lives. By the time I die of old age, my sister will probably still be young and beautiful.” Evangeline shook her head and stopped in front of an ancient bronze-colored door. “This is the royal treasury. Most of the items inside are ancient artifacts. I don’t know if there’s anything you’re looking for in here, Letty.”
Saying this, Evangeline raised her scepter, and emerald green light surged from the tip, falling on the door filled with the aura of time erosion.
An extremely complex magic pattern flashed and then disappeared. With a rumbling sound, the tightly closed door gradually opened.
Although the magic pattern only appeared for an instant, Leticia still kept it in mind. The pattern was very complex and of a type she had never seen before.
Perhaps it was an ancient Elf heritage? She thought to herself.
“Letty, hurry and come in.”
Evangeline’s voice brought the pondering Leticia’s attention back to the treasury. As the door opened, the full view of the treasury finally appeared before Leticia’s eyes.
The first thing that caught her eye were various gold and silver treasures. These treasures, which were worth fortunes in the outside world, were thrown on the ground like garbage in this treasury, as if they had never been valued.
“Whoa, such high-purity gemstones could be good bases for magic tools.” Bending down to pick up a sapphire from the ground, Leticia exclaimed with admiration.
As expected of the Elf Treasury, the level of luxury was indeed different.
“Letty, you don’t lack these things either, do you? I don’t think the Demon Realm’s treasury would be smaller than mine.” Evangeline turned to Leticia and said. Her treasury had even been robbed by the Elder Court once, so it surely couldn’t compare to the Demon Realm’s treasury.
“Alas, but I don’t dare to use the things there casually. After all, I need to leave some family fortune for my descendants.” Leticia had naturally been to the Demon Realm’s treasury as well. The items stored there were no less inferior to this place.
But one’s own things never tasted as good as others’, right?
Fortunately, Leticia was not a person who was easily distracted by wealth, otherwise, she would have secretly pocketed a couple of gems.
Gold, silver, and jewels were the outermost layer of the treasury. They had a great impact on ordinary people, but they were the least valuable part of the treasury.
Behind these riches lay the true foundation of the Elf Royal family.
“So many rare materials, my god… is this a dragon bone?” Entering the second area of the treasury, countless precious materials entered Leticia’s sight. This time, she was truly moved.
“The ancestors of the elves were also very powerful. Even the powerful dragons were defeated by those seniors.” Looking at the massive dragon bone standing in the treasury, a hint of pride appeared in Evangeline’s voice.
Although she was a half-elf, she was also the Elf Empress. It seemed okay to be proud of the former elf warriors?
However, Leticia’s expression was somewhat ambiguous. Looking at this well-preserved dragon bone, as the acting Dragon God, what should she say?
But what could she say? Neither the dragon in question nor the elf in question was alive. She couldn’t exactly desecrate a grave, could she?
“Evangeline, can you sell me this dragon bone?” After thinking it over, Leticia could only make this choice.
“Eh? Letty wants a dragon bone?”
