Chapter 178
No matter how talented a person is, if they are ‘insensitive’, they will go to the goal. Even more at important moments.
That’s common sense even for elves. In particular, elves, especially those belonging to the older generation, have a strong tendency to look down on other races.
However, humans are generally on the weak side compared to elves, and furthermore, elves have the ability to do so, so they have an arrogant character.
But it’s like a frog in a well. Among humans, monsters with abilities equal to those of the elf warriors appear, and there are demons who are comparable to elves by nature.
Considering each variable one by one in order to proceed with an important mission is not an option but a necessity.
Of course, he wouldn’t have thought of including warrior-level humans and higher demons in that variable.
“Are these three people over?”
“Yeah. The publishing house said there were three people, and the dark elf wife and daughter said these three were the end.”
“Is your mother okay now?”
“I woke up in the middle, but I’m probably going to sleep again.”
After listening to my father, I looked forward. In front of the desk, three elf men and women were kneeling, bound with ropes.
He had his head bowed down because he had not yet regained consciousness, but when he saw it earlier, he had an elf-like beauty. It’s interesting that her hair color is different.
However, as soon as they found out that I was Xenon, they couldn’t break into our mansion, and they even planned to kidnap me right away. Considering the laws of the Minerva Empire and the times, there is no problem with summary execution.
“By the way, Isaac. Did you really have to reveal that you were Xenon?”
Cecily, who easily subdued 2 out of 3 elf intruders, asked me with a question. It was she who noticed that they had a kidnapping plan in real time. She told me that she had overheard telepathy.
I listened to her question and answered while looking at the elves in front of me.
“Anyway, you’ll realize that I’m Xenon soon after. I was just being vigilant, I wasn’t stupid. I would have guessed it just because I dug a trap, right?”
“It’s still too dangerous… What if these people divulge that you’re Xenon?”
“At that time, you really have to detonate the bomb in your ear. Even if it’s not, there’s an ‘oath’, right?”
“ah.”
When he mentioned about the ‘oath’, a magic used when establishing a master-slave relationship, Cecily also made an expression that was convinced. As we all know, the pact was signed by Arwen and Cecily at the time of Lane’s punishment.
In the oath, if you do not act as written in the contract, a large penalty will be delivered to ‘E’ and ‘A’ will notice. Because of this, it is absolutely impossible to hide.
In the past, slavery existed and was often used in human society, but it disappeared with the passage of time. There have been cases where slaves committed suicide as a group, saying that they could not live like this, and there were cases of uprisings with the judge’s board.
The oath is so effective that it has the effect of preventing unnecessary actions.
“You should make good use of it so that you can’t take advantage of the loophole. For example, you shouldn’t reveal Xenon’s true identity. You said what happens if you break the oath?”
“At first, there is a lot of pain in the heart, and if you try to wake it up, it stops working. If you take first aid, you can save it, but you will never think of speaking out.”
“Then, what about conveying through text or code rather than verbally?”
“Don’t worry about that. Anything related to your identity can break the oath.”
Seeing Cecily so confident is reassuring. Even if it’s not an oath, you can make it impossible to do nonsense by attaching Siris. I’ll have to discuss this with Arwen separately.
Anyway, I must have caught the long-awaited fish, the rest is post-processing. To put it bluntly, it wouldn’t be a big deal to deal with these elves silently.
From the perspective of the Senate, they think that the pursuit team has just been beaten, and they will send another tracking team. This fight will last until either side is finished until the source is defeated.
“Okay. So all that’s left is… When are these people going to wake up?”
“Are you going to wake me up now?”
“yes.”
slap-
Cecily listened to my request and flicked her finger lightly. I can feel a weak wave of mana happening.
“Ugh…”
“Umm…”
Before long, the captive elves began to come to consciousness with a sigh. The bedroom is dependent on a few candles, so it will take some time for your sight to recover.
In addition, the rope itself was an ordinary rope, but Cecily made mana useless with magic, thereby eliminating any room for resistance.
“Uh… the head… huh?”
“Wow, what? Why am I…”
“… …”
Unlike the two elf men and women who were taken aback as soon as they recognized that they had been captured, the elf in the center did not say anything. With an expression that said yes, she only confirmed the situation under the ropes, but there was little reaction.
According to his father, he acted alone, unlike the other two elves. There is a strong possibility that the blonde elf is probably the leader.
“Hey, what the hell is this… I’m sure…”
“You, what are you guys?”
Unlike the woman who has not yet been able to grasp the situation, the man asked in an urgent voice if he had found us. The woman who was struggling with him also raised her head and looked at us.
When the last dull blonde man looked at us, I stepped out in front of them and squatted to make eye contact. As soon as it came into contact with my face, I was startled.
“Everyone, untie the ropes right now, human! I don’t think you know what you’ve done…!”
Whether it was shameless or elven-like arrogance, the brown haired female elf urgently forced it. How outrageous he was, he heard his father slurp in the air behind him.
I stared at the elf who seemed to have no idea what the situation was, and then grunted at the facts.
“What did you do? You caught the thieves who broke into our mansion.”
“… …”
“And I think I know roughly what you’ve been looking for.”
“…are you xenon?”
The blonde elf, who was supposed to be the leader, not an elf woman, asked in a quiet voice. Then, the subordinates on either side of them kept their mouths shut as if they realized the situation too late.
But it didn’t take long for his expression to change. He was trying to use telepathy, but he seems to have learned that using mana itself is impossible.
In the end, one of his subordinates conveyed the truth by word of mouth as if he had no choice.
“Hey, this man must be Xenon. There were drafts and letters on the desk.”
“…Right.”
Unlike his subordinates, the leader maintains his composure. He’s also not telepathic, but I don’t know if he’s up to something.
Cecily and her father seemed to have noticed that, so they moved slowly. First, Cecily stood by me, and my father stood behind the elves.
It’s an expression that will stop you right away if you make any vain tricks. It’s not really reassuring, so it fills me with some unknown confidence.
Meanwhile, the leader of the chase team saw Cecily approaching me and trembled.
“…maybe the princess of helium?”
“Do you know me?”
“I don’t know. I’ve seen him from a distance during a speech.”
Cecily was also present at Arwen’s speech. At that time, she found out the true nature of an elf while having a nonsensical quarrel at the immigration desk.
The elf leader stared quietly at Cecily, then grinned and uttered a remark that touched her nerves.
“You knew who Zenon was, too. That’s why he could have done something like this.”
“Huh. Well. I don’t think that’s what the dirty elves meant? How is your conscience?”
“… …”
I got on my nerves for nothing, but I got it back several times. That’s why I need to do the right thing for the enemy.
“Anyway, can you tell me your names? If you don’t like it, you don’t have to.”
“…Callas.”
“What about the other two?”
“Mael.”
“Lena.”
The elves answered with a short answer as to whether they did not want to bend their pride even if they were captured. I honestly didn’t expect it.
But sooner or later, the time will come when you will have to bend that pride. Until then, it’s enough to build up build-ups slowly. It’s them who are in a hurry, not me.
Their well-being is now in my grasp.
“I’ll start with this question. Why are you so desperate to find me? I haven’t done any harm to you?”
“…Your knowledge is very dangerous. So I tried to convince you.”
“Conciliation?”
“If you help us, I was going to pay the price.”
Conciliation sucks. When the bastards who had declared that they would censor my books put conciliatory milk in their mouths, they were so excited that no words came out.
Cecily also pointed out Callas’ contradiction in a absurd voice, perhaps in a similar mood to mine.
“Did those people try to censor Xenon’s biography? It’s really crafty to even talk about conciliation after doing that.”
“The censorship was not done by us. The Queen ordered it directly.”
Callas is now even lying. Being able to lie boldly without changing a single expression is an ability if it is an ability.
Saying that elves don’t do dirty things. She found out through Callas that it was all bullshit.
I let out a bluff and spoke to Callas in a cold voice.
“What about the Queen? You came here on an order from the Senate. Do you know I don’t know?”
“I don’t know where I heard it, but that’s bullshit. We told the Queen…”
“Firen Gerrit Stormwalker.”
“…!”
When he spoke the name of the elf who was the head of the senate and gave orders to them, Callas’ eyes widened. How do you know that name?
The facial expressions of the other elves were similar. Mael opened her mouth in surprise, and Lena seemed to be able to tell if what she heard was real.
From their point of view, the mere fact that I know Florence will complicate their thinking. You may think that they are playing on the palm of your hand from the beginning, or you may think that you have been ripped off.
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Either way, as long as it leads me to the situation I want, that’s it.
“That old elf gave you orders. Find Xenon. Isn’t it?”
“Hey, how do you… no, you…”
“There is no reason for me to tell you. Anyway, you will all be well aware. From the moment you caught me, you were like abandoned dogs. For your elves, that’s a punishment worse than death?”
I’ve heard from Arwen about a person called a representative of Florence. As the head of the Senate, his power is immense, and he tries hard not to lose that power.
After the tribal war, when the existence of the Senate was in danger, it was the Pyrenees who forcibly revived him. At that time, Pyrenees was a talented person in the spotlight among the Senate, and a race war broke out just when he was about to fly into the sky.
Naturally, Florence would not have wanted the Senate to disappear into history. The taste of power once tasted is harder to stop than drugs.
And now, Florence is keeping Arwen in check from moment to moment, threatening his power, and furthermore, he is carrying out all kinds of dark scheming.
The reason these elves first came to the publishing house to check the signed copy is because the speech Arwen forgot and put in the bedroom was obtained through a specific route. Arwen noticed it too late and burned it, but it was already spilled water.
It’s only a saying in war that elves don’t do dirty things, but in the face of power, humans and elves are the same.
“So, I’ll make a suggestion. Why don’t you join the Senate here, saying loyalty and stuff? No matter what, life is the most important thing. Your elves will be especially important with their ears.”
“Oh, do you think you can use us with such a threat!? Only humans!”
The elf woman who had introduced Lena to see if there was any pride left in the past shouted. But her voice is trembling as she already knows she’s eaten up in fear.
I looked at her expressionlessly. Lena looked at me with her venomous face, and as I said nothing, she gradually waned her spirit.
“Would you like me to cut off your ear right here? You don’t think you can go back to Alvenheim with your ear cut off, do you?”
“…hib.”
Lena hiccups when I threaten her with a low and low voice. Since her atmosphere is atmospheric, even such a minor (?) intimidation is enough to put pressure on her.
Mana cannot be used, and two lions are waiting with their mouths wide open. Even your life cannot be guaranteed.
If it was a beast who valued honor more than his life, I’d rather kill him! As they may have done, these are elves. Honor, Nabal, and life come first.
“I stress my sister and sister, but your lives are in my hands. I also have Cecily older sister, so you won’t be able to even use your magic.
“…If you’re going to use us, you’d better throw it away. The Senate won’t let us go. It’d be neater to deal with here, wouldn’t it?”
“Then the Senate, who has a clue, may send more personnel. It’s better to just uproot it.”
“Ha. Do you think that’s possible? There’s no benefit to using us as bait.”
“Well. Do I think differently?”
I sneakily showed my right hand to Callas, who came out like a stomach. Then Callas narrowed his eyes.
As he said, the Senate is a political institution with a history of more than hundreds of years. Even after a rare trolling in a tribal war, it maintains its existence like a cockroach until the end.
However, in return, the opposition to the Senate has increased starting from the tribal war. After the speech, support for Arwen also increased significantly.
If you complain about the fuse here, the Senate will be ruined without even using their hands. He smiled at this and said to Callas.
“What would happen if I said this? Because of the elves, my right hand was injured and the serialization will not be available for a while. Not only the Savior, who is eager to make me a saint, but also Helium will join. The same goes for the human kingdom.”
“… …”
“Even if I’m in Albenheim, I won’t be able to last even a few months. Just cutting off the trade route will cause huge damage. Before that, war will break out.
The more I continued, the more Callas’ complexion couldn’t harden and began to get pale. I don’t know what the Senate will do, but there’s a 100% chance that I’ll spit them out.
Obviously, it’s an independent action, and they’ll catch it saying they don’t know anything about it. It is truly a dilemma for them.
If you do this, your ears will be cut off, and if you do that, your life will be blown away. Even if you plead with God, he will not grant you as much as sin is a sin.
“It will be of no use to ask the gods. If you have committed such a thing even though God has warned you directly, I will rather punish you.”
“… …”
“So what? Will you help me eradicate the Senate, or will you just disappear without a sound? Actually, it doesn’t matter much without you guys. Because the Senate will find me again anyway.”
That’s all I have to say. A smart person would have roughly figured out what was going on. All that’s left is a choice.
Will he cooperate with us to f**k the Senate who committed this, or will he just disappear quietly?
I would like to choose the former as much as possible.
“Kah, Callas-sama…!”
“Yo, accept the request! That’s the only way we can live!”
Mael and Lena begged Callas with urgency in their eyes. Even if they are a race chosen by God, if you see them begging like this, they are still humans.
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Even if you have strong honor and pride, it means nothing in the face of a situation where your life is mortgaged. It is not for nothing to honor sacrifice.
After hearing the pleas of his men, Callas licked his lips and met me directly. My blue eyes reflected my face like a mirror.
“Then… what do we get?”
“Hmm?”
“Shouldn’t we have something to gain?”
“haha.”
Look at the brazenness to the end. How ridiculous it was that even my father laughed.
I also lowered my head and smiled as if it wasn’t the same. The urge to just cut off the ear and send it back to Albenheim builds up.
However, these elves must be used until the case is all over. In fact, it is arguably the most important.
I slowly raised my lowered head to face Callas. His expression was stiff, but the fact that the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, it seems that he was expecting an advantage.
Of course, there are good things about them.
“Yeah. There is. It’s good for you too.”
“What is it?”
To Callas who asked with anticipation.
“I’ll give you a life.”
“… …”
“There has to be a degree of shamelessness, isn’t it? Where did you sell your conscience?”
I kindly gave the sentence.