Marvel's Magic Master

Chapter 341: The Magnificent Thousand Grottoes Palace (Part )
Lúthien is gentle and kind, and Galadriel is lively and lovely. When the two elven princesses walk together, they immediately become the most beautiful scenery in the elven city.

All the elves passing by would salute respectfully when they saw Lúthien and Galadriel, and most of the male elves looked at the two princesses with admiration in their eyes.

As for the human George standing behind the two princesses, the elves only took a curious look at him and ignored him.

In the eyes of the gray elves, humans are no different from cats and dogs on the street and are not worth caring about.

Entering the majestic elven city, walking through the long wooden streets, and arriving at the Thousand Grottoes Palace built by the dwarves for the Grey Elf Kingdom, Lúthien asked an elven guard:
"Where is Father now?"

"Over in the palace hall, twenty-two nobles are seeking to see you."

The elf guard replied respectfully.

In the elven kingdom of Middle-earth, the king does not have absolute power. It can only be said that the king is the greatest noble in the entire country, and there are many other elven nobles under him.

If a decision made by the king is opposed by all the nobles, then this decision cannot be implemented.

In George's memory, in the original book, when Maedhros, the eldest son of Fëanor, heard the news that Beren and Lúthien had successfully stolen a Silmaril, he rekindled his hope in the cause of fighting Morgoth.

So he summoned his brothers, several other sons of Fëanor, and joined forces with Fingon, High King of the Noldor Elves, as well as humans and dwarves, to form an alliance to attack Angband again.

Because two of Fëanor's sons had previously attempted to kidnap Lúthien, Thingol once again rejected the alliance's invitation.

Moreover, those two idiots once deceived people in Nargothrond ruled by Fingon, causing the noble elves of Nargothrond to disagree with the alliance with the lineage of Maedhros.

Due to the opposition of the nobles, Fingon, the later High King of the Noldor Elves, had no choice but to bring his own guards to support his good friend Maedhros.

The result was tragic. The Alliance was defeated. Fingon, High King of the Noldor, fought to the last moment. When he was exhausted, he was killed by Gothmog, Lord of the Balrog, after being attacked by two Balrogs.

Therefore, if the Grey Elf Kingdom wants to go to war, in addition to persuading Thingol, it must also persuade at least half of the elven nobles.

Since all the nobles are here, that's just perfect.

"Humph, these guys have united together, it must be no good, probably to ask their useless heirs to marry you again!"

Hearing the words of the elven guard, Galadriel could not help but snort coldly.

The Grey Elf Kingdom has always been peaceful and stable, and there has been no war. The only big event that could bring all twenty-two nobles together was to ask for Lucien to marry their son.

This isn’t the first time this has happened, either.

First of all, Lucien is recognized as the most beautiful woman among the elves, and there is no unmarried male elf who does not want to marry her.

Secondly, Thingol has only one daughter. Whoever marries Lúthien will be the future king of the Grey Elf Kingdom, and the power of that line of nobles in the entire Grey Elf Kingdom will be greatly increased.

However, Thingol had too high standards and looked down upon the children of those nobles. Even Thingol, the seventh son of Fëanor, felt that none of them was worthy of his daughter Lúthien, let alone the children of those nobles.

So every time the nobles returned empty-handed.

Of course, there were many people who wanted to marry Galadriel, but Thingol had no say in her affairs, and her requirement for her other half was that he should be at least better than her.

The noble children had challenged her for this, but they were all beaten into pig heads in the end, except for her cousin Celeborn, a bookworm who liked reading books more than fighting.

Celeborn's grandfather Elmo was the younger brother of her maternal grandfather Thingol and her maternal grandfather Olwe, so Celeborn was her younger cousin.

"My father will not agree to marry me to them. Let's go in. The nobles are all here."

Lucien knew her father well, smiled and shook her head, leading Galadriel and George across the stone bridge and into the Palace of a Thousand Grottoes.

“What a magnificent palace!”

Walking into the underground palace, looking at the high halls and private rooms carved from natural rocks, as well as the countless luminous pearls and various gems inlaid on the rocks, George couldn't help but sigh.

Before Morgoth was imprisoned in Valinor and the Noldor elves had not yet arrived in Middle-earth, the Grey Elves could be called the kings of Middle-earth, and most of the countless treasures of the continent were gathered here.

However, after the palace was captured by the dwarves, all the wealth in it was looted by them. The reason why the dwarf kingdom occupied by Smaug in the Third Age was so wealthy was also due to the efforts of their ancestors.

Led by Lucien, they came to the most magnificent main hall of the Thousand Grottoes.

At this time, sitting on the throne of the main hall was a male elf with long silver hair, wearing a golden crown inlaid with rubies and bright crystals. He was half a body taller than an ordinary gray elf and was extremely handsome.

He was one of the three Elf Kings who were invited by the Valar Oromë to go to Valinor to see the Two Trees. He was also the only Grey Elf who bathed in the glory of the sacred trees and the only Elf who married Maia.

When he saw his daughter Lucien appear at the door of the hall, a kind smile like an old father immediately appeared on his face.

"Lucien, my daughter who is as bright as a pearl, you are back!"

"Good afternoon, father. This is George, the human hero brought back by Galadriel. He is a very wise human. I think you should listen to his thoughts."

Lucy bowed to Thingol, walked up to the side of Thingol's throne and spoke.

Galadriel also came to the other side of Thingol's throne, lifting her skirts:
"Your Majesty, I have told you this before."

"Oh, I have the impression that this child Finrod is the same. I have explained it clearly, but he still won't give up."

Thingol smiled and shook his head, then looked at George below:

"Well, since my daughter admires you so much and the nobles of the kingdom are here, I will give you a chance to speak again."

If it weren't for his daughters Lúthien and Galadriel helping to speak up for him, as the noble King of the Grey Elves, the first elves born, humans would have no right to see him at all.

He originally thought that if the human sent by Finrod arrived at the Thousand Stone Caves, he would just have someone send him away.

The twenty-two elven noble chiefs of the Grey Elf Kingdom and the heirs standing behind them all focused their attention on George.

Some were curious, some were admiring, and some were jealous when they saw Lúthien and Galadriel, the two most beautiful elven princesses, speaking for a human.

(End of this chapter)