You think you're worthy of saving the world?

According to normal procedure, the casino detained them and negotiated with the Holy Tree Kingdom Embassy, ​​then asked the embassy to pay a ransom.

For some unknown reason, perhaps driven by greed, the casino sold them to a group of slave traders.

The person in charge of the casino has been taken away by the elves, but the whereabouts of the abducted elves are still unknown.

Those slave traders were also desperate criminals; they knew that the slave trade with the elves was a capital offense, yet they still wanted to gamble big.

They have now hidden the elves somewhere in the lower city and are trying to find a way to transport this "high-class cargo" out of the city in the next few days.

The mission given by the Holy Tree Kingdom's embassy is to find out the whereabouts of the missing elves before they are transported out of the Holy See.

The mission does not require rescuing the elven slaves; you only need to provide clues to the embassy, ​​and the embassy will then send its own guards to rescue them.

If the intelligence is true, you will receive the mission reward afterward.

"Just provide clues, no need to rescue the slaves?"

Yuri frowned: "What if it delays things? By the time we get back to deliver the message, the slave traders will have all run away."

"The union also thinks so, but the elven embassy insists that they do not need human rescue; they only need intelligence provided by humans."

"Still the same old arrogant attitude," Yuri scoffed.

"The usual? Lord Euryphus, have you ever dealt with elves before?" Mason asked.

The vast majority of people in this world never see an elf in their lifetime.

People are exposed to the legends of elves’ nobility and beauty from a young age, so it’s normal for Mason to be curious.

After being glanced at by the black-haired boy, he immediately realized he had spoken out of turn and continued explaining the mission.

"Hmm. The mission rewards are ridiculously generous. As expected of Master Jing, the lives of Celestial Dragons are indeed valuable."

Yuri had a feeling that this mission was not simple; it should be able to increase his experience by at least 10%, making it a rather high-level and rare mission.

That's it.

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it later."

If anything happens, I'll leave it to you to contact the Elf Embassy.

Yuri expressed this opinion, but Mason poured cold water on it, saying, "Lord Yurifis, I'm afraid you cannot accept this mission."

Taking on this task requires at least a third-tier mage—intelligence suggests that the slave traders have hired a third-tier mage as a bodyguard.

Although the mission does not require rescuing slaves, you are a noble person of the Holy See and an important ally of Her Highness Rosalia. If anything goes wrong because of this, we cannot bear the responsibility.

Yuri raised an eyebrow: "That's easy, I'll just bring a bodyguard too."

As he spoke, he walked towards Stella and proudly announced, amidst the witch's disdainful reaction, "Let me introduce you all, my teacher, Miss Stella, is a magician with strength of at least the third rank."

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In the end, the Blue Cosmos guys still didn't believe Stella had the strength of a third rank or higher.

It could also be said that they were taking their anger out on Stella because they had been thoroughly tormented by Yuri, and they took the opportunity to investigate Stella's background.

The witch was indeed very good at concealing her identity; in the end, they only found out that she was a skilled second-tier mage.

If that's the case, why would the Child of Prophecy choose a mere second-tier mage as his teacher?

If you move your gaze down a little further from her neck, you'll understand.

Even the savior of the oracle was nothing more than a lecherous underage brat, and they suddenly felt a sense of kinship with Yuri.

Out of respect for Yuri's strong advocacy, the Blue Cosmos members reluctantly accepted the claim that Stella possessed "near-third-tier strength."

"Don't you feel frustrated? They don't even acknowledge your abilities!"

Yuri, who had just emerged from the Chamber of Commerce, said to Stella, "Let's complete this task and give them a good slap in the face!"

Stella rolled her eyes: "Whatever... More importantly, are you really planning to find some elven slaves?"

This is Farion, the largest city in the world and a city of the Papacy.

The total population exceeds 3 million, with over 90% of the residents living in the Lower City area.

Finding a dozen or so hidden slaves in this huge city with millions of people is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Hearing her spineless remark, Yuri glanced back at the girl.

"If that's the case, aren't you the same? Finding a few human children who have been hidden for four years from among millions of people is tens of thousands of times harder, isn't it?"

Stella was stunned by what she heard.

That's true, but Stella had never considered the feasibility of it before; she just felt that she had to do it.

"..."

The silver-haired girl was silent for a moment, then spoke softly, "I understand, I'll help you look too. I know a few spells that are very useful for finding people."

I thought Yuri would be very touched, but to my surprise, he coldly replied, "Thanks, but no need, I have a lead."

"Aha?"

Stella stared at the black-haired boy with suspicion: "Don't be stubborn. Are you really that unwilling to use my help? Or are you just embarrassed?"

Yuri almost burst out laughing.

His favorite thing is to get things from other people for free.

As a knight, he could freely obtain the goddess's spiritual power; as a mage, he could freely obtain the witch's magic power. He had no burden in this regard.

"So what's the clue?" Stella asked again.

Yuri said calmly, "Do you know about the 'Original Sin of the Elves'?"

"The elves'...original sin!?"

The religious terms, brimming with a cringeworthy, adolescent quality, made Stella tense.

She had heard of a mythical demonic sword called something like Original Sin.

"Come with me." Yuri smiled mysteriously.

Bathed in the approaching evening sunlight, the silver-haired witch followed Yuri through the streets and alleys of the lower city.

As she watched him casually strike up conversations with the residents of the lower city and ask for directions, Stella was taken aback: Had Yuri really been waited on hand and foot in the upper city for the past 14 years?

Her social skills are much better than mine...

"Thank you so much, Auntie."

Yuri waved goodbye to a still-attractive woman, then turned to Stella: "Let's go, it's just ahead."

"Um……"

With a small, inexplicable admiration welling up inside her, Stella jogged after her.

"Here we are."

Finally, Yuri stopped in front of a noisy market.

"What? So your so-called clue is just the black market in the downtown area?"

Indeed, when it comes to finding clues about slaves, one should look to the black market.

Stella raised an eyebrow:

"If you want to know how to get to the black market, why ask around? Just ask me... uh, not the black market, but the farmers' market!?"

Yuri took Stella to the farmers' market in the lower town.

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It was the peak time before dinner, and the farmers' market was packed with housewives shopping.

Stella reluctantly followed Yuri and squeezed into the sea of ​​women buying groceries.

"What kind of spirit are you looking for in a place like this?"

Stella asked, puzzled.

Now that things had come to this, Yuri felt there was no need to keep her in suspense any longer and began to explain to the witch who was accompanying her.

"Stella, how much do you know about the habits of elves?"

“Who would understand them? You’d never even meet one in your entire life.” Stella rolled her eyes.

Although she said that, just like humans, when she was a little girl, the witch also longed for the dreamlike race called elves.

They are the eldest daughters of the Goddess of the White Night, a race of divine offspring.

Beautiful and proud, ancient and powerful, kind and righteous.

The elves abhor killing and destruction, consider protecting the natural environment of the earth as their mission, and are even unwilling to harm wild animals.

That is why the elves made the famous vow to "eat only vegetables and not meat for life".

"I see... You seem to know quite a lot?"

Yuri smiled, while Stella blushed and exclaimed, "No way!"

Yuri continued, "First of all, elves have extremely long lifespans, usually at least a thousand years."

Elven royalty can live for over two thousand years, and the oldest elf is said to have lived for hundreds of thousands of years.

"Secondly, the race of elves consists only of females; there have never been any males from the very beginning."

As Yuri said this, he gave Stella a meaningful look, and she glared back at the boy guiltily: What are you looking at?

"Thirdly, the ecological difference between elves and witches is..."

"W-why did we suddenly start talking about witches?" Stella asked nervously.

Yuri continued, "Elves can perpetuate their bloodline without engaging in reproductive activities."

At the beginning of the Second Age, the Elves migrated from Albion to the continent of Diamat and began the most prosperous period for them, so the Second Age is also known as the Age of the Elves.

At that time, the elven population surged, and they once spread throughout the entire continent, so much so that ancient ruins built by elves can still be found in various parts of the continent today.