You think you're worthy of saving the world?

The elves are not the innocent and pure creatures that are rumored to be.

Elves and humans are not much different.

Just as there are kind and pure spirits, there are also evil and cunning ones.

Is this their true nature...?

In her fading consciousness, Stella thought regretfully: Was Yuri trying to remind me to be more wary of elves? He had already foreseen it back then... Hmm!

"Don't push yourself, Miss Magician, you can go to sleep now."

"Don't worry, we won't kill you. We just want you to stay asleep and not reveal our whereabouts."

"In this underground space, you will sleep peacefully and quietly until we leave the Vatican."

"Once we leave the Vatican, you'll be free again, but by then you'll be an old lady..."

"After all, elves live in centuries... Pfft, hahahahaha! Hahahahaha!"

As if telling a very funny joke, the elf girls were shaking with laughter and bending over backwards.

"Tsk... how come she hasn't collapsed yet?"

A dozen seconds later, seeing that Stella was still holding onto the wall to maintain her standing position, one of the elves became impatient.

"It seems you have a stronger will than I thought, or... are you waiting for something?"

"Could it be that you're waiting for your little knight companion?"

Another elf sneered, "If that's the case, give up. He's probably already lying on the ground, snoring away..."

"Bam—"

A muffled thunderous sound came from the back of the elf's head.

The elf, who was halfway through his sarcastic remark, rolled his eyes, stuck out his tongue, and collapsed.

After she fell, everyone saw a newly appeared figure—none other than Euryphus.

He launched a "sneak attack!" and slashed down from behind, sending an elf's eyes rolling back in its head.

"Hypocritical attitudes are disgusting. Ah-hee is more suitable for you elves."

108. With such a big butt, isn't it just for me to beat up?

"How can it be……"

The other three elves were stunned.

"Why... were you unaffected by the bewitching barrier!?"

"A bewitching barrier? So you guys set up something like that... I was wondering why you hadn't attacked me yet."

Yuri, flicking his smoking hand, replied matter-of-factly, "Sorry, I have very strong resistance to abnormal statuses, so this kind of slow-acting, lukewarm magic has no effect on me."

"Abnormal resistance!?"

The elves were terrified.

When Yuri achieves an SS overall rating in a singularity, she receives the special reward artifact "Black Round Table".

It was not an actual weapon, but a philosophical weapon, a fictional weapon housed within Yuri's body.

Therefore, he is essentially equipped with the "Black Round Table" at all times, and can enjoy the passive effects of curse, burn and poison resistance at any time.

"Tsk... What bad luck!"

An elf bit her lip: "I never expected to run into such a troublesome fellow!"

Another elf said in a deep voice, "No, it's not just bad luck, we've been tricked."

He just said it, didn't he... "Why haven't you attacked me yet?" He sensed it from the beginning.

"How could this be! He was... from the very beginning...?"

The third elf frowned and asked, "Tch... how did you even notice?"

She felt her acting was flawless.

Playing the role of a pitiful elf slave captured by humans, her performance was so perfect that no one should be able to detect any flaws.

Yuri dismissed it, saying, "I wouldn't say I noticed anything, it's not like it's a mystery novel... I just find it a little strange."

Your acting is a bit over the top. Is it to fit the human stereotype of elves as weak and delicate?

None of the elves I know are the kind of creatures that cower in fear behind humans.

"Just for this reason!?"

The elves were all greatly surprised, and judging from the boy's tone, he seemed to know living elves.

“It’s not just that reason, but also what happened to me in the room before.”

Yuri analyzed as he recalled.

When Yuri discovered that the ratio of humans to elves in the room was 4:4, he wondered: Could it be that the elves who were captured and enslaved in the mission information were the real mastermind behind tonight's events?

He didn't think four low-ranking humans could control an elf so easily—the other way around was quite possible.

Perhaps other humans have a certain dreamy view of elves, but sorry, Yuri doesn't.

Tia and Cynthia, whom Yuri met in the singularity, were indeed outstanding and virtuous elves, and Yuri liked them very much.

But even they couldn't change the fact that the Elf race had a negative impression of Yuri.

After all, Euryphus Falción's life was a laughable, puppet-like existence—

The cause of it all was a whim of the greatest spirit known as the "Sacred Tree".

It seems that Yuri and Stella were already discovered by the elves while they were still in the club lobby.

They realized that Yuri was going to go into the basement to look for someone, so they changed into tattered clothes beforehand, made themselves look pitiful, and then locked themselves in the iron cage.

Then, the elves told the men that someone would break into the underground, and they were instructed to pretend to be attacked and fight back.

Killing Yuri would be the best outcome.

If they can't defeat them, the elves will pretend to be pitiful victims, gain their trust, and then wait for an opportunity to strike.

The first thing the magician said after dispelling Yuri's "Tranquility" spell was, "So it's you, you brat!?"

He probably wouldn't have shouted that if someone hadn't warned him beforehand that enemies would be breaking in.

"It's really amazing..."

One of the elves said with a smile.

But her smile had lost its former composure and was now more of a bluff.

"I'm not done yet."

"besides!?"

As the elves' faces grew increasingly pale, Yuri continued, "Finally, there's the attitude of the Holy Tree Kingdom's embassy."

"They issued a request stating that 'human rescue is not required, only relevant information from humans is needed.' Isn't that a strange mission requirement?"

At first, like everyone else, I thought the elves felt it was too shameful for humans to rescue them, but that explanation doesn't make sense...

After all, seeking information from humans is considered shameful by elf standards, so I thought of another possibility.

The elves gasped. Yuri continued, "Could the Holy Tree Embassy be hiding some scandal?"

When Yuri first heard about the quest involving elven slaves, he sensed a conspiracy.

"What scandal?"

Stella, leaning against the wall, fought off her sleepiness and asked.

Perhaps feeling too ashamed to collapse in front of Yuri, the witch's drowsiness lessened considerably after he appeared.

“More than a month ago, four elven girls left the Holy Tree Kingdom and came to the Holy See for a trip.”

"They had a great time in the human kingdom, and some even lingered there, reluctant to leave."

"But the elves are just here for sightseeing, and they'll eventually run out of money."

"One day, they lost all their money at the casino and even ended up owing a large sum of money."

"Even distinguished elven guests must repay their debts, so the casino temporarily took them in, preparing to take them to negotiate with the Holy Tree Embassy... Just then, things suddenly changed."

Yuri sneered, "The elves who were taken in actually turned the tables and used force and their noble status as elves to forcibly take over that casino."

They took control of the entire casino, becoming queens of the gray area, and began a life of luxurious indulgence with unlimited daily berries.

But secrets don't stay hidden forever. The good times didn't last long, and news of the elves' misdeeds in the lower city eventually leaked out, leading to the embassy's arrest.

The elves managed to escape capture by their own kind and hid somewhere in the lower city, living in constant fear that they would be taken away.

However, at this time, the Holy Tree Embassy did not intensify its arrest efforts, but instead temporarily shelved the matter.

The reason is simple—to cover up the scandal of the elves committing crimes in human kingdoms and to maintain the glorious image of the elves in the eyes of humans.

They blocked the news and took control of the casino's management, issuing only a limited number of wanted notices—under the guise of finding elven slaves.

Seeing the Holy Tree Embassy's leniency towards their crimes, the elves became even bolder...

Nostalgic for their life as underground queens, they set their sights on a new casino—this blackjack club.

Stella stared in disbelief: "Then what about the slave traders we just encountered?"

Yuri nodded and explained, "He wasn't a slave trader at all."

They're probably just ordinary operators of a blackjack club, with questionable backgrounds and likely some involvement with organized crime...

However, in this incident, they were simply victims.

These people were threatened by the elves and forced to disguise themselves as slave traders to fight against us.

"Ah...so that's why you were so scared when you interrogated them?"

Stella suddenly realized: "Speaking of which, the elves were hiding behind you the whole time... probably threatening him with their eyes and giving him orders."

"……whispering sound."

After hearing Yuri's description, the three elves felt a chill in their hearts.

They had been causing trouble in the lower city of the Papacy for a month, and they hadn't been unaware of the consequences.