Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

But she soon felt that she might not be just imagining things. After all, everything was possible, so she poured out all her worries to her companions.

Facing Laceier's worries, Godot couldn't help but frown:

"Burning the entire world into a glass ball? That sounds a bit too exaggerated. Although it is rumored that the highest level forbidden spell can do something similar... But that is just a rumor, and it is unlikely to be true."

"So the elves possess such terrifying power? Then why do they stay in Lentiheim and rarely contact the outside world?"

Lacelear heard from Godot's words that "if you have the ability, why don't you go to the Pangaea to compete with the powerful countries, but instead stay here and be a small city-state." In fact, she guessed that Godot probably really thought so.

So she answered:

"Maybe it's because the elves don't belong to Pangaea in the first place. Maybe they have already made plans to leave Pangaea one day and embark on a journey back home."

Charles felt that what Rachel said made sense and nodded in agreement.

Godot also raised his hand and stroked his chin, agreeing with what Rachel said.

Only Joseph, who had been silent all along, suddenly raised his head and said abruptly:

"I have a question."

Upon hearing this, Charles turned to look at Joseph:

"explain."

"Why do the elves have to return to their homeland?" Joseph asked slowly, "I have never understood, is returning home really that important to the elves?"

"They have lived in Pangaea for thousands of years. According to the information you and Rachel told us... the elves were all born in Pangaea, right?"

"They were born here, grew up here, aged here, and died here - if that's the case, then what's the difference between them and us, the native species of Pangaea?"

"Compared to that illusory hometown, isn't Pangaea their real home?"

I have to admit that what Joseph said makes a lot of sense and is convincing.

Unfortunately, Rachel could only shrug her shoulders and spread her hands:

"But we are not elves, so who would understand what you are saying? I suggest you go ask an elf, maybe you can get some information out of it."

"For example..." she thought, "How can you understand the joy of an elf if you are not an elf?"

Who could guess what those pointy ears were thinking.

After all, even the current leader of the elves, Governor Fuwenna of Lentiheim, has an ambiguous attitude and it seems unlikely that he will be willing to give up the plan to return home.

Even though they had explained the pros and cons to her—

If the elves continue to push forward the plan of returning home and let the Homecoming set sail, then the entire Pangaea will become their enemy, and war and fighting will inevitably come to Lentiheim, which was originally called a paradise, and turn it into purgatory.

However, after the return plan was launched, the dismantled and destroyed Lentiheim no longer had the tranquility and peace of the past.

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After receiving such a response, Joseph was not discouraged at all.

He added:

"I will. We should meet the Archon again tomorrow, right? Then I will ask her in person why the elves must return to their homeland."

Although she didn't have much hope for Joseph's plan - after all, Rachel had vaguely sensed from Fuvenna that she would most likely not give up on pushing forward her plan to return home - if she was really willing to give up, why didn't she give a direct response just now?

Her tired expression, her weak response, and her eventual act of turning away spoke volumes about her attitude.

She said she would think about it again.

Then the question comes-

What she has to think about is whether she should give up her plan to return home, or whether she should go to war with the entire Pan-Continent?

It’s hard to say about Lacie.

If it's the former, that's great, but if it's the latter... Oh my god, in addition to the group of mortals in Victoria, another race that is trying to overturn the entire world has appeared.

"Why don't you two just form an alliance?" Lacey couldn't help but think subtly, "Oh, come to think of it, there are irreconcilable conflicts between you two. That's fine."

Even Victoria probably doesn't want the current Pangaea to repeat the mistakes of the previous civilization, so it is the conservative. Victoria, who is ready to go to war with the entire wizard world at any time, is even qualified to turn around and accuse Lentiheim -

It could accuse Lentiheim of being a bit too extreme.

But it's useless to say this now. In the end, it still depends on the attitude of the elves. If the elves voluntarily give up their plan to return home and promise not to touch the starry sky, then the Brave Team and the White Tower can naturally help them conceal the news.

This is the happiest ending.

And if the elves insist on having their own way... then even as a friend, Rachel can only disclose the situation in Lentiheim to the outside world.

And this is the worst outcome.

There are two endings, and I don’t know which one the elves will choose.

but no matter……

"Anyway, that's all tomorrow's business. Can't you see? Fuwenna obviously doesn't want to see us again today, so let's just take a rest and talk about it tomorrow."

"Or..." She hesitated, then continued, "Although Fuwenna doesn't want to see us, there are others - Fuwenna is not the only elf that Charles and I know."

There is also the captain of the guard of Lentiheim, Mula, and the wise and approachable elder, Selovi, who is older than Fuvenna.

They were somewhat familiar with her and Charles, and were all easy to talk to.

Although they hit a wall with Fuwenna, they can still save the situation in a roundabout way. If they can convince Mula or Selovi, and let these two persuade Fuwenna, or persuade other elves, maybe things will turn around.

I just don’t know whether all the elves support the homecoming plan. If all the elves support the homecoming plan, the situation will be troublesome; on the contrary, if not all the elves support the homecoming plan, there will still be room for mediation.

Thinking so, Lacier decided to "go and ask the ship-borne host where to find Mula and Selovi."

Then she turned to her companions and announced:

"Anyway, let's each find a cabin first. Once everyone's cabin is confirmed, we can go find other elves we know to find out more about the situation."

No one raised any objections, and the brave team dispersed from the passage in the center of the "cylinder", walked into the branching paths, and began to choose their own cabins as Lacier suggested.

But not long after, they all returned to the main passage and gathered together again.

There was a similar look of confusion on their faces, as if they had encountered the same puzzling anomaly while selecting their respective cabins.

Lacier realized this, so she glanced around and finally asked tentatively:

"Could it be that... the cabin you chose is also empty?"

[To be continued]

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24. It is like this

When Lacie said "empty", she didn't mean that the cabin was empty.

But in the true sense, it is empty, there is nothing——

There was no furniture, no decorations, not even a bed. There was only a spotless floor and bare walls on all four sides, which made people think of a sentence that might not be suitable to appear here:

"The vast expanse of white land is so clean."

That's what Clarice thought.

She didn't understand why.

Isn't this the living area of ​​the Homecoming? Fuwenna also said that after the Homecoming sets sail, this will become the place where all the elves will sleep for a long time, so there should at least be a bed in the cabin? Or a device to help the elves stay in sleep?

But there was indeed nothing in the cabin.

Lacier couldn't help but confirm with her companions again:

"When I say 'empty', I mean the cabin..."

"There's nothing, right?" Ciel interrupted her in a low voice. "It's empty, so yours are all empty too?"

He said, looking towards the others.

Others gave him the same feedback - the cabins they each chose were also empty.

"This is strange..." Lacie couldn't help but mutter.

You have to know that it was Fuwenna who brought them here, and before coming here, Fuwenna had no idea why they were here, so it was not a matter of them offending the lady governor at all.

If that's the case, then why does she deliberately neglect them like this?

Lacele even felt that Fuwenna was like Lu Tixia who came to buy meat. First, she asked for three pounds of lean meat, then three pounds of fat, and finally three pounds of precious cartilage, all of which had to be finely chopped into pieces to make the sauce.

What else could this be if not just to entertain them?

But they... at least before the talks broke down, they should still be good friends.

At this time, Lacele heard Charles ask the others:

"What do you think the reason is?"

Joseph shook his head, indicating that he didn't know. Celine remained silent as usual. Godot did speak, but he obviously couldn't give any constructive suggestions. He just shrugged and made a joke:

"Maybe the elves have different needs than us? Maybe... uh, they don't even need a bed to sleep soundly?"

Charles never had a sense of humor, so he didn't realize that Godot was joking at all, and actually answered very seriously:

"Rachel and I stayed in Lentiheim for a few nights. At least at that time, the furnishings and furniture in the room we stayed in were no different from those of us humans."

"Then I don't know," Gordo replied helplessly, "Who knows what those pointy-eared people are thinking?"

But he finally gave a fairly reliable suggestion:

"If you want to know what's going on, why not ask the Archon? She's probably the only one who can answer our questions, right?"

Rachel has a different opinion on this.

"No," she pointed a finger, "There is another person... No, that guy shouldn't even be called a person... Anyway, there is something that can answer our questions."

"What?" Gordo frowned.

Lacier, with a little pride, stretched out a finger, pointed to the top of her head, and said:

"it!"

Godot was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted:

"You mean... Adele?"

"Correct!"

After Lacier gave a brief response, she looked up at the protrusion on the ceiling that looked like a camera and asked:

"Adele? Are you there?"

After a moment, as the blue light gathered on the ceiling and flickered like breathing, the slightly mechanical voice sounded again in everyone's ears:

"I'm here, what can I do for you?"

Lacier pointed to the cabins distributed around the passage and asked:

"Isn't this the living quarters of the Homecoming? Why is it that every room in the living quarters..."

At this point she suddenly remembered that they had not actually confirmed whether every cabin was empty, so she spoke rather seriously:

"It should be part of it - why is there nothing in one of the cabins in the living area?"

Could it be that, just like Godot's joke, the elves didn't need beds? Or were the "uses" of the cabins different from what they thought? Could it be that as long as you walked in and closed the door, some kind of nutrient solution would slowly fill the entire cabin, ensuring that the user could fall into a long sleep as Fuwenna described?

"Is this a problem?"

The shipboard host asked back.

He seemed to think it was normal that the cabin was empty.

But this was not normal at all - even if the elves could get used to the empty cabin, they as humans could not adapt to it, and Fuwenna, who received them, should have realized this.

The more Lacie thought about it, the more she couldn't understand.

She thought it would be difficult to explain the difference between elves and humans to a ship-borne host built by the elves.

But it doesn't matter. Even if the shipboard host can't answer their questions, she has a backup plan.

"Excuse me," she asked the ship's main engine, "do you know Seloway?"

After a short interval, the ship's host replied: