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

Although it is still an underdeveloped embryo, it already has a clear body outline and a vague face.

These young lives are immersed in the sticky liquid in the breeding pool and growing slowly. Apparently, after a while, they will appear in Lentiheim and become new members of the big family of elves.

But Lacie discovered something very wrong with these embryos.

So she quickly glanced at the dozen or so growing embryos, then suddenly raised her head and looked at Fuwenna.

"Why?" She heard her voice tremble, "Why do these embryos... have varying degrees of deformity?"

She saw embryos with five or six legs that looked like spiders; she saw embryos with two heads, one of which had no facial features; she even saw embryos that were so distorted that they were almost unrecognizable, like a tumor.

But no matter what, she didn't see even a normal embryo.

And Fuwenna smiled bitterly.

"Every elf in Lentiheim was born in this breeding room, including Mura who led the way for you before, and of course me."

"The mistress gave birth to us, provided us with homes, food, and even precious knowledge. She nurtured us and protected us for thousands of years. But if..."

She lowered her head and looked at the deformed embryo beside her, which was too ugly to be called an elf, and said in a trance:

"But what if, one day, the mistress goes crazy?"

[To be continued]

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5.Why

Fuvenna told Rachel and Charles that the elf mistress seemed to have gone mad.

Lacey's first reaction was Run.

Are you kidding? She's the mistress of the elves!

Although Laciel didn't know the exact status of the Elves' Mistress, she was sure that her status was not low.

Apart from anything else, He at least created the entire elf race from scratch and produced such a big tree. Moreover, the bards outside all said that elves are natural warriors and wizards. Compared with weak humans, each of them can easily defeat a hundred people.

So how could the mistress who gave birth to these guys be a weak and vulnerable character?

Lacele guessed that the elf mistress must be very martial and could easily defeat her and Charles.

Why are you waiting for death?

So Lacielle immediately wanted to tell Fuvenna that the two of them really didn't have the skills to take on this job, so why not ask someone else for help?

But before she could open her mouth, Charles spoke first:

"Has this happened before?"

Lacey fainted.

She thought to herself, "Brother, you dare to accept such a commission! That crazy person is the mistress of the elves. She must be a god no matter how high she is. You don't think you can defeat a god just by the power of bond and friendship, do you?"

If it were really that simple, then I wouldn't have died to block the knife for you, okay?

——Speaking of which, the knife was really fast and fierce. It specifically attacked Charles when he was weak just after a battle. She had not made any preparations in advance. Fortunately, there was a death-substitution spell that Lao Deng had specially made for her a long time ago, otherwise she would probably have died.

Even so, she had to lie in the coffin for half a month before she could barely recover.

Thinking of this, Lacie couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards the iron-headed kid in front of her.

But she just couldn't say anything.

It was very likely that Tietouwa had activated the forbidden spell again. She couldn't possibly grab Charles' ears in front of Fuwenna and tell him to come on the voice chat. She could only remind Charles in a less obvious way -

Lacie stretched out her foot, stepped on Charles' shoe, and even rolled it a few times with her toes.

Charles' body was visibly tense for a moment, but he soon regained his composure and looked at Fuwenna as usual, wanting to get the answer to his question from the archon.

Fuwenna did not notice the little movements between the young couple in front of her. She replied softly:

"No, never. The elves may make mistakes, but the Madam will not. I have been the Archon of Lentiheim for two thousand years. This is the first time in two thousand years that such a situation has occurred."

"So, besides the breeding room, are there any other abnormal conditions that can prove that your mistress has gone crazy?"

"there is none left……"

Fuwenna shook her head after saying this:

"But that's enough, my brave lord. This is the breeding room. So far, all the elves in Lentiheim have been born here, and it will be the same in the future. Do you understand? If something goes wrong here, then even if we elves are immortal, we will definitely lose our future."

"?"

Lacey wondered how that was possible.

Even if there is a problem in the breeding room, the elves should not lose their future. Can't they change their breeding method?

Just like...

But this time someone spoke before her again - only this time it was not Charles, but Fuvenna.

She added:

"Not to mention, there's the strange fog."

"Lentiheim never had fog before, but some time ago, without any signs, we woke up and found that the whole of Lentiheim was covered by this strange fog."

"When the strange fog descended, the immature embryos in the breeding room began to become deformed."

After listening to this, Ciel thought about it carefully, and then gave a serious conclusion:

"But this doesn't prove that your mistress is crazy. At best, it can only prove that the deformed embryos in the breeding room are most likely related to the strange fog."

Lacee looked at Charles with some surprise and thought, wow, he's actually quite serious.

But she had to admit that Charles was right.

The mere evidence that the embryos in the breeding room were deformed does not prove that the elves' mistresses are crazy.

But the strange fog that enveloped Lentiheim was indeed bizarre, and according to Fuvenna's description, the strange fog was most likely closely related to the abnormalities in the breeding room.

Thinking of this, Lacie looked at Fuvenna, intending to ask the governor whether he asked her and Charles to come here to solve the strange fog and the abnormalities in the breeding room, or whether he simply wanted to launch a gorgeous rebellion against the mistress.

You know, these are two completely different concepts.

Then, she was interrupted for the third time.

This time it was Charles' turn again.

He looked into Fuwenna's eyes and whispered:

"Madam Archon, we cannot conclude that the strange fog and the abnormalities in the breeding room are related to your mistress, so if possible, please provide us with more information, or..."

The hero paused, trying his best to endure the pain of Laciel stepping on his feet, and then continued with a normal expression:

"Or, please give us some time, we will find a way to find out the truth of the matter."

Fuwenna was silent for a moment after hearing this, as if she was hesitating about something, but she didn't express her hesitation until the end, but nodded slightly:

"it is good."

……

The negotiations between the two and Fuwenna came to an end.

After the negotiations, the lady governor left in a hurry.

She told Rachel and Charles that if they needed anything during the investigation in Lentiheim, they could come to her or to the captain of the guard, Mura, whom they had met before.

But she still has some things to deal with, so she has to leave for the time being.

But what Fuvenna didn't know was that Rachel had been looking forward to her leaving.

No longer having to pretend to be a good girl, Miss Witch just felt relaxed all over.

So as soon as Fuvenna left, Lacie jumped from behind Charles to in front of him.

"How credible do you think the words of the Archon are?" she asked.

Charles shook his head and said nothing.

Rachel knew Charles and what he meant, so she raised her lips:

"It seems that you have also realized that the Archon lady has been hiding something from us? Do you think she has something to hide, or is she deliberately setting a trap for us to fall into?"

Charles was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then he said slowly:

"I hope it's a secret."

Lacele thought the word "hope" was well used. Obviously, Charles had already prepared for the worst.

It seems that the knife she stabbed was not in vain. At least Charles will no longer be as stupid as before and always treat others as good people like him.

The witch lady was very pleased with this - of course, it would be even better if Ciel could be as silly as before when facing her.

"It doesn't matter," she said, "No matter if it's a secret or something bad is waiting for us, we will find out sooner or later."

But here she frowned again:

"But if the investigation results really point to the elf mistress, and it is suspected that she has gone mad, then we will unilaterally terminate this commission and leave Lentiheim immediately. Do you understand?"

Charles did not answer her, but mentioned the bronze lantern that Fuwenna left for them, as if he was planning to leave the breeding room.

——Obviously, he is playing deaf and dumb.

Lacey was a little angry.

So she quickly caught up with Charles and asked:

"What do you mean? Didn't the elves just give you a coffin? Why would you work so hard for them?"

Charles stopped and suddenly turned to look at Laciel:

"The elves brought me the coffin when I needed it most. Now they need my help, and I will never run away. Just like you helped me resurrect Rachel, so I am willing to sign a master-servant contract with you and be your servant for life."

"If I really deserted the battlefield and betrayed my oath, would you still choose to trust me after problems arise in the contract?"

His expression was resolute and his tone was firm.

Lacie didn't know what to say in response.

Indeed, when the hero's credibility collapses, who would be willing to continue to believe in him?

Even a bad girl like Lacelle needs someone she can trust sometimes.

So even though she was very unhappy, Lacie finally said "Oh" in a sullen tone, indicating that she temporarily agreed with Charles' statement.

"So what do we do next?" she asked again, "Start investigating now?"

Charles walked out of the breeding room, stood outside and pondered for a moment, then shook his head:

"I do not know."

Lacey immediately became happy again.

She thought proudly, "Aren't you very capable? You just taught your buddy a lesson, how come you don't know what to do now?"

Hehe, in the end you still have to rely on me!

Then she took the lantern from Charles and said:

"Just before the Archon left, I asked her where we should stay during our stay in Lentiheim, and she gave me an address and said that it had already been arranged for us."

"It's late now anyway, and we're not familiar with Lentiheim at all. Why don't we find a place to stay first? It's so foggy outside, and I don't want to be homeless with you."

Charles probably thought what Rachel said made sense, so he nodded and said:

"Okay, I'll listen to you then."

Coincidentally, perhaps taking into account the investigation they were going to conduct, the residence chosen by the Governor for them was quite close to the breeding room, only needing to cross two streets to reach it.

So soon Rachel and Charles arrived there.

It was no different from the other buildings they had seen along the way, it was also a small wooden house built by the elves.

It was also the first time for Lacie to live in such a small house, so she found it quite novel. She was the first to rush forward, open the door, and look inside.

The cottage was quite tidy. Although it was slightly inferior to the small wooden house that she and Charles had built together, it was definitely small but complete with all the necessities of life.