371 Excuses
Selma Payne’s POV:
What would a dead city look like?
If one were to look at Autumn City alone, it would be full of interest during the day, but at night, it would seem so gloomy and terrifying. The dark doors and windows seed to hide ghosts peeking in the shadows. They looked at the world that had left them behind with chaotic eyes. Their blood-stained hands were always itching to take a life to appease the grievances and anger they had nowhere to vent.
Of course, all of the above was made up. The truth was that the night in Autumn City was terrifyingly quiet, causing one to shiver and feel their hair stand on end.
As outsiders, we could only feel physical discomfort. However, as elves, Kaya and the others felt more complicated and in more pain than we did. The entire team looked as if they hadn’t slept for a week. They were ntally and physically exhausted. Under the tornt of their hearts, they seed to be on the verge of collapse, as if they were about to fall apart.
I was a little worried about her condition, so I asked Kaya, “Is there really no problem? If you’re really tired, we can slow down.”
“Thank you, but no.” Kaya forced a smile, even though her stiff lips looked pale under the moonlight. “One more minute of delay and those stray werewolves may do one more evil thing. What do you call them again? Azazel’s party?”
“Yes, they’re a group of cultists who believe in Azazel.”
Kaya mumbled, “This isn’t so famous demon. It’s nothing compared to Lucifer or Beelzebub.”
It was a la joke. Perhaps she wanted to ease the atmosphere, but it only made things worse.
Kaya and the others probably didn’t need any words of comfort. Having a good night’s sleep was better than anything else, so I suggested, “Let us keep watch tonight. You guys need enough rest.”
“How can we do that? There’s no reason for the guest to worry about the host...”
“You’re welco. You know I’m not really here to be a guest, right? No one knows where Azazel’s party would suddenly appear, and every bit of combat power is extrely important. We need strong and alert soldiers, not patients who might faint on the side of the road at any ti.”
Kaya silently canceled her night duty arrangents.
The surroundings were extrely quiet, and only the bonfire crackling could be heard. Kaya was lying quietly in her sleeping bag. After a while, she suddenly asked, “Aren’t you surprised that I’m not surprised by your true identity?”
“The grammar of this sentence is really awkward.” I smiled. “The elves have already received news about , so it’s normal for you not to be surprised.”
“I didn’t expect you to take the risk again. After all, this ti is different from the last ti. Last ti, no one knew your identity, but everyone knows who you are this ti. Aren’t you afraid of what we might do to you? For example, using you to blackmail the King or sothing?”
“You’re really tired. This kind of question is very dangerous.”
“... I’m sorry. I didn’t think before speaking.”
“It’s fine. Aren’t you afraid I’ll sneak into the elven territory and do sothing to you?”
“I don’t think the elders are afraid. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have asked for the help of the werewolf pack.”
“Then, we’re not afraid either. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have agreed to the elf clan’s request for help. Moreover, we all know the consequences of falling out with each other, and we don’t have any excuse to do so.”
Kaya didn’t say anything more. After a while, I realized that she had fallen asleep.
Early in the morning, I woke up to the fresh fragrance of flowers. There was a bunch of sweet wildflowers beside my sleeping bag.
Every werewolf grandmaster had their field of expertise. For example, Master Kevin was skilled in the soul field, and Master Hayley was skilled in the rune field. Dorothy was also gradually looking for a suitable field for herself. Now, she had temporarily chosen Herbology.
Therefore, every business trip was a good opportunity for her to enrich her notes on herbs. The elf forest, which was usually difficult to set foot in, provided a valuable scientific research opportunity.
“This is chamomile,” Dorothy said. “It’s sweet and rich and has a lasting fragrance. Most importantly, it’s an inconspicuous but common plant in the elf forest. Its sll can better cover our tracks and help us hide them.”
Of course, we’d done so special treatnt to prevent our scent from being tracked, but one could never complain about having more backup plans, right?
Autumn City was located in the southwest of the elf forest. If they wanted to get to the Elf Capital as soon as possible, passing through the city-states in the west was the ideal way. The problem was that the west now had a faint tendency to unite and beco independent, and I, as a ‘guest’ invited by the interim governnt, might not be welcod by them.
Kaya said that the route had already been planned, but the replies from the western city-states to the interim governnt were vague and not very enthusiastic, but they did not explicitly refuse.
“Then, let’s move forward according to the arrangent,” I said. If you don’t refuse, it ans you agree, right? I don’t have any grudges against the western city-states; I don’t need their welco. They shouldn’t stir trouble with . Treating like air is what I want.”
Was her cold attitude trying to intimidate the outsiders? The main purpose of this trip wasn’t diplomacy, so there was no need to haggle over such minor details.
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