Brandon and Alia quickly rushed towards the little elven girl, keeping their guards up.
They were unsure if the elf was friend or foe.
But the system clearly told them to save her.
They approached carefully.
Magic swords floated around Alia, as a crystal sword was clenched in Brandon's hand.
"Nnh."
A strange sound escaped the little elven girl's lips and her brows furrowed.
"Nmh…"
Her body started to twitch and her eyes opened slightly.
It was then.
Her two lilac eyes blinked as she took in the sight of the vicinity.
As soon as their gazes t…
"Hieek—"
She scread.
She seed startled, as her body shuddered in fear.
Realizing the little girl was scared, Alia slowly approached the girl and all the swords around her dematerialized.
"Uhm. We an no ha—Wait."
Alia paused.
"Do they even speak english?"
She turned her head back to look at Brandon, and he just shrugged his shoulders.
"…."
Alia fixed her attention back to the little elven girl.
Oh, no.
A sense of wanting to protect surged within her.
The little girl was shuddering, not just out of fear for them, but from the cold as well.
Realizing the poor girl's current predicant, Alia slowly took off her fur coat and took careful steps as she approached the girl.
Brandon tilted his head and crossed his arms, curious of Alia's approach.
The little elven girl seed to realize what Alia was doing as she relaxed her body.
It seed to have been a success as Alia managed to get close to the little elven girl and drape the fur coat around her.
The elf accepted the offer and clutched the fur coat.
—Unzazahash.
She suddenly spoke.
"….?"
A language, both Alia and Brandon didn't know.
"Uhm—Hey."
Alia turned to look at Brandon who looked back at her with his brows raised.
"What?"
"You speak to her. You have a knack for this, right?"
"…."
But truth be told, Brandon was quite puzzled on how he was able to communicate with the goblins.
If it worked with the elves, then it was definitely a ga changer.
With such thoughts, Brandon carefully approached them.
"….!"
Once again, the elven girl was startled as her brows furrowed, staring at Brandon.
"Uh… Uzaza?"
Brandon gestured both of his hands as a sign of surrender, speaking in whatever elven language the girl spoke.
The girl's eyes widened and she pursed her lips.
—…Azasawasu?
"…."
Wow.
'Thought they started their words with 'un', like how the goblins start with 'ku'.
How versatile.
"Azashu."
He had no idea what he was talking about.
But it seed to be working as he had fully caught the little elven girl's attention.
—Rekonsee.
"Razashi."
At this point, he was just speaking whatever cos to mind.
However, there was a certain thought he was trying to get across.
That they ant no harm, and that they wanted to know where the girl ca from.
Unlike the goblins, of course, elves were highly intelligent.
He couldn't make up their response as much as he pleased now.
In other words, he couldn't understand what the girl was saying at all.
—Hehe~
The girl suddenly chuckled, covering her mouth.
—Ingreshu?
"Ingreshu… Ah."
English.
"Yes, english."
But how did she know that?
"Can you speak in english?"
—Little.
"…I see."
Brandon looked at Alia and her eyes seed to sparkle. Just that look from her told him all she needed to say, 'I want to be the one to communicate this ti.'
Brandon chuckled and nodded his head.
Alia flashed him a warm smile. She turned to look at the girl and the two began to converse.
Brandon left after that and returned to the earth shell where Carl was being held.
He extended his hands forward and the earth shell gradually cracked.
Crack!
The earth shell crumbled and Carl quickly approached Brandon.
"You were so cool!"
"Hehe."
Brandon ruffled the boy's hair, and the two approached Alia and the little girl.
Scanning, Alia looked like a mother talking to her daughter.
"What did she tell you?"
Alia noticed his arrival as she stopped mid conversation and turned to look at Brandon.
She flicked her head back to the little elven girl and she stepped forward.
The elven girl's lips gently parted open and her sweet voice reached Brandon's ears.
"My na, Aurelia."
"Ah. Nice to et you. My na is Brandon."
"Buh… Ran… Den…?"
"Brandon."
He corrected her.
The little girl seed to struggle pronouncing his na as she looked like she was about to overload from thinking.
"Uhm. Sothing like that."
He decided to drop the matter. It wasn't important at all.
"Could you tell us more about you?"
"Oki."
Aurelia nodded her head.
"I am elf."
"…."
Obviously.
"Uhm. Anything more? Like where your ho is…?"
"Ho…?"
She tilted her head.
It seed like she didn't know what the word was.
"Ho is the place where you feel safe. Where you can be yourself. A comfort zone. A place where you and your family lives."
Aurelia seed to listen attentively. But listening to him, her expressions suddenly cracked.
"No ho."
She shook her head.
"No place."
Brandon exchanged conflicted looks with Alia and Carl.
From how he could interpret it, Aurelia basically ant she had no place to call ho.
No place where she feels safe.
Several theories started to spark in his mind.
The girl could've been a rare elven race, judging from her appearance. Separated from her people when the calamity struck and all the races descended down on earth.
Or, she could've been a runaway. A child who refused to go back ho.
This conjecture arose when he realized the look on Aurelia's face when he ntioned 'family'.
Of course, it could've also ant that her family died. But that shouldn't be a sole reason for the girl to leave her community.
If there actually was an elven community.
That, or she had no mories of a place called ho.
It was truly fascinating.
"How co you can speak english?"
It was definitely odd.
"Don't know."
She shook her head.
"I was ss with you first. You speak weird words. But so reason, I understand you."
"…."
"Ingreshu. I don't know. I can speak it."
"I see."
He left it at that.
Either Aurelia was hiding secrets, or she truly didn't know.
Regardless, Brandon decided to drop the matter. If Aurelia was speaking the truth, then only ti would tell.
But due to Aurelia's current predicant, his plans to use her as a leverage to et with the elves weren't possible anymore.
However, there was one more question.
"Crystal."
Aurelia, who seed to be in deep thought, raised her head as soon as she heard his voice.
Brandon continued.
"Is it your power?"
All of a sudden, Aurelia clasped her hands together and magic energy started to gather around her.
The mana swirled and shortly after…
Cr… Crack!
"…."
A tiny crystal golem suddenly materialized.
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