When we arrived at the elven capital, we got off the giant mining cart and stretched before walking around.
The sa elf that gave us the tour was the one who guided us through the town.
Even though this was the capital, it wasn’t nearly as big as other non-capital cities in other countries.
Contrary to the Silverleaf settlent, the capital had stone paths and roads. However, they looked quite rough, and it was easy to tell that those streets weren’t made for carriages to ride on.
The capital had a lot more elves living in it, which was expected. Still, everyone stared at us when they saw us walking by.
When we got closer to the castle, two elf guards blocked our path with their spears and inquired about our visit.
Out of all the elves that we had seen, the two guards seed the most unfazed about our presence in their city. In fact, they didn’t even make eye contact with us.
The tour guide said that Princess Eve had received a visitor, and sohow, that was enough for the elves to pull back their spears and let us through.
"That’s it? They are not even going to ask us who we are?" I asked the guide.
After letting out a chuckle, he explained that elves had no reason to distrust each other.
If we had arrived on our own and told the elves that we wanted to see the princess, they would have turned us down. However, if any other elf vouched for us, then the problem was over.
’Well, it makes sense. They don’t get anyone from outside, so at so point after hundreds of years, everyone inside the veil must have known each other quite well...’ I thought.
"Umm, shouldn’t soone have told Eve that we were coming? What if she is busy?" lina asked as we got closer to the entrance.
The guide chuckled again and thanked lina for her concern about formalities. Still, he expressed that elves didn’t follow the sa convention in their culture.
"Everyone knows that Princess Eve returned to the castle a few weeks ago, so it should be fine!" the elf replied.
Elves didn’t need to ask their king, who they referred to as the "chief," for an audience whenever they had a problem. Instead, they just went to the castle and talked to him like any other citizen.
’That’s actually kind of nice. Although, I would imagine it would be impossible to have a system like this if their population was three tis the size...’ I thought.
Reaching the double doors of the castle, two more guards were standing outside, and an elf wearing a monocle greeted us.
"Welco, new guests. My na is Aimar, and I’m the butler of the chief’s family," the elf said.
Our group introduced one by one, but I couldn’t focus that much as I kept looking at the elf’s monocle.
’Why is he wearing that? Are lenses a thing in this world?’ I thought.
During my ti in this world, I had never seen soone wearing glasses, much less a monocle, so I was extrely curious about it.
’Is it a relic? So sort of magic item?’ I pondered.
I knew that my holy panaceas could cure blindness, although I didn’t know if it worked on soone who was born blind, for example.
It would be the sa if a person looked straight at the sun and made their eyesight worse by burning their retinas. It was sothing that the holy panacea could cure.
"Umm, sir. Is your eyesight on your right eye okay?" I asked.
The elf looked confused at my question, being the very first question I asked was about him. It took him a few seconds, but he answered honestly with a slight smile.
"We elves sotis are born with hazy eyes. You could say it’s an incurable disease..." he replied.
"And, does that monocle still help you?" I asked again.
"Wh-what do you an?" he asked.
I knew from experience in my past world that the older you got, the worse your eyesight, so every few years, people who wore glasses had to have a check-up to make sure that the formula was still the correct one.
After I explained that the formula in the lenses had to be changed every few years, the elf looked shocked and admitted that he had been having trouble with it for a long ti.
’Hmm, for a human, it could be sothing like 2-3 years for their eyesight to change. For an elf, it must be at least ten years or sothing...’ I thought.
I was coming up with a few ideas and asked Aimar if I could et with him after we talked to the princess.
He looked at , scanning as his eyes went up and down, then nodded in agreent.
Aimar said that it was common for elves to be born with bad eyesight, and they seed to have the knowledge to make lenses. However, the butler was the only elf I saw wearing sothing like that.
’If it’s so common, why is he the only one with a monocle?’ I pondered.
The butler took us inside the castle, which was more beautiful on the inside as the ceiling was lit up with a spell that made it seem as if there was no roof.
It almost felt like an invisibility spell to be able to see the sky from inside, but I could tell that the enchantnt they used worked a bit differently.
As we sat down on a few chairs lined with golden adornnts, Aimar left the room to fetch the princess.
Surprisingly, it didn’t take Eve too long to co to us, as she arrived wearing a simple dress that she used as pajamas.
"lina!" the elven princess exclaid.
"Eve!" her friend replied with the sa enthusiasm as they hugged each other.
"What are you guys doing here? Wait, actually, how did you guys even get here?" Eve asked, curious and impatient.
"Uhh, well... It’s a bit of a long story," said lina, scratching the back of her head.
"We got ti. Tell what I can do to help!"
’Heh, Eve looks just as happy as ever...’
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