Speaking of this, Ella couldn't help but recall a place called school on Earth. If a person is different from others and is very timid, he or she will often become the target of bullying by others. In Angelica's case, if the other elves were not afraid that Angelica would chase them with a sickle, it would have developed into a bullying scene long ago.
"I see... As expected, the people who gather around Ella are all strange people."
"I feel like you're saying I'm weird."
"Isn't it?"
Mitis looked back at Camisia and continued.
"Actually, Ella is the weirdest one, isn't she? Ntarosphiel and all that."
Ella paused for a moment.
"Hmm, I've been having a problem."
"What?"
"How did Mitis know that I was Ntarosfiel?"
"Huh? You haven't noticed until now?"
Mitis showed a very exaggerated expression, as if the person standing in front of her was not her master, but a fool.
Sensing the mocking tone in Mitis's words, Ella angrily slapped Mitis's flapping wings.
"How could anyone discover it if I didn't tell them? After all, only Mitis has seen through it directly so far. Before, the smell might have given it away, but with the spices we got from the Black Dragon Mountains, it shouldn't be discovered that it's the same person."
"Wait—don't touch my wings."
Because there are many tiny nerves on the wings, there is a feeling of electric current running through them when they are touched. Mitis couldn't help but shudder all over, then slapped Ella's hand away, calmed her breathing, and then spoke to answer.
"It's the smell, the smell. The source of the fragrance is the dragon claw, right? Was I one of those who fought against the dragon claw with Ella in the Black Dragon Mountains? That wonderful fragrance, once you smell it, you'll never forget it."
"So that's why..."
Ella was stunned for a moment, and then her whole body drooped down like a deflated Youyou, including her sticky golden hair.
Knowing that the topic here had come to an end, Camisia spoke hesitantly.
"Princess, have you done anything unusual to Guard Grace recently?"
"Eh? Why do you say that? I know he's been acting a bit strange lately..."
The day after Grace handed her the pocket watch, Grace told her about the existence of the Holy King Council. Out of self-respect, Ella did not say "Oh, actually I know everything" with a very innocent expression. Instead, she pretended to hear it for the first time and ordered Grace not to tell this to anyone else.
What is certain is that Ella has no intention of dealing with the remaining four poor people. If they were warlords with powerful troops, she might agree with Camisia's proposal to use tough measures, but they were ordinary people who were so poor that they could not afford to eat. If they did something aggressive again, it would feel like they would be leaving them with no chance of survival. For Ella, as long as they did not do anything excessive - such as forcing people around them to join them - she would not interfere.
As for the pocket watch that had been broken into several pieces, according to Grace, it was originally a prop used to control Ella, but it failed because of the existence of the "miracle".
[That's the point... That pocket watch is just an ordinary tool used to detect magic power.]
Even though the pocket watch was shattered into pieces, Ella, with her 'High-Level Item Appraisal', was able to clearly see the original. In fact, the pocket watch Grace had given her, aside from its unusual appearance, was essentially identical to the magic power detection items sold by the Magic Chanter's Guild, simply emitting varying degrees of blue light based on the user's magic power.
Even Mitis, who had turned into a vampire, could not escape her "low-level identification", not to mention that anything could bypass the "high-level item identification". There was no possibility of error in her magic, so the only problem could be the broken pocket watch. Thinking of this, Ella couldn't help but feel that Baron Gamar was too obsessed and had placed his hopes on something illusory.
"I always feel a little sorry for it..."
"Your Majesty, Princess?"
"Ah, I'm here. Sorry, I got distracted."
"No, your business is more important."
Camisia bowed slightly.
"Ahahaha...what did Camisia just say?"
"Recently, Guard Grace and Baron Gamar haven't been in contact. According to reports from the neighbors, they seemed to have had an argument the day before yesterday, so I'm wondering if you did something."
"A dispute... maybe Grace left the Holy King Council?"
"What?"
Camisia showed a slightly surprised expression.
"Grace confessed to me yesterday about the existence of the Holy King Council, and promised me that she would never get involved in the Holy King Council again."
"W-What on earth is going on? Princess, are you using mind magic?"
"Absolutely not. It's probably because Linglan had some private contact with Grace that she subtly changed him."
"Hmm...I'll investigate."
"Um."
Nodding to Camisia, Ella prepared to walk down the city wall.
"Hey~ Ella~ I'm already level 30, can I go to Yoyo Island~?"
Before Ella could take a few steps, Angelica's energetic shouts came from below. Now, except for Shen Gan and Ella, everyone else in the team has reached level 30.
Hearing the call, Ella returned to the city wall and waved to Angelique.
"I'll be right down. Angelica, please wait for me outside the city."
"Come over here quickly, ok~?"
Before Ella could answer, Angelini couldn't wait to grab Shen Gan and ran all the way from Noble Street to the city gate. The rest of Lotte, Iris, Tifarian and Eve slowly walked towards Ella.
Ella looked at Camisia and Mitis behind her.
"Let's go too."
"Yes, my lady."
"It's fine anyway."
Chapter 73: Prayer of Destruction
*创世纪6187年8月26日 上午09:13分 尤尤岛
Unlike the continuous cloudy weather some time ago, the sunshine on Youyou Island today is unusually bright. If it weren't for the cool breeze blowing from the valley, Ella and her group sitting in the room would definitely use cooling magic.
But it was different from before. There were clearly several people gathered in the room, but the only sound was the sound of teacups knocking against porcelain plates. No one was willing to speak, and silence enveloped everyone.
As for the reason——
Angelica, the instigator, seemed to be hesitant to speak. Perhaps she could no longer bear the eerie silence, so she made up her mind to speak.
"Um... I'm only going back to Malbrune once. I'll definitely be back."
With one hand supporting her head and the other tapping lightly on the table, Mitis answered as if she were an outsider.
"Everyone knows this, right? It's just a bit of a burden when someone leaves the team. Without Angelina, it's going to be a lot less fun."
"Gurgle."
"Ms. Angelica hasn't noticed yet."
"Can't we discuss this with the envoys?"
Faced with everyone's questioning, Angelini could only retract her head little by little.
The final blow was delivered by Iris, who put down her teacup.
"After all, Angeline-chan still doesn't know why the envoys asked her to return, right? Since they're citing confidentiality as a pretext for not telling you, doesn't that mean you have reason to refuse?"
“That being said…”
Angelica lowered her head, and her brown ponytails fluttered to her forehead, revealing her pointed ears that symbolized an elf.
For Iris, this statement might be reasonable, but for Angelica it was a completely different matter. This involved a feeling called racial belonging. Iris had no good feelings towards the gods, but Angelica always regarded herself as a member of the elves. Therefore, when she heard that her race needed her, it was normal for her to be so excited that she couldn't calm down for the whole day.
Of course, Angelini was not completely oblivious to Ella and the others' pleas to stay. If possible, she would have liked to wait a few more days and go to the Elf Territory with Ella. However, the envoys did not give Angelini time. Faced with a dilemma, she had no choice but to go to the Elf Territory to deal with things first, and then return to Ella after it was over.
"After the meeting, Angelina-senpai will be leaving soon."
"Well, if everything is correct, we will leave in the afternoon."
"Haha."
Shen Gan frowned and sighed deeply. Although she wanted to say, "In that case, let's stay with Senior Angelini," she really didn't want to leave Ella. If you were to say who was the most conflicted person present, it would definitely be Shen Gan.
Tuk-tuk-tuk.
There was a knock on the door outside the room. Lotte, who was standing by the door, immediately opened it. Lord Alpha, holding a kettle, appeared in everyone's sight.
Perhaps noticing the heavy atmosphere in the room, Alpha's originally cheerful expression turned cautious.
"Um... am I disturbing you ladies?"
"No, that's not the case."
Ella stood up and answered.
"I saw you ladies staying in your rooms and didn't come out, so I thought you might be thirsty, so I came over to bring you some water... I'm so sorry for doing anything unnecessary!"
"How could that be? Miss Alpha must be having a hard time walking through a courtyard full of Yoyos."
"Compared to the help you ladies have given to Yoyo Island, this is just a trivial matter."
Because Lotte beside him took the kettle, Alpha had a free hand to wipe the sweat off his face. Through the gap between Alpha and the door frame, one could see at least half a meter of Yoyo piled up behind Alpha. Even for an adult male, it would take a lot of effort to move through. In addition, if Ella hadn't set up a defensive magic circle for the entire house, the Yoyo would have rushed into the house like an avalanche by now.
Hearing Alpha's answer, Ella couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"I don't know why, but the Yuyus always like to gather near the room..."
At first, only one or two Youyous ran to his bed, but as time went on, more and more Youyous gathered around. Now, if he didn't set up a defensive barrier, there would be so many that he couldn't move at all.
Not only that, whenever the surroundings became quiet, the Youyous would look at Ella with eyes as if expecting something - although they were of different races, Ella was sure that the eyes were expressing expectation - of course, with Youyou's cute appearance, that neat look was not creepy, but letting Youyou jump around in the room like that really affected her life, so Ella kept them all out.
"This is proof that Lady Ella is well-liked by the Yoyos. Aside from the last time we faced the strange fish, this is the first time I've seen so many Yoyos gathered together. The Yoyos only follow pure women, and if they were kind, there would be even more of them. It seems Lady Ella is actually quite popular in the outside world, right? Kind-hearted women are always irresistible."
"Eh...it's not that exaggerated."
That should just be the demons' reverence for the Demon King.
Ella scratched her head embarrassedly, and slightly turned sideways to make room for Alpha.
"Ms. Alpha, please come in and talk."
"Well, excuse me for interrupting you."
With a slight nod, Alpha walked into the house. At the same time, several Yoyos who were hiding in Alpha's hair also followed him into the room.
"Ah, Youyou is coming in."
Angelini bent down, preparing to hold the fist-sized, white-furred Yoyo in her palm, but the Yoyos just turned away with disdain and ran towards Ella at an accelerated speed.
"Damn it, why do you only like little Ella?"
"No... I don't think this is a good thing at all."
Ella waved her hands as usual, trying to drive the Yoyos away, but the Yoyos were extremely agile. They used the benches and tables as footholds and quickly jumped onto Ella's shoulders. Then they rolled up and down in Ella's golden hair.
Very skillfully, Ella grabbed Yuyu, who was always full of happiness, in her hands, and then——
Snapped.
He slammed it on the table.
"That's why I said it was troublesome."
"Wait... Ella, isn't this too much?"
Seeing Ella slap Youyou on the table, Mitis showed a worried expression, leaned forward and took Ella's hand away - Youyou had turned into a pancake shape.
“Isn’t this already tattered?”
In the eyes of the island residents, Youyou is like a guardian angel. If she is abused casually, it will definitely cause big trouble, not to mention that the lord of Youyou Island is right next to her.
Ella sighed.
"It's absolutely fine. You'll recover soon."
What Ella didn't say was that she discovered by chance that the Youyous had extremely tough bodies. At that time, Youyou lay down next to her without permission and was flattened by her when she turned over. By the time she found out, it had become only as thick as a piece of paper. At first, she was worried for a while, but when she saw that the Youyous recovered automatically and stuck to her even more, she gradually stopped worrying about Youyou's bodies. If she had to use something to compare it, it would be like a rubber ball. No matter what shape it was, it could be restored to its original shape.
Just as Ella said, the flattened Youyou quickly returned to its ball shape and jumped back onto Ella's shoulder without fear - and was slammed onto the table by Ella again.
Looking at the scene in amazement, like a hen protecting her chicks, Mitis snatched Youyou from Ella's hands.
"No matter how you look at it, this is too cruel!"
"Youyou is an energy being, and if Mitis stops her, she'll soon taste it—"
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