The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

Chapter 6 Friends ()

His fingertips slid across Du Feiya's palm and collected the last few silver coins. Li Yin clearly felt that the other person's palm trembled inadvertently.

He held his breath and remained still for a while, then he mustered up the courage to look at the other person, only to see that Du Feiya had her head slightly lowered, not knowing what she was thinking.

He was stunned for a while, and felt his whole body numb and his mind blank. He didn't know what to do. He was not sure what to do. He didn't know whether to go left or right. He didn't know whether to open his mouth or not. But when he closed his mouth, he felt like he should say something.

Finally, he finally spoke slowly: "Then... goodbye?"

"Ah?" Du Feiya looked up suddenly, as if waking up from a dream.

"Bye, bye." She whispered, then smiled a little, and the deep blush on both sides of her face faded slightly.

Li Yin smiled slightly, nodded, turned and walked towards the alley.

As he walked, he weighed the silver coins in his hands. The touch of the metal was hard and cold, which slightly sobered him up.

"How come charm has the tendency to make people better?" He didn't look back, but his thoughts were still on the female dark elf behind him. He felt both surprised and amused.

Not only did she become friendlier towards herself, she also learned the importance of charity.

He walked lightly to the alley entrance, turned left and turned into the next street.

After walking a few steps, the cold light of a magic street lamp fell on his shoulder. He raised his head and looked towards the light source. The not-so-bright light made him feel even cooler and brighter.

Just then, he suddenly stopped.

No - charm only changes the recipient's view of the caster, and has no effect on her attitude towards a third person.

Moreover - he was suddenly shocked. At that time... when Du Feiya was giving alms on Blackthorn Street and competing with others in knife throwing in the tavern - he didn't cast any charm on her at all!

He stood there motionless, his expression changing rapidly. After a long while, he lowered his head with a complex and unreadable expression on his face.

Could it be that...she...

"I know well enough that my fellow men ..."

"For us dark elves..."

Li Yin's mind flashed back to the words that the princess of the Denitya family had said. She kept saying "my compatriots" and "we" not out of any sense of collective identity, but on the contrary, almost every time, it was to distinguish herself from other dark elves.

This was a situation that had never occurred to any of the dark elves who had been enchanted before, whether it was Cassia, Myrcella or Turner.

This situation has nothing to do with charm.

Therefore, it can only prove that the princess of the Denitya family is originally different from other dark elves!

Her kindness towards others, and even, Li Yin suddenly realized, the unique respect and equal treatment she had for herself - all came from her own character!

Li Yin stared ahead with empty eyes, his excited face filled with disbelief.

He stood there in a daze for a while, then suddenly turned around and ran back the way he came. However, when he turned the corner again and rushed into the alley, he found that the straight stone road was already empty and he could see the end at a glance.

"Gone... already?" Li Yin muttered to himself, frowning slightly.

So fast?

That's right... He thought carefully. It only took Du Feiya a moment to transfer him out of the tavern. She knew how to use the Anywhere Door. She had just said that it was not safe for someone like her to be outside. Therefore, she must have used the Anywhere Door in a hurry after saying goodbye to him.

A slight melancholy rose in his heart, but soon, as his thoughts changed, the melancholy disappeared, and was replaced by a strong sense of relief and... guilt.

The first kind person he met in the Underdark, the first true friend - but the first thing he did to her was to use charm on her.

Even if she hadn't left yet, what could I say to her when we met? Should I disclose the situation to her?

Li Yin held his forehead with his hand, only to feel a dull pain deep in his head. His hand slid down to cover his chest, and he felt the hard touch of the Swift Stone in his pocket.

"Forget it," he racked his brains but still didn't know how to face the other party, so he turned around and went straight back along the same path.

Let's go and complete her commission first.

Strangely enough, after temporarily letting go of the idea of ​​how to meet Du Feiya, Li Yin felt a lot more relaxed. The surprise and excitement of meeting a kind, beautiful and strange dark elf girl returned to his heart, making his steps lighter.

On the other side, the residence of the second family of Nevelle, the Denitya family.

The majestic and solemn golden gate closed behind her. Du Feiya walked on the main road leading to the palace, surrounded by elite warriors belonging to her family. She felt a lot more relaxed.

Who are those male dark elves who attacked me...?

Du Feiya had a few guesses about their origins, but she couldn't come to a conclusion. However, she was not worried. After she reported the matter to the mistress, the family would naturally send a specialist to investigate. In addition, the ruling council would not ignore such a terrorist attack on multiple dark elf noble women from different families.

In short, she just needs to wait quietly for the whole incident to come to light, and then decide how to deal with it next.

Before that, maybe...

The handsome face she had just parted with not long ago suddenly emerged in her mind. Under the brows as dark as the night, two eyes, one golden and one green, shone brightly, twinkling like stars in the night sky.

She had never actually seen the night sky, nor had she seen the stars, she had only read about them in books. But as someone who had always lived deep underground, she believed that the beautiful stars scattered under the sky should be not much different from those eyes.

But...her cheeks felt slightly hot as she thought of the times they had spent together before.

Was my reaction at that time too strong and too obvious?

Although I didn't do anything bad, but on our first meeting, wasn't my behavior a bit too enthusiastic? Should I try to restrain myself, otherwise, he would easily suspect that I had other intentions.

But... Du Feiya pouted her lips slightly. She didn't have any bad intentions. Maybe it was just because, in this city full of conspiracy and betrayal, it was rare to see such a kind and trustworthy person. It was not easy to make a friend around her. This was her first real friend. In her daily environment, in the eyes of most of her compatriots, the dark elves, the only purpose of "friends" was to betray. After all, you couldn't betray a ball of air.

Chapter 7 Friends ()

Therefore, in the excitement, it is inevitable...

In short, I am not a superficial person who judges people by their looks. It is just because Lord Li Yin is a good elf, oh no, a good person, that I am like that -

No, she changed her mind and slowed down her steps.

This was the first time they met and they had never spoken to each other before. Why did she think from the beginning that he was kind, sincere, and trustworthy?

Du Feiya's eyes were slightly stunned, and the temperature on her cheeks became even hotter.

Du Feiya, Du Feiya, you said that you didn't judge people by appearance - isn't it because of Lord Li Yin's appearance that you have this preconceived opinion of him?

How could you - she felt ashamed, annoyed, angry and anxious - really be such a superficial, stupid elf?

"Princess?" The warrior beside her interrupted her self-blame. Du Feiya came to her senses and found that she had completely stopped moving without knowing when. Many of her followers also stopped by her side and looked at her.

"Nothing." She glanced at the elves, a symbolic smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and she started walking again.

Fortunately... Then, a trace of relief flowed through her heart... Although the way she made the judgment was stupid and shallow, fortunately, the judgment was not wrong. Lord Li Yin was really... a good person.

Inadvertently, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly again.

But - she immediately straightened her expression - she still needed to reflect on this.

When did I become such a shallow person?

There is nothing wrong with having a good impression of other humans or elves, and there is nothing wrong with appreciating beautiful creatures, whether plants, animals or intelligent creatures. But being completely confused by the beautiful appearance and losing one's own judgment is too narrow-minded and biased.

At the same time, within one’s own tribe, this is too careless and too dangerous.

It's strange to say, Du Feiya pondered to herself, except for her father, she has never felt such a strong sense of reliability and closeness from anyone. Moreover, it was the first time they met, and it was not even now after a close conversation and contact, but when she first saw him from afar... This is really strange.

Is this... fate? Du Feiya's heart was pounding and her cheeks were warming again. So sudden, so fast, so violent, so deep...

This "supernatural" affection is simply - as magical as magic!

Du Feiya's heart suddenly felt empty, as if a thin film that had been isolating her mind from the outside world was suddenly pierced by a needle.

Her excited mood calmed down in an instant, followed by coldness, shock, hesitation and panic.

Like... magic?

Her heart began to pound again, but now a completely different emotion filled her chest.

No, no, right? !

The princess of the Dinitya family stopped again.

The dark elves around her looked at her in surprise and called out softly again.

However, this time, she did not respond. Her eyes were as if no one was around, but her sharp face was extremely stern, as if she was facing a great enemy.

She suddenly opened her lips and raised her hands. Mysterious and complex spells flowed out from her red lips, while her slender white fingers fluttered in the air like butterflies, making various hand gestures.

After a moment, her hands were fixed in front of her chest in a strange seal, and the words that kept flowing out of her mouth suddenly ended with an emphasis. The dark elf warriors around her immediately felt an extremely cold current flowing through them and gathering towards Du Feiya in the center. The cold breath made their hair stand on end, and all the dark elves shuddered. At the same time, the light around them suddenly shook and dimmed. The guards on both sides of the gate looked up in surprise and found that the constant and inextinguishable magic halo of the magic street lamp hanging in the air more than ten feet high suddenly dimmed a little.

The next moment, before the dark elf warriors recovered from the sudden cold wave, as Du Feiya withdrew her hands that were erected in front of her chest, a familiar cold air current originated from her, who was in the center of the dark elves, and rolled back to the surroundings.

As the light gradually returned to normal, the dark elf warriors raised their heads again and looked at the princess in their center.

As the cold air dissipated, the surrounding temperature gradually returned to normal, but the chill in the hearts of many dark elves did not go away.

Because just now, in the blink of an eye, a chill as cold as the gloomy air current crept up their young master's face, which was now as cold as ice.

"Charm?" Du Feiya frowned, pursed her lips, and her two violet eyes flashed like two sharp swords, emitting a cold light that could make one's skin break.

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"The second, third, fourth..." On Blackthorn Street, Li Yin silently counted the intersections he passed by one by one.

Finally, he came to the "sixth" intersection. Based on his memory, he recognized that this was the place where the Dinitya family's convoy suddenly stopped and harassed the old male dark elf beggar. He looked to the side of the road and could even clearly see the three dents left on the ground by Dufiya's silver coins.

He took a closer look and saw that the dent was very shallow. It seemed that as Du Feiya said, she just wanted to save the trouble of the beggar named Balikle from searching all over the ground. Otherwise, if she was teasing him, she could have planted the silver coins deeper, so that Balikle would have to grit his teeth and shake his head desperately to pull out the coins.

But she didn't... Li Yin curled his lips slightly, turned left, and according to the information Du Feiya had given him before, he hurried a few steps and entered an alley.

Previously, the old dark elf beggar had fled into this alley in panic under the threat of Du Feiya's family guards. Du Feiya probably guessed that he could find him here.

At first glance, the narrow alley was empty.

This was not unexpected. Unlike the bustling main road, there were no shops in this narrow alley, and even doors and windows were rare. Li Yin guessed that there were only some hurried passers-by here, and no elves would stay here on purpose. As for begging, those dark elf beggars basically gathered on the main road of Blackthorn Street, where there were a lot of people and cars, and it was a good place to beg for alms.

Du Feiya's family warriors ordered the beggar not to appear on the street again, which was almost equivalent to cutting off his last way of survival.

Chapter 117 Beggars and Slaves

Li Yin sighed slightly in his heart.

He raised his eyes and looked at the "end" of the alley. This alley was not completely straight, but curved like a snake, and turned right at the end of his sight, forming a corner.

In other words, what he saw now was not the whole alley.

Li Yin felt a little relieved, and he took a step forward. Now he could only pray silently in his heart, praying that the alleyway was longer than the place he could see, and praying that it had not been too long since the beggar was driven into this alleyway. In short, he prayed that the beggar did not leave this alleyway, so that Du Feiya's wish would not be in vain.

Fortunately, after turning the corner, Li Yin saw a human figure curled up on the ground about seven or eight steps away. From the withered and messy gray hair and two half-empty sleeves, Li Yin initially judged that this was the target he was looking for.

He took a deep breath and approached carefully.

As he got closer, Li Yin could see the furrows of dust and dirt on the face of the old male dark elf. It seemed that he had lived long enough, so long that time had already left its mark on this young and long-lived race. His back was bent, his knees were raised high, almost touching his chest, and his whole skinny body was shrunk into a tiny ball, lying on the ground on his side, his loose eyelids closed weakly, and he seemed to have fallen asleep, curled up and sleeping, just like a baby sleeping in his mother's cradle.

But he was already very old, and what lay beneath him was not a warm swaddling blanket, but a cold stone floor.

His curled-up body would tremble convulsively from time to time, and the corners of his drooping mouth would twitch occasionally, and he would let out an unconscious low groan. It was unclear whether it was because of the cold or because of the swollen purple and bloody whip marks at the torn edges of his clothes.

Li Yin hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether he should go up and wake him up.

At this moment, the shrunken and shrunken body of the male dark elf who was "sleeping" on the ground suddenly bounced up. He leaped back, retreated four or five steps in the air, then landed on his feet, bent his knees, and half-crouched on the ground like a dormant beast, with his two broken arms protecting his chest. A fierce light shone through his already turbid scarlet eyes, and a hissing sound came out of his mouth.

"What do you want to do, human?" he asked sharply, his expression fierce and mixed with a hint of disgust and disdain.

At that moment, the pity that had enveloped Li Yin's heart because of the bleak evening scene he had just seen suddenly disappeared. He opened his mouth slightly, and was shocked to realize that even if the dark elf had fallen to become a beggar, he was also a member of the slave owner's race, a freeman, a noble upper race, while he was just a slave, a lowly lower race. No matter what, it was not his turn to pity him.

He smacked his lips in a somewhat dull manner, but the mission entrusted to him by Princess Du Feiya had to continue.

He took a step forward and took out a handful of silver coins given by Du Feiya from his pocket.

The dark elf looked at him in amazement as he stretched out his fist, and took a step back nervously. When he saw the silver light leaking from the gap between his fists, he was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes glowed with greed.

Li Yin took another step forward and spread out his palms.

A handful of glittering silver coins appeared before the old dark elf beggar.

He was completely stunned. Firstly, because of this coveted wealth, and secondly, because of the unspoken meaning of this action of the male human slave.

He slowly raised his head and looked at the face of the male human slave with some disbelief.

Li Yin's expression was calm and he nodded.

But the vigilant beggar did not move forward. He still curled up in the same place, but the hostility on his wrinkled face had disappeared a lot, replaced by doubt and desire that was hard to hide.

Li Yin thought about it, then simply bent his knees and squatted on the ground, then placed the handful of silver coins on the ground in front of the dark elf beggar.

Under the surprised gaze of the dark elf beggar, he retracted his empty hand and reached into his pocket again. Then, when he stretched out his hand again, silver light seeped through his fingers again.

He placed another handful of silver coins on top of the pile of silver coins.