Miss Demon King, Please Endure a Little Longer - Volume 3 Chapter 19
Chapter 19: I Really Do Know
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The Whistle Deer ran very fast. The human kingdom’s carriages weren’t specially adapted for them, so when the convoy left the royal capital and entered the wilderness, the Whistle Deer were like several runaway wild horses, jumping incredibly high and running incredibly fast.
The effect was remarkable. Before the sky even darkened in the afternoon, the convoy had reached the edge of the forest and stopped for a brief rest.
The front carriage opened first, and Celeste got out, supporting herself against the wheel under the carriage to take a look.
“In the future, when we import Whistle Deer, we can’t directly hitch them to this type of carriage,” she said. “We need to modify the axles and upgrade the wheels.”
Upgrade the thickness of the outer rim padding to increase shock absorption.
Vina also came over to take a look and clicked her tongue in amazement: “There are even cracks on the wheels. I’m afraid we won’t be able to use them on the way back. Little Ai was really thoughtful, knowing there would be this kind of situation and requesting Dragon Eagles in advance so we can fly back after we finish our business.”
Celeste nodded in agreement, but now there was a small problem, where was Aira?
The rear carriage took quite a while to open. A blonde and a pink-haired big-breasted girl helped each other down, their eyes glazed and expressions rather subtle.
Only Zero, who followed behind them, had a calm expression.
“What happened to you two?”
“Nothing much, it’s just that after entering the wilderness, the carriage was extremely bumpy,” the assassin girl explained. “Their bodies couldn’t quite adapt to it.”
When the carriage bumped once, their big white rabbits had to bounce three times, of course they couldn’t adapt to that.
The sound of Whistle Deer hooves rang out again. It turned out that Trika from ahead had returned, and without dismounting, she sat on her deer looking down at the girls from above: “Why did you stop?”
“This is our first time coming here,” Celeste said. “We wanted to look at the scenery of this place.”
“Right, right,” Vina also chimed in. “The scenery is so beautiful, we wanted to take a few more looks.”
Since they were actually stopping to let Aira rest a bit, they were all making excuses.
As they say, you don’t hit someone who’s smiling at you. When people are praising your homeland’s scenery, what more is there to say? Trika had no choice but to let them rest for a while.
Aira observed the surroundings. The Central Great Forest was a place with an excellent geographical location, abundant sunshine year-round, lush vegetation, and rich life energy. Towering trees stood like the supporting pillars of buildings, together constructing this paradise on earth.
In comparison, the forest around the Demon King’s Castle was very gloomy, with ghostly faces growing on the tree trunks.
Same world, different treatment.
After resting for a while, the convoy set off again. Fortunately, the ground in the forest was softer than outside, so it wasn’t as bumpy.
Opening the window, Aira looked up at the sky outside. The sky was invisible, the canopies of various thousand-year-old trees blocked out the sun.
“Hasn’t it gotten dark yet?”
She had a small question. It was clearly already evening when they reached the forest’s edge.
The window of the front carriage also opened, and Celeste poked her head out to tell her: “I read in the materials that the elven race’s core territory is called the Firefly Forest, which is where we are now. Most of the plants and insects here have luminescent abilities and can provide illumination even at night, hence the name.”
“I see… Thank you for specifically opening the window to tell me.”
Opening the window and sticking her head out just to say a few words, now that’s real sincerity.
Since they were already in the core area, it meant they weren’t far from their destination. Indeed, about 10 minutes later, the convoy came to a complete stop.
Trika and the others who had been leading the way ahead had quickened their pace a few minutes earlier and arrived before the girls. When Aira got out of the carriage, she saw them surrounding an elderly female elf walking toward them.
This adult elf was quite old. Although there were no wrinkles on her face, her hair was already graying. You could tell she had been a beauty in her youth. The wisdom accumulated over more than a thousand years had settled on her face, with the years carving out gentle and steady contours.
“Hello, young people from the human race,” she looked at the girls with peaceful eyes. “My name is Isadora, and I’m an elder of the elven race.”
“Hello,” Celeste stepped forward to greet her politely and introduced the five best people on their side.
She herself was a swordsman of the kingdom, the red-haired loli was a mage of the kingdom, the blonde girl was a saintess of the kingdom, the black-haired girl with a single ponytail was a scout of the kingdom, and the pink-haired big-breasted girl was the kingdom’s… well, an important figure of the kingdom.
With five people to introduce, it took quite a while, but Isadora listened patiently without interrupting.
Trika on the side couldn’t help but interject: “You don’t need to introduce yourselves, I already told the elder just now…”
“To understand a person, the more perspectives you have, the more truly you can understand them,” Isadora interrupted her.
Elders indeed have the presence of elders. With one sentence, she made the proud Trika lower her head.
At this time, Celeste stepped forward and said: “Elder Isadora, we know that this invitation wasn’t just for friendly exchange. The elven race is facing something significant. Please explain in detail.”
She was a bit worried that the elven race’s way of doing things was as slow and leisurely as their lifestyle. What if the seal broke and the 120-year-old little girl jumped out while they still didn’t understand the situation?
Hearing this, Isadora’s expression became slightly more serious: “It seems you’ve already heard something. I’d like to know, how much do you understand?”
Celeste looked toward the kingdom’s important figure, that is, the pink-haired big-breasted girl.
“It’s hard to say. Our overall understanding of the situation is definitely not as much as yours,” Aira said with an air of nonchalance. “But there are some things I know that you don’t.”
As soon as she said this, Trika immediately looked at Sylithea, who had a face full of grievance.
“That’s impossible,” the loli of the elven diplomatic mission said quietly. “I only said three words, and just that once. I absolutely didn’t leak anything else… I don’t have anything else to let slip anyway.”
She didn’t know any more intelligence herself.
Trika thought about it and agreed: “Elder, she must be bluffing. I made inquiries in the human royal capital, and they all said that pink-haired big-breasted women are the best at bewitching people’s hearts.”
This wasn’t wrong at all, the intelligence from the royal capital was quite accurate.
Aira thought for a moment and casually asked a question: “She was 120 years old before being sealed. If the seal breaks and she comes out, how old would she be?”
Isadora immediately understood that the human girl before her truly knew, and that previous statement was probably not false either.
“In the seal, age doesn’t count. If we must calculate it, she would be about 1,200 years old,” the elven elder slowly turned around. “It’s very late now. Rest first. Tomorrow I’ll take you to see.”
“What about the Dragon Eagles?”
“Sure, you can pick them yourselves when the time comes.”
“Excellent.” Aira looked smugly at Trika, shrugging her small shoulders under the other’s gritting teeth and glaring gaze. “I want the biggest one!”
The Demon King was indeed good at bewitching people’s hearts, ask for anything and get it. Isn’t that infuriating?