‘It was just a simple spell failure, nothing major. Every caster experiences this.’ Astraea comforted herself with that thought.
But she had to admit, failing the spell in front of Luo En and the two great knights was really embarrassing for an elf.
Indeed, Elf Divine Magic wasn’t as simple as Astraea had thought—simply replacing the Love God’s symbol with the Elven Goddess’s symbol didn’t work.
She didn’t know what the Elven Goddess had modified.
Even though they were essentially the same deity, the magic circuits between the two divine spells weren’t compatible.
The little elf had wasted half the day building the magic circuit, only to release an ordinary Purification Spell.
The purification particles converted from elements were useless against the black mist.
At most, they purified the air in the sewer that the little elf had already purified once.
The situation was awkward.
Looking at the goblin corpse still emitting black mist, the little elf scratched her head.
But just then, just as Astraea was about to explain that she actually didn’t know Elf Divine Magic, a pink light suddenly emanated from her body.
After flickering for a moment, it turned pale green.
A complex magic circuit materialized out of thin air, and all Astraea had to do was connect it with her magic core to use it.
The little elf was stunned.
Luo En, on the other hand, immediately drew his longsword.
“What’s going on? An enemy?”
Even though the aura of the magic circuit felt somewhat familiar to Luo En, he remained vigilant and had to take precautions.
In the All-Father’s little stories of the Kingdom of Prosperity, it was recorded that enemies disguise themselves as allies to deceive the All-Father.
Sensitive Lucius calmed the restless Luo En and also pushed back Maximus’s almost-drawn sword.
He was sensitive to such things.
“No, this should be divine power.”
“I don’t know why the Love God’s presence and the Elven Goddess’s presence appeared at the same time, but Astraea must have attracted the gods’ attention.”
This was more than just attention!
This was hand-feeding her!
In his decades as a holy knight, Lucius had never seen a god directly build a magic circuit for their own believer.
All he could say was that this little one, Astraea, must be very favored by the Elven Goddess, and perhaps also by the God of Love and Beauty.
As a human holy knight, logically he should cut down anyone blessed by a hostile god, but she also carried the All-Father’s aura…
Now Lucius was very curious about where Maximus, that big fool, had found such a bizarre little elf.
Looking at the magic circuit interwoven in pink and pale green, Astraea hesitated.
‘Is this really okay?’
‘Are those gods digging another pit for me to fall into?’
While being blurrily devoured by Luo En wasn’t out of the question, the little elf still hoped to experience everything clear-headed.
“Connect the magic circuit. The gods won’t harm their believers.”
Seeing the little elf still hesitating, Lucius encouraged her.
“Okay, okay.”
Although she had been tricked by gods before, after careful thought, Astraea, who genuinely liked Luo En, realized that those strange gods had never actually harmed her.
With that, the little elf finally mustered the courage to link the magic circuit built by the Elven Goddess to her magic core.
In an instant, divine light blazed in the sewer.
The four of them felt as if they were in the Elven Sacred Forest.
No, it seemed this was the Sacred Forest!
The goblin’s paltry black mist was completely burned away by the dense elven divine power, and the four of them were no longer in the sewers of the Royal Capital.
“What’s happening?”
After connecting to the magic circuit, Astraea felt the extremely comfortable aura permeating the air and instantly realized she had been tricked by the gods again.
That was because within the large Elf Divine Magic version of the Purification Spell circuit, there was also a miniature Teleportation Spell embedded.
Astraea had thought it was the Elven Goddess’s symbol earlier; she only discovered its function after linking her magic core.
Looking around, the forest was lush and green, with visible elemental particles floating in the air.
If Astraea were to use Resurrection Magic here, she could probably create a War Treant a hundred meters tall.
But Maximus and Lucius, the two big guys, were nowhere to be seen.
Only Luo En, wearing blue armor with the emblem of the Maximus family, sat with his back against a large tree.
‘As long as Luo En is fine.’
Thinking this, the little elf took off her cumbersome cloak and stood up to walk toward Luo En.
The reason she had been wearing the cloak all along was that she always felt watched in human society.
Now that she had been teleported back to the Elven City-State, there was no need to hide herself.
Although she wasn’t tall, barely over 1.4 meters, Astraea’s figure was quite impressive.
Without the cloak, it was fully revealed.
Even when covered by the cloak, there had been a noticeable curve; now that it was off, it was even more…
But the little elf was still wearing leather armor, and that pair of mounds was tightly bound by the snug leather, making it hard to breathe.
Ignoring those details, the little elf approached the “big can” and gently shook his body.
“Luo En? Luo En?”
No response.
Astraea removed the fully enclosed helmet, revealing Luo En, unconscious with his eyes shut.
Not gonna lie, Astraea thought the helmet was quite ugly.
Without it, Luo En’s face paired with this blue armor looked much more handsome.
Although Luo En was no longer the boyish appearance he had before, just looking at him made Astraea blush.
After using her magic to examine Luo En’s body and finding he was unharmed, the little elf had mischievous thoughts.
This was the Elven Sacred Forest, which in elven culture represented the birth of elves—a very holy place.
If she “ate” Luo En here, wouldn’t that be thrilling!
The leaves of the trees rustled in the wind, as if agreeing with the little elf’s idea.
Thinking of this, Astraea’s eyes grew hazy, ‘Time for some foreplay…’
The little elf climbed onto the big can, leaned close to Luo En’s resolute face, and breathed warm air onto the knight’s cheek.
‘When you can’t bear it, you don’t have to!’
With her mind full of Luo En, Astraea kissed the young knight’s lips, her burning desire unapologetically prying open his mouth.
“Mm… gulp… gulp.”
The unconscious Luo En had no reaction at all and just let the little elf do as she pleased.
Revenge!
Mm…~ Don’t get me wrong; the little elf was just thirsty and drinking water.
Having satisfied a bit of her desire, Astraea straightened up.
She was panting slightly.
The leather armor that had been binding her was already undone, and her two mounds were only held by a thin top.
Feeling playful, Astraea bent down slightly, and the weight that would hinder her in battle pressed fully onto Luo En’s face.
If Luo En were awake now, he would probably do something beastly.
Too bad he could only be worse than a beast~
Astraea reached out to fumble with Luo En’s armor.
She couldn’t wait any longer.
She wanted to undo this troublesome tin can and then with Luo En…
“You two shameless ones! What are you doing trespassing in the sacred ground!”
A sharp shout came from above, making the little elf’s hand tremble.
‘Oh no!’
Interrupting her, she didn’t need to think to know it was the Sacred Guard of Elves!
That thought flashed through Astraea’s mind.
She didn’t even have time to re-tie her leather armor before pulling out her straight sword and standing on Luo En’s chest.
Two figures descended from above, and almost instantly, two spears were crossed at Astraea’s neck.
The little elf didn’t react at all; she just saw a blur.
“A cub?”
The taller of the two elves frowned in confusion.
The other elf saw the blue can under Astraea’s feet.
“And a human!”
That elf immediately thrust his spear toward Luo En’s neck.
“Seniors, please go easy!”
This made Astraea panic.
Ignoring the spears at her neck, she swung her straight sword to block the attack aimed at Luo En.
“Brat, what are you doing!”
The elven whose attack was blocked was furious.
He hadn’t expected an elf cub to dare stop him from killing the enemy.
As he prepared to thrust again, Astraea stubbornly held her sword diagonally and stood in front of Luo En.
The other elf reached out to stop his angry companion.
He glanced at the collar around the little elf’s neck and said, “Little sister, were you born over on the human side?”
Although rare, elves had seen some elves born in human kingdoms.
Such elves were usually bred by nobles with particular tastes, who selected elven captives.
Elves raised with human indoctrination might defend their “masters.”
Elves detested this behavior, but they also sympathized deeply with their kin in such situations.
Seeing the collar around Astraea, the Sacred Guard naturally assumed that identity for her.
Although they didn’t know how the two had appeared in the sacred ground, the Sacred Guard showed a lot of patience.
The spears at her neck were gone.
Astraea breathed a sigh of relief.
She cast a wary glance at the angry Sacred Guard elf and then lowered the tip of her sword toward the ground.
She didn’t dare sheathe her sword, so she responded to the calm elf like this.
Seeing this, the calm elf became even more certain of his guess.
“Don’t be afraid, little sister. We are your kin. We won’t hurt you. What’s your name?”
“…Astraea.” The little elf gave her name but not her surname.
Given her collar, she could roughly guess what he was thinking.
Since he was willing to think that way, she might as well use that assumption.