“Senior, what should we do?”
“?”
Enya was suddenly asked and felt quite puzzled.
She had witnessed the entire friendly exchange between Sophia and Wendy, just watching from the sidelines without interfering in the slightest.
But now Sophia was asking her—what should they do?
Enya’s gaze drifted past Sophia and landed on the iron cage, where Wendy was also glancing over.
When she noticed Enya looking at her, the Forest Elf girl quickly turned her head away.
Seeing this, Enya smiled, then turned to Sophia, who was looking at her, seeking advice.
Enya could only give the young lady a somewhat helpless look and said,
“You elves really like to pretend nothing happened, don’t you?”
“Ah?”
A question mark seemed to pop up above Sophia’s head.
Now it was her turn to be confused.
Why would her senior suddenly say such a thing? Did she really like to pretend nothing had happened?
But she couldn’t remember—did she really?
Enya saw the look of bewilderment on her face and couldn’t help but sigh. “If you pretend the first time, you’ll pretend the second time, and in the end, you’ll instinctively avoid solving the problem. That’s a very bad habit.”
“Mm, I understand.”
After thinking it over for a moment, Sophia’s eyes widened slightly, and she quickly caught on.
“It’s like I subconsciously push problems I should solve myself onto the reliable elders instead of thinking of my own solutions.”
She said to herself in her heart.
“Sophia, you’re not a child anymore. You have to learn to make your own decisions. You’ve already come to the Human World, and this is your own choice!”
Fully understanding Enya’s good intentions, she nodded firmly. The gloom on her face was swept away, replaced by a hint of a smile.
It was as if the clouds had parted to reveal radiant sunshine.
Sophia turned her head toward Wendy, who was sneaking peeks in their direction.
She walked over to Wendy, stood by her side, and softly asked,
“Tell me, Wendy. How did you come to the Human World? How were you captured? What did they do to you? Tell me everything.”
As Sophia spoke, she also reached out and opened the cage.
The key had been given to Enya earlier, and Enya had handed it to Sophia.
Now she unlocked the cage door.
Wendy’s hair spread to both sides, revealing her smooth, fair forehead, with a touch of blue at the center of her brows.
At this moment, there was a hint of fear on her face.
Her small mouth was still red!
Sophia gave an awkward laugh and comforted her.
“I’m not blaming you, really. After all, even I… cough, never mind that. Wendy, just answer my questions honestly.”
“Yes…”
Wendy raised her head slightly, looking at Sophia’s face, which was covered by a veil.
Normally, she would have no chance to interact with such a “young lady” as Sophia.
While there was hardly any criminal law among elves, for those who violated certain taboos, there were still necessary punishments.
Wendy’s rosy lips trembled as she quietly recounted her experience coming to the Human World.
Enya sat not far away, legs elegantly crossed, listening silently to Sophia and Wendy’s conversation.
Wendy said she had crossed the Boundary Line set by the elves, traveled a certain distance, and then passed over a Great Rift before encountering a group of strange humans.
The encounter was vivid in her memory, and Wendy still remembered how those people were dressed. Among them was one wearing a white robe.
A white robe—could it be a Lord of Mist Church follower?
After Wendy was knocked out, she thought she was going to be killed.
But instead, they put Special Handcuffs on her that kept draining her Magic Power, tied her up, and stuffed her into a sack.
When she was finally taken out of the sack, Wendy saw several other humans.
These humans were holding a box full of gold coins, discussing something with the ones who had captured her.
Afterward, Wendy was locked in a large room for several days, during which a human Maid changed her clothes.
She was no longer wearing elven attire, but a human slip dress.
Though the degree of exposure wasn’t all that different.
Later, she was Auctioned off on that stage.
When Wendy learned she was sold for Six Thousand Gold Coins, she was even a bit pleased with herself.
It was the first time her value had ever been affirmed.
But as the Forest Elf girl was grinning foolishly, Sophia landed a punch on her head, scolding her for not knowing just how much Six Thousand Gold Coins actually was!
The moment Wendy thought about the value of Six Thousand Gold Coins…
She almost wanted to crawl back into the cage, but Sophia pulled her back.
Sophia unlocked the Special Handcuffs from Wendy’s wrists, then hugged her suffering Forest Elf kin, embracing her and gently stroking from the back of her head down to her lower back.
She softly soothed the Forest Elf girl’s emotions.
“It’s all right now. It’s over.”
“Mm, thank you, thank you for saving me.”
Wendy thought of how she had already been prepared to die for her honor, but then met Sophia and was given a chance to live.
Her eyes reddened, shimmering with crystalline tears.
Sophia let go of the embrace, wiped the corner of Wendy’s eye, and smiled.
“It was Senior who saved you.” “Senior?”
Upon hearing this title, Wendy instinctively looked toward the human woman who had been at her side all along, but had never spoken to her.
What kind of person must she be to be addressed as “Senior” by Sophia?
That one look happened to meet Enya’s gaze, and Enya squinted her eyes with a smile at her.
Wendy immediately hid her head behind Sophia’s shoulder, as if, as long as she couldn’t see Enya, Enya couldn’t see her either.
Enya had visited the Elven Kingdom before and knew that the elves’ personalities all shared similar traits, with avoidance being the most prominent.
Because behind them stood the Mother of All Things, the goddess of nature.
As long as their god responded to their prayers and favored them with blessings, the elves would continue to act like children, always pushing problems onto whoever played the “mother” role.
Now, the most highly respected among the elves was that Saintess,
Eliv. The Saintess to whom all Forest Elves and Gold Elves devoted themselves wholeheartedly had already become their spiritual second mother.
It was enough to give one a headache. Every time Enya thought about having to worry about every little and big thing among the whole race, she felt it might be better to just drop dead and be done with it.
And that Saintess Eliv, ever since she inherited the position of Saintess, had tirelessly cared for these “children” who hadn’t grown up, to the point where even Enya deeply admired her.
Compared to Eliv, Enya always felt she could never match that level of dedication.
Enya squinted her eyes slightly.
Wendy had been sent over by Sharon; she had prepared this move from the start.
Originally, it was meant to give the elves looking for their lost kin a good opportunity to make connections.
But this chess piece was used by Sharon ahead of time on Enya, perhaps because she thought that Enya, who hid her true form, was also an elf?
The Mist Archbishop Order was in the northern mountains.
Golden Town and the Mist Archbishop Order had a partnership, but either could betray the other at any time.