65 – Endurance-5

“Now, give me a minute!”

A man rushed into the inn room and called me.

“What happened.”

“That’s it!”

I involuntarily glared at him.

It wasn’t intentional. It was just that the melancholy feelings I felt when I saw Celia a while ago still lingered.

I couldn’t play with the kids for a while and had to go back in. I wasn’t in the mood to laugh.

“It’s probably better to call the person in the next room.”

Eleanor could at least walk.

She was hiding her identity because she didn’t like complicated things happening, but she was still a princess.

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Just by looking at her armor and the dazzling wagon that had just entered, you could guess her identity to some degree.

There would be no more monsters like the Orc Lord, and even if there were, there would be no need to call me.

“That, the elf who accompanied me…”

It was a little strange.

To me, they were infinitely bad warrior party members, but they weren’t the ones who openly drove disputes and incidents.

Aside from Nerwen’s racist thoughts, she was someone who could hide her thoughts.

If her patience hadn’t been cut off by the many things that happened during the trip, she wouldn’t have spoken so harshly to me either.

“I think you’ll handle it on your own.”

To some extent, I believed her. It didn’t seem like it would cause a problem in the first place.

“No! He’s interrupting the town’s ceremony and aiming his bow, but the atmosphere is so bloody…”

“Consciousness?”

it is a rural village We continued to move away from the capital, and this village is much more rundown than the ones we had visited before.

It was unlikely that there would be a shaman or priest capable of performing the ritual, and a mage would find it difficult to stop even briefly at an inn like this.

“Let’s go first.”

It was not a difficult and arduous journey, but the wagon journey is not inherently easy. It’s muggy during the day, your hands and feet tremble from sweating at night, and boredom and boredom honestly eat away at your mental strength.

I forcibly took my clothes and holy sword and walked after him. On a mountainside slightly away from the center of the village, there was a clumsy altar.

“Are you there?”

“No. A little further up…”

As he followed his steps, he found Nerwen surrounded by villagers.

But the fact that she was aiming arrows at civilians made it clear who was strong and who was weak.

“…What is it, Nerwen?”

She definitely met my eyes, but she didn’t let go of the bow easily.

I slowly moved forward and stood in front of her arrow.

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The moment Nerwen saw his face, he knew things were going wrong.

“Explain.”

The whole body loses strength. The bow will naturally be put down.

It wasn’t the first time I’d aimed a bow at him. I’ve never had murderous intentions, but when I fight, there are many things I have to point my bow at.

But she was sure. Even if there was a target right next to his face, the certainty that the arrow wouldn’t miss even a single inch.

Feeling the tightness of the bowstring next to her cheek, and the certainty that as long as she held the arrow, no matter what, she wouldn’t let it go.

But now it wasn’t there. The slightest amount of anxiety she felt would put the arrow through his heart.

And what made her more anxious than the lost confidence was Enerel’s death itself.

If he gets hit by an arrow and gets angry with Nerwen, then he might really not be able to stand it.

If you are unlucky, and her arrow pierces his heart horribly, that should never have happened.

Nerwen put down her bow.

“Do, help! That elf tried to break the sacred tree in our village!”

His expression darkened even more. However, Nerwen’s angry eyes couldn’t bear to look at his expression.

“Don’t talk nonsense. Your stupid eyes can barely see that much…”

The huge tree that rose midway up the mountain created a pretty magnificent appearance with several trunks intertwined.

“Sir, the gods will be angry! This harvest ritual is over!”

“You fool. I just tried to make arrows, and that’s just wood. Don’t let savage humans interfere with the judgment of the elves!”

The farmer’s words touched Nerwen’s pride.

People see elves and think of their excellent archery skills and beautiful looks. However, that was not a special element that only elves had.

Even among humans, there may be bows, and although it is a slightly different concept, if it is a huge mechanical bow, it can have an impact or range that even elves’ archery could not achieve.

It was very rare to find a race where all members were beautiful like the elves, but there were many beautiful people among humans and other races.

But when it comes to trees and life, no race can match their mystical sorcery and understanding.

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Just as fighting a dwarf’s metallurgy was something worth fighting for, fighting an elf with wood was an act that hurt her pride.

“That sounds pretty bad.”

However, even Enerel was not in a situation where he could afford to consider it.

“Are you talking about me?”

“Oh, no. It’s just… that.”

“I’m a human too, so why? To that person, you can call him an uncivilized human, but I can’t bear to do that?”

You cannot treat the hero chosen by the goddess carelessly. Aside from that, Enerel showed her nobility while participating in the Hero’s Journey.

But even aside from such trifles, Nerwen couldn’t resist him. I couldn’t resist. He couldn’t do anything he didn’t like.

It was she who made the oath, but an even greater impulse was pressing on Nerwen.

“Ugh…”

He shook his head.

“It’s okay. Let’s talk about the details, and apologize first.”

“what?”

The villagers in front of her were really ordinary people.

Not a noble elf from birth, but a mischievous aristocrat with a mediocre title would not have had to apologize to these people.

“Can’t you?”

she didn’t do anything wrong She wasn’t particularly vegetarian or life-oriented, but as an elf, she thought trees were cute.

It was they, not her, who were killing the trees. It wasn’t even a divine tree, it was just a tree.

“I can’t bow my head to people like that, what is that?”

His eyes get cold every minute. At first, the villagers, who were delighted with the appearance of the reinforcements, began to sweat as if they felt that the atmosphere was unusual.

“Well, I’ve never done it before, so it’s only difficult.”

For a moment his gaze escaped Nerwen, and she involuntarily let out a sigh of relief.

It was a shame to lose his trust right away, and I didn’t like hearing that she was incompetent.

But now, this moment was better than continuing.

“I’ll show you a demonstration.”

“what?”

“Look closely, that’s how you do it.”

He politely bowed toward the villagers.

Without any shame, just like it was the right thing to do.

“I’m sorry. I’ve caused trouble by not being able to take care of the children. There are wizards and priests among us, so I’ll find a way to restore them.”

“Ah, uh, thank you…”

If he seemed even a little complacent, he might have gotten even more angry because the ceremony was interrupted.

However, their arrogance had already reached its limit just by arguing with the elves.

If there had been anyone who had a bright idea from the beginning, they would not have thought of putting such pressure on an elf who was dozens of times stronger than a human.

The war of nerves between the two did not last long, but the life that spewed out from there was not easy.

Farmers slowly averted their eyes. I couldn’t imagine that if a group of people with pitchforks and pickaxes got together, they would be able to defeat him.

“You don’t have to!”

Nerwen cried out as if she was sick, unable to bear the sight.

But Enerel stood up casually and urged her on.

“Okay, did you see it? I’m sorry.”

And that gaze again made the elf, who had overwhelmed them all just before, tremble like a deer in front of a predator.

“I, I am the battle of the elves…”

“You said you would swear.”

Nerwen bit her lip.

I expected that it would not be possible to do only what I wanted to do. I thought I could do hard work and somewhat humiliating work.

But this wasn’t what she expected. It wasn’t even her fault, but she had to bow her head in front of the lowly and inferior.

“I did.”

“Ah, I see!”

But if she didn’t accept it here, Enerel might throw her out without a doubt.

I have a promise right now, so even if I leave her alone, she will be abandoned as soon as I reach the World Tree and acquire information.

Nerwen bit her lip and held back tears.

Resentment and shameful despair overtook her, but there was no one to be on her side.

Eventually, she bowed her head.