Cloud Thinking

When Chike saw Helia with her neat short hair, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes. After a little thought, he figured it out.

Poor princess, even her hair was burned off!

Facing Chike's inexplicably sympathetic gaze, Helia couldn't help but wonder if he had been too busy with the tasks assigned to him by Claude recently, otherwise why would he look at her like that.

Chico asked about Helia's health, and the two exchanged some polite greetings before heading to the residence of the capable assistant Claude had found for her.

The person who opened the door for them was a young man with the same white hair as Helia. The figures of the two were reflected in his amethyst-like pupils. His pointed ears with deep sapphire earrings revealed his identity. His snow-white eyelashes trembled as he blinked, and he opened his thin lips slightly, "Come in, both of you."

The house where the other person lived was decorated very warmly. It was a house that made people feel at home at a glance. Helia couldn't help but take a few more glances. When her eyes swept across one place, she stopped in amazement.

It was a head, a head that looked like a human but whose face was covered with hair. Two long and sharp fangs shone in the sun, but such a ferocious face had a pair of ears that looked furry and soft.

"This is..." Helia pointed at the head of the unknown creature, looked at the owner behind her, and asked.

"That's the head of an orc, one of my trophies. I originally wanted to find a docile-looking orc's head to hang it, but unfortunately I never found one." The man replied slowly with a calm expression.

This was the first time Helia had seen the Warcraft mentioned in the book. They were the offspring of humans and Warcraft, with human appearance and individual beast characteristics. After all, humans' genes were too powerful, and they were obsessed with reproducing offspring, so much so that almost all species in the world now had offspring with humans, even the terrifying Warcraft were no exception!

So, the first person who had sex with a monster, was he just blinded by lust, or was he really a pervert? ? ? How could he even lay hands on a monster? ? ?

The man led the two to sit at the table. Before Helia could speak, he looked at her and asked, "What's wrong with your white hair? I don't sense any elven blood in you."

"You're not a snow witch either. Witches can't cut their hair. Your hair..." He looked at Helia's hair ends that looked worse than a dog's, and considerately didn't continue.

"This is not my original hair color, I just changed it a little bit." Helia explained. I didn't expect Britney to disguise her so well that even the elves couldn't see the problem.

The man did not speak, but looked back and forth between Helia and Chico with a scrutinizing gaze. Then, as if confirming something, he said with certainty, "You are Her Royal Highness the Princess, right?"

Claude did not tell him Helia's identity in advance, and Helia did not intend to tell him for the sake of safety, but she did not expect that the other party was so perceptive and guessed it so quickly.

"Although you have disguised yourself on the outside, you cannot change your bloodline." The man did not intend to listen to Helia's excuses and began to explain himself: "You and Claude both have something that makes me feel uncomfortable, but compared to Claude, you make me feel more comfortable."

"Is it because of the divine power inherited by the royal family?" Helia knew something about this. After all, she hadn't read so many books in vain.

According to historical records, the divine power inherited by the royal family was separated from three ancient races: elves, dragons, and giants. Originally, the patriarchs of these three races enjoyed the same authority given by nature as the ancient gods walking in the mortal world. However, after the birth of the human race and the rise of the country, in order to ensure that the human race would not be extinct in the struggle for power among the gods, the ancient gods in charge of order deprived the other three races of their authority and gave it to the royal family in charge of worldly governance.

Therefore, the elves, dragons and giants hate humans. They think humans are thieves who have stolen the power that belongs to them. They especially hate the royal family, whom they detest deeply.

But today, the growth of the human race and the decline of the three ancient tribes have destined them to choose to live in seclusion. The land that once belonged to them has been occupied by humans, and they are powerless to fight back and can only choose to leave.

So how did Claude convince the elf to serve the royal family?

The man nodded, but then frowned and looked at Helia in confusion, "But I also sense a familiar power in you, a feeling of common origin. You don't have the blood of the elves, could it be that you have the inheritance of the giants or dragons?"

Helia shook her head, saying she didn't know. Her father Claude was a royal family with legitimate blood. As the royal family that held the political power in the world, they had to be pure human beings, so it couldn't be a problem on Claude's side. Her mother Madeline was from Antonio's family, and she had never heard that their family had any connection with the three ancient clans...

Helia suddenly felt that her identity seemed to hide a big secret. After all, she still didn't know why she came here!

"Elroy, we are here to ask for your help. His Majesty should have informed you." Chike interrupted the two people's investigation of their life experiences and turned the topic to today's business.

"I forgot to introduce myself." When the man heard Chico calling him, he realized that he had forgotten the most important thing. He spread his hands across the table towards Helia and said gently, "My name is Elroy. I am one of the few purebred descendants of the elves. If you use the criteria of your human race, I should be a ninth-rank great magician."

After hearing his self-introduction, Helia's eyes lit up, and she naturally placed her hand on Elroy's palm. He gently held Helia's hand, leaned over and kissed the back of her hand, then looked up at Helia and said affectionately: "Nice to meet you, the most dazzling pearl of the Otis Empire, the only blooming red rose."

It had been a long time since she heard this greeting. When she heard it for the first time, Helia felt as if there were bugs crawling on her body. She immediately pulled her hand back and met Elroy's playful gaze. Only then did she realize that the other party was doing it on purpose.

Normally, Elroy wouldn't necessarily greet Claude, let alone Helia, who was nothing. The reason he did this was simply to see her reaction.

After all, she is the only one in the entire empire who greets people like this!

The corners of her mouth twitched, and she smiled awkwardly and replied, "I'm glad to meet you, too, Mr. Elroy."

A ninth-order great magician, even more powerful than Britney... But seriously speaking, Helia had no idea about the so-called levels. Whether it was eighth or ninth order, it was definitely very strong. As for how strong... she didn't know either, after all, she had never seen a high-order magician use his full strength.

Then Helia roughly explained her plan to the other party, and finally said: "I need Mr. Elroy to help me trigger the wedge magic."

Helia's body could not support her triggering so many wedge magics by herself. Last time at the test site, there were only seven wedges, and she almost broke her legs. The underground palace was even larger, so there were definitely more than seven wedges. She definitely could not do it alone.

Elroy thought quietly for a long time. After listening to Helia's plan full of loopholes, he didn't know why Claude agreed to let her do this. Did he think that everything would be fine as long as he was around?

"Little princess, do you have a map of the underground palace? Do you know the structure of the underground? Do you know anything about the enemy magicians?" Elroy asked three questions. These were all very important questions. It could be said that if there were no answers to these three questions, Helia's plan would be nothing but a castle in the air.

"There will be a map. We plan to conduct an on-site survey. The underground structure is indeed unclear, but we have magicians who are good at surveying. As for the opponent's strength, we can say that we know nothing about it." Helia replied truthfully.

"Your plan is simply a fantasy. Are you going to do it on impulse? Claude's daughter shouldn't be so stupid!" Elroy laughed.

"It's not an impulsive move, nor is it a wild idea. I just can't stand seeing such injustice in this world, so I will do everything I can to break the chains of injustice." Helia said seriously.

"There are so many unfair things in the world. Can you control them?" Elroy said.

"Oh! So?" Helia snorted and laughed, "It is because there are so many people like you in this world who turn a blind eye that there are more and more unfair things."

"Yes, there are limits to what I can do, but just because I am weak, should I do nothing? There are so many injustices, there must be things I can do, and there must be things I can't do. I have done what I can, is there a problem with that?"

“There is no absolute fairness or justice in the world, but at least I want to defend the fairness in my heart, the justice I believe in, instead of making excuses for myself like a coward and evading it!”

Faced with Helia's indignant words, Elroy just wanted to laugh at her naivety and asked, "If you say that, people can resist what they think is unfair, then what is the meaning of the law?"

"If we face a murderer, why don't we just stab him to death? Why waste time and manpower to catch him? Why set up laws?"

"The law exists to achieve public justice, so as not to let one person's will replace everyone's ideas." Helia replied, "Everyone has his or her own justice in his or her heart. The justice of the rich and the justice of the poor may be very different. The law is to unify everyone's understanding of justice and defend the justice recognized by everyone."

"Are laws necessarily fair? Why don't you go and see the homeless people on the streets and ask them if they think the laws are fair?" Elroy pointed his finger at Helia and said bluntly, "The laws protect nobles like you, not the common people."

Helia was rarely silent, because she knew that Elroy was right. The law protected the interests of the ruling class and was never the so-called fairness and justice. If the law was really just, there would be no slaves in this world, but the fact was that the laws of the empire recognized the legitimacy of slaves and protected the rights of slave owners.

She did not intend to continue debating with Elroy about the fairness and justice of the law; that was a question for philosophers and politicians, not something she needed to think about right now.

"Perhaps as a vested interest, I am not qualified to talk about so-called fairness and justice, but let's talk about the facts. Trafficking in women is immoral and illegal. We need to stop this behavior. Do you have any objection to this?"

"I agree. Human traffickers do deserve to die." Elroy nodded in agreement.

"Since you don't agree with the justice of the law, then we can punish them with lynching. Is there a problem with that?" Helia asked again.

Elroy raised his index finger and shook it at Helia. "I never said I didn't agree with the law. You used lynching to punish criminals to achieve your own sense of justice. What's the difference between you and those tyrannical lords? We are all just pursuing justice in our hearts, but the justice in our hearts is different."

"If you think like this, the world will never be at peace. Everyone will fight for what he calls justice, and countries can go to war because of their different political views. The world will eventually be filled with flames of war, and people will suffer until it is destroyed."

Helia was speechless.

In the end, it was Chico who spoke up to save Helia. He tapped the table twice with his fingers bent, looked at Elroy and said sternly, "Elroy, don't make useless excuses. Just obey the orders of His Majesty and the Princess."

Elroy seemed very dissatisfied with the collar around his neck. He leaned back and said unhappily, "Ah, yes, yes! Who made me a dog under Claude's command?"

"Whatever, little princess, I'll do whatever you want me to do. Anyway, the justice of this world is in your hands, what else can I say?"

Helia was even more depressed. He had said so. If she ordered him, wouldn't it confirm her reputation as a bully? But she was clearly doing a good deed. Isn't it a good thing to save people from danger? Why did Elroy keep contradicting her?

Seeing that Helia had not given the order yet, Elroy frowned and looked very confused. She must be thinking about what he said, but it was obvious that she had not figured it out for a while, so he kindly reminded her a few times: "Little Princess, have you ever thought that if you use an explosion to bury the entire underground palace, all those who don't have time to escape will die. Are all those killed by you evil people?"

"They also have their own parents, wives, children, and friends. They just want to live. Some of them may not even be involved in the crime. They just took a little money to do some irrelevant things. Do they deserve to die?"

"So what do you think we should do?" Helia admitted that her plan was indeed immature and full of loopholes, but she couldn't think of a better way.

"Me? I don't know." Elroy said honestly, "Just like you said, I'm a coward. When I encounter such things, I just pretend I didn't see them. As long as I don't think about it, I won't be troubled. That's just who I am."

"I finally understand why you always refute me. In your mind, this problem has no solution at all. No matter what plan is proposed, it will be flawed in your eyes." Helia said.

"Not all problems in the world have answers, and nothing is perfect," said Elroy.

Helia smiled and nodded, agreeing with Elroy's statement. There is no perfect method, no perfect person, but it is precisely these imperfections that lead to diverse lives, and everyone's imperfections make everyone different.

If everyone in the world were perfect and the same, then this world would be too boring!

"I admit that violence is not the best way to solve problems, nor is it the most effective way, but it is definitely the fastest way. If we solve the people who raise the problems, there will be no more problems." Helia said, "Since we can't come up with the best solution, why not solve the people who create these problems."

"Although it won't solve the problem once and for all, the problem will pop up again in the near future, just like weeds, which can never be completely burned, but at least it can give us a moment of peace."

"Ha! I agree with that!" Elroy clapped his hands and laughed, "Sometimes fists really work better than anything else!"

"Think about it again. First of all, these guys make me unhappy. I can't solve the problem, so I have to ask my father. And my father is making trouble for you because of this, which makes you very unhappy." Helia said seriously: "So, we two actually have a common enemy, that is, the people who are causing trouble for us two! Why can't we join forces to get rid of them!"

"Little princess, you have so many twisted logics. It would be a waste of your talent if you didn't become a liar." Elroy was amused by her words which seemed to make some sense but actually didn't make any sense at all. You know what, this little guy is much more interesting than Claude!

"If I hadn't been born into a royal family, I might have become a legend by cheating people!" Helia heard the joking tone in his words and continued speaking along with him.

"Your Highness, I will pretend that I didn't hear it this time." The honest man Chike on the side said expressionlessly.

Helia glanced at Chico, then back at Elroy, shrugged helplessly, and curled her lips. Chico saw it, of course. I don't usually see Her Royal Highness with so many little expressions. Is Britney really the one who has led her astray?

"Although what you said is unreasonable, since you are quite interesting and I'm really bored lately, I'd like to go and play with you." Elroy finally agreed, not because of Helia's three-year-old plan, but simply because Helia had a unique temperament compared to so many people he had met.

It is a kind of open-mindedness and clarity as if everything has nothing to do with oneself.

For some reason, he saw an extreme loneliness in Helia, as if she did not belong to this world, with nowhere to return to and nowhere to go, floating like a ghost in this bustling world.

He was curious about what Helia had been through.