Set up a funeral service team in a foreign land

The center of the Elf Forest is a rippling blue lake. The island where the royal court is located is located in the center of the lake. On the island stands a towering ancient tree, silently and peacefully protecting the magnificent white and green building under the tree.

Ilovin stopped on the shore and looked at it, not saying a word for a long time.

Xi Sui'an looked up at him, then looked at the Elf Royal Court in the distance and coughed softly.

"Is that the Elf King's Court? It looks quite similar to the academy's architectural style." She sighed as if talking to herself. "The tree in our academy is also very big. Every time we meet the dean and the director, they have to climb up to the tea room on top."

When Ilowen heard what she said, he turned around and patted her head, saying unhappily, "Okay, your teacher isn't that fragile, there's no need for you to find something to say."

He knew the little guy didn't want him to dwell on the past. He had already gotten over the confusion and sadness of the past and would never look back. It was just that some things from a hundred years ago still puzzled him to this day, and he still had no answers.

He smiled, raised his hand and patted the back of Xi Sui'an's head: "Let's go, follow closely."

Xi Sui'an covered his head and protested, "Why are you hitting me on the head? If you hit a human on the head like that, they won't grow taller!"

Iloven sneered and stepped onto the vine bridge extending across the lake without looking back.

"There's no way around it. Beating kids is addictive."

"..."

Xi Sui'an silently turned his head and glanced at Chao Xi who was grinning on his shoulder.

Chao Xi laughed even louder, and suddenly stopped laughing: "Huh?"

"what happened?"

Xi Sui'an didn't have time to confront Chao Xi, and was stunned when he saw its strange behavior.

Chao Xi tilted his head and looked back in confusion: "It seems like someone is looking at us."

Watch them?

Xi Sui'an looked back at the forest and raised his eyebrows: "Maybe the Elf Forest has never seen a stranger like me, so there are elf guards watching in secret." This is near the Elf Royal Court, the absolute core area of ​​the elves. It is impossible that Zhao Tianya and others would find their nest so quickly.

Chao Xi thought thoughtfully: "That's right..." But where did that inexplicable sense of familiarity come from?

"Xi Sui'an, what are you looking at? Hurry up and catch up!"

"coming."

At the end of the vine bridge, a blond girl in a gorgeous dress couldn't contain her joy: "Uncle... Professor Ilovin!"

"Xi Sui'an, you're here too! Welcome to the Elf King's Court!"

The little elf princess stood on tiptoe to look at them and couldn't wait to greet them.

"Sylph?"

Xi Sui'an looked at Sylph, who was no longer as proud and cold as she was in the academy, and was slightly surprised. She looked so happy, it seemed that she liked Professor Ilovin very much.

After Xi Sui'an greeted her, her eyes involuntarily fell on the tall elf beside her.

The other person stood behind Sylph in silence and sternness, like the most loyal guardian, with an extremely reserved temperament.

Iloven was satisfied with calling her Sylph and said with a smile, "Sylph, the vacation is almost over. Agatha has been extremely busy lately, nagging me all the time. As a good student, you should go back and help her solve her problems."

The light and joyful smile on Sylph's face froze for a moment.

"……Yes, I understand."

After Iloven finished attacking Sylph, he looked away and said, "Captain of the Guards, long time no see."

The middle-aged captain of the guards met Iloven's unsmiling gaze, his emerald eyes darkening slightly. He bowed slightly, his voice calm and mellow: "Long time no see, Your Highness."

"Hey, don't call me Your Highness. I can't bear your call." Ilowen said in a mocking tone, "Respected Captain of the Guards."

"Your Highness is joking." The captain of the guards leaned forward slightly.

The scene fell silent for a moment, as if an invisible wind rose from the ground, and the waves on the shore roared.

Looking at the two people who seemed to be in a state of confrontation, Xi Sui'an and Sylph frowned and glanced at each other at the same time.

Sylph turned and looked at the captain of the guards. "Captain Florian," she said in a cold voice, a subtle warning. "I hope you will strictly obey His Majesty's orders."

The chief guard smiled and said, "I will, my dear prince. Please don't worry."

He looked at Yi Luowen and Xi Sui'an again and said, "Then please follow me to see His Majesty."

Iloven snorted coldly, without any intention of raising his foot, and said coldly: "Florian, after so many years, you still refuse to tell me the answer?"

"You should ask His Majesty." The captain of the guards sighed softly. "Forgive me for saying so much, but it's been a hundred years. You should let it go."

"Ha!" Ilowen laughed in anger. He grabbed the captain of the guards by the collar and said coldly, "Back then, you led your people out of the Elf Forest, saying you wanted to bring my father back to be convicted. But in reality, you were just trying to kill him! And my mother...did she really die at the hands of an old enemy?!"

"Florian! Do you really think I don't remember the murderous intent in your eyes when you saw me?!"

Ilowen tightened his jaw, his emotions like a volcano erupting in a cold snap. He sneered, "Let it go? The Elven Prince's defection is still high on the list of unsolved mysteries in foreign lands, and you want me to let it go?!"

Florian was silent for a long time, as if he didn't know what to say. After a long time, he held Ilovin's wrist, and his green eyes became deeper.

"...His Highness Zelan did die at the hands of your mother, and your mother did indeed perish together with the gatekeeper's old enemy. I did not lie to you. This is the truth, Your Highness."

Xi Sui'an frowned. His Highness Zelan... should be the Elf Prince of that year. Did this captain of the guards want to kill the prince, his partner, and Professor Ilowen?

He said that everything that happened back then was true, but why did she always feel something was wrong?

She pondered for a moment, then looked up at the captain of the guards, who had a helpless expression on his face. This captain of the guards, or the Elf King behind him, seemed to be hiding something.

Avoid the important and focus on the trivial. An elven prince is the least important thing. What is more important is...

Xi Sui'an sighed silently in his heart. Perhaps it was the entire tribe except the Elf King himself.

"You didn't lie to me? That's right, the result is irrefutable, but what about the reason? What happened? What exactly are you and the Majesty inside hiding?" Ilowen asked with eyes as sharp as a knife.

They are dead, but that doesn't mean the mystery surrounding them has been solved.

The captain of the guards slowly let go of Iloven's hand, opened his mouth, but ultimately chose to remain silent.

Iloven withdrew his hand, straightened his sleeves, and immediately calmed down and returned to his usual self. He said with a forced smile, "Alright, I won't force you. Anyway, the World Tree is beginning to decline now. At worst, we can all be buried in the grave along with this secret. It will be a good burial companion once and for all."

The captain of the guards took a deep breath and felt from the bottom of his heart that what this prince learned in Damocles was not alchemy, but sharp tongue.

"What are you yelling about? It's so noisy."

An old voice came from the white building behind him, "Florian, I asked you to pick up little Ilovin, why did you quarrel with him?"

Xi Sui'an raised his eyebrows. Professor Ilowen and the captain of the guards had been arguing at the gate of the Elf Royal Court for so long. Did this guy finally hear it?

She looked over in the direction of the clear footsteps and saw an old man with silver hair and beard walking slowly towards her. The wrinkles on his face were full of traces of time, and it was obvious that he had lived through a very long time.

The Elf King, who has lived for nearly ten thousand years, has witnessed the contents of two-thirds of the books on the shelves of the history department of the college.

Xi Sui'an couldn't help but recall Qing Shu's comment that "he can live longer than an old turtle and as long-lived as a little god", and tried hard to suppress the urge to twitch the corners of his mouth.

This evaluation is unique, but it should be quite accurate.