My cubs are all vinegar

45 minute later.

Under the coercion and lure of Harnifin, Nijiu changed into the clothes he prepared.

As the effects of the berries wore off, the burning sensation on Neito's body finally subsided, as did the muscle weakness.

Nejito sat on the sofa and took a sip of fresh fruit juice.

He looked at Harnifer with resentment in his eyes.

Harnifin leaned on the sofa, calmly.

He glanced at Nijiu: "I can go out now and tell the guards outside loudly that you are a human who escaped from the tree prison. Trespassing on the elves' territory is a big or small matter. If you are caught by them If you go back, you will be imprisoned for at least ten days."

Nijiu knew that the situation was not good for her, so she could only endure it.

He asked: "If I accompany you to the dinner, what benefits can I get?"

Harnifin replied, "I will tell them that you are the friend of the elves, and that you will be free from prison, and you will leave this forest under the escort of your guards."

Nijiu said: "My friends are still locked in the tree prison, can you save them?"

"Well..." Harnifin deliberately dragged out his voice, "It depends on my mood."

Nijiu took several deep breaths in a row to calm down.

Although Harnifin was against him everywhere, he didn't intend to provoke him, but was just looking for fun.

Nijiu tugged at the high collar of the robe and said, "I promise you."

"Okay, let's go." Harnifin stood up. "But you're going to put this on before we go in."

Harnifin took a hat from the coat rack and put it on the dove's head.

Strictly speaking, that thing cannot be called a hat.It is a corolla woven of branches and wildflowers, and small white flowers are dotted among the green leaves and branches.

The leaves of the corolla hang down, just blocking the tips of Nijiu's ears.

Harnifin looked at Nijiu in the mirror and said, "Well, after wearing this, your ears will not be so conspicuous."

Harnifin left the room, went up the stairs to the first floor, and walked into the banquet hall.

This is a huge hall located underground, with a soaring dome, shining brightly under the decoration of murals and amethyst, it is extremely luxurious and beautiful.

Not only the dome, but even the ground is paved with dark amethyst. The breeze from the outside blows into the palace through the skylight, bringing a burst of warm fragrance.

Nejito saw hundreds of elves here.

They stood or sat in the dinner hall, dressed in gorgeous dresses, and the soft tulle fluttered in the wind, like a scene in a surreal oil painting.

Under the leadership of Harnifin, Nijiu walked to the upper table and met the forest lord.

The lord saw Harnifin from a distance, took off the flower crown on his head, and saluted each other with Harnifin.

Harnifin leaned close to Nijiu's ear and whispered, "Don't talk."

Nijiu nodded, pursing her lips.

The lord greeted Harnifin in a language Nijiu had never heard.The language of the elves is light and ethereal, but Nijiu doesn't understand a single word.

Listening to the lord's soft voice beside him, he felt like he was about to fall asleep.

He glanced at the door unconsciously, thinking: "When can we leave..."

When Nijiu was bored, the other elves were watching him.The corolla covered Nidove's ears, and the elves did not doubt his identity, thinking that he was a strange elf.

The elves with black hair and black eyes are very rare. They looked at Nijiu with good-natured curiosity in their eyes.

At this time, a gust of wind blew into the banquet hall through the skylight, blowing the branches and flowers and leaves near Nijiu's ears.

The voices in the banquet hall stopped abruptly.

All the elves are staring at Nijiu's ears. Many of them are seeing humans for the first time, and they can't help showing puzzled expressions.The elf guard standing by the door thought Nijito was a dangerous intruder, and gripped his bow and arrow tightly.

Harnifin stretched out his hand and hugged Nijiu's shoulder very intimately, dispelling their doubts.

Harnifin nodded to the lord, and left the banquet hall with Nijiu.

After leaving the oppressive hall, Nijiu let out a long sigh of relief and asked, "Is it over?"

Before Nijiu finished speaking, Harnifin covered his mouth: "Shhh. There are other elves who can speak human language, don't talk to me, walls have ears."

Harnifin took Nijito back to the guest room and locked the door.

Harnifin poured spiritual power into the desk lamp and lit it up: "What did you want to say just now?"

"Aren't you going to the dinner party, just leave like this?"

"It's okay, I'm just going to show my face, if I'm there, they won't be able to let go."

Harney Fent paused, and then said: "Besides, you seem to hate that kind of scene."

Harnifin walked up to Nijiu, and took off the bracelet that restrained his spiritual power: "I have something to leave, you stay here, don't go anywhere else."

After finishing speaking, Harnifin leaned down and touched Nijiu's forehead.His long hair brushed Nijito's cheek, causing a slight itching.

Nijiu's heart skipped a beat, and she pushed Harnifin away: "Don't get so close all of a sudden!"

It's not good for the heart to be approached suddenly by a spirit.

Harnifin shrugged and walked towards the door: "This is our etiquette. We should touch each other's foreheads when we part."

Nijiu was dubious: "Really?"

Harnifin walked out of the room, and before closing the door, answered Nijiu's question: "Really."

After speaking, Harnifin locked the door.

Mizuki was alone in the room.

Nijiu waved his fingertips, a peach floated up from the fruit plate, and flew into his hand with a "pop".Nijito took a bite of the peach and crossed her legs on the sofa.

There was no exit here, and Harnifin kept Nijiu on strict guard. He not only locked the door, but also sealed the windows with a spell.

In order to escape from this room, Nijiu tried successively to pick the lock, pry the window, and smash the door, all of which ended in failure.

Nijiu patted the window hard, and under the protection of the spell, the glass was still very strong.

He sighed: "Let's forget it, it's impossible to escape."

Nijiu gave up, he wandered around the room, and walked to the bookcase.

The books here are all written in the language of the elves. Nijiu could only find a book with rich pictures and texts, and sat down at the desk.

This is a spiritual popularization book suitable for beginners, very suitable for novices like Nijiu.

According to the instructions in the book, Nijiu controlled the spiritual power and raised the fruit knife to peel off the peach skin.

Nijiu said to himself: "It's quite interesting."

He found a way to pass the time.

Half an hour later, Harnifin returned.

He walked into the room and saw Nejito who was turning the pages of the book, and a pile of fruits cut into various shapes on the desk.

Harnifin: "..."

He walked to the desk and placed a stack of soft paper rolls on the desk.It was a stack of specially treated leaves, as soft as paper, filled with elves' words.

Nijiu asked, "What is this?"

"The documents to be processed tonight." Harnifin leaned on the table a little wearily, "Don't look at me like this, I'm actually very busy."

You wrote a letter: "When will I be able to leave?"

"Not today anyway."

Harnifin undid the spell on the window, and pushed the glass window open: "Change out the clothes on your body. There are pajamas in the closet, find a suitable one for yourself."

Neito slid down from the seat and walked towards the closet.

Although Harnifin's attitude was friendly, Nijiu still didn't let go of her vigilance.Harnifin restricted Nijiu's freedom, and he couldn't go anywhere except this room.

Nijiu is under house arrest.

Nijiu realized this, and his mood fell again.He changed into the pajamas in the closet and returned to the living room.

The cloth of the elves is made of plants, and Neiba smelled the fragrance of leaves and flowers on the clothes.

This is a garment woven from plant fibers that is loose but fits snugly to the body.The clothes felt cold and silky, which was suitable for the year-round hot climate of the forest of spirit beasts.

Nijito saw a brown glass bottle on the tea table, he picked it up, and saw the words "lavender oil" on the label.

Harnifin looked up from the file and said, "That's lavender essential oil. It's good for sleep."

After Nijiu came to the Forest of Spiritual Beasts, she suffered from insomnia almost every night, and thick dark circles appeared under her eyes.

"Can I use it?" he asked.

Harnifin responded, "Yes."

Nijiu applied the essential oil on his forehead. He smelled the scent of flowers in the air, and his mood gradually calmed down.

Harnifin flipped through the documents without raising his head: "The smell is good, right? I heard that the floral fragrance of certain plants can improve the quality of human sleep, including lavender."

Nijiu asked: "Do elves also suffer from insomnia?"

"No," said Harnifin. "For the elves, sleep is a comfortable rest, not a necessary act of life."

Nijiu looked at Harnifin inexplicably: "Then why did you put a bottle of lavender essential oil on the table?"

Harnifin's hand flicking through the files paused for a moment.

Fortunately, there was a knock on the door, which drew Nijiu's attention away.

Harnifin said: "It should be the lord's attendant, go and open the door."

Outside the door is an elf guard.

He looked at Nijiu, who was clearly a human being, and then at Harnifin, with a dazed expression.

The guards had already heard the rumors that Harnifin had brought a human to the dinner party, but they didn't expect that this distinguished guest would arrange a residence for the human without authorization and let the human live in his room.

The guard tried his best to control the expression on his face, and said to Nijiu in a stuttering human language: "Hello, this is the dinner prepared by the lord for the two of you."

The guard took a step back, and two attendants pushed the dining cart into the room.

There are very delicate ingredients on the dining car, all very fresh vegetables and fruits, no meat.

Harnifin was still flipping through papers, not in the mood to eat.

He waved to the guards and attendants and said, "Stand back."

The guard obviously didn't want to stay here either, and he was relieved after completing this tricky task.

The guard took off the leather armor on his head and bowed to Nijito: "Have a nice meal."

He didn't wait for Nijiu's response for a long time, so he kept his head down, waiting for Nijiu to say "good night".

At this time, Nijiu remembered what Harnifin said before.

"It's our etiquette to touch each other's cheeks when we say goodbye."

Nijiu is not used to physical contact with strangers, but if he goes to the country to do as the Romans do, it will seem strange if he doesn't.

Nijiu gritted her teeth and wanted to touch the guard's forehead.

Harnifin: "..."

He didn't expect Nijiu to believe the lies he said casually.

Seeing the two getting closer, Harnifin unconsciously clenched the quill.

When Nijiu was about to touch the guard's forehead, Harnifin waved his hand and used his spiritual power to lift the guard away in time.

The next day, the lord's succession ceremony.

As soon as the sun rose, Nijiu was woken up by the sound of music outside.

The elves are singing and dancing in the palace, singing the praises of the forest and its former lords, and praising the fertile land.Their crisp singing mixed with the sound of the harp, reaching Nijive's ears.

Nijiu looked at the choir outside and yawned: "You are in such a good spirit."

"Good morning."

Harnifin walked silently behind Nijiu, who suddenly appeared and handed him a plate of cut figs.

Nijiu glanced at Harnifin vigilantly: "Why are you so courteous? Tell me what you have to say."

"Well, I do have something I want to discuss with you." Seeing that Nijiu was not intimidated by him, Harnifin showed a lack of interest, "After the succession ceremony in the afternoon, there will be a dance."

Nijiu picked up a piece of fig and threw it into his mouth: "Then you go, do you still need my permission?"

After Nijiu took the bait, Harnifin revealed his real purpose.

"I want you to be my dance partner."

Nejito stopped eating.He chewed the figs in his mouth slowly, still thinking about the meaning of Harnifin's words.

Nejito swallowed the fig and asked a soul-piercing question.

"……I am male."

"We're different from humans," Harnifin shook his head, "Elves don't have gender, and it doesn't matter if the dance partner is male or female."

Nijiu shook her head desperately: "No!"

Harnifin deliberately provoked him: "It's just attending an inconspicuous dance, what are you afraid of?"

For Nijiu, this trick is very useful.

"I'm not afraid, of course I can do such a small thing—" Nijiu realized that he had fallen into a pit, and changed his tone, "However, you have to promise me one thing. Before the dance, other people and souls must let the beast out."

Harnifin agreed: "Deal."

Nijito did not attend the succession ceremony, he flipped through the book in his room, waiting for the dance in the afternoon.

In the hall came the singing of the choir and the sound of the harp, and the singing of the elves was so sweet that it lingered on.

Through the window of Harnifin's room, the palace hall can be glimpsed vaguely.

Nijiu lay on the window sill, looking at the bustling elves in the hall through a layer of glass.

From a distance, the elves seem to all look alike.

All of them were tall and fair, with blond hair smooth and neat, which was very pleasing to the eye.But after a long time, it is inevitable that there will be a little aesthetic fatigue.

Nijiu rubbed her eyes: "These elves all look alike."

The sound of the harp in the hall suddenly became louder.

The elves knelt on one knee, and even the lord knelt on the ground.

Nijiu turned a little bit and saw Harnifin who was kneeling in front of the elves.

Harnifin was wearing a red robe, and his hair exuded a natural thick golden halo, which was extremely dazzling among the elves.

Harnifin held up a crown of laurel boughs and placed it on the lord's head.

Nijiu was a little surprised, but Harnifin seemed to have a high status among the elves.

He frowned recalling Harnifin's mannerisms.

"Usually you can't see it at all."

Nijiu was not interested in the succession ceremony of the elves, so he returned to the sofa and continued to read the book to learn how to accurately grasp spiritual power.

Nijiu was so bored that he read the entire book and practiced every skill in the book.

Just when he was so sleepy that he almost fell asleep, Harnifin opened the door.

"Fell asleep?"

Harnifin's voice brought Neito back to reality.

Harnifin took off the dress on his body, picked it up with spiritual power, folded the dress neatly, and hung it in the closet.

Harnifin walked up to Nijiu, took the book from Nijiu's hand, and pressed his finger on his temple.

Nijiu just woke up, still in a daze: "What are you doing?"

Harnifin put his index finger on his lips, signaling Nijiu to keep silent: "Let you listen to the voice I can hear."

Harnifin pressed Nijiu's temples with both hands, and Nijiu felt a warm spiritual power enter his blood vessels, rushing through his body along with the blood flow.

Nijiu vaguely heard the voice of the elf.

It was the language of the elves, but under the influence of Harnifin, he understood it.

"Lord Harnifern hasn't decided on a partner yet?"

"Lord Harnifin never had a regular dance partner. He would only dance the first dance with someone, and then he would quit the dance floor."

"I really want to know who will be so lucky this time..."

……

Harnifin moved his finger away, and the sound disappeared instantly.

Nijiu heard the conversation of these elves, and vaguely realized that she seemed to have made a wrong decision.

This dance is not as childish as Harnifern said, on the contrary, the elves attach great importance to this dance, and they also pay great attention to Harnifern's partner.

Nijiu broke out in a cold sweat: "Harnifin, this is different from what was agreed before."

Harnifin didn't say a word, but looked at Nijiu with a smile.

Nijiu: "..."

He did it on purpose.

Nijiu wanted to repent a little bit, he tried to find a suitable reason to reject this deal that was not worth the loss.

Nijiu said: "I am not good at the social dance of your elves, and you will be ashamed."

Harnifin stood up calmly and replied, "I'm good at it, so I can teach you now."

Nijiu: "...Forget it."

in the afternoon.

Nijito changed into a dress of the same color as Harnifin's, and tugged at the collar cord uncomfortably.

Humans have long abandoned the costumes of the ancient earth era, and the clothes of elves are very similar to that era.

Nijiu looked at himself in the floor-to-ceiling mirror. He was wearing a thick and gorgeous robe, like an ancient oil painting.

Nejito tugged at the bow tie uncomfortably, and said, "I've never worn clothes like this before."

"It was a rare experience," Halnifin replied.

After Harnifin finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to Nijiu: "Let's go."

When the two came to the corridor, Harnifin kept holding Nijiu's wrist to prevent him from slipping away from her.

Nijiu complained quite a bit about this, but Harnifin was unwilling to let go, and it was hard for him to say anything if he wanted something from others, so he could only let Harnifin drag him.

As soon as Nijiu came to the corridor, she saw Qingyan from a distance.

Qingyan was dressed as a waiter, with a hat on her head that just covered her ears.Standing next to him were Ryan and Winters, both dressed as waiters, and Ryan pushing a dining cart.

Harnifin didn't lie, he really released Qingyan, Ryan and Winters.

Nijiu couldn't suppress the joy in her voice, and called softly: "Teacher Qingyan! Ryan, Winters!"

Nijiu shook off Harnifin's hand and ran towards them.

Harnifin looked at Qingyan, narrowing his eyes suspiciously.

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