Transmigration of the bastard lord

On the outskirts of Anpu City, two spellcasters who landed in the mountains disarmed the mounts of the summoned beasts and walked to the main road leading to the city.

Most of the high-level spellcasters are very low-key, and they can't do things like landing in a densely populated area with a strange beast.One of the casters has the appearance of a middle-aged man, with very old-fashioned facial features, a neatly trimmed beard, and meticulously combed back hair. The caster robe is covered with a gray linen cloak. Holding a wooden staff in his hand; the other one looks a little old, with a lot of spots on his skin, his eyes are a little sharp, the corners of his eyes hang down and the brows that go straight into his temples are a little self-possessed, as if A hot tempered person.

The middle-aged caster can be regarded as an acquaintance of Hydesy. He had been there last year——Alfa, the magician of the Royal Palace of Sodia, and the one who came with him was exactly the same Brother Guang also met the illusionist once: Andre the Baptist of Illusion.

After walking out of the mountains, the new green shoots of the autumn seeds that had just been planted in the once-harvested farmland on both sides of the country road made the two court magicians a little stunned; I have never seen an area where seeds are sown in late autumn; after walking on the road, seeing people dressed as farmers riding weird two-wheeled vehicles carrying bamboo baskets and sacks forward, it is an eye-opener for the two old magicians.

"Old friend... have you ever seen this kind of weird vehicle?" Andre, who came to Hyderside for the first time, asked cautiously. He was almost [-] years old, and he really didn't want to make a fuss, like an ignorant little young.

Alpha shook his head in amazement. The main road hadn’t been repaired the last time he came, and it was even more impossible for him to see a bicycle. Young dwarves."

Stepping on the solid and flat concrete road, Andre couldn't help but stomp on the ground with round-toed moccasin boots: "Is this a new alchemy product? The kind... cement sold in the alchemy room?"

The second-generation cement sold by the alchemy room is a bit inferior to the quality produced by Haidesai, but with its amazing output and low price, it has greatly impacted the building materials market in the human kingdom.

"The distribution of cement seems to be handed over to the alchemy room by Light Ferlandi, and the cement produced by Hydes never competes with the alchemy room." Alpha looked at the 15-meter-wide main road in a complicated way, and said: Baba said, "That demigod is so generous, no wonder the alchemists are so friendly with him."

"...I know that the price of cement is not expensive, but it is used so extravagantly to pave the road..." Andre sighed, the caster was quite expensive, as Brother Guang said at the beginning, the materials for casting spells are too expensive; If you can't reach the fourth-tier great magicians who don't have to rely on spell-casting materials, these third-tier spellcasters don't know how many gold coins they have to spend every time they make a shot.

"Didn't you notice, old friend, this place is far from the city, and it's not a gathering place for villages, but there are not many people on the road." Alpha, who walked side by side on the avenue, glanced at the passing pedestrians and vehicles, "This kind of weird The speed of two-wheeled vehicles is no slower than ordinary carriages, and ordinary carriages are faster on this kind of road than on loess roads; even if they only walk on two feet, with this kind of road, civilians will be faster than before I am more willing to go out.”

As a court magician, even with a limited vision, he can see much more than ordinary people; Alpha opened his head, and the illusionist Andre immediately understood his meaning: "Indeed, with this smooth road, No matter how lazy the lazy man is, he will be willing to go out to find a job, and the exchange and trade between villages and towns will be greatly improved... If there is a war on the border, it will be very convenient to mobilize troops."

After bicycles were popularized in Hyderabad, although the cost of steel could not be lowered, the price of each bicycle reached more than ten silver coins at the end of the sale, and it was difficult for most civilians to benefit from it; To afford this money, some departments with deep pockets even distribute public funds to their own middle and grassroots management, or buy a batch for public use, such as agricultural companies that have just had a bumper harvest.

A group of employees of an agricultural company rode bicycles with two baskets full of poultry eggs hanging on the back seat. They passed by two guests who came from afar with laughter and joy, and the eyes of the two casters twitched. .

"This kind of two-wheeled vehicle and this kind of road surface... It is indeed very fast to mobilize troops within Hydesy." Alfa squinted his eyes and estimated the speed of the civilians, and said with a bad taste, "Some time ago, Atwood ·The commander of Frandy's army has come to Hyderside, presumably the Frandy brothers have already reached an agreement... Your Royal Highness, it is difficult to mobilize the Northern Army."

Andre gave Alpha a little strangely. They are old friends for many years and have served the Sodia royal family for many years; but compared to Alpha who values ​​Prince Xavier Sodia very much, Andre himself still pays more attention to the dimension. King En Sodia himself—the king handed over the court magician to His Royal Highness, then Andre would naturally follow His Royal Highness's order and not hesitate to be hostile to Prince Ulysses; Personally, the old illusionist can hardly accept it.

"It is true that the Frendi family offended His Highness the Prince when they left the imperial capital, but His Majesty has not expressed any intention to punish this. Alpha, although Your Majesty has not asked about matters for a long time, the king is the king after all." Andre bluntly said unhappily Dao, another person might not say that, but the old illusionist's temper is very hot - he was still roaring at that demigod back then.

Alpha was well aware of this old friend's temper, so he didn't try to argue with him. After all, His Royal Highness is His Majesty's crown prince, and he is much closer than Brother Frandy. What do you think about the magic knowledge seminar held by Randy's house?"

The Baptism of Illusion Andre may seem reckless, but he is not stupid: "After the death of Sky Knight Blair Sean, the godfather Bancroft of the Upper Parish became the main suspect, causing chaos in the Holy Land. In this case , it is not surprising that the demigod Frandi, who is also in the Human Kingdom area, will come out under the oppression of the Pope."

No matter how secretive Sig is doing, but the demigod of Blair Sean’s Dead Sea Desai is the biggest beneficiary, it’s really hard not to be questioned by people of insight; fortunately, the Pope’s current priority is to maintain the stability of the Holy Land , There is no way to draw out your hands to deal with external enemies.

Alpha nodded and sighed: "Indeed. The Frandi family has spared no effort to win over the alchemist. Now it seems that at least the alchemists will fall for Guang Frandi, a demigod."

Alpha and Andre, who are court magicians, are also important figures in the Spellcaster Association. Hydesy held a grand event for spellcasters, and they naturally received an invitation letter from the association.

"Compared to the practices of the Holy See, Guang Ferrandi is indeed enlightened enough." Andre said pertinently, among other things, Hydesy's style of tolerance and annexation of foreign races can't be done by the Holy See - after all, the Holy See only recognizes Heavenly Father, and the orcs, elves, dwarves and other alien races have different beliefs in gods; in order for them to recognize these "heretics", the Holy See's own internal teachings must first fall apart.

Alpha sighed again, and frowned; the brothers of the Frandi family made it clear that they wanted to win over foreign races, and the Spellcasters Association and the Holy See played against each other; if they were big nobles from other countries, then Alpha would support them [-]%—who wouldn’t want to see a joke from the Holy See? ?Helplessly, the Hydesey territory is still the territory of the Sodia Empire in name, and the Frendi brothers will inevitably become independent when they grow bigger; then, His Royal Highness Prince Xavier Sodia, who is temporarily in charge of the regime, will become the sinner who lost the territory. How could Alpha, who wholeheartedly followed Xavier, accept this?

The two casters chatted in low voices and strolled, and soon arrived at the residential area on the outskirts of Anpu City; the buildings here are almost a block of brick houses, and the planning is not as neat as that of the urban area, but it is also very lively; There are shops and vendors on both sides of the stone road connected to the main road, and the flow of people is getting denser.

The two spellcasters, who were not very well-dressed, passed through the suburbs without wind and waves. Compared with the bustling capital of Tagaland, this small scene was really nothing; but when they passed by a deli branch, Alpha and An Andre stopped in amazement, and both turned their eyes to the store—it is not the peak season, and there are not many people in the store; two shop assistants with very simple appearance are standing at the counter, one of them is sorting the shelves, the other Holding a few pieces of paper, he was reading the above content: "A follower must have more than half a year of grassroots work experience in the application...Must be supported by more than seven people in the working group...There must be no stains on personal qualifications..."

"Okay, don't say Sam. Didn't you see the last requirement to be able to read the newspaper and write the report? You can barely write your own name now, right?" said the clerk who tidied up the shelves.

The person reading the document put down the paper dejectedly: "Isn't it good if you can get to know each other? Why do you have to be able to write?"

"Followers are supposed to be in the management team. They have documents to and from every day. They have to submit reports when they succeed or fail, and they have to write a review when they make mistakes. As for the manager of our branch, it seems that he has done a good job. This year I have handed in more than a dozen self-criticisms... you said you can't write, okay?"

"It's too bad..." The person who read the document had a painful expression on his face.

There are many people who are eager to become followers, and there are also many people like this clerk who have been stopped at the writing level; but this kind of scenery that is common in Hyderside, in the eyes of the two spellcasters from outside, can not be seen. It's as scary as a living cultist-the clerk who sells food is actually literate? !

The two spellcasters in the wind froze for a few seconds, and now they finally found an unusual place in Hydesy: paper!Notices on the wall, notices hung on landscape trees, advertisements pasted at the door of shops - paper with words written on it is almost everywhere!

Cough, cough!Readers may have forgotten what was mentioned at the beginning of this article - in this world, the strict management of the parish does not even allow civilians to keep books privately... Well, in this world where the illiteracy rate is similar to our Republic of China era, books are such a thing And indeed rare.Fu Youguang, with the two mountains of theocracy and royal power on his head, was very resentful of the fact that he could not openly popularize education; before he became a demigod, he developed the paper industry on a side-by-side basis, and printed a large number of castle decrees , Notices, regulations, etc., are scattered all over the space that his hands can reach; Gradually, people get used to getting information from official notices, even if they have not received systematic education, they can understand So dozens of big characters; up to now, shops no longer use wooden boards with images as signboards, but write the main products of the store on the signboards in a big way, and even get used to writing staff recruitment and daily specials on paper Waiting for words... Now that the first period of literacy has been completed, it is not uncommon for ordinary workers and civilians with strong receptivity to be able to understand notices, letters, newspapers, etc. on their own...

After noticing this, the two court magicians began to pay attention to the details of this not-so-busy crowd gathering place, and as expected, they were scared to pee; then they saw the farmers on the side of the road gathering together to listen to a young man who looked like a peddler reading a newspaper At that time, they could no longer make any expressions...

Walking on the avenue leading to the city gate, Alpha's footsteps were all empty: "What the hell is the Frandy family thinking? Are they already spreading the word openly?"

Regardless of how much the nobles dislike the ignorance of the common people, as the ruling class, there is no one who does not like ignorant and stupid citizens.Even in the ancient times of this world, a certain wise man's "the people can be taught, let them know; if they cannot be taught, they will know it." was misinterpreted as "the people can be taught to let them, but not taught to know them." It can be seen that his heart is sinister.But the Frandy brothers who ruled Hydesside did the opposite, which made it difficult for the two court magicians to see through.

The ignorant people are obviously easier to fool than the educated and self-thinking people. In this regard, even Andre, who is not too disgusted with the Frandi brothers because King Sodia expressed his kindness to the Frandi family I don't understand: "...Maybe they have self-confidence and think that the people with ideas are more willing to support them?"

Alpha suddenly showed a complicated expression. He wanted to laugh, but as a spellcaster and a seeker of the path of magic, he couldn't go against his original intention of seeking knowledge and frankly satirize Brother Frandy: " …If they do this, when they stand against the empire clearly, they will know the pain of civilian rebellion.”

After thinking for a while, Andre could only nod in agreement, and said insincerely: "Although I don't agree with the knowledge blockade, for incompetent civilians, knowing too much is not a good thing."

——The World View Destroyer Light Frandi, completed a double kill again.

When approaching the city gate, the two court magicians saw a carriage marked with the alchemy room.The alchemists who also came from the headquarters of the imperial capital did not use summoned beasts to fly like court magicians, but drove over in large multi-wheeled carriages. Compared with ordinary spellcasters, alchemists rarely walked alone, most Both have a large number of apprentices.Uh, Andrew's weirdo doesn't count.

"Good day, Brummer." The two court magicians went up to greet them.

"Good day, the barrier of flames, the baptism of illusion." Brummer, who was about to enter the city, hurriedly got out of the car to return. He was indeed about to enter the fourth step, but he did not get the title. The caster can't figure it out.

In addition to Brummer and his disciples, there were also two other headquarter elders and their disciples in the super carriage.Several old acquaintances came down to salute and greet Alpha and Andre. After a few casual greetings, Andre asked strangely: "Brummer, are you not going to enter the city?" It is indeed a bit strange that a carriage is parked on one side.

"..." Brummer didn't know what expression to show, and replied with the corners of his mouth twitching, "...today is what in Anpu City... a traffic control day, large carriages... are not allowed to pass."

"..." The two court magicians didn't know what expressions to show—they were guests, right?It must be an invited guest! !

"Old friends, long time no see!"

Parked next to the large carriage near the city gate, when a group of guests from afar were in pain, Mr. Davis finally arrived with his four disciples.

The same as the third-level great magicians, Alpha, Andre, Brummer, and the elders of the alchemy room all have some friendship with Davis; Just a few hundred.

After saluting each other, Andre took a look at Davis, whose spiritual power was condensed like a substance, and praised bluntly: "The last time I saw you, you had just advanced to the third level. I didn't expect you to have entered the middle of the third level after a few years. Davis."

Brummer stroked his beard, and also sighed: "Young people are awesome..."

This group of old men were older than 100, and the younger ones were over [-]. Davis, who was less than [-] years old, was indeed young and backward—by the way, Andrew’s old and unreliable guy was also over [-].

A third-tier mid-stage spellcaster who is less than a hundred years old has a much higher gold content than a third-tier warrior who is less than 30 years old. Davis humbly smiled, feeling complacent; Teachers, and heard their teachers being praised, all of them blushed; they had just had their worldview destroyed, and now they couldn't help but start thinking about the feasibility of what Davis said-the identification with their own class It is still unknown which side will overwhelm the desire for power and the desire for power; Hydesy hoped that Chimerman would not be too stable, and planned to make some nails for them internally, but did not really want to export revolution to others.

Davis’s welcome out of the city made the guests who came from afar feel less depressed about being stopped outside the city; then, in the name of “letting everyone feel the style of Hydesey”, Davis asked the alchemists The carriage was handed over to the city management, and all the staff walked into the city without much resistance—the casters were generally a high-quality group, and they themselves were curious about the prosperous Anpu City that could be seen at the gate of the city.

A team of dozens of people walked into the city like this. As soon as they entered the city gate, the wide and clean streets and the lively pedestrians gave a good impression to the guests-such a clean street is close to that of the nobles and upper class. The so-called upper city where the characters live, you know, this is an area where a large number of civilians come and go; as far as the eye can see, there are no beggars, refugees or idlers at all-these people are either in the relief station or in the mining area. Fever; the proportion of foreign races is very high, close to border cities or trading cities - Hydesy is a remote inland city, and there are no famous business routes around; what's more rare is that most of the common people, at least on the surface Quite healthy, no disheveled clothes, and no yellow and emaciated victims wandering corpses——After the two major disasters in the first half of the year, even the capital of the Sodia Empire experienced a small area of ​​famine, and the overly hungry civilians were It is not unheard of for someone to suddenly fall to the ground and die while walking on the street.

"It's a great city...it's great." The earl's former father-in-law, master alchemist Brummer, who said this sentence, was in a very complicated mood. He really didn't like this son-in-law. He clapped his hands and cheered; but now looking at the city under this guy's rule, he suddenly felt that that bastard still had some skills.

The alchemy room is absolutely neutral, and basically does not participate in any power struggles. Old Brummer can look at Hydes from a relatively objective perspective; but Alpha, who wholeheartedly supports Prince Xavier, has mixed feelings. The godfather Bancroft told him that he wanted to "use the Holy See to deal with the Holy See", which made Alpha see hope—the relationship between the spellcaster and the Holy See should not deteriorate to the point of complete opposition; but for yearning for exploration, For magic seekers who seek knowledge and pursue the path of knowledge, the Holy See, which is closed, stubborn, obsessed with ancient times, and pursues the eternal reverence of the eternal Father, is simply a huge rock that cannot be passed on the journey of seeking.

No matter which world, the wise men who explore the field of knowledge will understand after reaching a certain peak: the unchanging world is doomed to decay, and the history that only moves forward forever, no matter how slow it is, will always show a spiral upward; formulate a system , longing for it to be passed on forever and to protect the status of a group of vested interests forever; then, these vested interests will inevitably hinder the progress of society and slow down the pace of other competitive systems.

The history of this world, the age of the gods is unrecognizable; after the age of gods, the racial wars that have lasted for thousands of years have reshuffled the powers of the continents. Among the human beings, the Holy See has achieved the greatest results-for the human beings at that time, this Undoubtedly, it is worth encouraging; but 6000 years have passed, and the human world today seems to have stopped for too long, too long, and the part close to the surface has rotted beyond salvation...

Alpha, who was agitated in his heart, kept his face calm and observed the scenery along the way—after noticing Hydesy’s attitude towards “knowledge”, and looking at these street scenes again, he would find many differences among them—newspapers are very common, and there are often The seemingly poor civilians carry newspapers through the streets; in other cities, newspapers are only bought by people above the middle class. After all, a copy costs ten copper coins (Hideside newspaper pricing: one copper coin) .Books are also very common. There are many pedestrians with books and backpacks on their backs. The shops selling books on the side of the road are marked at very low prices - a travelogue to the mainland is priced at ten silver coins in the imperial capital, but here it only costs dozens of copper coins (Well, it’s all about pirated books printed by Hyderside itself…).The slogans and notices that appear from time to time on the spare walls on both sides of the street are even more dazzling. The contents above are not praise speeches from a certain adult, nor the pursuit of a certain lady, or some beautiful long poems, but Some vernacular words that can't be more white: "Everyone is responsible for keeping the environment clean", "Everyone is responsible for abiding by traffic laws", "It's shameful to be lazy, and it's an honor to work"...

Taking a long breath, Alpha realized that he was extremely unfamiliar with this city; as a regular visitor to the Rocka Mountains, he had actually been to Anpu City many times, and even stayed here for a few days last year; but this time, Looking at this city with a different perspective, he felt that Hydesy was out of the control of the royal family, and he still felt that there was no unknown everywhere...

These distinguished guests didn't have to walk on the street for long before they were taken by Davis into a high-end hotel run by a castle - well, this is the property of a nobleman who has been purged - with four main buildings , two gardens, independent restaurants, entertainment halls, reception halls and other facilities, the hotel has closed its business and is specially prepared for these spellcasters.

The association of spellcasters is quite loose, and it is not strange news that the big magister in the ivory tower of the headquarters is not in command of the small spellcasters in the branch.Of course, the opposite of this kind of looseness is the harmonious atmosphere within this high-quality group of people; when the high-level spellcasters of the pioneers meet with the low-level spellcasters of the latecomers, whether they recognize each other or not, they will first have an elegant mage ceremony, and then Exchanging names and reporting family members to exchange greetings and politeness, there is no worldly atmosphere of first classifying high and low when meeting each other, and then dealing with them as appropriate.Of course, apart from a few like-minded casters, most of them can only be regarded as casual acquaintances; fortunately, most of these guys have high IQ and memory, and they can call out their names after decades of seeing each other.

The hotel named "Yingbin Building" by Fu Youguang in a wicked way has already accommodated more than a dozen spellcasters who came to participate in the grand event, er, including the couple who were already in Anpu City. I have been a mentor and apprentice of a volunteer for half a year...

After settling down these veritable distinguished guests, it didn't take long before Oriette, a bard with both magic and martial arts, and the archdruid Hogg of the forest elf tribe came together, and successively met with the two court magicians and the elders of the alchemy room. The meeting implicitly conveyed the friendship between the Bards Guild and Hydesy—well, on a deeper level, it was also the friendship between the northern elves and Hydesy.

The Baptism of Illusion Andre didn't show anything, but Alpha, the Flame Barrier, got entangled again - I really disliked the brother of Heidsey Frandy's family, and I really don't want to see people that His Royal Highness doesn't like so friendly ah!

In the next few days, many spellcasters came one after another, some who ventured in the Roka Mountains, and some even came across the continent; after all, the last time a demigod appeared was hundreds of years ago , it is impossible for spellcasters full of exploratory spirits not to be curious about this new demigod.

On October 30th, more than a hundred spellcasters lived in the Yingbin Building, among which there were more than [-] spellcasters above the third level; as far as the loose, free, and romantic spellcasters were concerned, no one could tell what happened last time. What year did the event take place.On the day of October [-]th, a heavyweight guest came. Even Fu Youguang, who spent his life researching steam power devices at the Hubbard Steel Company, was alarmed—an old demigod and elf king from the Southern Continent. Come in person!

In order to welcome these spellcasters, the whole castle was heartbroken. Even Kevin temporarily put aside his work as the Civil Affairs Department and went to the cafeteria to personally provide meals for these distinguished guests. We can’t blame them for being so nervous, because spellcasters are respected. Groups, even the existence of guys like Andrew can't keep them from disrespecting spellcasters.Under such trembling circumstances, yet another demigod descended... In the temporary "Magic Knowledge Discussion Conference" reception group, the few who were responsible for the daily reception of distinguished guests were immediately petrified.

"Spirit... the elf king..." Sarina, a member of the reception team, turned pale. For her who was born as a forest elf, the elf king was a legendary figure; Her throat was dry after mentioning the title of the Elf King, and she looked at Mrs. Lilith, the backbone of the ladies, for help, "Madam, what kind of specifications should be used to receive the Elf King... my lord?"

"...Compared to Master Guang?" Mrs. Lilith's face turned pale, and honestly speaking, she grew up watching the legendary stories of the Elf King.

"Uh, can't you? Master Guangda basically eats everything...he doesn't pick anything." Kevin said bravely. What he didn't dare to say was that when Master Guangda went to him to find something to eat in the past, he probably felt a little hairy. Smelly fruits can be eaten anyway...

"...ask the earl for his opinion?" Shemir, who was also a member of the reception team, suggested.

Mrs. Lilith hesitated for a moment. She was a bit stubborn and didn't like to show timidity in front of others, but this time the matter was beyond her rationality: "Let me ask. Kevin, Xie Mier, try to change the food of each meal. Menu; Selina, ask Borg to send Andrew away, we'd better not let him out at this time (shame and cause trouble)... You go to the factory area and bring Master Guang back, and bring more secretaries .”

In the office of the Ministry of Supervision, the earl, who was extremely irritable after reading the relevant documents of the castle's officials, management, management, self-inspection, and reporting and complaints for several days, rolled his eyes and slashed at Mrs. Lilith with a sharp eye knife: " Drive him back! We don't welcome the Elf King here!"

"..." Mrs. Lilith wiped her cold sweat, "The elf king's attendant is already at the reception, Earl."

Seeger shook off the quill, turned around and swept over the ink bottle with his sleeve, frightened Miss Mary to rush to rescue the documents, and he himself stared at Lilith with piercing eyes like a normal person: "You exposed your On the stupid side, Lilith, do you think that guy came with good intentions?"

"...I'm sorry, Earl." Lilith apologized first, and it was a bad choice to speak hard to the Earl.

"We do need to discuss cooperation with the Elven King, but this kind of 'friendly communication' is only effective when it is hidden under the water. Which one is more deterrent? Teach you." Sig looked up and despised Lilith, no matter who he was facing... Our Earl always has such a sense of superiority in IQ.

"..." Lilith, the future boss, finally came to her senses after this mention; the joy of the demigod's visit was gone, and she opened her mouth in astonishment.

"If we just talk about cooperation through the forest elf tribe and keep the friendship with the northern elves under the water, then others will be more scruples about us; on the contrary, that guy comes to the door with great fanfare... Then, we borrow the northern elves'" Power', instead it became a noose around our necks..." Sig snorted coldly with displeasure on his face; well, our Lord Earl is not the kind of person who pursues emotion and anger, "I don't know if that guy is trying to set us up as a target... or if he is too stupid to show it; in short, our magical knowledge discussion conference is ten thousand times more important than his visit, ignore that idiot, Just do what is planned."

"Well... what if, I mean what if... the Elven King came here with friendship?" Mrs. Lilith said bravely, she was roaring in her heart-is there anyone in front of you who is not an idiot, Earl!

Sig squinted at Lilith in disgust: "Have you sent someone to catch Ah Guang? Let Ah Guang block that guy back."

Lilith felt that she had no secrets to speak of in front of this guy, but she had a lot of opinions on the word "catch": "...I asked Sarina to 'invite' Master Guang, Earl."

"Is there a difference?" Sig raised his eyebrows.

"No, I was wrong, Earl." Madam Lilith immediately surrendered her knee.

"Your people send a message to Guang, don't let that guy enter the city, and don't let the news of his visit spread before the end of the conference." Seeger waved his hand impatiently, as if throwing something dirty.

"...Then, the elf king's attendant...?"

"Hehe." The earl smiled, "I heard that the meat of the northern elves is delicate..."

"...There is no attendant, just a passing elf ranger!" The quick-witted Lilith changed her words immediately.