What did you do with the dice?

Sanita definitely didn't believe it: "Elves can be afraid of the cold?"

Alice nodded: "Of course I'm afraid. In the Elf Forest, the four seasons are always like spring and autumn."

Sanitieta stretched out his hand and beckoned the powerful wizard's hand, the indigenous version of this world, and pushed the door open again: "If you are afraid, wear more clothes."

After thinking for a while, Alice revealed a helpless expression and tone. She raised her arm, stretched out her fingers and began to draw a red rune on the wall: "Okay, then I'll draw a fire rune to warm up the room..."

Sanitieta stood up from his chair, a counterspell already clenched and ready to activate. "No, you bastard! Oh, forget it, just close the door. So, what do you want to talk to me about alone? Let me tell you right now, I don't have time to look at those messed up new runes you've been researching."

Alice immediately put on a sly smile, kicked the door shut with her boot, looked around the room, and asked, "Where's Lord Pearl Tear? Where did he go?"

"Are you looking for him? He's on the third floor over here. Go up the stairs, turn right, and go to the room with the white door at the bottom."

Alice touched her cheek, feeling a little strange: "Isn't that the room of the Filin tribe?"

Sunita looked at her with an expression that said, "Yeah, what else?"

Seeing that she and Sanita were the only ones here, Alice nodded with satisfaction, stretched out her clenched fist, put it to her mouth, coughed dryly, and slowly walked towards the desk in small steps.

As she walked, she groped for something in her inner pocket, looked around and said, "Ahem, but I'm not here to see him. I'm here to see you, teacher."

Sunny Iron Tower was really puzzled. Why did this elf in front of him, who had been behaving strangely since entering the door, act like he was about to pull out an American-made M1917 Smith & Wesson and hit him?

He made a prompt decision and put on a mage armor in front of Alice. He held the shield spell in his hand and silently chanted the indigenous magic substitute phantom, wanting to see what Alice could come up with.

18 points of intelligence were activated at this moment, allowing him to once again prioritize shield spell behind spell counter.

Others might pull out their guns at this time, but the elf in front of him might not - he might suddenly explode before he even pulls out his hand.

Seeing Sanita's prepared posture, Alice was stunned. The slight nervousness in her heart suddenly turned into embarrassment. She took out a bracelet made of plant leaves and roots from her pocket and placed it on Sanita's table. She lowered her head to look at the thing she took out and said in a very strange and stubborn tone, "This is for you."

Of course, Sanita pretended not to dare touch it. He first sensed whether there were any hidden runes on it, and even cast a dispel magic on it. After confirming that it was just an ordinary plant bracelet, he asked, "Why? Even if you gave me this, I can't let you learn Fireball right away."

Alice's tone suddenly became a little disappointed: "Don't you trust me at all?"

Sanitta said confidently, "In a way, it is true! And mainly because I don't understand your elves' customs. If today were April 1st and Lord Pearl Tear came to give me something, I would follow the same process."

Alijie's focus was just as strange as Rusalka's. As an optimist, she automatically ignored the affirmative first half of Sanita's sentence and was curious about the second half: "Why?"

Sanitta: "Because it was a holiday for him that day."

Alice was a little confused, but she didn't intend to figure it out. She just put on a broken jar expression and said, "Anyway, this is for you. Please accept it."

Rusalka's text transcript from the PL channel: (Phoenix, stop for a moment. There's something fun to watch. Hurry up and get dressed. Come with me to the office, haha.)

Sanita: (No, brother, do you think I'm you? The one who never reads the auto-recorded messages?)

Rusalka: (Fuck, you really are a surveillance camera spirit. It's okay, Phoenix, the fun is probably over. No, I didn't say I wouldn't go to the office. It's too much trouble to take it off after I've put it on, uh...)

Sanitieta picked up the bracelet and examined it under Alice's expectant eyes. He murmured, "Well, it's a handmade product. The market price is about one copper coin. Of course, there may be some differences in value due to additional attributes such as the craftsmanship or reputation of the maker. So, are you sure you are giving it to me voluntarily?"

Alice was stunned by what he said. She felt strange, yet also felt that everything he said was correct. She could only nod her head. "Of course, we pure-blooded elves are not like humans who go back on their words. How can we take back what we give? Ah, of course, I'm referring to most other ordinary humans."

"What's your reason for the gift?" Sanitita asked again.

Alice was speechless after hearing his question. After hesitating for a long time, she managed to say, "Because... you have been very patient in teaching me magic recently, and you are different from the humans described in most books..."

"That's a gift of friendship." Sanita nodded. "Isn't this thing expensive?"

Alice: "Uh...I made this myself."

Sanita: "Are you a famous craftsman of the elves? The kind who is famous for handmade products like this, and whose products are so expensive that they are hard to find?"

Alice thought he was praising her and chuckled, "It's not that good. This is also my first time doing this outside of class. I haven't done it in almost a hundred years. I'm glad you like it."

Sanitieta nodded: "That's fine, I'll take it, thank you."

After saying that, he took out a small box and placed the bracelet inside.

Alijie was once again at a loss for what to do. She hesitated for a long time before she asked, "Aren't you going to wear it?"

Sanita asked in return, "Why? Does it have any special effects?"

Alice: "Yes...right? Well...I can say almost none, but I can't say absolutely none either."

Rusalka: (What theory of relativity?)

Sanita sighed: "Okay, okay, this is for you, hold out your hand."

Alice watched with joy as Sanitieta opened the drawer, and then when she saw him take out a scroll, her expression changed from joy to confusion. But when Sanitieta handed the scroll to her and told her "This is the scroll of Fireball", her face was filled with two completely different expressions: "disappointment" but really "like it very much", as if her expression management system had malfunctioned.

The moment she got the scroll, she immediately retracted her hand as if she had received an electric shock and hugged the scroll in her arms: "This one is mine!"

After Sanita finished all this, he stared at her straightly and said, "Of course, this is something I volunteered to exchange for the bracelet you gave me. Okay, is there anything else?"

Alice blushed slightly and stammered, "No...no more."

Sanita: "Alright, when you go back, rely on meditation to restore your magic power. Scrolls are quick-fixes after all. If you want to become a powerful mage, you need to learn more. Besides, you elves have a very long lifespan, while humans, even if they reach Legendary status, only have a lifespan of a few hundred years. You elves have plenty of time to continuously improve yourselves. If you truly wish to devote yourself to the path of the mage, your future achievements will surpass 99% of human mages."

He deliberately emphasized the tone of a few words, but Alice was a little absent-minded. She just said "See you tomorrow" and turned around and ran away, probably without hearing what he said at all.

Rusalka: (Brother, we are both laughing at each other.)

Sanita: (I know what you want to say. Do you really think I don’t know the customs of the elves? Brother, I did it on purpose.)

Rusalka: (You can even tolerate this? I need to check the gender of your character card!)

Sanita: (That’s enough. Phoenix is ​​Phoenix, and Alizee is Alizee. Besides, do you know what this bracelet means? Just yell, yell, yell.)

Rusalka: (What's so hard about this? She just likes you, so she gave you a gift to test your feelings, but you're just playing catch. I get it, the inequality is instantly broken. You're playing the "I accept doesn't mean I agree" game, right, expert?)

Sanita: (There's definitely a reason why I told you to read more. The meaning of this bracelet is quite complex. As you know, the lifespan of elves is very long, with the longest reaching over a thousand years. Pure-blooded elves, in particular, have lifespans comparable to dragons.)

Rusalka played steadily and immediately changed the topic: (I have a question. Those ancient elves with the purest bloodlines should have lived longer. Why are they all like this?)

Sanita: (You should first study the cause of the dinosaur extinction before you are qualified to ask this question.)

Rusalka: (So what does the bracelet mean?)

Sanita: (Well, this brings us to the unique view of the elves in choosing a mate. This part will take a while, but I have something to deal with right now. Let Phoenix listen to it after dinner while we play the kingdom sand table.)

Rusalka: (Okay, Phoenix, let’s listen to Sanita talk about the elves’ views on mate selection tonight. Let’s do something romantic.)

Phoenix: "When you have time, let's go to Esdi, my family's church."

Rusalka: "Ah? It's been hundreds of years, and your house is still there? Don't rush over and see that even the Civil Affairs Bureau has moved away. That would be ridiculous. We can only plant a cross in the wasteland..."

Rusalka fell silent before he could finish his words. Sanitieta thought that he must have been talking nonsense.

Chapter 191 The Elves’ Views on Choosing a Spouse

Seeing Alice return with a worried look on her face, Shana immediately approached her, playfully bumped into her sideways, and asked in a teasing tone, "Did you secretly give her the bracelet? And Sanita confiscated it? I always say that humans definitely don't understand the romance of us elves. They just like things made of gold. You should have made the bracelet with gold leaves."

Alice glanced at her, lowered her head and whispered, "It was sent out."

Shana was struck by lightning. She took a step back, her eyes jumping to the bracelet she had placed on the table. She said speculatively, "So, did he say he didn't like it? Did he lose it? Oh, it's nothing. I'll give you a share of my cake tonight."

Alice: "Not really, he accepted it."

Shana was silent for a moment, then turned away and stammered, "Ahem, think about it, giving this away so early isn't a good idea. We've only just learned so much. If that cunning human mage, Sanitita, knows what the bracelet means, he'll definitely be too lazy to teach you Fireball. You see, I'm better at controlling humans. Let's wait until he's finished teaching us before giving it to him. That way, we won't be at a disadvantage."

Alice took out the Fireball Scroll from her bosom: "But he also gave me this 'Fireball Scroll' as a return gift."

Shana opened her mouth, the light in her eyes dimmed, and in the end she couldn't say anything. At this moment, she knew that there was a tragically thick barrier between them. Thousands of words collapsed in her heart, and in the end, she could only squeeze out a bitter "Congratulations" from her dry throat.

Shana took a deep breath and cursed, "Damn it! What else are you dissatisfied with? Are you deliberately humiliating me? Wait, I'll go and send him off! Um... tomorrow!"

Alice waved her hand. "But this is strange, isn't it? I recently went to the library and read several books about humans, but none of them explained what 'giving a fireball scroll' meant. Besides, it disappears after use. Can it really be given as a 'betrothal gift'? Can I stick it on the outside of my clothes? No way."

Shana raised a finger. "Although, humans don't have the custom of 'engagement ceremonies' because they're short-lived. I heard that Lord Pearltear and that Filin didn't exchange these things. They became a couple the moment they laid eyes on each other. Their daily focus was solely on reproduction, with no understanding of romance. That's why they call the Orcs a barbaric race."

After hearing this, Alijie felt a little disappointed: "Yeah, so what should I do? So what exactly did he mean by giving this to me? And after he received the bracelet, he didn't wear it, but put it in the small box. Is this allowed or not? I don't understand at all."

Shana suddenly felt much happier. She patted Alice on the shoulder and said, "It's okay. I heard that mages can live much longer than ordinary humans. He's still very young now. We can think about this kind of thing slowly after ten or twenty years. Maybe he'll suddenly wear it one day. I heard from the humans in charge of cooking that there are new flavors of cream cake tonight."

Alice swallowed, nodded, stuffed the fireball scroll into her clothes, and happily followed Shana to the restaurant to wait for dinner.

Elves are like this, they quickly put their worries behind them and are extremely optimistic.

Anyway, there is no difficulty that cannot be solved in a few decades. If there is, just wait a few hundred years.

----

Because I stayed in the room all afternoon, there were no cookies baked by Phoenix in tonight's kingdom sand table session.

There was only Rusalka, who was acting like a sage, saying "I am very sober now and will definitely win tonight", Phoenix, who was sitting on him and acting as a substitute for magic input, and the Sani Tower opposite him.

Rusalka: "By the way, you owed me a story this afternoon. Talk about the teaching and training of elves in detail."

Sanita: "I remember I said 'view on choosing a partner'."

Rusalka looked down at Phoenix, who was sitting on her lap. "Is there a difference?"

Phoenix listened to the conversation between the two without any changes in expression or small movements. It seemed that she and Rusalka had the same idea.

This really can't be blamed on Rusalka. It was indeed Phoenix who led Rusalka astray.

Sanita didn't bother to correct his brother's mate selection philosophy, which had been tainted by the common orcish mentality of "grab first and savor later" like Phoenix. Instead, he continued, "It's like this. Elves are special because they have a very long lifespan."

Rusalka grabbed Phoenix's waist, lifted her up, and argued, "Objection. Cats also have a long lifespan. It's strange, Phoenix, why does it feel like your upper body has been stretched? A bit like a rice cake."

Rusalka said this, and was given a series of soft slaps on the face with her tail in protest, so she was put down.

As soon as she sat down, Phoenix moved to the chair next to her, not giving Rusalka another chance to pick her up.

But it doesn't matter. Rusalka has wanted to do this for a long time. Every time Phoenix sat on his lap, he had no chance or suitable occasion to "lift her up". Now that he has fulfilled his wish, it doesn't matter.

Sanita ignored the scene where Rusalka was trying to pinch Phoenix's tail, but Phoenix slapped her hand away with her tail, and continued, "As for the elves' mate selection ideas and the love experiences they pursue, you can think of it as a combination of new-age romanticism and classical conservatism."

Rusalka was a little unwilling and kept grabbing, and finally caught the tip of Phoenix's tail. He proudly pulled it to his legs and began to stroke its fur. Phoenix was generous enough to let him touch it, and in exchange, she reached out and pinched Rusalka's ears.

After releasing the tail with a satisfied expression, Rusalka complained to her brother, "Aren't these two antonyms?"

Sanita nodded, a rare gesture, and explained, "Because you see, the elves have a very long lifespan and a very low fertility rate, so for them, choosing a mate is a lifelong event.

This is fundamentally different from the Orcs. Although the Orcs have a long upper lifespan, due to wars and poor living conditions, their average lifespan is very short. They also attach great importance to the primitive law of "survival of the fittest" and "natural selection". Therefore, the Orcs' view on mate selection is more direct. The strong take all, and one-to-many pairs are not a problem."

Rusalka patted his thigh and solemnly took the cat that was kicking his legs back into his arms. While massaging Phoenix's shoulders and back, who was squinting, he asked, "Is that so?"

Phoenix wagged her tail without answering. After spending time with her, you'll know that she's not being aloof, but is deliberately pretending to be stupid.

Sanitta: "Phoenix is ​​quite special. She grew up in Esdi, and her outlook is different from those of the traditional orcs in the El Empire. After all, innate bloodline can only determine biological instincts, while the living environment determines acquired outlook."

Regarding biological instincts, Rusalka had to admit that what his brother said made a lot of sense. He didn't think that the women of Sinidi were as strong as Phoenix, otherwise those nobles who were not extraordinary would have lost blood and died suddenly one by one.

I'm so sorry that I couldn't satisfy Phoenix-sama.

Rusalka brought the topic back to the original point: "So what's different about the elves?"

Sanitita: "The elves believe in free love and exclusive love. They typically choose only the most suitable person as their spouse, and once they choose, they remain absolutely loyal and obedient. It's a combination of love-mindedness before marriage and rational living after marriage."

Rusalka squeezed Phoenix's shoulders and said, "Isn't that good?"

Sanita: "Actually, it's not good for the theory of evolution. Today's 'pure-blooded' elves are not absolutely 'pure-blooded'. For example, the children born to elves and half-elves are also pure-blooded. I feel that this is a kind of worldview correction of Mendel's law. Anyway, you can think of it as reverse purification."

Rusalka laughed: "It's over. If Alijie and Shana knew that not all of their ancestors were elves, they would be so angry that they would faint."

Sanitieta: "We'll talk about bloodline later. Let's get back to the point. Anyway, they will give the opposite sex a 'hand-woven bracelet' as a 'betrothal gift'."

Rusalka: "I know this question. It's a token of love."

Sanita was speechless: "If you don't understand, don't raise your hand randomly, OK?"

Rusalka made an OK gesture.

Sanitita: "Dingwu means 'I want to explore you for romantic purposes.' Elves are very single-minded in their approach to love. They don't cast a wide net. Once they've chosen a suitable partner, they'll give them a bracelet. If they wear the bracelet, it means 'I accept your exploration.' If they return the bracelet, it's almost like a two-way relationship."

Rusalka: "Yes, you still have time to send the bracelet now. I will order the construction of a Civil Affairs Bureau at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion."

Sanita: "No, no, no, the elves' bracelets just mean 'I've got my eye on you'. Although you can only give one bracelet, but you can receive multiple bracelets and wear them. This doesn't mean you're a scumbag, it just means you're popular.

And the two-way bracelet doesn't mean the relationship is sealed. As I just said, the elves have a very long lifespan and are very loyal in their relationships, so the bracelet is just a threshold. If we really want to talk about marriage, I guess we'll have to observe for at least a hundred years after giving the bracelet."

Rusalka was stunned after hearing this. A hundred years? On Earth, a hundred years would mean the end of her life. A relationship lasts from the moment she meets him to the moment she dies, right? "I see, 'The Burial of Alizee.' No wonder the elves have a low birth rate. Who could withstand a hundred years?"

Sanitta: "Well, you can understand it that way. And during the probation period, we haven't even officially announced our relationship. We've only been allowed to observe each other's habits and habits. So, wearing the bracelet is like saying, 'I allow you, the elf, to enter and observe my private life, and I will show you my strengths in exchange for the chance to give me a token.' So, I feel like this 'token' means more like 'locking in the prey' than a 'token of love.'"

Sanitita paused and continued, "If they intend to be together for life, they will remove the bracelet and replace it with earrings. Therefore, those elves with earrings are married elves with spouses. This means that they have passed the test of each other and are the most loyal companions in the world. If one dies, the other will seek revenge by any means necessary and then commit suicide."

Rusalka: "What if you find it unsuitable during the test?"

Sanitieta: "If it's not suitable, the person who received the bracelet can take it off, indicating that she thinks you two are not suitable and doesn't want you to observe her anymore. If it's the person who gave the bracelet, they will give you 'half a leaf', which is a euphemism for not being suitable and they hope you can return the bracelet or take it off."

Rusalka is quite imaginative: "What if we're already headed for each other, and she decides I'm not suitable for her and gives up? Can I just ignore that half leaf and keep wearing the bracelet she gave me, just to disgust her and not give her the chance to give it to someone else? Isn't that also a disguised form of 'possession'?"

Sanita: "Well, I think everyone should be more respectful. Elves are a race that is very concerned about reputation. If you are not respectable, they will help you to be respectable. They probably won't do anything out of line, such as secretly taking off or destroying the bracelet given to you."