Elena lived with her mother until she became an adult. Although she lived in an inaccessible mountain and her daily life was the same, it was still a very happy and peaceful time. Elena's favorite thing to do was to lie down

In her mother's arms, listening to her talk about the outside world, although she found it interesting, she never yearned for the outside world, because she liked being with her mother the most.

But as time went by, she gradually grew up and began to realize that she had a rather paranoid attachment to her mother, because once her mother left her sight, she would feel a bone-deep fear exploding in her heart, and even felt that heaven was

He was about to collapse, his whole body was weak, he could only close his eyes and huddle in the corner, shivering.

Naturally, the mother had discovered this problem a long time ago, and she was indeed worried about her daughter's future. Unfortunately, she still couldn't find a solution, so she could only protect herself day by day. However, not long after that, she still had no chance to protect herself.

A daughter.

Because both mother and daughter were taken away by Cornes, to Elena at that time, Cornes was a strange and terrifying man. His whole body exuded an evil aura, which was not the same as the warm aura of an elf.

completely opposite.

Then, one rainy day, Elena learned the news of her mother's death. After hearing the bad news, she froze in place, and her whole figure seemed to have turned into an exquisite puppet.

Until Cornes silently came over with a cup of hot tea, and solemnly stated that he would be Elena's support in the future, she did not respond, just looked up at the man, and there was a glimmer of light in her dull eyes again.

Since then, her father has become the object of Elena's attachment. She does not want to experience the pain of saying goodbye to her mother again. Because of this, she would rather die herself than see her father die in front of her. Then she thinks that she is

She has lived for her father all her life, and she is willing to sacrifice everything for Cornes' dream.

Later, she learned that her mother had also sacrificed her life for Cornes' dream, and she finally felt relieved about her mother's death. At the same time, she also hoped that one day she could sacrifice for her father's great cause like her mother.

"Elena, listen up," her father said to her righteously, "human beings are insects that threaten this continent. They are greedy and evil. They always make other races miserable. If they are allowed to do whatever they want, sooner or later the whole world will be destroyed.

was destroyed, so my dream is to completely eliminate human beings and then unify this land that is in chaos caused by humans. Your mother dedicated her life to this great cause. You must also try to set an example for your mother, do you understand?"

"Yes, I understand." Elena nodded heavily, her eyes shining with hope.

In the following hundreds of years, she never got along with humans, and even if she came into contact, she would only treat them as enemies, because after learning about the evil of humans from her father's mouth, she has always scorned such creatures and would feel nauseated even if they touched them.

.

But now, after she spent a day with Adele as Fiona, she found that her understanding of the world was skewed. Not all human beings were what her father said.

When she fought against Emil before, she was indeed murderous and completely ignored the exchanges between him and those partners, but her subconscious kept telling her that Emil was a person who valued friendship, and he would do it because of Ophelia.

Elena was angry because her life and death were unknown, but Elena was obedient to her father and chose to ignore Emil.

"Adele...I...I'm sorry...I'm really sorry." Elena immediately covered her face and started crying.

"Idiot, you're too involved in the drama," Cornes said coldly, and then sighed, "Oh, forget it, it's more convenient to erase this memory of yours."

He put his palm on Elena's head, and then a black light flashed, and Elena's eyes went dark and she lost consciousness.

About three minutes passed before Elena woke up. She saw her father standing in front of her, holding the key box mentioned in the mission, and quickly knelt on the ground.

"I was so useless that you ended up having to take action yourself. Please punish me."

"Punishment?" Cornes sneered, "As long as I punish you, you will feel better, and then you will forget all about your incompetence."

"I……"

Elena was speechless because her father really spoke to her heart.

"Hmph, so I won't punish you. Just remember your faults and try your best to impress me. Then I won't be stingy in praising you."

"Yes, I understand."

"As long as you understand, my good daughter, now that we have the key, let's go to the next place quickly." Cornes urged.

At this point, he had no choice but to speed up the progress of the plan. He originally thought that Emil was the biggest uncertainty, so he tried to find a way to solve it in advance. However, it turned out that the opponent had so many people that he couldn't defeat him at all. In the end, he fell into

passive.

If he delayed any longer, he would probably capsize in the ditch, so he decided to directly activate his trump card. Although the threat from Emil and others still existed, at least they did not know his current location.

After a while, Elena felt a little dizzy when she saw Cornes disappearing into the crack in space. She took a few deep breaths before recovering, but at that moment, several memories suddenly appeared in her mind.

"...Mother...how could you?"

Elena murmured, knelt on the ground, and then felt the faint traces of magic left by Adele.

"Adele... I'm sorry for not saving you."

As if realizing that Elena did not follow immediately, Cornes poked his head out of the crack in space again.

"Act quickly, those troublesome guys at the Magic Academy seem to have sensed my presence."

"……Okay, I get it now."

Elena quickly wiped away her tears and regained her calm expression.

…

On the other side, Emil and others returned to the royal capital.

We still ran into some trouble when passing the city gate. The guards guarding the city had already changed their guard, so the other party didn't know any of them. Fortunately, Emil suddenly remembered and showed the ticket stub of the Knights Arena, and the other party believed them.

It was originally the royal capital.

However, they said they were chasing Cornes, but when they actually returned to the Royal Capital, they became confused again. After all, in such a big place, even the traces of the other party's magic power had disappeared. Finding someone was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Since there was really no way to start, Emil chose to give up. Although he was hit hard by letting Cornes slip from his hands several times, there was nothing he could do about it. He had to cheer up quickly to ensure that he could kill him next time.

This destined enemy.

"Okay, let's go to Anthony's house quickly."

"Well, that's all we can do." Ophelia nodded.

But Cosette was noncommittal. She was silent for a few seconds and said.

"You guys are really big-hearted. I can see that that guy is very dangerous, and he is obviously planning something. If we let him go, he might even be able to destroy this royal capital."

"..." Emil was frightened.

"Oh, forget it," Cosette sighed and said with a smile, "Maybe I'm unfounded, but it's better to keep an eye on it. Of course, I can't impose my worries on you. Besides,

You two alone can't save this royal capital, so I will chase that guy alone. Then you just have to testify for me in front of Byron and let him know that I really care about the safety of mankind.

Once I’ve taken care of it, I’ll be satisfied.”

"But is it really okay to leave it to you alone?"

"What are you talking about? You look down on me, right?"

"No, no, well, since Your Highness insists, we won't say anything more, but I'm worried that your atavism has recurred again. What should I do? You will be the biggest threat to mankind by then."

"Bah, bah, bah, don't give me a crow's mouth," Cosette cursed with her hands on her hips, and she shook the kettle, "I still have the fairy spring here. At worst, I will sleep after drinking it until you take me back.

"

"...Okay." Emil finally agreed to her freedom of movement.

"Hey, you are indeed a sensible person. I really appreciate you more and more." Cosette hugged Emile's neck and praised him without hesitation.

"It hurts, it hurts, my neck is about to break."

"Tsk, it's really useless to be so weak even after you've become a member of my race."

Cosette let go of her hand and walked away without looking back, waving to the two of them before slipping into the shadow of the building.

After the traces of Cosette's magic power completely disappeared, Emil couldn't help but worry.

"It won't be a big problem, right?"

"What are you worried about? About Cornes?" Ophelia asked casually.

"No, I'm worried about Your Highness Cosette. What if she conflicts with a human magician?"

Ophelia can naturally understand the reason why he mentioned human magicians. After all, knights have no magic perception, and Cosette has now become a human, so she can only be detected by magicians.

However, in her impression, Cosette is such a rational person. Even if she is discovered by a human magician and makes things difficult for her in every possible way, it is impossible for her to have a conflict with humans. What's more, when she comes here this time, it is obvious that she is

In order to build a bridge of friendship with humans, otherwise she would not be so caring about human affairs.

"Haha, Emil, I find that sometimes you are as nagging as my mother." Ophelia couldn't help complaining.

"Eh? Is there any?"

Emil showed a shocked expression.

"Well, Your Highness Cosette thinks so too, but I'm sorry to point it out," Ophelia changed the subject after saying this, "Let's go quickly, don't keep Anthony waiting too long."

"oh."

Emil agreed and quickly followed Ophelia.

For some reason, he actually felt a little excited in his heart. Maybe it was Ophelia's words that brought them closer.

Because Ophelia's evaluation of him before had always been based on his abilities and external aspects, but this time it was a direct complaint about his character.

The two walked for a few minutes when a carriage suddenly drove towards them, and then a familiar voice came out.

"Emile, Ophelia, I finally found you two."

The man opened the curtain, and Emil saw that it was Anthony.
Chapter completed!