The "Wind Cleansing Festival" celebration of "Orchid Corolla" has begun.
In the warm breeze, there are not only the fragrance of flowers, but also many kites flying in the wind. The shapes are very diverse, and the mottled colors of various colors are flying in the sky, contrasting with the fluttering petals.
On this day where many travelers and elves gather together, the streets are full of people visiting.
"How do you feel about the environment here? Jia Lan."
On a high corolla roof platform, Malantha personally entertained Lorantil and Vistena. The viewing angle from here was very good, and most of the scenery in the city could be seen.
"It's very likable." In this regard, Lorraine Hill did not hesitate to praise.
After the celebration began, a group of elf girls in white began to walk out from one side of the street. They carried flower baskets and sang softly. As they stepped, they gradually sprinkled the flowers into the air, and then they were lifted up in the warm breeze and slowly floated.
Toward the sky.
When this group of elf girls singing Shiyao appeared, there was a burst of cheers and applause on the street. Everyone followed these festival-specific Shiyao girls and wandered around the street, which was very lively for a while.
The atmosphere of the festival was very strong, and then several elves riding Pegasus flew from the sky. They held trumpets, harps, reed pipes, and marriage proposals, and presented cheerful music for this festival.
The entire celebration venue was immersed in joy, and such a peaceful and peaceful scene was unimaginable to the outside empire.
No wonder elves are becoming less and less common in the empire. With such a peaceful hometown, who would want to go out and wander.
Lorraine Hill looked at this scene thoughtfully.
This time at the 'Wind Cleansing Festival', people from many forest elven factions came over. Also among the crowd, Vistena introduced a lot to Lorraine Hill, and they gradually got to know each other.
This time is also different from the past. In addition to some elves with friendly attitudes, there are also some more exclusive individuals and factions. They are similar to Sabrina in that they all reject humans.
Hypocrisy, cunning, inferiority, cruelty, this is how these factions evaluate human beings.
Regarding such views, Lorraine Hill sometimes feels powerless. You may be able to tell these people that such phenomena exist, but not all of them. There are also very noble beings among human beings.
It's just that such rhetoric will make the other party more certain. You see that you have admitted it and made me change my mind.
Neutral is always not as powerful and impactful as extremes.
And now we can no longer convince with the weak speeches of the past.
A big fist can sometimes really make people calm down and reason with you. After trying to persuade you several times to no avail, our sage girl will occasionally wonder if she turns black and will be more convincing.
force'.
"I'm so tired, Vestina." One night, Lorraine Hill was sitting on the sofa by the window, looking at the night sky outside, whining for a while, then leaning against the sofa and not wanting to move.
"Don't say that. Believe in yourself, Jia Lan, you can do it, haha." What Vestina said sounded like coaxing words, and then she snickered.
"However, it is indeed time to move to the next stage."
"I will take you to see Her Royal Highness the Queen tomorrow. She should not be so busy by now."
"Actually, Jia Lan is already very powerful. At first, I didn't expect that those guys would be so easy to talk to when I brought you with me. You know, I, the elf sage, don't have as much face as you."
"It's just because of her status." Lorraine Hill was a bit dumbfounded when she thought about this. Because she is the great sage of Clancia, people often unconsciously think that her words represent the will of this country.
, so many elves take it seriously and think about it.
Although it sounds a bit like pulling a tiger's skin, it does work well.
The next day, Green Moon Palace.
Two guests were welcomed into the palace, which is half by the lake and half by the forest.
The palace is topped with cyan glass, has snow-white walls, is decorated with clear spring water, and is surrounded by trees. Beautiful and strange plants can be seen everywhere inside, exuding various magical halos.
Walking in the corridor of this palace, one by one the elf maids with butterfly wings on their backs swim among them, making people feel like they are falling into a dream.
These elf maids are all of extraordinary strength. They decorate, maintain, and protect the palace where the elf queen lives, and they themselves have become part of the palace scenery.
"Are you Lorraine Hill?"
In the water lily pavilion in the lake, Lorraine Hill met the current Elf Queen.
If she were to be described in human terms, she would appear to be in her 20s, with long, light pink hair, wearing a snow-white elegant dress, cuffs, and a floating halo of light behind her head, making her look like a goddess in a fairy tale.
However, Lorraine Hill knew that this was not a god, and that the blooming and suspended halo of thorns should also be the effect of a holy object. It had a protective and isolation effect, allowing the Elf Queen to remain strong and safe.
"Echenvera, you have to put out the aperture. This is only polite." Shortly after sitting down, the queen just asked, when Vistena knocked on the thorny aperture suspended behind her head and told her
That's not polite.
"Oh, I got it, Thena." As she said this, the queen covered her head and extinguished the golden halo of light behind her and on her sleeves. Only then did she appear calm and approachable.
They have a very good relationship. Looking at this scene, Lorraine Hill blinked.
The elf queen was not angry at Vestina's behavior at all. Judging from the relaxed and casual appearance of the two of them, it seemed that such scenes had long been accustomed to them.
"Hello, I am Lorraine Hill, the... er, sage of Clancia." By the way, this is the first time Lorraine Hill has taken the initiative to tell others that he is the sage of Clancia.
I always feel a bit ashamed to call myself this.
A few thoughts passed through his mind, and Lorraine Hill quickly adapted and calmed down.
"I heard Thena talk about you. She said you are very powerful and admirable. Although you look young, you are surprisingly reassuring and asked me to study hard." Her Royal Highness the Queen did not say anything.
He said Vistena's original words without modification, which made the latter a little embarrassed.
"Ahem, Aiqinweila, no need to talk about this anymore, let's get into the theme."
"Is Thena talking about the idea you had before? I know it." Her Royal Highness the Queen pressed her hand on her chest and seemed to be confident, even though she was indeed in good shape.
"Let's unite together and make progress together without being prejudiced or living a conservative and self-contained life. I remember that."
"Well, that's right. What is Aiqinweila planning to do?" Looking at the confident look of the pink-haired queen, Vesterna seemed to have a bad premonition.
"It's very simple. Just gather everyone and talk to them." Aiqinweila said straight words.
"Ahem, this is too direct... It will cause big conflicts and disputes. What if..." Vesterna thought of various words to explain the brainlessness and recklessness of this method.
It's a pity that as she talked, her voice became smaller and smaller, because she didn't know any better way. The current situation in the empire has reached a critical moment. If it is not reversed in time, this window will be missed.
In the next ten years or so, when everyone gets used to it and forms a fixed mindset, the country will really be divided.
"Hey, it seems that the only way is to follow Aiqinweila's approach, to directly draw out the conflicts and then resolve them in a unified way." Vestina nodded helplessly.
"I'm right, Thena." Seeing her friend admit her method, Her Royal Highness the Queen seemed very happy, feeling like a child getting good grades and being praised by adults, although she was not
Just children.
No wonder Vestina said before that Her Royal Highness the Queen is very easy to persuade. This level of difficulty is not only the degree of ease of persuasion, but also the degree of being extremely obedient.
Lorraine Hill looked at the two of them and had a lot of things to say in his heart, but he still endured it.
Business is important.
In the following days, the Elf Queen issued summons orders to the leaders of the major factions in the forest elves. At the same time, the fifteen seats of the Emerald Court were also recalled one after another under the Queen's order, and came to the center of the Emerald Forest to join us.
Discuss and decide the future direction of the forest elves.
Half a month later, the Elf Queen held a grand meeting in the Palace of the Green Moon. All the leading figures among the forest elves were present, and the usually quiet palace suddenly became noisy and lively.
Under the golden chair of the holy tree, the Elf Queen is sitting upright in an elegant long dress with gold leaves on a white background. She is holding a staff of golden branches, and there is a golden halo of thorns floating behind her head. She is surrounded by a sequence 6 elf maid.
, has an indescribable majesty and momentum, which deeply surprised the few people who knew her well.
Unexpectedly, when Aiqinweila became serious, she really looked like a queen. No wonder those elf sages and senior officials finally chose her to lead this generation of elf queen.
At this moment, everyone gathered in this extremely spacious hall. Its four walls were made of entwined branches of trees. On the top of the hall, a huge golden gem was entangled and fixed with the branches, emitting a halo like the sun.
Light up the empty hall below.
In addition to the golden chair of the sacred tree where the Queen sits, there are fifteen emerald green wooden chairs on both sides below, representing the fifteen seats of the Emerald Court, and then there are brown wooden high chairs, made by the major factions of the forest elves.
Used by leaders. Below are some standing forest elves. They often come from various fields and are masters in that field, as well as high-level transcendent beings.
"The Holy Tree Decision Begins." As a distant horn sounded, the voices in the Holy Tree Hall suddenly became quiet.
Countless elves looked at the Elf Queen on the seat in the center. Encouraged by the eyes of her friends, the latter calmed down and finally spoke. Her clear voice, blessed by extraordinary power, echoed like ripples in the hall.
"Today, I invite everyone here to announce some matters."
"In the past ten years, the empire has been in turmoil, and various disasters have occurred in various places."
"As one of the founders of the empire and a party to the alliance, we forest elves cannot completely sit idly by and ignore such things. The imperial family is not only the emperor of humans, but also the emperor of our elves. They also have the blood of the past elven queens.
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"So, in order to re-create a prosperous and unified situation, we forest elves will no longer be limited to the Emerald Forest, but will return to the empire and participate in the empire's reconstruction, unification, and future reform and progress."
His words were like the ringing of a big bell, echoing in the ears and hearts of many forest elves, bringing shock and surprise.
Even though some people guessed the queen's plans and thoughts from Vistena's daily behavior and remarks, they never thought that these remarks and thoughts would be announced in such a direct way.
It's one thing to object in private on a daily basis, but it's another thing to object in person at the much-anticipated Holy Tree Conference.
Although the Elf Queen is a vase that everyone doesn't pay attention to on weekdays, when the vase really speaks, it would be difficult for you to directly disobey it if you don't have a righteous reputation.
Some small faction leaders directly bowed their heads and said yes. For the forest elves in these remote places, the queen has such authority and power in the traditional concepts of the forest elves.
And some other big faction leaders looked embarrassed. They actually had various ideas and really didn't want to give in and accepted the Queen's proposal. But because there was no prior consultation, no one was willing to be the first to stand up and express their opposition.
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Fortunately, this embarrassing scene did not last long. An old man dressed in withered gold leaves walked out. He first saluted the Elf Queen and then spoke frankly.
"Your Majesty, I don't think this is appropriate." Although outsiders are in awe of this Elf Queen, he is different. She is about three times the age of the Elf Queen, and she once taught the young Aiqinweila and does not blindly believe in this.
A simple queen.
"Although we forest elves once made an alliance with the empire and created a glorious era together, that is already in the past. Now that we participate in the battle within the empire, we will undoubtedly face war, and the final result is nothing more than once again
Sharing the rule of this empire with the royal family does not bring much benefit to us forest elves."
"Our population is limited and cannot withstand consumption, and we do not need an overly broad territory. In addition, such hasty participation may not trigger conflicts between humans and elves again, setting off an unquenchable war."
What he said was clear and coherent, and it was also valued by many opponents. As a result, many people followed closely and agreed with his words.
For a while, the situation in the hall reached a deadlock.
Facing the words of the old elf, Aiqinweila was very distressed while sitting on the throne. She was not very good at convincing others, let alone this was a senior who had taught her. At this time, she could only look to the side for help.
Vestina.
"What Lord Philliwoods said makes sense, but it is no longer the past."
Vistena stood up, and those who followed her were the group that agreed with the forest elves to go out. They also had a large number of people, and they stood opposite the opposition in the hall, forming a balance of power.
Looking at the tense scene ahead, the leaders of some small factions and some ill-informed elves below opened their mouths slightly, looking extremely surprised.
When did two such distinct and opposing factions form within the elves? And today, is a direct conflict going to break out?
For a time, people felt uneasy, nervous and worried.
