WTYTIAAN Chapter 140

Chapter 140

“Can I go back with you to meet Elder Reggs?”

As soon as these words came out, the two little fellows were stunned at the same time.

“Go back with ‘us’?” Zara tilted her head.

“Together?!” Quill cried out in disbelief.

“How can this be!”

To Yan Yunqing’s surprise, the one with the biggest reaction was not the well-behaved Zara, but Quill, who seemed a bit reckless.

Quill shook his head repeatedly, “No, no, how can we take you back? If Elder Reggs finds out, we’ll definitely be punished. Elder Reggs has been getting more and more grumpy lately, and I don’t want to be made to copy books!”

Oh, mystery solved. Turns out he just didn’t want to be punished.

Zara pondered, “The elven rules don’t seem to say we can’t bring outsiders… oh no, outer beasts into Serinval? It seems okay if it’s a Kami beast seeking help.”

Serinval, the elven name for their territory, translates roughly to ‘Emerald Land’ in ancient Elvish.

Quill looked at Zara in shock, “Are you kidding me? Zara?”

“Does it even need to be a rule? Since we were born, no outsiders have ever appeared in Serinval!”

“But there have been unfamiliar Kami beasts!” Zara objected, “There are still a lot of small animals in Serinval.”

Quill stamped his foot, “But those Kami beasts can’t talk or turn into people!”

Zara landed on top of the Kami beast’s head and pinched his long ears, “But he is indeed a Kami beast!”

Yan Yunqing could feel the weight on his head. Zara wasn’t pinching his ears very hard, the pressure was so light it could be ignored. He felt even guiltier.

He had become a cunning human in Lillian’s words: deceiving innocent elves.

“No, no!” Quill continued to shake his head, “What if Elder Reggs doesn’t think he’s a Kami beast? I really don’t want to copy books again, I still have a hundred copies of ancient elven biographies to copy!”

Zara was confused, “A hundred copies? Didn’t Elder Reggs only punish you with twenty copies last time? That only adds up to eighty copies with the previous ones!”

Quill silently shifted his gaze, “…Well, I accidentally broke Elder Pike’s potion before I came out, and now Elder Pike should have already complained to Elder Reggs.”

Zara covered her mouth, “So the extra twenty copies are what you estimated?”

Quill closed his eyes, unwilling to face the truth.

And the truth was: after Elder Pike complained to Elder Reggs, twenty copies was still the starting amount of punishment. If Elder Reggs was in a bad mood, he might even add more.

Zara suddenly gasped, “Quill, you broke Elder Pike’s potion when you came out, and he went to Elder Reggs to complain. Elder Reggs will definitely send other elves to find you—but we’re not in Serinval!”

Quill thought for a moment, and his face changed as well, Oh no!

They had sneaked out, and everything would be fine if they weren’t discovered, but if they were, they would definitely be severely punished.

Elder Reggs had emphasized many times to them, these juvenile elves, in the past few days that elves outside of adulthood were not allowed to run out of Serinval. If they were found, they would be punished and confined!

Quill had made a lot of preparations for this escape. He had even mastered the elders’ shift schedules, planned everything meticulously, and then persuaded Zara to come out with him, believing that he would definitely not be discovered, which was why Quill dared to be so arrogant.

But he forgot to include the fact that he had accidentally broken Elder Pike’s potion this morning before leaving in his plan!

Crap, he was so focused on the fact that Elder Pike was going to complain and that he was going to have to copy at least twenty more times, that he completely forgot that Elder Pike would definitely look for him after complaining to Elder Reggs.

Now what? No one could find Quill, and Zara, who was often with Quill, was also gone. Elder Reggs would know where they had run off to with a little thought.

They were completely exposed!

Quill’s face changed repeatedly, and from his expression, it looked like he was still trying to struggle, but before long, he completely deflated, and black clouds seemed to gather above his head.

No, Elder Reggs wouldn’t listen to his excuses!

He was silent for a while, then suddenly leaped to his feet, “Or maybe I should go find Sister Talisin! Didn’t she come to the forest today too? I might as well run away with her! It’s time for me to go out and train.”

Zara didn’t really want to discourage him, but she still had to tell the truth, “But Quill, you’re about to enter your growth period. Even if you go find Sister Talisin, she won’t agree to let you follow her.”

Quill wilted again.

Yan Yunqing couldn’t help but interject, “Since you’re going to be punished anyway, why not take me in this time?”

Before Quill could speak, Yan Yunqing continued, “Speaking of which, I also know an elf, she’s also my partner. When I met her, she was in her juvenile stage just like you.”

Quill said listlessly, “Don’t joke around. The elders have been stricter and stricter in the past hundred years. It’s impossible for juvenile elves to leave Serinval. If they leave, they’ll be quickly caught and brought back by the elders.”

If Sister Talisin couldn’t take in his runaway self, he would also be quickly caught and brought back by the elders, so after Zara refuted Quill’s words, Quill no longer considered ‘running away from home’.

Zara, on the other hand, believed Yan Yunqing’s words. She asked curiously, “Which elf is it? Do I know her?”

“Her name is Lillian, she should still be in her growth period now,” Yan Yunqing said casually, “She returned to the elven forest half a year ago.”

“Lillian?”

“Lillian!”

Two distinctly different voices rang out. Quill was shocked, Zara was puzzled, but it was clear that both little fellows knew Lillian.

That was good, too. Yan Yunqing could try to get closer to them.

“Yeah, do you know her?”

“This…” Zara hesitated, “Um… you could say we know her?”

Quill didn’t say anything, and the look in his eyes as he looked at Yan Yunqing was shocked and surprised, as if he was looking at some magical creature. Yan Yunqing tilted his head in confusion, “What’s wrong?”

“N-nothing…” Quill stuttered unexpectedly for a moment, “Um, nothing.”

Zara was much calmer. She thought for a moment, “Since you know Lillian, the elders shouldn’t say anything about bringing you back to Serinval…”

This time, even Quill didn’t refuse again, but became taciturn, trying to reduce his presence.

Yan Yunqing hesitated, why did Quill’s attitude change so much when Lillian was mentioned?

Thinking of his previous guesses about Lillian’s identity, Yan Yunqing’s expression turned strange for a moment.

Could it be? Could it be that he guessed right, and Lillian really was the new generation of the Queen…?

But according to what Zara and the others said, the elven elders were now very strict, and juvenile elves would be immediately caught and brought back if they ran out. Then how did Lillian sneak out and hang out with him for so long? Could it be because he was dragging Lillian all over the place that the elven elders couldn’t find them?

Yan Yunqing twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that this possibility was quite high.

Zara considered for a while and finally agreed to take Yan Yunqing back to Serinval to seek Elder Reggs’ help.

The road was not easy. Without a map or compass, once a person entered the forest, they could easily have their senses confused by the trees and ultimately lose their way.

However, Yan Yunqing had the small map to assist him, and the two elves were very familiar with the road back to Serinval. Elves were naturally sensitive to their territory and the mother tree, so even if this was their first time sneaking out, they could quickly find the direction of the territory.

It took more than an hour of walking with Yan Yunqing to finally find the entrance to Serinval.

This was because the two elves were sensitive to Serinval and kept taking shortcuts to get here so quickly. Yan Yunqing even used a few magic spells to help them on their way.

The entrance to Serinval was an inconspicuous valley entrance. Yan Yunqing was just about to walk inside when Zara stopped him, “There’s a magic circle set up here, non-elves can’t enter.”

However, the next second, she was stunned, because Yan Yunqing had already stepped into Serinval with one foot without being hindered in the slightest.

“Um? Is there a barrier in front?” Yan Yunqing tentatively swept his tail, but didn’t feel any blocking force.

Zara hesitated, “No… you’ve already passed the barrier. Strange, doesn’t this magic circle block Kami beasts?”

Quill was still as quiet as a chicken. The closer he got to Serinval, the slower he flew. It was obvious that he was really afraid of going in to face Elder Reggs’s anger.

Yan Yunqing looked down at his claws, tentatively raised them, and took a step forward, confirming that there was no resistance.

A question mark appeared above Yan Yunqing’s head.

Could it be that the Kami beast he was playing had deceived the elven territory’s magic circle?

Was his acting skill that good?

Zara didn’t understand why either. Since he could pass, there was no need to dwell on it. Zara led the way, and Yan Yunqing followed behind, observing Serinval.

After more than a thousand years, the current Serinval was not the same as the Serinval in his memory from his ‘Demon King’ days, or rather, it had changed a lot.

Especially this entrance passage…

Did Serinval seem a little smaller now than it used to be?

This wasn’t Yan Yunqing’s illusion. After observing for a while, Yan Yunqing realized that the current Serinval had indeed shrunk in size.

Serinval was very large during the ‘Demon King’ era, and there was no so-called defensive magic circle. The dwarf clan next door often came to visit the elven territory.

The elves were very free at that time, and there was no saying that juvenile elves were not allowed to leave Serinval. Otherwise, Sylph wouldn’t have picked up the injured and unconscious ‘Demon King’ on the outskirts of the forest.

Perhaps it was because although it was a chaotic world at that time, most of those who suffered from the persecution of the gods were the human race and some other races living in the chaotic world, while the elves lived in forests far away from the war, so they were so free.

If it hadn’t been for the necromancer who later massacred the elves and imprisoned the elven souls, not allowing them to return to the elven mother tree, Sylph wouldn’t have decided to join this long war.

As Yan Yunqing stepped out of the valley passage, a ray of bright sunlight scattered through the gaps in the branches, like dancing fireflies illuminating Serinval in front of him.