Book 5: Chapter 12


    Lunas brothers house wasnt big. It had a very simple style. All of the furniture gave off the vibe that they were made by so-so handiwork. There was very little furniture. There were only two divided areas. One was the bedroom, and the other was the guest room. In terms of furniture, the house only had one round table, eating utensils, chairs, cupboards and other necessities. There were no decorations.


    I was currently sitting on one side of the table waiting for her brother to say something. I could tell that Lunas brother was a miner at first nce. Even elven skin will get slightly tanned working in a mine. He looked at us with his arms folded. Luna wore a blissful smile, but I felt that the gaze he reserved for me wasnt friendly.


    After a long silence, Lunas brother cleared his throat and then asked, Have you done it?


    What?


    I got caught by surprise. I had no idea what he was talking about. I had no idea how to answer the question that was suddenly thrust at me.


    Luna looked at her brother, nodded, and replied, Yes.


    My face literally looked like a big question mark. Whats he talking about? I dont understand a thing. I looked at Freya only to realise that Freya couldnt understand the elvennguage. She had no idea what we were saying, so I couldnt learn what they were talking about through Freya.


    Is that so? I have nothing I can say then. In any case, there is no precedence of a human and an elf doing this sort of stuff. But I dont think Mr Troy is a bad man. As long as you two are happy together, I will be able to give you my blessings as your brother. However, I can detect mana from Mr Troys body


    Luna replied, Mr Troy is mixed-blood. He is half-elven.


    Lunas brother nodded and said, I see. That means that there is precedence to your cross-race rtionship. Thats good. But it would be best if you could stay, Luna. A family is happiest when they are together.


    Luna looked at me. I shook my head to indicate I didnt mind. As I previously said, my original n was for Luna to stay. Its great that she still has a family. Her brother was right. A united family was the most beautiful thing, especially being able to reunite after going through such a disaster.


    Luna looked at me. She held my hand tightly under the table. She looked at her brother and resolutely said, No, brother. While I really miss you, I want to continue staying at Mr Troys side.


    Yeah?


    Her brother stood up. He then sighed and said, Nothing I can do then. Just go with Mr Troy then. I cant separate a husband from his wife after all. Lets leave it at that then. Im very d to see that Luna could find her own happiness. I wish you two the best.


    No uhh this


    Luna pinched my thigh under my hand so I had to keep quiet and acknowledge it. I dont know why it turned out like this. We said we were just going to see Lunas family. How did it be me meeting her brother for marriage purposes? So this was the n right from the start! But its true, so I cant deny it


    It cant be helped. Ill just acknowledge it. This wont really affect me, and I wont do anything with Luna again.


    Her brother left and said that he wanted to wait on us. There were only the three of us in the house. I turned around to look at Luna and made an open hand gesture to ask for her exnation.


    Luna looked at me and responded as if it was a matter of course, Oh there is nothing to exin. Just consider it helping me, Your Highness Help me leave a false impression that I am married to my love. I do not want to show a sad expression to the vigers after all. I want to put my brother at ease, so please be my shield this once, Your Highness. Nobody knows you are the prince either.


    I sighed. I could understand where Luna wasing from. I said, Alright then. But not again.


    Luna giggled and replied, Understood, Your Highness.


    Aaahh, what were you saying? I didnt understand a thing. I think that theres still nobody who knows what my name is. Freyazed onto the table out of boredom. It was so awkward when she greeted the stableman so gracefully and yet he just ignored her. Honestly speaking, I really wanted tough. That was an awkward fail-moment. The stableman didnt have a clue as to what she said due to them not speaking the othersnguage. And so Freya self-introduction was for naught.


    Iughed and then gently scrubbed her head and said, Dont worry about it. We were just talking about her family matters, so there was no need to understand it. Theres no need for you tomunicate with others anyway, Freya. You just need toe up with ideas for me. Otherwise, you can just go and y with Luna. Oh right, Luna. When does the celebration start?


    Luna thought about it for a moment and then replied, I am not too sure. It looks like they have spent several days preparing for this one already. If there are no dys, it should start in two days. They should be done with their harvests by then. The remainder of their work will, therefore, be to prepare for the celebration, like erecting the stage and so forth.


    But are there this many people around before the celebration? Why do I feel that the vige is really crowded at the moment?


    Erm I have never seen so many people before. When I was in the vige, it was just an event where the vigers entertained themselves. There were no outsiders. But it looks like the vigers from around the area havee in now I am not sure when this started either.


    Luna looked at the people outside who continued passing by non-stop, sighed and said, The vige is notrge, to begin with, so where are these people staying? Do they set up temporary inns? But oh well. It is a celebration, so the more the merrier.


    I nodded and then said, What would happen if the elves were to find out that humans were trafficking elves?


    Luna chuckled and replied, Of course, they would start a small-scale war then. Nobody would just stand and watch their people get kidnapped, right? It is like stealing someone from another. Your highness, you should be aware of the nature of elves, right?


    I gave a nod. Most of the people here are elves. I havent seen everyone present so I cant be certain if humans are among them. If they kidnap elves at this time, I bet theyd get beaten to death. It looks like Im going back empty-handed this time. But there shouldnt be a problem if I ask around.


    It wouldnt be easy for the humans to kidnap the elves from here unless the entire vige was in cahoots with them. So why did the elves who got kidnapped all say that they got kidnapped in this vige? Do the humans bring an army in? That would make sense if the empress wanted to capture them, but how does the church have what it takes to pull it off?


    It looks like I have to re-investigate this trafficking case.


    Why is it that I cant get things done in one stroke regardless of which side Im on? I have to seriously investigate the cases each time. I cant just capture someone to ask them either since Im just an ordinary person, and a human at that. What, am I just going to ask are there any humans here?


    People will think Im retarded.


    But I think Ill be alright in this vige if I go as Lunas husband. I assume the elves of this vige dont particrly like humans. But they probably wont be rude to me considering Im Lunas husband.


    As we were chatting, Lunas brother brought back an entire rabbit leg. Luna stood up, walked up to her brother to take it from him and then went into the kitchen. Well, lets eat first in whatever case. We dont have time to go out today so lets just get some good rest at Lunas brothers ce.