Chapter 208 – The Past
High elf.
They are the royal family of the elves, of which only a few exist.
According to mythology, they are descendants of the first elves created by the Goddess of Wisdom in Genesis, and are also the custodians of the World Tree, called the Tree of Wisdom.
“No, wait a minute! Even if we do, isn’t that the information you, our colleague, should know?!”
Dorothea asked, pointing with her finger at Margaret, who, like the rest of us, was obviously flustered.
But Margaret seems to feel the same way.
“It’s the first I’ve heard of today!”
While we were in chaos, Glinda, the person in charge, twitched her long ears and spoke softly.
“It’s not something an exile would boast about.”
Oh
The atmosphere of remembering forgotten facts and belatedly solemn.
I don’t know what her past was like, but once the royal family was exiled, it probably wasn’t a good thing.
“I’m sorry. We didn’t do anything…”
While everyone was watching, Camilla was the first to put an apology into her mouth, and the others apologized one after another.
“Sorry.”
“We were bad.”
“…There was a lack of consideration.”
Even Sophia, the most inconsiderate person in the group.
Then Glinda waved her hand with a puzzled expression, then let out a small sigh, perhaps realizing that she was futile.
“I didn’t say that to get an apology. I just kept her mouth shut because there was no reason to let her know that I was a high elf.”
Her teacher, who had been listening to her words, tilted her head and asked.
“But it’s strange. Isn’t high elf lineage considered very noble among elves by nature? What on earth happened in the past to the point of driving such a royal family out of their homeland?”
“Master!”
I sent a warning with a wink to Master, who was ignoring the question, but Master replied with a rather shameless expression, “Why, what.”
“It’s okay, Mr. Kaldrash. Since we’re on the same boat, we need to explain it to everyone.”
Saying that, Glinda placed her hand on her chest, held her breath for a moment, then opened her mouth.
“In the past, I killed Titania, my her sister and the 7th Queen of this country.”
To prevent the child from slipping out.
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With the murder of a kinsman, the assassination of the queen.
The story that Glinda told candidly was quite shocking.
“My original name was Gloria or von Alfheim. She was the first born elf, descended from Mimir, and was the daughter of the Alfheim royal family.”
Master listened to her story and asked.
“In the elven royal family, unlike humans, the fittest don’t have priority for the throne?”
“No, elves generally think that the first born is wiser, so the throne is inherited by the fittest, just like humans. But in my case, it was a little special.”
“Was it special?”
“Yes. I inherited the rich blood of Mimir, her ancestor, so I have excellent magical talent.”
So said Glinda, and she waved her staff of mistletoe, which she always carried in her hand.
Then, several clusters of light appeared in her air.
Small light sources, like fireflies, entangled and entangled each other to create a complex figure, which eventually turned into a figure with eight sides.
What it means is-
“…Eighth level.”
Master listened to her story and muttered in a daze.
“Yes. Thanks to my outstanding magical achievements, I was able to rise to the 8th rank for the second time in the history of the Elves.”
“Second?”
When I suddenly questioned her, Glinda tilted her head.
“Do you notice anything strange?”
“No, as far as I know, I’ve heard that an 8th tier wizard has only appeared once in history.”
And judging from her context before and after her, the first 8th tier wizard recorded in the Emerald Tower seemed to be referring to her.
Well, the 8th rank isn’t that common, but it’s normal for them to be the same person.
After hearing my explanation, Glinda put a small smile on her lips and nodded her head.
“Certainly, it may have been known as such in the human world. But the first wizard to reach the 8th hierarchy was not me, but Mimir, the ancestor of the elves. She is the one who created the hierarchy in the first place.”
“…”
What came out of her mouth was, in a way, a statement that could shock all the mages who are still studying in the Mage Tower.
This is because one of the most important criteria for distinguishing modern elemental magic from ancient magic was the existence of a hierarchy.
Now it has become a mainstream theory used by all races, but its origins were unknown, and now, a long-standing mystery in academia has been solved.
As if her head hurt from the information that came in quickly without even blinking, her teacher felt the same way. She shook her right hand and said,
“Now that your story is over, tell me why you didn’t become queen.”
“Ah yes.”
Nodding her head at her master’s urging, Glinda returned the flow of her story, which had been lost for a moment.
“When the first elf to rise to the 8th tier after Mimir, the founder, was born, the people of Elven Wood were delighted as if it were their own work. You thought that there would be restrictions on using my power for the sake of it. It’s a very peaceful era now, but in the past, all neighboring countries were like enemies.”
Certainly, as far as I know, the atmosphere where the elves and the demons do not touch each other became the way it is now, after the generational change of the demon lord occurred.
Before that, it is said that there were many fights, large and small, over the great forest.
“After seeing that, I decided to give up the predestined throne and become a shield that protects the kingdom.”
“Oh oh…”
“It’s no big deal.”
As I involuntarily exclaimed at her bold decision to abdicate her throne, Glinda said shyly and scratched the back of her head.
“Thanks to my abdication of the throne, the next queen became my younger sister, Titania. As the older sister, I was in charge of the country’s national defense, and the younger sister, Titania, did the housekeeping, and my father also closed his eyes in satisfaction. However, the tragedy It came to me one day.”
“What if it’s a tragedy?”
“Titania’s fiancée, who went to the battlefield to resolve the territorial dispute with the demons, died in an unexpected accident. Titania, who fell into despair over that incident, left her state affairs behind and went into seclusion for a long time.”
So said Glinda, and she looked into the distance with sad eyes.
“I believed in my sister, who was commanding the army at the forefront at the time. That child would soon rise from her seat and rule this country wonderfully again. …But Titania, who was weakened by the death of her fiancé, was hiding in the shadows. I ended up playing on people’s tongues.”
I remembered what she said earlier.
The secret society ‘Snake of Wisdom’.
That there was a royal family who supported their activities.
“…”
At that moment, all the clues were connected as one.
And, having understood the whole story, I kept my mouth shut.
The words that came out of Glinda’s mouth the next moment were a predestined tragedy.
“Titania, who came out after a long seclusion, tried to send an army out of the forest to seek revenge. I thought that innocent people might bleed, so I stopped the child alone, and I also killed all those who belonged to the group called the Serpent of Wisdom that was controlling the child from behind. When the fight with the snake was over, nearly a third of the country’s nobility were all dead, leaving an indelible scar on the country I was trying to defend, but no one was able to punish me. .So I laid down all the privileges I had as a royalty, and turned the kingdom into a republic, to make sure nothing like my brother ever happens again.”
After the long talk, Glinda murmured with a self-deprecating smile.
“But looking at the current situation, it seems that the choice I made at that time was wrong again.”
I held my breath and listened to her story until the end, then asked cautiously.
“Is that why you returned to Elvenwood?”
In order to right the wrongs you have committed in the past?
But at my question, Glinda shook her head.
“No, my return to this country is only a small atonement. Originally, Margaret would also have become my people.”
“Glinda…”
Margaret looked at Glinda with a moved expression.
In a way, it must be because for the first time she revealed her own honest feelings.
Perhaps feeling the awkwardness in the air, Glinda cleared her throat and said,
“Now that my story is over, why don’t you go to bed in preparation for tomorrow morning? The night seems to have gotten quite late.”
Exactly.
I realized after listening to her, but we had just sneaked out of the dorm before going to bed.
Suddenly tired, I yawned loudly and nodded.
“Then, the strategy meeting will be held early tomorrow morning. Everyone seems tired right now.”
Then everyone else agreed with me.
