Finally, the Peace Festival came to an end.
When Sophie, as the Elven Queen, appeared in front of the Queen’s Palace and delivered a speech before the entire Elven Homeland, expressing gratitude for peace and praising the friendship between races, the centennial Peace Festival officially concluded.
The elves clapped cheerfully, offering their applause.
The invited guests from other races also applauded, feeling a sense of reluctance.
For the elves, such a festival might be held a dozen times in their lifetime, but for people of other races, it wasn’t necessarily the case.
For humans, a hundred years often meant a lifetime.
Therefore, this centennial Peace Festival might be the only one a human could attend in their entire life.
It was only natural for people to feel sentimental.
Even Shien wondered if he would have the opportunity to attend the next Peace Festival.
After all, who knew what would happen in a hundred years?
He was only in his early twenties; it was too difficult for him to think about things a hundred years from now.
Lucy thought the same. In the end, she no longer cared about her image and, like a true princess, stood with her back to the enchanted forest, a serene and beautiful smile on her face.
Shien felt he would never forget that breathtaking sight.
But no matter what, life had to go on.
The Peace Festival was over, and the visitors from various countries would spend one last night in the Elven Homeland.
Tomorrow morning, the invited guests would depart one after another.
Shien and his companions also planned to leave tomorrow, without further delay.
Tomorrow, Shien would bid farewell to the Elven Homeland and head to the Empire to meet Diere.
However, Shien didn’t expect that the others’ itineraries would be different from his.
For example, Airi…
“You’re going back to the Demon Realm?”
When Shien mentioned in the treehouse that they would be leaving tomorrow and heading to the Empire, Airi’s words stunned him.
“That’s right.” Airi didn’t seem very happy, saying unhappily, “Sister Lid said we need to go back and report on the Original Demon’s emergence. The six of us sisters might have a meeting, so it’s best if I go back with them.” rἁ𐌽oꞖΕᶊ
Hearing this, Shien couldn’t help but look at Lid.
“Don’t look at me like that.” Lid, lying on the table, sensed Shien’s gaze and immediately said, “The Demon Race has been paying attention to the Original Demon for a long time and can’t wait to eliminate these Old Demon Factions. Now that they’ve finally shown themselves, as leaders of the Demon Race, we naturally have to discuss how to respond.”
“Mm-hmm!” Millu nodded seriously beside her, though it was unclear if she understood.
“So…” Shien blinked, asking uncertainly, “All three of you are going back to the Demon Realm?”
“That’s right.” Lid nodded.
“Right, right.” Millu nodded seriously again.
“Honestly…” Airi seemed reluctant, even resistant.
Shien also felt somewhat at a loss.
Ever since he met Airi, they had never been apart.
Besides living under the same roof, whenever he went on any trips, Airi would always accompany him.
Airi was with him at Atlus Gorge.
She was also by his side when he went to Duke Strimm’s territory.
This trip to the Elven Homeland was the same.
Airi had always been by Shien’s side, closer than anyone else, and for a longer time than anyone else.
Now, after careful calculation, Shien realized that Airi was the person who had been with him the longest since he came to this world.
It had only been about half a year since Shien was summoned to this world.
And he met Airi when he first entered the Royal Capital.
At that time, it had only been about a month since he arrived in this world.
Afterward, every time he went on a trip, she would be by his side, naturally becoming the person who had accompanied him the longest.
Now, this girl was actually leaving?
Shien felt a little uncomfortable.
Airi seemed to see through this.
However, she opened her mouth, but didn’t know what to say.
How could she be willing to leave?
In the past, Airi rarely stayed with someone for such a long time.
Although she had lived for over ten thousand years, as a dragon, she spent most of her time sleeping.
For Airi, who could sleep for hundreds of years at a time, the experience of waking up almost every day and staying by someone’s side, talking and laughing with them, was practically nonexistent.