“You…what are you doing?”
Seeing Shien playing so happily with a group of fairies, Carol finally spoke.
Only then did Shien notice Carol’s arrival.
“Oh, it’s you.” Shien said, his tone a little dismissive, but he didn’t stop playing with the fairies.
Hearing Shien’s seemingly indifferent tone, Carol almost got angry.
But she quickly calmed herself down, suppressed her irritation, and walked towards Shien with a serious expression.
“Children, go and play on your own for a while.”
Carol said gently to the numerous fairies around Shien.
“—”
The fairies stirred, seemingly reluctant.
This made Carol look at Shien with a complicated expression.
“Don’t look at me like that,” Shien said, clarifying immediately, “They came here to play on their own. I didn’t kidnap them.”
“…I know.” Carol said, a little exasperated. “I didn’t say you kidnapped them.”
“Really?” Shien wasn’t reassured and asked, “With your Elven Race’s usual behavior, shouldn’t you be suspecting that I, a man from another race, did something?”
“You…” Carol really found this man infuriating. She had been deliberately controlling herself, but he was still provoking her.
Carol said stiffly,
“I’ve already said that the magic power and aura you emanate are very attractive to our Elven Race and these fairies. Therefore, I guessed their arrival, and even Her Majesty has also guessed it.”
In other words, they weren’t surprised by this.
Of course, Carol didn’t mention that although she had guessed the fairies would be attracted to Shien, she hadn’t expected these naturally timid and shy fairies to gather around Shien so unrestrainedly and play with him.
Surely, the Elven Queen hadn’t expected this either.
This was the reason why Carol was so shocked when she arrived and saw this scene.
Also…
“I want to know, did you do anything to them?”
Carol couldn’t help but ask.
Now it was Shien’s turn to be speechless.
“You just said you weren’t suspecting me, and now you’re asking if I did something to them?”
Did this vice-commander of the Elven Corps have some misunderstanding of the word “suspicion”?
“No, I’m not questioning you, just surprised.” Carol shook her head, looked directly at Shien, and said, “I can sense that these children’s reincarnation cycle seems to have shortened.” râꞐÔbÈꞩ
“Reincarnation cycle?” Shien didn’t understand.
“The time it takes for a fairy to be reborn as an elf.” Carol explained, “All fairies born from nature have a period of growth before becoming elves. We call this the reincarnation cycle.”
When they arrived at the Elven Homeland, Melika had also said that fairies born from nature would play in the world while absorbing the magic power of nature. After decades, centuries, or even millennia, they would develop intelligence and wisdom, and then, using the absorbed magic power, transform into human form, becoming elves.
This period of growth from fairy to elf was the so-called reincarnation cycle.
And depending on the individual, the fairies’ reincarnation cycles were also completely different, some taking only decades, some centuries, and some even requiring thousands of years.
The shorter the time, the greater the individual’s talent and the closer they were to nature, possessing astonishing magic power and pure elven blood.
“Do you know why the elven royalty is different from ordinary elves?” Carol said, “It’s because their reincarnation cycles are very short, so short that they not only develop human-like emotions, but also absorb a trace of divinity from the nature that nurtured them, giving them immense magic power and pure bloodlines.”
Because the world was created by Omniis, the Supreme God, and nature was created by Nadue, the Goddess of Nature, some exceptionally talented fairies, during their transformation into elves, could absorb a trace of divine power and divinity from nature, becoming beings close to gods, similar to demigods.
Such beings were the elven royalty.
That’s why the elven royalty had such a high and special status among the elves.
In a sense, they were the children, or even avatars, of Nadue, the Goddess of Nature, their magic power and bloodline pure, extremely close to the goddesses of the Divine Race.
Unfortunately…
“The conditions for the birth of elven royalty are very harsh.” Carol sighed. “According to records, since the birth of the Elven Race, only three members of the royal family have appeared.”
This number was incredibly small.
Shockingly small.
But perhaps this was normal.
“Queen Sophie has lived for thousands of years, and the two Elven royals before her must have lived even longer.” Shien shrugged. “And how long is the history of the Elven Race? Isn’t it normal for only three royals to have been born?”
That was the case.
Long-lived races had a different concept of time compared to humans.
Even if each of the three elven royals only lived for five thousand years, that would be fifteen thousand years in total.
Fifteen thousand years of history could probably cover the entire lifespan of Omnipotence, right?
After all, Airi had said that she had lived for almost ten thousand years since her birth, and Lilith had also existed for about the same time. And these two, one a Demon Lord second only to the Demon King, the other a Superior God second only to the Supreme God and the Three Goddesses, could be considered among the earliest lifeforms in this world.