Meanwhile, in the Elven Homeland, rumors about Shien and his group began to spread.
After a thousand years, the Elven Homeland had welcomed its second male visitor from another race. This undoubtedly caused a stir.
Due to the small population of the Elven Race, this news spread quickly, and many reacted to it.
“Why would we suddenly welcome a male from another race?”
“Moreover, the Queen personally welcomed him?”
“Who is he?”
“Even Mitra, the Hero, didn’t receive such treatment.”
“It’s said that he was invited by Melika?”
“Really?”
“He… he won’t do anything to us, will he?”
“Who knows…”
“I’ve heard from the elders many times that men from other races have no good intentions towards our kind.”
“I hope the Elven Corps can restrain him.”
“Indeed.”
Many elves engaged in such discussions, making the usually quiet Elven Homeland unusually lively.
The elves were clearly concerned about this matter.
Thanks to this, Melika, who had just returned to the Elven Homeland and reunited with her fellow elves, was immediately surrounded by her people.
These elves, driven by curiosity, worry, vigilance, and even disgust, asked Melika about Shien.
Because of this, the fact that among those traveling with Shien were the descendant of the Hero known as the Kingdom’s treasure, the Kingdom’s Second Princess, and even a dragon, was completely ignored by the elves.
For the elves, the presence of a male from another race was undoubtedly more concerning than anything else.
Those elves who had traveled outside were still fine, but those who had never left the Elven Homeland were overly worried.
“Why did you invite a man here?”
“It’s like inviting a dangerous person into our home!”
“And the Queen, why did she allow a man to enter?”
“I think we should ask the Elven Corps to drive him out.”
“Yes, yes.”
These elves who had never left the Elven Homeland surrounded Melika, chattering non-stop.
Melika was also troubled.
She understood her people’s thoughts.
Because in the past, before leaving the Elven Homeland, she had also been afraid of men from other races.
It couldn’t be helped.
Whether they had left the Elven Homeland or not, the one thing elves heard the most since childhood was how men from other races treated their kind.
Because of their extraordinary beauty and natural magical talent, there were simply too many people who coveted the elves, too many to count.
Those who returned from their journeys often said that the most common thing they encountered outside was harassment from men.
Even worse, some elves, caught off guard, fell for the deception and tricks of men from other races, and their fates were often tragic, either being sold as high-priced goods or choosing to end their own lives to protect their purity before being defiled. RãNȮbЁȿ
And those few who developed feelings for men from other races rarely had happy endings, spending their days in the Elven Homeland in tears, filled with longing and love, growing old alone.
Under such circumstances, how could elves have a good impression of men from other races?
Even Melika, in just two short years after leaving the Elven Homeland, had been harassed by noble sons like Magray and Edel. It was easy to imagine what elves would encounter in the outside world.
If it weren’t for Vivian’s protection, Melika would have definitely encountered more harassment and might not even be here now, reunited with her people.
In the hearts of the elves, the presence of men from other races wasn’t a good thing.
This might be prejudice, but it was reality.
The elves’ appearance and talent meant they would inevitably encounter such things in this world.
Therefore, Melika understood her people’s thoughts.
But even so, Melika still wanted to say,
“Everyone, please listen to me, Mr. Shien is not a bad person.”
“It’s true that most men from other races aren’t… very friendly to us, but not everyone is like that.”
“There are good people and bad people in this world, and the same goes for men from other races. Some are good, some are bad. Mr. Shien is very good to me.”
“You’ll see. He wouldn’t have any ill intentions towards us because of our appearance or magical talent, because he has a fiancée who is more beautiful and talented than us, an extraordinary and outstanding woman.”
“Please believe me.”
Melika’s earnest persuasion had some effect.