174. Please Punish Me
Before leaving the castle, a male elf walked in.
He was followed by several guard elves. Their uniformly long hair made them look slightly effeminate. In terms of strength, they were all around level 50.
He glanced at Mura with disdain:
“Mura, the queen doesn’t need you to protect her. Stop causing trouble. With your strength, what can you bring her?”
Before the man could continue speaking, he smiled respectfully upon seeing Reina and Calysia. His handsome face could be considered his only redeeming quality.
“This is… haha, welcome, Dragon Queen, Dragon King, to my humble abode. My name is Tayin, and I am the future Elven King. It’s a pleasure to meet you!”
“And this is… Your Highness? How utterly adorable, so young yet with the air of a monarch!”
His face changed faster than flipping a book.
Calysia originally didn’t want to get involved in this matter. Staying by Reina’s side was enough. Moreover, this time she wanted to play the role of a “daughter.”
Mura’s two elven guards turned pale upon seeing Tayin’s words—this woman nestled beside Reina was actually the Dragon King?!
For a moment, they also knelt on the ground and bowed to Calysia, who held the title of [the strongest].
“Rise, no need for formalities,” Calysia finally regained her usual cold and serious demeanor, her aura overpowering Reina’s. And she even changed her posture, from “being held by Reina” to “holding Reina.”
She had declared her sovereignty in front of these people more than once or twice, and this wasn’t the first time she had shown their relationship in front of them. Reina felt quite normal. This elder probably attended the wedding, so it was normal for him to know the Dragon King.
Agnes’s face wasn’t good. She knew what a hypocritical person the person before her was and didn’t greet him, but instead looked at him with a cold face, even releasing a little pressure.
Tayin as the future Elven King?
How dare he say that…
But he did seem to have that kind of strength.
Level 91. Although not level 100, there were traces of a lot of magic energy on his body. If she wasn’t mistaken, he had mastered magic of all attributes. According to Mura’s words, this was probably an existence with a high [destiny].
“It’s breakfast time now. Would you like to join me for a meal?”
“Yes, then I’ll trouble you,” Reina said with a smile.
Tayin nodded slightly and led the group to the dining room on the ground floor of the castle.
The elven dining room wasn’t much different from a human’s. Being inside the castle, they could even enjoy treatment comparable to human nobles. The only problem was that the dishes they ate were too strange compared to humans, or even dragons and orcs.
Fruits, vegetables, beans, drinks, and some meat marinated for guests.
There were no dairy products or stews here, and even the only cow was raised by other races. And the elves ate the fruit of the God’s Tree to ensure their energy intake. The fruit of the God’s Tree came in various colors, and they juiced it as a condiment, looking like a series of poisonous mushroom juices.
The dark elves’ reliance on the God’s Tree was still too high.
“Tayin, as the Elven King, what are your responsibilities?” Reina asked, putting down her knife and fork.
“To lead the dark elves to become strong…”
Tayin talked on and on.
But later, during this time, the godfather wanted to chat with everyone, but the three dragons treated him with indifference. Helplessly, he looked at Mura again.
“When I’m not here, you must serve the three lords well, understand?”
—That tone was as if he had already decided he was the Elven King, reprimanding his own subordinate.
Mura kept her head down throughout and didn’t even eat much.
“Okay…”
After bidding farewell to Tayin, Reina suggested going to the elven kingdom’s council of elders to take a look. On the way, in the flying carriage, Agnes asked, “Mother, why did you accept Tayin’s invitation? He’s a heinous person. Don’t you feel defiled eating with him?”
“I was observing him.”
Reina said with a smile.
While eating, she activated the Eye of Light. Her purpose was to see what kind of person Tayin was and to guide him accordingly. The result was that until she was exhausted, Reina didn’t find any similarities between him and Tris. He didn’t know about the past, nor did he know who the first Elven King was.
“He’s the most likely person to become the new Elven King. Before he took the stage, he was also Tris’s guard… Our statuses are the same, but he’s very talented.”
“His [destiny] is level 9, and he’s much younger than me. He can easily break through to high-rank tier two in the future.”
Reina smiled gently: “You’re no worse than him, especially on the day of the election. You will be the new Dark Elf Queen.”
“But I don’t know magic…”
Mura said in self-deprecation: “You’ve seen it too. Dark elves are actually all powerful magic users, but I cultivate my physical strength… After all, my [destiny] is completely incomparable to others.”
“Mura, what you need to do now is to trust me. Can you do that?”
“I…”
Mura lowered her head:
“I can. I will do my best.”
She didn’t sound confident at all.
…
At night, the dark elves became even more active.
Fairies broke free from the tree trunks, emitting a dazzling light. The entire forest seemed to have entered daylight, and it was also a true “city that never sleeps.”
Before leaving, Calysia used some strange reason to send Agnes away, and behind her back, she and Reina came to an empty black room. It was in a high place, and for the sake of privacy, Calysia even confirmed the soundproofing.
Standing in the dark room, Reina could only see Calysia’s eyes.
When she discovered that the entire space was isolated from the outside by a powerful barrier, she suddenly felt that the situation was not good.
“Little Vassal, why did you come to the elven kingdom?”
“For our dragon baby, this is all necessary.”
Reina said.
The silence lasted for half a minute.
“Really?”
Calysia said, and this sentence was clearly hinting that Reina was deceiving her.
Although she didn’t know how she did it, Reina suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
Because she was indeed intentionally hiding something. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t deception, but “telling half the truth.”
Coming to the elven kingdom to recover her memories.
She had to know what happened in the hidden ending.
Although she had been trying to understand Calysia, now it seemed that was just escaping. Only by understanding and clearing up Calysia’s obsession could she give her a truly [good ending]. Until the very end, letting Calysia bear the pain alone was a dereliction of duty as a virtuous wife and servant.
However, since she wanted to search, she had to go against her master’s wishes.
But Calysia had never used any of her master’s abilities on her, and now she was starting to actively violate her master’s orders.
Pushing Mura to the top, wanting to take care of the baby… wanting to fully recover her memories were all in her plan.
“I’m sorry, Reina…”
Calysia choked, and a few seconds later, she actually started to cry.
“Did you think… you were observing me in the hundred cycles of transmigration? Did you think you saw me commit suicide countless times… you’re wrong, Reina…,”
“Please don’t remember. I want to live like this with you forever. I want to have many children like this. This way… maybe I’ll have a chance…”
Reina caressed Calysia’s wings and back.
She was clearly the master, but now she was pleading with her, even “begging for mercy.”
Being caressed by Reina, Calysia’s breathing finally calmed down.
“Master, can you punish me?”
“Eh?”
