The Author's POV

Chapter 381

"Say, demons are not going to suddenly show up out of nowhere and attack us, right?"

Walking through the city, a rough voice sounded next to me. It was Leopold.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, just that…"

Leopold looked around and lowered his voice.

"I'm kinda tired of dealing with demons, and I was wondering if another situation similar to Henlour might happen."

Oh, it was about that. I nodded.

"Not sure, to be honest. But unlike the dwarves, elves are much better at detecting demons since they are super sensitive to mana, so there's a chance that no such thing will happen."

"…what do you mean?"

"Just like I said, elves are much more sensitive to demonic energy. Therefore, it is a lot easier for them to spot demons. In fact, didn't you notice the barrier before?"

Squinting, Leopold looked behind him.

"The one at the bridge?"

"Yeah, that alone should stop most of the demons."

Had Angelica not worn the special bracelet, she would've easily been found out. Even if she had turned into a ring form there was a chance for her to get spotted.

During The Conference, in the novel, it was because of this that no demons managed to interfere. That being said, never say never.

"That's reassuring."

Leopold finally relaxed and took a deep breath of the fresh air.

Then, his footsteps suddenly halted as he brought his hands closer to his face. A clicking sound repeatedly rang in the air.

Click— Click—

"What are you doing?"

"Ah, shit."

With an embarrassed look, Leopold lowered his hands and scratched the back of his head.

"I was trying to have a smoke, but I forgot we can't do that here."

"…."

Seriously?

Before coming here, I remember expressively reminding Leopold that he couldn't smoke lest he wanted to piss off the elves. I even took away his cigarettes in order to make sure he didn't. He was just that addicted.

Plus, with how nature oriented the elves were, any form of littering or smoking was a big no-no.

"Right, sorry."

Putting the lighter away, Leopold's face scrunched up a little.

Staring at him, I shook my head.

'He's already suffering withdrawal symptoms.'

The last time he smoked was not that long ago, maybe half a day? Just how addicted was he?

Shaking my head, I followed the rest of the group around the city.

Ignoring Leopold's progressively worsening face, we continued our tour of the city.

Most of the city was accessible to us apart from a few places, like the enormous building that stood in the middle of the lake.

Apparently, that place was where the elders held important discussions, and since we were not that important, we could not go there. That was probably where Douglas went.

"I wonder if we're going to be participating in the tournament…" Hein murmured from the side. It was audible enough for everyone present to hear.

"You want to participate?" Ava curiously lifted her head. "From what I've heard, we don't really need to participate."

"We don't," I replied with a nod.

the others, so, realistically speaking, we don't have to

"But?"

everyone is

everyone stare in my direction, my

we couldn't. I mean, if you guys want to participate, go. Do your thing. In fact, use this chance

thing my group had an edge over all the other people their age participating in the tournament

the like, but who could proudly say they had fought a war against a full-on attack from the demons and came out

don't think

each respective age range

there's

towards Hein,

you that there's a way to cure

"You don't mean…?"

my eyes locked

in fact the elixir that can

many prices granted to the top winner of the tournament, and if I didn't recall it wrong, one of

them giving it to us if we just asked, but that might result in the elves losing favourability

to motivate Hein into joining the

time to finally let the world see just how talented

"You're…not joking, right?"

rather weak. Completely different

must care a lot about

with a smile before patting him on the

already signed a contract, why

"I se—"

Click— Click—

then that we heard a clicking sound coming from the side. When we turned our heads, we

this is the opportunity that I promised you. It's up to you whether you will grasp

I will

Hein's face

forgotten my one

gave out an aura of a man who was about to go

like he's made up his

long as Hein resolved the one knot that was tying him down, his family, his growth

I

glad

Bang—

my body crashed against something soft

"Ow."

slowly looked up. It appeared that I had bumped against

"Hey, is everything okay?"

motionless in the middle of the streets, prompting me to

in the

I looked in the direction of where he was staring

"Ah…"

was then that I let out a strange noise, as

side of the street, far into the

that wasn't the

"…they're here."

***

I was saying, if we're going to meet each other during the tournament, I'm going to go all

voice

entering the city, once she got a close look

look

out her phone, she snapped

enough pictures, Emma put her phone

I

was trying to say before, Emma's brows knit, forming a

"Ah, right!"

fist on the palm of her left hand, she turned to look at Amanda and Melissa

hold back. I'll show you

"I'm not fighting."

Melissa took her glasses out and replaced

at Melissa and muttered out

long as they do the job, it

staring in Emma's direction,

yup, I can no longer

a while for Emma to get her comment. Once she did, she

that you can still

Is

"You…"

"Please stop."

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