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.

proven our qualifications to the others, so, realistically speaking, we don't

"But?"

like everyone is

everyone stare in my direction, my lips tugged

Do your thing. In fact, use this chance to see how much you guys have improved over the

there was one thing my group had an edge over all the other people their age

against demons and the like, but who could proudly say they had fought a war

don't think there are

respective age range will get quite

there's that

head towards Hein, I grabbed

you that there's

"You don't mean…?"

eyes locked

the top prices for the tournament is in fact the

the top winner of the tournament, and if I didn't recall it wrong, one of them was the elixir that Hein could use to

us, there was a possibility of them giving it to us if we just

good way to motivate Hein

let the world see

"You're…not joking, right?"

different from his usual deep and confident

must care a lot about his

smile before patting

signed a contract, why

"I se—"

Click— Click—

turned our heads, we saw Leopold with

I promised you. It's up to you whether you will

will

on Hein's face as his fists

over a year with you guys, I had almost forgotten

out an aura

made up

the one knot that was tying him down, his family, his growth would

was what I was

I'm glad

Bang—

speech, my body crashed

"Ow."

head, I slowly looked up. It appeared that I had bumped against

"Hey, is everything okay?"

stood motionless in the middle of the streets, prompting me

what in

I looked in

"Ah…"

out a strange noise,

on the opposite side of the street, far into the

that wasn't the reason

"…they're here."

***

I was saying, if we're going to meet each other during the

voice rang

look at the place, Emma

wow, look

she snapped photos

pictures,

I

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

"Ah, right!"

left hand, she turned to look at Amanda and

hold back. I'll show

"I'm not fighting."

look, Melissa took her glasses out and replaced them with

at Melissa and muttered out loud, "Those don't

the job,

staring in Emma's direction, Melissa

I can no longer

a while for Emma to get her comment.

you

Is

"You…"

"Please stop."

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