The Author's POV

Chapter 458

"Been a while since I've been here."

Standing on top of the boat that led to the enormous white building in the middle of the lake, lowering my head and taking a look at the crystal clear water of the lake, I marveled at the sight.

As the boat moved, the calm and still water of the lake rippled, and the imagery of the mountains in the distance reflected on the surface of the water distorted.

Taking my eyes away from the water, a calming breeze tickled my ear lobes as I could faintly hear it whispering something in my ears.

Every time the wind passed by, it left behind a scent of maple and berries so strong that it made my nose twitch. It smelt heavenly organic yet delightfully tasty. It reminded me of the sweet honey-like brew that the elves had to offer.

Tok—

It wasn't before long that we finally reached the other side of the lake as the front side of the boat gently touched the small wooden pier.

"We're here." The elf responsible for pushing the boat said.

Nodding my head, I hopped off the boat. Then, as I got off the boat, I extended my hand.

"Thank you."

Taking my hand, Amanda gently got off the boat as her feet landed on the wooden pier without making a sound.

Quickly letting go of my hand, Amanda headed toward the building in the distance.

As she moved toward the building, I noticed that her footsteps were quite rushed. Tilting my head, I asked.

"Are you in that much of a hurry to see your mother?"

"Mhm."

Without looking back, Amanda nodded her head. I found her behavior strange, but I didn't think too much of it. After all, she had just met up with her mother after fifteen years, so it was understandable for her to want to see her every day and catch up.

Swooosh—!

Suddenly another breeze blew and Amanda's hair swayed towards the side of the wind. The moment that happened, I noticed something peculiar.

Amanda's ears were red. I instantly pointed this out to her.

"Hey Amanda, your ears are red."

"...!?"

The moment those words came out of my mouth, Amanda's body suddenly jumped up in fright. Without turning around, in a stuttering voice, she said.

"..It's because it's cold."

"Oh, okay."

Raising my hand and feeling the breeze, I shrugged my shoulders. In a way, she wasn't wrong. It was pretty cold.

Following Amanda from behind, it wasn't long before the two of us arrived at the entrance of the building where a couple of strong-looking elves were waiting.

Sensing the power behind the elves guarding the structure, my back unknowingly straightened.

'They are without a doubt rank.'

I may have reached rank, but ranks were still an existence that I couldn't touch. Therefore, the pressure that came out of their body was quite overwhelming.

Not that I wasn't used to it.

a step to the side,

"Please follow us."

minimalistic style, plants and simple furniture decorated the place. Compared to the typical luxurious buildings back in the human domain, the decorations inside of this

soon arrived in front of a large hall. On the opposite end of the hall was

Elven Queen, Maylin. Her long, silver hair gently cascaded down her back, highlighted

manner when

knelt down on one knee. Following his

"You have arrived."

armrest of the throne. A thin metallic sound rang throughout

head still lowered, I

you have any idea as to why I

"No, I do not."

with a straight

best to hide the smile that was threatening to show up at any

What else but to give me the reward for saving Amanda's

unaware of what I was thinking, Maylin

the

of their clothes silently fell toward the bottom of their ankles. On each of the servant's hands was

the flight of stairs and knelt on one knee. With their heads lowered,

"Good."

top of the pillows. Pursing her lips together, I once again felt

rang throughout the hall as

I was unable to thank you personally for saving Natasha's life. I'm sure that the

where you have gotten such an item, I will not ask further as I don't want

carried no

over

here are some items that I think you might find useful. Originally I was planning on letting the winner of the tournament take the first pick,

hand, a gentle sigh escaped from

want. You can pick whatever

mouth,

"Keum...It is an honor."

calmly look through the items

knew what item I wanted from the very beginning, but if I acted too fast it would seem as though I had

on the pillows, my eyes soon paused on a small hexagonal-shaped glass bottle. Inside of it was a crystal clear liquid that looked exactly like clean water fresh

on the bottle, I was

should be

the beginning seemed to have noticed my reaction as she

one of your friends is injured, you want to

"No."

head. Before she could

"That's Kevin's job."

boy?" Suddenly, Natasha's voice reached my ears

a couple of times, I nodded my

"Yeah, I guess."

ever-so-slightly, I looked at Maylin through the

should have no

moment those words escaped from my mouth, Maylin's face

to be expected. After all, I was basically saying that Kevin was going to win when Vaalyun, the elves' strongest competitor

hand forward and grabbed onto a small black pill that

as I picked the pill up,

to pick

my hand, I slowly nodded

will

"...Are you sure?"

weird look on

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