Chapter 470 The duke’s visit (11)
After they dropped this matter, we were allowed to leave.
The green haired elder came out with me and Moon.
When we did, the elves that had been standing around were clearly surprised, but they didn't do anything in the end.
But judging by the way that they were just standing around like this, it seemed that they had been planning to arrest me or execute me on the spot. It was clear that they were all in on this plan, so they were surprised to see that it was suddenly called off.
A few of them couldn't help heading into the tree house as if they were going off to verify if they really should let me go just like this.
However, when they came back, they had strange looks on their faces.
The other elves looked at them and they shook their heads.
In the end, the elves scattered and left this area, but there was no hiding the disappointed looks on their faces.
Once they were gone, I made my way back to the carriage where my group was waiting.
As soon as I went over, Cecilia immediately came over to bring me back into the
carriage.
She had been in the back when I had been called over, so she couldn't make it over in time to object. But now that I was back, she made sure to check every part of me to see if I had been hurt anywhere.
To my surprise, Veronica helped her with this.
I looked at the duke with an awkward smile, but I found that the duke and the duchess were looking at us with a warm smile on their faces.
It was as if they approved of this.
When they were finished, I turned to the duke and duchess and said, "Duke Beauchamp, it seems that we have arrived at a bad time for the elves. I hope you won't mind if we head back now instead of walking around the village?"
There was a trace of disappointment that appeared in the duke's eyes when he heard this, but he gave a nod of agreement in the end.
He was a sharp man, this was a given since he was able to head an entire ducal family.
So he had been able to spot that there was something wrong with this elven village.
It almost seemed like they were under some kind of suppression from an unknown force.
While he did want to go around the elven village to sate his curiosity, he knew that it was more important for them to leave since it was a matter of safety.
Zwein might have said it lightly, but he could see the worry that was in his eyes.
In this situation, naturally he would prioritize the safety of his family rather than fulfilling his own wishes.
Since I had received the agreement of the duke, I went back out to where the green haired elder was and told her that we were leaving.
When she heard this, she gave a nod of approval.
She too didn't want us staying too long as long as these envoys from the capital were still here. So she didn't hesitate to bring us back to the portal to the village.
But when we arrived, we found that the elves from the capital were already there.
They completely surrounded the portal and it seemed like they were doing something to it.
The green haired elder immediately knitted her brows and went forward to say, "What are you doing? Get away from there immediately?"
The elves from the capital revealed frowns when they heard this, but when they turned around to see that it was the green haired elder who was saying this, they backed down after a moment of hesitation.
The green haired elder quickly made her way over to the portal and when she saw what shape it was in, she couldn't help knitting her brows.
She turned around to look at the elves from the capital and said, "What is the meaning of this? What did you do to the portal?"
The elves from the capital seemed a bit annoyed at being accused like this, but before they could say anything…
The elders of this village quickly came over and said, "Elder Lia, it isn't what you think. There was something wrong with the portal and they just came here to take a look at it."
"Something wrong?" The green haired elder repeated before saying, "I think that there's something wrong with your heads. It's clear what happened based on the evidence and you're here defending them?"
A few of the villagers also came forward to say, "Elder, it's true."
When she was faced with all of these people telling her that it was true, the green haired elder really couldn't keep up the fierce tone that she had. With so many people providing evidence, she had no choice but to start accepting this.
But the real problem was that the portal was out.
She gave up on scolding the elders and the elves from the capital to look at the portal.
I made my way out of the carriage and walked over to her side before asking, "How long will it take to fix?"
The green haired elder deeply knitted her brows as she looked at the portal before shaking her head and saying, "I don't know. I've never seen the portal like this before…I have no idea how long it will take."
This time, it was my turn to knit my brows.
As we were considering what to do, the two green haired elves walked over.
The one on the left said, "Is there a problem?"
The one on the right said, "Do you need some help?"
The way that they said this, it was clear that they had some kind of connection to this.
But the green haired elder refused to take this bait, so she said, "There's no problem at all."
There was a tense silence that filled the air after she said this.
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