Chapter 573 - 571: So Overbearing?

As a member of the Elf Royal Family, in the eyes of the Elf Elder, all elves born without receiving the blessing of the Elf Forest are not purebred elves but mixed-blood elves.

Even if the child was born from two pure-blood elves, it is still considered mixed-blood.

This is called the Forest Bloodline Theory.

As for elves and other races giving birth to offspring and then participating in the Elf Forest’s birth blessing... the Elf Elder will treat this as provocation and admonish the questioner.

Upon discovering Hilia is a ’mixed-blood elf,’ the Elf Elder’s gaze revealed some subtle changes.

She saw Hilia engrossed in purification, seemingly unaware of her presence, pondered for a moment, decided not to disturb, and quietly left, returning to Elina’s side.

"How is it, are they from the Holy Court?"

"No." The Elf Elder shook her head: "It’s a mixed-blood elf, only those mixed-blood elves who don’t value the forest would sneak off to learn the Holy Court’s magic. These thieves ruin the reputation of the Elf Race."

The Elf Elder snorted, Elina’s ears twitched and she looked over provocatively: "Well, excuse me, before you brought me to live at the Royal Court, I’ve always survived on stealing things. It’s the Elf Race’s innate talent."

The Elf Elder pretended not to hear Elina’s words, looked at the others, and seriously said: "Although that mixed-blood elf is helping us purify filth, the intention is good, but she has recklessly used forbidden magic in the Elf Forest without permission. After this is over, go find her to address both matters separately."

Elina looked over, raising an eyebrow: "What, are you going to catch her and imprison her?"

The Elf Elder shook her head: "Of course not, her actions benefit the Elf Forest, at most she’ll receive a verbal warning and be punished to join the patrol squad to watch over the forest for three years."

"Tsk tsk, what if she refuses?"

"Her presence in the Elf Forest is for one reason, she wants to receive the adulthood blessing to make up for the lack of birth blessing, she won’t refuse to comply." The Elf Elder said lightly.

Elina did not speak further.

Most elves are like this.

She pondered and looked at the Elf Elder, asking: "Can you bring her over? I have a feeling that the magic waves she released are very familiar, maybe I know her."

"You know... wait a moment." The Elf Elder suddenly had a flash of inspiration, quickly realizing why that ’mixed-blood elf’ seemed familiar.

"You really do know her." The Elf Elder said: "It’s the mixed-blood elf I encountered at the Northern Alliance."

"Northern Alliance? You’re talking about the one after the Mage League ended, that Hi..." Elina’s eyes widened in disbelief.

The Elf Elder nodded seeing Elina’s gradually excited expression, her brow furrowed, and said: "That mixed-blood elf is using purification skill, she won’t stop soon. If you have a request, I’ll go talk to her, but given your current status, she might not come to see you."

Elina was stunned for a moment, nodding: "Possibly... but I believe she will come to see me! I promised her I’d show her around the Elf Forest."

The Elf Elder’s brow furrowed deeper.

She nodded, "Alright, I’ll go and check."

With that, she flew towards the back.

Before long, she returned to where Hilia was, looking at Hilia in front of her.

This time, she didn’t hide her arrival; any mage slightly sensitive to magic power would be aware of her presence.

Hilia also couldn’t pretend not to see her this time, so she had to open her eyes, look at the Elf Elder in front of her, tilt her head, and ask, "What’s up?"

"Do you remember me, Hi?" The Elf Elder stared at Hilia.

"Hi?" Hilia was stunned, when had she used this name?

Hilia recalled carefully and found it might have been when Elina hesitated slightly while calling her back at the Northern Alliance, leading to the misunderstanding of such a name.

She nodded casually: "I know, Elina’s old steward, managing this and that, wanting to control everything, even preventing me from coming to the Elf Forest."

Hilia looked at her, secretly vigilant, ready to let Rose possess and escape at any time.

Luckily, the Elf Elder had no intention of fighting, just looked at her coldly.

"It seems you haven’t taken my words to heart. I’ve told you, mixed-blood elves aren’t welcomed in the Elf Forest, but in light of your enthusiasm in helping the Elf Forest, I’ll forgive your intrusion into the Elf Forest."

Hilia looked at her: "You wouldn’t still want to punish me, seeing me helping out, would you?"

The Elf Elder said calmly: "Things are dealt with separately, the Royal Court always rewards merits and punishes faults. Your actions may earn the Royal Court’s gratitude, but the premise is that you don’t approach Elina. Her status now is vastly different from yours, bothering her will only make her awkward."

Hilia pursed her lips: "How do you know she’ll be awkward? We are good sisters; we even sneaked into the human world together to steal noble’s gold coins."

The Elf Elder’s expression changed, a hint of killing intent flickered in her eyes, fleeting.

Hilia felt a stir in her heart.

The Elf Elder looked at her, snorted coldly, "Do you know what you’re saying? Elina is an Elf Royal Family blessed by the Gods; you think you filthy mixed-blood elves specialize in vile deeds, tarnishing the Elf Race’s reputation?"

Her whole body erupted with a sixth-level aura, pressing down on Hilia, pushing her to the ground.

Soon she withdrew it, looking at the now-lowered Hilia, coldly said: "This is a warning; do not speak of things that don’t exist. Otherwise, your consequence will not just be a warning but a hunt by the Elf Royal Family. We will not spare defamation against the Elf Royal Family lightly."

Hilia withdrew the purification skill, letting the pollution surge wildly in this direction.

She was somewhat annoyed and said: "Originally, I was going to help you solve the pollution, but since the Elf Royal Family is so disgusting, forget it."

The Elf Elder snorted, "We don’t need you; we can solve it. Filth isn’t just resolved by the Holy Court; I won’t hold you accountable for sneaking into the Holy Court and learning the purification skill. Leave the Elf Forest and stay away from Elina."

Pausing for a moment, she added: "Elina is very kind; though unwilling to see you, she specifically asked me not to make things difficult for you."

Saying this, she tossed over a bag of gold coins.

"This is compensation from Elina to you. In the future, you two are lines that will never intersect. If you go to the Royal City, remember not to try approaching the Royal Court to find her, or next time, it won’t be so easy to talk."

Hilia took the bag of gold coins, weighed it, estimating there are at least 100 gold coins inside.

"So extravagant?"