Chapter 186 We... are about to starve to death.
Chapter 186 We… are about to starve to death.
?Hearing that, Nina was startled. She was about to taste some soup, but the other Yordle continued to speak.
“You must not eat. Give me all the food; I need to burn these things.”
Nina: ( ; ￣ Д ￣ )
“Oy! You’re too close…” Nina frowned and said.
The male Yordle happily walked up to Nina, smiled and said: “Hehehe… you don’t need to thank me. There is poison in the food, I will sacrifice myself for everyone and destroy this dirty food.”
Nina didn’t say much, she raised her wand, then used it to touch the male Yordle’s head.
“Kikokaun sikokiloun…”
Boom!
A small explosion sounded followed by a stream of white smoke. As soon as the white smoke disappeared, the male Yordle turned into a small blue worm that crawled on the ground.
“Fool! This is the price you have to pay for daring to startle me.” Nina scolded.
“Don’t worry, you’ll be back to normal in a moment. If I get angrier, I’ll turn you into a worm forever.”
“Everyone can eat, there is no poison in the food.”
Nina sighed, as she felt a bit tired.
The other Yordles heard that and breathed a sigh of relief, then began to eat.
“Wow! Yummy!”
“No way, this is not human food, this is a gift from the goddess of nature.”
“That’s right. Humanity lies, they probably stole the food from the goddess of nature.”
“Yummy! But it’s too little, I want to eat more. Huhuhu…”
Nina frowned, and glanced at those who were saying bad things about Lathel. The Yordle’s also knew they had said too much, and they immediately felt scared when she looked towards them.
“Stupid!” Nina pouted. In her heart, she despised these stupid Yordles, but she didn’t remember that she was also a Yordle.
At this time, an old Yordle, who had to use a stick to help him walk, slowly approached Nina.
“Village chief…” upon seeing the old Yordle, Nina bowed her head and greeted.
The old Yordle nodded slightly, and looked at Nina with kindness: “Thank you, Nina. Thanks to you, I was able to eat something delicious like this before I die.”
“Heh?! Village Chief, don’t say that, you are still very healthy, you can live another 100 – 200 years.” Nina said worriedly.
The village chief shook his head and smiled: “However, humanity is very cunning, greedy and dirty. Them giving us food is not necessarily a good thing.”
“Maybe… they are tricking us, and waiting for us to let our guard down, then…”
“Village chief.” Nina suddenly said: “You said humanity is dirty, cunning and greedy, I agree with you.”
“But he is different, I feel that he is truly a good person, unlike other humans.”
Hearing Nina’s words, the Village Chief frowned and stared at her for a long time.
The Yordles saw that the situation was a bit unstable and retreated, as the atmosphere had become a bit stuffy.
The village chief was silent for a long time then said: “Nina, you are the only Fairy – magician in our Yordle clan, I… trust your intuition.”
Hearing that, Nina smiled and nodded: “Um! Thank you, village chief.”
“However…” The village chief continued: “I don’t completely trust them yet, I just trust your intuition.”
“I want to meet them, can you take me to meet them?”
“Okay!” Nina nodded, and became extremely happy.
‘Ah!’ In her heart, she was secretly happy: ‘If I can become friends with him, that means… I can eat the delicious food he cooks every day.’
‘Hehehe… so amazing.’
Village chief: “…”
“Oy! Nina, what you think shows on your face.”
Nina: ( ＞ ﹏ ＜ )
…
Lathel was leaning against a tree, and closing his eyes to rest. Claire had now also changed into another dress, her face carrying a bright smile as she approached him.
Seeing that he seemed to be resting, she lightly walked to his side and sat down. As she looked at his sleeping face she was fascinated.
‘So handsome, so adorable… so cool…’ Claire thought to herself.
In reality, Lathel is not what Claire thinks, but it seems that in her eyes, he is the most beautiful flower, the brightest star, and the warmest sunshine.
Claire put her chin in her hands and sat staring at Lathel as if he were a work of art, no matter how much she looked at him, she would never get bored.
“Um…” Lathel frowned, and slowly opened his eyes, when he saw Claire he said: “Are you done yet?”
“Um. I’m Done!” Claire nodded and smiled.
In fact, Lathel had noticed her when she arrived, but he only pretended to sleep so he wouldn’t have to fall into such an embarrassing situation.
But he was wrong.
No matter how long he pretended to sleep, Claire still sat still and looked at him, to the point where he couldn’t stand it anymore and he had to pretend to just wake up.
“Good! We… hm?” Lathel stood up, suddenly he realized there was something in the bushes in the distance.
He frowned and shouted: “Who?!”
“Ah! It’s me…” A familiar voice rang out, andc a Yordle carrying a purple pointed hat ran out of the bushes.
“Nina?!” Lathel frowned and asked in confusion: “Why are you here?”
Nina smiled and said: “Hehehe… I was looking for you.”
“How can you find me in such a vast forest?” He felt a little curious and asked.
Nina put her hands on her hips, puffed out her chest, and said with an extremely arrogant expression: “Hehehe… I am a Fairy – Magician, things like this are extremely simple.”
“Okay, Nina, don’t talk nonsense.” Another voice rang out.
From the bushes, another Yordle came out. However, this Yordle seemed to be old, his skin had countless wrinkles, and his eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist.
This is our first meeting human. My name is Yorder, I am the chief of the Yordle village in this forest.” Yorder nodded and said.
Hearing that, Lathel also politely replied:my name is Lathel, and this is my friend, Claire.”
Yorder looked at Lathel, then looked back at Claire. He frowned and said: “I have a request. Could Lord Lathel spare a little time for me?”
Lathel nodded, he smiled and replied: “You just need to call me Lathel.” I am of course very willing.”
“Good… before we talk, I want to ask you a question. Lathel, do you hate Yordles?”
When Lathel heard that ,he tilted his head to look at Yorder, and immediately replied: “No! Why would I hate you?”
“So… you won’t capture the Yordle in exchange for gold coins?” Yorder asked again.
“Village chief!” Nina shouted, she felt quite embarrassed when she saw Yorder asking such strange questions. 𝓵𝒊𝓫𝙧𝙚𝒂𝙙.𝒄𝓸𝒎
Yorder didn’t seem to care about Nina, as he just stared at Lathel.
Lathel was a bit surprised when he heard that, then he smiled and replied: “Why should I arrest you in exchange for gold coins?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand and a mountain of golden coins appeared in front of everyone.
“Do you think that I am a poor person?” Lathel said: “I am a noble, a Duke, I have no interest in capturing you in exchange for more gold coins.”
After he finished speaking, he continued to wave his hand, and the gold coins on the ground immediately returned to the system’s storage space.
Seeing that, Yorder nodded slightly, then said: “So… I trust you the same way Nina trusted you.”
“I would like to invite you to the Yordle village, do you agree, Lathel?”
Lathel glanced at Claire and said: “Claire, if you…”
“No!”
Lathel: “…”
“Oy! I didn’t have time to say anything, why did you say ‘no’?”
“Of course I know what you are going to say! You want me to leave you alone, right?” Claire pouted and said: “I will follow you and never leave you.”
Lathel: ( ; ￣ Д ￣ )
He felt that Claire’s words were very normal, but he felt that her emotions in what she said just now were a bit… not quite right.
“Are… are you sure about this decision?” Lathel sighed and asked again: “I will not destroy monsters to earn points for this round.”
“I will do what I like, and I’ll find a safe place to hide until this round is over.”
Claire nodded firmly: “I will never regret today’s decision. Lathel, wherever you are, I will be there.”
Hearing that, Lathel felt like Claire was too professional, as she was sacrificing too much for the task Malina had assigned her.
He sighed and said: “Malina is lucky to have a servant like you.”
Claire tilted her head, and looked at Lathel in confusion, she also didn’t know what he meant by what he said.
‘Why did Lathel say that? Could it be… Lathel is jealous?’
‘Certainly . I’m Malina’s servant, and he doesn’t want to interact with Malina.’
‘What should I do?’
While Claire was lost in her thoughts, Lathel nodded and said to Yorder: “Okay, please guide me.” 𝘭𝘪𝑏𝑟ℯ𝒶𝑑.𝘤𝑜𝘮
…
Lathel and Claire went with Yorder and Nina to an area deep inside the woods.
Coming to this area, Yorder and Nina stopped.
“Have we already arrived?” Lathel asked, confused because there were only trees around, and no other creatures.
Nina smiled and said: “Hehehe… wait for me a minute.”
She held the black wand in her hand, and tapped it lightly in the air. Right now, the space was like the surface of a lake, as countless concentric circular ripples spread out.
“Okay, let’s go.” Nina smiled as she entered the ripples and disappeared.
Yorder also followed.
Lathel looked at Claire, then went inside, of course, she also followed him.
Just past that magical membrane, Lathel saw an extremely majestic but also extremely peaceful scene.
A large lake was in the distance and several tall mountains surrounded this lake.
Next to the lakeshore, small tents built with wooden sticks and dry leaves were scattered everywhere.
The Yordles moving around were startled when they saw Lathel and Claire, so they quickly hid inside their small tents.
However, right now Lathel only paid attention to the scenery here. The cool breeze blew across his body, and the hot sunlight shone on his head.
The smell of grass and earth mixed together reminded him a bit of the atmosphere in the orphanage when he was still living on Earth.
Yorder saw Lathel’s expression, nodded with satisfaction and said: “Welcome to Yordle’s village.”
Hearing that, Lathel nodded, smiled and replied: “Thank you, the atmosphere here is great.”
“It’s good that you like it, however… this place isn’t as great as you think.” Yorder sighed, his voice a bit sad.
“Hm?! Why.”
“You can see those little huts… we… are living in extremely harsh circumstances.”
“Heh?! What?!” Lathel was a little confused, why is living in such a good place like this ‘harsh’?
“Lathel, I hope you can save us. The Yordle race is about to become extinct.”
Hearing that, Lathel frowned and asked: “Why?” Are humans hunting you?”
“No!” The yordle shook his head and said: “We… are about to starve to death.”
Lathel: “…”
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