Chapter 86: Elven Kingdom (1/2)

ARTHUR LEYWIN'S POV:

"Ugh…"

I stuate as I pressed ainst

Sylvie scaain

"Kyu~" She let out a big stretch on the grass before looking up atthat she was ready

'Thatin oing to me either," I responded

The place we landed was a familiar one It was near the area where Tess first led us in order to get inside the Kingdo to have to knock on the front gates like et inside the kingdom now that the three races were ht of the word 'race' I could hear Windsoly serious voice hoere the lesser races

AsCompared to the Asuras, even I could see the innate differences between him and me, and froest of Asuras either

"Well, I guess you knoho your oing to see Maht now?'

"No, not that Mama I mean, Tess isn't your mother! Sheesh!+" I exclaimed

Sylvie only tilted his head as she looked atme flustered at ate, following alongside the outer walls of the kingdoons followed by people either transporting the goods inside or guarding it

The econo since the union of the three races Opening up borders so that merchants can travel and trade with each other had led to a lot of unique goods becododo horses and o inside

Sylvie hopped on roup of what looked liketo sell the raw ed to obtain

"Ey! Looky at the lil' brat! Why you so far from your mama, lil' boy? You lost?" a rather tall and thin, ale for hi to irl that looked to be in her early twenties ju on and pulled Roger back

"There is nothin' wrong with er lashed out at his female cohort "Besides, this brat looks to be so hi ti Are you lost, boy?" asked another man, one that looked to be in his early thirties with a body built like it was er that was staring at

"No, sir, I'm not lost I have some business here," I replied

"Business here,all snooty-tooty I bet you just ran away frorab this twerp and take hier smirked as he slowly h as I conte of bones into the ground

"Grrr…" Sylvie, as perched on top ofher teeth at the malnourishedof basically kidnapping a child here in the open…

While my stance remained the same, I imbued a thin layer of er, Duke Leave the boy alone," a hoarse voice cae

"Erk It's the boss" Roger froze in his tracks with a reluctant expression

"Tch Let's head back to the carriage, Roger," Duke clicked his tongue and gavehis broad back to me

I just rolled my eyes and stayed put in the line for travelers without carriages that need to be inspected first

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"Sorry, Boss I know you how you like to keep face, but this tiit excuse! Iand eventually, we'd just put him in the Guild Hall and sack in a nice reward"

"Sir, while Roger isn't the brightest guy ht in that boy was actually fro by his uniform and the peculiar bond on his head If you didn't stop us, I think we could've—"

"Fools! You think I was protecting the boy? I was protecting you two dolts froes, yet you still couldn't see the clear differences in power? Even I wasn't able to sense the level of his e, he couldn't have awakened more than a couple of years —"

"Shut up Just know that if you guys had stepped out of line just then, even I wouldn't have been able to save you"

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After the firsta possible runaway child into their kingdouards erased their doubts when I showed the the royal faht attract a bit too , however, the elven guards did give ic was prohibited in all but the most extreme cases

I didn't have the ti trained by Gra all of this was new towith an almost chaoticand haggling around different stands and sdododoiant districts rather than separated settlements

Since the royal fado via a se

The driver dropped us off at the border just before the castle since not just anyone would be allowed directly inside A major difference frouards around the periuards and security, they weren't so blatantly placed to ward off intruders like they were now Again,its doors to the other races

"Stop Little boy, I think you're a bit lost," a burly elf held his hand out and warned He looked at aze at Sylvie as now next to my foot

"No, I know exactly where I ah, it'd be lance at the guard while pulling out the coave uard squinted his eyes in suspicion as the other guards gathered aroundthis compass meant that a member of the royal fah

When was the last ti from the teleportation portal to thesarcastic with us?" another guard growled

"Sigh… just please inform either Princess Tessia or Elder Virion that a boy named Arthur Leywin is here to see them They'll knoho I aainst one of the stone statues in front of the manor

All of a sudden, a loud BOOM! pierced the air as part of the castle exploded and chunks of the building fell down on top of us

"What the hell is—"

As the other guards jumped out of the way to avoid the debris, the one that questionedaround

I heard hiue as he focusedhi piece of the castle wall

While his attitude was crude, I guess he wasn't a bad person

With currents of ale to circle around us, instantly encasing us in a dome of wind