Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure-Chapter 1149: Elven Kingdom delegation (2)

When we sat down in the tree house, the first thing that the high elf said was...

"Can we talk alone for a while? I have something important that I want to discuss with the human king in private."

The others that had come with us revealed frowns the moment that they heard this.

Especially the royal guards that had come with me and had been sticking close to me the entire time.

They weren't happy that the high elf was requesting to talk to me alone.

But in the end, I said, "Alright, I'll talk to you alone."

Though they didn't seem like they were happy about this, they couldn't say anything in front of the high elf. They knew what would happen if they were to speak up against me in front of the high elf.

At least in front of them, they had to put on a united front.

So in the end, they just accepted this and went outside.

Though before leaving, Klein did say, "We'll be right outside. If anything happens, we'll be here to help you at any moment.

It seemed like he was saying this to me, but the one that he was actually saying this to was...

Well, the one that he actually said it to didn't seem to mind that they were being spoken to like this. They had already taken a seat and looked at me with a smile, as if they were just waiting for everyone else to leave.

Once everyone was gone, the high elf finally said with a smile, "It's strange that a human is the one that the Goddess of Life has chosen, but since that's the case...I guess that makes us family."

I was caught off guard when I heard this before looking at the high elf with a strange look.

Though it was true that Vivrum had given me her Mark of God, this was something that no one else should have known about. The only one that should have known about this was Moon's grandmother since she was the only one that was there with me when I received it.

If she didn't tell anyone, then...

Did that mean that she had reported this to the Elven Kingdom without me knowing?

No, it didn't feel like she would do something like this since we were close in the first place. Especially since I was already married to her granddaughter, so it wasn't as if she would betray her like that.

So how did this high elf know?

"How do I know?" The high elf suddenly asked with a smile.

I was once again caught off guard by this question, but after looking at the high elf with narrowed eyes for a bit, I slowly gave a nod in response.

The high elf just calmly said, "You should already know that we worship the Goddess of Life and protect her Trees of Life, so it's only natural that we've learned some things from her. That includes those that receive her favour."

I was surprised since I never thought that it would be Vivrum that would rat me out like this.

The high elf didn't seem to care about the look on my face as they took out something from their Storage Ring.

The moment that this thing appeared, there was a mark that appeared on my forehead as if it was resonating with it. This mark had the same kind of energy that was flowing in the thing that came out of the high elf's Storage Ring.

This was the Mark of God that I received from Vivrum.

As for the thing that came out of the Storage Ring, it seemed to be some kind of stick.

However, it just wasn't any stick.

Even though this stick had been removed from the tree that it came from, it seemed like it was still full of life as it was covered in lush leaves. These were leaves that didn't seem like they were wilting, it seemed like they were still growing.

That just didn't seem to make sense at all unless one knew what kind of branch this was.

This was a branch that came from the Tree of Life and it was a mature Tree of Life that had lived for a long time, being nurtured with Vivrum's power. That was why this branch was filled with life energy even though it had been removed from the Tree of Life.

That was also why it was able to create this resonance with the Mark of God on my forehead. "The mark really is something special, I never thought that I would be able to see it in my life." The high elf said with a sigh, as if they were impressed by what they saw.

I didn't like being manipulated like this, but now that they had already pulled this out, there was nothing that I could say.

The only thing that I could do was use this to my advantage.

"What did you come here for?" I said while narrowing my eyes.

The high elf slowly put the branch down in front of them before raising their hands to show that they meant no harm and saying, "I don't want to cause any trouble. We received an oracle to come and find you, which is why I'm here?"

"An oracle?" I repeated in a confused voice.

With a nod, the high elf said, "Lady Vivrum sent down an oracle for us to find her favoured one, the one that bore her mark. As long as we showed them this branch, we would be able to find them, that was what she said."

As expected, it was Vivrum that had ratted me out.

Only...why did she do it?

She should have already known the bad relationship between me and the elves because of what had happened, so why would she make them come and find me?

It didn't seem like she was helping me, it really seemed like she was trying to harm me.