Game of the World Tree

The slanting sunlight shone into the room from the window, and the hustle and bustle of the street was booming.

Sophia stood in front of the window, looking at the beautiful scenery in the elf city outside the window, slightly ecstatic.

There was a hint of loneliness in her expression.

She remembered the days she spent in Zeroland Castle, the knowledge she had seen in the castle's library, and the noble glory taught by her enlightenment mentor...

She always thought that nobles were honorable and great, benevolent and wise.

She has always believed that the church is just and holy, and the empire is prosperous and strong.

It is described in the book that the nobles in Zeroland Castle are also flattered and touted like this, and she herself is proud of it and makes it her future goal.

However, the decay of Hewan Town, the dead baby abandoned in the ravine, the gorgeous and magnificent noble villa in Morningstar City, and the hypocritical and hateful smile of Duke Rosen, and Sang Bishop Teas' indifferent attitude...all of them tell her a cruel truth——

Perhaps, she has always been too naive and wishful thinking.

Perhaps, she saw only what others wanted her to see.

Perhaps, she didn't really see the world clearly at all.

The world is not so beautiful, and the world is not so kind.

At this moment, Sophia suddenly remembered what the elven family's relative of life, Lord Moonlight, said to her before she left Grey Harbor for Hewan Town:

"You shouldn't have walked out of the castle since you were a child, right?"

At that time, Sophia didn't know why the other party asked that.

But now, she knows.

Nobles are not the kind and respectful lords in the eyes of commoners.

Civilians are not regarded by the imperial nobles as objects that should be protected and maintained.

Even the church is not entirely holy and objective.

Her cognition of the world is like a fairy tale, an imaginary fairy tale from the exaggerated description of the book, a colorful foam bubble...

However, when the fairy tale is exposed, when the bubble is burst, there is only a cruel truth and a completely broken future for the girl.

At this moment, Sophia was confused.

She raised her head slightly, looking at the blue sky, at the slowly moving white clouds in the sky.

The cotton-like clouds kept drifting and changing, like a purposeless traveler wandering in the sky that never saw the end.

Inexplicably, Sophia felt like a cloud in the sky.

There is no force, no direction.

She suddenly didn't know what to do in the future...

It wasn't until a steady knock on the door came that the girl was awakened from the daze again.

"Miss Sophia, I'm Li Mu, can I come in?"

A respectful and gentle voice came over.

Sophia glanced at the door and said tiredly:

"I want to be alone and don't want to see anyone right now."

"But at least have something to eat. You haven't eaten for several days. We made your favorite pastries. Eat some pads, so don't starve your body."

Li Mu's voice came again.

"No, no need, people like me deserve to be starved."

Sophia answered without interest.

The voices outside the door fell silent.

But after a while, there seemed to be a faint commotion.

In the next second, with a "bang", the door was kicked open from the outside, which startled the girl sitting in front of the window.

She frowned and turned around. When she saw who was coming, her face instantly turned cold:

"Didn't I say it? I don't want to see anyone, so why break in?"

It was none other than Demacia standing at the door.

Hearing the girl's words, Demacia suddenly smiled.

There was a hint of sarcasm on his expression, then he folded his arms around his chest and said with a pouted mouth:

"Hey, who are you showing this face like a dead person, where is the once mighty Viscount eldest lady? Aren't you the one who mocks me the most? Why do you go to Morningstar City and fight with Shuang? Like an eggplant? Don't you want to inherit the territory and grow the family?"

Seeing Demacia's look of contempt, Sophia's face turned paler.

"Are you here to mock me?"

She clenched her fists and said in a trembling voice.

"Taunt? Is it worth it?"

Demacia shook her head.

He glanced at the girl and sneered:

"I'm not in the mood to mock a little girl who gives up on herself when something goes wrong."

"you……!"

Sophia glared angrily.

"What am I? Am I right?"

Demacia snorted softly and continued:

"I didn't save you because of your sadness here. I thought you were one of the rare nobles with conscience among the human aristocrats. Although you are a little naive, although you are a little stupid, at least you still have a warm heart. I didn't expect it to be so, so you've only made a lot of money, and you still want to revive your family with this little capacity?"

Hearing Demacia's words, Sophia's shoulders trembled.

She raised her head suddenly and glared at Demacia.

"What are you staring at? Whose eyes are bigger than you? Otherwise, do you think the elder sister will give you the goddess's summoning statue! The elder sister hates the human nobles the most, even if you have some elf blood!"

Demacia glared back and continued cursing.

"you……!"

Sophia gritted her teeth.

"What am I? Even if I have a problem, I am much better than you! At least I have never given up on the goals I have decided on! No matter how difficult it is! I will try my best to complete it!"

Demacia snorted and said.

"Why do you think we are so kind to you? In the end, isn't it just because of your high fighting spirit and kindness in your heart? What happened? You gave up after being hit? You deserve to starve yourself? You are Don't you think that you are a child, and that you will win the comfort of adults if you behave a little bit pitifully?"

He looked at the girl with a mocking expression on his face.

Looking at Demacia's disdainful eyes, Sophia almost bit her lip, her chest heaving with anger.

"go out……"

The girl said in a trembling voice.

"Go out? I don't. I just see you in a bad mood today. I don't want you to bite me! Aren't you very vicious? Come on? Why didn't you come?"

Demacia sneered.

Sophia's eyes breathe fire:

"You get me out!"

This time, her voice was loud enough to startle Demacia.

However, Demacia quickly adjusted, and then turned her nostrils up:

"Why do I want to go out? This is my hotel, does my hotel know? All the properties of Amway Firm are built by me, Demacia! I'm not a piece of shit like you, I only talk about it when something happens I'm exhausted!"

Sophia was saddened by Demacia's scolding.

Her eyes were red, and tears gradually gathered in her eyes:

"well……"

"You don't go out, I go out!"

After she finished speaking, she rushed out of the room without looking back.

Seeing the girl rushing out of the room, Demacia hurriedly followed.

He stood at the gate and shouted to Sophia who ran out:

"Yo! Where are you going? Can't stand it anymore after a few words? Or can't think of it again? Want to find a short-term meeting? If you really can't think of it, please run far away, otherwise the city will be dirty, and I, Demacia, will look down on it. you!"

Hearing Demacia's words, the girl's back swayed slightly, and then disappeared into the street at a faster speed.

After losing sight of Sophia at all, Demacia breathed a sigh of relief, and in Li Mu's stunned gaze, she sighed with emotion:

"It's really cool to scold."

Li Mu:  …

"Aren't you hard to say?"

He glanced at each other speechlessly.

"I didn't take it hard, I just can't stand it anymore, to be ironic, anyway, even if she becomes a faction NPC, it is estimated that my goodwill will not be saved. It would be better if she did."

Demacia spread her hands.

Li Mu:  …

"You're not afraid to play off, people really can't think of suicide?"

He twitched the corners of his mouth.

"No, absolutely not! She hates me very much, as long as I say so, she will definitely not do it, even if it is against me, she will not do it! And she is not stupid, just experience Xiaobai is a little bit, I guess she should know a lot of things in her heart, but she just can't get out... If she's sober, she should be able to figure out a lot of things."

Demacia shook her head.

"you sure?"

Li Mu raised his eyebrows.

"certainly."

Demacia nodded.

But after speaking, he hesitated:

"Uh, she should... not really think about it, right?"

With this thought in mind, Demacia subconsciously wanted to catch up, but after hesitating for a second, he stopped again, instead called up the chat interface, and quickly called someone to catch up in the guild channel.

Li Mu:  …

"Sometimes I really don't know if you have high or low EQ."

He shook his head slightly and rushed out of the room.

...

Sophia ran through the streets of Grey Harbor with tears in her eyes.

She felt grief and anger in her heart, and in addition to her grief and anger, she also had a bit of hatred.

Not hating Demacia, but hating herself...

In fact, she knew very well that many of the things the other party said were very ugly, but they were all right.

She was really confused, and she was indeed a little withdrawn.

However, although her reason told her that she really needed to cheer up, emotionally, she really couldn't accept it for a while.

After all, she was just a sixteen-year-old child.

Not to mention, it is still a bunch of flowers that live in a greenhouse and have never seen the wind and rain.

run, run...

It seems that he wants to vent all the anger in his heart...

It was not until she ran far, far away that Sophia gradually stopped.

She sobbed slightly, her eyes red and swollen.

The anger in my heart calmed down a little, but what came to my mind was further dazedness.

Sophia knew she needed to make a change, and she needed to cheer up.

But how can I try myself.

Fallen aristocracy, corrupt church, desperate people, dull society...

The entire empire is like a dying old man, and like a giant ship that has lost its course.

How can she be a viscount who has no power and no power, how can she change the future of the territory?

The persistence in her heart vanished, and the belief that was not firm in the first place completely collapsed. Where should she go?

Before she knew it, the girl didn't know where she had gone.

This seems to be a relatively quiet residential area, the houses are newly built and have a strong traditional elf color.

The greenery between the buildings is very good. Located here, it seems to be in a garden. There are green grass and flowers everywhere. It seems to be blessed by magic. Even in winter, the grass and trees are still thriving.

On the street, there are some elves who come and go with more traditional clothes.

They don't have the gorgeous equipment like Demacia and others, and they look more simple.

At the same time, they don't have the intimidating suffocating aura of the "Elf God Blessed One", they seem to be more approachable and more down-to-earth.

"Is it a civilian area of ​​the elves..."

The girl sniffed and muttered to herself.

She subconsciously thought of the human civilians she saw in Hewan Town, and there was a hint of complexity in her eyes.

"Popular area? No, the elves have never had any commonplace."

A gentle and pleasant voice came from behind, attracting Sophia's attention.

The girl turned her head and saw a female elf dressed as a druid.

The robe on her body has the gorgeousness of those "elf gods", but the temperament on her body is more noble than them.

Seeing Sophia's gaze, the female elf smiled slightly:

"This is the residential area of ​​the returning elves."

"Return to the elf's residential area?"

Sophia was slightly taken aback.

Thinking of some rumors in human society, a flash of clarity flashed in the girl's eyes.

"The rescued elves..."

she murmured.

Turning her gaze to the elves in the distance, Sophia's eyes were greeted by their happy smiling faces.

Children are playing happily, and old people are sitting on small wooden chairs, leisurely playing war chess, which is also quite popular in the empire recently.

Adult elves perform their respective duties and are busy running around.

Their eyes were full of passion and hope, completely different from the elf slaves and the human civilians the girl saw in the human world.

They are not living as walking dead, but one by one truly free life.

"They...seem to be happy."

Sophia couldn't help but say.

"Of course, under the blessing of the goddess, all the elves will live happily, because there is no oppression here, everyone is equal, as long as you work hard, you will reap the rewards, and there will be a better tomorrow."

The female elf smiled.

"There is no oppression, everyone is equal..."

Sophia's heart moved slightly, thoughtfully.

She suddenly raised her head and looked at each other.

"What's your name, please?"

the girl asked.

The gentle female elf smiled slightly:

"wind."

"You can call me Feng."

she said softly.