The capital city in late summer, the sunset woodland.
The royal city in late summer was built on the huge sacred tree in the center of the forest. The wood elves who believed in Druidism used their exquisite craftsmanship and the idea of symbiosis with nature to build complex corridors and palaces on the trunks of the sacred tree. .
There are countless tree houses located among the lush branches and leaves of the holy tree. Under the shade of the holy tree, the most prosperous forest city of the wood elves guards the holy tree and the royal palace.
The elf princess Isabel walked cautiously through the corridor and came to the entrance of the temple dedicated to the goddess of life.
The elder female guard leader was leading her guards to guard outside the closed stone door. When she saw Her Royal Highness the Princess, she first showed a surprised look, then lowered her head and greeted: "Your Highness Isabel."
"Excuse me, Queen Mother, is she...in there?" Isabel asked timidly.
The female guard captain heard this and showed a somewhat complicated expression. After thinking for a moment, she spoke:
"Please leave first, Princess, she doesn't want to see you for the time being."
Isabel lowered her head after hearing this, and the female guard captain looked at her like this with a look of pity on her face.
"Can you please tell me..." Isabel raised her face and requested in a low voice.
"Please don't embarrass me, Your Highness." Before Her Highness the Princess could finish speaking, the female guard captain looked away.
Isabel's heart suddenly sank.
At this time, the stone door of the temple suddenly made a deep sound, and then slowly opened.
The female guard and Isabel changed their expressions at the same time.
Patriz, who serves as the supreme leader of Muxia Druidism and is also the princess of Muxia, ended the sacrifice early and slowly walked out of the temple accompanied by the elders and maids.
Patrice, who was wearing a flower crown, saw Isabel as soon as she came out, and she immediately frowned, with a bit of disgust in her eyes.
"Queen Mother!" Isabel lowered her head in greeting in a panic, her attitude seemed a little frightened.
"Have you forgotten what I told you? You have no right to be close to this temple, don't desecrate this sacred place!" Patriz scolded sternly.
Hearing this, tears filled Isbell's eyes with her head lowered.
Patriz ignored her daughter's aggrieved look and walked straight past her without looking back.
With the Princess showing such an attitude, others did not dare to show any unnecessary concern for Her Royal Highness, so they could only ignore her.
After Patrice left, Isabel raised her face, and the guards who stayed at the scene deliberately did not look at her.
Isabel left the temple, wandered in the corridor of the palace for a while, and finally shuffled to the stairs leading to the upper floor, preparing to go back to her room and stay alone until dark.
When she was almost reaching the stairs, she heard a discussion coming from above the stairs.
"...After observing it for a month, is there really nothing unusual about that red dragon?"
Isabel stopped in her tracks. The voice was that of his royal brother, Prince Lampard of the Dusk Summer Elf.
"If you look at it by normal standards, that red dragon is actually quite abnormal. In the contact with the forest guards, he behaved very calmly, not at all like the arrogance and irritability of ordinary red dragons. He showed no hostility towards the elves, and was attracted by him. The condition of the detained citizens is also very stable, which can also be confirmed from the inquiries of visiting family members." Another elf said.
Red Dragon? Isabel's ears immediately perked up.
She hesitated for a moment, tiptoed up a few steps, stood on tiptoe and looked around. Then she saw her brother Wang standing at the window of the corridor on the upper floor listening to an officer's report. It must have been that Brother Wang passed by. When he was there, he happened to meet someone who came to report to him.
"Still can't let down our guard. There are many cases of giant dragons enslaving other creatures. Maybe this is an expedient measure by the other party. The key lies in whether he can release the detained people as promised. What is the relationship between the princess and the red dragon? In fact, It’s hard to say..." Lampard said while thinking.
Princess...red dragon? Isabel quickly extracted the key words and held her breath.
At this time, Lampard turned his head and noticed Isabel standing at the foot of the steps.
"Bell?" Lampard frowned and called.
Seeing this, Isabel could only walk up and bowed her head to Lampard with an embarrassed look on her face: "I'm sorry, Brother Wang, I just happened to pass by..."
The elf officer immediately saluted Isabel: "Your Highness, Isabel, I send you my regards!"
Lampard's brows never relaxed, and he quickly looked away from Isbel, as if to avoid it.
"Reply to Jamil, continue to wait and see, and report any abnormalities at any time." He ordered the officer.
"Yes!" The elf officer saluted.
Then Lampard strode straight towards the steps, passing by Isbel silently and just glancing at her.
Isabel hesitated for a moment, then summoned up the courage to turn around and call out to Lampard: "Brother Wang!"
"Sorry, we'll talk about it later!" Lampard stopped her from continuing with a gesture without stopping at all.
The words Isabel wanted to say were stuck in her throat, and she could only stay in place and watch Lampard disappear from sight.
"Sure enough, there is no place for me in this palace." The thought that had been recurring these days resurfaced in her heart again.
The officer did not leave immediately, but looked over with some concern.
He could feel that something was wrong in the atmosphere. Prince Lampard was obviously ignoring and avoiding his sister.
He is not someone who works in the palace. This time he was sent to replace another officer and report to His Royal Highness the Prince, who is the commander of the guards. He actually doesn't know much about the situation inside the palace.
The royal family always tries its best to present a glamorous image to the people, but no one can tell how complicated it is inside.
Could it be that Her Royal Highness the Princess has always been treated like this here? He muttered something in his mind.
But this is obviously not something he should worry about.
With this in mind, he bowed to Her Royal Highness the Princess again: "May the Goddess of Life bless you, Your Highness Isabel, I will take my leave now."
"Please wait a moment." Isabel suddenly turned around and called him.
"What are your orders, Your Highness?" The elf officer stood up unexpectedly.
Princess Isabel put her hands in front of her and put on a reserved smile on her face. This was exactly the dignified image she always maintained to the outside world.
"Excuse me, what were you and Brother Wang talking about just now? I heard you mentioned... dragons?" she asked.
The meeting here was probably not a confidential matter, so she asked the question directly without beating around the bush.
"Ah, I'm talking about a red dragon that settled on the west side of Breeze Forest..." the elf officer replied.
Just halfway through speaking, Isbell's eyes widened: "Could it be the red dragon that humans called Kuja that kidnapped the little princess of the Dragon Backbone Empire before?"
She had heard rumors from the Human Dragon Backbone Empire:
Zhenna, the little princess of the Dragon Spine Empire and a paladin, took on the task of conquering the red dragon and went outside the border. As a result, the red dragon was kidnapped, trained and brainwashed, and finally became a slave to the red dragon physically and mentally. He also became an accomplice of the Red Dragon and killed the knights of the empire.
For some reasons, Isabel was very concerned about this news and had been trying to find channels to confirm its authenticity.
"Yes, yes." The elf officer replied blankly.
He wasn't sure if it was his imagination. When Her Royal Highness heard this answer, she seemed a little...
Eyes shining?
"Tell me about it in detail!" Isabel said seriously.
