VCRMM: Chapter 226

Xu Fengqing couldn’t help being startled when he heard Xenos’ words.

His ugliest appearance…

Xu Fengqing frowned and thought about it carefully before finally understanding what he was referring to.

During the time in the tree hole, the situation was special and he couldn’t care about any avoidance. He could only help wipe Xenos’ body and change him into clean and thick clothes to keep warm.

Xenos had his eyes closed the whole time, but Xu Fengqing knew he was actually awake. Thus, he tried to be careful. He didn’t expect Xenos to apologize to him later, and now…

“Why are you still thinking about this?” Xu Fengqing held his forehead helplessly.

Was Xenos ugly at that time?

To be honest, he didn’t remember much. After all, he didn’t dare to look at Xenos out of fear it would hurt his self-esteem. The only thing he remembered clearly was probably the feeling of pity and sympathy.

“Sorry…”

Xenos turned his face away and put his right hand on his forehead, covering his eyes.

Xu Fengqing heard his apology and became even more helpless.

Perhaps people with physical disabilities were always more sensitive than ordinary people. Xenos might’ve recovered but his mental injuries still needed time to heal.

Xu Fengqing should understand him better.

Xu Fengqing stretched out his hand and gently held the other person’s slender wrist. Xenos was really skinny. He hadn’t put on much weight in the past month.

Xenos didn’t struggle. His hand was pulled away, revealing a pair of slightly red eyes.

Xu Fengqing pretended not to notice. He put Xenos’ hand on the edge of the bed and patted the back of the hand gently, as if to comfort him.

“I never thought you were ugly.”

He continued, “In fact, among the people I have come into contact with, your appearance is one of the best.”

The man spoke very sincerely. This made Xenos’ sad mood slowly calm down and his face became a bit hot again.

He listened to the man say, “If you want me to forget everything that happened in the tree hole… it might be a bit difficult, but I can promise you I will try not to think about it again.”

Xenos’ heart thumped. “Do you also… recall those days?”

He and Fengqing had been really embarrassed when fleeing in the forest. It was a type of embarrassment that he wanted to escape and forget.

Originally, he was just rotting and stinking in the ground alone. No one had seen him in his entirety, not even his closest sister.

However, in the tree hole, he showed himself unreservedly in front of Fengqing…

It might be a last resort but it still left a deep imprint in his already broken and corrupted heart.

But Xenos couldn’t help thinking about it from time to time.

It was because no matter how unbearable it was, those days were also the first light that led him through the darkness in his dark life…

Xu Fengqing paused but didn’t hide it. “I think about it occasionally.”

He lowered his head and added, “After all, it was a very special experience for me.”

It could even be said that the thrill and excitement of those short few days made his life of over 30 years seem a bit pale and boring.

Xenos stared at him and smiled slowly. “Me too.”

He said seriously, “That memory is more important than life to me.”

If he hadn’t encountered Fengqing, he would’ve died in the underground cave long ago, let alone experience everything that happened next.

“I’m sorry. I went too far.”

Xenos continued, “Those are our common memories. I shouldn’t be so selfish as to want you to forget this memory and my most embarrassing and ugly appearance…”

Xu Fengqing looked at him in amusement and shook his head. “You don’t have to keep saying sorry or thank you. I think with our friendship, such polite words don’t need to be said.”

Xenos blinked.

What he said was really similar to what Snow said… He didn’t feel like he was saying polite words, but Xenos nodded and laughed again.

He had a lifelong friendship with Fengqing, a friendship where they could trust their backs to each other. There was really no need to say this all the time.

“Yes, I won’t say it again.”

Xenos stared into the man’s dark eyes and said softly, “I will always keep this gratitude in my heart. You should also remember it. If you need me for anything, please tell me.”

“No matter what it is, I will do my best to get it done for you.”

Xenos’ purple eyes were full of sincerity. Xu Fengqing looked at him for a while before shifting his gaze to Xenos’ slender hand.

“If anything…” Xu Fengqing hesitated.

Xenos looked at him expectantly. He saw the man looking up again with a gentle smile in his dark eyes. “You can make yourself fatter.”

“Once you are healthy, let’s soak in the hot spring together again.”

It was said that Xenos had been soaking for too long and lacked oxygen, but in fact, he had only soaked for a few minutes in total. He had such a weak body that he might die at any time.

Hearing his words, Xenos stared at his own arm and couldn’t help muttering, “Am I really that thin? I obviously gained some weight…”

“Yes.”

Xu Fengqing said ruthlessly, “You are still so thin. It is as if the wind can blow you away.”

Xenos heard this and became a bit sad again. “So I’m really not good-looking now, right?”

Why did it come back around to this topic?

Xu Fengqing held his forehead. He finally discovered that Ah Xe wasn’t as stable as he thought, but also… had a bit of love for beauty.

However, this was also good.

Glass Sea City.

Chamo hugged little Sea Song. Followed by Asheng, they wandered the street together.

This was the first time Asheng had left the elf canyon after the Tree of Life was revived. She had been quite suffocated during this time.

She might be accompanied by Chamo and her merman brother, but she still felt bored in the canyon.

If it wasn’t for the fact that she really needed to guard the resurrected Tree of Life, she might’ve run back to Imperial City a long time ago. Even if it meant going to the academy to take classes, she didn’t want to stay in the canyon.

At this moment, she was like an elf who finally regained freedom. She jumped up and down with the ice cream she bought from the stall in her hand, eating it with gusto.

Chamo looked at her before glancing at some figures hiding in the shadows and peeking over. Finally, he sighed and led her to a stand.

There were braves on stage singing and performing. The language and melody were unfamiliar, but unexpectedly good. Sea Song couldn’t help humming along.

Asheng also liked it.

At this time, Chamo knelt down beside her and asked, “Asheng, do you really not want to recognize them?”

Regarding the topic of elves, Chamo had actually mentioned it to the child several times. After all, the elf called Blue Mark was really a bit persistent. However, the emperor said it depended on the attitude of Asheng, the elf queen.

Asheng wrinkled her nose. “I don’t know them.”

She was a half-elf. If she hadn’t met Xu Sili, she would still be wandering alone with a dog. It could be said that she had no feelings for a real forest elf.

Combine this with the inherited memories from her parents, and she didn’t have the slightest fondness for the arrogant elf.

She was a half-elf. If her bloodline hadn’t been purified by the Tree of Life, would these so-called tribesmen come to recognize her? Or would she suffer the same cold shoulder as her biological father and mother?

If so, how come she had never seen them after decades of wandering in the human world.

Chamo couldn’t force her. She might’ve become the elf queen, but could he expect a girl who was only a few years old to take the initiative to take on this responsibility?

What’s more, was Asheng’s logic wrong? Not really.

Based on the pure-blooded persistence of the elves, if Asheng was still an ordinary half-elf child, he wouldn’t have let her return to the elf tribe because he wasn’t sure if she would be bullied or not.

He hoped that Asheng could grow up carefree all the time but… there were so many forest elves. It was impossible to leave them alone.

Chamo thought of this and couldn’t help rubbing his forehead. It was no wonder why September always said he was nosy. It was indeed right.

“They are your kindred after all.”

Chamo considered it carefully before saying, “If they can live in the elf canyon, you won’t be too bored there.”

Asheng couldn’t leave the Tree of Life for too long at the moment. She had to go back tomorrow.

Sure enough, the little girl’s face showed hesitation after Chamo finished speaking.

Chamo continued his efforts. “The elves are all good at singing. The scholars even remember thousands of songs.”

“Really?” Little Asheng looked at him in surprise. “Can they really sing so many songs?”

The teachers at the academy had taught her how to count now.

Thousands of songs!

It would take several years to sing one song every day!

Chamo paused and corrected it, “I’m talking about the particularly knowledgeable ones, but the average elf should know hundreds of songs.”

“Oh…”

Asheng restrained her surprise at this time.

But a few hundred songs was quite a lot.

She tilted her head and thought for a moment. “I can let them enter the canyon, but they have to tell Imperial Brother themselves.”

“The canyon was given by Imperial Brother and the Tree of Life was brought back by him. I also don’t know how to make money now, so the food I eat belongs to Imperial Brother.”

Asheng looked at her fingers and counted carefully. “I have to pay all of this back when I grow up.”

The little girl had her own ideas.

She worked very hard when she followed Xu Sili back to the palace. But she kept getting more and more things which made her feel quite stressed.

Finally, she said, “If they don’t like Imperial Brother, I can’t let them enter the canyon. This is my bottom line.”

Chamo heard the way she spoke eloquently and felt that she really looked like an elf queen.

He nodded.

“You are right. This is a matter of principle.”

Nominally speaking, the entire Escher Star belonged to the Roland Empire. Even his old friends, the sea elves, were waiting for Roland to rescue them.

He couldn’t help much if the forest elves didn’t change their minds.

Finally, Chamo closed his eyes slightly.

“You heard everything, right?”

Angus, who was hiding in the shadows of the alley, suddenly heard the man’s voice ringing in his ears.

He didn’t panic because just now…

He had indeed heard the conversation between the man and the little girl, which made him feel very complicated.

Right now, the elf team was still in the Asmo Mountains and even planning to break into the trial place.

They probably never thought that the new queen they were looking for actually already knew about the existence of the elves but… was unwilling to accept them.

Angus felt pain in his heart but there was nothing he could do. The man with the queen was very strong. He should be some type of ancient beast. The aura felt familiar, but he couldn’t remember where he had felt it before.

“Go to find Roland’s emperor.”

“He already knows about you. If you are willing to submit, Roland will accept you and no more humans will harm you.”

“I can try to convince Asheng to accept you, but she used to be a half-elf. I think you can understand why she doesn’t have a good impression of you, right?”

Angus’ eyes flickered a bit.

A half-elf…

Then it was no wonder.

Then he heard the man say in his ear, “There is no need to be so secretive and sneaky anymore. There are no forest elves I’ve ever seen like you.”

Chamo stopped talking and visibly hesitated.

“I don’t know what you’ve been through over the years, but after the disaster, countless races have perished. Many races struggled in pain to survive.”

It is like the sea elves who spent a hundred years on the dark seabed. Now they could no longer hold on.

“You are very lucky to have survived so far and to have the opportunity to continue your race.”

“I hope you can cherish the favor of the goddess of fate. Don’t choose the wrong path forest elves, this is my advice. I hope you can take care of yourselves.”

Agnus listened to his words and looked at the figure of their new queen not far away. Finally, he gritted his teeth, thanked Chamo, turned around and disappeared into the night.

Chamo withdrew his spiritual power and sighed silently. The forest elves who once thought of themselves as light were now accustomed to being in darkness. It was really a twist of fate when thinking about it.

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