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"I can't remember clearly... but it seems that it was because of me that you and everyone in your tribe were frozen in the ice sculpture. It has been so many years since then."
Emilia explained.
"I see... But I'll be satisfied just by watching you grow up."
Fortuna reached out and touched Emilia's head, and at this time the elves looked at Moyin and his group with a somewhat fearful look.
After all, the elves are a very xenophobic race.
"Human, why are you here? Get out of here before we get angry."
Some bad-tempered elves have begun to expel Moyin.
"Wow, these guys really mean no good. We saved them, but they chased us away."
Mi Zhou was immediately unhappy. She felt that these elves were too arrogant. If Emilia hadn't been around, she would have wanted to directly activate her mental power to control the bodies of these elves to kill each other, letting them witness the carnage caused by their own bodies while remaining conscious.
"Ah, Mother Fortuna, these are my friends. Thanks to them I was able to rescue you from the frozen state."
When Emilia saw Moyin and his group being held accountable by their own people, she immediately became anxious.
"Everyone, be quiet! These people are our distinguished guests of the elves, you must not be rude to them!"
Fortuna's loud voice spread throughout the forest. The elves who had been interrogating Moyin and others took a few steps back when they heard Fortuna's order.
Then Fortuna brought Emilia to Moyin.
"I'm sorry, distinguished guest. I feel deeply sorry for my earlier rudeness."
The elf who had previously interrogated Moyin lowered his head and apologized to Moyin sincerely.
"Well, I don't really care."
Moyin waved his hand. As a god, he had seen all kinds of situations and would not get angry with such a small figure.
"Dear guest, I don't know how to address you."
Fortuna asked politely.
"My name is Moyin."
"Mr. Moyin, thank you very much for your help to the elves. From today on, you are our distinguished guest. We have just woken up from the ice, and I am afraid that the edible food has already decayed and returned to the earth over the long years. Please give us some time to collect food to entertain you, and then we can slowly talk about other things."
Fortuna suggested.
"No, no, I just have a connection with Emilia so I came to help her."
"Besides, Emilia may have something more important that she wants you to help her with than entertaining us."
Moyin reminded with a smile.
"Sorry... I still want to stay myself and try harder."
Emilia felt somewhat embarrassed when her plan was revealed by Moyin.
After all, Moyin had already invited her before, and her current behavior was somewhat equivalent to making Moyin work for nothing, so she felt a little guilty.
"You don't have to apologize to me. Mi Zhou and I are looking forward to seeing how far you can go on your own. For us, the unknown is interesting. It's better for you to decide your future by yourself."
Moyin said generously.
"Thank you. Thank you."
Emilia said with some emotion that Moyin was so good to her, but it was a pity that she had nothing to give in return.
"So, what's the important thing?"
Fortuna looked at Emilia and asked.
Emilia is her most beloved adopted daughter and is treated like a princess in the entire elf tribe. Since Emilia needs her help, she will naturally help.
"In fact, there is a special living area outside the capital of the Kingdom of Lukenica. It is called the slums. All those who cannot survive in the capital have drifted there. The people there are miserable. They have to fight for food every day to survive. People often die in front of me."
"I don't want to see this kind of situation again, but my ability is limited and I can't help all of them."
"The people in the capital are unwilling to accept them, so my idea now is to use the power of our entire clan to establish a new living circle near the capital. We elves will clear out the dangerous beasts, and the people in the slums will build their own future homes. This should solve the problem."
Emilia answered.
Emilia's words made Fortuna's expression look a little ugly.
After all, the elves don't interfere much in the affairs of the world, and that is why they live in the Great Forest of Eriol.
What Emilia wanted to ask for was almost a taboo for the entire elf race.
After all, in the eyes of the elves, dealing with the greedy humans will always result in losses.
"Little princess, except for a few admirable brave men among humans, no one else is worthy of associating with us elves. Please think carefully about what you just said."
Another middle-aged male elf spoke up to remind him, and was immediately followed by a large number of other elves who supported him.
Faced with the attack from the middle-aged male elf, Emilia was helpless for a moment. These were all her people, so she definitely could not use force.
But persuading with words... this is also difficult, after all, the elves are notoriously stubborn.
At this time, the attention of all the elves was attracted by Emilia's words, and Mi Zhou gently pulled Moyin's sleeve.
"Why do I feel like she can't control the situation? How about you, Moyin, say a few words for her?"
Mi Zhou asked in a low voice.
"This is the path Emilia has chosen herself, so she has to rely on her own strength to resolve the current situation. People who don't suffer can't grow up."
Moyin rejected Mi Zhou's proposal without hesitation.
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"Ok."
Mi Zhou thought about it and felt that what Moyin said was somewhat right.
She would go to Moyin whenever she was in trouble, and basically just let it go. After all, she and Moyin were a family, so it didn't matter if she was a bit useless.
But Emilia's choice was considered a refusal to join his system, so Moyin really had no reason to help Emilia to this extent.
Similarly, Emilia chose to help the poor people in the slums, so she was destined to bear a heavy burden.
It is impossible for him and Moyin to help her every time she encounters difficulties. If that were the case, it would be more direct for Moyin to take action now and give a large amount of wealth to all the people in the slums.
"Be quiet! How can you make such a scene in front of our distinguished guests?! Stop making noise."
Fortuna spoke up to suppress the commotion. In her heart, she was on Emilia's side, but this issue was not something she could simply suppress as the elf's advocate. Emilia had to use her personal abilities to convince the entire elf tribe before the elves could rescue those people in the slums.
Although as the leader of the elves, she didn't quite understand why Emilia wanted to help humans, but she wanted to support Emiliade's dream.
"Everyone, please calm down and listen to me. I admit that there are thieves, drunkards and other not-so-good people in the slums, but on this point, we elves also have some traitors with bad character, right?"
"I don't think we should discriminate against an individual because of his or her race. There are good people and bad people in every ethnic group, and we can't avoid dealing with individuals from this ethnic group."
"Hundreds of years ago, in order to defeat the jealous witch Shatira who was trying to destroy the world, humans, dragons, and great sages united to seal Shatira. This means that in the face of the crisis of world destruction, all races can unite to resist foreign enemies."
"At that time, our elves did not intervene, but avoided the destruction of our species caused by the destruction of the world. From this point of view, helping humans now is equivalent to helping ourselves."
"When faced with a crisis, they will fight alongside us and share the risk. Think about it carefully, am I wrong?"
“When we help humans, we are not only helping them, but we are also helping ourselves.”
Emilia gave an impassioned speech.
In the past few years, she had accepted Roswaal's invitation to participate in the royal election in order to thaw the people of her tribe. She had also learned a variety of knowledge, including public speaking.
If it were her in the past, she would not be able to express her inner thoughts openly, but after several years of training, she is now able to do this.
Emilia's words made the elves fall into deep thought. After all, what she said made some sense.
"But, little princess, these people are the ones who will betray us. Even if we go to help them, they might come to persecute us one day."
A female elf spoke up to remind Emilia.
"Of course, this is bound to happen, but from a big picture perspective, more people will not betray us, but will be grateful to us, right? Of course, those who betray us will hurt us, but there will definitely be more people who will help us. If we put ourselves in their shoes, we will know that they are not stone without hearts."
Emilia answered.
"this...."
The female elf who spoke also hesitated.
"Besides, although we elves have a long lifespan, our fertility rate is too low. In terms of population size, we are at an absolute disadvantage compared to humans. To be honest, if a war really breaks out one day, even if we elves are strong individually, we will be killed by the terrifying number of humans. But if a large number of humans accept our protection, I'm sure no human force will be willing to fight with us at all costs, because it will mean a lose-lose situation for both sides."
"Helping people in the slums now is also equivalent to preparing for our future."
Emilia continued speaking.
“That makes sense…”
The elves' attitudes gradually changed because of Emilia's speech.
Emilia's current actions are not only to help foreigners, but also to increase the influence of the elves.
Under such circumstances, many elves who long for the rise of the elves have actually tended to follow Emilia's position.
Although the conservative elves did not have much ambition, the proposal put forward by Emilia would help maintain the stability of the elves and strengthen the trump cards held by the elves, so they gradually acquiesced to Emilia's proposal on this matter.
"So what are we going to do?"
As the situation gradually stabilized, Fortuna spoke at the right time to advance the topic.
The reason why she did not use the prestige of the elven chief to force the elves to help Emilia was because under oppression, these elves would definitely not be willing to truly help Emilia, thus resulting in a phenomenon of hypocrisy.
But now Emilia has convinced the entire elf tribe with her excellent speech, so there is no need to worry about the elves below disobeying her orders.
"Well, people in the slums are not accepted by the people in the capital. They have no means of making a living and have to struggle to make ends meet every day."
"I've investigated. There are many ferocious wild beasts and monsters in the forest outside the capital, so they don't dare to move to the wild."
"There are many monsters and wild beasts in our Eriol Forest. Our warriors often fight with them to hone their skills. So for us, it is just a new survival base. At the same time, we allow humans to live there and hunt ordinary wild beasts to survive."
"We the elves only need to protect these humans from the claws of the monsters. Next year, we can consider reclaiming wasteland for farming. By then, we can establish close trade relations with these humans."
"The logistics economy and wealth in the Kingdom of Luknica are already in the hands of a certain group of people, so everyone in the new city we created has to accumulate wealth from scratch, which is equivalent to starting from zero. And we who built this city in the early stage can also become the managers of this city."
Emilia suggested.
She is indeed a good person, but that doesn't mean she is stupid.
If she were stupid, she would not have lived to this day. When the people from the Sages' Society expelled her, she saw the essence of the slum's problems.