In the morning, a group of diplomat arrives at the capital of Hafthor. Most notable of them all, the legendary Te Celsa, the 99 years old human diplomat is turning 100 this years. His beard has grown out, completely white and long enough to nearly touch the ground.
He is the oldest human alive, and also one of the most favored human diplomat sent to the land of the elves. His long life means he has made friends with a few elves in Hafthor, and elves generally like him. However, knowing that a human's life is short, both the human and his elven friends would prefer that he stays at home. Still, lord Te likes to enjoy the short remaining years he has.
At night, in his room, Te Celsa has a nightmare.
Hundred pair of eyes look at him from all direction as if they were omnipotent. His every moves are tracked.
A scythe appears over his neck threatening to cut it. A man in a dark robe appears, holding it.
"Te Celsa. I know you."
It was as if Death itself has appeared in front of the centenarian. However, the old man was familiar with Death, turning 100 this year.
"So it's you, Death. I have been waiting for you. How about a game of chess?"
The world around Te Celsa and Death changed into a chessboard with Te Celsa as the White King and Death as the Black Queen.
Death sits down in front of the chess board, both men pondering about their move, with Te Celsa wondering why Death would be the Queen instead of the King.
A gust of wind causes Death's robe to flutter, a pair of pointy ears appears in front of Te Celsa.
To Te Celsa, Death is an elf.
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After writing my letters to Scarlett and Violet, I decided to relax for the rest of the day. Oh so a gang of hardened criminals with unknown intentions who I don't of is coming to town with unknown mean, what does that has to do to me?
I mean even if they come after someone, they won't be coming after me. After all, I'm just a lowly elf in the military. I was not even the one who directly steal the Idol of Solarii and put the fake in its place.
In the first place, the whole theft thing was very easy, yet I didn't do it myself. There is a reason for that.
I mean, why would I implicate myself.
The crocodile is a fearsome animal. The secret to its hunting success is in its stealth. No one knows about me, and that is their downfall. However, I also don't know much about that organization
The only one the unknown group of human supremacists would go after are Scarlett and Violet, my lovers. My human lovers. In the first place, the organization is a human supremacist one, they will go easy on human. Though I don't know what shape it would take considering the game didn't go into depth about it.
In game, apparently, sometime in the future, they were eliminated by one of the many forces of the world.
I don't even know if they die by my hand, but there is a very strong possibility that that would happen. It seems like something I would do.
Ah, complete anonymity while using Violet and Scarlett as baits, Aradon is suffering with his mother, fine wine and times alone to myself, what else can an elf asks.
Just as I was about to have a days to myself, there was a knock on the door.
I come and open it to see which sergeant has come. However, instead, I was greeted with a very hateful visage.
Instead of a greeting, we know full well how eachother feel about the other person
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"What are you doing here?"
The one on the opposite of me is the princess maid, Hisu.
I really don't want to meet Hisu. I am afraid that if I see her face anymore, I may be tempted to do something I would regret, something very very bad.
However, knowing full well how I feel about her, Hisu didn't answer my question politely either.
"Today, there is a value guest to the royal palace. I have personally asked the ranger order to send lord Andarel who has a special talents to entertain our guest."
Hisu says with a smirk, I hate it. I don't know about it, I really hate being a pawn in other people's scheme. It's fine if they are a pawn in my scheme damn it!
Fine then.
If that half-elf wants to annoy me so much, she can face my retaliation. Starting with half a month salary deduction should be a good start.
I can only arrange it at the end of the month though.
"Fine then." I say, gritting my teeth.
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I could hear it. My sin coming back to haunt me.
The hateful half-elf is whispering in the ear of princess Aelene while I'm here. The lesson of today is that you have to completely destroyed your enemies instead of letting them live to haunt you in the future.
More importantly, I don't care about my reputation, I don't even have one anyway. However, what I was hearing was
"The two boys are famous in the ranger order, they are so close, some say it is more than friendship."
"Oh my!" The two girls whisper conspiratorially.
Sometime, the half-elf glares at my direction, feeling satisfied that she has spread the rumors that Aradon and me was gay.
Little did she know she is half a step away from being choke in her sleep.
No, I'm cool. I'm cool. I took my medication this morning, it won't progress that far.
Ever since I regained my memories, I have been regularly taking medications that help me mellow out. I'm good now.
"Ahem." Knowing that clarification now will only make it more suspicious, I intend to change the princess's mind in the future. My friend's love life is on the life. Not that I can't arrange a good enough situation for him in the future to prove his manhood, but it is not a good time now.
"Anyway, if you don't mind me asking, what am I here for?"
I ask, genuinely curious about the guest.
I also know that somehow there will be some tricks because of the half-elf.
"Actually, Hisu will explain. This is her initiative after all."
"Today, an important guest from the human kingdom is visiting our kingdom. Normally, I am in charge of entertaining him.
You see, the guess, Te Celsa is a legendary figure among human. He used to be a strategist, a general, and now a diplomat. When he was a strategist, he took up chess. Master Te Celsa is one of the greatest chess master to ever live among both human and elves."
Silently, I scoff at that.
"He has held the world chess championship title for more than 50 years. Everytime he is here, I entertained him with my skill. However, since master Andarel's skill is greater than mine, this time is an exception, I have asked the king's permission for the ranger order to dispatch you here."
"Wait, THIS guy is better than you Hisu? No way." The princess says
For a moment, I thought about it for a bit. It seems straightforward, what is the angle here?
However, Hisu just laughs.
"Master Andarel, you are really great aren't you? However, master Te Celsa is greater."
Slowly, I frown.