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"It is an honor to meet all of you. Especially your beautiful children, may the gods bless them." The second noble said, an elven man with long black hair and red eyes, he seemed to be a Night Elf, they're a different tribe than the Light elves, which my family belong to. They have different characteristics, but this one seems to also be a half-elf, as it is said that night elves have bluish skin while he had white skin, yet a quick inspection using my Heavenly Eyes told me his information quite easily.
"Since we heard you were coming that we were very happy. Agartha is in great peril; the help of heroes was very much required." The third noble man spoke. He had short blonde hair and green eyes, looking like a generic light elf man.
All nobles wore richer looking clothes than the chief, this was because the chief was actually a commoner and didn't actually had as much money. He was simply voted to be the temporary duke by the citizens because this are lacked one. Apparently, according to what mother explained to us, one of her siblings was in charge of this place but ended forfeiting it because it was only making him lose time and money to invest in here…
"Ahaha, please, there's no need for formalities here." My mother quickly calmed them down. "Please just stand up. Everything's okay." She said. "I hope we can cooperate and work together."
"Ooh, so humble…" The chief was stricken by my mother's humbleness.
"I've never seen a member of the royal family so humble before! You must truly be a Saint, Lady Faylen!" The pink haired half elf lady said.
"Indeed, her charming grace contracts with her enormous aura of magical power. She's definitely someone incredible powerful." Added the half night elf man, his red eyes growing sharper.
"Come on you two, don't overly analyze Lady Faylen…" Sighed the most generic looking of the three nobles. "I apologize for this, they and their families, and well, most people here, including me, are big fans of the Heroes. We spend the last funds we had in building a statue for Lady Faylen!"
"Wait, what?!" Asked my mother. "I-I wasn't even born here yet you made me a statue, when?"
"Around five years ago. It is made of bronze and magic silver. It is at the center of the city, right in front of your new home." Said the chief. "Now that we are done with formalities, shall we move you and your family to your new houses?"
"Sure, sure. Can I leave the distribution of the people here to their respective homes to you?" Wondered my mother.
"Of course, we were told beforehand about a large group of humans, beast-men, and demons coming here. We are a very open minded village, because we live at the border of the Wilderness, we have interacted with many tribes to survive, making peace treaties and also exchanging products." Said the chief. "We are in good terms with over ten different tribes, and people from their tribes often come to live here sometimes, forming families."
"I see! I can understand more why my father choose this as well. He wanted a place where we wouldn't feel discriminated…" My mother nodded.
"Of course, we know there are many nobles that are quite… well, let's be honest, very racist. But in here, we were all raised with a big diversity since we were children." The pink haired half-elf said. "We grew to overcome our differences and cooperate together for survival."
"Indeed, me and Flora are a big living proof of that as well, as we are two half-elves. Often discriminated by other nobles." Said the half-night elf.
"There has been a lot of people moving out these last years, and because we live quite long as elves, when our population decreases we grow stagnated. There are hundreds of unoccupied houses waiting for new people to move over. I have already assessed things and several servants will oversee everything; you don't need to worry." Said the blondie.
"Oh… thank you so much. I never thought you would go to such lengths for me..." My mother seemed surprised, even slightly moved by these people's nice intentions. Reading through their hearts with her magic probably didn't said anything wrong either, they were all genuinely being nice to us. Probably also because it is convenient if we stay, so we can rise this place back to its very old former glory.
"But of course, it is our duty to serve royalty with everything we've got. From now on we are below your command, lady Faylen. Call us and we will come." The chief said.
"Thank you for everything, really… I am moved. I never thought people would be so willing to help us." My mother said.
"But you're royalty, milady. Why wouldn't we?" Wondered the blondie.
"And you're also the Saintess of the elves!" The pink haired half-elf lady said.
"And someone that has healed many and helped many." Said the half night elf.
"Ah… Well… Never mind." My mother sighed. "I guess I just had the wrong idea about a few things. Perhaps due to the treatment I received in the palace."
"Well, it wasn't our intention to make you remember these things." Sighed the chief. "We apologize if we are being pushy, we were simply very excited."
"Ah, don't worry about it- Oh, so here we are…" My mother sighed.
"Woah, there's a lot of people…" I sighed.
"Wait, why's there so many people?!" Aquarina cried.
The moment we reached the village, there were hundreds of people greeting us. Most of them elves, but we also saw beast-kin and demons.
"Welcome Heroes!"
"Oh my god it's really THEM!"
"The Saintess! The Saintess is here!!!"
"Hero Allan! I am your fan! Please show me your fire!"
"By the gods, is that Shade?!"
"Nepheline! She's so tall and beautiful!"
"The Saintess, she looks like an angel!!!"
I suppose they're really celebrities in here…
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