Game of the World Tree - Chapter 664

Chapter 661: Confusion

The slanting sunlight shone into the room from the window, and the hustle and bustle of the street was boiling.

Sophia stood in front of the window, looking at the beautiful scenery of the elf city outside the window, slightly lost in thought.

Her expression was a little lonely.

She thought of the days she spent in Zerolan Castle, the knowledge she read in the castle’s books, and the noble glory taught to her by her enlightenment mentor…

She always thought that the nobles were glorious and great, kind and wise.

She always thought that the church was just and holy, and the empire was prosperous and strong.

This is how it is described in the books, and the nobles in Zerolan Castle also flatter and praise it in this way, and she herself is proud of this and regards it as her future goal.

However, the decline of River Bay, the dead babies abandoned in the ravine, the magnificent noble villa in Morning Star City, the hypocritical and hateful smile of Duke Rosen, and the indifferent attitude of Bishop Santis all kept telling her a cruel fact –

perhaps, she had always been too naive and wishful.

Perhaps, she only saw what others wanted her to see.

Perhaps, she did not really see the world clearly.

This world is not so beautiful, and this world is not so kind.

At this moment, Sophia suddenly remembered what the elf’s life dependent Zero Moonlight said to her before she left Gray Harbor for River Bay:

“You should have hardly walked out of the castle since you were a child?”

At that time, Sophia did not know why the other party asked that.

But now, she knows. The

nobles are not the kind and respected lords in the eyes of the common people.

The common people are not regarded as objects that should be protected and protected by the imperial nobles.

Even the church is not completely sacred and objective.

Her perception of the world is like a fairy tale, a fairy tale imagined from the exaggerated description in the book, a colorful bubble of water…

However, when the fairy tale is exposed and the bubble is popped, all that is left for the girl is a cruel fact and a completely shattered future.

At this moment, Sophia was confused.

She raised her head slightly and looked at the blue sky and the slowly moving white clouds on the horizon.

The cotton-like clouds kept drifting and changing, like an aimless traveler wandering in the sky that could never see the end.

Inexplicably, Sophia felt like a cloud on the horizon.

Without any power or direction.

She suddenly didn’t know where she should go in the future…

Until a steady knock on the door came, the girl was awakened from her confusion again.

“Ms. Sophia, I’m Li Mu, can I come in for a moment?”

A respectful and gentle voice came over.

Sophia glanced at the door and said tiredly:

“I want to be alone and don’t want to see anyone now.”

“But at least eat something. You haven’t eaten for several days. We made your favorite cakes. Eat some to fill your stomach. Don’t starve yourself.”

Li Mu’s voice came again.

“No, no, people like me deserve to starve themselves.”

Sophia answered without interest.

The sound outside the door quieted down.

But after a while, there seemed to be some commotion.

And the next second, accompanied by a “clang”, the door was kicked open from the outside, scaring the girl sitting in front of the window.

She frowned and turned around. When she saw who was coming, her face instantly turned cold:

“Didn’t I say it? I don’t want to see anyone, why did you break in?”

Standing at the door was none other than Demacia.

After hearing the girl’s words, Demacia suddenly smiled.

A hint of mockery appeared on his face, and then he crossed his arms and said with a pout:

“Hey, who are you showing this dead face to? Where is the arrogant Viscount lady? Aren’t you the best at mocking me? Why did you go to Morningstar City like an eggplant hit by frost? Aren’t you going to inherit the territory and expand the family?”

Seeing Demacia’s contemptuous expression, Sophia’s face became paler.

“Are you here to mock me?”

She clenched her fists and said in a trembling voice.

“Mockery? Is it worth it?”

Demacia shook her head.

He glanced at the girl and sneered:

“I’m not in the mood to mock a little girl who gives up on herself when she encounters something unpleasant.”

“You…!”

Sophia glared at him.

“What do you mean by me? Am I wrong?”

Demacia snorted and continued:

“I didn’t save you because you were so sad. I thought you were one of the few nobles with a conscience. Although you are a little naive and stupid, you still have a warm heart… I didn’t expect that you are just this much. With this little bit of endurance, you still want to revive the family?”

After hearing what Demacia said, Sophia’s shoulders trembled.

She suddenly raised her head and stared at Demacia.

“Why are you staring? Whose eyes are bigger? Otherwise, do you think the big sister will give you the goddess’s summoning statue? The big sister and her friends hate human nobles the most, even if you have some elf blood!”

Demacia stared back and continued to curse.

“You…!”

Sophia gnashed her teeth.

“What do you mean by ‘I’? Even though I have a lot of problems, I am much better than you! At least I have never given up on a goal I have set! No matter how difficult it is, I will do my best to complete it!”

Demacia snorted and said,

“Why do you think we treat you so well? In the final analysis, isn’t it because of your high morale and kindness? What happened? You gave up on yourself after suffering a setback? You deserved it for starving yourself? Do you still think that you are a child and that you can win the comfort of adults by acting a little pitiful?”

He looked at the girl with a sneer on his face.

Seeing Demacia’s disdainful eyes, Sophia almost bit her lip, and her chest kept rising and falling with anger.

“Get out…”

the girl said in a trembling voice.

“Go out? I won’t. I just don’t like you today. If you don’t accept it, bite me! Aren’t you very sharp-tongued? Come on? Why don’t you come?”

Demacia sneered.

Sophia’s eyes were blazing:

“Get out!”

This time, her voice was very loud, which scared Demacia.

However, Demacia quickly adjusted herself and then turned her nose up:

“Why should I go out? This is my hotel, my hotel, you know? All the industries of Amway Company were built by Demacia from scratch! I’m not a waste like you, who can only talk and get tired when encountering something!”

Sophia was angry and angry at being scolded by Demacia.

Her eyes were red, and tears gradually gathered in her eyes:

“Okay… okay…”

“If you don’t go out, I will go out!”

After saying that, she rushed out of the room without looking back.

Seeing the girl rushing out of the room, Demacia hurriedly followed her.

He stood at the gate and shouted to Sophia who was running out:

“Hey! Where are you going? Can’t stand a few words again? Or are you desperate again? Want to commit suicide? If you really want to be desperate, please run away, otherwise you will dirty the city and we Demacia will look down on you!”

Hearing Demacia’s words, the girl’s back swayed slightly, and then disappeared into the street at a faster speed.

After completely disappearing from Sophia’s sight, Demacia breathed a sigh of relief, and in front of Li Mu’s stunned eyes, he sighed:

“It feels so good to scold.”

Li Mu: …

“Didn’t you say you wouldn’t use force?”

He looked at the other person speechlessly.

“I didn’t use force, I just couldn’t stand it anymore, so I made a sarcastic remark. Anyway, even if she became a faction NPC, I guess my good impression of her couldn’t be saved. I might as well accompany her to the end. If I can scold her to wake her up, that would be even better.”

Demacia spread her hands.

Li Mu: …

“Aren’t you afraid of getting out of control and committing suicide?”

He said with a twitching mouth.

“No, absolutely not! She hates me very much. As long as I say this, she will definitely not do it, even if she is against me! And her AI setting is not stupid, but she is a little inexperienced. I guess she should know a lot of things in her heart, but she just can’t get out of it… If she wakes up, she should be able to figure out a lot of things.”

Demacia shook her head.

“Are you sure?”

Li Mu raised his eyebrows.

“Of course.”

Demacia nodded.

But after saying that, he hesitated again:

“Well, she shouldn’t… be so desperate, right?”

With this thought, Demacia subconsciously wanted to chase after her, but after hesitating for a second, he stopped again and called up the chat interface, and quickly called people in the guild channel to chase after her.

Li Mu: …

“Sometimes I really don’t know whether you have a high or low emotional intelligence.”

He shook his head slightly and rushed out of the room.

…

Sophia ran in the streets of Gray Harbor with tears

in her eyes. She was sad and angry, and besides sadness and anger, she also had some hatred.

It was not hatred for Demacia, but hatred for herself…

She actually understood very well that many of the words the other party said were extremely unpleasant, but they were all right.

She was indeed confused and did retreat a little.

However, although her reason told her that she really needed to cheer up, she really couldn’t accept it emotionally for a while.

In the final analysis, she was just a child of only sixteen years old.

Not to mention, she was a bunch of flowers that lived in a greenhouse and had never seen the wind and rain.

Running, running…

as if she wanted to vent all the anger in her heart…

Sophia stopped slowly only after running very far.

She sobbed slightly, her eyes were red and swollen.

The anger in her heart calmed down a little, and what came to her mind was further confusion.

Sophia knew that she needed to make changes and cheer up.

But how could she work hard?

The fallen nobles, the corrupt church, the desperate people, the dull society…

The whole empire was like an old man in his twilight years, and it was like a huge ship that had lost its direction.

How could she, a viscount lady with no power and influence, change the future of the territory?

The persistence in her heart turned into nothing, and her faith, which was not firm to begin with, completely collapsed. Where should she go?

Unconsciously, the girl didn’t know where she ran to.

This seemed to be a relatively quiet residential area. The houses were all newly built with a strong traditional elf color.

There is a lot of greenery between the buildings. It is like being in a garden here. There are green grass and flowers everywhere. It seems that there is a magical blessing. Even in winter, the grass and trees are still thriving.

On the street, there are some elves coming and going, wearing more traditional clothes.

They don’t have the gorgeous equipment like Demacia and others, and

they look more simple. At the same time, they don’t have the terrifying aura of the “elf gods”. They seem to be more approachable and more simple.

“The civilian area of the elves…”

The girl sniffed and said to herself.

She subconsciously thought of the human civilians she saw in the river town, and a hint of complexity flashed in her eyes.

“Civilian area? No, the elves have never had any civilian areas.”

A gentle and pleasant voice came from behind, attracting Sophia’s attention.

The girl turned around and saw a female elf dressed as a druid.

The robes on her body were as gorgeous as those of the “elf gods”, but her temperament was more noble than theirs.

Seeing Sophia’s gaze, the female elf smiled slightly:

“This is the residential area for the returning elves.”

“The residential area for the returning elves?”

Sophia was slightly stunned.

Thinking of some rumors in human society, a glimmer of understanding flashed in the girl’s eyes.

“The saved elves…”

she murmured.

Her eyes turned to the elves in the distance, and what caught Sophia’s eyes was their happy smiling faces.

Children were playing happily, and the elderly were sitting on small wooden chairs, leisurely playing war chess, which was also quite popular in the empire recently.

The adult elves were busy running around in their respective duties.

Their eyes were full of passion and hope, which was completely different from the elf slaves and human civilians that the girl saw in the human world.

They were not living zombies, but truly free lives.

“They…seem very happy.”

Sophia couldn’t help but say.

“Of course, under the protection of the goddess, all elves will live happily, because there is no oppression here, everyone is equal, as long as you work hard, you will gain, and there will be a bright tomorrow.”

The female elf smiled.

“No oppression, everyone is equal…”

Sophia’s heart moved slightly, thinking.

She suddenly raised her head and looked at the other party.

“Excuse me, what is your name?”

the girl asked.

The gentle female elf smiled slightly:

“Wind.”

“You can call me Feng,”

she said gently.

I always feel that it is a bit early to insert this part of the human world into this volume. The original plan was to expand it in the next volume. Now, it is easy to distract everyone’s attention. After all, the main plot of this volume should be fighting demons and evil gods…

Forget it, let’s do two plots and set up a foreshadowing in advance.

(End of this chapter)