The 3 of us began to walk to the meeting room.
-By the way, What´s your name, big sis?
-I´m Violet Greenwood, sir.
Violet had the same physical features as Iris, blonde hair, green eyes, and pointy ears, unlike her little sister, her hair was short and had braids on her sides, in high we were almost equal, me being a bit higher for few centimeters.
Seems like being plain is not a racial rule... Nice...
The chest of the girl wasn´t exactly big, but couldn't call her flat either.
A certain corner of my heart was relieved by knowing that the elven mountains could be bigger.
Before any of them could notice that I was comparing their bodies on my mind I resumed the conversation.
-Violet, How did you end up so far from the elven kingdom?
-Our kingdom is hidden by powerful barriers inside the sacred forest, so when the disappearances began we knew that something was wrong, after an exhaustive investigation, our trackers followed the cult to several of their hideouts and sanctuaries
-It was all a burden, when they found a hideout the cultist had already moved to another. Lots of our villages have been attacked by demons and lots of our own have been used as a sacrifice. They´re a big pain in the ass!
-Language, Iris.
-Ah, sorry.
-... But well, she´s right. The more we follow a trail the more it diverts to a different direction, in the end, the use of the army was necessary, other soldiers and I were supposed to ask for Lafonia´s support... But we were ambushed.
There weren´t more elves using the uniform of Violet when I saw inside the cage, so she must have been the only survivor.
This makes me wonder; Why only her?
In these cases, I´d love to have a way to track her or study her body in search of anything funny, tough luck I don´t have a way to do so right now.
But that could change.
Guess it´s time to study curses, maybe Jeanne can help me with that.
-Staring at people is your fetish or something like that?
-Encourage people to kill is yours?
Iris pulled me out of my mind. It seemed like I was staring at Violet by accident.
She looked both physically and mentally exhausted, remind her a situation so morbid wasn´t good, therefore I tried to change the subject after hitting Iri´s forehead with my finger.
-Ow! Hey!
-How are the survivors?
-Tired and in shock, but once we are back to the forest they´ll get better.
-I see, that´s good, What about you 2?
-Once I had delivered the message to the king I´ll return with them, Iris will come with me.
-When are you leaving?
-If everything goes well, in 3 or 4 days.
-Will the kingdom give you an escort? Or do you plan on hiring some adventurers?
-Taking into care that there could be traitors among the human lines, I´d prefer to hire adventurers... But we don´t have much money...
-I can lend you enough for a good escort if you want.
-W-Well... Um...
Violet seemed reluctant to accept more of my help, didn´t blame her at all, I also didn´t like to be always on the receiver side, but in her current situation, take what I offer is the best.
-We accept gratefully!
-Iris!
The noisy sister answered raising her hand as if she was in a classroom, Violet called her in reaction, but the truth was that the girl didn´t deserve any scolding.
-What? You know we need it, besides, we already owe him our lives, some money won´t be as hard to return with father´s help, Right?
-... Y-Yes, but...
-Don´t worry about details, you´re a leader, you have to make hard choices and ask for help to guide the people behind you, do not be ashamed of doing what is necessary to keep moving forward.
I tried to give her some mental piece with the friendly tone of my voice.
The expression of Violet contained surprise at the beginning, but then let out a small smile followed by the words "Thank you".
Iris laughing relieved in the background.
After that, it didn´t take us long to get back to the meeting room.
Before entering, I took off the makeup with the handkerchief of my suit, making sure that Violet couldn´t see the cheek with the scar.
Tock* Tock*
-Your majesty, it´s me, I come with the elves.
-Come in.
I opened the door and stepped in maintaining myself at an angle where Violet couldn´t see my scar.
After I came back to my sit with Molly scolding me for being late, Violet and her sister deeply bowed before August.
-King August Mosaic Lafonía, I am Violet Greenwood, and the person beside me is my little sister, Iris Greenwood.
-Rise.
Both obeyed and straighten with her arms behind her back.
-I know you´re tired, but I need you to tell us all that happened with the cultists and the masked man, as well as the reason by which elven soldiers are coming out of the forest.
-Yes, actually, the patriarch of the forest send me to give you this message.
Violet pulled a scroll out of her uniform, a maid took it and brought it to August.
The eyes of the man devoured the content in a matter of seconds.
-... I see, I understand the situation, I´ll speak with the patriarch in detail later. For now, explain the events that occurred in the hideout.
-Yes sir, what happened was...
Violet told them all that happened until the rescue, Iris gave veracity with little comments here and there.
After listening, the king nodded to Jeanne, the cardinal got up from her seat and placed her hands over a white book on the table.
-Let the light reveal all the lies; Raziel´s eye.
A magic circle appeared over the self-opened book, a black orb the size of a bowling ball levitated over the paper sheets and floated to the elves.
The elves showed themselves confused, actually, I was too.
-Please, do not be afraid, this is just a security measurement. Said Jeanne with a polite smile.
Molly, Fardan, and Mayida got up from their seats, their hands on the mangle of their weapons.
Violet stepped in front of Iris, her eyes were disillusioned by seeing the maids guarding the door.
-Miss Violet, I´ll ask you some questions, please respond with full honesty.
If the mood was already tense, the accusing voice of August made gravity increase its potency by double.
With the confusion being replaced by disgust, Violet nodded.
-Are you part of the cult?
-... No.
Agust looked at the orb.
There weren´t changes.
-Do you work for the masked man?
-... No.
The orb kept itself the same.
-Is good to know, however, I´ll ask just in case, Do you know the identity of the masked man?
-... No, I don´t.
The orb ejected a withe light.
The weapons were withdrawn, cold sweat covered Violet as Iris was invaded by the fear and uncertainty.
-Miss Violet, I´m afraid that you won´t leave this room until we have gathered all the answers we need, please cooperate with us, the orb over your heads will tell us if you´re lying or not, therefore I recommend you to be honest with your answers.
Maybe August was trying to not seem intimidating, however, he was failing miserably.
-Excuse me, your majesty, Can I make some questions to miss Violet too?
Since danger was approaching I decided to intervene.
August looked at me with sharp eyes before replying "Go on".
With my head resting over the hand covering my cheek, I stared at Violet with a kind expression.
-Miss Violet, Do you know the name of the masked man?
-!!
Iris and Violet got surprised, it was obvious that they didn´t expect that question directly from me, still, I gave them a discrete nod, assuring her that she could say the truth.
With the message received, Violet exhaled deep before answering.
-Yes.
The orb didn´t have changes.
With a hand under the table, I began to concentrate mana on the magic circle of my palm. If things didn´t go right, then at least I would freeze everyone who had a finger over the wooden object.
Álvaro disintegrated inside my pocket, and with his pieces running through my torso and neck, bit by bit he prepared to get out of my suit and materialize in full body.
-Can you tell us a name?
Violet looked at me worried, I stayed calm and encouraged her to answer.
With a voice getting closer to desperation, the elf answered.
-... Kitzin.
The orb shined again.