-The month of Wynnethel, the 1st, year ATC 3,527-
"You're really serious?" Heiracles muttered.
"Yes, ofcourse I am Kiles. The Royal Unity will not allow me to offer them protection from the Vizier and they're Seekers. My grandparents think they still can make nice with that fool and their cult of the Ring."
"I. You." Heiracles head was starting to split, from the implications of her words. Before allowing his mind to wander to any further depths, he immediately asked "If you want my help, then you need to tell me everything you know.."
Celine nodded, slowly, "I figured as much", looking towards Ila'Mu with a nod as they watched her. "I will hand over the explanation to them, since, truly, it is not my story to tell."
Ila'Mu clasped their hands before the self, folding their fingers together as if in prayer before giving, what appeared to Heiracles, an awkward looking bow to Celine and then Heiracles himself in turn. "Our God Above, Ruler of All Things, feeds upon all the life on our planet, and our mother, the Vizier. Helps it to do so. They wish to--"
"I apologize for interrupting, I know you Elvi are inherently different from us, and even moreso from the Wizarol. But why do you always refer to yourself as such? You even called the Vizier your mother and followed the same pattern with her. Hell, even Celine did."
Both Celine and Ila'Mu cheeks tinge slightly by the end of his interruption, to his complete surprise and dismay, wondering if he overstepped some type of cultural boundary. But without ever meeting one of her species and the lack of desire from his Father to speak of them when he was a child, he had nothing to go on, except that they were diminutive in size with pointed ears, talons and fanged teeth. If the latter three were even true, since she hadn't removed her hood, barely spoke and her hands were gloved.
Celine looks towards Ila'Mu, "I know that you grew up your entire life in that mountain, living the life that was planned out for you, but if we are to acquire his help for you. I think you should set aside your old life and the ideals impressed upon you. You must remember, before you, I highly doubt Kiles here had ever even met an Elvi."
The moment of hesitation was so heavily palpable both Heiracles and Celine could feel the internal struggle Ila'Mu was going through. Shortly thereafter a muffled male voice could be heard as an almost whisper and was somehow similar to Ila'Mu's, but Heiracles had a hard time placing it. His mind just couldn't compute, yet it did come from her.
"Ila, we must set aside what Mother taught us. They are the worst fanatic.." Ila'Mu then nodded her head to these words, and then just a female voice was heard coming from Ila'Mu, "You're right, ofcourse, brother.. I just. It is simply. Harder then I thought, to not think as they do..."
She then turned to Heiracles, as she pulls her hood down he can see her pointed ears and her piercing silver irises looking him directly in his eyes his first thought was that she was rather pretty looking, with delicate features. That was before she opened her mouth to start speaking to him and could see his Father was three for three out of four, she said in her feminine/masculine voice, "Sir Heiracles, I am Ila'Mu. of the Elvar-Elvi."
And then continues on to speak with just a feminine tone, doing the same awkward bow again where her double jointed knees bent the opposite way, "My name is Ila." And suddenly pivots 180 degrees and what was looking at him was a fully functional face, very similar to the feminine one, except one detail. This one was masculine but followed the same grammar as the feminine, folding it's hands together and bowing, the knees bending backwards. When it opened it's mouth the previously heard masculine voice that he heard clicked in his head, "And my name is Mu."
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I want to dedicate a section of each chapter to the love of my life, Kreation. For supporting my dream and urging me forward on my desires to finally 'put pen to paper', so to speak by writing out my book for you all to read, thank you so much for the support and love. 🥰