I had no idea why, but the Queen rescinded her earlier decision.
All of a sudden, we became the Allies of the Elves.
"Leave one member of your Party here to serve as an Ambassador, while the rest of you may return to your Kingdom."
It was a miracle!
"Tell your King to set an appropriate meeting date, so we can directly converse."
It was completely unprecedented.
"You may leave."
And it was all because of someone!
My eyes darted in her direction, and I saw Emilia smile the same way she always did. However, this time… the Elf gave me a conspirational wink.
'N-no way… it was you? H-how did you do it? I didn't even ask…'
To be honest, I had thought I would never see or talk to her after that day.
Since she never even came to visit or bid me farewell, I really thought we had already broken ties.
My idiot mind had no idea that she had been tirelessly working to ensure that our Alliance succeeded.
I had no idea how she achieved it, but…
"THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH!"