The first practice of the elf lord ended in the last hour of sunlight.
"Are you done with you practice, my lord?" Legland asked after seeing the moon elf lord approaching them.
Luis is a bit sweating from the activities that he did.
He started doing it midday and it was already dusk.
"Yeah," Luis nodded. "Is it just me or the time really flies fast in this world?"
Legland looked a bit confused at first. "My lord?" The handsome DILF blinked a few times before saying, "It must because you are immersed in a lot of activities that you fail to notice the time, my lord."
The moon elf lord nodded and thought that it is indeed reasonable.
He recounted all that he did during that time. Indeed, he's done quite a lot.
Luis tried enhancing his strength with energy.
Then he enhance his speed and ran around the entire plateau.
He then flew from branch to branch of the tree of life of which each is almost as thick as he was in his previous life...
Thick as in body thick. Not something else.
The moon elf lord has always wondered how in this world would a humongous tree such as the Tree of Life could grow on top of a mountain. Plus the conspicuous Sacred Spring located on top of a plateau.
Luis thought that all of these are unscientific until he wander around the Ambria Mountain and flew few distances to watch the plateau.
Ambria Mountain should be a mound formed by the long and complicated root system of The Tree of Life.
"It really looks like a mushroom." Luis uttered as he looked at the wide foliar of the tree and it's short and slim trunk.
Luis swore that he will never speak such thoughts in front of his moon elves.
Lest he will be branded as blasphemous. He is not willing to bear the hate of his own race.
Besides, that peculiar tree is like his own parent. He was practically born out of it's branches. Unfilial piety is never his cup of tea so he might as well keep his silence.
"What mushroom, my lord?" Legland asked.
"Eh?" Luis' almost had a mini heart attack. Did he just say that out loud?!
"Ahh, I-I am craving for some mushrooms for my dinner later," Luis bullshited. His mouth will surely be his number one cause of his death!
"I see," Legland said. "You must be hungry and tired. Don't worry we will make sure to prepare something that could satisfy your cravings."
"Hehehe, thanks," Luis answered with a bit of relief and left it at that.
The elf lord did all sorts of activities but he didn't seem to feel used up.
His energy is still okay, aside from a few muscle cramps which are understandable since he's gone physical in some activities.
But energy-wise, he can spend it some more.
Luis remembered the details in the status window.
'My NP was labelled as infinite. Is it nature's power? Like nature's energy that ordinary moon elves' used as fuel to using their abilities?' Luis thought.
How lame system. Someone must have a terrible naming sense.
Remembering the system, Luis pulled up the system interface that is still updating.
"When will this update be done?"Luis helplessly sigh. There is very bad feeling about this.
Having a system is not necessarily a good thing. How many MCs have suffered because of their system? They may became powerful with the help of this cheat but these came with a cost.
Luis rolled his eyes.
"Whatever. It should be the best to stay away from this thing"
Once he's eaten his sumptuous dinner, (it has a fragrant mushroom soup as a side dish) Luis made his way to his bedroom in the temple.
He must admit that this place is indeed huge and majestic. It was said that the temple was made of white non-weathering stone that they called moonstone as it absorbs nature's energy from the moonlight.
The white walls and pillars are smooth if not sculpted. And most of the sculptures are all life-like.
The subjects of the artwork in the temple are mostly the beautiful profile of the moon goddess and her moonlight-strewn dress, a crescent moon sitting high in the sky looking over the moon elves and the moon goddess after hunting a huge bear.
The moonlight can freely enter the hallway because of the open windows. It simply looks ethereal as the stream of moonlight makes the wall sparkle subtly.
It didn't take that long for Luis to reach his bedroom.
The newly born elf lord lay on the soft bed.
"What a heavenly bed. So comfy!"
Luis called this a bed but actually, it's a cluster of low shrubs. It has bright green leaves and a white fragrant seven-petaled flowers that would grow sparsely around. It is really comfortable to lie in it. It's like a natural water bed.
And just like that the elf lord dozed to his nightly slumber.
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Morning came. Luis woke up with a grunt.
The servants who are just outside the room immediately came in with a wooden basin that is filled with water and a pitcher of drinking water.
These were all according to his arrangements.
"Good morning, my Lord" the serving moon elf greeted. It was the same bearer who almost died yesterday.
"Umm mornin'," the elf lord said lazily. "By the way, what is your name?"
"My name is Olyn, my Lord."
"Olyn, I see, I'll make sure to remember that."
After washing his face and changing into a fresh set of clothes, Luis made his way to the dining room and there he saw Nicol and the others sitting at the long table waiting for him. Even the father and son Legland and Rion are seated on the left side of the end seat.
Luis languidly sat on the head seat.
"Good morning everyone." He said while forcing down a yawn.
"Good morning to you too, my Lord."
"A pleasant morning my Lord!"
"Good morning..."
"Good..."
The moon elves greeted cheerfully. This is based on his arrangements on the first day of his rebirth. Initially, he was supposed to eat alone in this huge ass table with servants standing behind him. Ready to pounce to help out whenever he needs anything while eating.
Luis Lee who has never been served this way felt awkward. He's used to eating with everyone else even before the end of the world happened and even after that, his meal is often shared with his friends and subordinates. He was used to loud lunches and spit out rice flying to his face.
So he made a fuss and asked Nicol and the priests to accompany him. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. They are obligated to eat together. At first, they are still awkward but now...
Luis glanced at the red faces, trembling hands and stiff postures of these people... They needed some more stimulation to get used of this situation.
Nicol who is sitting on his right is poised and handsome as always. Not bad for the head priest.
Legland on his right is still that upright hunk that he has some thoughts about just yesterday... Too bad he's off-limits.
And Rion, the young moon elf warrior who is actually at the age of forty plus is stiff and flushed just like the others.
"Don't be so pressured, Rion it's just breakfast. You will certainly not be nervous after a month," Luis said as if he was coaxing a virgin on his first time. Rion who was innocent blushed once again, this time in a more vibrant red.
Luis' eyes turn into slits as he eyed Rion. 'Don't tell me...'
"Let's all have breakfast so we all can start working!" said the elf lord.
Yes, working.
Luis decided to know the current affairs of the moon elf race from the DILFs, Nicol and Legland.
One's the head priest and one's the head of the sentinel. They are the perfect candidate to be his tutors.
The breakfast of the moon elves is pretty much vegetables and fruits. Well, moon elves before the birth of their lord typically only eat lunch and dinner.
This breakfast is just a 'snack' which is eaten early morning in the presence of the elf lord.
Luis enjoyed the perfunctory meal.
Lazily caressed his bulging stomach.
The vegetables and fruits that are served to him are all fresh and delicious plus even though it is faint, there are few deposits of nature's energy in these food which makes him feel comfortable once ingested.
"My Lord," called Nicol. Then he continued in a careful tone. "We know that we may sound presumptuous but we wanted to ask you about something of great importance."
The atmosphere of the dining hall turns a few degrees lower. The moon elves sat even more stiffly.
Luis noticed that they are nervous for some reason.
"Well, of course, shoot it!" the easygoing lord said. The moon elves didn't understand how such words can be double meanings. All they know is that based on the light tone of the lord then it is okay to ask.
This is their first time mingling with an elf lord. But stories of how short-tempered and unreasonable some elf lords are are not few. So they are very careful about interacting with the elf lord even though they are in awe of him.
"We want to ask what would be your future plans for your Name Proclamation Ceremony. We, the priests of the temple are willing to help you with anything, my Lord," said Nicol. The priests on his side also expressed their affirmation.
"My Lord, the sentinels are your blade and armour. We support you unconditionally," Legland said with great firmness.
Name Proclamation Ceremony is a rite wherein the elf lord will choose his name and receive the everlasting blessings of the moon goddess.
Elders would say that this is the most momentous time of an elf lord. His name will be sung by the wind in the entire continent. The earth will shake as a celebration and the waters deep and shallow will bubble to welcome the presence of the almighty lord.
But to Luis, who has bits of recollection from the memories of the former elf lord. It's like a birthday party at best. Huge crowd greeting the lord for his name. Bon fire banquets.
Well, make it a bit ethereal with the moon big and round, hanging like a disco ball.
But Luis is sure about the effects of blessings. His body should grow a little (please just not this juvenile like a fifteen-year-old) and a qualitative leap on his powers.
The moon goddess' blessings will also affect the entire moon elf race. Their plates (physique) will become more suitable for using their abilities. And the most important for beings with longer life span but have problems with conceiving offsprings: fertility.
It's been proven and tested for ions of years that whenever there is a newborn elf lord, there is an unprecedented boom in the population of the moon elves.
"Well, we can carefully plan the ceremony there is no need to rush," said Luis.
"Since I myself have no idea what name should I choose." Which is the truth, his new life deserves to have a new name.
Luis Lee was a person who lived on the 21st-century earth and struggled to live for years in an apocalyptic world.
But now that he is an elf lord who has an entirely different responsibility. He meant to separate these two.
Though still, he is who he is.
Luis paused for a second, maybe this is the reason why he is nameless in the status window?
Speaking of, it's almost a day since the system has gone updating. He needs to check it after this.
"I see my Lord if you need it. We can give you the scriptures that contain old Elvish words" Nicol offered.
'Then name me Escaron, Loun or Habuk like the 15th, 23rd and 39th elf lord? No thanks.'
Luis does not have anything against the words themselves. It's just that these elf lords have a very very distinct character.
One's a murderous idiot.
One's a gluttonous jerk.
Then one's a war-loving maniac.
He wants to excuse himself from that lot.
Luis is proud of himself for being green-minded but that is because he is a virgin!
It's not like he is mentally challenged or something.
"You don't have to worry about that. I do have an idea but I am not decided yet." Luis lied like choosing a name is such a complicated thing.
"I see, my Lord."
"By the way, Nicol and Legland are you busy this morning?"
"No, my Lord," said the two.
"Great, do you know any place where we can discuss this in private?" Yes, discuss. Luis decided to start his cram school as early as now. He needs to know things if he wants to establish himself as the lord.