The Situation of Elves in the Demon Territory
The discussion with the dark elf village chief was painstaking.
After all, there was a lot of explaining to do, and the village chief was in awe, so the conversation was slow.
First, I talked to the village chief about my existence.
I was born as a human and an incubus, and I am active as an adventurer in the human society. This time, I came to conquer the central dungeon with information from Fenrir, Ginko, and at that time, helping and protecting Shiru-chan...
I was relieved that we were finally able to talk about Shiru-chan here, but the village chief seemed to be concerned about my relationship with Ginko.
So this time I decided to talk about my encounter with Ginko, including Ginko. And at this point, I honestly said that Ginko had been living in the dungeon and was preventing the orcs and goblins from leaving until now, and that by making her my familiar, the shackles had been removed...
However, the village chief denied it.
“It is true that monsters sometimes come out of the dungeon, as Light-sama said. However, they are few in number. This time, the cause is that the orc breeding area is closer to the center. Originally, it was closer to the west side. The orcs who lived there were probably driven to this land, which was Ginko-sama's territory, by the Goblin Stampede.
So it's not Light-sama's fault. Even if it was the cause, Ginko-sama followed the oracle. If something happens according to God's will, it cannot be disobeyed."
Honestly, I was relieved. Not only did I understand the cause, but I was also told that it wasn't my fault.
(Master, as I told you, don't worry about it. Master is too worried.)
(I understand. Ginko. Thank you.)
I was suddenly curious about something, so I asked the village chief.
"Village chief. Why did you set up the village in the orc's breeding area?"
The village chief seemed a little hesitant to answer this question. At that time, I noticed that he was glancing at Shiru and Rain.
"If you don't want them to hear it, I can ask them to leave."
The village chief seemed to have made up his mind with those words, and then he let out a sigh before answering.
"Shiru should know as well. I know it's hard for you to hear this, but... it's for the sake of our dark elf breeding."
Ah... that one is hard to say... village chief, sorry.
Ask me something that is difficult to answer...
"As you may know, elves do not reproduce well. At the moment, the dark elves are all from this village. In terms of numbers, there are 63 of us. Of these, 52 are fertile and 22 are married couples. However, none of the couples have yet to produce a child. The last one to be born is Shiru, who is here with us. But the two who gave birth to Shiru were killed by our pursuers in our previous settlements......"
Wait a minute. Don't give out new information! I don't want to create new questions... the story isn't progressing...
"In fact, we Dark Elves will perish if we don't have children. That's why we settled here in search of orc testicles to make it easier for us to reproduce."
Good. He didn't go off topic. But... it's no good if I don't ask...
"Um...... you said earlier that Shiru-chan's parents were killed by your pursuers...... what did you mean by that?"
So, let me summarize what the village head told me. The village chief's stories are long, typical of an old man, and tend to go off topic. Very troublesome.
According to the village chief, a political dispute broke out in the demon territory about 300 years ago. The demon territory has a council-based political system with multiple Demon Kings, but it seems that the Elf Demon King was attacked by someone and went into hiding. It may be taken to mean that the person is dead, but it seems that the person was really hiding.
Due to the disappearance of the Elf Demon King, the position of the elves in the demon territory worsened and they became targets of persecution. Of course, it was a conspiracy, and the persecution was the work of someone.
However, the elves were unable to find out who it was, and apparently, they had no choice but to flee to the [Demon Forest] about 100 years ago.
"Um... excuse me, but what happened to the normal elves?"
"Yes. We split up when we left the demon territory. We talked about the possibility of being detected if we stayed together, so the elves split into four groups and entered the [Demon Forest]. One of them is us dark elves."
There are still three more groups of elves in this forest......
Isn't that a lot more than I think?
"Hey, Ginko. Did you see any elves while you were in the forest?"
Ginko tilted her head for a while, trying to remember.
"Umu. There were. I remember seeing a glimpse of them in the mountainous area in the north, and also in the south. However, I can't remember when I saw them."
The village chief almost sat up, but when he heard, [I can't remember when I saw them], he turned his head down.
The village chief was silent for a while, and just as I was about to open my mouth to say goodbye, he asked me a favor again, as if he had made up his mind.
Well... I can understand your desire to find your kin and protect them, so I decided to help as much as I can.
But... that wasn't what he was asking for...
"Light-sama, I apologize for the inconsiderate request, but could you please hold a dark elf woman?"
Ha?
Tftc
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