I Made a Game Featuring Constellations - Chapter 59
Balaclava
An elf banquet hall as splendid as the banquet halls of human nobles.
Although it was made with the unique aesthetic style of elves, it was far from the primitive architecture that humans usually imagine when they think of elves living in harmony with nature and inside trees.
‘High Elves.’
A superior race form that only those born with special bloodlines among elves can achieve upon reaching adulthood and awakening.
They were special elves belonging to the traditional ruling class of elves…
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Ordinary elves lived in harmony with nature in underdeveloped environments until they reached the modern continent. However, even in the past, high elves ruled like nobles and enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle.
“Good evening, Senator.”
“Well, well, who do we have here! Isn’t it our very own Trudia Senator! How have you been!”
Entering the dream of the Apostle of Theft, based on her memories, the scene I was witnessing was a special and splendid banquet prepared exclusively for the High Elves.
Although it has changed significantly now, it is said that the ancient Elven society was governed by a noble senate run by a few High Elves.
It is said that after the line of the ancient Elven queen was severed, the High Elf families took over the rule.
In the banquet hall I was seeing, the High Elves belonging to that senate were chatting.
However, among the white elves, there was a dark-skinned Dark Elf woman who stood out.
“Just looking at her makes me want to vomit. Giving a position to a Dark Elf who should be working in the cotton fields.”
“A Dark Elf tribune… What could the consul be thinking?”
“Who knows. We just trust and follow what the Primera family does.”
The Dark Elf seemed to hold a special position comparable to that of a senator, but she was isolated in the banquet hall.
No one spoke to her, and no one approached her.
On the other side of the banquet hall, there was an area where young children were being cared for while the High Elves enjoyed the banquet.
“Catch me if you can!”
“If I catch you, you’re dead!”
…I think I saw a similar scene when I was a magitech engineer.
Elves or humans, there’s no difference.
Among the many children, the protagonist of the dream I entered, an elf girl, was leading a group of children with a toy sword.
“I, Sephira Primera, command you! Follow me!”
““Waaah!””
Since elves have a matriarchal society, it wasn’t strange for the girl to show a personality like a gang leader…
“Is this elf girl the same elf I saw?”
The elf who seemed calm, quiet, and benevolent… was such a tomboy when she was young.
It was quite shocking.
“Bring the enemy commander!”
The subordinate elves, who heard the girl’s command, grabbed the black elf boy who was crouching in the corner and dragged him from both sides.
“Ha, don’t do it!”
The boy struggled here and there, but with his frail body, he couldn’t escape from the sturdy high-elf bloodline girls.
“Ugh!”
The girls forced the boy to kneel.
“Enemy commander Gaizerus, lift your head!”
A frail boy who seemed unable to even handle a girl of his age.
He was the hero who eradicated the discrimination against dark elves that was rampant among the elves, and the constellation who had to resolve the sin of lust that had consumed him.
* * *
“Hey! Rus!”
Bang!
The door opened with a loud noise as the girl kicked it.
It was a powerful force that seemed impossible to come from that small and light body, but considering she was an elf, and one of a special bloodline at that, it wasn’t strange.
“It’s you!”
“…What is.”
The dark elf boy, Gaizerus, who was sitting quietly reading a book, turned his head.
“You were the one who told!”
The girl, with a face full of anger, strode towards the boy.
“…I just told the truth.”
“That’s what telling is! Hey, come here.”
“Wa, wait a minute! U, uwaah!”
The girl forcibly tackled the boy.
They fell down together, with the boy underneath.
“This won’t do. You need to be taught a lesson!”
“aaah! It hurts!”
“It’s supposed to hurt, you tattletale!”
…I still can’t quite believe that the apostle I met earlier was such a troublemaker.
That weak boy is Gaius?
The conqueror who unified all the elves under his feet?
I couldn’t even begin to grasp what had happened in between.
“Hmph! Do you know what will happen to you if I tell my mom?”
“……”
“Then behave yourself!”
Gaius’s mother was the first ever Dark Elf tribune.
Considering the elf culture at the time, which extremely discriminated against Dark Elves, it was nearly impossible to achieve such a position on one’s own, but the power of Primera, the most influential figure among the three great High Elf families and the then-consul, made it possible.
From Primera’s perspective, she only needed the title of a Dark Elf tribune to quell the dissatisfaction of the Dark Elves, and it didn’t matter if the person holding the title was someone else.
At this point, Gaius was in no position to truly rebel against the girl.
“You don’t have anything like this at your house, do you?”
From the perspective of the girl, Saphira Primera, it was probably a fun toy to play with.
“You know, spring cotton is delicious.”
Of course, it was a rather clumsy way of expressing affection.
Perhaps it was due to the girl’s preference for the boy that Gaius’s mother was chosen as the Dark Elf tribune.
But no matter how much I think about it, I can’t imagine this situation playing out according to actual history.
What on earth happened?
And soon, I would find out the truth.
* * *
Behind the main building of the Elf Senate
Half a dozen Dark Elf women, their already dark faces hidden under black masks, quietly slipped in.
“Is everyone here?”
At the question of the Dark Elf who seemed to be the leader, the others nodded.
“Good. Let’s reaffirm our objective. As we briefed earlier, our goal, Balaclava, is to strike a blow to the white pigs who exploit our brothers and live in luxury off the spoils.”
They rechecked the black weapons they held.
“We will capture a special factor to make sure they have no choice but to meet our demands. Everyone understands, right?”
The black heads nodded again.
“Good. Remember, be wary of anything white, and always move unpredictably. Let’s go! Move those flabby butts!”
The group of Dark Elves melted into the shadows.
They passed lightly through the security system of the Senate through the shadows and infiltrated inside.
There were numerous elf guards inside the Senate, but none of them could discover them.
Those who were so black they melted into the shadows.
They entered the children’s play area in the deepest part of the Senate building.
“Damn! It’s too white here!”
A dark elf who revealed himself from the shadows slightly covered his eye sockets at the dazzling sight.
“Did you really expect their lair to be black, you fool?”
The leader, who appeared next, smiled as he found a girl sitting on top of a black elf boy.
“Found you.”
“There’s only one girl?”
“One is enough.”
……!
“Wait a minute! Move aside!”
“What? You’re going to tell on us again! It’s not going to work this time!”
“No, that’s not it!”
“Huh? Huh?”
The boy exerted superhuman strength and pushed the girl aside.
Then he stood in front of the girl, shielding her from the intruders.
“Good instincts.”
The black figures approached him.
The boy swallowed nervously, sensing the unusual power emanating from them.
“This is a playroom for the children of the Senate members. Who are you?”
Intruders.
Definitely.
Judging by their masked faces, they were certainly not here for a good purpose. They must not have entered through normal means either.
‘I need to buy some time.’
There would be guards outside.
The problem was that the soundproofing system of this unnecessarily luxurious building was so perfect that even if he shouted, they wouldn’t hear him.
Saphira had to go out and bring them.
“Hmm…”
The leader, hearing the boy’s words, tilted his head as if displeased.
“You look more like one of our comrades than anyone else. Why do you speak and act no different from the white ones?”
Swish
“Ahh!”
A dark elf emerged from the shadow behind the girl, restraining her and covering her mouth.
“S-Saphira!”
“It seems you’ve been brainwashed by the white ones. Don’t worry. We’ll return you to your original, rightful form.”
“What do you mean…!”
Thud!
His vision gradually blurred.
That was the boy’s last memory in the Senate.