I Married the Beautiful Female Protagonist In Order To Survive - Chapter 614



67. The Banquet of Hegemony

As an outsider, I cannot interfere with Adev’s decisions with my own will, so I hope Adev will make her own choice. As for whether this will clear the little elf girl in front of me or… tarnish her, I can only leave it to fate.

Because Adev seems to have made her decision, after this, the two of us, a lonely man and woman, alone in the dark, did not encounter anything strange; instead, we spent the night in silence, calmly welcoming the arrival of dawn.

The next day.

Having already found ourselves in danger, we did not choose to flee but instead followed Adev’s original plan for coming here—to find the local old elf noble lord and request his assistance in capturing Ludwig, who had fled and was hiding within the territory. For this, barging into someone else’s home was an unavoidable risk.

At this moment, within the lord’s mansion of the local old elf nobility, since most of these old elf noble names are long and cumbersome, often with the prefix “Von,” I decided to simply refer to the elder elf we sought as “Elder Von No. 2.” Our group was lightly equipped, with only Miss Mel accompanying Adev and me. Even so, we were unable to meet Elder Von No. 2 directly and were instead invited by his servant to a room to wait.

The large and empty room, with a long table in the center, felt as if it had been specially prepared for a “struggle session” against us. Even without reading the script, I could sense that a danger targeting Adev was quietly approaching, looming right before us. Then…

“Mel, you have once accompanied that formidable human on adventures; you should have been revered as a hero by these old-timers. But it’s been a long time since you did those dirty things in the Kingdom of Prulish. Do you… regret following me?”

“Your Majesty Adev, as an elf, my favorite thing is to have like-minded friends, and you are the only elf I admire as a goal. So, what do you think?”

With Adev’s light laugh, “Hmph, then get ready.”

All the dangerous scripts flooded into my mind, and everything that followed left me no room for ease.

The door opened, but it wasn’t just the second elder, the one named Feng, that Adéfu spoke of, who stepped in; instead, a whole throng of robed elves, looking quite aged and, naturally… of high status, entered.

【The elders of the old elven nobility are arriving one after another!】

The script unfolded, and it seemed these were indeed the “old elven clan” elders that Adéfu mentioned! Initially, we had come to meet only the second elder Feng, who managed this territory, but now, without any prior notice, a whole crowd had barged in! What this represented was self-evident.

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Their imposing demeanor, the hostility they displayed upon seeing Adéfu—and me as well—along with their lofty attitude as if they held some “secret weapon,” all indicated that they had clearly come “prepared,” targeting Adéfu. Moreover, the danger was far from limited to what we could see at this moment.

【The elders of the old elven nobility have come to hunt down Adéfu!】

【There are ambushing elves inside and outside the mansion!】

The scripts continued to appear, clarifying the danger that Adéfu—and even we—faced at this moment, and this so-called “meeting” was nothing more than a banquet of treachery.

However, in this situation, I had no chance to inform Adéfu of any of this.

Once all the elven elders had taken their seats in silence, Adéfu finally made her move. As if she hadn’t noticed the tense atmosphere, she casually turned to the leading second elder Feng and spoke.

“Elder Feng, it seems you have quite a few guests in your territory today.”

Dressed in a black uniform and wearing a hat, Adéfu’s appearance indeed clashed with the robed men and women before her, but the elders’ opposition to Adéfu was certainly not merely due to her attire or her identity as a “common elf.”

To me, these elves were no different from the minor antagonists that appeared in the scripts; they opposed Adéfu’s current status and achievements, envious of the power she had gained. Naturally… no matter what Adéfu did, their attitude towards her would not improve in the slightest.

And now, a perfect opportunity to replace her had arisen, and how could these “elders” possibly let it slip away?

Then, the danger arrived.

“That’s because we’re looking for you, Adéfu!”

The first to seize upon Adéfu’s weakness from Ludwig seemed to be this second elder Feng, and naturally, she was the one who instigated the entire affair, with the participation of the other elders likely just to share in the spoils.

With a tone far from kind, this elder began to accuse.

“Where did you take that previous elder? What have you done to him?”

“Ah… you mean the other one with the surname Feng~”

Adéle took off her hat and fanned herself, “He’s currently locked up because he violated the laws of the Kingdom of Prulith. As for how he’ll be judged? I’m still pondering that~”

“Outrageous! What right do ordinary elves have to take away one of our elders? Are you really trying to threaten us with such lowly tactics!?”

“How could that be? I simply hope you can assist with the affairs of the Kingdom of Prulith. After all, a criminal who colluded with that elder has recently fled to your territory, Elder~”

I would never overlook this, but at the moment Adéle spoke, the elder who had been the loudest suddenly showed signs of tension on his face.

It seems he must be aware of Ludwig’s whereabouts. To bring down Adéle, he’s even collaborating with an “enemy” of the elves like Ludwig. Such an elder, hm… truly opens my eyes.

“I hope you can cooperate with my capture efforts and apprehend that criminal soon, lest she cause even greater losses to our Kingdom of Prulith. It’s as simple as that.”

Indeed, Adéle’s goal was originally that simple.

Unfortunately, this group of elven elders had no intention of letting Adéle off the hook.

【Elder Feng No. 2 decided to denounce Adéle.】

With the clear danger script for Adéle, these “elven elders” began to take action.

Just as we had suspected, it was the “worst-case scenario” we had sensed upon arriving in the countryside of the Kingdom of Prulith.

“Adéle, how dare you speak of losses? You, as an elf, represent us, and that is our greatest loss!”

“Before worrying about a wanted criminal, perhaps you should consider whether you even have the qualifications to be the king of the Kingdom of Prulith, traitor!”