Thorns And A Closed Meeting
A slap made Lavelle groan in pain, a laugh made her even more frightened in a dark and lonely place where only a few lights shone faintly. Lavelle didn’t know where she was at that time; however, she could feel the horror in that dark place.
“Don’t you feel the pain I feel now?” The question made Lavelle curl up.
Slowly but surely, the strange woman with a beautiful yet cruel face walked up to Lavelle who was bound with sharp spiked tendrils that even injured both of her wrists. The strange woman’s name was Vanyacia, the cruel beautiful Elf, she had many armies that were equally cruel—dozens of Elves were trapped here, under a very dirty valley and even more like a garbage dump.
“Anyone who dares to disturb my life, I will make her feel what I feel again, maybe even worse,” Vanyacia muttered quickly.
“I never bothered you,” Lavelle muttered.
“You never bothered me but did you ever think that I didn’t like your presence?” asked Vanyacia then.
“But why?” Lavelle asked again, wincing slightly against the pain in her wrists.
“You are as disgusting as these two-faced elves,” Vanyacia grumbled and then threw the apple she was holding onto Lavelle.
Lavelle whimpered once more in pain and growled a little, in her heart she grumbled in annoyance at meeting a strange woman who was so annoying like her, even though she still remembered Sophia’s words that Vanyacia often slandered her when in front of Theophile.
“Do you think I took Theophile from you?” asked Lavelle.
A faint, cruel smile formed on Vanyacia’s face, the woman walked over to Lavelle with brisk steps. “You….”
“You should know that I didn’t take him, He wanted me,” Lavelle said, “You don’t have to kidnap me and ruin other people’s lives!”
“How dare you bully me? Do you think I am that weak in front of you?” asked Vanyacia with a disapproving face.
Lavelle tried to laugh. “I’m not bullying you, but it’s true! I didn’t take him away from you, you made him away from yourself!”
PLAKK!
Fresh blood dripped from the corner of Lavelle’s lips again, tears falling from her round eyes again. He really found it very ironic to be in the presence of such a vicious woman, after all where had Theophile gone now? Did he leave Lavelle? Did Theophile let Lavelle be kidnapped by that cruel woman?
“Look at you! You are ugly, filthy, like an ugly longing for the moon! You don’t deserve to be beside Theophile!” said Vanyacia.
Lavelle was silent. Meanwhile, an elf who was also being held captive there shouted loudly at Vanyacia’s treatment which was outrageous and not like elves in general.
“You are a big bastard! You who don’t deserve to be called the queen of the Elves, you’re like a demon."
“What are you saying?” asked Vanyacia quickly as she drew closer to the elf.
***
“Eighty percent of the city’s state has recovered, I’ve treated them well. And I’ve also made a spare potion in case it’s needed later.” Doctor Charlotte said something to Johnny and Elder Jun who was still in front of the refugee tent waiting for Theophile to arrive.
“Good, that’s the best move. Now we just have to wait for Theophile’s arrival to make sure the path is right.” Johnny nodded in certainty.
Not long after, Theophile came with a sack filled with something. Theophile landed perfectly before being right in front of Elder Jun and Johnny at that time, a warm welcome was given by Elder Jun out of sympathy and pity.
“This really is Vanyacia’s doing,” Theophile muttered.
“What’s in that sack, Theo?” asked Elder Jun curiously.
“Those are Vanyacia’s thorny vines, this Elf is really annoying and cruel,” Theophile muttered then dropped the sack, “Vanyacia did escape from the Moon Goddess' cursed prison, and as you know that the fall of the embankment was what caused this to happen. it happened.”
“Oh my God, why is there an Elf as cruel as her,” Tristan grumbled. “We have to hurry up to come up with a plan. Come on, let’s go to a tent to have a discussion.”
Theophile nodded in agreement, they immediately rushed to a tent that had been vacated for discussion purposes. Some of them would accompany Christelle and Daniela who were still in shock—Theophile didn’t dare to meet Christelle first because she hadn’t gotten the right answer to answer Christelle’s questions.
Elder Jun opened a tent to let Theophile in first and then he entered, Johnny immediately spread out a plastic carpet to cover. Elder Jun immediately went to sit down, shaking off his wide robe.
“This Vanyacia has a weakness, right?” asked Johnny.
“Of course everything has a drawback,” said Tristan, “It’s just what are the shortcomings and how to do it, who has gone and been close to her?”
“If I heard correctly, one of the other Elf once said that Vanyacia is allergic to pollen,” said Theophile.
“Pollen from which flower?” repeated Elder Jun with one eyebrow raised.
“I don’t know, it’s not specific. However, there must be another way out, right? We can read some books about forbidden flowers in this forest,” said Theophile again.
“So uhm… how about we prepare first how many soldiers are needed for a counterattack? I know it’s a little unethical to counterattack with an attack but, how about we don’t know any other way and this is better,” said Elder Jun.
“Eum… I see then how many there are? I think more than a thousand soldiers would be better, because they might have abilities that we didn’t know about before.”
“Yes, it is true. Approximately three thousand soldiers is a good proportion,” added Johnny.
“Three thousand main soldiers and the rest are reserves? That was a brilliant idea, I agree and thank you very much for the help Elder Jun, I owe a lot to all of you,” said Theophile in a huff.
“There is no such thing as being indebted to blood relatives, Theo. It’s fitting for us to do something like that,” said Elder Jun.
“Okay, if that’s the case. Please taste Neo Green Peace’s signature green tea first, I purposely asked Sophia to brew it to reduce anxiety due to this attack, all residents also get it with the addition of fragrant pandan leaves,” Johnny said while pouring the green liquid into several antique cups.
The distinctive aroma of tea leaves that must be fragrant made them amazed, some of them even immediately took a sip of the green tea which was still spewing hot smoke and immediately took a deep breath hoping that this problem would be over soon.
“I will immediately contact the war general to send aid and we will be there in a week,” said Elder Jun.
“Alright, Elder Jun. We understand.”