Filur’s and Dawey’s hearts were gripped with fear, and then sank, after they heard what Gie said. Dawey’s face paled while Filur’s expression turned grim. Filur remembered what Dawey had told him before, while Loheiruchel and his friends were still in the Sallia Kingdom, and Dawey revealed the truth to him.
“His Highness… he got something to do with the elven race’s extinction.” Dawey said in a hoarse voice. “And the mother tree…” he clenched his fists.
“You said that the Other Shore now returned to being ‘pure’.” Filur spoke. “Did this…” he muttered and stared at Dawey’s face. “What exactly did Loheiruchel do?” he asked him.
“What happened?” Mhir asked, looking very anxious as she clenched her sleeve.
“Leui said that in the ancient time, there was a very, very old tree…” Gie started.
