The Queen’s Visit

Naphthalese immediately stopped Nell and Carlotta, who were about to bow to her, as she walked up to the two, accompanied by three elven soldiers who appeared to be her bodyguards.

“It has been a long time, my friends. I wonder how many of my troops can fight as well as you two can. Won’t you come over to my kingdom instead?”

“Thank you for the invitation. But we have sworn our allegiance to this country.”Upstodatee from n(0)/ve/lbIn/.(co/m

“We are truly honored that Her Majesty the Queen has invited us. However, Nell is right, we are loyal to our country. I hope you understand.”

“Is that so? I am sorry to hear that. Well, I guess, I’ll just have to put up with what we have.”

They knew that they were both joking at each other, so they exchanged a light smile as they said those words.

“Yes, he is still the same, living and doing what he likes every day. Just the other day, he said, ‘Watch this, meadow. I’m going to turn you into a wilderness!’ and so on, and he was building forests and rivers.”

“...I see. I don’t know if I’d call him the same as before, but I’m glad to see that he’s doing well.”

“...He seems to be doing some grandiose things, does he always do that?”

“Yes, he loves to build things. He makes weapons and stuff, but he also builds houses, gardens, grows trees, makes playgrounds for the kids, he creates just about anything that enters his mind.”

Carlotta and Naphthalese smiled at the sight of Nell smiling so happily as she talked about her husband.

Nell asked, “Do you need something from him? I can contact him about it...”

“Yes, well, there are a few things I would certainly like to discuss. However, it is still in the planning stages, and I am not sure if I can spare a lot of time to talk to him as well as discuss it with other kings.”

Naphthalese continued, “I’m thinking of holding a big festival with the other races.”