Chapter 268 Amia, Anio, Anyu, Aran...

Hikaru said fearfully, "Saraya, didn't I forbid you from entering the kitchen?"

"Heh?! But I didn't cook anything…" Saraya said indignantly.

"Heh?!" Hikaru frowned.

Nekomaly nodded: "Yes, she didn't cook anything, she just helped me cut the vegetables."

"Did she Just cut the vegetables?" Hikaru was dumbfounded: "Strange, just cutting the vegetables can't affect the food."

He glanced at Tsuraguki then sighed, he approached her, and then used the void energy to try to get rid of the poison. Although he didn't know the cause, he had to save Tsuraguki first.

But the strange thing was that when he used the void energy to try to push out the toxins inside Tsuraguki's body, those toxins immediately disappeared.

Hikaru frowned and asked Rika, "What's going on?"

[It seems that the toxin in Tsuraguki's body also came from void energy so when it encounterd real void energy it was assimilated.]

"What?!" Hikaru was startled, but when he put it all together, it made perfect sense.

Perhaps the toxin  indeed came from Saraya, but Saraya's void energy was of a much lower level than Hikaru's void energy.

Therefore, when the toxin met Hikaru's void energy, it was easily devoured.

That could explain why Tsuraguki possesses void energy but she was still poisoned.

Anno asked a little worriedly, "Kiki, what just happened?"

Nekomaly was also very worried, she was the main chef of today's party, if Tsuraguki had any problems, then the person responsible would be Nekomaly.

Hikaru shook his head and said, "Don't worry, she was just poisoned."

"Poisoned?" Selvih frowned and asked, "can't the energy we possess eliminate all toxins, and it can even help us resist the fog?"

Hikaru nodded and said, "Yes… but if this toxin is made from void energy then it is a different matter."

As soon as they heard Hikaru's words, everyone turned to Saraya, their gazes as if saying, "Ah! Therefore, it' s…"

"Heh?!" As Saraya was being stared at by everyone, tears instantly accumulated in her eyes and she said: "It's not me, I didn't make those cakes... I just... helped Nekomaly prepare the ingredients."

Hikaru sighed and said, "Okay... from now on, you are not allowed in the kitchen, nor are you allowed to touch any cooking ingredients."

"Heh?!!! But I want to help people." Saraya seemed to have heard the worst thing in her life, as her voice was filled with sadness.

Anno frowned and said: "You can help us a lot by not going to the kitchen."

Hikaru and Selvih also nodded their heads, thinking that Anno was correct. Saraya sadly stuck her fork into the cake on the table, then she ate it with tears in her eyes.

It seemed that even though she was sad and heartbroken, she still wanted to eat all the cakes on the table.

"Don't eat anymore, what if you accidentally eat the poisonous cake?" Anno, who was a little uncontrollable, immediately spoke.

That's right, even though Hikaru, Selvih, and Tsuraguki all showed no signs of being poisoned, they still didn't know if any of the other cakes were poisonous.

"Excuse me…but…"

"Hm?! Is something wrong… Nekomaly?" Hikaru glanced at Nekomaly as she seemed to want to say something.

"Master…" Nekomaly stammered a little: "You said you wanted to let the other four Half-Elf girls enjoy tea and cake, so I…"

"You mean…" Hikaru was startled, as if he just realized something terrible.

"That's right… The ingredients Saraya prepared were mainly for making cakes for them." Nekomaly felt like crying.

She glanced at Saraya who was crying and she wanted to say that the one who needed to cry was her.

Nekomaly did not think that  asking Saraya to prepare the ingredients would poison the cake.

But what was even more horrifying was that the ingredients Saraya prepared were not only used to make one cake, those ingredients were also used to make many other cakes for the Half-Elf girls.

"What?!" Anno jumped to her feet, but Hikaru was faster, he immediately used his teleportation skill to teleport to the private room of the four Dark-Elf girls.

…

Ten minutes ago, in the private room of four Dark-Elf girls.

Although this room was  also located in the main tower, it was not too big, and was only about 30 square meters.

The interior was decorated quite warmly, including the two double bunk beds made of wood, with blankets and extremely warm cushions on top. The warm sunlight passed through the large round window on the wall, illuminating the entire room.

In the middle of the room there was a table and four chairs, of course there were 4 Half-Elf girls in the room right now.

Anio had a dreamy face, and messy hair like she just woke up.

Amia was a girl with round-rimmed glasses, short hair, and her demeanor was like that of a professional secretary.

Anyu was the girl holding her stomach, her face had a little scowl, and her hair reached  her back.

Aran had long, curly hair, however, her face looked like she didn't care about anything.

All four girls had delighted faces while enjoying cake and tea.

"AAA!!! It's delicious…" Anio said as her eyes turned into two stars that radiated cheerful light.

"Delicious… this is the first time I've eaten something this delicious." Amia couldn't keep her usual cold, serious face because this was too delicious.

Anyu didn't say anything,  she just kept eating as if she was afraid everyone would eat all the cakes on the table.

Aran didn't say anything either, staring at the plate of cake on the table. After a while just said: "Delicious…"

Anio happily said, "I never thought there would be a day when I would be able to eat something as delicious as this."

Amia nodded and said, "Thanks to Anno and master, we have such a good life."

Hearing Amia's words, Anio, Anyu and Aran all nodded in agreement. Just like Amia said, people were not looked down on by others, and even received respect from others.

It must be known that, when they were still in the royal palace, even though they were servants of the Dark-Elf princess, everyone's eyes were still filled with disdain.

The way people looked at them was like they were looking at lowly slaves.

But in this place it was different, people did not look at them with that look, nor did they despise them.

On the contrary, the people in this place were extremely friendly, especially Anno's fiance, Hikaru. As he allowed them to stay in the palace and a private room like this.

At first, Anno also wanted to let each person have their own room, but they felt that would make Hikaru uncomfortable so they said that they could share a room.

Although Anno advised them many times, it still did not change their opinion so Anno decided to do what they said.

In fact, these 4 girls really wanted a room of their own, but they didn't know what kind of person Hikaru was, they were also afraid that their request would make Hikaru uncomfortable.

If Hikaru was upset then Anno would surely suffer from Hikaru's anger as well, which was something they didn't want to see.

However, it seemed that the man named Hikaru did not look down on them, and even gave them a good place to live.

In the Dark-Elf palace, although they also had a place to stay, it was a room far away from the palace, where there were nothing but four cold walls.

There was not even light inside, it was dark and damp like a place for slaves to live.

Fortunately, Anno gave them  some extra blankets to lie on and changeable clothes, otherwise, their lives were not different from other slaves.

Why didn't Anno help them get a better room?

Because Anno didn't have enough power to do that. Selvih and Anno were both watched by the other people, especially the senate.

If Anno devoted a lot of resources to them, they would be criticized by the royal family and others. That would be the reason for those people to quarrel with Selvih and Anno.

Anno didn't want to cause more trouble for Selvih, nor did these four Half-Elf girls want to cause more trouble for Anno.

But when they came to this place, they did not only get to eat comfortably, but they always had a nice room to stay in, and warm blankets and cushions.

They could even see the sky, and feel the warmth of the sun, which was something that no other place in this world had.

Anio said with a smile: "Hehehehe… life is so comfortable, it feels like we're not mixed-bloods but nobles."

Amia pushed up her glasses, her face full of seriousness said: "No, we are much happier than the nobles out there. I'm sure other nobles can't enjoy a delicious dish like this."

"We can even look at the sky and enjoy the warm sunshine."

"We know the concept of time, we have time to rest."

"At night, we can even see the stars twinkling in the sky."

"I can assure you, even the king of giant kingdoms cannot see the sky like this."

"So, we have to be grateful for what we have."

Anio smiled: "Hehehehe…yes… it feels like we are more than nobles. I even thought I was a princess."

Anyu nodded and said, her voice like someone who was tired and sleepy: "The food was so much… and delicious..."

Aran just nodded.

Amia shook her head and said, "Anio, don't think things are too simple. Although there is no one in this place who despises us or treats us as slaves, we cannot become useless people who only eat and sleep."

"Heh?!" Anio frowned: "But I don't know what to do but follow the Princess's orders."

"We can't call Anno princess anymore." Amia pushed up her glasses out of habit: "Anno is now no longer the princess of the Dark-Elf Kingdom but the Minister of Finance."

"Heh?! Minister of Finance? What?" Anio asked, confused.

Amia shook her head: "It would take too long to explain it to you, but even if I explain it to you, you probably won't understand. In short, you just need to know that from now on we have to stop calling Anno a Princess, that's an order."

Anio: "Hm… Alright…"

Amia continued, "Like I said, although no one here despises us, nor forces us to work, that doesn't mean we can let ourselves be useless."

"We have to find work, and help Anno, especially the owner of this place, Lord Hikaru."

"We need to…"

Amia was speaking, when suddenly, she felt a bit dizzy, then, the scene before her eyes suddenly became black.

"Bam!" Amia fell to the ground, her eyes were wide open, and her nose was bleeding.

"Amia!" Anio shouted, and rushed to Amia to see what was wrong, then immediately fell to the ground, on top of Amia, unconscious.

Anyu and Aran were startled when they saw this happen in front of them, but they also immediately lost consciousness.