"Where's Elina?"
"Oh, she broke free and ran away."
Melina looked at the innocent expression on Hilia's face, hesitated but said nothing.
After a moment, she sighed and shook her head.
"Forget it, she's gone anyway. I didn't expect you, Hilia, to make a reputation for yourself within the Elf Race after disguising yourself."
"It's nothing."
Hilia waved her hand, modestly.
"It's not just nothing. Although the Elf Race is acknowledged as the weakest on the continent, they are still a massive empire. Our people find it hard to infiltrate and gather information from within. The fact that we get any news is only due to their own loose lips; otherwise, the racial differences, combined with the uniqueness of the Elf Forest, might make them even harder to probe than the Phoenix Kingdom."
Melina shook her head in amazement.
