Nearly a thousand people seem to be a lot, but the area of one or two square kilometers seems very small, even if you add those tables, chairs and counters that are separated from the World Tree by a few hundred meters, and the tables, chairs and counters placed in a circle do not occupy much area, after crossing this circular open-air commercial area composed of tables, chairs and counters, there are almost no more people, and only the aerial roots hanging from the World Tree accompany the entire team. ↑ The top novel, although they are only aerial roots, they also have a diameter of two or three meters, which is certainly not thick compared to the World Tree with a diameter of one or two hundred meters, but compared to other trees, these aerial roots are even thicker than the trunks of many trees. The surface of the aerial root is uneven, with cracked skins everywhere, and there are even many vines that take root from the cracked skin, relying on the World Tree to sustain their lives. There were also a lot of leaves growing on the aerial roots, and it was then that the girls had the opportunity to take a closer look at the glowing creatures that were sprinkled with phosphor and flying around the aerial roots.

It was a very strange group of creatures, they had a distinctly human form, but they were only the length of an adult male's index finger, with dragonfly-like wings growing on their backs, and long elf-green hair on their heads, and as they flew, bits of fluorescent light fell from their long hair, leaving a trail of light behind them.

"It's ...... Leprechaun?" Lina hesitated for a moment, finally dug the term out of her memory, and asked tentatively, "The goblins who often appear in fairy tales, those who like to play with children and play pranks?"

"I also think it's a goblin, I've seen similar records in the literature a few times, but I've never seen a real thing, I thought it was just a legend, but I didn't expect it to be true. Vivian subconsciously approached a little goblin hovering in front of her eyes, the little goblin looked very beautiful, and it was elf-like beauty, if you remove the dragonfly wings behind her, you can magnify them dozens of times. It's completely in the shape of an elf. The little goblin who was observed flapped its wings and hovered in the air, tilting its head and looking at the huge monster close to him with the same curiosity, and after the two sides looked at each other for a while, the little one suddenly opened his mouth and spat at Vivien. It's not so much saliva as a larger droplet, with the fragrance of plants in it, like a drop of tree sap. After spitting, the little one quickly flew away from Vivien's side, dragging the light marks around the butterfly in the air a few times. As if celebrating the success of his prank, but when he found Vivien's gaze following, he immediately circled behind the air root and disappeared among the other goblins.

"Haha, she likes you very much, they only play pranks with their favorite friends and children, and they don't pay attention to strangers. Vral covered his mouth and whispered, "But you guessed right, they're goblins." ”

"Are these goblins a race?" Catherine held out her hand to a ball of light. The light group avoided the knight girl in disgust, circled around Vral for a while, and returned to his own team. The girl pursed her lips and muttered, "The character is really bad." ”

"Heh, they hate the smell of metal on you. It's not that they hate you, but Vivien has a lot of the smell of plant-based alchemy materials, which is why they like it. Vral explained, "As for these goblins, they are not really a race. Strictly speaking, they are also elves. ”

"Elf?" Lina exclaimed in surprise, "No way, the difference between you is too great." ”

"Nope. Lina, look closely. Vivien shook her head at Lina and said, "You see that their appearance is almost exactly the same as the characteristics of the elves, and I just suspected that they are close relatives with the elves. ”

"Not close relatives, they are the original elves. Vral said something quite shocking: "At the beginning of the Tertiary Period, when the gods and spirits in the forest created their lives, the elves originally conceived were in this shape, but the body shape was like ours, but later the adults discovered that the normal body type could not fly with this kind of wings, and even if they did, they would use the heat generated by the body to ignite themselves in a short time. So the adults had to keep shrinking the size of the design, and finally they were born. ”

"No wonder you say it's the original elves. Catherine nodded, "But why did you change the design and become what you are now?"

"For even the power of the gods could not make them wise. "They are very lively, but they are not very intelligent, no matter how long they live, their intelligence can only reach the level of a child of one or two years old, like a group of small animals, it is said that because their brains are too small to think too much, as for whether this is the case, no one knows." Later, the adults had no choice but to restore the original design, and then remove the wings, and thus the current elf was born. But these little ones, the children of the gods, the adults could not bear to give up on them, so they let them multiply. However, because they are only trying to work, they have great flaws, so they can only live around the World Tree, but fortunately, they are small enough and their ideas are simple enough to live in this area and they are already very happy to live in this area. ”

"Sounds like you care about these little guys, too. Catherine looked curiously at a flying ball of light from a distance and said, "And they are very close to you. ”

"Of course, we're sisters. Vral stretched out his hand upward, and several clusters of light immediately flew onto the palm of Her Majesty's Majesty, holding her slender fingers and rubbing them against her face, as if she was very satisfied. Her Majesty said with a pampering smile: "After all, we are of the same origin, we have the same blood, of course we are close to each other, we like them very much, and they instinctively love us, as if they were real relatives." ”

"It's a shame. Catherine said with a look of pity, "They can't leave the World Tree, they can't go and see the outside world. ”

"This is not necessarily a bad thing, in fact, it is not very difficult for the goddess to want them to break away from the World Tree. Vlar shook his head, "Eventually, though, the adults let them stay as they were." ”

"Yes, the outside world is too dangerous for them. Catherine nodded, "Their numbers are too small, and if they really leave the World Tree, they may soon perish." ”

"So, let's let them live a carefree life here. "For them, the tree is the whole world, a veritable world tree," Vral said. (To be continued.) )