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(Elayne’s POV)
As I suddenly got a new Quest telling me about an approaching menace, I quickly realized I wouldn’t be sleeping any time soon. I will probably stay playing until this gets done with. The first thing I must do is convince the Fairies my intention and that I mean no harm. I had not tried to fight nor showcase my power because that could had brought them harm, and I don’t want to be known as a brute either nor I am! I prefer to always talk things out instead. Therefore, I had decided to allow them to bring me to that prison cell.
…Though, I really felt bad that they did that, I was already feeling quite hopeless. Nonetheless, they came quickly after, saying that I was being interrogated. If this was a story the genre would be shifting a lot! Am I going to be sent in front of tons of people and asked questions? Can’t these people trust me already? Maybe I should really show them I can summon Spirits? Or that’s not even important? Perhaps showing them I can turn into wood and plants… I guess that could work! Although I have yet to evolve, so that power is still slightly limited.
And here I am, I was suddenly finding myself sitting over a large chair, surrounded by dozens of fairies of all shapes and sizes. They were all adorable though, but their face expressions didn’t showed that adorableness of fairies at all! In fact, they looked frightening, it felt like they were really angry at me. Some even showed very weird faces! Though, all of them looked like young and handsome/beautiful people, so it wasn’t so bad to see them angry, they looked cute. I also saw Nieve in front of me, she seemed to be the one that would ask stuff.
However, aside from everyone in here, I felt a different and powerful presence nearby. It was the presence of someone lustrous and mysterious, with incredible quantities of spiritual power leaking from her. When I looked up, I saw someone sitting in a throne made of flowers and plants, surrounded by fairy guards and large beetle monsters decorated with leather armor and paintings. It was a beautiful woman of almost my same size, not small like the fairies. She had enormous butterfly-like wings, pink and purple-colored, semi-transparent, and that showed bright eye-shaped patterns. Her skin was fair like porcelain, and her eyes bright gold like the sun in the morning, her long blonde hair was decorated with dozens of blooming flowers and vines intertwined within her lustrous and silky hair.
Her expression seemed serene yet serious, her eyebrows were sharp and thin, showing a certain authority and the absolute beauty of regality. Her dress was white and semi-transparent, showing beautiful flower and butterfly paintings as decorations. She was wearing special accessories made out of plant materials as well, and a set of colorful rings. I always thought fairies disliked ores but they used magical ores without any problem, especially jewels. This woman in specific wore a large set of accessories that emanated powerful magic. However, deep down, I also felt something odd on her. The power she emanated didn’t felt like her truest power, it felt as if she was weakened, and very exhausted. I suddenly noticed a small black flame in the depths of her chest, it was only a single second that I saw it, right before I was snapped back to reality.
“You’re staring rather attentively to our Queen; have you been enchanted by her divine beauty? She’s nobody else than Queen Titania, our all-mother.” Said Nieve.
“Q-Queen Titania?!” I asked, as the beautiful and tall fairy queen nodded in silence, without saying a word. She seemed mysterious and didn’t seem to be a woman that enjoyed talking that much. She was here as a judge probably.
“Is she the intruder that your irresponsible little sister brought here, Nieve?” Suddenly, a green-haired and rowdy-looking young fairy man wearing a suit spoke. He seemed to look at me with resentment! W-What did I even do to earn their glares?!
“Yes, she is…” Sighed Nieve.
“Hmph, it is quite obvious she’s from the outside world if she’s looking at our Queen with such disrespectfulness!” Said the fairy.
“Walnut stop being so annoying, we are about to begin the interrogation.” Said Nieve.
“Annoying?! Insolent… You’re merely a guard! You dare call me annoying?! I am the leader of the House of Green Leaf, without me you wouldn’t even have food to eat every day as easily!” Said Walnut, the man seemed rather angry.
“Silence.”
Queen Titania suddenly interrupted him, as he jerked back into his seat and fell into silence.
“S-Sorry…”
Nieve sighed, feeling freed from that one annoying lad, she quickly began the interrogation.
“We have in here the one that my little sister brought, she is a self-proclaimed Spirit of the Forest, and her intentions seem to be good. Her servants were rather rude against us, but from what she has told me, they didn’t intend to hurt us.” Said Nieve. “Now, we shall start the interrogation to decide if Planta is either an ally or a foe…”
“F-Foe?!” I asked fearfully.
“Now! Let’s begin this interrogation, which was ensued by the Queen herself.” Said Nieve. “Planta, our first question is… who exactly are you?”
“I-I…” 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘭．𝘦𝘵
Should I tell them I am a Player? I have to tell them I am a Dryad and about my powers, and how I helped the Squirrels as well! That should do it, shouldn’t it? Also I got the Title of Squirrel Savior. I don’t know how NPC can do it, but I’m pretty sure they can perceive Titles in some way or another…
“I am a Player, and also a Spirit of Nature sent here by the Goddess of Life and Souls, the Almighty Lady Gaia… As you can see…” I said, quickly showing everybody my hands, which suddenly began to shapeshift, growing into several branches and growing leaves, turning into a small bush which quickly began to sprout flowers, and generated small apple-like fruits. This was the most shapeshifting I cold do, and this alone cost me half my MP!
I hope this is enough to show them I am actually a Dryad…
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