"No rush. Abe Akaya was safe for now. Calm down, catch your breath, sit down, and then tell me exactly what happened."
"O-okay."
Cleriway took a deep breath to calm herself, then continued, "The elves' Ancient Tree of Life was already aged. On top of that, its multiple accumulated injuries from over millions of years had started to recur repeatedly. Its vitality gradually faded, and as time went on, its condition became worse and worse. Recently, it had reached the brink of death."
"Since tens of thousands of years ago, the Elven tribe had been searching everywhere for a way to repair the Ancient Tree of Life."
"It was the elves who found me. I originally thought that Abe Akaya's strength could help delay the aging of the Ancient Tree of Life. I wanted to use that method to return to the elves and find my mother. But after returning with them, I realized that the elves didn't intend to use Abe Akaya's power to delay the aging of the tree—they wanted to fully absorb his power..."
