This Elf sister can be used, Ellie thought.
She was captured by the Slane Theocracy, yet she remained calm and didn't even question why I had inexplicably attacked her. From this alone, I knew she wasn't some ordinary cannon fodder.
Uh... Actually, after Sticky Rice Cake chased away the Elf King's subordinates, Uncle Schoonheim smoothly 'packaged' the few people who were originally pinned to the ground by the Elf King's subordinates.
They didn't resist much and were quite obedient. After all, there was such a large Sticky Rice Cake glaring behind them, and that Elf sister was still in Ellie's hands, so they didn't dare to act rashly. Also, when 'packaging' the other Elves, they all, without exception, looked towards Ellie.
This was already quite telling. This Elf sister definitely had some special background; otherwise, she wouldn't be pursued by the Elf King.
While transferring these captives back, Ellie briefly speculated about the Elf sister's identity. She should be a relative of someone with status in the Elf Kingdom, and this person's status was such that even the perverted Elf King was wary of her, which is why he hadn't made a move yet. Otherwise, someone like her would have been defiled by the Elf King long ago; why would she wait until now to escape?
After all, that Elf King was capable of abducting someone considered a precious divine being by Theocracy. Wasn't Zesshi Zetsumei's mother an example?
Although Ellie was very curious about how the Elf King managed to abduct Zesshi Zetsumei's mother, that's another matter, so let's not worry about it for now.
Of course, this was just Ellie's own speculation. It's also possible that this Elf lady had already been defiled by the Elf King and left for some other reason.
However, none of that was important. The most crucial thing was that when Ellie threw the unconscious Elf lady onto Sticky Rice Cake's back, one of the Elves anxiously cried out, "Young Miss!" This pretty much solidified the theory.
Now, her purpose in coming over to "interrogate" her was to see if she could extract any intelligence about the Elves from her.
Originally, Uncle Schoonheim's idea was to cut off all the Elves' ears first before questioning them, but Ellie vetoed it.
If you just cut off their ears without asking anything, what could you possibly get out of them!
But then again, Uncle Schoonheim was indeed good to his own people, but his attitude towards Elves immediately changed. The approach of cutting off their ears without a word was indeed a bit... well, you know.
Fortunately, Ellie had intervened; otherwise, Uncle Schoonheim would have really cut off their ears without a sound, and that would have been terrible.
"Hmph! None of you Theocracy people are any good!" The Elf sister continued to curse, looking displeased. Although Ellie wanted to retort, she then thought, 'I'm from Nazarick. What does her cursing Theocracy have to do with me?'
Let her curse.
"Indeed! Not many people from Theocracy are any good, really." Ellie not only didn't refute her but also wholeheartedly agreed with her statement.
Ellie's reaction left Tilly bewildered. What was going on? Although it was confirmed that she wasn't a Theocracy soldier, she should still be connected to Theocracy, right? Otherwise, why would she be tied up and brought to a Theocracy camp?
"But you know! You can only say that in front of me. Don't ever say it in front of other Theocracy people, okay? The uncle who captured you just now originally planned to cut off your ears first before interrogating you. If I hadn't stopped him, your beautiful long ears would have been gone long ago." Ellie said, lowering her voice and putting on a cautious expression.
Interrogation? It's confirmed that this brat has some background!
It's common knowledge among almost all Elves that Theocracy people cut off Elves' ears upon capture. The fact that she could stop other Theocracy people from doing so was enough to show that this brat was someone with influence. So, another question arose: since she was someone with influence within Theocracy, why didn't she react at all when I cursed her?
Or? Was she also like me? Probing?
Or was it... that she was eager to extract some information she wanted from me, so she wanted to use this to gain some goodwill?
Uh... Which one is it? Tilly wondered.
"Thank you, really! Anyway, you're all birds of a feather. Don't expect to get anything from me!" Tilly continued to curse, feigning anger. Actually, she said this to probe what she really wanted to do and what she wanted to know from her.
"Hmm? Is there anything else about you that could interest me?" Ellie tilted her head and once again carefully examined the Elf lady, who was tied up like a pretzel and thrown on the ground.
This brat! What does she mean? Tilly was a bit surprised. If she had no value to her, why would she tie her up and bring her here?
Hmph! It's just a simple bluff, one of the interrogation techniques; my grandfather told me about this.
"Then what are you doing here!" Tilly continued to ask, feigning anger.
"Naturally, I've come to see the spoils of my first battle!" Ellie replied with a smile.
"Spoils of war? I don't have anything valuable for you to plunder. After all... you humans aren't that greedy for... wealth..." Tilly looked up at the smiling human brat. Did she mean herself when she said'spoils of war'?
Huh? Did I misjudge? Is she also like those ordinary Theocracy people, capturing me just to sell me as a slave!?
"You might have misunderstood something, perhaps? Although I'm very poor, I'm not greedy for wealth. However, I am very interested in you, sister!" Ellie said with a smile, looking at the Elf lady who had already shown a surprised expression.
Interested... in me? Tilly's heart skipped a beat. She's interested in me? And she said she wasn't greedy for wealth... Does that mean?
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