Editing Rune Soldier Louie:Volume1 Chapter4 (section)

===Part 2 – Magical Treasures===

“I can’t believe this.”

The three women said simultaneously.

“You can say that again.”

Louie’s conscience was shouting at him, it was telling him that it was all his fault, he wanted to block out all such thoughts.

Though, there was one thing that he wanted to know. Why did they stick him in the same room as the women? If he was in a separate room, he wouldn’t have to listen to the three women berate him.

Right now, Louie felt like he was in purgatory.

“What will happen next?”

Merrill thought out aloud.

“I don’t think they’ll kill us……”

Genie wasn’t confident in her answer.

“In the end, all we can do is hope that the elves are honourable.”

Melissa wanted to believe Louie.

“I’m sure it will work out just like in the books.”

No matter how Louie tried to justify it, it just came across as useless.

“You can’t be serious. Do you believe everything you read in a book?”

“Well, yeah.”

Louie admitted, much to the dismay of the three women.

“Oh, Great God of War, Mylee. Your foolish servant hasn’t finished her trials yet, her life is in danger.”

Melissa continued praying, she hoped that if they died, it would be a mercifully one.

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(Do that someplace else.)

Louie didn’t intend to die here. However, he didn’t think he could lose his life for cutting a branch from a tree!

“Perhaps if we confess our sins to God, we will be forgiven.”

Louie jokingly said, he wanted to liven the mood.

“Well, you are the hero so you should go first.”

Genie sneered at him, Louie felt like he was a fool being ridiculed.

It was clear to Louie. He was responsible for this whole incident today, since he was the one who wanted to ancient branches in the first place.

“Although the elves took our weapons, we still have our luggage. There must be something that we can use to escape.”

However, Merrill immediately said: “I don’t want to get chased around in a forest by elves unarmed”.

Indeed, they’re weapons were confiscated before they were put in this hut.

Though, since Merrill was a thief, she did have some tools tucked away in her luggage.

(I forgot, I borrowed some magical treasures from Ila……)

Louie almost forgot, before he left for the Tartious Forest, Ila literally handed him a pile of magical treasures.

They were the “forest fairy cape”, two sticks that point in a direction, and a magical flute. These three magical treasures each have a magical effect, the cape renders the wearer invisible, the sticks show the way, and flute can summon demons.

These three treasures hadn’t been used yet, but in this situation, they were totally useless.

(There’s no way these would come in handy.)

“Anyway, we should at least try and communicate with them.”

Louie said to the three women.

“Do you have a plan?”

Genie said, then their attention shifted to the entrance to the hut.

The door was opened, the elf girl called Celecia appeared before them.

“What are you going to do with us?”

Louie asked.

“The elders are discussing what to do with you. You humans are different from demons, but this is the first time we’ve caught humans harvesting the sacred wood.”

“You lied to us!”

Merrill shouted at the elf girl, she was furious.

“Say what you will, but it was for the best. Even though I lied to you, I truly am sorry.”

Celecia’s face was full of emotion, Louie looked at her quietly.

“Don’t you have a conscience?”

Melissa calmly said.

Listening to Melissa, Louie knew that the elf was afraid of something.

“If I let you walked around the forest and take the sacred wood, the tribe would have blamed me. I was forced to lie to you, I’m sorry…… but there was no other way.”

“Our actions may be unforgivable, but will you kill us?”

Genie said in a low voice.

“That’s not my decision. It’s up to the elders. Though, I’m happy that the man wanted to believe in the elves. Normally humans hold prejudice against us.”

“What prejudice?!”

Merrill shouted.

“I’m sorry, most people have trouble understanding elves.”

Louie felt betrayed too, but he didn’t hold a grudge.

“Really? What a pity……”

Celecia revealed a lonely smile.

(I really have poor luck with women.)

Louie thought, as if he had been cursed.

“I’ll send someone to give you water and food. As for your fate, it’s out of my hands.”

Celecia said.

“I was almost moved to tears.”

Genie’s laughter rang out in the hut, but she was actually quite upset.

“You say this is the first time you have caught humans, but if these demons cut wood, what do you do to them?”

Melissa asked the elf girl.

“What do you think we do to them?”

Celecia said with a grin.

“Oh, I understand.”

“I believe that you humans are more sensible than demons. Though, the elders don’t think like I do, they think humans are just as bad as the demons. But if you can prove to them that you are different from the demons……”

Celecia said, hoping that Louie would understand her. Then she left the hut.

“Thanks for the advice.”

Melissa said, then she watched Celecia walk away through a slit in the door.

“I have a bad feeling.”

Melissa then turned and faced Genie.

“I think this is a trial.”

“Maybe it is.”

“Then so be it.”

Genie and Merrill agreed with Melissa.

“It was just a branch, why must they throw a fuss?”

This was an unexpected development, naturally Louie was stunned. He couldn’t wait any longer, he just wanted to kill someone.

“That damn woman, these elves can’t just kill us.”

“These elves aren’t noble at all, and apparently normal people can’t understand them.”

“They are more stringent than the thieves’ guild.”

The three women said.

“I don’t want to die here.”

The three women said in unison.

Louie had something else in mind, instead of complaining, he wanted to create some kind of distraction.

“Alright, but how do we bust out of here?”

Even though they could be killed, Louie found himself rather calm, he wasn’t afraid at all. However, when he heard those words, he couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable, mostly because Genie could put all their lives at danger.

“Elves don’t just use magic, they use bows and arrows too.”

Genie smiled as she talked.

“And their archery skills are outstanding.”

Merrill said outright.

“Great God of War Mylee says that life is a battle.”

Melissa said.

“They can’t decide when we die!”

“If we are really going to start a fight, I’m happy to join in. However, if I do, will you accept me as your partner again?”

“We aren’t going to wait here for the elves merciful judgement, that isn’t our style.”

Genie angrily looked at Louie.

“That’s not what I said. Anyway, shouldn’t we discuss the plan?”

“There’s no need for that.”

Merrill said in a low voice, something was troubling her.

“I will not give up!”

Louie wanted to convince them.

“However, if we can prove to them that we aren’t the same as demons……”

“Yes! I am a monster!”

Louie happily shouted, as he put his hand on Melissa’s shoulders.

“Wait, what……”

Melissa was stunned by Louie’s sudden outburst, all of the women were.

“It’s true! It’s true!”

Louie shouted wildly.

Genie and Merrill looked at each other.

“I’ll let them know, that humans and demons are different!”

Louie vowed. He had thought of a concentrate plan, one which would secure their freedom.

 
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“I can’t believe it.”

Celecia said in disbelief.

“Our tribe hasn’t been attacked by monsters in decades, ever since I was born, I haven’t even see that many monsters.”

Louie heard the elf girl say, he wondered if she was hundreds of years old.

While the elders were discussing what to do with the humans, the village came under attack from monsters.

Louie and the three women were freed from captivity, but they were to help defend the village against the monster attack.

Although they had gotten their weapons back, Louie was still un-armed. Now he had to rely on his strength, though he still could have used a sword.

They don’t know how many monsters Louie knocked out.

Also, Genie showed her impressive combat skills, she defeated a lot of monsters.

The elves found that they fought bravely against the monsters, this removed any doubts that they were harmful to the elves.

Also, they didn’t take the chance to escape during the confusion. This helped convince the elves that they weren’t bad guys.

“These humans think the elves are noble, also, as you can see, they helped fight against those monsters. Do you think you can change you point of view of the humans?”

Celecia tried to convince the village elders, she hope that they forgive them for the crimes they have committed. As a result, Louie and the three women were freed.

They also got the branches Louie wanted (and some small branches that Ila wanted). They had got what they came for.

Then, they were led to the edge of the Tartious forest by Celecia.

“You may go back to the human world.”

“Great, thanks to your help, we were able to return safely.”

Louie said to the elf girl, he gripped her slender hands, and shook her hands.

“It was my pleasure.”

Celecia said, her cheeks glowing red.

“Well then, goodbye.”

“Goodbye. I hope we meet again.”

After they finished speaking, Celecia slowly disappeared into the woods.

“Meet again, what does she mean?”

Merrill murmured after the elf girl left, she then forcefully breathed ten sighs of relief.

On their way back through the forest, the three women were silent. As far as Louie knew, he was all alone.

Although he can up with a plan, it created unexpected results.

Louie didn’t just free them, they got what they came for.

However, the monsters attack wasn’t random, in fact it was because Louie used the magical flute to call a bunch of monsters to his position. If the flute was used to its fullest, an entire army of monsters totalling a couple hundred would have descended upon the village. Luckily for Louie, he didn’t know how to do that.

Since the battle was really intense, the elves did suffer some causalities, Louie felt saddened by this.

People died, and Louie knew it was all his fault.

This was how the forest became known as the “Forest of Strife”, because elves and monsters always fought each other.

The elves always knew that battle with monsters were inevitable, this helped prevent more people from losing their lives, the helped Louie’s conscience.

“Let’s go home, we don’t need to be in this forest anymore.”

Louie said to the three women, they all breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

“I couldn’t believe that……”

The three women said in unison.

Now, they leisurely walked back to town.


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