Science/Magic - Chapter 491: Negotiations

After Bloed received the approval of Princess Elwha for his plan, he immediately communicated it to the headmistress.

The headmistress was happy to hear that. She immediately told Bloed to come to the Great Library to put their plan into march.

Several people already knew that Bloed was the Headmistress’s student, plus he had visited the place several times before, so nobody stopped him when he went to the top floor.

As soon as he arrived, the headmistress asked him to take a seat as she activated a communication array she had prepared beforehand.

The face of an elf appeared at the other side of the array. He was surprised when he saw the headmistress, but he quickly recovered his composure.

[Greetings from the Boerner Forest, Headmistress Wave.]

“I need to talk to your king.” The dragon headmistress said calmly. “It’s urgent.”

The elf was startled before nodding with a serious expression.

[Understood. I will tell him.]

A few seconds later, a new face appeared in the array.

It was a middle-aged elf with a dignified appearance. Even though Bloed could only see him through the array, he felt the majesty and regality of the Boerner Elven King clearly.

He could also see some similitudes between the king and Elwha. Subtle similitudes that reminded him that this elf was the father of the girl he was being intimate with a few minutes ago.

Even though Bloed knew that the king could not see him, he could not help but straighten his body involuntarily.

[Headmistress Wave. How unexpected. What do I owe the honor of this call?] The elf’s dignified and calm voice sounded.

However, the dragon headmistress’s next words destroyed his calmness completely.

“The Heart of the Forest is in my hands.”

The elf king’s eyes opened wide.

He quickly realized his mistake and corrected his expression, but it was too late. He had already lost the initiative in this conversation.

[I’m listening.] He said with a sigh.

The lips of Wave curved up slightly. She then told him the story that she had accorded with Bloed.

As the purpose of this plan was to ‘extort’ resources from the Boerner Forest, the story needed to be changed slightly. Everything was the same until the part when Princess Elwha arrived at Academy City, but here, Headmistress Wave’s story was slightly different than reality.

Instead of Bloed rescuing Elwha, in Headmistress Wave’s story, it was her who rescued Princess Elwha after she had been captured by the men of the Church of Slaughter. Also, she had found the Heart of the Forest in a storage device that she found on one of the Church of Slaughter’s men.

“Don’t worry, your daughter is fine.” Headmistress Wave said, making the elf kind sigh in relief. “However, the Heart of the Forest is part of our spoils of war. We don’t have any obligation to return it to you.”

The elf king fell silent. He closed his eyes for several seconds as he thought about the headmistress’s words, but in the end, he heaved a sigh.

[… I understand. State your conditions.]

Hearts of the Forest were of vital importance to elves. As long as the headmistress’s conditions don’t go overboard, his only choice was to agree.

The headmistress smiled like a mischievous devil who succeeded in a prank. She then grabbed a document from a nearby table and started to read it.

These were the resources needed for the Technological Fortress City Plan.

The king frowned, and his frown became deeper and deeper as the headmistress continued reading the document.

When she finished, his expression was already completely dark.

[… Greedy dragon. You are going too far.] He could not help but snort angrily.

“Really? I think that my conditions are pretty nice. I can ask for more, you know.”

[Dream on. I will never agree to that.]

“Then, what do you propose?”

[We will only give you a fifth of what you asked for. And there are some resources that we can’t give you.]

“Foolish king.” The dragon snorted. “It looks like you don’t know your position. Should I talk to another elven king or perhaps a god?”

[… Wait. Let me give you another proposal.]

After that, a fierce war-like negotiation started between the two ‘old foxes’ as both of them tried to get as many benefits as possible.

Unfortunately for the king, the headmistress had the advantage in this negotiation, so the king could only endure as she proposed several conditions that were close to robbery.

If the king knew that his daughter had agreed to extort her father like this, his expression would have been hilarious.

Finally, after almost three hours of negotiations, the two of them finally reached an agreement.

“It looks like we can hope for a happy cooperation.” The headmistress said without trying to hide her satisfaction.

Unlike her, the face of the elf king was dark. He took a deep breath to calm his emotions before speaking up.

[Before that, I want to see my daughter.]

Headmistress Wave nodded in understanding. She then looked at Bloed with her caramel-colored eyes.

Understanding her intention, Bloed communicated with Regina through their neural connection and asked her to bring the elf princess to the Great Library.

Less than five minutes later, Princess Elwha was brought before the magic array.

“Dad!” Elwha shouted excitedly. As soon as she saw her father, her body trembled, and her eyes were filled with tears. “I thought I would not see you again.”

[My daughter.] Bloed saw the elf king’s body quivering softly. [I’m glad. I’m really glad. I was afraid something had happened to you.]

“Dad…”

[Are you alright? Tell me everything that happened. Don’t worry, I will kill anyone that dares to hurt you.]

“Dad…” Elwha’s was unable to continue suppressing her tears.

After that, she told her father everything that she had gone through since the moment the elf delegation was intercepted by the Church of Slaughter.

Of course, she omitted some things (such as her relationship with Bloed), plus, she also lied about the part where she was rescued by Bloed and instead told him the same story as headmistress, but she told him everything else.

When she finished speaking, the elf king looked at the headmistress with grateful eyes.

[It looks like you have been taking good care of my daughter. Thank you. We will abide by the agreement as soon as the Heart of the Forest reaches us.]

“Understood.” Headmistress Wave let out a sigh that she did not know she was holding and looked at Bloed with a happy expression.

With this, their plan had a greater chance to be successful.

But when she was excited about how everything was going smoothly, someone rushed into the top floor with an urgent expression.

“Headmistress, bad news!”

Headmistress Wave frowned. For some reason, she got a bad premonition on her heart.

And her bad premonition came true in the next second.

“S-Someone spread the news that there is a Heart of the Forest in Academy City. And the people of the Church of the Sun God are asking about it.”

The expression of all the people in the room became grave.

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