Arcane Lord

Sequia was extremely excited to accept such a thoughtful arrangement from Xia Duo, and also recommended his brother to Xia Duo——

"Sir, my brother has a very good talent for magic. There was once a wizard from the Dark Fire Society who wanted to take my brother as his apprentice. Later, because their society had limited apprentice places, the additional application was not accepted, so they gave up."

"How old is your brother? What is he doing now?"

"He just turned 50 this year and is an apprentice in a magic weapon workshop in the east of the city."

"This is a child laborer!" Xia Duo couldn't help but sigh.

However, as the brother of a child laborer, Sequia has a different view, "Sir, you know us elves very well, but your understanding is not deep enough. The rumors of 100 years of adulthood outside refer more to the completion of the adulthood ceremony of the upper elves.

"For those of us at the bottom, especially the wood elves, 30 years old can be regarded as an adult, and our actual lifespan is difficult to reach the standard of the upper elves.

"Most wood elves don't live to be 500 years old, and many of them can't hold on before they are 300 years old, so the more this is the case, the more we have to buy time."

"I see!"

As a human, Shado only laments the plight of the so-called elf child laborers in the elf society, and doesn't have much sympathy for going out to work at the age of 50.

If you really want to sympathize, most ordinary people in Netheril have to help with housework when they are 6 or 7 years old, and most ordinary people in Netheril don't even live to be 70 years old. Isn't this more worthy of sympathy?

After a moment of silence, Shado told Sequia, "From now on, under my command, elves will be adults at the age of 25, while humans will be adults at the age of 16. I will treat you like humans, and I hope you can understand."

"I can fully understand, sir. To be honest, after learning about the situation of human society for the first time, I was very envious. Humans may think that elves have a long life and can waste as much as they want, but is waste really what we want? Especially for us, the bottom-level wood elves, who doesn't want to live a fulfilling life like humans? The reality is that the bottom wants to be fulfilled, but the upper level does not allow it. Many times they would rather let us waste time than use it to do something meaningful."

"Don't worry, your wish will come true soon. When you get to the Tower of Time, you will understand what is truly fulfilling! I hope your brother can make it through. This is not easier than being an apprentice in the magic weapon workshop. You need to tell him in advance so that he can be mentally prepared."

"I will, and my brother is very sensible. He will definitely seize this opportunity!"

Sequia is very confident in himself. In fact, he is not confident in his brother, but in anyone who is at the bottom and whose efforts are useless.

If you can learn magic and change your fate just by working hard, then the situation of the wood elves in this world will not be like it is now.

If there was such an opportunity to change his fate in the past, he would rather die than let it go, not to mention wasting it, which is simply unacceptable.

Unfortunately, it didn't happen in the past, but now it has, whether it is him or his brother, or any other wood elf, they will choose to seize this opportunity firmly.

...

After discussing the future plan with Sequia, Xia Duo arranged for Charles to take Sequia to the Great Xia Territory. Before Charles left, Xia Duo left a question for him:

"Have you ever thought about joining the Great Xia Territory? You don't have to answer me now. I'll give you two days off. You can see more and experience more in the Great Xia Territory."

Charles's family background is not high, otherwise he would not have become friends with Sequia, but there is another biggest difference between him and Sequia, that is, Charles is a moon elf and has a magic heritage.

Using the ancient example of Xia Duo's hometown, it is almost like this -

Charles is considered a poor family, and if he develops properly in the future, there is still a possibility of becoming an upper-class elf. Sequia is a commoner through and through. Unless a miracle happens, he will never become an upper-class elf.

Therefore, Xia Duo is not sure whether Charles can come to him with his family. He may be able to join him in the Northern Alliance without any obstacles, but it is still a bit uncertain to risk his life and property.

This is different from the Silver Leaf Family who joined the Great Xia Territory before. Charles' family lived well in Everiska and did not encounter any irresistible disasters, while the Silver Leaf Family fled there.

In addition, Xia Duo asked for compensation from other Komanso families who went to the Great Xia Territory for refuge and forced the elves of the Silver Leaf Family to go out. They were worried that they would be troubled when they returned to Komanso, and they had cooperated in smuggling before.

All these conditions combined made the Silver Leaf Family stay in the Great Xia Territory.

The reality is that it is actually very easy to get an elf to work for humans. As long as the money is enough, the elves are not completely out of touch with the world. Working for anyone is not working!

But it is extremely difficult to get an elf to become a naturalized human. This is different from the dwarves. Dwarves have a tradition of traveling, and it is not uncommon for them to occasionally settle in human territory.

Elves travel at most and will never consider settling in the human world. There are elves who have become naturalized in Netheril, but almost all of them are forced to stay in Netheril, and they all stay in Seventon.

If there is any other choice, they will not stay in the human world.

Shado still remembers the scene when he first saw the elves. It was when he just crossed over and saw them in the Old Neil Tavern in Savile Town.

The first thing those elves did when they entered the tavern was to cast a spell to clean up the tavern. They didn't even look down on the food provided by the tavern. They just picked some fresh raw meat and left.

Those elves, Shado later learned, were from the Stardew Family of Komanso and belonged to the upper elves. But even so, the attitude of the elves towards the human world can be seen!

If Charles still chose to refuse after seeing the Great Xia Territory with his own eyes, then Shado might doubt himself. Could it be that what he did really couldn't impress the elves at all?

If Charles finally chose to join the Great Xia Territory, it would mean that in addition to the lowest-level wood elves, there are still many elves in the elf world who are dissatisfied with the status quo and want to seek new opportunities.

And this is also Shado's opportunity. Those elves are his potential supporters. Even if they don't join the Great Xia Territory, they can still shine for the promotion of the Great Xia order.

...

After Charles left, Xia Duo sat in the office for a while before turning to the Alliance Intelligence Department. The information brought by Sequia was very important, but it was only his personal one-sided knowledge.

For what is happening in Yeerlan, it is still necessary to obtain a more comprehensive view through more professional intelligence personnel, and then make a more appropriate judgment.