end of time

Zephyr, an elf warrior, swears to Valla that he has never seen so many squirrels in thousands of years!

The soldier who was resting at home got a good bottle of wine by chance and went to the barracks to find Alves.He was a little surprised to see the proud and noble big-horned deer guarding the gate of the barracks idly, but he didn't expect to be stunned by the scene in front of him just after he opened the half-covered door curtain of Alves.

The Deputy Commander's things were turned upside down, on the bed, on the desks and chairs, on the official documents, there were some cute little ones with bulging cheeks, which should be sheltered from the cold in the tree hole this season. guy.

The... squirrels of the Great Greenwood...

Looking at the countless little things, the elegant elf's eyeballs almost fell out.

"Song... Your Excellency Squirrel... what are you... doing?"

"This elf dares to deceive Lord Deer King Thananos! The crime is unforgivable!"

"We're looking for berries!"

The two closest little guys called out a few times.

"..."

He raised his head in a daze, only then did he see Alves.Can't accuse him of being too poorly observant, it's just... too many squirrels.

Thinking of the divine deer king looking forward to it with a noble and inviolable expression, looking at the deputy commander who was clinging to the wall and unable to move with a sad expression.Zephyr, don't want to admit that he really has the urge to laugh.

"What then?"

Lucinda leaned forward and back with a smile, put down the pen in her hand, and asked.

"Where did he hide the berries?"

"The squirrels couldn't find it in the barracks, so they mobilized their relatives. As a result, the marmots dug up Alves' box from the Yuanta forest outside the valley, where all the berries were. The squirrels took After the boxes were delivered to the gate of the barracks, Lord Thananos ate every single one of them in front of Lord Alves."

Rao Thranduil, who was seated above, couldn't help but get up, and helplessly supported his forehead.

Thananos is a curmudgeon...

"Where's Alves? Let him come to see me." Lucinda was elated, and she couldn't wait to laugh at this daring fox to her face.

"He said that the annual leave is over and he is going back to Amonlan..."

The ice and snow melt into trickling spring water to nourish life in the forest, the pure golden sunlight shines on the green leaves in early April, and the air in early spring is full of light and pleasant smelling grass fragrance.Talking about the scene at that time, the laughter that was as clear as a silver bell echoed in the forest again.

"The stinky bighorn deer finally did a good job, haha!"

"It seems that Thanos is quite popular in the forest..."

Thranduil curled the corners of his lips, squinting at the amber-like sunlight.A little drowsy.

A flexible branch hung down from the tree, mischievously brushing over his face over and over again, tickling.

He grabbed the leaf tip impatiently: "Don't make trouble."

Lucinda jumped lightly from the branch.

"Hey, Thranduil, is your birthday coming soon?"

"Hmm..." in a casual tone.

"Is there any gift you want?"

"You helped me deal with all the documents..." Still lazily.

"..."

"Except for this..." He gritted his teeth.

"Nothing else..."

"..."

"You know it's impossible..."

The elf beside him muttered, not knowing where his mind had wandered, and it was rare that he didn't say anything for a long time.His blond-haired Highness quietly basked in the warm sunshine, listening to the heartbeat of the forest, and felt that the green forest, which had been hit by a severe winter in the snowstorm, stretched out like himself.

On the day when he couldn't remember how many thousand or hundreds of years his birthday should be, Thranduil calmly gave himself a day off.There was an invisible Maier who wandered into the green forest before, and he was full of praise for the armaments in the south, but if he thought that a few nice words would save him from paying tolls, he would be wrong.Even the race created by Iluvatar before the existence of Arda must abide by his Thranduil rules here.What's more, after this Maya came, Lucinda slipped out all day for some unknown reason.Government affairs are all on his head.All in all, he should charge a little extra labor fee from this Maier.

Thranduil was thinking as he walked, planning whether he should go to the woods for a drink or a stroll.

Just after turning the corridor, a red-haired, blue-eyed elf jumped out.

"You should be in the council hall right now." Thranduil said calmly.

"Aren't you the same?" Lucinda curled her lips, pulled him up and ran away involuntarily, "Let's go, take you to a fun place. Don't let everyone find out, they are secretly preparing a banquet for you."

Thranduil felt that in Lucinda's heart, he must be an elf who was too powerful to eat.But isn't she hungry?

She took him for almost half a day in the forest.After looking at the familiar scenery along the way, he finally spoke lightly.

"Here I know better than you."

"That's not necessarily the case." She didn't raise her head, "Besides, the places you're used to seeing will have different scenery. You said that."

He couldn't help but laugh, she is getting better and better at talking now.

When they climbed up a small hill, the sky was almost purple, and everything was silent, except for the last rays of the setting sun in the west.The wind in the evening is blowing in your face, refreshing you, and making you want to sing a song to your heart's content, or put on a pair of wings and just fly.

"Is it pretty?" She pushed her long hair blown by the wind behind her ears and asked excitedly.

"Average." Thranduil looked at the sky like grape jelly, and said truthfully.

"I knew you would say that." Lucinda rolled his eyes at him, lowered her body, and picked up a cluster of small flames out of nowhere.

"But that's what I'm asking!"

Qingyue's cry rose into the air along with her coda.A group of birds flew up from the woods, fluttering their wings and paddling to the distant sky.

Seran and Duy looked at the sudden bright light in the purple sky, and the needle-like pupils in his icy blue eyes suddenly enlarged in shock at that moment.

That is!

The bright green light spreads upwards and interweaves into a gorgeous colonnade with ancient patterns, like a luxuriant sacred tree gently spreading the gospel with its hands.Snow silver and red gold fell from the sky little by little, transforming into the most beautiful and exquisite vast dome.Under the dome, Vala's favorite dances and sings freely, as if she has never known troubles since she was born, and it is very easy for outsiders to ignore the pain of the kingdom being plundered and violated in their lives...

That is where the light of the stars is concentrated!

The most glorious palace, the most prosperous city-state, the most free life.Treasures twinkling with starlight were as many as stars, and the light he thought had been dimmed in the depths of endless time was rekindled before his eyes.

Countless elegant and exquisite palaces, countless happy and free silver elves.King Dino's maid played the elegant harp, and the dignified Queen Nimloth sang softly with the wonderful music. Blessings and prayers were carried to the souls of every elf in Menegroth with the clear and gorgeous voice. Here, to appease the Sindar who endured the first fall of Doriath...

The light of the morning star still soothes this throbbing lifeblood.

That is a country whose light never dies even after being looted. It is a race that will never forget to sing praises of the light even if it falls in love with this continent and stays there.

That was the Palace of a Thousand Caves before The Second Kinslaying.It is the most lingering and unwilling memory in his life.Mixed with the joy that penetrated into the blood, and the pain that was carved into the bone marrow, he secretly sealed them in the corner that had already collapsed.

Menegroth!

He could no longer move his eyes away, looking at the familiar star Yi Yi, watching the light gradually weaken.Just like in memory, but this time it's not broken, it's not disappearing, it's not destroying.Because after that, they condense again and become a long silk ribbon like a river that lights up, as if blowing in the wind, a vast, old, new, big green forest...

They bent down gently before his eyes, like green waves, spreading all the way to the endless distance.

Lucinda stepped forward slowly and took his hand, which was trembling with uncontrollable excitement.

"Happy birthday, Thranduil."

He turned his head in surprise, looking at her bright eyes full of smiles.

My heart is instantly clear.

He understood the reason why she was busy following Na Maiya all day long ago.I understand the reason why she turned blue from reading the classics every night.

He looked at her, and for a moment he didn't know what to say. Under the mixed emotions, he slightly parted his lips, and what he blurted out was...

"If I had known this, I wouldn't have charged Mai Ya's toll."

Lucinda didn't expect his reaction no matter how much she imagined, she was a little bit unable to turn around, and was about to say something when she suddenly heard the rustling sound approaching.

"Oops, heavy rain is coming!"

Before the exclamation came to an end, a downpour of rain came unexpectedly, and immediately drenched the two elves who were watching the fireworks a moment ago.

……

The emotion and shock that Thranduil had never felt for thousands of years disappeared in an instant.

"Lucy, you have chosen a good place..."

"do not talk……"

"..."

"Run!"