Convincing

I am now currently in the Crimson Village. Today will be the end of the racial conflict between the Elves and the other races. My gameplan is simple. I just need to convince my people that the elves are not what they think they are. I will not be using the words. I will be not be explaining to them the misunderstanding. I will not use anything violent. I will let the Elf culture do the job.

I called all of my people in the meeting area. I had every resident in the village here. I called the Council to sit at the meeting table. They all seem confused.

"What is this all about Young Wreck?" Grano asked.

"Sir Wreck, what is the agenda of this meeting, and why are all the residents called?"

"Sir our village will be not protected if all of the guards are here sir."

"Do not worry. This will only take a while. I promise this matter is important. Anyways I already had King guard the gates."

"Okay then my dear, tell us what is this all about"

I smiled and then brought the large chest I have to the table. I first took out the food. I showed them some seasonings such as salt, pepper, and even soy sauce. These condiments are all products of the elves except for the soy sauce which was produced by me and the research team of Norman. We all never had these ingredients before. They all seem confused but the council tried all of it.

"What is this very salty powder?"

"This is so spicy? Who would eat this?"

"This black liquid is not suitable for eating at all!"

I expected their complaints because you should not consume those. You should add those to your dishes. So I asked Lisha to bring me some plate of plain rice.

"Here, pour some of the black liquid to the rice and eat it."

"Exel seems in doubt at first but as soon as he swallowed the rice, he screamed.

"What is this sir Wreck?!?! The plain rice just became flavorful!"

The others tried also eating the rice and they all had the same reactions. I explained to them what they are and the purpose of these things.

"Lisha, do you believe that this is a very valuable product?"

"Yes, Young Wreck. These ingredients just made cooking in our village even better!"

All of the people agreed. Good, it seems like my plan is going smoothly. I then proceeded to the next item. I brought out pots made out of clay. They all seem enamored.

"These items are called pots. They can be used for storing foods and other products. And the best part is it is made of clay and not wood so it is hard and will not rot and not made of iron so it will not be hard to produce and it will not rust. Do you all like this?"

They all nodded happily. Especially the blacksmiths and the carpenters. Now I am bringing out the last item. It is a stone tile.

"This item is called a stone tile. You may have seen this in bigger towns and cities already but I am planning to also implement that here in the village."

All of the residents applauded.

"Nice items sir!"

"How did you all made those?!"

"You are really a brilliant leader!"

"These items will make our lives even better!!!"

Laur then asked.

"Where did you create those?"

Now this will be the hardest part.

"I actually did not make these."

All of the residents looked confused.

"Then where did you get those items?"

"To tell you the truth. I have been spending a lot of my time outside the village. I have collected these wonderful products in another town. And I have been working secretly to establish a diplomatic relationship with them. And now I am asking you all if you would agree to be allies with another town."

They reacted with a smile.

"Of course sir! With all of these wonderful products, we would love to be friends with them! Tell us the village name sir and we would all like to thank them."

I suddenly feel nervous. This will be the moment.

"The name of the town is..... The Elven Town of Norman."

I braced myself with what their reaction is. I closed my eyes for a second and when I opened it, their faces look like it is in despair. Some are mad. Grano was the first one to talk.

"Impossible! So these products are made by the evil elves?!!? There is no way that these things are produced by those sinister creatures!"

"Yeah! These must be poisonous!"

"Throw these things away!"

"They must have tricked you, sir!"

I then prepared my voice to scream

"Everyone please listen to me first!!!!!!!!!"

All of those that are complaining then became silent so I continued.

"I know every one of you all in here has ancestors that have suffered from them. I know that all of you believe that the elves of the past are vicious conquerors and betrayers. I know the history of all of your races with the elves. At first, I was also wary of them when I arrived at the elven town. But as soon as I learned their history and their side. The vicious and savage Elf Empire your ancestors have experience is nowhere near the elves today. They are poor. They have suffered too many problems just like your races. They also suffered problems from the inside. Now they are slowly recovering from that deep wound they had. I also want you to recover from that wound. Recovery does not mean that you get a better life. What I need you to do is forgive these elves for them since they never did. There may be some bad things they did to your races but the Sin of the Father will not be inherited by his son. They are all different. They also want to end this long racial bad blood. I hope you do too. This will not only benefit yourselves but also your future. I hope you agree with me."

Whoo! That was a long speech. Looks like it worked though since all of them pondered for a long time. After a few minutes, I then asked.

"Do you all do not want to work with the elves? Then if your minds did not change then I will not force you. I will end our friendship and let this bad relationship continue. We will also not be getting these products."

I waited a few seconds for a reply and then Grano talked.

"I would like to cooperate young Wreck. It seems like we are getting to toxic."

"We also wanted to be friends with the elves sir."

"If sir Wreck likes them then so do I"

"The products really look useful!"

Nice! It seems like they all have positive views on the elves now.

"Great. So tomorrow we will be meeting the Chief if the elves here so I need your best attitudes and behaviors. I also need the cooking squad to prepare for a feast."

"Yes Sir!"

-Next Day-

The meeting with Chief Well went well(lol). Grano and the Council seem friendly with the elves. I hope we continue this relationship. During the meeting, we discussed many topics such as the import and export of each villages' products. There was also other stuff such as military exercises and resident exchange. Tourism was also mentioned. The day went well. Chief Well also talked to me how he is really surprised at how did Grano build a village in this terror forest. Oh yeah, Chief Well thinks that Grano is the Chief lol. I think this is funny so I just rolled with it. Anyways the day is over and the Elves have now left. I thought that everything was going, but I forgot that an upcoming important event was supposed to happen.

I am getting married.

-TO BE CONTINUED-

P.S. THANKS FOR READING GUYS! Now that the dilemma of the elves is done, be on the lookout for the next main thing. Comment your opinions and suggestion down below. 3 chapters a day here and I love y'all ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️