Chapter 10 The Efficient Elf
The deer carriage of the emissary group slowly entered the area marked as off-limits amongst the onlookers' gaze, and it was not until the security guards began to disperse the crowd that the bored onlookers reluctantly scattered. Surrounded by a few high-ranking officials from the City of Knowledge, the carriage door opened, and a dozen representatives from the Elven Royal Court, with their graceful steps, emerged from the carriage, nodding and smiling appropriately to the surrounding officials and guards in charge of reception. However, the front carriage, representing the Elf Queen, showed no sign of activity, as though the person inside had fallen asleep. It took thirty seconds before the carriage door slowly opened from the inside, and Her Majesty the elegant and tall queen stepped out of the carriage. Yet, unbeknownst to those below, a representative who had been among those on the stone steps from Neutral Land had suddenly disappeared, as if vanishing into thin air.