"Where did those humans go?"

Before the carriage entered the Star Academy, Vilanthe quietly slipped off. She finally arrived in the Silver Capital! Vilanthe moved to an inconspicuous corner and returned to her human form. Clutching two silver necklaces in her arms, she wondered where to stay tonight. After being a small tree for so long, she craved a soft bed, a warm blanket, and delicious food.

Perhaps she should find a job.

Vilanthe went to a street next to the academy, where most of the shops sold food. She found the busiest one and plucked up the courage to ask the owner if they needed waitstaff.

"I'm sorry, we're not currently hiring waitstaff." The boss was a girl who looked no older than her. After saying this, she looked slightly puzzled at Vilanthe's long hair flowing down her back.

Vilanthe glanced down and almost jumped in surprise. She was too happy just now and forgot that when she first transformed back to human form, her hair was green!

She was about to run away when the young boss lowered her voice and asked, "Is your mother a Tree Genie?"

Vilanthe stared at the boss in astonishment. Her mother being a Tree Genie was a secret not even known to the church. They only knew her mother could manipulate plants and had the power of wood, but they didn't know her mother's specific race. However, the person in front of her saw through it at a glance. And, the boss questioned her hair color, her hair was not the common brown or golden, but the foggy blue of seawater in the morning mist!

Ina had just changed her appearance to "Lunar Mist", which was long deep blue hair that fell to her waist. Although the others in Lusen had seen enough and were used to it, they inevitably received a bunch of questions. This time, it was finally her turn to ask someone else, "Why is your hair this color?"

She glanced at the girl's information.

[Name: Vilanthe·Orlan (Noble)

Job: None

Race: Half Tree Genie, Half Human

Age: Fifteen

Evaluation: Although she has not been trained, her rare bloodline still makes her a potential future professional.]

Ina comforted the panicked girl, "I have some connections with the elf race and also know some Tree Guardians."

Although Ina didn't know what Vilanthe had been through, the personal information displayed by the appraisal spell was enough to confirm her identity. An other-race hybrid, with the surname Orlan, the little girl in front of her was the princess born of the other-race queen who was executed in the Orlan Empire.

"Do you want to return to the Silver Leaf Forest? I can help you."

Although the restaurant owner in front of her didn't show any secrets of her closeness to the elf race, Vilanthe felt she could trust her for no reason. Maybe it's because everyone she met in the Orlan Empire wouldn't boldly claim to be close to other races. In that country, even drunk talk could attract investigation and questioning.

"Is the Silver Leaf Forest where the elves live? My mom never mentioned these to me."

Seeing that Vilanthe had calmed down, Ina turned around and poured her hot milk. "Yes, but the Tree Genie only lives deep in the forest, near the Mother Tree of the Elves. Have you seen other Tree Guardians?"

Vilanthe shook her head in disappointment: "I have been living in a human kingdom since I was born."

"What's your mother's name?" Ina looked at Vilanthe's somewhat familiar eyes and suddenly asked.

Vilanthe hesitated a bit, but since even her deadliest identity was known by Ina, it was too late even if she was a bad person. "Her name is Yaihela."

Ina suddenly froze there. Yaihela? The little girl who always had two green braids, holding a wreath, and was not even as tall as an adult?

Her eyes became vague, her memory was awakened by this short sentence.

When the game opened the elf reputation system and the Silver Leaf Forest map, Ina was one of the first players to go and develop it. At that time, they all received a strange mission:

[Mission Name: Joyful Yaihela

Mission Request: Yaihela is one of the newly born elf Tree Genie, she is a quiet and sensitive child, please find a way to make her happy!

Mission Reward: Regional Reputation - Silver Leaf Forest - Elf Race +100]

At that time, the elf race was still very cautious about the players. With this 100 reputation value, the players could reach the sky in one step, immediately advancing from the status of "stranger" to "friendly", making the missions much easier.

All players tried their best to please this little girl. Some saw her holding a wreath, so they picked prettier flowers and wove a more exquisite wreath for her. Some gave the expensive Leaf Fruit Wine which the elf race liked, even though they got beaten up by the adult elves for it. Some even went to great lengths to carve a wooden puppet that was almost identical to Yaihela, but no one received the mission completion prompt. The little girl with green hair always looked curiously at all this with big eyes. She would softly thank the players, but she was stingy about even sparing a smile.

Just when everyone thought that the "Joyful Yaihela" mission was a joke from the game designers and that it was an impossible mission, until one day, a player named "Eat to Survive" was caught by the guards for peeping at the Elf King bathing. Just as he was about to be thrown out, the player was not panicked but laughed happily.

"Hahaha, my life is worth it!"

There were many players around "Eat to Survive", asking, "What did you see?" "The top-ranked thief is really amazing!" "Did you record it?!!!"

In fact, he just saw a shoulder and collarbone before he was thrown out by the Elf King. But this did not affect the player's good mood at all. Although he was being dragged by the guards, he felt as if he was so happy he could fly.

Just as the thief player "Eat to Survive" was about to say goodbye to the Silver Leaf Forest and could never enter again due to a drop in reputation, a little girl with green hair and leaves on her head crawled out from the low shrubs. She looked at the player and slowly showed a smile.

[Congratulations to the player "Eat to Survive" for completing the mission: Joyful Yaihela, reward: Regional Reputation - Silver Leaf Forest - Elf Race +100]

The unexpected reputation reward saved the player. The guards' faces slightly softened, and they gave up on kicking him out of the Silver Leaf Forest, only severely warning him.

He completed the mission?! "Eat to Survive" almost knelt down to Yaihela who appeared just in time. This was as difficult as successfully peeping at the Elf King bathing. "Eat to Survive" completed two hell-level missions in one day and became famous in the game.

Players who asked him how to complete the "Joyful Yaihela" mission came one after another, but "Eat to Survive" put away his joking face, as he received the delayed mission prompt.

How to make Yaihela happy? That is, Yaihela wants you to be happy.

Ina completed this mission on the day she climbed to the top of the power ranking. She tore off a leaf and played a small tune, then looked down and said to Yaihela, who was also sitting on the treetop listening quietly, "I am the strongest person here now, I will defeat the black dragon who wants to gnaw the World Tree, I will protect all of you."

Yaihela smiled and handed her the flower crown in his hand: "You will, I believe."

Not until today did Ina wake up from a long dream, realizing that she did cross the time of a hundred years in the continent of Moro. The little girl held in the palm of all players and the queen on the legendary stake overlap together, still that young face, saying to her: "You will, I believe."

"I did it, did you see it?"

"This is the flower crown your mother gave me." Ina took out the ever-lasting Thornbird Flower Crown from her bag, "I think this is more precious to you."

Vilanthe held the flower crown in both hands. The moment she touched the flower crown, tears fell down her face.

"Thank you."

Ina arranged for Vilanthe to live in a room behind the restaurant. Vilanthe slept on the soft bed holding the flower crown. In her dream, Vilanthe saw a little girl about four or five years old. She had two green braids and always had wide eyes watching everything around her.

Although this place was a forest, it was not deserted at all, but rather quite lively. A group of busy humans shuttled through the woods, sometimes excited like monkeys, sometimes thoughtful and meticulous. But they were happy, Vilanthe believed deeply, because she and the little girl could feel the strong emotions that were almost condensed, and their moods became lighter with it.

This is a unique ability of the Tree Genie, they can sense the strong emotions of the people around them and be infected.

But one day, all these people suddenly disappeared.

Vilanthe saw the little girl's confused eyes.

Time was like a book turned over by the wind, in almost a blink of an eye, the little girl grew into a young woman, but she still asked the older Tree Genie. "Where did those humans go?"

No one knew the answer, she could only get repeated replies: "I don't know."

Yaihela was not happy. Elves have many beautiful traits, they are full of artistry, calm, elegance, and kindness, but happiness and capriciousness do not often appear in their emotions.

Finally, Yaihela firmly said, "I'm going to find them."

Vilanthe saw her mother leave the Elven Court, leave the Silverleaf Forest, come to the human city, and meet the Marquis of Ferminston, a prince of the Orland Empire at the time.

It was also the beginning of all the tragedies.

When she woke up, Vilanthe was in tears, her tears soaked her pillow. The flower crown held in her arms was still green, fresh, and full of life.

If her mother could feel emotions, how did she persist in the court filled with hostility and disgust towards her for so many years?