This is Cheap?!

"Come on now, Young Miss. We've been searching for you in order to deliver a gift," Vael effortlessly dodged the question. 

Another elf then entered that seating section, holding a silk-covered shopping bag with a pompous amount of tissue paper to hide the large item inside. As that man stepped closer to the table in question, he stopped after a glance from the woman. 

"Open it. Now." The woman politely barked the order without so much as a blink. It was all too commonplace for her. 

"... Do as the Young Miss asks."

Only after getting Vael's order did the elf carefully pull out the extravagant tissue paper, making sure to not tear the expensive decoration. He pulled out a bland, brown cardboard box, with a dented corner. 

Ayse hid his reactive smile with another bite of sushi. He thought, *Ahh… So that's the story behind all these elves…*