Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 310 (Part 2):

Terra, who seemed to be thinking about something, smiled again and urged:

“Come on, let’s finish our meal. The food will get cold.”

Only then did hands move to the forks that had been set aside while focusing on the conversation. While most of the humans were listening intently to the story about Greencana, Elaga in his cat form showed no interest at all.

Igrelle seemed to enjoy human food, but she still didn’t understand why they put strange spices in their food to ‘cook’ it.

Moreover, leopards are carnivorous. Unlike Igrelle, he doesn’t eat plant-based foods.

But he knew the taste of meat.

[Hmm, the meat in the human world definitely tastes different.]

After trying a bite of the pork Helmut was eating and spitting it out, Elaga was eating the special meal prepared for him.

It was fresh raw meat from a chicken raised at home, freshly slaughtered, plucked, and bled. Elaga even licked up the yolk of the boiled egg served alongside it.

Even for demonic beasts, there’s not much to expect in terms of diet in the Forest of Roots. So it was the first time seeing Elaga show such an appetite.

Helmut watched him with curious eyes. He looked exactly like a cat with its nose buried in a food bowl. Elaga was eating just as much as a well-fed cat would, true to his appearance.

For Elaga, eating was more like a hobby, something done for the taste.

Demonic beasts of Elaga’s level can survive without necessarily eating. They’ve become a kind of mental entity, like spirits that don’t eat food.

Moreover, although the supply of demonic energy hasn’t been smooth since leaving the Forest of Roots, there’s been hardly any occasion to consume demonic energy so far.

Anyway, Elaga was also enjoying new experiences in the human world for a change. Though not as boisterously as Igrelle.

As the meal was coming to an end, Sian’s younger sister, who had joined the table at some point, spoke up. Her gaze was fixed on Alea.

“I wondered who this might be, with the silver hair and stunning looks! Wait, It’s Alea! The top student at the academy. The one who always made Sian the eternal second place.”

Although he was used to it by now, hearing such words from a young sister suddenly made veins bulge on his forehead. Sian snapped irritably.

“Hey, Siena. Stop messing around and go back inside.”

“I don’t want to. I’m not going inside. What I said is true, isn’t it? Second place from enrollment to graduation! Never missed second place even once!”

Siena stuck out her tongue and teased. It was infuriatingly annoying.

Normally, like a proper older brother, he would have summoned a spirit and hung her upside down, but with guests present, Sian decided to endure it once.

“Siena, what are you doing in front of guests? Don’t be rude to your brother!”

“I don’t care, you’re all talking without me. You always do whatever you want without even talking to me!”

Siena stood up with a sulky face and ran off. Sian watched her retreating figure with an incredulous expression.

“What’s wrong with her? Did something happen?”

She was never an obedient sister, but her rebelliousness had suddenly worsened. To an almost incomprehensible degree. Terra shook her head.

“Try to understand. She’s been like that since we stopped letting her go outside the village. I think she feels very frustrated.”

“Why can’t she go outside the village? Did demonic beasts appear nearby or something? She can handle spirits too, can’t she?”

The power of bloodline was strong. Both of Sian’s younger siblings were also Rodril’s spirit mages.

As long as she didn’t fail to pass tests in areas other than magic, Siena, who had been handling spirits as naturally as breathing since childhood, would undoubtedly enter Greta Academy without any unexpected issues.

At that moment, Terra’s face clouded with worry. Sian realized from her expression that there was something he didn’t know.

“Did something happen while I was away?”

A not-so-light answer came to that light question.

“Yes, something did happen. It’s about that balance I mentioned earlier.”

Sian’s expression turned serious.

“Does that mean someone is threatening Greencana?”

“Yes, it hasn’t become serious yet. But we need to be careful.”

Terra glanced slightly at Azer. Meeting her gaze, Azer spoke up.

“As you know, Greencana is a village within the domain of the Kingdom of Veneta. Not that we’re under Veneta’s rule, but… Well, we’re quite on the outskirts too. Until now, Veneta hasn’t tried to interfere with us. Although there’s a powerful earth spirit mage here, Greencana is just a small village with nothing special. We take care of managing the mountain range and even exterminate demonic beasts, and in return, Veneta left us in peace.”

“But now things have changed?”

“Yes, Veneta got a new king half a year ago. This new king is completely different in character from the previous kings. That’s where the problem started.”

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