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My father seemed to give me a worried look when I made a verbal proposal to ally with the Elf race.

"What do you mean by fixing them, Lily?" my father asked, seeming to want to know what I was thinking right now.

"Then what is the relationship between fixing the Elf race and Zoe?" while asking that, my father immediately glanced at Zoe who was still perched on my hair like a hair clip.

With two different views between me and Zoe, my father seemed to want to understand something even further.

"C-Could it be... You will give a curse that will control the entire Elf race?" I could see my father's body shaking after saying this.

"Y-You are not serious about doing this to an Elf race by giving the same curse as you did in the past, right?" My father tried to calm what was burdening his mind this time.

From my point of view who did not want to bother and give a strong alliance contract like the Earl Timoti family, then a curse must be planted on each Elf race to make them submit to this alliance.

"First of all, I will try to build an alliance peacefully without casting a curse. So you can rest easy about this, Father."

With my calm and convincing words, my Father seemed to calm him down a little after worrying about what would happen to the Elf race when they received a curse from Zoe.

"That makes me a little uneasy but it's worth it," with a little hesitation starting to appear on my Father's face, he looked like he wanted to say something but was held back by the movement of his hand that gave an agreement about this.

His thoughts and hand movements seemed to have different purposes but ended up giving a small code to Sebastian to prepare an expeditionary force to penetrate the dense forest behind our Main Mansion.

Speaking of such a dense forest, it seems like I don't need the help of my Father's army.

"Father, if possible..."

"I would like to use my army, a herd of evolved stealth slimes. They seem to be a little bored with the work inside the Main Mansion when doing the same job over and over again."

I suggested to my father to let me experience a real-life experience in the wild without the professional help that my father gave me.

Although this is a bit of cheating, I can feel that the stealth slime herd is much more experienced and will be of great help to me.

My father seemed to be playing with his hair which was now curly from twirling around his index finger.

"It seems like a good idea to be Lily-sama's real experience, Marquess Rommel," with his soft voice not wanting to ruin this serious moment, Sebastian gave his little idea which showed that my suggestion to get real experience was a good thing.

"I don't know Sebastian, I still feel worried about this," said my father who seemed to be thinking about something complicated.

"Are you worried about Lily-sama's safety, Marquess Rommel?" Sebastian asked while being polite in asking a question.

"It's not about Lily's safety but what will happen after the alliance contract with the Elf race is established. That will make us the first noble family to be independent without relying on the trade business to fill the stomachs of our people, Sebastian."

Unlike me who didn't think that far ahead, my father seemed to have planned some things that would happen if the cooperation with the Elf race succeeded.

Um, doesn't this mean that I have to be able to cooperate with the Elf race?

It seemed like this would be a job that required me to succeed in doing it.

My gaze was now fixed on two large trees that seemed to be close to each other.

It made me feel a heated conflict that was happening between the two large trees that were the symbols of the Elf race's tree of life.

Along with my curiosity that was getting stronger, I began to carefully observe the two symbols on the map of the Aurora Kingdom's territory.

Why were there other symbols that needed to be questioned?

What did these other symbols mean?

This made me excited to explore the dense forest that was still mysterious to the Marquess Rommel family and the Aurora Kingdom itself.

It was no wonder that this would become a target for exploitation after exploration using a military expedition was carried out.

"Are you curious about the other Tree of Life symbol that is the same as the Elf race?" asked my father who seemed to have noticed my curiosity about the Tree of Life symbol on this large map board.

"Un!" with a small nod of my head, I felt curious about this.

"They are also an Elf race with the same skin color as you Lily."

"Huh?!"

The answer given by my father surprised me.

I didn't hear wrong about this, right?

An Elf race with the same skin as me?

Could it be a sign that I can be good friends with them?

I lowered my head about this and my interest in exploring the dense forest was directed towards the forest area inhabited by the Elf race that had the same skin color as my body.

I think I should quickly ally with this Elf race.

"The territory of this Elf race is different from the usual Elf race. Aside from being very good at using natural magic and magic that fills their lives that are one with nature, they seem smart at taking advantage of the situation," said my father who was now explaining about the Elf race that caught my attention.

"In the past, your mother also had an Elf-friend with the same skin color as you, Lily."

"I know she is still alive, so to visit the territory of this Elf race, please do not create a fight that will make them extinct. They are an Elf race that still does not have an official name recorded in current information."

It seems like I heard some important information about my biological mother who has a close relationship with one of these Elf races.

Does this Elf race not have an official name until now, my Goddess?

[ ... ]

[ Oh, Lily-chan asked me? ]

By focusing my attention on my mind, I tried to make a one-way communication to connect with my Goddess.

[ Officially they are not much different from other Elf races. ]

[ Youthful, beautiful, and charming faces have become common traits for the Elf race. ]

[ Some Elf races have difficulty getting pregnant, so humans often marry Elf women as concubines or empresses who accompany them until old age. ]

[ Because the Elf race has a very long lifespan, they are given great wisdom in diplomacy that does not prioritize the stupid wars that humans often do. ]

[ For the Elf race that caught Lily-chan's attention, it was the Dark Elf race. ]

[ It's a bit unfortunate because they are a bit sensitive about their skin color which is similar to Lily-chan, but it doesn't seem bad to make a harem in the Dark Elf village. ]

[ If chocolate meets chocolate, then it will be Double-choco!! ]

[ I want to eat sweets like that now. ]

Along with other trash information, I got an important piece of information and an unimportant piece of information from my Goddess.

"Dark Elf race, huh?" with my little mumble that caught the attention of my Father and Sebastian, it seemed that it had made them aware of the official name used to refer to the Elf race.

"Dark Elf race? That's a pretty good official name," my Father also muttered, who had now given an idea about the Dark Elf race that would be included in the military manual used by Marquess Rommel's regional troops.

"We will use the official name of the Dark Elf race for this Elf race, Marquess Rommel?" Sebastian asked to confirm the decision given by my Father.

I felt very relieved after seeing my Father play the role of an important person who makes decisions at times like this.

Luckily I had returned the baton of command to my Father.

I didn't want to have such a heavy role that got my approval to make an important decision.

With a small nod on my Father's face, Sebastian took out a small piece of paper and wrote something using a quill that was near my desk.

Srraattt ...

Clluupp ...

Writing some handwriting, Sebastian then gave his small piece of paper to Noel.

"Make sure this reaches those people, some of our military manuals might be outdated so make sure to update them after this," Sebastian said as if giving Noel important information.

"Sebastian, you know that they are old-fashioned people, they definitely won't accept a race name that came out of nowhere from this brief discussion."

"Just do it, Noel. Whether they reject it or agree, it will make a certain pride for an important figure who was once close to the Marquess Rommel family."

Through the conversation between Sebastian and Noel, it seems that I heard some important information given by Sebastian.

An important figure who was once close to the Marquess Rommel family?

What is that figure?

Is it from the Dark Elf race that is as mysterious as the Elf race?

I don't know, but this certainly made Sebastian and my father rush to do something about this.

"By the way, who do you want to go with, Lily?" my father asked suddenly which made my attention diverted to him.

"Go with who? Is there anyone who wants to accompany me besides the stealth slime herd?" I replied while now looking at my father.

My father's serious face seemed to be considering something.

It made him look like a father who was concerned about the safety of his daughter who was going to the deepest part of the dense forest.

"Yes, you know yourself that this dense forest is a bit scary if you enter it without bringing someone to joke around with. The feeling of loneliness in the forest will make Lily isolated by the calm atmosphere of the forest, you know."

It seemed like I heard an implied message from my father who wanted to drag Alice and Alyssa into this little trouble.

Bringing my two step-sisters on an expedition into the forest together with a herd of stealth slimes?

Isn't that a bit too much to do?

"Is it okay to bring Alice and Alyssa on an expedition like this?" I asked with a tilt of my head.

"I don't think it's a problem after what happened recently," my father replied with a tired expression on his face.