How to Survive as a Princess in a Reverse Harem Game - Chapter 242

Wait.

“Isaac, do you remember the portrait in the pendant earlier?”

“Yes.”

“About the woman in that portrait, her hair color was…….”

“I recall it being blonde.”

An external hybrid, a human woman with light blonde hair, a high elf who died preventing the mutant Nex twenty-odd years ago.

Following the clues that surfaced like fragments,

“Yes. She came as part of the peace delegation. She said she’d be back soon but never returned.”

Reno’s words to me from some time ago also came to mind.

Could such coincidences overlap?

“Am I the only one thinking this?”

“It’s quite reasonable to make that connection.”

So Isaac had also been suspicious.

Only Killis looked puzzled, unable to understand our conversation.

“It seems there’s something I don’t know.”

“Ah, well, that is…….”

I briefly explained what I knew and saw. At the end, Killis nodded.

“The high elf named Pinus is likely Lord Reno’s biological father.”

“What if he isn’t?”

“That cannot be. Didn’t you say ‘Adeline’ was written on the necklace?”

“That’s right.”

“Indeed.”

Not only me, but Isaac also confirmed it.

“I once saw Lord Reno’s birth certificate submitted by the Harsen family. His mother’s name was Adeline.”

“Then, really……?”

—These words you just spoke, are they true?

At the sudden voice, we paused. Natura was approaching us with a hardened expression from a short distance away. Vita was with him too.

‘Oh no.’

Only then did we realize we had been talking in an open space.

Since when had they been listening?

—That external hybrid, he’s Pinus brother’s son?

They heard everything. Everything.

*‘I should have asked Killis to cast a sound-blocking spell.’*

It wasn’t something that had to be kept a secret from the elves. But it was also exposing Reno’s vulnerability.

I should have been more careful.

—Now I understand. How a hybrid could control an intermediate spirit.

—That cannot be. That hybrid, there’s no way…….

—It’s no use denying it, Natura. Didn’t you feel a familiar aura from that hybrid before? An aura similar to The Guardian’s.

—But if that’s true, then we……!

Natura’s face contorted. He looked as if he was about to cry.

—We did something unforgivable to Pinus brother……. He sacrificed for us, but we…….

—Brother will understand. Not allowing external hybrids has been a village policy since long ago. We didn’t know and do it.

Vita patted Natura’s shoulder as if to calm him down. But he showed no signs of calming down.

—Anyway, if that’s true, we’ll have to inform The Guardian as well. Human, will you come with us?

It was a sudden offer. I hadn’t even thought of this being revealed to the elves when I was talking.

But not only was it revealed, it was going to be known by The Guardian as well? It was different from what I expected, but it was better to face it than avoid it.

‘I’ll use this as an opportunity to ask for the pendant back.’

Even if Reno’s feelings for his father weren’t great, his attachment to his mother seemed to remain.

I still remembered that bitter face of his, pretending to be fine.

“Yes, I’ll go.”

After that, we went to the temple and were able to meet The Guardian. The Guardian, though puzzled by Natura and Vita’s return visit and my visit, welcomed us nonetheless.

—What is the matter, human?

“I have something I’d like to confirm with The Guardian, if that’s alright?”

—Speak your mind.

“I believe a group of elves on a peace delegation visited the kingdom about twenty years ago. The map we first presented was given by that peace delegation.”

—That is correct.

“Was a high elf named Pinus part of that peace delegation?”

—That is correct. He went as a representative of the peace mission along with other warriors. Your confirmation of this means…… you’ve also noticed, haven’t you?

“Did you know from the beginning, The Guardian?”

—It was merely a presumption. I strongly felt not only my aura but also Pinus’s aura from that child.

At The Guardian’s words, Natura sighed from beside me. He had already known before coming to the temple, but having it confirmed again was a different matter entirely.

—His ability to control wind spirits, like Pinus, would also be a part of it.

“So, speaking of which, would it be possible to get the pendant back? It’s a very precious item to Reno.”

—I understand the situation, but I cannot give it to you.