Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 124

Chapter 124: Visitors from Afar… Part-1.
Human Empire, eastern border.

Near a small town.

“Are you sure this will work… They have three grade-1 mages now. Will humans still be willing to help us? We don’t even have grade 1 individuals anymore…”

“If they find out about our weaknesses… we might end up just like the mermaid race did…”

A young, beautiful girl with pointed ears and silver pupils glanced at the other elven woman beside her with a look of worry in her eyes.

“Are you sure we can trust the humans, Aunt Sylvie?”

The older elven woman, who was named Sylvie, shook her head and said,

“This is the reason why I didn’t want to bring you here, princess… If things go south, the elven race will still have you, but you insisted on coming here…”

“Now if something happens, the elven race will have no successors…”

Sylvie gritted her teeth and looked at her niece with sadness in her eyes.

Just a few months ago, she had suggested cooperating with the human race to her big sister, but she didn’t agree, and she ended up going on the mission herself.

Now she’s been missing for months, and there’s no news about it.

People have already started to think that the Elf queen has died on the mission.

Sylvie’s older sister only had one child, Princess Ava Xilrel; thus, she’s the only successor to the throne of the elf empire in the world now.

Her golden pupils and brilliant silver hair represent that she belongs to the royal elven family.

Sylvie was actually an adopted child, so she doesn’t have the qualifications to inherit the throne for herself; only Ava can inherit the throne without any complications.

That’s why Sylvie didn’t want Ava to come here with her; if something bad happens or the negotiations fail, then it will be difficult to return home.

But Princess Ava wasn’t so weak-hearted that she would back off from difficulties.

The expression on her face turned determined as she said,

“No, if I let you go there by yourself, you will likely not be able to make it back alive… But if I am with you, you will try to be as cautious as possible, and the chances of you coming back alive are higher…”

“Also, we have the teleportation scroll, so there is no need to think too much of it; we will run if things go south…”

Sylvie couldn’t help but sigh after hearing those words.

“Sigh… You know, you are just like your mother… stubborn to the core!”

Ava smiled a bit and took it as a compliment.

“I guess the royal blood indeed runs in my veins then…”

Sylvie shook her head and gave up trying to persuade Ava to return. She brought out a grade-1 scroll and embedded her mana in it.

“This scroll will transform our appearance into humans; its effects will remain for two weeks… which should be enough time for us…”

“This thing is very precious as it’s a grade 1 scroll, but for your safety, princess, this is important, so please remain careful and don’t undo the spell at any costs…”

Ava nodded her head at Sylvie’s warning.

“Okay, I will keep that in mind…”

The scroll burned by itself, and the magic spell got activated. Both Sylvie and Ava’s appearance changed, and the two of them turned into ordinary-looking human beings.

With all preparations done, the two of them headed straight toward the small town without hesitation.

…

“Whoa… Even this small town has a magic barrier placed on it… The human race really is much more prosperous than us… We are barely even maintaining our barrier in the capital city…”

Hearing Ava’s words of admiration, Sylvie nodded her head and said,

“Humans are weak individually, but they can create wonders when they work together… We Elf don’t have such great camaraderie like them… We interact and cooperate less with each other…”

“Also, we elves don’t like bloodshed that much, so most of us never think of violence, and rarely do any of us try to learn combat techniques and skills…”

“We are physically and mentally stronger by nature, but if we don’t train, humans can easily overpower us…”

“It’s a difference in mentality… We are lacking that mentality of progress…”

Although it seemed weird that Sylvie was badmouthing her own nation right in front of the national princess, she didn’t care about face value at all.

For a battle-hardened veteran like her, the truth can’t be denied; she thinks and speaks logically without letting her emotions influence her.

And she’s telling the truth to Ava just as it actually is.

Hearing all that from Sylvie indeed made Ava feel a bit sad, but then her eyes became even more determined.

‘If humans can achieve all this with their weak physique, why can’t elves do it… If I become the queen, I will motivate people to work harder…’

While Ava was still contemplating in her mind, Sylvie grabbed her like a sandbag with one arm, bent her knees a bit, and then jumped to directly bypass the city wall.

A small crater was created on the ground from the impact of her jump.

The barrier on the city is meant to defend against beings that are tainted with miasma and corruption; Elf’s are not tainted with miasma and are not monsters.

They are highly intelligent beings with purer mana in their bodies than humans.

So the barrier was basically useless against Sylvie and Ava.

Unless the two of them get tainted with miasma somehow, this barrier won’t work against them.

And as Sylvie is a knight, she has a strong body, so she can easily jump high enough to directly bypass the city wall without anyone noticing her.

This way, the two of them entered the town without raising any suspicions.

Sylvie placed Ava down and patted her shoulder before speaking.

“Good work, princess; you didn’t scream; you have amazing control over your body… You will become a fine wizard in the future, like your mother…”

Hearing the excessive praise from Sylvie, Ava was a bit taken aback, but then she said,

“You are the one who’s more impressive; you even knew that the barrier wouldn’t work on us… Did you do a lot of research?”

Sylvie nodded her head at those words and replied,

“I have visited the human race once before, actually… I was quite young at the time and went to the human capital city of Delta with Father and big sis…”

“At the time, we tried to negotiate a deal with the King of the human race… but he refused, saying that they don’t want to get involved with other races’s internal matters…”

Ava looked at Sylvie and asked, with a curious look on her face,

“How long ago was that?”

Upon hearing that question, Sylvie took a moment to reflect before responding.

“Well, I think it should have been 150-200 years ago or something like that… I don’t remember the exact date or time…”