Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 125

Chapter 125: Visitors from Afar… Part-2.
“Doesn’t that mean your information on the human race is totally outdated now?”

“Two hundred years might not be that long of a time for us elves, but for humans, that’s enough time for eight generations to go by…”

Ordinary elves have a life span of a thousand years, and royal elves like Ava can live for two millennia.

And if they learn to harness the power of mana, then their lifespan can increase even further.

But most elves don’t bother training, as their long lifespan makes them lose interest in most things over time.

Like how humans become adults around 18 years of age, elves become adults around 200 years of age.

Which means Sylvie, who is 230 years old, has barely just entered her twenties when compared to the human lifespan.

And Ava, who’s only a hundred years old, is still just a minor. (Imagine being a hundred years old and still being forced to go to school… That’s hell…)

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“No, although I have only visited the human empire once, I have been keeping up with the times… I have fought those hateful human poachers all my life…”

“I usually interrogate them and get a lot of information out of them…”

“But still, seeing it with my own eyes is really a different experience after all… They really have advanced a lot in the past two centuries…”

“I highly doubt that the elven race can make this much progress in just two centuries…”

Sylvie’s tone was filled with complicated emotions.

Although she has known about various technological advancements of the human race from the mouth of the poachers that came to the forest to hunt down exotic animals or catch elves,.

Words don’t do justice to the technology of humans.

Sylvie can see metallic cars that she heard are called ‘Cars’; they run using fuels that are naturally found on Earth.

Elves have to use flying-type artifacts to achieve the same result as these cars.

Sylvie looked at the tall buildings and concrete roads and said, with a look of awe on her face,

“I knew that we were behind in terms of technology, but I didn’t expect we were this far behind…”

“This place is just a small town, and it’s already so magnificent and full of wonders… The capital city is sure to be more majestic than this…”

Sylvie and Ava started walking on the footpath beside the road while looking at everything with interest and curiosity in their eyes.

Then Sylvie noticed a food stall nearby and bought the two of them some spicy food to try out.

Ava asked Sylvie in a quiet voice,

“Where did you get the money, though?”

Sylvie smiled and said,

“Of course, from looting the poachers who came to loot our forest, it’s a fair exchange…”

Only after hearing that answer did Ava realize that her aunt is by no means a simple person.

Usually, elves are not much interested in socializing, and they rarely ever leave the Great Forest.

But Sylvie was not only able to gather a lot of information on humans; she even got enough money stored to make the travels less difficult.

In other words, Sylvie has likely been planning for this moment for years now.

After eating the unique food of the human race, the two elven women started to walk on the road again.

Sylvie glanced at the sky and noticed a giant bird that looked to be made of metal flying at a very fast speed.

“Ah… So that’s the flying machine called ‘Plane’… It certainly is fascinating… I have only seen grade-1 individuals who can go so high in the sky…”

“But to think even ordinary people can go into the sky with that machine… the technology is amazing…”

Ava was more shocked than Sylvie, but the two of them didn’t show too many expressions on their faces, as they didn’t want to draw too much attention.

Ava glanced at Sylvie and asked,

“Aunt… What do you think the elves would need to do to become this prosperous?…”

Hearing Ava’s words, Sylvie shook her head and said,

“Sigh~…. Princess, the thing is… we elves don’t have the ‘ruthless’ nature of humans; most elves are kind natured…”

“To run businesses, to create great empires, and to reach prosperity, you need the emotion called ‘selfishness’…. A society where everyone is kind and selfless can’t function properly…”

Ava frowned a bit at those words and asked,

“What’s wrong with being kind? Isn’t being kind to everyone a beneficial thing?”

Sylvie sighed and explained,

“Princess, I have fought humans for a long time, and I have learned a lot from their crafty techniques…”

“You see, being kind is a good thing… But kindness without limit is just harm to yourself…”

Imagine a scenario where the owner of the owner of a food stall is a very kind elf.

A hungry elf comes, eats food, and refuses to pay money as he doesn’t have it at the moment.

The kind stall owner forgives him.

This process will continue to repeat itself.

Elves rely on each other’s kindness, and the stall owner will not ask for money back from anyone as he is kind; eventually, he will go bankrupt and starve to death.

But elves are so stubbornly kind that they will accept dying rather than ask others to repay their favors.

Even if the other elf that ate for free returned money eventually, the lifespan of elves is long.

‘A while’ can mean years for them.

This means that the business will slow down considerably.

“Simply speaking, we don’t have the ruthless and selfish motivations that drive human society… We need another kind of motivation…”

“Asking elves that are kind by nature to become ‘selfish’ all of a sudden is just a pipe dream…”

“Imitating humans is not going to work for us; we need to create a new and better societal structure for ourselves…”

Ava looked at Sylvie with eyes filled with awe.

“Aunt, you are so knowledgeable… Seriously, you should become the queen instead of me… You are the best candidate for being a good queen…”

Sylvie smiled at Ava’s words and said,

“Haha, princess, you seem to forget that I am also an elf… I have the same stubborn kindness disease as other elves… I can’t be selfish; I want you to get your rightful position…”

“I want you to succeed the throne, as you are the legitimate successor… Perhaps if I wasn’t an elf, I wouldn’t have been this kind either, princess…”

“Sigh… We elves really are a hopeless race…”

Sylvie glanced at the sky and shook her head before saying,

“At this rate, it won’t be long before our race goes extinct due to not being able to keep up with the changes in time…”

“We are stuck with the old ways of living while humans are making rapid progress… sigh…”