CHAPTER 48: ANCIENT DRAGON LANGUAGE

Of course, this was enough to explain the cheering sounds coming from outside:

"GREAT HIERA!!!"

"PLEASE LOOK AT US!!!"

"PLEASE WAVE YOUR HANDS!!!"

When Luke began to hear these cheers within minutes, Else had entered the house and knelt politely, saying, "Forgive us, sir, the dark elves... they’re a bit too talkative."

Luke smiled and asked, "No problem, but... what exactly is the reason they love the Hiera so much?" It would be accurate to say that he was genuinely curious.

"Ah! The one who sent us here was the first Hiera herself, sir. We are here on a mission we received from her," Elsa replied.

Upon hearing these words, Luke scratched his head with the hand he had been holding to his chin. His eyes were wide open, which was quite natural, of course.

"Are you talking about Andromeda Ariadne Hiera?" Luke asked with great curiosity, wanting to make sure he had heard correctly.

"Yes, sir," Elsa replied, and as soon as Luke heard this, he said to the young-looking woman, "Stand up and sit down comfortably, Elsa. I want to know everything."

Elsa stood up in great surprise and sat down on the chair opposite Luke’s seat.

"Uhh... I don’t know much either, but I have the information and documents left by my ancestors, sir. If you’ll allow me, I’d like to tell you everything."

As she spoke these words, Elsa pulled three wooden files from the magic bag at her waist, placed them on the table, and opened them, taking out the single-page documents inside.

The three documents were now within Luke’s view.

"Do you always carry these with you?" Luke asked with great curiosity.

Elsa smiled when she heard the question and said, "Yes, sir. This has been the duty of the village leader for generations. It’s a bit odd, I know, but you never know when you might encounter an enemy or a thief, so safety must come first."

Luke pursed his lips and said, "That makes sense. Then tell me."

"From what I have learned from my ancestors and the three documents we have, Your Highness... Your Highness Andromeda left a few messages and orders for my ancestors," said Elsa, and began to explain without pause:

"According to these orders, we must protect the area around the Tholien Mountains. If we did so, no phoenix or dragon in the Tholien Mountains would attack us. And we did so. For generations. For hundreds of thousands of years. Without ceasing."

"According to the orders, the area from the base of the Tholien Mountains to the Frozen Plains had to be protected."

"Unfortunately, our numbers dwindled over time. Our race suffered greatly because, even though we could use Nature Magic to grow plants, there were few sources of protein. The fish in the river at the foot of the mountain are poisonous, and there are no animals brave enough to live here. This explains why our race has grown weak."

When Elsa said this, Luke raised his eyebrows and asked, "How are you still alive? I mean you kin."

Elsa smiled and replied, "We are fortunate that a phoenix from the Tholien Mountains came to these lands nearly seven thousand years ago and was deeply saddened when it saw our condition. This led the phoenix to bring us living, reproducing animals."

"You reproduced and gained more animals. Yet your numbers remain quite small," Luke said.

"Yes, sir. We are trying to keep our numbers at a constant level. Elves and Dark Elves come from the same lineage, and both species are very difficult to reproduce. This gives us an advantage. After all, since we come from the same lineage, we cannot die unless we choose to or die in battle." Elsa replied.

Then, without pausing for even a second, she continued:

"As you can see outside, there are nearly a hundred, perhaps a hundred and ten children. Almost all of them have been alive for forty or fifty years, which is an enormous period when measured in human years. Dark Elves are a species that matures much later than ordinary Elves. This gives us an advantage. It becomes easier to understand when you consider that the oldest elf in our village is nearly six thousand years old."

Luke scratched his chin as if he understood, then asked, "What about the three documents in front of you? Everything you’ve told us so far has been information passed down from your ancestors and a fact of your own biology. What are those three documents?"

As soon as Elsa heard these questions, she reached across the table and handed the three documents to Luke. As soon as Luke took the documents, she began to speak:

"These documents contain information about how the person who is the reason we are protecting this place would appear if they were to come here... To be honest, the reason I didn’t tell you not to attack them, that is, the reason I didn’t give that order, was precisely this."

By the time Elsa had finished speaking, Luke had already glanced through the documents and, within seconds, began blinking his eyes and shaking his head from side to side, as if he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

The document in front of him contained predictions about his height, eye colour, hair colour, posture, and even personality traits. At the bottom left of each document was a signature reading "Andromeda."

Strangely, before the signature on the last document, there were a few lines of text that Luke couldn’t read but could somehow understand. When Luke asked Elsa about these lines, she explained clearly that her ancestors had told her they were written in a language only the chosen Hiera could read.

This led Luke to realise what language the writings were in. It was a language he was truly amazed to see, a language he didn’t even know he could read.

"Ancient Dragon Language...It is Hiera’s language..." Luke said calmly, and then began reading the writings one by one with a hint of excitement: