Elf

Luciel was inside the Great Dark Forest, when it rained, he was lucky that many of the animals, monsters and magical beasts that hated getting wet were not close to where he passed.

He finally got to a point where he was lost.

"Where I am?"

Still, he kept looking around the ground, to see if he could find the Thousand Year Grass.

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In an area further into the forest, Luciel was looking at something on the ground, when suddenly, a shriek made him turn upward.

"What?!" - Luciel then looked at a creature with wings, it was a Tempest Falcon, a monster that liked to go flying on rainy days, so it was a regularly active monster in the Month of the Rain.

"Ah!" - Shouted Luciel who was thrown against a tree by the monster that with just a movement of its wing managed to launch an air wave on the young man who was now injured on the ground.

"Luciel!" - at that moment two people appeared.

"Doctor?" - Luciel was surprised to see them here, Dr. Aris approached Luciel, and began to check him.

"Ugh, good, it seems that you are not seriously injured." - Aris said relieved.

"We have to escape, that creature ..."

"Don't worry, Liz will take care of that monster." - Aris said who was confident that Liz would manage to kill the monster.

And, as Aris said, the monster was no match for Liz, who even without weapons, she managed to dodge all the monster's attacks and land punches and kicks that left the Tempest Falcon very hurt.

"Easy." - Liz said arrogantly, when suddenly, a strong wave of wind hit her face, it was another bigger and more powerful Tempest Falcon.

"You!" - Liz yelled furiously as she felt offended that a monster, she considered weak have manage to attack her.

In the end, the two Tempest Falcons escaped, and Liz turned to see Aris and Luciel.

"!" - Luciel was greatly surprised to see Liz's face, while Aris slammed his hand against his forehead when he saw Liz.

"What?" - Liz asked, surprised by the reaction of the two.

"Liz." - said Aris. - "Your mask."

"What about my mask ...?" - Liz asked who finally realized what was happening.

Being in the middle of the fight, and being enraged, Liz did not realize that that attack that the largest Tempest Falcon managed to land on her caused the mask to fall to the ground, and at that moment, both Luciel and Aris saw the face of Liz.

White skin, blue hair and green eyes, her face was exceptionally beautiful, but the enormous beauty of her did not surprise Luciel so much, it was her pointed ears, ears quite different from those of a human.

"Elf?"

"Ah ... seriously Luciel, we've been on this continent for years, and, a lot has happened just by meeting you." - said Aris who approached Liz, picking up her mask and putting it on again.

"..." - Luciel did not know what to say, he was incredibly surprised by what had happened.

"Yes, just like you said, Liz is an Elf, and I, I am an Elf too." - said Aris.

"Really?" Luciel asked.

"Yes." - said Aris.

"Amazing." - Luciel said excitedly.

"Eh?"

"It's really amazing, I never thought I knew Elves, this ... It's amazing!"

"..." - Aris turned to see Liz, and she did not know what to say either. - "Luciel."

"Yes?!"

"You are not scared."

"Eh? Why?"

"Well, we are different from you, we are not human, and from what little I have managed to discover about you earthlings, in your world the elves or other races did not exist."

"Well, you're right about that, they didn't exist physically, but in literature and movies they did."

"Movies?" - Aris asked who had no idea what that was.

"Whoa, this is incredible ... and, no, I'm not scared, it's incredible, who would say that you doctor Aris and Liz would be elves, now I see why you wear masks, you don't want others to discover that you are elves, right?"

"Indeed." - said Aris.

"But why?"

"Well, let's say that in this continent the presence of other races is not very well seen."

"Why?"

"An event that happened a long time ago ... now, beings from other continents are discovered, trapped and killed." - said Aris.

"Or worse, they are enslaved." - Liz said who finally spoke.

"Yes." - said Aris.

"..." - Luciel did not understand why this was so.

"So Luciel, I ask that you please do not tell anyone about our true identities."

"Eh?" Luciel was surprised to see Dr. Aris kneel and ask him for a favor.

"Atla ... Aris, what are you doing?" - Liz asked, shocked by what happened.

"Asking Luciel to keep our secret."

"But…?!"

"But nothing, because of your carelessness he has discovered the truth."

"..." - Liz had nothing to say about that, she knew that it was really an oversight of her that she entrusted herself when facing a monster weaker than her, in addition to not paying attention to the surroundings, being surprised by the companion of the monster.

"Luciel?"

"Do not kneel Doctor Aris, of course I will not say nothing." - Luciel said.

"Really?" Asked Aris.

"Yes, I will not tell anyone about you true identities, also, you should not ask me for a favor, after all, is thank to you and Liz that appeared that I was not kill by those flying creatures, also, I owe you a lot." – Said Luciel. – "Although how did you know that I was here?"

"Liz saw you leave town, and connecting the dots, I was able to discover that Don Armando has most likely gotten worse and that you came here to look for the Thousand Year Grass."

"Whoa."

"Still, thank you Luciel, seriously, thank you very much for keeping our secret." - said Aris.

"No, as I told you, you saved me, and you have always helped me when I have been injured, for that, thank you very much." - Luciel said who nodded.

"Hm, hahaha." - and Aris started laughing.

"..." - Liz watched all this in silence, while berating herself for having made Aris kneel before a human because of her.

"Still Luciel, this thing you've done has been a very stupid thing."

"I know." - Luciel said. - "But I could no longer bear to see Don Armando so bad ... I could not bear to see him suffer and ... and I would not be able to see him die."

"I get it." - Aris said, seeing that his identity situation had already been fixed, he relaxed. - "Well, what if now we look for the Thousand Year Grass."

"Eh?" - Liz was surprised to hear that.

"After all, we are already here." - said Aris.

"About that." - Luciel approached Aris and took something out of his pocket. - "Isn't this the Thousand Year Grass?" - and handed him a yellow herb.

"!" - Aris was surprised to see the object that Luciel had given him. - "How?"

"Before the monster attacked me, I had found this and picked it up, so, this is the Thousand Year Grass?"

"Yes, Yes! You are incredible Luciel, you have found the Thousand Years Grass, with this, not only Don Armando, but all the other sick of the Hundred Days Plague will be cured and saved." - Aris said excitedly.

"That is good to hear." - Luciel said happily. - "Seriously, this is ..."

"Luciel?!" - Aris said while he grabbed Luciel before he fell to the ground.

"Did he faint?" – Asked Liz.

"Yes, he must have been under a lot of pressure and fear that, when he calmed down, he couldn't take it anymore."

"Aris?"

"Yes?"

"Are you sure of this?" She asked. - "It is not better to end all this with his life."

"Of course not, besides, I believe in Luciel." - Aris said while he carried Luciel.