When I returned to the group, they naturally wondered why I had been gone for so long.
With an awkward look, I explained that it took longer than I thought before holding my stomach.
As soon as they heard this, they all revealed understanding looks and dropped the subject.
Just like this, we were off again, heading back to the town.
Since we had more people than before and the elves didn't travel with horses, it took us a bit longer to get back. They at least had magic that made them faster, so we were able to reach the town the second day.
When we arrived, Baroness Rose was already waiting for us.
One of Shaka's men had been left in town to receive the message, so I had given her notice before we left. I had also given her notice as soon as it was decided that the envoys would be sent, but…it was just too little time in the first place.
The welcoming ceremony was much too lackluster compared to what it could be since there hadn't been enough time to practice.
But there wasn't a lack of enthusiasm since everyone wanted to have a glimpse of the elves.
Elves, the elusive beauties of the forest…It was a dream to see them whether they were men or women.
So what they lacked in practice, they made up for in enthusiasm.
Not to mention that this was the elves' first time in a human town, so they didn't know what to expect in the first place.
Even if it was a bit shabby, they were still enthralled by it since it was a new experience for them.
After the welcoming performance, we brought the elves to one of the best restaurants in town.
The owner had personally come out to cook when he heard that this was a banquet for the elves and it had made quite an impression on them since there were all kinds of dishes they never had before.
All in all, because of the enthusiasm of our people and the ignorance of the elves, we were able to pull it off in the end.
By the end of the day, the elves were all brought to a residence that had been prepared for them and they were settled for the night.
That is all of the elves except for one.
Moon wouldn't stay with the other elves and insisted on staying in Baroness Rose's manor with us.
We tried to talk her out of it, but she insisted. She said that it was her duty as the leader of their group.
Since we couldn't talk her out of it, we had no choice but to bring her to the manor.
It was a good thing that this was a large manor in the first place, so there were plenty of places to put her.
For some reason though, she wanted a room that was as close as possible to the room that I shared with Baroness Rose…
Based on what had happened before, it wasn't hard to guess what she was planning on doing, so I rejected this. Instead of putting her nearby, I put her on the exact opposite side of the manor.
Moon had a dissatisfied look, but she was the guest and she couldn't make a fuss like this.
She accepted it in the end, but as she left to go to her room, she added, "I'll see you soon."
I felt a chill run down my spine when I heard this.
Baroness Rose and I got some time alone in our room tonight.
Since they had come with me to the elven village, Cecilia and Haley felt that they should leave the two of us alone for a night.
When we entered the room, the first thing that Baroness Rose did was…point at the ground and say, "Sit."
She wasn't even pointing at a chair, she was just pointing at the ground in front of her.
With the stern look on her face, I could tell that I was most likely in trouble for something.
A happy wife would mean a happy life, so I didn't go against her and sat down in a dogeza position on the ground.
While she didn't understand what meaning the position I was sitting in had, she could feel the sincerity in it which was why the expression on her face relaxed a bit.
After sitting down as well, though she sat on the couch instead of on the ground, Baroness Rose said, "Explain."
It was just a single word, but the power and meaning behind it was more than enough for me.
So I started telling her the story of what happened in the forest.
I left out a few parts that I felt that I didn't need to include, as well as a few parts that I felt would be better left out.
By the end of my story, Baroness Rose had an understanding look on her face as she gave a nod.
Then she said with a sigh, "It seems like you really can't help attracting all kinds of people when you go out."
All I could do was reveal a bitter smile when I heard this.
After all, it wasn't as if I was doing this on purpose.
Then after a silence, she looked at me with a serious look as she said, "How did you know all those things about the elves in the first place?"
I could also see a trace of doubt in her eyes as she asked this, but it was normal that this appeared.
It didn't make sense that I would know all of these things about the elves in the first place.
I looked at her and then shook my head before saying, "I can't tell you."
Baroness Rose slightly knitted her brows when she heard this, but they quickly relaxed as well as a trace of understanding appeared.
She knew that I had my circumstances, but…she was also a bit annoyed that I was keeping secrets from her.
So she grabbed me by the hand and pulled me off the ground.
The direction that we were heading was the bedroom…