"Thank you," Lillian said, her tone brief but her gratitude audible.
"It's what I should do," Colin smiled as he wiped the sweat from his brow caused by the overuse of Magic Power.
Seeing this, Lillian felt even more grateful; her body gradually shrank, finally transforming into the young girl form Colin was most familiar with.
Seeing this, Colin no longer doubted and quickly walked back to the indoor area with Lillian along the corridor.
When they stepped onto the corridor and arrived indoors, the flower monsters in the courtyard also froze, contracted their bodies, and fell into the mud, transforming back into their withered flower form.
"Junior Colin…"
"Senior Lillian…"
The two almost started questioning each other at the same time and then stopped simultaneously.
"You go first, Senior Lillian."
Lillian did not decline and asked the question she had been holding back.
"Junior Colin, why are you here?"
Colin paused, then simply explained to Lillian why he had come to this place.
"I see, did you also accidentally enter this space on your way to the mountains…" Lillian realized, then thought of something and said with some surprise, "I didn't expect that after I entered Red Soil Forest, a great battle had taken place on Gubier Island…"
"Senior, did you come here before the battle on Gubier Island?" Colin keenly caught the information in Lillian's words and couldn't help asking.
"Yes," Lillian confirmed with a nod, then fell silent for a moment, lifted her head, and revealed something Colin somewhat expected but was still surprised to hear—
"The health of Instructor Atbolde is failing, seriously… he has, at most, half a year left to live."
"How could this be…" Colin's expression shifted slightly as he murmured involuntarily.
Even though he had anticipated something about Instructor Atbolde's condition, his mood inevitably sank, as if a heavy stone had been placed upon his heart.
Instructor Atbolde... wise and kind, was one of the best people he had encountered in this world and one who had helped him the most.
Usually reticent, he often just briefly expressed his thanks, but he silently kept the grace in his heart.
"I came here to seek a cure for Instructor Atbolde," Lillian continued.
After speaking, she suddenly paused, looked curiously at Colin, and asked, "Do you know where this is… or rather, what is the place outside?"
"…The legendary Elf Kingdom?" Colin hesitated for a moment, uncertainly voicing his guess.
"Yes, the outside Different Space is the legendary Elf Kingdom, and this place is the Subspace of the Elf Kingdom," Lillian looked up at the surrounding corridor, sighed and said, "But why has this place turned into such a state?"
"That garden over there belongs to the High Level Elf," Lillian shifted her gaze towards the spot they were attacked, pointing her finger.
"My mother, who is a High Level Elf, told me when I was little that in the courtyard of High Level Elves, regardless of spring, summer, autumn, or winter, various flowers would bloom continuously, changing almost every day! And every three months, there would be a grand gathering where High Level Elves would choose the finest flower to present to the Queen…"
Lillian rubbed the purple bracelet on her left wrist, her expression turning somewhat gloomy and puzzled.
"The outside world should also be completely different, the forest my mother spoke of should be lush and deep, home to squirrels, forest deer, and Tree Elves, while the meadow should be carpeted in lush green grass, which waves into green waves as the wind blows…"
Colin listened silently.
He had always known that Lillian had High Level Elf ancestry, but he never imagined Lillian's mother was a High Level Elf!
After a while, Lillian's rambling stopped, but her face still held some inexplicable emotions.
The legendary Elf Kingdom, this place filled with beauty and art, was also Lillian's homeland… and yet it had turned into this.
Her heart not only felt a difference but also confusion and worry… 'Has the Elf Kingdom turned into this, can I still find a way or means to treat Atbolde?'
'And what about my mother… where has she gone?'
"Senior Lillian, how did you enter the Elf Kingdom… was it with the help of your little Elf Bobi?" Colin, seeing the atmosphere turning towards silence, smoothly asked his question.
"By Bobi…?" Lillian asked back, puzzled, not knowing where Bobi had been hiding before, but Bobi, seemingly hearing his name mentioned, curiously poked his head from around Lillian's neck.
'Could it be that Senior Lillian didn't enter using a little Elf to open the door?' Seeing Lillian's reaction, Colin grew curious.
"It's like this, Senior Lillian, I haven't yet told you how I entered… Nasi." Colin turned and quietly called the name behind him.
The next second, a small, adorable red-haired Elf carefully popped her head from behind him.
"I entered with her opening the door for me," Colin continued.
"Bobi!"
Bobi on Lillian's shoulder, perhaps seeing another little Elf like himself for the first time, froze and suddenly exclaimed in shock.