Chapter 3275: Lacking Foundation
Rui watched with a hint of amusement as the dark elf women and girls began fangirling around Amare.
She would have made a good elf, he knew that. Even if she had grown to desire power strongly and actively work towards it rather than passively gain it as she used to, half of her was still the old Amare who was able to connect with people and impart her power to them remarkably well.
The Esil part of her only inspired the dark elves as they sensed a quiet intensity deeper in her eyes that refused to allow the world to trample on her bonds with the people she loved ever again.
She was universally popular among the dark elves in sharp contrast to Rui, who had an inhuman, deathly dark gray tint to his skin that reeked of death.
He looked as though he was partly drawn in black and white in a world of color that only further drove elven women away from him.
’Don’t take their reactions to you too personally. They are doing their best, but it is difficult to contain our sense of revulsion toward you.’ Mother Alicia’s voice reached him.
’I think you have done a pretty good job so far, don’t you think?’ Rui mused at her through nature.
’I am a Mother of Nature,’ she replied. ’I bear a great responsibility to lead my civilization into prosperity. And that includes befriending a deathly monster like yourself. It is the tribulations that leaders go through for their people.’
Rui huffed with an amused smile, shaking his head. ’It doesn’t bother me. It is in cases like this that not caring about what people think of you is quite beneficial.’
’You may have a point.’