Chapter 58: Not Quite Human
All the elders and peers he had met during his years in the Elven Forest behaved more or less like that—aside from a few harmless quirks.
Like the Elf King who loved reading hot blooded novels, and the High Priestess who was obsessed with melodramatic romance stories.
So when Illiya heard this news today, he was completely dumbfounded.
What?!
Do elves partake in the affairs of the mortal world (like food and commerce)?
This was truly astonishing.
Illiya could understand the idea of doing business—after all, not all elves abstain from eating—but the choice of location was baffling.
This was the Nubilian Union! The Nubilian Union where the cost of living was ridiculously high!
A merchant who could afford to do business here couldn’t possibly be an ordinary one.
Each and every one of them was shrewd and cunning.
So this was a case of "go big or go home"?