Chapter 42: The Ancient Grimoire (2)
Though Meltas and Marina had called Gadena an extreme bigot, in truth, Gadena wasn’t particularly unusual.
He was an elf, and most of his kind treated other races with casual disdain.
Many found this elven attitude irritating, but no one could deny it on all fronts. After all, the elves possessed lifespans several times longer than other races, an equivalently slow aging process, and, above all, a constitution favored by elementals.
These factors, touted as proof of elven superiority, carried a certain undeniable weight.
...Which was why Gadena was so perplexed.
Grimoires, books imbued with mana that formed a will of their own, were a type of elemental, most of which favored elves over humans.
This should have been especially true given the comparison: Gadena, a master of ancient lore, versus a human who answered a simple riddle with a vulgar joke.
Yet, the grimoire seemed to prefer Risir.
“...”
“?”
The elf, Gadena, finally directed his attention toward one of his unwelcome guests, the young human man.