There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game-Chapter 782 - 668: The Girl: He’s Even More Like a Pureblood Elf Than I Am

Chapter 782: Chapter 668: The Girl: He’s Even More Like a Pureblood Elf Than I Am

The firelight danced, casting the young man’s figure beside the fireplace in a hue resembling the evening glow onto his silver hair.

Sola watched him without a change in expression, her gaze falling on his long hair, and when the young man turned around, their silver-white pupils naturally met.

She paused for a moment, then seemed somewhat uncomfortably to avert her gaze.

Xu Shuo smiled slightly, carrying a cup of brewed red tea over, but instead of handing it to the girl, he placed it on the high table.

The table was covered with a soft, dark red plaid tablecloth, making the porcelain white wrists even more delicate and clear.

Sola stared at the cup of tea for a while but did not reach for it.

It wasn’t until Xu Shuo sat down on the stool opposite her that she opened with feigned indifference, “What did you mean about the Dragon Clan just now? And why were you there at that time?”

Xu Shuo sipped his tea, revealing a surprised look at her question, “Eh? You should be an Elf Descendant too, right? Don’t you know about the Dragon Clan?”

Sola’s heart skipped a beat, and the hand resting on her waist tensely curled its fingers.

Still projecting confusion, she said, “What do you mean? How… how do you know I’m an… Elf Descendant?”

“Because I’m also a descendant of the Elf Clan. I felt the Elf Qi when I saw you. Didn’t you feel it?” Xu Shuo said in surprise.

“I, I’m not very knowledgeable about these matters,” Sola paused before replying.

She really didn’t feel anything.

But to flat-out deny it seemed inappropriate too, not to mention she needed to extract more information from him—whether what he’d said before was true or not.

Listening to her, Xu Shuo nodded thoughtfully, “That makes sense. After mixing with humans, the bloodline power does tend to diminish. I felt it because my magic skills are quite good. By the way, which family’s bloodline do you carry?”

Sola: “…”

Holding her gaze with those silver eyes for a while, Sola pursed her lips and said, “My family has fallen; now only I remain, and I don’t understand these matters.”

“I’m sorry; I regret to hear that.”

Xu Shuo feigned sympathy for a moment.

Then he picked up his red tea and took a few sips, and seeing the flames in the fireplace seem a bit weak, he added some more wood to it.

He stopped initiating the conversation, and the girl visibly became somewhat uneasy.

When he sat back at the table, Sola couldn’t help but start the conversation, “Um, you haven’t explained what’s going on with the black dragon and… the things we talked about earlier?”

Xu Shuo hesitated before replying, “I’m sorry, but since you seem to have little understanding of the matters concerning Elf Descendants, I think there are some things that are better left unknown, for your future’s sake.”

Sola was at a loss for words, her mouth agape.

She’d been cautious on purpose, and now that was becoming a barrier to getting information—and the reason was “for your own good”??

I’m about to die; what future do I have?

After contemplating, Sola hinted subtly, “I’m already twenty years old this year.”

Xu Shuo nodded with satisfaction, “You’re quite grown up now, aren’t you? By the way, do you have any children?”

Sola: “…No.”

“But you’re already… If you can’t marry because of your family’s decline, I could help you with that,” Xu Shuo offered with the amiability of an elder.

“…I think I don’t need it.”

Sola’s expression was starting to falter.

Thanks for the matchmaking but I’m going to die in half a month; there’s no time for a child to even become an embryo.

She took a sip of the red tea on the table, hesitated, and then said, “Sir, I have actually seen something about a bloodline curse in my family’s records.”

Xu Shuo’s gaze flickered, “So you already know, huh? Well, then there’s no need to hide anything from you.”

…

A thousand years ago, the Elf Clan actually had a brief history of intermarriage with humans.

Love is a mysterious thing.

Despite tensions between the Far North Elves and the mainland humans, there were still some Elves who would find mutual affection with some humans, leading to mixed-blood offspring.

Xu Shuo wasn’t completely sure which Mixed-blood Families existed, but from historical records, he could piece together these situations.

He knew about the curse only because of a few things Luo Kun had mentioned before.

The Curse, the prey.

The grudges between the two races from a thousand years ago.

Considering the girl had been seen in Tunus City-State and had a history of sailing, it wasn’t hard to speculate that her purpose might be related to the Dragon Clan curse.

But the Dragon Clan hadn’t appeared in a thousand years.

Meaning there hadn’t been a “hunt” for a long time.

So if she just wanted to rid herself of being prey, there was no need for the girl to go through so much trouble to find Black Dragon Island.

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After all, whether the giant dragon race even still existed was a question.

Unless, of course, her life depended on that curse.

…

Xu Shuo didn’t know the specifics of the curse but that didn’t stop him from cautiously avoiding the related topics.

The girl was willing to come with him probably because of the mention of the “Black Dragon Clan” back in the alley, hoping to learn more about the Dragon Clan here.

Considering this, Xu Shuo mused and said, “Your family’s records are correct, we Elf Descendants all have the Dragon Clan’s curse, and the mark within us can be tracked by the Dragon Clan, making us their prey. That dragon earlier was probably attracted by the curse within us.”