Forgotten Wife: Let the Traitors Kneel Down

88 The war against darkness ​ Maya opened the book to the first page, Cassian was attentive to what she was going to say, however, she did not speak, instead she got up from her chair.

_ Where are you going? _I want to show you something.

Maya pulled a chair next to Cassian, pushed aside what was on the table and showed him the first page of the book, her slender fingers moved smoothly across the page showing a map of all the kingdoms, it was similar to the map they had hanging in Barto's office, but there was something different about this one, there was one more kingdom.

_This was supposed to be the world before the elves turned away from the humans and hid their kingdom.

The elven kingdom was much larger than any of the other kingdoms, Cassian asked.

_That's a kingdom too big, how can they hide it? _I have no idea, elves don't talk much about their secrets.

Maya's fingers continued to move across the map until they reached a part where there was only darkness, said darkness was located in the kingdom of Laios.

That caught Cassian's attention and he asked.

_ What does that darkness mean? _According to this book, that darkness was born from humans, it was greed, evil and hatred in its purest form, back then they mentioned that darkness a lot, they said it was the weapon that humans used to attack the elves.

_ Why did they attack them? _Because of the magic that the elves possessed, it is seen that their magic compared to that of humans is purer since we are beings born from human evil, but the elves are born from light and therefore their magic is light.

_What you say doesn't clarify my doubts, it only makes them more.

_You paid me to read the book to you, not to clarify your doubts, and I couldn't do that either.

I felt the same way when I read this book for the first time and that hasn't changed much now.

There are many things in this book that are not meaningful.

Apparently understanding what that book said was more complicated than Cassian had thought, so he asked for what he needed at that moment.

_ Does this book mention anything about the union between an elf and a human? _If there is anything about that.

_What does it say? Maya flipped through the pages until she reached the part where it talked about what the prince was asking her.

_According to this book, the union between an elf and a human was forbidden, it was considered an aversion, if that union were to happen and a baby was born, the elves would take those children to the kingdom of the elves, removing them from the human world since they were undefined creatures, creatures that did not belong to the Light, but neither to the darkness, therefore, their power was greater than that of a normal elf and that of a human.

_ Why didn't you tell me that the last time I asked you? _You asked me if it was possible for a half-elf human to inherit light magic and I answered that perhaps, elves have other types of magic, light magic is the purest of all and only the royal family possesses it, they are extremely proud and arrogant, I doubt they would agree to mix their precious blood with that of a human.

_ How do you know that? _It's in the book, elven royalty is worse than human, no offense, they are creatures made of light, but that doesn't mean they are good, they consider humans to be inferior to them, some of the elves who walked among humans were even called saints or gods, they always present themselves as glorious beings.

_ Really? _According to this book, yes.

And why do you ask so many questions about a half-breed between a human and an elf? Do you even know one? That was something Cassian couldn't answer, it was a secret they had to keep very well, he replied.

_No, I was just asking out of curiosity, until recently I didn't even know elves existed.

_That's true, although in reality elves have been mentioned in ancient books, they were not called that; those who performed miracles were considered saints.

Is there anything else you want to know about them? _What else does that book say? _Not much actually, just mentions the war they fought and...

_Wait, a war? _Yes, against the smokes, the humans were using the darkness to attack them, for a moment in history they were about to lose, but the high lords, the elves who were bearers of the light united their powers and defeated the darkness, after the war they left, they hid their kingdom.

_ You don't say anything else about that war? _No, everything about that war is just mentioned, there are not many details about it.

_ What else does that book say? _Mention a little about their cultures and nothing more about their customs.

_I thought there would be more.

_ And what did you expect to find? _Don't know.

In the end Cassian was only left with more questions, more intrigued than before, Maya closed the book and put it away in her bag, Cassian asked one last question.

_ Where can I find an elf? You mentioned that they usually come for information.

_Yes, but I don't know where to find them, as I already told you, they only talk to my brother or my father.

_I would like to talk to your brother.

_Hey, my brother won't tell you anything about them and you could get me into trouble if they find out I was talking to you about them.

_ Could you try to find out with your brother where I can find the elves who come to ask the guild for information? Maya hesitated for a moment before answering what Cassian told her.

_Please, this is something very important to me.

Cassian looked at her with pleading eyes, in the end Maya ended up agreeing to help him.

_Okay, although I don't promise anything.