"I thought that elves don't care about life or death..."
Of course he also knew that the elves' privileges actually came from the dragon's acquiescence.
But perhaps it was the presence of Tovatus that gave Russell the impression that "elves may not be all happy people".
Now it seems that the elf Feng Ping was killed.
"It's true that elves don't care about life and death...but that doesn't mean they don't care about death."
Grandma Lan shook her head happily, picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
Obviously this is not the first time someone has asked this question. She even has experience: "You all ignore one thing. That is, not all elves can live forever. Only the eighty-four special elves who are burdened with 'destiny',
That is, the eighty-four elf directors today hold memory backups..."
"...Indeed. I was mistaken."
Russell nodded and agreed: "In this case, it is impossible to develop a tradition of not caring about life and death among the elves."
Although the number of ordinary elves is small, it is not that small.
There are more than 300 million people in this world, and the proportion of elves is one in ten thousand.
Not all elves will become "directors". There are also some who exist as artists, writers, and craftsmen... It is not that there are elves who fail to start a business and are penniless.
Unlike the eighty-four people, although they live long lives, they are not immortal.
"Even those eighty-four people may not be willing to be 'reincarnated'."
"Because growing up again will delay a lot of plans and make myself vulnerable."
"There may be a reason. Another reason is...even in the Elf Director's philosophical view, 'reincarnation' is not completely regarded as 'resurrection'.
"Individuals are completely different. Even if they hold the same memory, because different bodies have different genes, genders, hormone levels, and personal talents, they may not be able to live as the same person in the end... let alone
, in fact, the memory is not exactly the same.
"The life of an elf is very long. Even if there is only a little difference at the beginning, the difference will become very obvious after a thousand years."
"...You are obviously an immortal species, but are you very sensitive to this kind of thing?"
Russell murmured.
If this "right to restart life" were placed among the short-lived species...although there might be some controversy, there would never be any hesitation. Everyone would be ecstatic.
Isn’t this the common scenario of rebirth after death in novels?
As a result, elves who can live longer are taboo about this...
Hearing this, Grandma Lan gave Russell a meaningful look.
"It seems you don't know yet."
"……What?"
"I'll think about it first. Is it okay to tell you..."
"Since Bad Day has introduced me to you, he probably wants me to tell you about it."
She grinned slightly.
But there was no smile on his face.
That old wrinkled face suddenly looked a bit scary.
"Have you ever seen what an elf fetus looks like?"
She asked in a low voice: "In other words, have you ever seen a human fetus?"
"……I have no idea."
Russell shook his head hesitantly: "Human fetuses... I have seen. The ears of human fetuses are round, and they do not have any spiritual characteristics."
His first reaction just now was that the special case of "The Inferior" was a mixture of elves and demons, which proved that elves are also capable of fertility.
But it seems that he has never seen an elf in the form of a "fetus". He has never even heard of it... Even "Tovatus", the young elf son, looks like a boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old.
He didn't even know whether elves' fetuses also had long ears, or were the elves' long ears themselves a spiritual characteristic?
"Then let me tell you this secret... After all, this has something to do with Bad Day, and it's normal for him not to want to talk about it. I can't take this matter to my grave."
Grandma Lan sighed: "If you don't know this, you will never understand what mission the Tower of Babel carries...nor will you understand the significance of the deer-headed statue's continued existence.
"Although I have obviously retired, my mission of 'passing on the secret' remains with me."
She no longer even hides that she was once a member of the Tower of Babel.
And when she said these words, Russell suddenly saw a hint of death in this old man.
"Have you never thought that since humans can gradually acquire spiritual characteristics...can they gradually lose their spiritual characteristics?"
Grandma Lan's first words made Russell open his eyes wide.
He vaguely realized something.
What would it be like if humans lost their spiritual characteristics...
"That's the elf."
Grandma Lan replied: "Elves are not a naturally born species. They do not rely on reproduction to increase the population, but are transformed from humans...the evolution of humans.
"It's just like after you get a disease, you will have antibodies after you heal. If you get 'recovered' from psychic disease, you will no longer get psychic disease, but become an immortal species. The long ears of elves, that's
Proof of Psychiatry's healing.
"So, of course there won't be elf fetuses. Because for the psychic disease to stabilize, it has to be at least the beginning of puberty.
"From that time on, if the spiritual characteristics of the elves are eliminated through the top-secret technology of the elves... humans will become elves."
Grandma Lan did not hesitate to reveal the top secret in front of Russell that anyone who knew it would be sentenced to death: "That's why the elves strictly control the quantity.
"This is the secret of the elves."
The elf director can be reborn immediately after death. How is this possible?
Even if you get permission to "reduce one person and have one child", it still takes a long time from pregnancy to childbirth.
As elves are immortal species, the time it takes to conceive a fetus should also be longer.
Russell's initial thought was that the elves might have a "fetal base" in which many empty shells were stored.
Just like in a science fiction movie, there are a row of cultivation chambers. Every time you get permission, one will be released from it, or a memory will be implanted in it.
...But if you think about it carefully, there are actually obvious loopholes. The current world is in 1202, and some elves are known to have been born before year 0... Do the elves of that time really have such excellent technology?
?
How do they keep the elves completely pure?
Now Russell finally understands.
Why are elves and humans not reproductively isolated but not allowed to have children...
Why are the aesthetics of elves so close to humans...
Why can the dead elf director be resurrected immediately...
Suddenly, Russell thought of the shining silver "antlers" of the deer head statue, which seemed to be wrapped in a layer of tinfoil.
The appearance of the deer-headed statue resembles that of a beautiful girl, but it also has huge antlers that only stags have; its calm and heavy temperament is filled with the sense of reliability of an elder, but its face is as childish as a child's.
At that time, Russell thought that perhaps the spiritual characteristics of the deer head statue itself had been damaged in the war, and the antlers were external colonial clothing, rather than ordinary antlers coated with a metal film.