A temporary Wood Elf stage covered in fresh flowers was set up outside the Tree Court.
The senior Elders stood on both sides with solemn expressions. Their hands formed seals as they began chanting ethereal natural spells.
Without a doubt, they were adding light and shadow special effects to the stage!
In the center of the stage, a group of blushing, young Wood Elves stepped to the rhythm. Holding up their pink-and-white skirts, they performed a dance they had been practicing for a long time just for Qimeng.
Fair, youthful legs, swaying lace hemlines, and Eve at the conductor's stand! Even though she was so embarrassed that steam was practically rising from her head, she maintained a strict and serious conducting posture!
“Wait! What on earth is this?!”
Qimeng's heart pounded with shock. Slapping her armrest, she scolded them loudly.
“Hey! I am not some lolicon! When I said I'd make you wear maid outfits as a punishment, I was just saying it in passing, okay?! Stop this! Get them off the stage right now!”
Eve's face flushed bright red at the conductor's stand.
“Great Spirit Lord! This is to relieve your daily fatigue. Please accept the highest respect of the Wood Elf clan!”
Seeing that her protests were useless, Qimeng sat back on her throne helplessly, her eyes drifting very honestly back to the stage.
“Ugh... Fine, I really can't do anything with you guys.”
“Since you're already here, I'll begrudgingly watch for a bit!”
However, after watching for only a moment, the modern soul inside Qimeng knit her brows into a tight knot.
This was all wrong! The dance was way too rigid! It had absolutely no soul, failing to bring out the cute points of the Wood Elf lolis at all!
“Stop, stop, stop! Who is that over there—Eve! And those lead dancers in the front row!”
Qimeng couldn't help but start lecturing them.
“What kind of last-century radio gymnastics are you guys doing? It's too dry! Listen to my commands—twist those hips! Your eyes need to carry a look of, ‘I've been severely punished by my master, but I have no choice but to dance in humiliation’!”
“And that movement! Yes, raise both hands flat, and shake your heads left and right like a crab! I want that kind of brainwashing, addictive movement! Give me that kind of 2D divine dance that inflicts mental pollution the second you look at it!”
The Wood Elf lolis below the stage looked utterly confused, blinking their innocent, large eyes.
Qimeng slapped her thigh in frustration.
“Tsk, you don't understand at all? Fine! I'll use the Leaf Vein Alliance spirit mark to directly pour the dance moves into your brains! Make sure you dance it right—show me what a true meme wag is!”
“And you, yes, you, Eve! You'll be the troupe leader from now on! This dance troupe will be called the 【Pure Green Leaves: Loli Elysium Song and Dance Troupe】!”
Standing by the stage, Eve felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She stood frozen in place.
She had never imagined that the noble Wood Elf clan, which had been passed down for thousands of years, would pivot into some 'Pure Green Leaves: Loli Elysium Song and Dance Troupe' right after she took office?!
And she had become the troupe leader?!
What was supposed to be a solemn presentation to the Spirit Lord had turned into a massive training class for a bizarre, brainwashing dance...
“No... That's not right. This must be a profound trial from the Spirit Lord! Forcing the proud Wood Elves to perform such embarrassing movements is a way to temper our minds!”
Eve successfully rationalized it to herself.
Since it was the supreme decree of the Spirit Lord, she had to do her absolute best!
“Everyone, listen up!”
Eve's face was completely red as she shouted with all her might.
“According to the Spirit Lord's decree, twist your hips! Whoever doesn't wag with enough meme energy will go back and practice 【Forest-Hidden Walk】 a hundred times!”
Then, under Qimeng's dumbfounded gaze, the newly appointed tsundere acting chief waved her right hand with a tragic, heroic expression.
“All together! For the supreme glory of the Spirit Lord!”
“Meme wag, ready, go!”
Amidst a crowd of Wood Elves swaying in unison, the Tree Court was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
“Hahaha! This is too eyesore, my eyes are stinging!”
Meanwhile...
Completely different from the comedic style at the Tree Court, the atmosphere in the far north of the forest was so tense it was suffocating.
“Found it. Is that the demon camp down there?”
In the shadow of the dense canopy, the Emerald Sacred Spirit loli—a clone of Qimeng—was looking down with a cold gaze.
Not far away, the pseudo-high-ranking demon with hideous, giant horns was resting by a campfire.
Suddenly, footsteps came from the perimeter of the camp, and a team of hurried demon scouts walked out.
The Giant Horn Demon looked pleased and stood up to greet them, preparing to report important battlefield intelligence.
“This boring secret meeting ends here.”
Skipping the waste of time that would be eavesdropping on their report, the Emerald loli directly materialized an emerald greatsword radiating green light!
Boom!!
Without giving them any chance to send out a distress signal, she swung the greatsword down, wrapped in powerful natural magic!
The earth cracked like a biscuit, and a terrifying sword aura swept through the camp, blasting the Giant Horn Demon and the contacting scouts into a flurry of pixelated mosaics.
“Phew, done. Time to wrap up.”
She put away her greatsword and immediately set off on her return journey to the Tree Court.
However, as she was moving through the dense forest, she caught a subtle anomaly.
The chirping of insects and birds in the forest had suddenly vanished.
The air around her was frozen by an invisible force.
She was locked on!
“Who is it?!”
She stopped in her tracks and spun around, looking incredibly fierce.
The bushes were pushed aside by a large hand, and a young human man actually walked out!
He was dressed in light armor, and on his back, he carried a heavily unconscious woman.
Though he seemed calm, a powerful, oppressive pressure emanated from him.
When his cold eyes clearly saw the Emerald loli, a sudden glimmer of hope appeared in them. It was as if he had seen his savior, and he charged straight toward her!
“Please, please wait! Merciful fairy lady!!”
“Eh?!??”
Back at her main body in the Tree Court, Qimeng was connected to the shared vision and watching. The moment she opened her eyes and saw this, the fruit in her hand almost stuffed straight into her nose.
“An actual human?!”
Honestly, ever since she reincarnated as a Demon Tree, Qimeng felt like she was losing touch with human society.
Moreover, from a magical beast's perspective, humans were basically pests!
They hunted magical beasts in groups and snatched materials. Who knew when her own name might end up on the Adventurer Guild's subjugation list!
Although she still possessed the remnants of her human soul from two lifetimes and occasionally had the urge to visit a human city for a cup of milk tea, any sense of belonging had long since vanished. However, she wasn't anti-human either; it was best if they simply didn't bother each other.
Trouble! Too much trouble!
She didn't want to establish any weird causal links with humans at all!
【Lose him.】
Qimeng issued the command from the rear.
The Emerald loli moved, turning into a green blur as she bolted through the forest.
Yet, the man behind her burst forth with an unnaturally incredible speed, clinging to her tail without letting go!
“Dammit! Is this guy using hacks?!”
After running for several kilometers, the Emerald loli couldn't help but stop.
She materialized her greatsword, pointing it directly at his throat with an unfriendly tone.
“Human! You keep tailing me, are you some kind of pervert?!”
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