“Hey Elaina, let’s have sex,” the pink-haired girl said as she grabbed my shoulders.

I almost tripped myself in my heels when I heard her words. What the hell? When was she the one to suggest that we have sex? It was always me that was begging for it. What had pressed her to be the one to ask me today?

Adrianna had been acting differently ever since she had left the banquet with Adriel for a bit. I hadn’t even noticed her leave as I was too busy talking about magic with Alexander’s apprentice, Mica.

Usually, I was aching to play with her, sometimes even begging her to get in bed with me. That was not only because I found her incredibly attractive, wanting to eat her up almost every time I looked at her, but also because I wanted us both to get stronger. But right now…

“Ehh, I’m kinda tired after the banquet and we’ve been doing it every night. Let’s take a day off,” I said as I removed the heels off my sore feet.

“Huh?” She was confused, likely because I had never refused her before. “Do you not like me anymore?” She eventually asked.

I froze before patting the cute girl on the head. “Don’t pout, Kitty. Of course I love you. It’s just that it’s already pretty late and I really am exhausted.”

I was telling the truth. Although Kitty was looking like a treat right now in her dress, the lessons from the past few days as well as the banquet itself had caught up to me. And every time we play around in bed, it takes at least an hour or two before we finish. Right now, my body just did not have the stamina.

“M-my name is Adrianna not Kitty…”

Oops, I was still using her pet name on accident. Although I found the name really cute, I do need to remember to only use it when we’re in bed. And especially not around the empress.

“I’m sorry, Adrianna. I’ll use your new name from now on.”

A grin crossed her face as her cheeks flushed red. “Thank you, Elaina. But can we still…”

I poked her on the nose. “Tomorrow, Adrianna. I’m really tired right now.

She went back to pouting, her cheeks puffed up with her ears pressed down against her head. She looked so adorable when she did that, especially since I didn’t think she knew she was doing it. She was cute enough for me to almost give in. Instead, I just enveloped the catgirl with my arms and gave her a kiss on the head.

“Tomorrow we can go as long—” I began, but was soon interrupted by a shining purple light that illuminated the room.

“Oh, isn’t that cute? The elf and princess are secret lovers.”

The old elf had teleported right into the room, his robes fluttering around him. He leaned on his staff as he watched the two of us hug with a smirk. As soon as Adrianna recovered from her shock, she pushed away from my arms with a flustered blush.

Dammit, not this bastard again. Why was he always interrupting things?

“What the hell are you doing here?!” My teeth were clenched together as I seethed in anger. Was he trying to spy on us?

“I’m here to talk to you of course,” Alexander said, as if he was stating the obvious.

“Then why didn’t you use the door?” I asked, pointing at the clearly closed entrance.

The old wizard shrugged. “There’s no fun in that.”

“So, you wanted to spy on us two girls getting at it?” I asked, making Adrianna blush a bright red.

“Of course not. What do you think I am? Some kind of pervert?”

““Umm…yes?”” Adrianna and I said at the same time.

The old wizard nodded his head as he stared sagely at the roof of the bedroom, as if looking into the sky. “True. I am a pervert. Some would even call me the greatest of perverts. Humans, beastkin, elves, dryads, centaurs, fairies, dragons. I’ve had sex with more races than you could count. Once, I even had an orgy with a bunch of orc women, although I still kept the lights off. As long as it is a woman, I’ll have sex with it. No, I’ve even done it with some men, although I didn’t know that until they had their pants off. And by then, well it was too late.”

“Wow, truly a master of perverts…” Adrianna muttered under my breath.

“Ok, we didn’t need to have the run-down of your sex life, old man. You’re going to corrupt my little girl,” I said, as I brought my innocent girlfriend into a hug.

The man gave me a look, doubting my words. He was probably right, Adrianna had long since been corrupted, especially since she asked me for sex just a few minutes ago.

But to me she was still the innocent, little girl I had met in the prison that had trusted everything I had said.

“Anyways, as I said before, I’m not interested in anyone under fifty years old, I mean you’re basically still children at that point. I may be a pervert but I’m a pervert with standards.”

“This guy definitely has a screw loose,” I muttered, loud enough for Alexander to hear but he only kept smiling.

Adrianna scratched her head. “Surprisingly, he’s only the second craziest person I’ve met today…”

Who did she meet that was crazier than this guy?

Wait, did she mean me?

“Wow, I’m hurt that you think that way about me.” The man’s shoulders slumped forward as he wiped away fake tears with the sleeve of his robe.

“Ok, what are you actually here for?” I asked.

“I need to talk to you about the village. I would have done it earlier, but it cannot be talked about with outsiders.”

“Oh, I guess you did say we would talk later.” I glanced over at Adrianna. “Can you give us a minute?”

The girl nodded, her long, pink hair bobbing up and down. “I’ll be waiting outside.”

“So, what do you want to talk about? What’s this village?” I asked the old man while taking a seat on my bed.

The man didn’t answer. Instead, he hesitated a moment before speaking, “The village. How did you escape?”

“The village? I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“What? But you’re a high elf. It’s impossible that you don’t know.”

I shrugged. “I really don’t know.”

The man looked absolutely stunned by my words. His mouth was left wide open, gaping in shock, as I stared blankly at him. What was so special about this village?

“Fine, I suppose I will explain from the beginning…”

His long and boring story started over two thousand years ago, when the high elves were facing a grave problem. Their species was on the verge of extinction. Not because of any threat, but because many high elves were marrying people outside of their race. When a high elf had a child with another race, they would not produce a high elf. Instead, the offspring would just be a regular elf or of the other parent’s species. So, the only way to produce a new high elf baby was for two high elves to have sex.

High elves were gifted with a special trait when they were born, [Child of Asteria], as well as naturally high wisdom and intelligence. They also do not age.

Unfortunately, it was difficult for two high elves to conceive so the many of them that wanted babies looked to other races with good reproduction capabilities, like the humans and beastkin.

The high elves splintered into two factions due to this. One of the groups wanted to keep their race from extinction by placing restrictions on who high elves could marry while the other faction wanted to keep things as they were, with the freedom to choose who you had a child with.

The two groups became more and more radical as time passed. The faction that wanted to keep their race pure, seeing the dwindling number of high elves, finally decided to leave the Southern Dominion, retreating deep into the Great Woodlands. There they started a village exclusive to high elves and hid themselves from the world. Few even knew of its existence on the outside, let alone the actual location.

On the outside, high elves eventually became extinct to the world. Almost all of the ones who stayed behind eventually married outside the race, leaving very few high elf offspring. Despite the fact that they do not age, the high elves in the southern dominion were eventually eradicated from various other means, like disease and war. The last of the high elves outside died in the crusade against the demons fighting alongside the heroes four hundred years ago.

“But if all the high elves on the outside died, why are you still here?” I asked.

“Because I was born in the village. Only after I was exiled, did I come to Revilon to become the headmaster of the Royal Academy.”

“You were exiled? What did you do? Burn down some houses?”

“Nah, I ended up found in bed with the leader’s wife. They kicked me out after that.”

“Wow.” I was always left stunned by this old pervert. How did he even get into these situations? “Well, at least you weren’t killed.”

“In a way, exile is just as bad as death. Alone, stuck deep in the woodlands, most do not survive. In fact, as far as I know I am the only one who did, at least until I met you. How you survived despite being a bloody D-rank is a complete mystery to me.”

“Well, I don’t really know how I got out either. All I remember is being incredibly sick before being caught by some slave traders and transported north.”

“Hmm, how odd. Maybe they deliberately stole your memories,” the man squinted his eyes at me.

I shrugged in response. Although I knew the reason my memory was gone, I wasn’t about to tell him.

“Dammit, and here I was looking for some information about my home,” he said.

“Can’t you just go back? I mean you are pretty strong.”

“No, not only can neither of us go back, we also can’t even talk about our home with other people. There are stronger elves than me in the village.”

“Wait, why can’t I go back? And why can’t I talk about it with other people?”

“To answer your first question, anyone who leaves the village, either voluntarily or by exile, can never return. Most wouldn’t even dare to leave, as the oldest high elves from the times before they fled the Southern Dominion have brainwashed all the younger ones into thinking that the village is the only safe place in the world. Most would even choose death over exile.” The man let out a sigh. “As to your second question, it is because all who leave have to swear a magical oath to never talk about the existence of the village to outsiders. The consequence of breaking it is death.”

“And you can’t break the oath?”

“Not unless I become a Transcendent, the step after Sovereign, which is increasingly unlikely as I age. But perhaps this next crusade would be a good chance to rank-up. If I kill a demon lord, I might even rank up twice!”

I didn’t deign to say that I could rank-up just by just having sex a few times. If I did say that, this guy might actually kidnap Adrianna. Then again, he is at a much higher rank than us, so it probably takes a lot more than just sex to gain ranks.

“Anyway, what do you say about becoming my apprentice?” He asked.

“No thanks.” I instantly refused.

“What?!” Alexander looked stunned by my prompt refusal. “Do you know how many people there are in this empire that would beg me just for a chance to become my apprentice for a single day?”

“Yeah, but you already have an apprentice. So why would you even want me?”

The man coughed. “Actually, I have four apprentices, but that is beside the point. High elves have naturally high magical attributes, and along with the special trait we get, we make perfect mages.”

“Can I think about it for a bit then?”

The man still seemed a little offended, but eventually relented. “Fine. That princess, the older and serious looking one, told me I should invite you and your little girlfriend to the academy. I suppose it would be better if you could get some introductory lessons into magic before I start teaching you.”

He handed me two sealed envelopes. “These contain two letters of admission. Normally it would be too late to invite someone, but I’m the headmaster so I can do what I want. The term starts in three weeks, make sure you show up.”

The old wizard waved before leaving in a flash of purple light, leaving me holding the two envelopes in my hands. He didn’t even give me a chance to refuse.

Well, I suppose it wouldn’t be bad to attend. The heroes would be there as well, which would be a perfect chance for Adrianna to capture them.

Now I just had to deal with the horny kitten waiting outside my doorway.