Summoners War: Only I Summoned Divine Beasts

Chapter 1469: My Daughter

"What are you doing?" An old elf looked at the young girl who had just summoned him. "It looks like we are fated to be together, little girl. Nice to meet you."

The girl nodded her head. "Mhmm."

"What’s wrong?" The old man noticed the darkness in her eyes. It was as if her world had stopped.

Because the girl told him nothing, the old elf simply gave the warmest smile and said, "Look at this."

A plant formed on top of his palm. "Isn’t it magical? For a plant to grow, you need a seed brimming with life as well as other nutrients. Yet, out of nothing, a plan can form like this."

"Oh..." The girl just nodded again as if she was not interested in it.

The old elf smiled wryly, realizing that convincing the little girl was harder than he had originally thought.

"Well, since you’ve summoned me, why don’t we take our time and speak?" The old elf tried to change the topic, realizing that the other kids were staring at them.

It was an awkward first meeting, but the old man never gave up. No matter how awkward it would become, he simply offered her the best smile.

It took a while, but he managed to gain the girl’s trust. At that point, she told him, "Old man. Why do people have to fight when there are common enemies? Shouldn’t they focus on the common enemy instead of their own kin? We didn’t do anything wrong. All we did was reject their offers."

"Is that so?" The old elf looked at the girl, who was on the brink of tears and patted her back. "There is no right or wrong. All the right and wrong comes from an agreement with a lot of people.

"For example, how do you know we count from 0? It’s because people have agreed that zero will be the zero.

"For you, your decision was not wrong. For them, their decision might not be wrong either."

"Does that mean they were not wrong in killing my family?"

"I don’t mean that. In the established agreement between humans, it’s wrong to kill other people, but at the same time, what if there is a person who kills an entire family, who once killed that person’s family in the past? Can you say that killing is wrong as well?"

She fell silent. "So, you are saying that it’s alright for that person to kill?"

"Who knows? Do you remember how we first met? At that time, I showed you a plant growing on my palm."

She nodded.

"Just like that plant, this plant is brimming with life, so it grows. If you give them the correct fertilizer and nutrients, they will grow big and strong. If you give them poison, they will wither.

"Right now, there is poison flowing into your heart."

"So, what’s wrong with revenge? I can’t get my revenge then?"

"You can." The old elf raised one finger. "Even a good fertilizer is engineered and is bound to have a little poison in it. However, it doesn’t mean it’s bad for the trees. There is nothing wrong with you thinking about revenge, but I don’t wish for you to be blinded by it.

"If your sole cause is revenge, you will fall whether you achieve your goal or not. I don’t want that. You are a bright and strong girl. If you still can’t find any goals other than revenge, let’s take one small step first and seek your goal bit by bit."

"..." The girl was a little confused, but she got a good grasp of the essence of his speech. "You always talk in riddles and use all that complicated stuff."

"Hoho. I guess my habit is bad. I will change myself."

"No." The girl shook her head. "You are more persuasive that way. Teach me how to do it as well."

The old elf was quite surprised, but he soon smiled. "Sure. I’m a strict teacher, just to let you know."

That was how they started their life’s lesson. The girl was learning everything from the old elf like a sponge.

She grew not only as a person but also as a student. Her way of thinking had changed thanks to him.

Every day was hard. She read a lot, to the point where her eyes became slightly bad and she had to use glasses. But it was fulfilling.

At one point, the ’nutrients’ that he had been giving her had gradually made her forget about her ’poison.’

But that didn’t last long. When everything started going well and could become better and better, that disaster happened.

"Watch out!" The old elf shouted as he formed a wall of trunks to block the person before him.

However, the enemy simply sucked the life out of the wood, causing it to wither. Then he broke through.

The old elf hurriedly rushed to her front, protecting her.

Unfortunately, the man’s target was actually him, not her.

"Kh." The old elf gritted his teeth.

"Father!" The girl raised her power to help him, but it was futile.

"Father..." The man grinned excitedly. "Your father will be gone."

"Aaaaahhhh!" The old elf screamed in pain.

She managed to summon a few vines, forcing the man to drop him and jump away, but it turned out to be a deliberate act.

"Father!" She checked on her father, who had just fallen to the ground.

"I’m sorry. I was careless." The old elf apologized, but his eyes were staring at 2 o’clock while she was standing at 3.

"!!!" She couldn’t help but widen her eyes in horror. She noticed the blankness in his eyes, as if the light couldn’t enter them anymore.

"Hahahaha. Tenacious old man. To think it only affects your eyes... Well, it doesn’t matter. I shall take one part after another from you, old man."

Although the girl resisted him, she was helpless against her opponent, only to be helped by her own senior, who was also risking her life.

At that time, it was already too late.

There were numerous wounds on the old elf’s body because it was the wound needed to harm the soul of that part of the body.

Piece by piece, he was torn apart.

"Father..."

"Ah..." The elf looked like he wanted to cry, but there was no way of moving his eyes anymore, let alone producing tears. Still, the sorrow in his voice could be heard.

"I talked too much about revenge, but I might end up fueling that revenge further... I’m sorry for being so useless... my daughter, Vivian."

"NOOOOOOOO!"