Now, I thought it was going to be a village when I got invited to eat dinner but this was a really big city. This place looks like it's largely dominated by humans because I don't see any other creatures except what looks like a cat person trapped in a cage like it's for sale. I think slavery is accepted in this world, I wonder what qualifies a person to be a slave. All I can say is that I am not going to be a slave to these scary people. I noticed staring and a lot of greetings and good wishes as the three of us walked through the town. I guess Elmer and Freddy are important people here. It's like the whole town is preparing for a celebration. Is it the wedding because if it is, then that means that this woman who I saw her naked body, well half naked, is most likely royalty. We stop at a slave merchant's shop. I can see different creatures locked up in a cage, there was a woman with huge breasts, seductive eyes and a long tongue which would not bother me, except she has a tail for her lower limbs, yup I'm talking about a snake woman. I look around and I see a lot of fascinating creatures. I asked the less scary person Elmer "What are we doing here I thought we were just going to eat dinner" she looked at me and said "Freddy probably has a business here, maybe it's for our wedding" I saw Freddy go to the back with the merchant who kept looking at me. So here I am left alone with this beautiful woman. "So what the heck, if you could create an ice wall, why didn't you do that to cover yourself while bathing" I blurted out. She laughs, me being annoyed already asked her "what's funny, you almost killed me, I mean you can remove the spike of death from the ice wall, I think it would make a pretty good blind to cover your body". "You are funny, I would hope you attend my wedding, it's in three days, though after the dinner you are free to go home". There is no way I'm going to attend the wedding of these scary people, I want to explore this new world and my powers and see what I can become. "Let's hope for the best" I replied.
Freddy came out, looking all happy from the back and the merchant looks like he is a bit richer so I assume Freddy has bought a slave, probably for the wedding which is now in three days.
We made our way to a palace, so I was right. These people are royalty. The palace was a really huge one, I didn't want to explore I just wanted to eat and be on my way.
The evening came and we were summoned for dinner. I was the last to arrive at the dining room. I could see five people on the table. The king who is a stout man with brown eyes, black hair and basically looks like a normal human male, The queen with blue hair and green eyes and looks like an older version of Elmer. Freddy with his red hair and scary eyes glared at me and a male who looks like the king and queen who I will assume is Elmer's older brother, black hair but green eyes, isn't genetics wonderful.
I approached the table and sat "Finally the half ling is here we can eat" "James" Elmer shouted, "That is a rude thing to say", "It is a rude thing to bring someone with tainted blood to our palace Elmer" this man replied to his sister. Yup these people are effing racists but how do they know I'm half elf, I have even forgotten I am half elf. I don't have the ears of an elf or is it that the elves of this world do not use ears to be recognised. If not ears then what. I am not hurt by this statement because the beautiful Elmer is defending me but it's pathetic to allow a woman defend you, so I'll just defend myself. As soon as I was about to talk, the room echoed "STOP!, The both of you, just stop" the man with the crown on his head and the thick baritone spoke "The both of you, we have a guest with us, regardless of what he is, he is our guest and you will treat him with utmost respect, now apologise to him James" An apology came out but everyone at the table knew it wasn't a heartfelt one and nobody cared. Everyone here is racist. I am in trouble, I need to leave this place now!.
After the awkward dinner, I learnt a few things. James is Elmer's younger brother, this is a kingdom ruled by humans and humans alone, those have been blessed by the "god of magic" are called mages, those who have been blessed by the "god of art" are called artists and so on. So I know there is religion here and they all have one religion but multiple gods. There are priests who hear from them either from dreams or inspiration, different priests for different gods but they are all healers. All these are helpful information which will be handy in the long run.
I thank everyone for the honour to be here and for the wonderful and amazing dinner. Freddy said "No problem, just get going". I bowed and I smiled at Elmer who smiled back and I turned my back to leave.
I left the palace gates, I'll not miss those people, I am going to leave this whole city and maybe get information about how these people knew that I am an half ling, the perfect place to stop will be at the slave's merchant place but there's no way I am doing that in a town where I am sure everyone is racist. I walk towards the end of the gate, I hear an explosion in an alley not far from me but from my small experiences in this world I know not to go there, I ran far away from there and kept going towards the city's gate and suddenly I felt an arrow shot into my stomach.