Heir Of Yggdrasil 15 Elder?

'You may call me Eldar, little merchant.'

I said trying to make my voice sound deep and full of wisdom.

It seemed to somewhat work as Aldi's countenance changed, his body s.h.i.+fting into a low bow.

"Then, lord Eldar, I was meaning to ask if those metals on your branches could be purchased? For a high price of course."

Aldi said the second sentence as fast as he could as if it were an insult not to mention the high price.

I was sure he'd pay a good deal of money but of what use would that be to me? I wasn't a dragon so h.o.a.rding gold wasn't one of my hobbies.

Instead.

'Well, I am not overly materialistic.'

A blatant lie.

'But since you came to spy on us and wanted to make a good impression I'm sure you have some valuable goods to trade with me.'

"Yes, of course! Wait! I'm not a spy! I-I didn't mean that. I just have valuable goods with me."

'Out of seemingly no reason taking valuable goods into a wilderness and finding an unknown village without a guide. What a coincidence! Maybe I can squeeze some of that luck out of your body and use it as fertilizer.'

"Fine, you got me. I bought the info on your location from the border city, Utgard. They want to establish a safe area around the city. They will pay a fortune for info from locals about the various danger zones. But about that trade."

'What do you have to offer?'

Wordlessly he ran back and brought over his cart. Then he began opening the various crates in the back. Inside them were various iron farming tools, seeds, and some iron weapons.

'All of this looks like good stuff. How much?'

"Well how about three silver ingots or 50 iron ingots."

'Silver? Oh, you must have confused the tin with silver. This metal is not silver it only looks similar. But since you will probably be unable to appreciate the glory of tin I'll trade using iron ingots. Now step back, I don't want to smash you.'

Though confused about my comment Aldi stepped back decisively. Only seconds later a rain of iron ingots dropped from my branches. The ingots left little craters where they had landed.

I asked Nerida and some villagers to help carry out the trade.

Not long after, Aldi left the village with his cart and a stack of iron ingots on it.

'I hope no one robs him.'

"I hope he runs into a pack of tempest wolfs."

'Where's that coming from Nerida? He'd die.'

"That's what he deserves for treating you like a normal tree. I hope they rip him to shreds."

'Now now, he apologized and we made a good trade. Just forgive him and go occupy yourself with distributing the traded goods.'

I could guess why Nerida was so critical about Aldi. He was from the sky kingdom. If he found out who they were and the verdant serpent clan got wind of it...

Things wouldn't end well.

Aldi returned periodically every month or so. The officials in Utgard had taken a great interest in the locals that had survived more than 10 years in this area. My presence was, of course, another aspect that greatly increased the village's worth.
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And as Nerida had feared it didn't take long for Aldi to find out their true ident.i.ty. Only the resulting occurrences astonished her greatly.

On Aldi's next visit he was joined by a messenger from Utgard's council of n.o.bles. This messenger, a man with short black hair, sharp eyes and the vibe of someone who felt much more important than he was, held an official decree of the council.

He asked all the villagers to gather at my base. Then with an exaggerated gesture, he removed the seal while making sure everyone could see it and unfolded the scroll.

I should probably mention that based on the villagers whispering the seal represented the king's proxy. I hardly have to tell you what kind of power this seal holds. It can only be reversed or overruled by the king himself. This brought both great excitement and terror to the villagers, causing their whispering to intensify.

The messenger cleared his throat. Deadly silence followed. What if they missed a single word? Their eyes were glued to the messenger's lips.

The contents of the scroll were as follows...