>>5146643You continued after drinking some wine. And helping her cut her venison like every gentleman should do with a lady. She thanked you, but seemed not to eat a lot of meat. Well, women were strange, and guelphs seemed even more strange. But she seemed very interested in your words.
-All the city is full of life, of joy, of riches, there is no city that can compare to it. But every city has it's jewel and in Paris it is the Notre Dame cathedral. It was built for more than 100 years and even today we are modifying it, I always think about those who built it all their life for the glory of God and never saw it complete. It is a monument to piety and human ingenuity, it's height is impressive and the beauty of it's sculptures make us think that they are alive. If the palace of the city is the head of the city and the halles and the bridges her lifeblood Notre Dame is the Soul of Paris. It is when I visited it that I understood the greatness of our good and right feudal society.
She smiled and said.
-It seems to be a fair city...
-The fairest in the world.
You corrected her and she laughed a bit. She answered you.
-I will ask my father to visit it then. I do not doubt your word my lord.. But I promised you to tell a story about a place too, what do you want to hear ?
You quickly said her.
-Tell me about the lands of the wood guelphs. I was always curious about it.
She answered after a small laugh, she seemed to have drunk a bit.
-Well, first my lord I was not born there, I am from the wood elves that live in the Empire. And it was the first time that I saw how my kin lived amongst themselves when I visited. Well today we live together, after all Bifuria is ruled by an elven queen, and a great sorceress but...
You did not hear all the rest and were dumbstruck by what you heard ? What ? Your queen is a witch ! An heathen guelph witch who was probably reigning for 100 years or more already ! No wonder that the Guelphs were exempted by taxes ! You were literally ruled by them ! You did not manage to hear everything but you caught up when she described a city.
-And everything was built in the trees, like the trees were giving life to the elves. They were not simply homes but living homes. They truly make one with nature, and into the hearth of the forest there is the great tree, the Oak of So... it is so big that it touches the clouds and it is said that it supports the sky and all the wood elves recognise it as a god.
