the lich and the elf

...What would you do. If you met someone as complex, hard to understand, and lonely as a Lich?...

The air is cold. Eerie. And calm. The one who's standing before The elf was a mythical creature stronger than normal undeads, it was a Lich. his breath was heavy after he was awakened from his long sleep. the elf princess has nothing to do but to stare at the lich, her eyes were widened as if she was staring something that would take her life.

But—before the lich does something he says something that would surprise the elf... the lich says "I know you... somewhere"

Few hours ago

Eldridge was a hidden but a massive kingdom hidden in the woods. And there was once lived a beautiful elf princess called, maiela blume. With her hair as white as snow, and a clueless personality she's every male elf's dream partner. But something has been bothering her lately—she kept wishing so that she could be outside her own kingdom. being an adventurer she always admired as a child, but her father always says no. so one day, one specific day everything will change for her and someone's life.

One day she hired a tailor so that she could disguise herself as a commoner, and after that she would sneak past the guards at the borders with the motive that she's on a quest. With her clothes of brown mini skirt and white shirt with light armor she successfully deceived the elf guards and escapes her own kingdom silently. Not knowing something will change her life once she started to do what she wants—going to a dungeon known as the veiled crypt. The place where many undeads live to guard one treasure, and maiela who's... well... a clueless elf that just wants to experience action entered the dungeon fearlessly or let's just say... Idiotically?

Maiela didn’t have a real plan. She had food for maybe two days, a sword she’d never actually used outside of training, and the kind of stubborn optimism only someone who had never truly been in danger could possess.

Her “quest,” as she told herself, was simple: go see something exciting, maybe poke around an old ruin, then come home before dinner so her father wouldn’t notice she was gone. Unfortunately for her, the first “exciting ruin” she stumbled upon was The Veiled Crypt — a place veteran adventurers avoided unless they were ready to meet their ancestors early.

At the entrance, she hesitated. The air seeping out from the stone archway was cool, heavy… and oddly sweet, like flowers blooming in the wrong season.

“Ohhh, spooky,” she whispered to herself with a grin. “Perfect place for a future hero!”

Of course, future heroes don’t usually step on hidden trap plates within their first three minutes. The stone shifted under her foot, and before she could squeak out a protest, the floor vanished.

"HWAAAHHHH!!" maiela screamed as she descents to the deeper part of the dungeon and as soon as the slide reaches its end, she fell to a garden of white spider lily flowers that are bright. "Wha-what is this?" maiela stood up by using her sword as the support. She found a massive garden of bright spider lilies inside the deepest part of the dungeon. The garden was wide, but there are still some ruins in that place and but Of course—treasure.

"wow!!! so much gold!" maiela laughed in happiness as she found so much treasure in that garden but something that caught her eye. it was a throne and there was a corpse sitting on it, without any hesitation she approaches it not knowing what danger could happen to her.

"hello Mr skeleton! hehe!" she poked the corpse's jaw, play as a knight while wearing an undead crown, even acted as her own father. "ahh... time to take the loot I found!" maiela put the undead crown on the corpse but as soon as she does it. the whole place started to glow up and winds don't know where don't know how but it blows in like the storm. "MAMA!!" maiela soon regretted her own choice to come here alone, then she was pushed by the wind and fell to the white spider lilies. but before she thinks of escaping—the corpse on the throne begans to scream as it was waking up, the corpse was the brightest thing in that place before—a big shockwave came out of him, enough to give maiela a far knock back to the garden "oww..." maiela tried to stand up from her pain but her movements froze for a moment as she realized... the spider lilies are blooming brighter, the place which is dark at first suddenly became bright. but, there's only one that caught her eye—the lich has awakened. his eyes flew bright green, all that remains on his body was only bones, his size is no different than an undead.

as soon as he woke up, he inspected at his own arms tho right now maiela could escape now but it seems the phenomenon that she just witnessed is enough to make her freeze.

as soon as the lich finished inspecting his own body he wore his robe before flew to maiela. this one move is enough to scare maiela half death. she slowly drags her own body backwards while begging to the lich "please... get away from me!" said maiela in panic, she couldn't even move because of her own fear she experienced in front of that lich.

without wasting time the lich called his staff and... maiela closed her eyes while covering her head in fear "papa... mama... I'm so sorry..." maiela whispered in fear but as the lich gets closer—the lich kneels in front of her before saying something that'll make maiela's eyes widen. "I... know... you..." said the lich behind those rotten jaw bone maiela once poked teasingly. maiela opened her cover and tears were seen on her eyes. she couldn't believe what she just heard, soon the lich repeated his words "I know you... some... where"

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