[Lord of the Rings] Dragon and Elf King

Balbo.It was not the first time for Baggins to enter the highest power center of the woodland kingdom, but this time he did not rescue his companions as a snitch, but as a guest of the Elven King and was led into the audience hall by the wood elves.

The king of the wood elves, and now the ruler of the largest elf kingdom in Middle-earth, King Thranduil is sitting on his throne that seems to be polished after hollowing out a huge tree root, and The two branches protruding from the top of the throne are very similar to his mount, the horns of the big horned deer.

However, although the shape of the throne is very strange, and the atmosphere of the whole palace is somewhat gloomy, the image of the elf king Thranduil has always been bright and incompatible with his palace.His whole body has the unique brilliance of elves, his face is handsome, and his eyes are as beautiful as sapphires, full of curiosity and sharpness.The crimson cloak slipped from his shoulders and was casually draped over the back of the chair.He was holding his scepter in his hand, leaning on the armrest of the throne slantingly, and his long blond hair hung down to his cloak that fell on the ground.For a moment, crimson and pure gold intertwined, one piece was gorgeous and dazzling.Make the whole gloomy palace look extra bright because of him.

However, his pair of long legs were just casually resting on the throne, but this disrespectful behavior not only did not detract from his image, but made Balbo Baggins feel that he was a combination of two contradictory qualities of elegance and uninhibitedness. Let them be perfectly combined together, and let the Elf King himself exude this contradictory and peculiar temperament.

Compared with the calm and wise Lord Ryandale, the spirit king's temperament is more casual, and it also interprets the other side of the spirit.

Bilbo stood in the narrow space below the stairs leading to the throne. The narrow stairs and the high hanging throne gave Bilbo a feeling of oppressive loneliness.

He expressed his intention of coming respectfully and even stammered a bit, saying that he was only here to express his gratitude, and then he proposed to send the Elven King a gift to express his sincere gratitude to King Thranduil.

Thranduil didn't know that Bilbo didn't distribute the treasure that belonged to him according to the contract drawn up by the dwarves to get one-fourteenth of the wealth if he wins. He just took away a box of gold and Always silver.Thranduil, who thought that Bilbo had taken something good, was looking forward to what the hobbit who had just come out of Iruber would come up with to express his gratitude to a noble elf king.

He straightened up, tapped the scepter rhythmically on his palm, and looked at the small hobbit with interest, until Bilbo took out a small wooden box from the bag behind his back, and seduced | The sensitive nose of Jiaolatin hiding in the shadows.

Her nose twitched, causing the skin on it to pucker cutely.There was basically no wind in the dense forest palace, and the so-called audience hall was completely exposed, so the smell of wood soon permeated.Even though it was dry, the fragrance from the wood told her the value of the box through her sensitive nose.Now she was looking forward to Bilbo's gift too, although she had been hiding in the shadows at first only to see if she could swallow him up sometime and avenge Smaug.

Bilbo opened the box, and lying quietly on the dark blue velvet was a necklace of silver and pearls.He raised one brow, with a look of surprise in his eyes, as if he hadn't expected this to be Bilbo's present at all.

The land of Middle-earth is a whole, facing the sea at the east and west ends of the continent, and the ocean on the west side does not allow any ships to pass through due to the power of Vera, so people living on the mainland can only choose the east coast of the mainland if they want to see the sea .It's a pity that the mainland is too vast, and the migration between the east and west sides is almost out of reach for ordinary people, so the sea is still just a legend in the hearts of many people.

The things in Iruber are all fine works collected by Sol in those years. Although Sol is extremely fanatical about gold, he will not miss other precious treasures.This pearl necklace is one of them.

Because the wood elves live in the deep forests of the mainland far away from Haiyan, even Thranduil, who has focused on collecting tolls for thousands of years, rarely sees such a string of pearl necklaces, let alone the pearls on it. They are full, almost the same size, and there are no other blemishes at all. Although the color is a bit dull due to 60 years of storage, it is indeed a beautiful boutique.

Thranduil's blue eyes reflected the charming silver and pearls. Although they were dull, they still had a luxurious color. Although he tried his best to keep his face straight, people could already see the clues from his straight eyes.

It seems very satisfied.Bilbo, who had been observing Thranduil's expression the whole time, heaved a sigh of relief.

But the same look also appeared in the eyes of Jiao Lading who was hiding in the dark.Her eyes were shining brightly, her fingers even began to rub together involuntarily, and the corners of her mouth were almost grinning to the base of her ears.

I didn't expect that there would be treasures coming in this time!How lucky!She was secretly happy.He completely regarded Bilbo's gift to Thranduil as his own collection.

Anyway, even his whole body is hers, so his things are naturally hers too.

Jiao Lading immediately twisted his body from the gap under the throne, turned over, and made his body, which had been hanging under the suspended throne in order to eavesdrop, sway forward, pedaled on the edge of the throne, and flipped over firmly It fell in front of Thranduil.But before Thranduil could stare, she ran down the hanging steps that one would worry about falling down, and snatched the necklace and the box from Bilbo's hand.Then he didn't bother to care about Thranduil's ugly face and Bilbo's astonished expression, but carefully evaluated the value of the necklace.

In fact, it's not surprising that Jiao Latin was excited. Long is the best treasure appraisal expert in the world.Due to their long lives, sensitive five senses and preferences, they are destined to appreciate all the things they think are beautiful.It's a pity that the dragon's natural greed for gold still makes the dragon like hoarding gold the most. After all, it is their favorite to see a piece of gold.

Because of this, Jiao Latina felt that this palace was not her cup of tea not long after she entered the palace.Dark, gloomy, without light, without gems, not even a little gold!It does not conform to the aesthetics of dragons at all!

Look at this wall, it is made of marble with stone patterns. Don't they know that painting gold powder can brighten the wall and make it naturally emit that charming color?Look at this colonnade, it is actually designed in the shape of tree roots... how much he likes tree roots!Not to mention the high dome, it was pitch-black. Didn't he know that in such a dim environment, it could be fully illuminated by inlaying a few night pearls on it?Could it be that an elf king is so short of money? !

Jiaolatin deeply realized that there was almost nothing in line with her noble aesthetics, and she had to endure it in order to use Thranduil's power to avenge those dwarves and humans.So she had to follow Thranduil more and more closely, thinking that only Thranduil was the only eye-catching color in this gloomy palace.

But because he was going to meet Bilbo, Thranduil strictly forbade him to embarrass him by his sidekick Latina, that's why the scene just happened.

Jolatin hugged the box, jumped up the steps happily, pushed Thranduil's body to the side with one hand, squeezed into Thranduil's throne and sat down.

Thranduil's face was ashen, watching Jiao Ladin squeezed beside him happily fiddled with the string of necklaces, as if this item had been occupied by someone, and suddenly began to rejoice that his treasure was honestly hidden before returning. Well, the palace is even more simple, except for those expensive fabrics, wood and stone that she doesn't care about at all, there is nothing she should not have found.

But...he lowered his head: "You're running around the palace without shoes on!" Thranduil found that the lower end of his cloak was trampled on by Jolatin's bare feet, leaving two gray footprints.

"It's not comfortable to wear that kind of thing." Having been reprimanded, Jiao Lading swayed her feet indifferently, causing the hem of the long skirt to shake slightly, and Bai Shengsheng's feet were slightly exposed. , and was covered by the cloak that Thranduil directly pulled halfway over.

Jiao Lating didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said, but Bilbo, who was still stunned below, thought he was acting like a baby.Bilbo spent a period of time in the palace of the Green Forest in order to rescue his companions. Although he didn't know Thranduil very well, he generally knew his character.Seeing that he was only angry about the girl walking barefoot, but not saying a word about the act of taking the jewels... It made Bilbo think a little bit.So he also made the same move as all the stunned elves, and carefully looked at the ears of Yanjiao Latino who were barely covered by the red hair because he lowered his head.

Humanity?

Bilbo wisely chose to be silent. They looked at the two people who were sitting on the same throne crowded together. The wide-eyed smile of Jolatin and Thranduil's cold and low pressure made him deeply feel that it was other people's family affairs. It's better not to worry about it.

Legolas felt that his father was very strange. He returned to the palace at this moment, but he didn't even want to see him, so he was driven to the southern border.It's not that the southern border isn't urgent, but it's not so urgent either.It's like trying to make him hide from something.

But who did his father want him to avoid?Legolas thought and thought, feeling completely clueless.

They are currently patrolling the southern border routinely. The green forest covers a vast area. Although Sauron's dark forces have extended to Dol Guldur, Thranduil has forced Thranduil to move his territory northward, abandoning what was originally a paradise for elves. Dol Gudo.But the area of ​​the woodland kingdom is still not small, so the task of the patrol team is not easy.And recently, because of the recovery of Sauron's dark forces, the burden on their shoulders has become heavier.Fortunately, the prince has no pretensions. Although he is a little serious, he does what he should do, so he gets along very well with the elves in the team.

"Look!" An elf suddenly whispered, so the elves who were still laughing immediately became alert.They climbed to the tree trunk and saw a group of half-orcs sneaking towards the forest in the distance, and there seemed to be a black shadow behind them.

"What do they want?" one of the elves asked softly.

Legles made a gesture and jumped down from the tree, touched his knife, and motioned for them to follow: "I want to know what they are going to do, just follow up?"