Of course, the King was not foolish enough to do as the elf girl suggested. In fact, even if Airi had not said anything, he could have guessed what had happened.
The reason was simple. Not long ago, the Garen territory in the north of the Kingdom had been attacked by an unknown force. The lord had been killed, and the town burned to the ground. Among the corpses, quite a few traces of elves had been found. Furthermore, after comparing the evidence, it had been confirmed that those elves had killed the town's residents, set fire to the town, and then been killed themselves.
As for who had killed them... did that even need asking? Although members of the Adventurers' Guild had also died in the fire, according to the Guild's registration records, that was where Airi and the others had first registered as adventurers, and they had even received the lord's endorsement.
From that, it was clear that the young witch had to have had a good relationship with him. With that, it was more or less possible to guess what had happened.
The King had originally intended to question the elves about the incident and ask what those elves had been doing—but there was no need now. The Fairy village had been destroyed, and the elves' main force had been completely wiped out. Only a few elves who had been outside had narrowly escaped, and there were not many of them. It could be said that while the elves had once been a force able to stand as equals with humans, now... heh heh heh. With the existence of the Elf Church, they were only slightly better off than demi-humans.
Come to think of it, the Elf Church needed to be dealt with sometime too...
Airi neither