Chance Encounter on a Sea Voyage

There were not many Half-Elves living in the Elven World. This group normally had little voice in Elven society, yet they were discriminated against by Half-Elves.

It was a deeply unhealthy chain of discrimination...

Half-Elves occupied the very bottom of that chain. Half-Elves looked down on Half-Elves, and Pureblood Elves looked down on Half-Elves, but they were not quite so disgusted by Half-Elves.

Among the Pureblood Elves, the Silver Moon Elves considered themselves a class above the other two elven races because they were born into nobility.

The Dark Moon Elves living in the Eternal Night Forest in the north of the Elf Continent were the most xenophobic, while the Wood Elves living around the World Tree of Darnassus were the most accepting...

The moment Roy stepped onto the deck of the medium sailboat, he felt several Half-Elves scrutinizing him. Worried they might recognize him, he sat at the stern after boarding and watched several seabirds flit between the medium sailboats, seemingly searching for little periwinkles in the gaps between the ships.

Those seabirds were not afraid of elves at all. When they grew tired of flying, they would even land on the railings and masts to rest.

Roy sat at the stern, feeling a little bored.

The medium sailboat would not leave port until the high tide came in.

He took out a pinch of Elf Biscuit crumbs from his Magic Pouch, pinched a little between the fingers of his right hand, and held it out toward a seabird on the railing.

The seabird looked at Roy with its darting eyes, then fluttered over and pecked the food from his fingertips like a dragonfly skimming the water...

That immediately prompted the other seabirds to follow suit, and they all flew toward Roy.

Some restless Half-Elf children were on the