With two hand axes strapped across her back, a Horn of Plenty shield in her left hand, and dressed in a brown robe beneath a saffron-colored cloak, the blonde priestess returned a gentle smile. "Good day, child of grace.
I am Ellie Dudley Hornwarden."
'Xue Yunfeng' froze for a moment before replying, "I never expected to have the chance to meet Yondalla's personal priestess. It's truly an honor."
Ellie gently shook her head and sighed. "If nothing unexpected had happened, I should have been staying at Horn of Plenty Monastery in the mountains, tending to my fields and my Lady's children."
"Life is always ambushed by all sorts of surprises." 'Xue Yunfeng' laughed. "So there's no need to rush, whatever happens.
Just think of it as meeting a new friend!"
Ellie laughed. Although she looked very cute, there were already wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. She should have been middle-aged by now.
It was always difficult to tell a Halfling's age from their appearance, especially since Ellie was clearly a tallfoot Halfling... that was, one with elven blood. However, Yondalla's personal priestesses were actually the sort who possessed considerable combat prowess.
As one of the physically weaker races among the shorter folk, Halflings desperately needed the protection of such professional warriors... When some Hornwardens were young, they truly traveled across the entire continent of Faerûn in response to their goddess's call, protecting their people.
Only after they had the ability to establish a monastery for Yondalla with sufficiently powerful defenses... These monasteries were essentially fortresses protecting the nearby Halflings. Only then would these personal priestesses settle in a Halfling community.
By then, however, the Hornwardens had already endured every kind of hardship.
Ellie was clearly a female warrior with a wealth of experience.
However, Halflings had always maintained