Author: M_W Cancer 

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce 

As soon as the round of applause was finished, Uncle Elfin then began giving the rewards. 

The first ones to be given a reward were First Prince Elfin the Fifth, Second Prince Elmore, Seventh Prince Elmont, Princess Tifa, and Princess Tila. 

Since they were members of the Evergreen royal family, the rewards that they have received were instead items that can hardly be found in the Emerald Tree Kingdom or are powerful weapons in the treasury of Uncle Elfin.

First Prince Elfin the Fifth got a powerful Magic weapon called Storm Sabertooth Saber. This Magic saber was crafted using both teeth of a Storm Sabertooth and was tempered using its blood for a decade, thus increasing all Lightning Element Magic spells and its durability being superb.

Second Prince Elmore received an Emerald Tree Bow. This Magic bow was crafted using an old fallen stem of the Emerald Tree with the tree's vine being used as the string, thus increasing all Nature Element Magic spells and its durability likewise being superb. 

Seventh Prince Elmont received a strange circular weapon they called Twin Sun Chakram. This Magic chakram is made using the combination of Sunstone, Lava stone, Magmanite, Magic Fiery Ruby, and Fire crystals, thus increasing all Fire Element Magic spells and its durability, once again, is superb. 

Second Princess Tifa received a humanoid... stuff toy, as in literally, which they called as Cloud Puppet. This Magic puppet has a physical strength comparable to a 7 Star Magical Knight and could hardly be damaged by anything since some parts of its body are made of Mithril, one of the toughest and durable Magic material that exists in the entire Celestial World, while the majority of its parts are built using Cloud Silk, thus any attacks that don't have a certain amount of strength would just pass through its body as if hitting an air... No, to be more precise, a cloud. 

Last but not the least, Princess Tila received an Illusionary Zither. This Magic Zither is made using Moonstone, Illusion stone, Misty stone, Magic Wind Diamond, and Wind crystals, thus increasing both Wind Element Magic spells and Psychic Element Magic spells to a certain degree.

After that was done, it was finally Leo, Angel, Elvis, Iasiah, and Nightingale's turn to receive their reward. 

Unlike Uncle Elfin's children, Leo and the others had an agreement with each other that they will only exchange items that could benefit the entire Mischievous Lion Guild. After all, they already have the sponsorship of the Elves Secret organization for that, so they don't need to worry about it that much anymore. 

"Commander Vargas would provide you the list of items," Uncle Elfin said as he pointed at Commander Vargas. 

Commander Vargas walked towards Leo and the others as he then presented to them the list of rewards that they have already seen before, specifically the list of rewards in exchanging for a Galaxy-level Magical Beast. 

"Each of you could only exchange for one item, but their quantity would be similar to exchanging a Galaxy-level Magical Beast," Commander Vargas informed. 

Leo received the list from Commander Vargas as he then gathered everyone to begin discussing about what they should choose. 

As it seems like Leo and the others would need a considerable amount of time in choosing an item, Uncle Elfin decided to lead everyone to the garden and begin the small celebration that the Evergreen royal family have prepared.

Leo and the others were left to the side of the garden to continue their discussion, while the rest began eating and conversing with each other about topics related to what had happened in the Evergreen royal family's castle. 

With such a topic, First Prince Elfin the Fifth and his brothers and sisters naturally became the focus of everyone's attention as they all wanted to know from them what had really happened. Leo and the others would have been included in this as well, but since they were still busy, everyone didn't bother them in the meantime.

First Prince Elfin the Fifth and the others could only heave a sigh of helplessness and began telling the story in detail. In the process, everyone would, from time to time, turned their heads to looked at Leo and the others who were the major contributors of everything. 

Meanwhile, Uncle Elfin and Madam Flores, who had chosen to personally volunteer to represent the Elves Secret organization to attend, went to the side and began talking with each other. 

"So, did they pass your test?" Madam Flores said while her eyes were focusing on Leo and the others. 

Apparently, what Leo and the others had just done was a test that Uncle Elfin had secretly set up. 

Unbeknownst to almost everyone, Uncle Elfin has already been planning long before to remove Willis and the other secret members of the Naughty Elves organization in the Evergreen royal family's castle. That was why General Luke was present in the castle. This was because he doesn't want them to make things even more difficult during the Emerald Elven Battle Competition. 

However, because Madam Flores had suggested the Mischievous Lion Guild to join their secret operation in the upcoming Emerald Elven Battle, Uncle Elfin thought of using the secret members of the Naughty Elves organization in the Evergreen royal family's castle to test them. That was the main purpose of his invitation from the very beginning. This also explains that everything that he had done during their lunch was actually all part of his plan, including allowing Willis to know about Leo's real identity.

"Not only did they passed, they even went beyond my expectations," Uncle Elfin replied with a smile of approval on his face. Actually, it was long already considered as a pass back then when Leo had successfully caught Gato and Willis. Those two were the crucial members of the Naughty Elves organization as it was only both of them who knew about Leo's real identity. But of course, if ever Leo wasn't really able to intercept that Carrier Turtle, he already had General Luke prepare himself to use his Beast Companion, the King Carrier Turtle, to intercept it.

As for capturing all the secret members of the Naughty Elves organization in the Evergreen royal family's castle, it was still within Uncle Elfin's plan, but it was something that he really didn't have high hopes of happening. It was because this hope was something that he had only thought about after he had asked Elvis the question of why he had chosen to join the Mischievous Lion Guild. He's really curious to know about the real reason for this and wanted to know if there is something that Leo has that he didn't possess.

"That's great," Madam Flores said. In the next second, she quickly asked, "But what I am really curious about though is that why did you suddenly include your children in your plan?"

Supposedly, the plan was only to test Leo and his people, yet in the end, it suddenly included First Prince Elfin the Fifth and the others. Madam Flores is really curious to know about the reason for this sudden decision.

Hearing Madam Flores' question, Uncle Elfin turned to look at Elvis who is sitting by Leo's side and talking about the benefits of choosing the set of Evergreen armors, "I've always trusted Elvis's judgment. For him to choose Leo over me, there should be a deep reason for his choice,"

Madam Flores' immediately raised her eyebrow as she suddenly remembered that her friend Silva had actually also done the same exact thing by allowing her favorite disciple, Angel, to follow Leo, even to the point that she had actually allowed her to become one of his women. If she didn't saw it with her own eyes, she would definitely not believe that this is true. After all, in the past, if ever there was someone who dared to chase after Angel, she would immediately beat the crap out of that man. In fact, she even dared to destroy one of the palaces of Emperor Yuta of the Dragon Horn Empire in order to warn him to get his hands off from her favorite disciple. Unfortunately, Emperor Yuta was not afraid of her, which was the reason why she had to volunteer to go to a backward territory called Silver Kingdom. 

This was the main reason why Madam Flores had suggested the Mischievous Lion Guild join the secret operation of the Evergreen royal family because she wanted to see more of Leo's capability and find out the reason for Silva's decision.

Uncle Elfin continued, "It is already a very known fact that Elves like us can live for thousands or even tens of thousands of years. As of now, I have not even reached a thousand years old yet,"

"You mean..." Madam Flores quickly realized what King Elfin the Fourth wanted to say. 

"It is still too early for me to step down from my throne as the King of the Emerald Tree Kingdom. So, I'm planning on kicking out my first son and his brothers and sisters from my territory and let them experience life outside of this place just like their other brothers. And since Elvis had chosen to follow Leo, then I'm also going to trust his judgment and send my children to follow him as well," Uncle Elfin turned to look at Madam Flores as he soon saw a strange look on her face while staring at him, making him ask, "Why? Is there something wrong with my decision?"

"Even you?" Madam Flores can't help expressing the thoughts in her mind. 

"What do you mean?" Uncle Elfin asked as he didn't quite understand what Madam Flores meant with her question. 

"Nevermind..." Madam Flores shook her head as she then turned to look at Leo. She asked inwardly, "Just what exactly did they saw in him?"