The Western Turmoil (5)

This is only my personal view, but I think the possibility of improving relations between humans and elves in the west-central region is slim.

After some time had passed since the elves left, monsters began spilling out of the forests.

So it was only natural for humans who were not hostile to elves to wish for them to return to the forests.

But from the elves' perspective, humans were the ones who had forced them to leave the forests.

Whether humanity was united or divided, that was solely a human problem.

From the elves' perspective, that had nothing to do with them; they viewed all humans as enemies.

Of course, an elf who had personally interacted with humans would probably understand that some humans were good and others were bad.

But if their fellow elves were exposed to danger while they took the time to distinguish between good and bad humans, then keeping all humans at a distance was still the quickest solution.

In other words, there was no way the elves could reasonably be expected to distinguish between hostile and non-hostile humans, and if humans truly wanted to improve matters, they would have to make the difference clear themselves.

For example, if every elf slave who might still be held captive somewhere were returned to the forests, and the corpses of the humans who had owned those slaves were piled high in front of the forests before an explanation was offered, the difference might become clear enough for the elves to understand...