When Sel, the elf girl we had been sent to capture escaped thanks to my idiocy, all I could picture was the dejected faces of my people as I returned back home alone with empty hands.
Fortunately, I wouldn’t have to suffer through that. I’d have to suffer through much, much worse. After Sel escaped, I went looking for her. Alas, I first came across an elven party which too, was looking for her. They had been sent to save her.
Long story short, they took me as their prisoner and led me towards their capital, to answer before the king. Before we entered said capital, I was stripped of my clothes. The entire time it took to get to the damn palace, a pale elf bastard was whipping my back. All this was, of course, observed by the wonderful elves of the city, all of whom seemed delighted at my pain and misery.
We arrived in the throne room and I was forced to kneel before the king. My vision was blurry from the pain and I could barely hear my own thoughts, let alone what the pointy eared bastards had to say.