The reserve food raised is the Elf King

With the help of the servant named Mike, Isabella and Mike successfully performed a "you escape and I chase" drama.

But when I ran outside the yard of the abandoned building, something unexpected happened.

There is a huge copper lock on the courtyard door that is two stories high, wrapped with heavy iron chains.

Apparently, this house was not a completely abandoned building without an owner, as they initially thought.

"Sir, I really can't get in..."

Mike was panting and his legs were shaking as he ran.

The aristocratic girl behind her wearing a complicated tutu looked petite and slender, but she could chase people faster than a wild dog while holding up her skirt.

——Of course, this kind of statement can only be made secretly.

Isabella chased her with all her strength, visually checked the height of the courtyard door, and sincerely suggested: "Why don't I throw you in?"

"After we get in, we'll run two more laps. Then I'll let you go."

The little girl's eyes were shining brightly, as if she had finally realized the fun of the three-person competition task.

This kind of game of chasing each other is like a little pre-meal exercise for beasts on the grassland, making the previously boring task of finding a cave less boring.

Isabella even made a mental plan to take on more similar tasks after returning to school.

Don't use your brain, just use your hands.

Mike: "..."

Where did this little lunatic come from!

He looked horrified, seeing Isabella really coming to pick him up by the scruff of the neck. He even forgot to bend his knees and bow in front of the nobles, and screamed: "There is a dog hole in the corner! Dog hole! I can crawl Get in!"

"Oh, then you can get in."

Isabella took her hand back, with a bit of regret in her eyes.

She hasn't thrown a human sandbag yet.

It will be interesting to feel.

Urging Mike to get in first, Isabella put her hands behind her back, and the small leather shoes under her skirt bounced like a bird about to spread its wings and fly high. She was very happy.

Isabella stood outside the dog hole, looking around, planning to follow Mike before entering.

Suddenly my waist tightened.

Francis hugged Miss Dragon, who was amusing herself, and took her out from the door of the dog cave.

"That's almost it, Bella."

Senior Rabbit said gently, "You did a good job."

The subtext is that there is no need to continue chasing.

Isabella was still not satisfied, "Actually, we can play a few more rounds."

It’s really fun to run around and stuff like that.

Francis looked at her with his eyes bent, smiling and saying nothing.

Isabella looked at him for two seconds, then silently stopped, "...Okay."

The little girl lowered her eyelashes, looking extremely disappointed.

Francis couldn't help but said, "I'll play with you next time."

Isabella raised her head, a trace of eagerness flashing in her eyes, and two rows of neat white teeth gleaming: "Is it the kind of game where I chase you after you turn into a rabbit?"

"..."

The smile on Rabbit's face froze.

Why is there a faint illusion of chilling behind my back?

-

"Why do we have to come back at night?"

It was a silent, lightless night, with no stars or moon in the sky. The whole town was so quiet that even the wind blowing through the leaves was silent.

"Crack."

There was a sound of a light branch being trampled short.

Accompanied by the girl's trembling complaint in a low voice, "It's late at night, you lonely ghosts, please go away qwq..."

Lydia was frightened by herself.

All kinds of bloody and terrifying scenes flashed through her mind. Some devil rushed at her with its fangs spread wide, its sinister green eyes staring at her in the grass...

"You've just seen too much."

Isabella walked carelessly aside. Compared with Lydia, who almost shrank into a ball of cat pie, her steps were bouncing and seemed very brisk.

She stuck out her tongue with a smile, "Brain is a disease and needs to be cured."

Lidya couldn't refute: "..."

After a while, the cat girl whispered unconvincedly: "Be careful, a ghost will come out of the grass and eat you!"

Isabella was even more unconcerned: "The last time I said something like this, it was Arthur, that stupid goose. How dare you coax me to say something? If you don't obey, you will be arrested by Eric. Do you think it's funny or not? Hahaha .”

Francis, who was walking quietly by the side, interrupted with a smile, "Is it Mr. Eric, the legendary dragon clan?"

Isabella was busy chatting with Lidya, and nodded casually after hearing this: "Yes, yes."

He turned around and continued chatting with Lidya.

"Eric..."

Frances was half a step behind, looking at the carefree little girl jumping in front of him, he curved his lips silently, and sighed, hidden in the endless night.

Lydia was a talkative person and could not speak to Isabella at all. At this moment, her unbridled laughter made her feel so embarrassed that she wanted to explode.

Cats are timid.

How!what!up!

"Quiet! I was disturbed by your laughter!"

Lidia simply covered Isabella's mouth with her hand, "When the time comes to attract other people's attention, our behavior of going out tonight to hide from others will be in vain."

Makes sense.

Isabella calmed down obediently.

After a while, Isabella, who was so active and talkative, couldn't calm down.

She glanced at the rabbit following behind her with her peripheral vision, and continued to chat with Lidya: "You can't see anyone within a few hundred meters, and our voices can't disturb anyone at all."

"Francis, on the other hand, didn't even wear a cloak to cover himself when he went out tonight. He looked like a big shining ball of light. It felt like you could see him shining from half a town away."

"Glowing?" Lidya was surprised, glanced back, and said strangely: "I don't think the senior is shining."

Isabella was stunned for a moment.

"Only I can see?"

Lidya doesn’t quite understand either. It seems that these contents haven’t been mentioned in the textbook.

I can only guess: "Is it with you... um, neutral, or something."

She spoke vaguely, and she could only wink and wink to get Isabella to understand her meaning. After all, the surrounding environment was quiet at the moment, and even if the two of them spoke in low voices, they might be heard by Francis behind them.

The Dragon Clan is a neutral camp, neither favoring the light camp that believes in the God of Light, nor the dark camp that worships the Dark Demon God.

Lydia was curious and thought, wondering if those creatures from the dark camp would appear in front of Isabella. There would be black gas coming out of their heads.

However, this kind of thing should not be verified.

After all, for several epochs, tens of thousands of years after the Dark Demon fell into sleep, all the creatures of the dark camp on the continent have been isolated from Helsius outside the borders of the Lost Forest.

It was impossible to appear in front of them.

-

After the three people climbed over the wall and entered the yard, they stepped on thick dead leaves.

The feeling of falling under her feet was very strange. Lydia was frightened again and her little face turned pale.

Isabella had reason to suspect that if she were to change back to her original form now, she would definitely explode into a big black fur ball with all the hair standing on end.

"It's okay Lily, don't be afraid. Just hold my hand."

In a rare moment of thoughtfulness, Isabella reached out and took Lydia's hand.

Lydia's whole body was wrapped around her arm, and her teeth chattered as she said, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnva Bella, I love you, next time I will read you sweet love."

Isabella agreed casually, "Okay."

Following the path covered with dead leaves, the three of them finally reached the door.

The two dark red wooden doors were closed tightly, and there was also a large lock that locked the doors tightly.

Several wrist-thick iron chains were wrapped around the lock, making a clanging sound whenever touched.

"What words did it seem to be written on?"

Lydia grabbed Isabella's arm and braved the door to take a look. She said in frustration: "...the same insect writing as on the city gate, I can't understand it."

Isabella said indifferently, "Forget it if you don't understand, as long as you can open the door."

"Can you also pick locks?"

This house has no windows, so you can't jump in like the courtyard gate.

Isabella raised her hand and waved it in front of Lydia's eyes with a smile.

She is not tall, so the size of her palms appears small and exquisite. The five fingers are white and slender, the fingertips are lightly reddish, and the nails are cutely arc-shaped.

Lydia's eyes followed her fingers to the door lock, and her fingertips gently poked the center of the copper lock.

"Shua——" There was a sound of breaking wind in my ears.

next second.

"Clap."

The big lock wrapped with thick iron chains was neatly broken into two halves and fell to the ground.

Lidya: "..." Horrible, terrifying.

Isabella raised her fingertips, gently blew the dust between her nails, took out the mission map from her sleeve, and greeted the two people behind her, "Come in quickly."

Today’s task is really interesting~

After entering the building, the interior was still dark. Fortunately, the three of them are beasts, so their vision is not affected in the dark.

The road in front of you is a gradual climb up the stairs, and the surrounding walls are piled with large and jagged rocks, stacked layer by layer directly to the ceiling several stories high.

Lydia picked up the map and compared it. "Although it doesn't look like a cave, but comparing the stones on the wall, it seems that the shapes are indeed similar."

Francis nodded, "Let's go up and have a look."

At the end of the steps, there is a large round platform about ten meters in diameter, with a small round platform in the center.

There is a stone statue erected in every direction around, a total of eight stone statues, each with different carvings. They all faced the center and showed a kneeling posture. The lower ends of the stone statues are connected with chains, forming a circle. Only the entrance to the steps is not closed.

"It's the witch's altar."

Lydia exclaimed softly.

Isabella was confused, she had never seen anything so strange.

Lydia explained quickly in a low voice, "I was in the library of Sissel Palace before and found a page of forbidden books with a similar round platform painted on it."

"It is an altar that believers must prepare when praying to witches for blessings."

Francis also nodded, confirming Lydia's statement.

He is a seminary student and has a better understanding of things related to faith.

After walking around the round platform and observing the appearance of each stone statue clearly, Francis walked back to the two of them and shook his head. His usually gentle and kind expression turned cold at this moment: "It is indeed an altar, and it is An altar that has been used recently.”

"The missing girls we want to find should have been sacrificed as tributes when the altar was opened over the years."

"Then..." Isabella didn't know much about these customs and beliefs, so she vaguely guessed, "If you sacrifice, will everyone die?"

Lydia sighed, "Yes."

Picking up a withered long black hair from the ground, "These believers captured black-haired women as sacrifices and secretly set up altars to worship the witches in the hope of receiving blessings from the witches."

"In a small town, a black-haired servant is the lowest-status servant. Occasionally, one or two servants disappear in a few years, which does not attract attention in the small town." Lydia said, "No wonder over the years, the small town has become the most humble servant." No one was reported missing."

Francis knelt down and put the chain that had been accidentally displaced back to its original position. After standing up again, he was the first to speak: "Let's go, our mission is completed."

Isabella was stunned: "???"

How come it's done?

Lydia also nodded in agreement, "Yes, our mission is just to know the whereabouts of the missing girl. As for the witch altar and other problems that may arise later, we will write it in the mission report after we go back and organize it into a new one Assignments are submitted to the Student Affairs Center.”

"At that time, if anyone is interested in this task, they will take it over and come here to continue the investigation."

Isabella still didn't understand, "Why can't we just finish the investigation in one go?"

She didn't want to leave here, and she was inexplicably interested in the topic of "witches".

Lance came to this town this time because of the so-called "witch".

in case……

Lydia shrugged, raised her hands, palms up and waved them in front of Isabella, "What did you see?"

Isabella blinked: "...Empty?"

Lydia smiled, "Yeah, empty."

"We are now coming to this town as a team competing in a three-person competition and are not allowed to use any magic. The investigation of the Witch Altar is obviously related to magic. If we go in like this with bare hands, we will definitely fail. "

"So, if you are really interested in this mission, just wait until you return to the academy and go to the mission center to take on the subsequent missions."

Upon hearing that it was going to be so troublesome, Isabella immediately stopped.

"Forget it, I'm lazy, whoever wants to check it can check it out."