Path of light

Chapter 143 144. Witness Thorndike

Every time after cleaning the yard, Jasper and Abbot would go to the study room to learn magic.

However, in recent times, Aibte went to the study room to study less and less frequently.

He has been obsessed with reading geography-related books these days, wanting to learn as much as possible about the Endless Sea.

According to Jasper, Abbot is simply obsessed with pirate treasures and has occupied almost all of Abbot's life.

Every day he dreams of arriving at the island where the treasure is hidden. In order to make Abbot sober up, after several attempts to persuade him to no avail, Jasper has already given away his half of the treasure map from Abbot's hands. I want it back...

For this reason, the two almost had a big fight.

Although Abbot apologized to Jasper afterwards, once something cracks, it is likely to become... irreparable.

Jasper pushed the door open and walked into the study room. As expected, Abbot did not follow him. He would rather consult the map in the concierge than study magic in the study room.

"Where's Abt?"

Roy looked up at Jasper and asked casually.

"He went to the library in the city. This guy has been doing this recently. Whenever he has free time, he will go to the library to look up information." Jasper said helplessly: "Roy, do you think it is possible to find the treasure?" Is the picture fake?”

Roy was slightly startled! He hadn't thought about this.

Jasper walked into the study room and closed the door behind him.

He did not rush to the bookshelf to find books, but stared directly at Roy and asked him:

"Roy, now that the Holy Grail of Wisdom has been recovered, do you have any ideas about joining us in the Dark Land to fight? With the Holy Grail of Wisdom, we can walk freely in the Dark Land..."

Roy looked at the passion in Jasper's eyes and asked:

"What, have you decided yet?"

"Yeah!" Jasper said to Roy with firm confidence in his eyes:

"In my opinion, joining the Holy War Army is my belief, and we enter the dark place to spread the Holy Light, so that the Holy Light can shine to every corner of the world."

Roy's eyes fell on the magic book on the round table and said, "I don't want to go, I also want to see the other side of the sea!"

Jasper seemed to know that Roy would say this. When he heard Roy say this answer again, his eyes dimmed slightly and he said:

"Abut doesn't want to join the Holy War. I will be left alone by then. I guess that journey will be very boring! Hey! I don't know when this temple will be dismantled..."

After saying that, Jasper stood up.

He took it out from the bookshelf, sat down at the round table again, and began to read seriously.

The library became quiet.

After a while, Roy began to try to recite purification prayers.

Jasper suddenly raised his head, stared at Roy with a pair of bright eyes, and suddenly asked him:

"Roy, if I can't go to the Dark Place, can you go there for me and take a look?"

Roy stopped reciting the prayer, stared at Jasper speechlessly, and said to him helplessly: "Hey..."

"Just take a look."

Jasper still refused to give up and said persistently.

Roy waved his hands without hesitation and said, "I'm not going, I'm going...go by myself!"

The two of them studied in the study room for a whole afternoon.

Until Abbot returned to the Temple of Liberty with several geography atlases in his arms, opened the wooden door of the study room, and then looked back at the sunset at dusk.

"Why are you still here?"

Abbot asked strangely.

Only then did Roy see a ray of setting sun shining through the door, so he closed the "Detailed Explanation of Purification Technique" on the table, put away the bookshelf, and then said:

"Uh...it's actually so late! Okay, you two, I'm going home."

"Wait for me, I'm going to clean the Black Pearl."

Jasper quickly closed the books in his hands, followed Roy's footsteps, and quickly put them back on the bookshelf, and then walked out of the study room with Roy.

"Then I will also go to the Black Pearl to have a look. Abt, will you go?"

Roy turned to Abt and asked.

"Me? Forget it, I just borrowed a lot of albums from the library and want to take a good look..."

Abt hesitated and replied.

After speaking, Abt sat down in front of the round table, took out a magnifying glass from his pocket, opened a geography album, and stared at an ancient scroll with eager eyes.

Jasper and Roy walked out of the study.

"He's always been like this lately..."

Roy followed Jasper to the Black Pearl, which often needed someone to clean it because the deck was often covered with skuas excrement.

Roy found that during his absence, many things had been added to the captain's cabin, and several pots of green plants by the window were growing well.

Jasper first brought up a few buckets of seawater, cleaned the deck of the Black Pearl, and then checked all the windows on the ship. After finishing these tasks, he sat alone on the bow of the ship, waiting quietly for Miss Tiffany.

Although he didn't know when she would show up, Jasper still came to the boat to sit for a while almost every day.

…

Sunday

In the morning, the sun is shining brightly.

Standing at the intersection and looking towards the sea, you can see the flying fish boat far away.

Roy got up very early and went to the Temple of Liberty after breakfast.

A carriage stopped at the gate of the temple. A mixed-blood elf coachman was sitting on the charioteer's seat, chewing breadfruit. When he saw Roy coming, he grinned at Roy, showing a row of neat teeth.

Walking into the temple, I saw High Priest Reed standing neatly at the door of the main hall.

"good morning teacher!"

Roy stood by the pool and saluted High Priest Reed.

"Go and change into the trainee priest's robe, and come with us to attend the court hearing of Priest Theodore later..."

High Priest Reed said to Roy with a serious expression.

"oh!"

Roy quickly walked to the locker room in the backyard. Jasper and Abbott just ran down from the second floor. Jasper said to Roy:

"Roy, hurry up! The carriage at the door is already waiting for us!"

"knew!"

Roy then thought about why the coachman was grinning at him mischievously when he was chewing breadfruit.

It’s faster to run to the dressing room and change into a trainee priest’s robe. If you don’t wear a belt, this kind of robe will look like a sack with five holes. Just put one on your body. Of course, after wearing the belt, it will look like Only when you get up will you look like a trainee priest.

Roy put on the trainee priest's robe and chased him from behind.

Jasper and Abbot worked together to close the door of the Temple of Liberty and put a 'temporarily closed' sign on the door.

Then he took a carriage to the Tribunal of the Council of Elders in front of Heroes' Square.

Roy, Jasper and Abt came to the trial court again under the leadership of High Priest Reed.

Compared with the first time, Roy came here with a much more complicated mood this time.

Because the person who is about to be tried is a priest of the Temple of Liberty. Although he has betrayed the temple, he is still a priest of the Temple of Liberty...

No matter what you say, it will greatly affect the reputation of the Temple of Liberty.

When Roy walked into the circular trial hall, he immediately felt an invisible pressure on his head, and he seemed to be out of breath.

Then he discovered that the conditions of Jasper and Abt around him were even worse than his own.

It was still the same stepped trial hall where the Kumquat slave traders were tried last time.

When a group of elves listening to the trial filled the trial hall, the arbitration committee members also appeared on their seats one after another.

The old elf judge was still standing in the emerald green sky, supported by a thick vine, and moved freely in the trial hall.

After all the elves were seated, the presiding judge signaled the guards to bring the prisoner to the trial stand.

Roy, Jasper, and Abbott sat behind High Priest Reed, and the other two kept looking into the passage that Roy pointed to.

Roy thought that Priest Theodore and Priest Thorndike appeared at the same time, but after waiting for a long time, he saw the haggard Priest Theodore slowly walking out of the passage with his hands and feet shackled.

In just three days, Priest Theodore lost a lot of weight. The loose flesh on the side of his face drooped down, looking like a dejected Shar-Pei...

The chief judge was brought to Priest Theodore by the tree vine. He shook the bell in his hand vigorously in front of Priest Theodore.

"Priest Theodore, can you hear me?"

Theodore nodded, lowered his head and remained silent.

The presiding judge asked again: "Are you conscious now? Please raise your head, look at me, and answer in Elvish."

Priest Theodore raised his head, his eyes so red that he could hardly open them.

"Yes, I am very conscious." His voice was also a little hoarse.

The presiding judge nodded slightly and asked:

"Okay, then let me ask you, what do you have to say about the murder of the half-blood elf Peleus?"

Priest Theodore's eyes flickered, and after a moment he gritted his teeth and said:

"No, I did all this. I killed the mixed elf Peleus. I wanted to ask him about the whereabouts of the Holy Grail of Wisdom, but he didn't tell him until he died."

The presiding judge asked again: "Then how did you obtain the Holy Grail of Wisdom in your hand?"

Priest Theodore glanced around, his gaze lingered on the face of High Priest Reed for a moment, then he looked at the presiding judge and replied:

"I saw it at the home of Master Clare Latin. I was invited by Master Clare Latin and was about to treat him when I saw Priest Thorndike walking in with the Holy Grail of Wisdom. This kind of Holy Grail is only available to priests of the Temple of Liberty. Only then can it be used, so the agreement reached between Priest Thorndike and Master Clare Latin is that I will treat Master Clare Latin, and whether Master Clare Latin is alive... or dead, this Holy Grail of Wisdom will be given to me."

"I treated Master Claire Latin for more than a month as agreed. In the end, Master Claire Latin passed away due to severe organ failure. I got the Holy Grail of Wisdom as promised. Although I found the Holy Grail, I never thought about it. To be returned to the Temple of Liberty...so I plead guilty!"

The presiding judge nodded, turned around and said loudly: "The following witness, Priest Thorndike, please stand up!"

"..."

Roy was a little confused for a while. How did Thorndike, the priest who was obviously an accomplice, turn into a witness.