Path of light

Chapter 73 74. Duel

A gust of sea breeze blew by. Roy stood at the entrance of the courtyard and felt a cold feeling on his back. Only then did he realize that his back was soaked with sweat.

A small head appeared quietly from behind the courtyard wall covered with moss and dark catvines. Moira poked her head out from behind the courtyard wall and saw that there was no one on the street except Roy. When there was no one else around, he breathed out softly, placed the sweaty dagger on the wall, and asked Roy in a low voice outside the wall:

"Is that person gone?"

The voice is as small as a cat...

His smart eyes looked back and forth towards the street.

"gone!"

After speaking, Roy looked towards the street again, then opened the door and walked into the yard.

Moira leaned on the wall between the two courtyards with her arms and asked Roy who walked into the courtyard:

"He is here to investigate...the cause of Jefferson's death?"

The elf girl's thoughts are delicate and her eyes are sparkling.

"That's what he said. I think it's a simple death investigation. Maybe it was sent directly from the Dark Palace."

The two of them talked through the wall,

Moira stood under the grape trellis, wearing a cool gauze skirt and holding a dagger in her hand.

Recently, her martial arts and swordsmanship have improved by leaps and bounds, and she often wears a dagger by her side, although she doesn't even have the courage to kill a chicken...

"If it weren't for you, he might have beaten me up just now, or simply grabbed me by the collar, pushed me against the wall and said some threatening words. I know he could do it." Roy looked at the hand in Moira's hand. Dagger, thanked her.

Roy touched the pocket under his belt. There was a pile of Kohler in it, which made him chuckle. It's really easy for a rookie to make money. He doesn't even know how to bargain when buying news...

Moira patted her chest and said angrily: "You also said... I was scaring people to death just now..."

Roy walked into the house, and a voice came from the house:

"No, if he dares to blatantly come out to investigate, there is no reason to kill people indiscriminately. The most he can do is beat me up if he doesn't like me."

Moira also climbed over the wall, grabbed the eaves with one hand, jumped up with a slight swing, sat on the balcony railing and said:

"That's why you must practice elf martial arts, right?"

Roy walked up from the stairs, holding a heavy chainmail in his hand. He thought it would be troublesome to put it on by himself.

Moira helped him pull up the heavy sleeves so he could put his arms through them.

Roy glanced at Moira and answered calmly:

"That's probably the reason. Besides, there's nothing wrong with keeping fit."

Moira looked at the dagger in her hand and asked, "I will attack today and you will defend?"

"Yes, if you don't hurry up, you may be beaten half to death in the arena..."

Speaking of this, Roy couldn't help but sigh, not feeling confident of victory.

"Can the duel be cancelled?" Moira asked worriedly.

Roy shook his head:

"If I still want to walk with my head held high in the Elf Academy in the future, I can't..."

The most beautiful scenery in the Elf City is at dusk.

Sunset, colorful clouds, harbor, beach.

A city hidden among hillsides and woods...

Moira, who was holding an unopened dagger in her hand, stabbed Roy's vitals countless times with the dagger. Although he was wearing chain mail, the only difference between this thing and plate armor was that he was stabbed with a sharp weapon. It will hurt as well.

…

At night in Castletown, the upper town and lower town are two completely different scenes.

Ms. Belinda took the carriage back to Brown Street and brought back bad news: the art exhibition may be postponed until next month.

Because Master Claire Latin's illness has never improved, the most important work in this art exhibition has been delayed in completion.

Ms. Belinda curled up with her feet on the wicker chair on the terrace, looked at the starry night sky, and said with some melancholy:

"What worries me the most is that the teacher's illness cannot be cured. This art exhibition may eventually be cancelled. We have been preparing for this art exhibition for a long time."

Ms Belinda calls Claire Latin 'teacher'.

In fact, she is not a student of Master Claire Latin, but just his assistant.

There are more than twenty assistants like Ms. Belinda beside Master Claire Latin.

When Master Claire Latin is creating, they usually stand aside and hand over some tools, towels, and tea.

Occasionally, I would also help Master Claire Latin with the finishing touches on certain works of art.

For this exhibition held in Castletown, Master Clare Latin agreed with Ms. Belinda and seventeen other assistants, promising to place one of their best works at the exhibition.

This is why Ms. Belinda worked so hard to prepare this art exhibition for Master Claire Latin.

Therefore, Ms. Belinda is now more concerned about the physical condition of Master Claire Latin than anyone else. If this master really lies in the cemetery on the top of the mountain at this time, Ms. Belinda's hard work over the past few months will be in vain.

Roy was sitting at the dining table, quietly listening to Ms. Belinda complaining about work.

At times like this, she needs a quiet listener.

The only thing that made her a little disappointed was:

Roy, who often liked to cling to her arms as a child, now only wanted to stretch out and lie on another wicker chair.

…

These days, the sky rarely clears up.

There is no fog or cumulonimbus clouds all over the sky...

Roy opened the door and walked out of the yard, and saw Sabrina just walking out of the house.

She actually didn't wear a long skirt, but a set of light leather armor. Although the lining inside was reduced as much as possible, in the hot summer, this kind of leather armor suit would still be very hot on the body.

If you are exposed to the sun for a while, you will become sweaty even without walking.

There was only a thin white corset underneath the leather armor with a 'V' collar. Roy saw this scene as soon as he left the house and felt his blood pressure soar instantly...

Seeing Roy's embarrassment at the door, Sabrina's face instantly turned red.

"Moira said that someone stopped you at the door last night, so please ask me to take care of you."

"So...you will always protect me today?" Roy was a little curious.

Sabrina rolled her eyes at him and walked towards the street:

"At most, it's just the way to school. When school is over at noon, you have to be careful."

"Thank you." Roy followed up and expressed his gratitude to Xianxian.

Sabrina turned her head and glanced at Roy. Those magnificent aquamarine eyes had a clear meaning:

‘If your eyes would be honest, I would gladly accept your thanks’.

…

In the following days, Roy never saw the Dark Moon Elf again.

Finally, Roy's tense heart relaxed a little.

I don't know who said it... The news of Roy and Claire's battle against Steve and Adams suddenly spread in the junior martial arts class.

Many freshmen were very interested in this duel and promised to go to the arena to watch it that day.

No one is optimistic about Roy and Claire, everyone has full confidence in Steve and Adams.

Even Instructor Nora reminded Roy and Claire in a low voice that before going on the court, both sides could specify the rules of the game.

At that time, various restrictions must be raised to the highest level...

If necessary, she can be a referee on the field.

Obviously, Instructor Nora's idea is to turn a duel in the arena into a friendly match

Claire didn't want to be looked down upon by the group of elven nobles in her circle, so she decisively rejected Instructor Nora's kindness.

…

In the last few days, Moira was no longer Roy's sparring partner. Roy's sparring partner was changed to Sabrina, who was good at wielding a two-handed sword.

Every elven warrior who wants to become a sword dancer must learn the fighting skills of a two-handed sword.

Neither Steve nor Adams is an agility ranger, nor are they weak in strength, so Sabrina's fighting style is very similar to theirs.

Sabrina has used a wooden sword to repair Roy badly these days. Every day, she will use the wooden sword to knock Roy, who is wearing mail, to the ground until he can't get up.

No matter how badly he was repaired the night before, Roy would be full of energy the next morning, and there wouldn't even be a bruise on his body...

Sabrina secretly admired Roy's tenacity in getting stronger despite setbacks.

Although Roy's martial arts skills have not improved much during this period, as long as he puts on the mail armor, he can at least block Sabrina's fierce attack.

…

Jasper and Abbot are also busy this week. They are thinking about how to make the Black Pearl more cozy every day.

They have no intention of sending the Black Pearl back to the sea.

He actually didn't plan to repair the big hole in the bilge, but directly transformed it into a round manhole cover-style door.

Jasper also cleaned up the seawater in the bottom tank.

According to the suggestion of the carpenter on Brown Street, a ladder was built on the side of the ship. Every time you get on the ship, you have to climb up the ladder to the deck... It is not convenient in any case.

In the future, if conditions permit, we will enter the Black Pearl directly from the inside through the manhole cover door in the bottom cabin.

However, the two of them did not dare to use up the power of the Holy Light to clean up the dead souls on the ship.

Because the temple occasionally requires them to use 'secondary healing techniques' to heal believers, and occasionally they will go to the outskirts of the city to purify the souls of the dead.

These matters used to be the responsibility of Father Anderson and Father Theodore.

But now, one of them has never recovered the power of the Holy Light, and the other is running between the upper city and the temple every day.

In recent times, Roy has seen Father Anderson coming out of the warehouse several times. He seemed to like talking to the mirror.

I don't know why, but the power of Holy Light in his body is always empty.

And Priest Theodore is just like Grandet. He is unwilling to consume even a tiny bit of the power of the Holy Light in the temple...

For this reason, High Priest Reed had to change the twice-weekly gathering to once a week.

…

In the Elf Academy, in just two weeks, Princess Ophelia has become the most popular history teacher in the academy...

Every time Steve looked at Roy and Claire during martial arts training classes, the pride was almost written on his face.

The day of the decisive battle between Claire, Roy and Steve and Adams in the arena is here...

There is no update tonight. I will take a day off and continue tomorrow.