[Dragon Age] Ring

While sorting out Fayella's belongings, the Tranquility discovered that one of her charms had been enchanted with Weakness.Logically speaking, this would not directly affect her painful ritual, but if this thing is worn for a long time, it will affect people's physical health and psychological state, and it will definitely give the demons in the spirit world a chance.

Whether Fayela was killed by someone is unclear.But this completely intensified the atmosphere of fear faintly shrouded in the ring of law. Every day when Karen passed the apprentice classroom, he would be breathless due to the lingering depression... sooner or later something would happen.

What Karen didn't expect was that something really happened, and it happened to Emily.

"It's you! You killed her!"

At that time, Karen was still resting. When he heard the conflict between the apprentices, he and his companions ran to the hall of the apprentice classroom. The sharp voice from the center of the hall startled him, and then he saw the The one who was blocked by several apprentices was Emily with a wary face.

How is this going? !

Just when Karen was surprised, the Templars who came here together had separated Emily from them.

"What's the situation?" the Templar shouted.

"It's her!" Karen noticed that the young apprentice who was confronting Emily blushed with excitement, "Someone sneaked into Fayela's bedroom at night two weeks ago, it must be Emily who did it! Fayela and her never saw eye to eye, she must have secretly designed it for a long time!"

This is impossible.Karen frowned. He had heard rumors among the apprentices.It was said that someone sneaked into Fayella's bedroom before she performed the painful ritual, but that was just a rumor, and no witnesses came forward.And even if there is, it is absolutely impossible to be Emily!

"Someone has already informed the chief mage." Facing the questioning eyes of the Templars, Emmel's reaction was as calm as ever, and her voice was still so peaceful, "I won't say anything more until Erwin arrives. .”

After saying this, Emily glanced at Karen intentionally or unintentionally.Karen jumped when he met her green eyes, then quickly calmed down.

She was so calm, she didn't need to worry too much.Emily must be innocent, and she must have a way to prove it all.

Thinking of this, Karen secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

The chief mage Erwin came soon, accompanied by Gregory, the Knight Commander of the Templars.Erwin's appearance made all the commotion disappear completely, and he didn't look surprised at all: "Who will tell me what happened here?"

"They said they saw Emmel walk into Fayella's bedroom two weeks ago." The apprentice who stood up and confronted Emel didn't dare to criticize loudly after seeing Erwin, and turned to He said angrily, "We all think she killed Fayela. She and Fayela have never been on the same page."

Erwin would not trust the words of a few young people: "Do you have evidence?"

"I...only she has that motive."

Karen saw Emily showing a smile between politeness and sarcasm, and she gently lifted the broken hair beside her ear: "I stay in the library every night until the curfew, and my roommates know .”

"But you can't prove that if you weren't in the dormitory that night, you must have been in the library."

"I can attest."

When Karen, who had been silent all this time, spoke, all eyes in the hall were on him.There was both surprise and surprise. Karen, who was used to being an invisible person in the ring, was so blocked by these gazes that he even forgot what to say for a moment.

Then his eyes met Emily's again, and she looked as shocked as the others.

A bitter taste rose in his throat, and Karen swallowed hard: "I am on duty in the library. For the past half month, Emily has been in the library every night and never left. I can testify."

That's fine, it's one of the duties of the Templars.Even if it wasn't Emily who was suspected, Karen should and would stand up.

But now the person involved is Emily.

Even though Karen repeatedly told himself that this was only what he should do, he still felt that the eyes of everyone looking at him had changed—almost everyone in the entire Dharma Circle knew what kind of eyes he was looking at Amel, and they knew that he was looking at him. like her.Karen knew how they... apprentices, the other Templars talked about these things.

"Then it's enough to remove Emily's suspicion now, isn't it?" It was Erwin who broke the strange silence, and he said gently, "The Knight Commander and I will investigate this matter."

"Then can I go, chief mage?" Emily asked softly, she only glanced at Karen in surprise when he spoke, and there was no exchange of eyes.

This was too indifferent for a person who helped her, but Karen was relieved instead.She should have done it like she always did when dealing with gossip... She didn't care about herself either.

Yes, this is Emily.Karen thought tirelessly.

"Yes." Erwin nodded, "I hope you can stick to your studious habits, Emily."

The smile on Emily's face became more obvious: "I will."

As she spoke, she took a step forward, and the crowd around her consciously made way for Emily.All the parties were gone, and the farce ended quickly. Erwin took away the apprentice who provoked the trouble, and the others left in a panic. Only the Templars who came with Karen... and Knight Commander Gregor remained. inside.

"Karen."

The always stern Gregory spoke up.

"Ah, yes." Karen responded, ready for the expected words below.

"Starting tonight, you will be on duty at the senior mage's database." Gregory's eyes were still so sharp, and Karen was a little scared by his eyes, as if they directly penetrated his heart and saw through him. same idea.

That's why Emily was shocked.Karen knew that once he opened his mouth, such a result would come. Everyone in the Dharma Circle knew that he was unrequitedly in love with Amel like a fool. How could Gregory not know?

The duty of the Templar is to protect the mage, kill the mage when necessary, and he cannot fall in love with the mage...in love with Emmel.The consequence of standing up for Emily is that he can no longer look at her silently, can no longer watch her think, and listen to her read the beautiful poem with a beautiful voice.

But he protected her, didn't he?He should be proud of it.

But Karen didn't.Thinking that he was facing the cold wall instead of Emily every night, he only felt that his intestines were already tangled up: "...Yes."

Karen barely closed her eyes that night.As soon as he closed his eyes, Emily's shocked expression and subsequent indifference appeared in his mind.

She never seemed to care about the rumors about herself and her, and she never cared about herself.But that day in the library, after curfew, she was so surprised when she recognized her own voice.Karen doesn't know which of the two attitudes is the real one, Emmel's attitude towards Karen.

He wanted to know very, very much.Such a state of worrying about gains and losses almost drove Karen crazy.

This is so stupid, I am like a fool, every frown and frown of her can make my mood go up and down.He sighed dejectedly, got out of bed, and prepared to go to the prayer room for a while.

There is still some time before the sun rises, and only at this time will there be a "private space" in the Dharma Ring-the Dharma Ring is so big, and there are too many young people here, whenever Karen wants to When you are alone, you will choose the prayer room.

Even if you're not praying, even if you're just sitting down, maybe you'll calm down.

Thinking of this, Karen pushed open the bedroom door, and before taking a few steps, he raised his head as if sensing something, and subconsciously stopped his steps.

Emily was standing not far away.

Yes, Emily.The sky outside the window had just turned white, but Karen recognized her in this dim light.She was standing in the middle of the corridor, wearing a dressing gown and barefoot, as if she was waiting for herself...

wait for yourself.Karen knew the idea was absurd, but he still couldn't help himself.

"you--"

She walked up to Karen, and Karen looked at her pale feet on the floor, and suddenly forgot what he should say.

But Emily didn't give him a chance to reorganize his thoughts: "Qiao Wan helped me find out about your habits, I hope you don't mind."

"Uh... well, it's okay." Emily stopped two steps away from him, it was so close that Karen could even see the inconspicuous freckles on the tip of her nose and the lines of her green pupils, "You It won't be cold like this... won't it be cold?"

She laughed.

There was a faint smile on the face under the red hair, which was different from the kind she usually treats people.Emily's smile is neither polite nor gentle, although it is still so soft, but there is no malicious teasing and ridicule in this smile, and it also has an imperceptible sense of aggression.

"You still can't talk to me normally, right?"

Karen only felt that his cheeks were hot like an explosion, which was completely out of his control, the Creator... It took Karen all his strength to pin himself in place instead of turning around and running away: "Nana-"

"I just want to thank you." There was a soft look in Emily's eyes.

As she spoke she stretched out arms as pale as her face, as pale as her feet.Before Karen could react, she hugged him.

Karen took a deep breath as if startled.

The hug was light, quick, and very courteous.Her arm left almost as soon as it touched Karen's elbow, Emily's cheek brushed against his chest, her hair brushed against his chin, and a soft breath that was completely different from men filled his chest. lung.It was just a hug, just a polite hug to express gratitude, but Karen almost froze in place as if she had been frozen by Emmel.

"Thank you...for standing up." Her lips brushed against Karen's ear, and he could clearly distinguish the satisfaction and relief in her voice. The young mage apprentice repeated, "Thank you."

Then she stepped back quickly, turned and ran away, as fast as if she had never been there.

Karen stood like a statue in the hallway until the sun rose above the horizon.His mind was still blank until the faint sound of activity came from the end of the corridor.

He couldn't think of anything else, but Karen knew that he would not be able to sleep again tonight.