The magician from the time of peace

When Agnes dragged Foster, who had suffered a great blow and lost the ability to take care of himself, out of the room, Lamb, who failed to enter the room, was sitting face to face with Bud, and the atmosphere was silent and awkward.

The moment he saw them coming out, Lamb almost jumped up, and ran over like a flying bird, with a cheerful tone like a bird saying: "You finally came out, how are you, do you have any clues?"

Agnes threw Foster to Merris, went straight to Bud, and explained the situation to him in a low voice. Bud looked slightly surprised, and the two began to discuss in a low voice.

"Did you find anything important?" Lamb asked impatiently, he couldn't wait to leave the temple of the "enemy god".

Merris hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't resist Lamb's urging, and said, "We found some letters from Vera to Nell—"

"Really!!! Where is it!! I want to see it too, no, I want to admire the goddess's pen and ink!!!" Lamb shouted excitedly, almost shaking Meris by the shoulder.

"I advise you not to watch it." Although he thought it was useless, but out of humanitarian spirit, Merris still reminded him.

"Why, is there something in it that ordinary people shouldn't know? Don't worry, I will never say it!" Lamb slapped his chest and swore loudly.

"I don't think there's anything in it that you'd expect to see," Merris said.

"How come! I am willing to read every word written by the Goddess carefully! Besides, it is written for Nell anyway, so I don't mind even if the whole article is full of curses." Lamb said carelessly, but he didn't know that he already knew The content of half the letter.

Merris was at a loss for words, and she still watched the rabbit meat for breakfast as her last companionship: "The letter is with Agnes, and it has probably been handed over to that priest by now. It is not convenient for you to ask for it." Bar."

"Understood, I'll go now, thank you!" Lamb didn't understand the meaning of Merris' words at all, but gave a sincere thank you, as if Merris pointed out a road to heaven.

Merris looked at his innocent back as he headed towards Bard, and silently mourned for him.

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Half an hour later, on the long table in the temple, the five of them discussed the next matter—although Foster and Lamb could only slump on the table, the blow in their hearts made them unable to even speak. All gone.

As a member of the temple, Bard took the lead to speak: "I have read these letters. I think there is a high probability that the goddess is on Cole Island. It is necessary to explore there."

Merris, as a representative of their group, said: "I agree with your opinion, please leave it to us to explore this matter."

Bud immediately said: "No, the matter is very important at this time, and the temple will send a few people to help, please be sure to allow them to go with you."

The word aid probably means "surveillance" in this context.

"I don't think it's necessary." Merris said calmly: "The sooner the exploration can be completed, the better, but the staff of the temple perform their duties and their daily work is well organized. personnel."

Although it sounded grand on the surface, Merris thought very simple in his heart: If someone really needs help, wouldn't they be found out that they are not alchemists but magicians as soon as they leave the gate of the temple?

And facing a group of believers to threaten their god, after all, it is still a little embarrassing.

"Thank you very much for thinking so much about us, but don't bother you, our temple has a special emergency handling department, and the strength of the members are all top-notch, and we will definitely not hold you back .” Bud smiled heartily, as if he was really thinking about them.

"That's right, I was being rude, but I still have a little question," Merris said softly, "According to the contents of the letter, the lady named Vera is about the same as your god. If it is someone from your temple, will it cause some unnecessary trouble?"

Bud waved his hands sharply: "No, we support everything about the goddess, including her views on making friends!"

Aigers couldn't stand it anymore, and came to say: "Don't join in the fun, that island is very close to Victory, you people with official background of the country go there, what if you fight with the neighbor next door, don't Come to hold back."

"It's okay, there's been rumors on the border recently, it seems that a truce is about to come." Bud said.

Agnes froze for a moment: "...What did you say?"

"Looking at the recent trends, it's almost time for a truce, but I thought it would be a few months later, and I don't know why it was brought forward suddenly. If you want to buy the raw materials of Victory's special products, you can go there quickly during this time. We also want to Get ready, so as not to miss an opportunity to replenish funds due to lack of supplies." Bud murmured a lot: "But I thought you got the news and came back after a holiday, but you didn't even know about it."

He was silent for a few seconds, then reacted, and shouted: "You actually ran away!"

Agnes stared and said viciously, "I just ran away, what do you want?"

Bud was at once the enemy strong and the enemy weak: "Ahahaha, it seems that the life in the palace is too hard, even our well-behaved Agnes can't stay here any longer."

Agnes crossed her legs, thinking about the reason for the early truce.

But after thinking about it, there is only one reason: Nefer's court magician and alchemist, as well as Victory's son of morning light, all disappeared at the same time. After the country that lost its important combat effectiveness found that the other party also had a willingness to truce , immediately took the olive branch, thinking that he had taken advantage of it.

Agnes' eyes drifted to Meris who was sitting upright: Actually, this is the biggest winner on the mainland right now.

In fact, because of the incomplete information, Aigers still wants to be a little bit off. Victory's willingness to truce is not only because of Lamb's disappearance, but also partly because of Felix's departure, and the top scroll left by the latter, even a small front. None of them can be overcome, and the resulting fear of Neverl.

After Bud defended Agnes, he quickly brought the topic back to the right track: "Therefore, there is no problem at all for our people to follow, and you have no reason to refuse."

"Then I have no reason to refuse." Agnes said. She raised her fingers and carefully checked whether there were any missing pieces of nail polish on each finger, and she didn't even bother to pay him attention.

"I'm afraid you can't refuse this matter with a single sentence, Xiao Ai." Bud said helplessly: "According to the regulations, the whereabouts of the goddess must be found by the believers of the goddess, and it is important to let you join the exploration team." It's something out of character for you."

Agnes thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's right, then you don't have to trouble yourself to break the rules, we will split up. Find some rooms for us in a nearby hotel today, and we will leave tomorrow morning."

Bud's eyes flickered, and he nodded, "Okay, then I'll let me decide on my own for dinner, and I'll treat you to a meal in the town's tavern."

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Until the end of dinner, Lamb and Foster still looked devastated, and even Agnes did not object to putting them in the same room—now they are not so much enemies with different countries, different beliefs, different professions, and different professions. Rather, it is better to say that they are a pair of suffering brothers who cherish each other.

Supporting each other, they staggered back to the room, perhaps starting to be hit harder than anyone in a while.

Although he also witnessed his goddess's dirty words, one of them learned that the career he wanted to promote was suppressed by the goddess himself, and the other saw the goddess' disdain and disgust for the believers with his own eyes, and affectionately Chat with the "heresy" in his eyes.

For a while, I couldn't tell who was worse, so I could only lament for these two poor people.

On the other side, Merris and Felix entered their temporary room.

Although he is a nobleman, Merris is a person who can fall asleep in the wild and has very low requirements for the environment. On the contrary, Felix frowned and scanned the room, and finally snapped his fingers to let the water elementals restore this place. Small town hotel rooms are cleaned spotlessly from floor to wall to ceiling crevice.

After that, he put the book he had been holding on the table and went to get his notebook.

"Is this still a book about alchemy? Are you really going to change your job?" Since there was only one chair, Merris naturally sat on his bed and asked with a smile.

"No, I'm looking to see if the materials used in alchemy can be used in magic." Felix lowered his eyes and turned to the first page—it seemed that this was a new book that he hadn't read.

"Wait..." Merris realized something was wrong, and his tone became subtle: "Where did you get this book...?"

Felix looked up at him, as if he couldn't understand his question: "Of course it was taken from the room where you found the letter."

Merris: "..." If he remembers correctly, both Agnes and Bud have emphasized that nothing in that room should be tampered with.

"What's the matter, you want to watch it too?" Felix noticed his silence, but misunderstood the meaning: "Then let me show you first."

"No need..." Merris sighed helplessly, "When did you get it?"

Felix: "I took it in front of you when I went out. It's been sitting on the table in front of me while you're talking and eating, what's wrong?"

Merris thought about it carefully, and it seemed that there was indeed a book in front of him, but it was as natural for Phil to have a book with him as breathing, and he didn't pay attention to the content of the book at all.

"Forget it..." Merris held his forehead: "Can you finish reading today? I'll take it back to Agnes tomorrow morning."

Felix nodded: "It may take a while to understand, but one night is enough for me to memorize it."

"That's good." Merris breathed a sigh of relief, and lay down on the clean white sheet that Felix had washed: "I'll catch up on sleep, and you can call me if you need anything."

Felix agreed without raising his head, and seized all the time to read the time-limited book in front of him.

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Two hours later, the night really fell, and the moonlight came in through the window. After everything was silent, the chirping of insects sounded from all directions, adding a touch of fun to the night.

Felix stretched himself, stood up, closed the window without interest, drew the curtains, and shut out the moon and insects that disturbed his thoughts from his world, and then his eyes fell on On the sleeping Meris, the blond magician closed his eyes and breathed steadily.

Felix casually covered the quilt tighter. His hands stayed on the quilt for a few seconds, and finally he lifted the quilt again and got in by himself.He put his arms around Merris' waist politely, put his head between his hair, and gently rubbed the tip of his nose against his neck, the posture was too tight.

Merris was naturally awakened by this violent movement, he opened one eye sleepily, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Felix didn't speak, and Merris gradually realized: "Have you encountered a problem?"

Felix hummed in a low voice, and Merris laughed, and gently combed the hair on the back of his head with his fingers, like appeasing a child whose wish was not fulfilled.

Neither of the two people spoke, but the atmosphere was not awkward at all, only a touch of tranquility. After ten minutes, Felix let go, got out of bed and sorted out his messy hair and clothes. Merris laughed. : "Are you motivated?"

Felix nodded, and said again: "I'll go out for a while."

"En." Merris didn't ask him where he was going, nor told him to come back early, but just agreed to show that he understood.

Felix packed up a few books and notes, and went out with his pen, and Merris also got up from the bed.

"Anyway, I'm awake, so I might as well read a book." Merris thought about it, and took out a space magic book from Felix's bag that he had been reading before he was summoned.

However, he had just entered the state when there was a knock on the door. Merris put down the book and asked suspiciously, "Did you not bring the key with you when you went out?"

A hesitant voice came from outside the door: "Uh...yes, it's me..."

Merris hurriedly opened the door, and the tall but hunched Lamb stood at the door with a sad face.