Mage's Secret

As Trafael collected the leaves stained with Murphy's blood, DeWitt walked up behind him and asked, "What are you doing?"

Traphael kept moving his hands, and replied without raising his head: "This is very rare material, and I think it will be of great research value."

"Do you need that much?" DeWitt asked, and Traphael almost chopped off the blood-stained leaf.

"Of course, the more the better." Traphael said, carefully put the last leaf into the pipe, stood up and dusted his robe, even though the robe was painted with anti-dust spells, it wasn't stained at all dust.

The paladin looked at the nearly half jar of grass in his hand, and said helplessly: "I think, besides your research materials, this is probably a clue to find that demon, so can you leave some for me?" Woolen cloth?"

The paladin's request was quite reasonable, so reasonable that it would be too suspicious if the mage didn't cooperate. The mage sighed. Sure enough, the idea of ​​taking all the clues away in the first place was wishful thinking.But the mage was still a little hesitant. He had heard that the priests of the temple had a strong divination ability. If the identity of the devil or his relationship with the devil was divined out, it would be troublesome.

So the mage said resolutely: "You didn't collect them yesterday, obviously you didn't think so before, didn't you?"

"That's because I need to keep everything as it is, and then seek your assistance." The paladin said, without the slightest intention of compromising.

Traphael had no choice but to unscrew the jar again, took two leaves and handed them to DeWitt.

Traphael's hesitation is understandable. The mage's desire to possess rare magic materials is comparable to the dragon's exclusive possession of gems. He can be called "generous" in this way, although the reason for his hesitation is not because Can't bear rare material.Therefore, DeWitt did not have any doubts, but pointed out that these two leaves were not enough. Seeing the mage reluctantly took out a few more leaves, he carefully wrapped these leaves with a handkerchief and put them in his pocket. middle.

After a hasty lunch, DeWitt took Traphael to check all the things and places that Murphy had touched or might have touched, Helena's room, the hall, the corridor, the place where Murphy was hiding. The tree, the dress he wore, and even the tableware used last night were all asked by the paladins to check carefully.

Even though Traphael is already a magician, basic spells such as the Appearance Spell or the release of mental power are as simple as breathing for him, but he still feels a little tired after a lot of casting.

As a result, apart from a few small holes found on the outer wall under a certain window in the corridor of the City Lord's Mansion, there were no other useful clues.Trafael remembered that when he discovered that Murphy had taken Elvis into the city privately, he saw the same small hole outside Murphy's window.Thinking about it now, Murphy should have nailed it on the wall when he was climbing with his spear.

That's good news for Trafael, but not for DeWitt.So Traphael can only say to the Paladin: "I'm sorry."

DeWitt looked solemn, and after reconfirming that there were no clues other than those bloodstains, he put his hands on his chest and bowed to Traphael, saying: "Your Majesty, thank you for your generous assistance, the temple will always be yours friend."

After speaking, he hurriedly bid farewell to the mage and the castellan, and went to fetch his horse with the servants of the castellan's mansion.This is a big event for the temple. He must immediately go to the temple of Karen, and take the other paladins who followed him back to the temple headquarters in the holy city of Diluo.

The paladin has left, and Traphael has no reason to stay here.Declining the city lord's invitation for dinner, he returned to the carriage and told the driver to return to the mage's tower.

It happened to be meal time when he returned to the mage tower, so he went directly to the small restaurant.

There was no one else in the restaurant when Trafael entered, and there was food for three people on the table.He remembered Murphy's haggard look when he left in the morning, and he wasn't sure if he could come to the restaurant for dinner at this time.He walked to the dining table and sat down, put away Murphy's portion of food, and planned to send it to him when he visited him later.

At this time, the door of the restaurant was pushed open again, and Elvis walked in with an unhappy face.Traphael looked at his awkward appearance and didn't ask any questions, because there was no need to ask, the answer was obvious—since Murphy was added to the dining table of Elvis and Traphael, every meal time he It's all this expression.

Sure enough, when he saw that there was only food for two people on the table, the dark clouds on Elvis's face immediately cleared away, revealing a bright smile.

Elvis sat down beside Traphael and asked, "Teacher, won't that fellow Murphy eat with us from now on?" He looked at Traphael with wide eyes, the blue behind the glasses His eyes gleamed with a moving brilliance.

Traphael looked at him with a smile, this melting smile also swept away a lot of his fatigue, but the reality is cruel, he said to his beloved student: "No, today is just because of ink. Fay is not feeling well, and he will still eat with us when he recovers."

"Oh..." The light in Elvis' eyes dimmed instantly, he lowered his head sullenly and fiddled with the food on the plate with his fork.

Seeing him like this, Traphael couldn't bear it immediately, but he still tapped his plate and said, "Don't put the vegetables aside, eat all the food on the plate."

In the end, Elvis couldn't eat all the vegetables, so Traphael knocked on the table with his staff helplessly, sent all the tableware away, and then walked to Murphy's room.

At this time Murphy was already awake, and when Traphael opened the door, he was sitting on the bed flipping a book back and forth boredly.He leaned against the head of the bed, the quilt covered his waist, and the shirt on his upper body was open, revealing his chest still covered with bloody bandages.

Seeing Traphael coming in, he threw the book on the bed casually. Traphael glanced at it. It was a travel note introducing the customs and customs of various parts of the Ozevina continent. It was not a precious note. Bookstores can buy it at will, so Traphael didn't bother him, and let him waste books.

"You brought me back last night to bandage my wound?" Murphy broke the silence first, "To be honest, your bandaging skills are really not very good."

Traphael was almost used to such naive provocations from Murphy, and he didn't bother to answer him. He went directly to the table and knocked on the table with his staff, and put Murphy's dinner on the table. Asked, "Can you get out of bed and come to eat?"

Hearing Traphael's words, Murphy froze for a moment.In fact, Murphy didn't want to quarrel on purpose, and he always knew how much he disliked Traphael—most of this was on purpose, so for the fact that Traphael did his best to help him heal and bandage last night , he was somewhat grateful in his heart.It's just that if you really ask him to thank him, he will never open his mouth, so thinking that Traphael will definitely reprimand him when he comes back, and then listen honestly, and make a little compromise within the range he can accept. Can.

But if you let Traphael reprimand you and don't respond at all, it's like admitting your mistake. The only thing that Murphy won't admit is no matter what - you must know that attacking a lonely paladin is what every demon should do matter.So he had to take the initiative to attack before Traphael opened his mouth, turning the unilateral reprimand into a dispute about different positions, and then it would be fine if he lost the wind, and this could also save his own face a little bit.

So when he spoke provocatively, it was just an opening statement for his well-planned dispute, but it was ignored by Traphael directly, making him feel powerless when he punched cotton.

"I heard that the Paladin came to you today? Is there anything interesting?" Murphy continued to fight for the initiative unwillingly.

Trafael still didn't follow his words, but just tapped his fingers on the table and said, "The physical damage you have suffered is not too serious, and I can hear your voice is still strong, so if you are fine, you can Come over to eat first."

The initiative to attack failed again, and Murphy felt a sense of aggrieved powerlessness. He ground his back teeth and wanted to continue speaking unwillingly.

Seeing his attitude of wanting to make trouble, Traphael didn't want to mess with him on such a trivial matter, so he said quickly: "I think you haven't eaten all day today, and we'll talk about it after you have something to eat."

Trafael's attitude was very persistent, and Murphy was a little hungry after his reminder, so he rolled up his shirt and stood up from the bed. This action touched his wound, and the pain made him grit his teeth.From the depth of the wound, he was indeed not seriously injured, but the sacred magic pattern on the paladin's weapon corroded his body and left his soul in an unstable state, making him very weak now, even for the opponent. Pain tolerance has been reduced a lot.

This was his first time facing a paladin. He had never participated in the counterattack against the "holy war" against the temple before, and his two older brothers fought at home.This is also because his newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. Demons who have experience fighting paladins in the demon world know that they must protect their bodies in the face of paladin attacks.Although human beings are not as powerful as demons, and demons are also one of the races that are born with magical talents, the paladins participating in the "holy war" are not so proficient in magic even if they have magical talents, at most they can only use a few simple spells .

But the few "simple spells" they know, and the light breath or sacred breath of the God of Light in the temple, are inherently restraining evil creatures.Therefore, when fighting against a paladin, although it is not easy to get injured if you do a good job of defense, once you are injured, it will definitely be a serious injury.