Sally knew very well that if Roddy didn't want to say something, no matter how hard she tried, she wouldn't be able to ask, so she endured her desire to ask "Who is Nefi" and instead avoided the topic: "I will return to the 'Sanctuary' in a few days. Where are you going next?"

"It should be a few days off, uh..."

Roddy wanted to say that he was going to take Nefi back to Elson, but when he said that he was just a tragic act of dying, so he changed his words and said, "Stay here for a while, can you take me to see the scenery of the temple?"

Sally blinked her eyes, thinking she had heard it wrong for a moment, but she quickly confirmed that this was not her own hallucination, and she curled her lips slightly and said, "You guy still have time to be enlightened? Tell me... Where did you learn these skills?"

Seeing Roddy's surprise and at a loss, Sally pressed her eyebrows angrily: "It's true, you can't understand if you joke with you--I mean... For your sake, I will definitely take you to have a good time in the temple."

"That's good."

Roddy looked at Sally, but her eyes pulled down because of her thin gauze dress-Sally noticed this little move. She looked down at her chest according to Roddy's gaze, and suddenly remembered the fact that she was not wearing underwear. Her originally fair cheeks suddenly turned red like a time apple...

"Idiot! Still watch!"

She reached out to cover her chest, turned her eyes to the side, and said angrily: "I'm not afraid that I will go to the temple to complain and drag you to the stolen rack and burn..."

That being said, Sally found that she didn't feel much resistance at this time. Instead, after shyness surged into her heart, she felt an inexplicable impulse.

This guy, after watching it, I don’t know how to express it?

"Well... I didn't mean it, that-I'll go back first."

Roddy thought that he was just a hooligan staying here, so he hurriedly got up and left. When he walked to the door, he met Nafei who was jumping back and running back. He didn't say anything, but just reached out to block the edges and corners of the wooden door handle, smiled at Nafei, and then went back to his room silently.

Sally noticed such details, but she only felt that Roddy did this because of his usual caution, but she never thought that Roddy would have any special relationship with the innocent little loli in front of her...

"Click."

After closing the door, Roddy's originally relaxed expression suddenly disappeared. He gritted his teeth and sat in the armchair, slowly unbuttoning the leather armor lock on his body.

After the already broken leather armor was thrown to the ground, Roddy's shirt, which was almost completely dyed with blood, was almost on her body for a year. The wound that Sally discovered was only one of more than a dozen, because in the morning, Roddy was not as simple as stopping a team of tracking...

The "Viridian Cross" attaches much importance to the magical scepter than Roddy imagined. Killing Goethe and taking away the scepter was like stabbing a hornet's nest. When Roddy realized that he could not avoid the pursuit behind him, he immediately used the mobility of the Kada Duck to actively attack the enemy dozens of kilometers away, and successfully mislead the other party's search direction.

Although he came back alive with his strong strength, he finally paid a considerable price to fight against the crowd.

The bleeding wound basically stopped the blood due to the "intermediate healing technique", but more than 70 enemies were killed, twenty knights and three dark maids, but the fatigue and pain in their bodies remained.

Locking the door, closing the window, carrying the burnt hot water, Roddy began to wash the still painful wounds with a towel. The muscles on his body were not very prominent, but were extremely streamlined like a cheetah ready to go. However, after countless battles, despite the recovery of magical techniques and potions, he still left more than ten unexplainable scars on his body - from orcs, from the undead, from all kinds of enemies and even from monsters...

There was no mirror inside, and Roddy did not intend to check these scars carefully. He simply wrapped a bandage on the position of the muscle strain, then shaved his beard with a dagger, dried his hair, changed into a new cloth robe, sat quietly in the armchair, and breathed slowly.

In his heart, he didn't want Nefi to experience any war, nor did he want Sally to face these vicious enemies again--since he could not face emotional confusion, the only thing Roddy could do was to use his actions silently to protect everything he cherished in his heart.

*******

On May 11, when the second letter from the Temple arrived in Hollier City, the old duke, who was always nervous, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, Angma was almost desperate about the situation these days - even though news from all over the world confirmed that "Rose Cross" still had surviving troops, the shocking proportion of casualties made the Duke feel ashamed. Military terms, such a crushing defeat almost meant that the sect had been regressing for several years, and both influence, financial and military strength had drastically retreated. The changes it brought about would even affect the entire kingdom and even several small countries around.

Countless negative rumors are rampant. Those who persuaded the Duke to give up funding for "Rose Cross" have already begun to quietly inquire about the news of "Viridian Cross" and watch the attitudes of the territorial nobles made Angma sigh countless times. In such a counter-trend, the news that Roddy "killed the enemy's commander" and "save Sally" was like a thunder, leaving the territory silently speechless.

Even though he had seen the miracles that Roddy had created with his own eyes, the facts before him still made Angma find it difficult to understand... because just one day ago, he was still wondering whether Roddy could arrive at the Brill Forest before the end of the month.

Rubbing the letter paper that was sealed by the "Cardinal" and Angma knew that the admiral was now truly called "high power" - while Rubens told the battle truthfully, he bluntly stated that the greatest contribution of his firm position as "Cardinal" came from Roddy's decisive decision in this battle.

If it weren't for him, the result of this battle and Sally's fate would have completely gone to another extreme.

Everything finally settled, and although the duke who had lost a lot of weight returned to his calmness, his body had deteriorated several times due to the hard work over the past few days. At this time, he moved his body and murmured softly: "Rody... Elson City, Baron..."

The quill drew some words on the paper, but just as he took out a new piece of parchment and was about to write down the letter carefully, his violent cough interrupted his originally clear thinking.

The Duke's back was hunched hard, but it could not relieve the pain that seemed to be torn in his chest at all. Butler John hurried over and gently stroked Angma's back, and immediately arranged for the servant to go to the monastery to find the magician.

"Cough...after all... I can't hold on."

Angma took a few deep breaths, but the right hand that had just covered his mouth was stained with bright red blood.

"Old... Master, the magician will arrive soon."

"It's okay, it's okay, don't panic." Angma waved his hand: "People will die in the end, and no one can change this, but it's just a matter of time."

He took the wet towel handed by the servant and wiped off the blood from his palms and mouth calmly: "What's the point of coming will always come, just be prepared, what's scary?"

Shaking his head, Angma raised his hand and pointed to the table: "I'll tell you something, come and write it for me."

"Yes, Master."

John properly held Angma and sat on the armchair next to him, while sitting at the desk, picked up the quill and gently drew the ink.

"Then, what I want to say below is my will..."

Angma reached out and closed her slightly messy white hair and said calmly.

*******

May 12th.

For Sally and Nefi, the impact of the fight a few days ago seemed to be disappearing rapidly.

With the army escort, and there was no news of the enemy's pursuit coming from behind, the tense nerves of the team members finally gradually relaxed. When they were only half a day away from the temple, almost everyone had a "relief" look - arriving here means an absolute "safe area".

In the past few days, Sally has consciously served as Nefi's "parent", taking care of her daily life carefully, and even sleeping in the same bed with the other person at night. Although Sally gives people a very mature feeling, she is only 17 years old after all, and 13-year-old Nefi is at the age of curiosity about the whole world, so without the shadow of war, she quickly became a friend who can speak everything.

When Sally changed out of her teaching robe and put on a dress that was the same as Nefie's style, she was completely like a pair of "sisters".

"Sister Sally, I miss homesick..."

Nafi pressed the corner of her skirt and sat on a cart full of books and said.

"Mogra village is still occupied by those pagans, and I'm afraid I can't go back now," Sally, who was riding on the horse, pointed to the huge city that could be seen in front of him. "The temple will arrange suitable accommodation for us. When the village is safe, I will send you back again, okay?"

"But I'm afraid that my mother will come back during the time when I'm not in the village, so she won't be able to find me..."

Nefi showed a worried look, and Sally turned her gaze to Roddy, who was riding a horse and flipping the books: "Rody, come and think of a solution!"

In the past few days, it seems that because Roddy cleaned up her appearance, the little Loli's attitude towards him has become much better than before, but the so-called "good" is just a simple politeness-Nefei at this time seems to be not as weird as Roddy's impression, and she gives people the feeling that she is a good girl with good tutors.

He put down the "Principles of Production of Charged Crystals (Volume 1)" in his hand, raised his head and thought for a moment, and replied seriously: "Camilla, haven't you ever thought about taking the initiative to find your mother?"

"I...I don't know where my mom is..."

"But you can give me your mother's name, appearance characteristics or other information. I have many subordinates, maybe I can find it?"

Roddy knew that he could not directly say that Mrs. Camilla was in her city, so she simply adopted such a "circumcision" approach.

"Well, my mother's name is Camilla. She said I look very similar to her, but my hair is maroon." Nefi looked at Roddy with wide eyes: "Is this really OK?"

"Maybe, I'll try my best to try."

Roddy nodded, and the serious look made Sally laugh. She pointed to the book in Roddy's hand: "You said you want to read some books when you are on the way... I can't understand the words on it at all. Could you figure out something else?"

"It's just a look when I'm bored. I prefer to study this kind of thing."

Roddy shrugged, looking like he was "pretending to understand if he didn't understand", but in fact, a line of handwriting was shown in his vision-

"The mission is completed."
Chapter completed!