Fortunately, she just misunderstood. Griffith touched the tip of his nose and was glad from the bottom of his heart that Galadia just misunderstood.
If one day she finds out that Sonia and I have made a soul contract... Ugh, I don’t dare to think about it. I will burn the documents of the new girl I met when I get back. It would be a minor discourtesy!
Within a minute, rapid footsteps were heard from behind the bookshelf, and Galadia actually circled back.
She put the book she was holding somewhere somewhere, and returned to Griffith with a nonchalant look on her face, as if nothing had happened.
“It’s useless for you to read local chronicles and customs. Mysterious secrets and key information will not be written in them. These books are more like a collection of folk tales than books.”
“Oh, really?” Griffith turned over the pages of the book awkwardly, wondering if he should find a passage and read it out.
The elf shook his head slightly and gestured with his fingers: "You need to understand the mysterious organization in Raven's place, the division of power between the Church of the Gods and the military, and the black magic and monsters you may encounter. Let me recommend a book to you."
As she spoke, she pulled Griffith's sleeve around to another library and stretched out her hand toward the upper shelf.
Griffith followed the direction of her hand and saw a "Compilation of Black Magic Cases of the Eastern Province" placed on the top shelf of the bookshelf. He hurriedly reached out his hand to take the book down.
"Pa~" The back of the elf's hand hit Griffith's palm. The cold and delicate touch made Griffith throb, and he almost shook it.
"It's the one next to it." The girl turned her head and looked at the knight, then slowly took back her right hand, "Sir Valentine's Adventure Notes in the Eastern Continent."
"Sorry," Griffith blushed and hurriedly took down the adventure notebook, "I thought..."
"That case compilation is also full of urban legends," Galadia took the note calmly and shook it towards Griffith, "Sir Valentine is not only an adventurer, but also a rigorous scholar.
. His records of the secret black magic and sacrificial rituals spread in the Eastern Province are detailed and accurate, and he describes the code of conduct and history of the Holy Light Church, which dominates the faith, in a neutral manner, so that you can learn something and be prepared.
.”
“This is great,” Griffith took the jazz adventure notes handed over by the girl, “I didn’t expect you to be so knowledgeable.”
"You can borrow it to read on the road," Galadia circled her hair with her fingers, "How long will you be there?"
“A one-week mission, including the journey, takes almost ten days.”
"Stop trying to break through the central government," the girl said softly. "Even if they send you to the front line, you have to find a way to avoid it. Learn from those bureaucrats. Don't be the first to do everything."
“I remember.”
“Really remember?”
“Of course.”
"Okay," Galadia sighed, hesitated for a while, and then asked very seriously, "Griffith, if Erza is in danger and is surrounded by enemies, what will you do?"
…”
What can I do? Why do I feel like this problem is a trap?
Griffith stared at Galadia. The elf lady turned her head and looked at the full bookshelf, playing with the ends of her hair without looking at him.
Well, why don't you just surround the point to raise reinforcements and wait for me to jump in? The rebels in Verona used this trick. I just came back from Verona, so using the same trick twice is useless!
"Galadia." He called softly.
The elf's ears stood up. Although she tried to be aloof, the long pointed ears still betrayed her deeply.
“In Verona, I rested on corpses in muddy water, ate half-cooked potatoes and carrots, with broken arrowheads stuck in the gaps in my armor, and fought and marched for more than 18 hours a day.”
As he spoke, he put his hand into his pocket. After hearing the first half of the sentence, Galadia's eyes showed special concern and tenderness, and her eyes followed his movements subconsciously.
“It was a hellish place.
“But even there, there is some beauty.
“I brought you a gift.”
Griffith took out a small crystal bottle. The charming rose-colored liquid rippled in the clear crystal, reflecting a clear and charming light in the soft sunlight.
Just by looking at it, one can’t help but associate this rose-colored little thing with the warm and cozy afternoon, comfort and tranquility, and beautiful memories.
“This is rose essential oil, which is said to be often used in prayers and baths. It has excellent moisturizing and relaxing effects. It is the best specialty of Verona!”
Galadia was shocked: "For me?"
“Of course.”
“Didn’t you go there to fight?”
"Don't I have five or six hours of rest every day?" Griffith grabbed the girl's wrist and stuffed the sparkling crystal vial into it. "Do you have a lot of these things? I don't understand very well.
, can’t choose the style.”
"How could it be possible? It's nothing!" Galadia hurriedly denied, holding the small bottle of rose essential oil tightly to her chest, as if it was worth all the treasures in the world, "Who taught you this?"
"What?" Griffith didn't realize what she was asking.
“Who told you to bring this kind of gift to a girl? You are a soldier, how do you understand this?” The elf blushed and said coyly.
Griffith shook his head:
"One time when I was marching on the battlefield, between the gray sky and the pale earth, I saw a bright red. I originally thought it was a battlefield where a battle had just broken out, but when I got closer, I found that it was from the flames of war.
A field of roses that was fortunately preserved. Its gentle fragrance enveloped me, leaving no trace of fatigue and depression, leaving only joy and fulfilling memories.
"At that time, I had an idea. Although the war was miserable, if I could let you share the beauty I experienced at that moment, even if it meant an expedition to the end of the world, I would be willing..." :(/
Slender hands covered Griffith's mouth, blocking his thoughts.
Galadia held Griffith's shoulders and took a half step forward, stood on tiptoes, and kissed him on the cheek.
Griffith almost melted on the spot.
The gentle kiss passed away quietly. Miss Elf took two steps back shyly and whispered: "Don't get me wrong. This is a blessing from our tribe. It can drive away bad luck and bring good luck. Really."
As soon as she finished speaking, she wanted to run away.
Griffith caught her, grabbed her arms and carried her back.
"No, no, no!" Galadia struggled, "I'm not an adult yet!"
Griffith's hot hands were about to melt her.
"No, I'm calling someone, really." Miss Elf's voice of resistance became softer and softer, so soft that almost no one could hear her. She closed her eyes as if giving up resistance.
“Give me a gift.”
“Ah?” The girl opened her eyes immediately.
"Whatever I can take with me, I can take with me when I leave," Griffith said seriously, "I want to take it with me to Raven."
Galadia reacted immediately and nodded with the most serious expression: "Then, give me the insight crystal I gave you. When will you leave?"
“Tomorrow morning.”
“I’ll see you off tomorrow morning!”
…
After watching Galadia leave, Griffith collected his thoughts and continued to prepare for his mission. He first called Minos, the bone ring, and received a response from it.
"What's the matter?" Bone Ring asked, "Minos noticed that you have become more powerful. Do you need to prepare potions and rituals for you to advance to Sequence 7?"
“You also know these?”
“Minos observed the entity, explored its potential, studied its lineage, adjusted its sequence, decomposed the body, absorbed its essence, and reassembled it to perfection.”
“…” Griffith felt more and more that this ring was a creation of the evil god. However, there is still a place for it to be used.
“However, Minos needs the essence of the moon spirit, fresh pith mushrooms, and the juice of the mandrake. Minos has proposed it, but has not yet obtained it.”
"These are not easy to get," Griffith thought for a moment, "I will provide them to you as soon as possible."
“With these supplies, Minos can prepare potions and ritual information for you.”
“Do you have any good ideas for extracting memory fragments from extraordinary characteristics?” Griffith then asked.
The extraordinary characteristics of the demon hunters, one-eyed monsters, spellcasters and earth dragons he retained are all precious Sequence 7 extraordinary characteristics, and they may all contain valuable information.
Minos paused for a while, seeming to be thinking about something, and then replied:
“Minos has detected that you hold four Sequence 7 extraordinary characteristic crystals of ‘Demon Hunter’, ‘Glutton’, ‘Wizard’, and ‘Psychic’.
“There are many ways to extract memory fragments, but through alien methods, the remaining memories may put a greater burden on your spirit, the characteristic crystals may hide dangerous information, and the remaining memories may have been shattered, distorted or tampered with.
“Withdrawal hastily can drive you crazy.
“For the sake of your sanity, Minos recommends that you be cautious before trying to contact the memory fragments retained in the extraordinary characteristics after becoming a Sequence 7.
“If there are extraordinary characteristics of the caster path, and the side effects during the absorption process are small, Minos can provide the necessary magic potion formula to assist in the analysis and absorption of memories.”
This ring sometimes seems quite reliable, so it's probably not fooling me. Griffith thought for a moment and continued to ask: "Also, do you know about Laboratory 13 in Homemonworth?"
“There are no relevant records in the school,” Bone Ring replied, “but there are some warehouses in the town of Baltimore, you can go there and search.”
…
Griffith, who had not gained much from the ring, returned to his seat with Galadia's recommended books, and began to prepare based on the mission situation he had obtained from Count Larmore.
His target Raven is a port city, a province located on the east coast of the Broken Sea, and an important node in the Eastern Sea Route.
This city has a long history. There is an old city on the plain ten miles away from the port. According to the records of "Sir Valentine's Adventures in the Eastern Continent", the place is dilapidated and old, and the wealthy people have moved to the north bank of the Raven River.
Living in the upper city area.
The Holy Light is the main local belief. The Church of the Holy Light even has a bishop there.
According to the information provided by the meeting, the last bishop was named Kelian. He was a local and held the positions of monk, priest and Bishop of Raven. He was dismissed six months ago and was transferred to the Odessa region in the north. If Gerry
Faith's memory about Krista is correct. Bishop Kelian must know Krista, and there are even clues and files about Krista hidden in Raven's Church.
This mission gave Griffith unprecedented authority. As an officer and quasi-knight, he has full authority to access secret documents from the local Bureau of Investigation, City Hall, and the church. Of course, local officials will definitely hide something more.
, but Griffith still has the possibility of discovering important clues.
Raven is guarded by garrison mages and garrison knights. The two current ones are both graduates of Homemon Watts, namely Sequence 7 "Wizard" Rihanna Mage and Sequence 7 "Spell Breaker" Safirion Knight Gerry.
Faith found their information in the alumni directory. They were classmates, now thirty years old, and both were unmarried.
Intuitively, Griffith could guess that the relationship between the two of them must be very close.
After Bishop Kelian was transferred, Wizard Rihanna and Knight Saffirion became the persons in charge of local mysterious events, commanding a team of 8 Beyonders.
According to reports, a week ago, on March 21, early residents of Raven City discovered the devoured body of a homeless man on the street.
On the same day, the local police reported that tomb robbers had appeared in Raven Cemetery, robbing tombs here and there. The local police immediately launched an investigation, but the Beyonders took no action.
On March 22nd and 23rd, the number of tomb robbing cases doubled. Raven officials began to suspect that this was the criminal activity of the black magic cultists who were fleeing near the Broken Sea. A trainee monk who went to the crime scene to investigate submitted a report on the 24th
He made a report, claiming that part of the damaged tomb showed signs of collapse from the inside out, which may be a kind of black magic contamination that had not been seen in the area.
The novice monk named Lanzada Houston reported in detail the horrific scene in a civilian cemetery. He was obviously well-educated, and the content of the report was rigorous and detailed. According to his report, in the initial
After the looting incident, the number of tombs collapsing from the inside out is increasing threefold every day.
After the Holy Light Church complied with the report according to the regulations, it reported it to Beyeland on the same day, and officially notified the garrison mages and garrison knights to launch an investigation into the black magic incident. On the 25th, Beyeland officials, Count Larmore and his
Friends have all received the report. They have long known most of the details of the Neopolis incident, and immediately began to mobilize the extraordinary and extraordinary. From this day on, Raven's incident was officially related to the secret evil.
Raven is a large city directly under the jurisdiction of Beyeland. The local area has a strong regular army squadron and a complete city defense brigade for defense. After receiving orders from superiors, another local empty city defense brigade and a garrison brigade are working urgently.
Rally and arm.
On the evening of March 25, some residents of Upper Revan were attacked by man-eating monsters. The local Beyonder team annihilated these monsters, and the city hall announced that everything was under control.
On March 26, the resident mage began to report suspicious black magic incidents one after another. Although there were not a large number of monsters in the area, there were many reports saying that there were suspicious people or creatures on the edge of the dark forest and in the sewers.
haunt.
Count Larmore and others suspect that the sudden crisis in Raven is not entirely caused by outside cultists. Some local high-ranking figures and extraordinary people may be involved, but the extent of the involvement is unknown.
The task given to Griffith is to supervise and report on the investigation and purification work of the Extraordinary Commandos, be responsible for the coordination between local officials and Extraordinaries, and investigate the true purpose of the cultists if possible.
Griffith could even theoretically not participate in the battle. This mission assembled a paranormal commando team and at least four Beyonder squads, plus the local regular army, city defense troops and artillery. Raven's defense strength was enough to challenge half a dozen.
god……
He opened the list of combatants at the end of the intelligence report, and Amber Roselet's name suddenly appeared on it. He closed the report with a snap and looked around nervously.
Hmm, Galadia didn’t see it!
…
March 29, 1444, Second Age.
Griffiths was fully clothed and preparing to leave Homemonworth and head to Baltimore Harbor to wait to board the ship. Such a thing had only happened once not long ago, and he did not expect to have to travel again so soon.
Sonia prepared two certificates for him, one was the appointment letter of the reserve assault squadron leader that was urgently produced and the other was a temporary appointment letter.
According to the appointment letter, Griffith is already an official officer. His monthly salary has been increased from 100 silver langs to 150 silver langs. Counting the 50 silver langs allowance and the 100 silver langs annuity, he now has a monthly income of 250 silver langs.
!
The second document was a temporary authorization. Due to his lower military rank, Sonia reminded Count Larmore to apply for a letter of appointment from the official, appointing him as the special investigator sent by Bijerland to Raven. With this
It proved that he could justifiably refuse combat orders from some high-ranking officers and extraordinary beings. Even Lordes could not find fault.
Sonia is so attentive... Griffith put the documents away carefully, saluted Sonia and said goodbye.
“I’ll see you off at the port!” Sonia suddenly came up with a surprising idea, “I always feel that if I have something to worry about, it’s better to go to the port with you.”
No no no no no no! Griffith could already see Galadia looking at him from a distance.
“It doesn’t matter, I’m ready. Sonia, you’d better stay here. You still have class today.”
“I insist!”
No, please, don’t do this.
Griffith looked left and right, leaned close to the girl's ear and whispered: "There have been a lot of foreign forces in Baltimore recently. I'm worried that you don't have other guards."
"Okay, okay." The hot breath and whispers in her ears made Sonia blush. She quickly took two steps back to avoid Griffith's breath and let him leave alone.
Due to the rush of the trip, Griffith did not have time to prepare and carry new types of potions, so he could only replenish some secondary slowing potions and healing potions.
He stood on the harbor and looked around. Soon, he saw a smart figure wearing a cloak and walked over immediately.
Galadia stood in the shadow of the corner, not letting the passers-by on the pier see her. She saw Griffith coming, and took out a silver pendant from her pocket with excitement on her face:
"This is the pendant I made. I prayed to the Goddess of Silver Moon and Starlight for blessings based on the original insight crystal, and He answered me! Just hold the pendant, recite His true name and pray to Him when needed.
You can try some simple divination, finding your way or predicting bad luck."
“Really!?” Griffith was overjoyed. Divination was difficult to learn, and he couldn’t get into it at all.
"Why are you so excited? It's just a little divination. Look at your potential," the elf criticized him. "I left a blessing on the pendant. If you are confused or depressed, you can hold this pendant. I
The magic power will stabilize your spirit and reason. But you have to be close to me regularly to recharge it."
“That’s so helpful! How close do I have to get?”
…”
This question made both of them blush.
“It’s better to give it back to me regularly to recharge it.”
“Yes, understand.”
Griffith took the pendant in his hand and looked at it carefully. It was a small silver pendant, with insight crystal embedded in a silver oval shell. The material of the shell was not silver, and a soft and delicate magical atmosphere was flowing.
This is a pendant made of precious mithril! He flipped the small switch and found that there was a layer of crystal besides the insight crystal, sealing a strand of black hair.
Galadia blushed and took the pendant back: "I'll put it on for you."
“I’m wearing armor and have a medal on my collar,” Griffith said.
"I know."
The elf raised his slender arms, and before Griffith turned around, he put his hands around the back of his neck, fumbled to open the clasp of the pendant, and wanted to put it on him.
This feeling is like a girl taking the initiative to hug herself...
“It’s not easy to wear like this, I’ll turn around.”
“It’s okay, I’m very clever!”
Griffith did not dare to move, holding his breath and looking at the elf.
Facts have proved that wearing the necklace from the front is a bad idea. Galadia fiddled with it for a long time but couldn't put it on properly. She bit her lip in embarrassment, stood on tiptoes, and rested her chin on his shoulder to see the result of the pendant she made.
What's the problem?
Galadia's unique fresh breath, like autumn forest and maple leaves, came in, with a hint of rose fragrance. The two wonderful smells were combined together, and Griffith was stunned for a second.
Without hesitation, he raised his hand and placed it on the elf's slender waist.
The lock of the pendant made a small sound and was finally locked.
Galadia just leaned on his shoulder, trembling slightly.
Every second is more precious than a kingdom.
“When can I get another blessing? The one that drives away the troubles of bad luck and brings good luck.” Griffith seized the time and asked beside his long pointed ears.
It took a lot of effort for Galadia to speak out in a low hum.