I raise elves in Florian

"Thank you very much for inviting me to this dinner, Count Tah."

Frilian said to Count Tah with a reluctant expression that if it weren't for him, she would already be sleeping in Shi Yichen's arms at the inn.

"Lady Frillien looks very reluctant."

Sitting opposite Frilian, Philon looked at Frilian's reluctant face and knew that this matter was probably not so simple.

"Lady Frilian, my great-grandfather was fortunate to receive your care."

Count Tah spoke politely to Frilian, since he had something he wanted to ask her for help with, so he started by appealing to her emotions.

"Just say what you need to say."

Frillie didn't want to hear any polite words; she just wanted to know what Count Tah wanted to see her about.

"Then I'll get straight to the point: our family's heirloom sword was stolen by the demons."

Seeing this, Count Tah didn't bother with any pleasantries with Frilian and told her directly what had happened.

"It got stolen again..."

Upon hearing this, Frillie couldn't help but sigh, because eighty years ago, when this count's great-grandfather was alive, their family heirloom sword was stolen once. They recovered it together with Simmel and the others, but they never expected it to be stolen again eighty years later.

"again?"

Shutark looked at Frillie with a puzzled expression.

"The Earl's great-grandfather was also robbed during his reign."

Frilian explained to Hugh Tarker.

"This is way too easy to steal."

Shutark said speechlessly, "It's a family heirloom sword, after all. How could it be stolen so easily, especially since this city has a protective barrier?"

"I understand. Please use the magic book as payment for completing this request."

Frillie stood up and said to Count Tah, "Although finding the sword will take some time, if the reward is a magic book, then spending a little time is nothing."

Three books!

Looking at Frilian's reluctant expression, Shi Yichen realized that she was somewhat resistant to the count and asked for three magic books as payment.

"Okay, no problem, then I'll leave it to you."

Count Tah said to Frilian, "Three books are fine. Finding the sword is the most important thing. The rest is not important."

"let's go!"

Frilian spoke to Philon and Shutark.

"Really, although there are many arrogant nobles in the northern countries, the lords here are simply being unreasonable."

After the four of them left the Earl's mansion, Frilian spoke up, saying that Shi Yichen, Philen, and Hugh Tarek didn't know the truth and therefore didn't think anything of it, but Frilian did.

"Is there something else going on here?"

Looking at Frillie's appearance, Philon felt that things might not be so simple.

"It's definitely not that simple."

Frillie nodded to Philon.

"Then let's just leave."

Shi Yichen said to Frilian, "If you don't want to do it, then forget it. Looking for things will only waste time. If they want to leave, no one can stop them."

"Forget it, I already promised them. Fortunately, this time we know the direction the demons fled in, which is much better than before."

Last time there was absolutely no indication of it, and it took us a lot of effort, but we finally found the sword on the summit of the Sylvia Mountains.

After listening to Shi Yichen's words, Frilian thought about it and decided to give up. After all, the reward was a magic book, so why not take it? Besides, they already had some clues, so finding it would be relatively easier.

"That's incredible!"

"Shutark exclaimed in amazement."

"But why would the demons steal the sword?"

Philon was puzzled by this; what kind of sword could possibly be worth the demons stealing again and again?

"The sword of the Count of Tah originally belonged to the famous demon race. Perhaps only demons can understand the charm of this sword."

Frilian said to Philon.

"However, I was surprised that Lady Frilian accepted this request. I thought you would definitely refuse."

Philon looked at Frilian and said that Frilian had wanted to leave as soon as possible to avoid trouble, but in the end she accepted the Earl's commission.

"But there's nothing I can do! He offered three magic books as payment. If it were just one, I would have to think about it."

Frillie shrugged. She wouldn't have taken the job if the reward hadn't been so generous. Of course, Simmel was partly to blame, since they had put in a lot of effort to find it, and it wouldn't be good to just lose it like that.

"Lady Frillien really doesn't do anything without a profit motive."

Philen smiled and said to Frilian, "There's nothing I can do about it. Frilian just loves magic books. As long as the reward is enough, Frilian can even take on the Demon King one-on-one."

. . . . . .

The group of four followed the direction in which the demons fled and gradually arrived at a quiet village, which was in a state of destruction everywhere.

"What a desolate village, there's not a single person here."

Shutark looked at the village's environment; the entire village was in terrible disrepair.

No, there is one.

Frillie looked out at the damaged house, from which emerged a woman dressed in a black robe.

"To be precise, they are demons. Philon, be careful."

Shi Yichen looked at the woman who came out. Although she concealed her aura perfectly, it could not escape Shi Yichen's eyes.

Philon and Shutark nodded slightly, showing no sign of anything unusual.

Are you from this village?

Frilian looked at the woman in the black robe and asked.

"No, I am a traveling monk. This village was destroyed by the Sword Demons, and I am mourning the fallen villagers."

The female monk told Shi Yichen and his companions that she was unaware that they had discovered her, and that she was pretending to be someone who was mourning a dead human.

"The Sword Demon Clan..."

Philon silently recited the name of the Sword Demon Clan. Just hearing the name, one could tell that this demon clan was very powerful.

"It should be the demon we're looking for."

Frillie nodded and said, "Judging from his name, I know he stole the sword. It seems we've come to the right place."

"I've heard that the Sword Demon has destroyed many villages; he leaves no survivors in the villages he visits."

The demon woman led Shi Yichen and the others to an open space with several mounds of earth forming graves.

"unacceptable."

Although Philon didn't know what was inside the mound, the Sword Demons' actions were far too cruel.

"Could you adventurers also offer your prayers?"

The demon woman told Shi Yichen and the others that she had already used this trick to deceive many adventurers, killing and eating them while they were praying.

Frillian took out her wand and unleashed an attack spell at the mound of earth behind the demon woman, who was startled and quickly dodged.