gems and stars

Early the next morning, Ivner caught up with the town's morning market, which was a rare opportunity for him who rarely went out.The curious Ivner looked around like a child, stopped for four or five minutes at almost every stall he was interested in, and bought a lot of things.

It was around nine o'clock in the morning after visiting the market, and he walked towards yesterday's department store, passing the temple in the center of the town on the way.Most human beings on this continent believe in the God of Light, and as the dominant religion, the God of Light has a temple of a corresponding size in almost every town of a certain size for people to come to pray, and it is also convenient The religion governs and manages the entire continent.

Nine o'clock in the morning is the time when there is a large flow of people inside and outside the temple. Evna wanted to bypass the crowd, but was unexpectedly nailed to the spot by something, unable to take another step, and watched helplessly from inside the temple. Something came out, turned into a blue light and threw it straight into the puppet in his arms.

Just as he reacted, more than a dozen knights poured out from the temple and surrounded him.The leading knight had a gold-rimmed badge inlaid with five diamonds on his chest. Ivner, who watched "Daily News" every day, naturally knew that this knight was the highest-ranking paladin in the Sect of Light.

When the priests who came to the side saw Ivna who looked like a little boy, they persuaded them kindly: "Son, although I don't know how you took away the precious sapphire, this thing is very valuable to the temple. It's very important, return it to us quickly."

Evner opened his blue eyes wide, with a dazed look on his face.

The silent paladin suddenly frowned and said, "Smith, this kid is a black magician."

The priest who was going to Raifna suddenly stopped and took a few steps back.

Evner pursed his lips when he saw this, and didn't say anything to justify, but just stood there obediently, and hugged Starter more forcefully.

Paladin Oden was a little surprised by the little black mage's reaction. Ordinary black mages would attack when they were discovered, and try their best to escape.And this little black magician not only didn't move, but his blue eyes were too clear, reminding him of the Holy Son in the central hall of the king's capital.

Maybe this little mage should not be treated like other black mages, Auden thought, so he slowed down his tone and said, "Do you know where the sapphire went? We saw it flying towards you. Tell us and we'll let you go."

It was only then that Evner realized that the blue light that entered the State was actually a piece of sapphire, and it seemed to be particularly important to the temple.

He hesitated for a while, then raised the puppet in his hand to the paladin, pointed to the puppet's belly: "That blue light has entered here." He added: "I don't know why."

The expressions of the paladin and the priests on the side were a little surprised. Father Smith even changed his fearful look and stepped forward to touch the puppet's belly. There was only soft cotton, but where did he get the gems from?He was a little embarrassed: "There are no gems here. Children are not allowed to lie." Because of Ivna's performance just now, Smith subconsciously treated him as an ordinary child.

Ivna felt unwilling, it was obvious that the gem came to him by himself, so how did he turn into doing bad things by himself?But he didn't dare to refute loudly, so he could only mutter: "I didn't lie. I'm not a child anymore."

Auden and Father Smith glanced at each other, walked out of the encirclement formed by the other knights, and after discussing in the corner for a few minutes, they came back and said to Ivna: "Sorry, this gem is very important to the temple, we can only take you to The central temple of the royal capital."

Unlike the rejection predicted by Auden, this peculiar black mage agreed happily.They didn't know that it was Ivna's dream to travel without spending his own savings, and he was looking forward to the scenery he had never seen before on the road.What's more, he can't fight against the group of people in front of him with his own strength.As for the situation he will face after arriving in the capital, it is beyond his control.

So after a short wait, Ivner followed the dozen or so knights and priests on the journey to the capital.Because there were many knights in the staff and there were no important people, they decided to all ride horses; Evner had never touched a horse before, let alone possessed the ability to master it in one day, so he became the only one who needed others to ride .

Considering his attributes as a black mage, this task fell to the most powerful paladin, Oden.Auden seemed to be very happy to accept this task. He first carefully put Ivner on the horse, and then hugged him from behind to prevent him from accidentally falling off.

In Evner's memory, he has never been so close to a human being. In the past, the only thing he could hug was his beloved puppet, Start, but after all, Start was not a real person and would not have warmth.

Just when he was curious about the experience of being in such close contact with others, the paladin asked him: "Little magician, my name is Oden, what's your name?" While being surprised by his performance, Evner was also surprised by Auden's reaction. He knew that in the eyes of the world, the black magician is the worst and everyone should avoid it.

Although confused, the rare concern of others made him whisper: "My name is Evner."

Just as Auden was about to continue asking, the horse was bumped because of the uneven ground, and Yvoner's hat that blocked his hair slipped off, and his pale golden hair radiated a soft light under the sunlight.A few strands of hair brushed against Auden's face behind him under the action of the breeze.

This scene made him a little dazed: "Not only the eyes are similar, but even the hair is so similar to the one in the central temple. But how could such a child degenerate into a black magician?" Auden fell into deep thought.

Seeing that Auden didn't ask him any more questions, Evner took out Start from the small backpack on his back, hugged him with his face facing outward, and together they concentrated on admiring the scenery along the way.

It is spring at this time, and colorful flowers are blooming on both sides of the road, which is really beautiful. If you look a little farther away, you will see a lush forest, so dense that you can't see the scene inside clearly, only a few crisp birdsong can be heard cry.

A group of people walked along the main road neither fast nor slow, and stopped by a river when the afterglow dyed the whole sky, preparing dinner and accommodation.Fearing that Evner would slip away, he was not assigned any tasks that would go out, and ended up building a fire with Oden and preparing food.When a group of people set up their tents and sat around the bonfire, the sky was completely dark, and the stars began to twinkle in the night.

Oden took extra care of Ivner, helping deliver food and reminding him to be careful of the flames.Other people around seemed to have forgotten Ivna's identity as a black mage, and made fun of them both.

As one of the parties involved, Evner just felt very moved. In his past life, he only had the indifference of his adoptive parents and others. After moving into the cabin in the forest, he felt more lonely alone.He carefully took the food handed by the paladin, lowered his head and ate silently, as usual, with the never-leaving puppet in his arms.

Under the light of the flames, the eyes of the puppet, one black and one purple, seemed to reveal a little life, and Ivna even felt that Start was angry.Evner squinted his eyes, and he didn't feel anything special when he looked at State again.

He rubbed his full stomach, got up and bid farewell to Oden before heading to his own tent.For the sake of safety, the night guard system is implemented in rotation, because Ivna is actually the status of the escorted person, he can sleep soundly all night without standing guard.After the rest of the people extinguished the bonfire, they dispersed separately.

There were no emergencies that night, and the group packed up and went on the road early in the morning before the dew dissipated.

The trip of rushing on the road during the day and taking turns to rest at night lasted for three days, and their journey was almost half way gone.Except for occasional encounters with mercenaries, merchant teams, or travelers or farmers in twos and threes, these people often give way piously when they see that they are the team of the temple.It can be seen that the peace and the temple of the entire continent are prestige in people's hearts.

The people in the team walked lightly along the way, bursting out with laughter from time to time, without any depressing atmosphere of escorting a black mage.Evner is not like a black magician except that he is dressed in black. His performance can even be said to be cowardly, and when he looks at you with eyes as clear as holy water, you will only feel that you are facing A child who knows nothing.

Auden was no exception. He was the first person who showed affection to Ivner and was also the kindest person to him. In the past few days, he took care of him like Ivner's brother.