Atlas Double Star Book

Neil told Egg that he had seen the tall sorceress at the inn before, and she was the girl's teacher.

The two decided to investigate the hotel.

Carefully avoiding patrolling knights, they pretended to be countrymen who had traveled a long distance to the capital and came to the inn.When they reached the second floor, the two of them felt that something was wrong.

There was a certain smell in the air, a bit like uncooked fish.

The smell of monsters...?

Egg said, "That's right, it's the breath of a monster."

The stench was faint, mixed with the smell of alcohol, perfume, and dirty bedding, so no one noticed.The smell leads to the end of the corridor, and the two walk lightly, which is the room on the left.Egg smelled blood... The door was ajar, and there was no sound in the room.Neil stood in front, pushed the door open and entered in an instant!

It was empty, and there were no signs of battle.There were some blood-stained bandages scattered on the ground. Neil picked them up, and the smell came from here.The ground has been wiped, and blood remains between the boards... Is this the blood of a monster?The papers were placed on the table casually, and Egg picked up one. It was an unfinished letter written in a hurry, using the Abel script commonly used by the college.It appears that this is indeed the sorceress' room.

"What's that written?" Egg asked.

Neil didn't understand the ancient language, but he recognized the recipient's name: "Peleas"... Yes, at least he knew these characters.Why did the sorceress write a letter to her teacher?What sudden event interrupted her again?There are several silver shield coins under the paper, which is almost enough for a few days of hotel money.There was no luggage around, and the sorceress hurried away.

Neal turned around, only to accidentally crush something, which startled him.

It's bedbugs.

Bedbugs are not uncommon in hotels with dirty mattresses...the beds are not right either.The sheets were clean and appeared to have been cleaned as well.But there was a weird rustling sound from under the sheet... He lifted the sheet, and countless bedbugs shook off.Neil could not help but shudder.I saw a lot of blood stains on the mattress, thick and black, shiny with oil.

"It's almost like someone lost blood to death..."

Bed bugs are attracted to stains.Neil checked some unused bandages scattered on the pillow, and several empty medicine bottles on the floor.

"This blood is the same as the black blood left in the dungeon." Egg took out the glass bottle.The liquid was as thick as a paste, and the red color was almost invisible, but it did smell of blood mixed with the stench of monsters.

"So, after the girl escaped from the dungeon, she came to the sorceress' room? The sorcerer tried to heal her, but there was no effective way... She walked in such a hurry, I'm afraid she didn't want to be discovered. She is elegant My teacher, I guess the relationship between their master and apprentice should be very deep, and now the warlock is gone...Maybe it was the warlock who helped the little girl escape from prison."

"According to the Duke, the girl disappeared out of the cell, but there was a large amount of strange blood left on the ground and on the instruments of torture. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took this matter very seriously and sent the second knight order to find the fugitive."

Neil asked, "Are you sure this is the girl's blood? Ejah Ephtah."

"The duke didn't mention it, he just said that the prison cell was very strange, and there was disgusting black blood everywhere, as if several people had died...Now all the knights in the city are looking for the girl based on the smell of blood. I met her on the way here. A lot of knights."

The two discussed for a while, but still had no clue.Human blood actually smells like monsters, how the girl disappeared from the heavily guarded palace, and the warlock left in a hurry... These are beyond the scope of understanding, and there is no more information.Kaloyalo is still running to rescue his friend, and Trand is currently under house arrest.

"What do you plan to do next?" Egg asked.

"I want to find that girl and bring her back. Trande didn't instigate the assassination, and that girl can't be the murderer who assassinated the Demon Banner...Only she knows the truth. Those Sybil knights are looking for her after the smell of blood No? I can follow them and bring the girl back before they do. Besides, the girl's family is waiting for her..." Neil thought of the poor old grandma and the children again.

"The pure-bloods will kill her."

"..."

"Don't say you will protect her." Igor pulled out the chair and sat down. "It's useless. Even if you bring the witness back, it's useless. Who would believe it?"

"Then they have no right to interrogate Tland. Only His Majesty can interrogate the Royal Knight Commander. If I bring back decisive witnesses, they have no reason to detain Tland."

"Neil, you don't understand these people. Those guys from the pure blood faction... Even Tland can't handle it. He told me before that if the eldest prince succeeds, he will retire, and he would rather hide Far away, go to do business, go fishing with me or something. Besides, the girl is hopeless, if found by the knights, she will die, and if you bring her back, she will die as well." Egg shook the blood bottle, his eyes still calm Like a frozen lake.The horror in the house did not arouse his emotions.

The man was hard, Neal thought, no wonder Trand described Egg as sharp as a diamond.

"But I can't do nothing." Neil was silent for a moment, and then said, "Until I find Ephraim, all speculation is meaningless."

"I know what they're going to do, Neil Bernhard. My family has been involved with the pure-bloods for more than 1000 years. My father, grandfather and great-grandmother are the backbone of it. The Gorgon family used to only talk to Intermarriage of the same pure-blood family. When I was 8 years old, I knew which family I would marry in the future, and I was one of them..."

"No, you're not! You love a half-Sybyl." Neil interrupted immediately.This kind of self-deprecation would only make Egg sad, and he didn't want it.

"..."

"..."

The sudden silence made the two knights inexplicably embarrassed.

Egg looked displeased, turned to smile again, and patted Neil's cheek: "Tsk, can you young people stop saying some bloody things so often? It's really unbearable..."

"Master, will you come with me?"

The black knight was thoughtful, "I'm sorry, I still have some personal grievances on my side, so I have to stay in the imperial capital."

Personal matters?The word aroused Neal's suspicions.Trand was in prison, and the fellow had as many enemies as the sun's shadow on earth.At this moment, what "personal grievances" would Yi Ge care about?

Egg looked the same as usual, his facial features seemed to be carved out of ice, and the gray-blue waves in his pupils were calm.Ke Neil clearly felt that his nerves were tense and his arrows were on the line... The Duke also said: A person like Yi Ge usually looks calm, but no one can stop him from going crazy in a muffled voice.

Neil felt that it was not very good, so he asked further: "What trouble did you encounter?"

"Small things."

It was perfunctory, Neal was sure, watching the master take off the gloves slowly, smooth out the fine folds of the leather, and put them back on.Every movement was slow and precise, as Egg always did.Egg turned his head, still secretly watching Neil.

Definitely guilty.

"You lied," Neal said, as softly as possible, not to provoke Egg, "is there any trouble I can't share? I'm your friend, Egg. You know I'll do anything for you—anything. Just I will do anything if you need it. I am the same for Trande and the Duke." After speaking, Neil thought about it again, and ruled out some options beyond the moral bottom line in his mind.

"Annoying." Egg walked to the window, pretending to look at the scenery.

"Have you killed someone...? Or some people..."

"No."

"Then...could it be that you sneaked into the mansion of Trande's political opponents and have something to do with him?"

"It's so long-winded, I won't talk to you anymore, I'm busy." Yi Ge turned to leave.

It seems right!Neil took his friend's arm and wouldn't let him go.Egg glanced back at him, and Neil almost let go instinctively, feeling like grabbing a leopard's tail in desperation.

"..."

"..."

The two knights were at an impasse again.

In the end, Yi Ge sighed, "On the contrary, it was your iron temper who came to persuade me...don't worry, I have my own measure."

Neil sighed too.He looked at Egg again, and the master and apprentice exchanged glances.

"Master, you know... I will do anything for you. My sword is your sword, and my hand is your hand. Trand will be fine, for sure."

"I know." Egg moved his cervical spine lazily, and walked leisurely.

"Of course Trand will not die at the hands of the enemy..." Egg paused, and tenderly pressed the dagger to Neil's cheek, "That is my exclusive right."

The tip of the pen swipe across the paper quickly, and the words and sentences are formed in the lines.

"Peleas:

There are patients who need your help and only you know how to treat them.I will come to you..."

She writes too sloppily, but the addressee must understand.She paused, but still left her signature "Heather".

The sorceress draws out the messenger rune, rolls up the note, and puts it into the notch of the "Polaris" wristband.Fortunately, Peleas also had the Warlock Bracers, so Heather could contact him in time.Scholars generally don't need a "North Star" and using spells is bad for them.But the academy still gave Peleas the precious wristband.

Because he is unusual, Heather thought.The use of spells is actually to advance their lives. Most of the warlocks and scholars were doomed. They were swallowed by "books" because they exhausted the roster. scholar.Only the man came back, back from the dead...

Maester Peleas must have a way, he knows what to do.Suddenly, a violent cough came from the depths of the carriage, interrupting the sorceress's contemplation. She wrapped the patient in a blanket and asked him to lie down again.Heather was drenched in sweat.She really can't handle this situation, Peleas must come forward...

The sorceress turned the twin stones on her wristband, chanted the messenger's incantation, and the green fluorite lit up.The goods piled up in the carport also temporarily appeared in the darkness.The two stone pointers coincided with each other, pointing to the southeast, and then the green light went out inside the stone.In order to confirm that the message had been sent, she took out the note, and the text had disappeared, leaving only a blank sheet of paper.

Heather wiped off the sweat from her forehead, the next step is to...

The carriage jolted heavily, the wine barrel almost rolled over, and the patient also fell to the ground.She coughed again, almost choking on the back of her tongue.Shinan was startled, and hurried forward to help her up.The cloak covering the girl was mostly wet, and it felt like a thawed fish. Heather spread her hand, and it was that weird red-black liquid again... Heather thought she was an experienced magician, but she had never seen this kind of blood. never seen.The smell is very similar to the monster of the Great Ice Field, with a fishy smell of fish moss.Heather couldn't help trembling, but fortunately, the scene just flashed by, like a door being slammed shut.

The warlock gently helped the girl take off her cloak.The bandages that had just been changed were all wet, and black blood kept oozing from the wound, which couldn't be stopped no matter what.Last night when the warlock returned to the hotel, he opened the door and saw a bloody man lying on the ground.In a daze, she recognized the face.Their master and apprentice were separated for three years, but they never expected such a reunion.

"Yi Ya, do you need water?" The warlock patted the girl's back to relieve her pain.

The girl coughed continuously, and then vomited black blood.The hood fell off, and her long hair fell down... Shinan gasped, and helped her apprentice put on the hood to cover her face.

"I'm sorry, Master, I'm sorry..." The girl weakly wiped the blood on the Warlock's body with her sleeve, but the stain increased in vain.

The farmer who was driving heard the cough and asked the patient how he was.

She's fine, thank you.The warlock answered with a lot of thought.She applied medicine to the girl's arm, which was really thin, as if neither life flowed nor participated in the pain of the body.Heather held this arm as if holding a relic.She rubbed it carefully, and the potion glowed silver on her skin, like snake scales.

Black blood runs along the crevices of the scales.

The warlock was silent for a long time, but still said softly: "It's okay Yiya, I have a friend who can heal you."

As long as you reach Itil, as long as you can meet Peleas...

The twin stones flashed green again, and the other party received the message!The warlock wiped off his sweat and hugged the dying child.

The author has something to say: continue with the small setting in the previous chapter:

[Duke’s costumes]: The biggest hobby of the Duke and his Gong (Prince of the Island) is to write scripts, and then perform together to OTZ

So is the women's clothing the Duke's? hhh

That's it for this week, thank you all, love you~