"Dylan, is the shadow in the darkness you are talking about, really coming here......? Let's sleep peacefully as usual. Well, hopefully you guys are too. Iris leaned on the windowsill and muttered to herself.

After being blown by the cool breeze, Iris closed the curtains.

The night, surprisingly quiet, seemed to have made all the days of celebration tiring from everything. In the room, Zoe slept deeply, she was exhausted for the past two days. And Iris didn't fall asleep because she was tired, her eyes were misty, and she kept tossing and turning, and her thoughts were full of thoughts.

At this time, a chick got lost and stopped at the window. It had a trail of blood on its wings and was entangled in a cloud of black mist. It was noisy.

So, Irris, who was not asleep, quickly got up from the bed, tiptoed cautiously, and walked to the window, but heard Zoe's dream words.

“...... Irris, you idiot......"

Frightened, Iris quickly blocked her mouth with her fingers, turned her head and whispered to Zoe, "Shhh......hh

The bird was still at the window, trying to leave, fluttering a few times, but never flying. The chicks' eyes are clear, staring at the movement in the house.

A breeze blew the curtains, and Iris saw the little one in front of her—a phoenix chick that had lost its ability to heal itself due to the black fog.

The fledgling's eyes blinked, conquering Irris's heart. Then, Iris moved closer with more careful steps.

"Well, what's wrong with you? Poor bird, how can you get hurt? Let me see. Just one moment, it won't hurt you. Iris stared at the phoenix chick and whispered. She was afraid of frightening the birds.

The fledgling seemed to have come to an agreement with Irris, and jumped in place a few times, then stared at Irris's cheek in her warbler pajamas.

"Come on, come here. Iris held out her hands and whispered.

With that, the chick jumped onto Elris's hand and flexed its wings. Knowing that Iris could heal it, it chirped at Irrise.

Iris whispered a spell, "God of Light, please look upon the creatures in front of you and purify the darkness with magic. ”

The spell fell, and a rainbow of magical light shone on the bird, and the black mist gradually loosened the wings of the chicks. At the same time, the chick squawked and its wounds began to heal.

"Alright, it's time to go back," Irrith tried to put her hands out the window, but the chicks wouldn't leave, "Are you bothered too?"

Unbeknownst to Elrith, Zoe had been woken up by the faint fluctuations of magic - she held her head and listened to the conversation between Iris and the birds.

"Well, well, if you don't tell me, then I'll ask you a question, what does it feel like to like someone, is it warm in your heart?" Elris's face flushed, "Well, you don't understand, you're still young." She held the chick in her left hand and touched the chick's red beak with her right index finger.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Zoe lifted the blanket and made a startled sound.

"Zoe, you didn't sleep?" Irrith was startled by Zoe again.

"You...... What did you just say? You said you ...... Our aristocratic lady is in love. ”

At the time, Zoe almost shouted.

Elris's face turned redder. "No," she hurriedly said, "Speak quietly, Lady Judy will be woken up!" she shook her left hand out of shyness.

The fledgling glanced at the blushing Iris and flew from her left hand to Zoe's shoulder, then looked at Zoe's face again, flew up and circled a few times, and finally stopped on Irris's shoulder, chirping.

"Shhh Little one, you're going to wake someone up. Iris whispered. This lovely bird made her forget about the black mist. She looked at Zoe, and the question "Dylan, where" was written directly on her face.

"Dylan was out there, and eighty percent was eating barbecue. If you go out now, you should be able to run into them. Hopefully they're still there. Zoe grabbed Iris by the shoulders and said solemnly.

Then, the bird flew from Irris's shoulder to Zoe's side. As the light of the phoenix light illuminates the room, Zoe finds Irris's face flushed into a ripe apple.

"Hmm...... Ahh

"Alright, alright, it's time for our eldest lady to fall in love too. Go ahead and wait for your good news. Zoe took the clothes from the bed and put her left hand on them.

Iris barely reacted, her clothes had been forcibly put on and sorted out by Zoe, and she was swept out of the room.

"Wait, the face is not washed. ”

Zoe said again. She hurriedly pulled Iris into the room to get dressed. She looked closely at Iris in the silver mirror: well, much more beautiful than before, especially after all the ordeal.

Then, Iris went out on her own. She was blown into Fengyan City by the gentle wind, and she also felt the silence after stepping out of the city gate. Later, she saw Glori and Dylan from afar.

On a rock, Glori, with his blue cape, fell asleep looking at the starry sky. Dylan sat by the campfire, with a packet of Magic Rose nuts on his left hand and a chicken leg in his right hand, and a handful of fires from time to time.

"Ahh ”

Glori sneezed. Dylan put his cloak over him.

However, neither Elrith nor Glorie nor Dylan found the figure hiding in the shadows.

On one side of the rock pile, Gratney's shadow was tilted by the moon's illumination—like a child of about ten years old, with short limbs but long fingers. He had a round-eyed face and a wagging red eyeball.

A breeze blew, and Gratney (who was an orderly) muttered to himself, "Those gods are not reliable at all, and neither is Lord Kaida, especially Pike, the orderly, who is beside him, who only knows how to mumble and babble endlessly, and now they are not even shadows." At a critical time, it is still up to Uncle Ben to win the golden covenant. ”

Grateney rubbed his claws against the black vine armor, but red blood remained. As soon as he looked up, he saw Elris. So, he tore the extended shadow open with his claws, and then stuffed it into the bloody mouth in large chunks.

At this moment, Alys stopped under a magic rose tree full of red magic roses.

"Well, so you're really here. Iris said with a red face.

With her hands behind her back, Iris holds a blessed ancient vine necklace with a nut shell engraved with the word Yan on it, and a heart-shaped pattern on the back of the shell. She carefully handled the hard shell, and even scraped the spikes with a carving knife.

"Elris, you didn't sleep either, come on, sit here and taste this delicacy. ”

Dylan looked rather casual, but actually had a lot of care for Elrise. He wiped a rock clean with the corner of his coat and said happily.

"Hmm...... Okay......" Iris walked forward with her hands behind her back, then jumped one step at a time.

"What's wrong? You're so happy today, is there anything happy about it? Dylan said as he tore off a hot piece of chicken thigh, wrapped it in Magic Rose bark, and handed it to Elrith.

"Dylan, you're good at barbecuing. Like Zoe said, you're gluttonous, but I like people like you......" Irrith carefully took the chicken leg from Dylan's hand.

The chicken thighs exude a sweet scent of magic rose. At this moment, the sweetness was better than any other delicacy, and it intoxicated Irris.

"Haha, I also like a simple girl like Irris. You see, when wrapped in the bark of the magic rose tree, it will become sweet to eat. Actually, this is the first time I know of this practice. Dylan laughed. He slowly rotated the meat on the stand and ate a nut.

Iris was a little happy and a little confused when she heard Dylan's usual answer. Dylan didn't even know what I meant, she thought.

This barbecue tortured Elris's heart, but it also tortured the greedy Gratney.

"Uh...... It's so fragrant, I really can't stand it...... But how can Lord Gudo explain that if the mission fails, he will be used as a guinea pig to test the potion when he returns. It smells so good......"

Grateney cocked his nose, drooled, and muttered to himself. His eyes were spinning, as if to make himself dizzy. Then, he let out an intoxicating "...... sound".

However, Irrith didn't hear Gratney's voice.

Dylan ...... That ......"

Elrith didn't dare look Dylan in the eye, so she stared at the campfire and said the fragment. She was about to confess to Dylan when she was interrupted by Dylan.

"Oh! I just feel like something is wrong! I always feel like something is staring at my roast chicken! Irris, you wait here, I'll take a look. Dylan looked nervous. He looked around.

"What!" Irrith sweated nervously, and looked surprised.

Dylan looked at Glori, who was sleeping soundly. The sword in Glori's arms didn't tremble, meaning it was supposed to be some ordinary animal or something nearby, but Dylan didn't notice the light spilling from the sheath that was blocked by Glori's wrist. He turned and walked to the pile of rocks behind him, wanting to see what was going on.

Unexpectedly, Gratney jumped out from behind the rock and screamed.

"It really smells good...... Forgive me, Lord Guto...... I want to eat!"

In an instant, Dylan almost jumped backwards. His eyes widened, he paused, and immediately went up and banged - he didn't see what it was anyway, only that the guy in front of him wanted to eat his chicken.

"Stop, what's the matter with you human, why don't you run away, am I not scary enough?" said Gratney, crouching on the ground, clutching his head.

Iris heard a muffled voice. She took the flaming branch and followed, and was horrified by the appearance of the orderly in front of her. She was stunned for a moment, looked at Dylan, and said fearfully, "Dick...... Lun...... What's that, is it...... Demons?"

"Damn, I've been asleep for over two thousand years, and I haven't been treated like this since I woke up!" Grateney cried, looking aggrieved, "being bullied by a human......

"Order...... Didn't the Orderlies work here?" said Dylan, confused.

"Remember, I'll get revenge! Damn, humans are ...... murderous now," Gratney craned his ears.

Gratney dissolved into a black mist and vanished. At the same time, a phoenix chick feather fell from him.

Dylan picked up the feather and comforted Elris. He broke out in a cold sweat: "Okay, it's okay, haha...... It turned out to be an orderly messenger...... Haha......"

Iris looked at the feather in Dylan's hand and remembered the wounded phoenix chick. She was scared in her heart: "It was almost a bad thing, and I forgot such an important thing." I have to tell the prince about the phoenix chicks. ”

"See you tomorrow, Dylan. There's more important things to deal with!" said Irrith unhappily. She hurried into the city. She pressed the ends of her hair with her right hand, and the necklace fell off.

Dylan looked at the departing Iris as she prepared to finish her chicken. But the moment he bent down, he saw the necklace on the road and walked over to pick it up.

"What is this, and a heart. Dylan flipped the necklace in his hand. When he saw the words on the other side, Dylan looked dazed: "This is, Yan ......" But after a while, his heart warmed. He glanced at Glori, and saw that Glori had been woken up.

Dylan showed the necklace in his hand to Glori, and heard Glori say the following.

"Dylan, cherish it, that's a good girl. ”

Dylan was overjoyed to hear this, and then looked at the night sky worriedly, and then used his peripheral vision to spot the faint light from Glory's sword spilling out of the scabbard. As for the glimmer of light emitted by the sword, Glori also noticed.