Ed looked at Ankeland, his eyes didn't have the familiar "uh, what, I don't know......" and the like, sometimes silly and cute, sometimes naïve and dazed that made people want to beat him up, and his face was a little pale, but it was unusually calm. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Nope. "I'm not a 'master' and I won't be." I just ......"

He seemed to be listening to something before he finished quietly, "A Guardian." ”

"You can name it a thousand times, but to the tower's former owner, it only means one thing - you take what it has. You can ask your friends what an insult it is to a dragon. Anclan said lightly, "Maybe I should thank you for that." ”

Tess glared at him fiercely, wanting to stab him again. She had come to understand that Anclam had come here to steal the hidden and protected power of the Triple Tower—though she didn't know, and she didn't want to know why he had taken her.

And yet now...... Ed became the thief and had to bear all the wrath that Anclan deserved.

The ice dragon let out an exasperated growl. Ankelan calmly bowed her head, and Tess, who realized something, began to struggle desperately.

"Goodbye. The elf said.

But he didn't get out as gracefully as he had hoped. The little mongoose slipped silently over without anyone noticing, leaped high, and bit down viciously on the hand where Anclan had grabbed Tess.

Ed shuddered unconsciously - he knew how much it hurt.

Even Ankeland was unable to withstand this unexpected blow. He let go, and Tess took the opportunity to break free, grabbed the mongoose that was still biting Anklan's hand, and in the blink of an eye it was already under the ice dragon's wings, behind Ed.

She felt like she couldn't find a safer place to be.

The meerkat hissed at Anclan in Tess's arms, baring out a mouthful of bloody fangs with even a small piece of flesh hanging from the tip of the tooth. At that moment, it was as if the soul of the elven warrior who inhabited it had disappeared without a trace, and there was only an angry and ferocious beast here.

"Norvi!"

Tess exclaimed under her breath.

The little mongoose stiffened, came to his senses, spread his limbs in a daze, and his eyes widened in a daze, as if he was shocked that he could do such a thing.

Ankelan smiled. He casually shook his hand and turned to leave.

No one stopped him. Only Nia whistled inexplicably as he passed him.

The bottom of the tower fell silent. Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while.

“...... Let's go home first. Naria sighed, "I've got to get some drinks, digest this mess." ”

Tess nodded a little weakly. Ed shook his head.

"I can't go back yet. He said, looking tired and calm.

The moment the three-storied tower began to shake, the entire Lockburg was thrown into chaos after a brief shock.

Not to mention the prophecy that "the fall of the three-storied tower means the end of the Boford dynasty", once it does fall, the tower will most likely fall on Lockburg.

Ordered to reflect, Gard rushed out of his room and helped Moira get the entire castle evacuated quickly - and at Moira's insistence, he even had to take care of the prisoners.

However, a small half of the talent was withdrawn, and calm was restored to the three-storied pagoda.

Just in case, Guardian continued to get more people to evacuate. And now, he stood behind Moira, listening to Ed explain the "accident" to her, his hands loosening and tightening on the sweaty hilt, and he was full of anger and had nowhere to vent.

He doubted that several of them were true...... But Moira clearly had no intention of pursuing the matter, and he had nothing to say - after all, Ed and his ice dragon friends had just saved his and Agnes' lives.

"I'm really sorry. Ed looked down, his guilt looking genuine, "I promise it won't happen again." ”

According to him, it was he who inadvertently touched some mechanism while consulting the rotten books - a reason that could not be verified, and they could not try to prove it again.

"I hope so. Moira's tone couldn't have been more gentle, making the reproaches and warnings that could have been in the sentence almost comforting.

"Maybe we should close that tower?" she even asked Ed for advice on this.

Ed looked up and blinked, not as if he had expected to be forgiven so easily.

He looked even more guilty, but he dared to shake his head boldly.

"There is no need, Your Majesty. We just need to be careful. "There will be no more danger from that tower," he said...... The treasures it guards should not be left to the dust. ”

Moira was silent for a few moments before she spoke softly, "Ante...... It was planned to move all the books from the three-storied tower and build a new library to store them, like the Branti Library in Balach. That maybe...... A good idea?"

Ed's expressions became a little complicated - everyone's expressions became very complicated.

"I think that's a good idea. ”

Ed replied softly.

"Are you pampering him a little too much?"

After Ed left, Gard finally couldn't help but speak, "I know that others are not bad, and I know that you feel that you owe him, but you have forgiven him for all his crimes, and even allowed them to enter and leave the Black Tower freely...... It was his uncle before, and now it's him, and they make such a mess without even a little punishment? Who knows what they're all doing in secret! If this continues, sooner or later there will be a third time!"

The three-storied pagoda had been shaken like this before, but because it was so short and very slight, it caused nothing more than a wave of uneasiness, not the chaos of today.

Moira waved her hand at him, but did not answer.

She looked unusually haggard—and the Gard finally noticed it.

In the twilight, she was like a dried flower, and even the light that never disappeared in her eyes had dimmed.

“...... What's going on?"

Guardian's voice lowered unconsciously.

Moira remained silent, and after a long moment, she straightened her back.

"Nothing. "I know what I'm doing, Guardian...... Don't worry. ”

The young knight couldn't help but pout. Her tone sounded as if he was the little boy who was staggering after his older siblings and needed protection.

But he also knows how stubborn Moira, who seems to be gentle, can be. What she didn't want to tell him, he couldn't dig out a word.

He could only bow down and walk through the empty hallway with a stomach full of questions.

He also had to bring back the people who had been evacuated...... After that, he had to make his overprotective sister understand that he was already a knight to rely on.

...... Or at least, he's working on it, and she shouldn't be turning a blind eye.

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