Ed cautiously sneaked a glance at Is.

Another glance.

In normal times, Iss should have yelled at him impatiently, "What are you doing?!" - and then he could take the opportunity to ask the questions he wanted to ask in a good way. But now...... Looking at the blonde young man sitting across from him, unusually calmly flipping through the Book of the Dead, Ed scratched his ears and cheeks, and scurried around like a rabbit with a heart, completely unable to concentrate on what he was supposed to do.

“...... What the hell did you say to Narya yesterday?"

He mustered up the courage to strike head-on.

Isis didn't even raise his eyes: "You didn't hear?"

In fact, he heard it. They were standing in the hallway outside his door, neither of them trying to keep their voices down, and he tried to prick up his ears, but slipped to the door so that he could hear better...... But he didn't hear the last words that Iss whispered.

After that, Nalya ran away like a ghost chasing after her, and from last night to this morning, she seemed to avoid him, consciously or unconsciously, and from time to time her eyes were in a trance, as if she had something on her mind, and occasionally her eyes met, and she always looked away quickly, looking a little ...... Guilty?

He scratched his head and couldn't figure it out, but there was a vague expectation in his heart that he didn't dare to think about.

But Iss was clearly not going to tell him.

“...... So why the hell were you angry yesterday?" After a brief silence, Ed relentlessly adopted a roundabout tactic.

Isis glanced at him, and the look of whether he wanted to smile or not made his heart furious.

"I'll tell you if I give me a beating. He said.

“...... Huh?" Ed replied dumbfoundedly.

Staring at that stupid face, Iss almost wanted to smash the heavy book of the dead in front of him on his head to see if there would be any unexpected magical effect - remembering Naria's slightly flushed cheeks, he gritted his teeth and endured.

He had told Alan that he would always be her brother...... He can only do that.

"Or," Ed thought for a moment, and made up his mind, "you're going to be lighter?"

- Too stupid to start.

The anger extinguished as quickly as it had risen, leaving behind a helpless black smoke. Isis closed the Book of the Dead heavily, thinking that he shouldn't have been here at all.

"I'm going back to Enshi Valley. He said.

“...... Why?!" Ed jumped up, "I don't ask anything!"

But after thinking about it, he couldn't bear to be aggrieved and added in a low voice: "You said it yourself, there won't be any secrets between us......"

"Then why don't you ask Naria?" Iss sneered, "Besides, unlike you, I can only cram one thing in my head at a time - I went back to Yuanzhi Valley just to ask the white crow something. ”

He grabbed a piece of paper full of symbols: "This, she definitely knows something." Even about the Archmage Tower, she probably knows a lot more than we do. And ......"

And, if he is willing to ask, she will not hide anything. And her teasing...... Actually, it's not that hard to accept.

"Oh......" Ed sat down, still uneasy, "or I can teleport back with you......"

"I have wings. Ishard replied.

Even at the speed of a dragon, it would take a little time to fly from south to north with its wings over almost the entire continent - but Ed didn't dare say more.

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The white dragon soared into the sky and disappeared above the low gray white clouds. As Ed retracted his gaze, the wind rushed into the courtyard.

"Where is he?" she asked, annoyed and flustered.

"Go back to Yuanzhi Valley and ask the white crow something. Ed reassured her, "I'll be back soon." ”

“...... Oh. Naria replied, unconsciously twisting her face away to stare at the undefeated snapdragon by the courtyard pool.

The atmosphere was strangely awkward, and no one knew how to proceed, and Ed racked his brains before he could come up with a suitable topic, when the wind blew in his face, and the ice dragon slammed back into the courtyard like a huge piece of ice.

Ed blinked—so fast?

"Archmage Tower," the ice dragon's deep, majestic voice carried some subtle intreption, "something isn't quite right in that place. ”

"Hey!"

Bertram hurried over, looking left and right, puzzled by the strange solemn atmosphere, "...... Do you all know that?"

Ed cleared his throat.

"What's the matter?" he asked.

"The Archmage Tower has closed all the doors, and you can't go out or enter, even the people who usually deliver food can't enter. Bertram replied, "I've heard that there have been times when it was closed without warning before, but at this time...... I always feel like there's a ghost. ”

Ed was silent for a moment, then ran back to the room and took out the Staff of Eternity. I took a few steps out of the corridor and stole another glimpse of the ice dragon.

“...... Come up. The ice dragon muffled.

Ed immediately pounced, and quickly climbed up to its neck and sat down.

Bertram scratched his beard with envy, and Naria pursed her lips and held back a smile.

The slender dragon's tail curled up around her waist and lifted her to the smoothest position among the dragon's thorns. Ed turned his head to look at her, grinning, as if they weren't going to do anything important at all, just to go out for a leisurely ride together.

Naria couldn't help but smile back, not saying anything about the moment's hesitation.

She didn't want them to have too many concerns about her safety...... But she never liked to be the one who waited silently behind them, as Alan had hoped.

Even though waiting is also a kind of protection, she still wants to be able to fly with them.

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The dragon flew by, causing panic in the streets. The Neo weren't as accustomed to having a dragon flying over their heads as the inhabitants of Stonebuch did, but at least no one was stupid enough to attack it, whether out of fear or otherwise.

The Archmage Tower suddenly appeared in front of the Ice Dragon's rapid flight. The majestic tower was the same as ever, and there was no weird black mist hovering in the sky above the tower, and it was a little strangely calm. As the ice dragon circled low twice, Ed discovered where the strange feeling came from.

“...... Isn't it here?" he said, surprised.

The ice dragon's wings swept across the spire...... But it was as if it had passed straight through the tower. It reminded him of the city of Ankeland he had seen in the Weeping Forest, but they were similar, but they weren't the same.

At that time, Ankeland was just a shadow left in time, but the Archmage Tower at this moment should obviously exist here.

"It exists with two spaces in between. The ice dragon flew lower, and from the looks of the mages who were hurrying to the ground, they could see it, "as if they hadn't had time to fully teleport to another place...... It's everywhere and it's not there. ”

"So...... Are they trying to move the entire Archmage Tower somewhere else?" asked Naria, puzzled, "what are they trying to do?"

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Standing by the library window of the Tower, looking at the mage under the tower who was flustered and spun around like an ant having lost his direction, Stormel wanted to shout at the question.

"Ah...... You've come just in time. ”

Behind him, the low voice of the Master of Verona sounded a little schadenfreude to him, "I'm still wondering how long they're going to wait." ”（）