It was five days later when I returned to the bustling Huangyao City.

Ayton looked at the majestic city wall of the East District, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, going out to experience a trip, there was no danger, and his and Ariel's strength had improved significantly.

On the spacious avenue, many merchants and peasants passing by couldn't help but show a look of embarrassment on their faces when they saw this team of mages of less than a hundred people, the news that the Yaolan Royal Academy was ambushed by the dark elves had reached the civilians of Huangyao City a day before them.

Suddenly the magnates were shocked, and ordered people to inquire about those people who were killed, and what the specific situation was, but the low-level people with a huge status gap did not feel much about it, and it would not be long before it became an ordinary after-dinner conversation.

The sons of powerful people such as Grover and Cleveland were greeted at the city gate by family guards.

Even the two daughters, Lan Coco and Cecily, after saying goodbye to the three of Ayton, rode into the city in the same carriage first.

Soon there were only a few civilian mages left near the city gate who had no family power, and suddenly Ayton found a girl in the city gate waving to him, and behind her stood a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, as well as eighteen young men and women in the southern district behind her... Warren, Kenig, Reiner, Eva, Bazaar and others.

Ayton felt a layer of warmth in his heart, he didn't expect that he, who had rarely interacted with people in his previous life, actually had someone to greet him at this city gate...

"I'm back. ”

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Bidding farewell to everyone in the South Side, and pushing open the iron door of the front yard, Ayton saw his renovated mansion, which is now a veritable 'mansion' in the South District, with a new appearance after two months of maintenance.

Byss whispered behind Ayton, "These are all done by Kenigh, and they want you to stay in Radiant City longer." ”

"No one has been to the basement or the research room on the first floor. Ayton was noncommittal, and he had to wait until Angel's 'troubles' were resolved.

But he focused on what he had told him, and no one dared to go to the rooms he had locked, and then Ayton asked if anything had changed in his home in the more than ten days since he had been away.

The reply was that Warren and their strength had improved significantly, although their fighting spirit was barely cultivated to the first-order level, but with their tacit cooperation and the martial arts he personally taught, they could roughly match the soldiers of the second order or so.

Ayton didn't pay too much attention to the change in their strength, now unlike in the past, the two of them were blind in Huangyao City, and now that they have the relationship of Lan Coco, I believe that no one will come to make trouble in the future. Their role in going back is estimated to be more of an errand and labor.

"But recently, Huangyao City is about to undergo major changes. Suddenly, Byss changed his words, and Ayton was about to continue listening, when Ariel next to him pulled Ayton's arm and muttered.

"Brother, I'm hungry. ”

It was about six o'clock in the afternoon, and after a day's journey, the three of them were a little hungry.

It just so happened that Basha had prepared the meal in advance, and Ayton asked her to take Starry Night to eat first, and he still got the information about the recent incident first.

"The South End suddenly has a lot of people who hide their identities, at least a thousand people, they are not weak, but their behavior is unusually low-key, and the hostel of the Rainer family is now close to full, and let them keep quiet. ”

"There was even a time when the Blood Scythe Gang almost got into a dispute with them, and in the end it seemed that some kind of settlement was reached. ”

The Blood Scythe, Ayton remembers was propped up by another aristocratic force after the fall of Blackfinger and used to control the puppet underground organization in the Southern District.

These two events have a little to do with Ayton, after all, the place where it happened is not far from his residence, and Bais's vigilance is very commendable. Ayton nodded, motioning for Baith to continue.

"What's more, the eldest prince and the second prince of Huangyao City are appearing in the public eye more and more frequently. ”

"Huh?" Ayton raised his eyebrows, and the two princes appeared more and more frequently? Remembering the two months he had just been in Huangyao City, he had never even heard of the names of these two princes, and now they suddenly popped up? What does this mean.

Bais took a deep breath and said slowly: "Now that the old king of Bright Blue, Fürth Winston, is old, and it is very likely that there will be a change of power in the Kingdom of Bright Blue recently. ”

"Power change..."Ayton shook his head and smiled, "Since it's a high-level battle in the Bright Blue Kingdom, what does this have to do with me?"

Bais frowned quietly: "Didn't you get very close to that little princess of Yaolan, I'm afraid that you will also be involved in it then." ”

Since ancient times, every change of power has set off a bloody storm of great or small blood, especially now when the two successors are evenly matched.

But Ayton didn't understand the reason, and he didn't want to know the reason, he was just a little closer to Lan Coco, if that prince really dared to come to him for trouble... It's a big deal to roll up and run away.

"Brother, what do you say, come and eat" Ariel waved at Ayton in the living room, who responded with a smile and sat down at the same table with her.

Everything in the house had not changed, and the maid Basha stood respectfully to the side, never interjecting, and the little girl Irene looked at him with a hint of timidity.

After this academy trial, the starry night has changed the most obviously, she knows her life experience, and her personality has matured a lot. As for the estrangement with Ariel, it has gradually faded with the five days of getting along.

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After dinner, night fell, and in the rooms on the second floor, Ayton, Ariel, and Starry Night each drank an unequal amount of 'Soul Spring Water', and in order to avoid the interference caused by the magic power, they felt the changes in their magic perception in the three rooms.

Ariel's magical talent was originally one point better than Ayton's, but Ayton later surpassed her by taking Shelley's flowers.

After inheriting the 'light magic' provided by Angel, the reserves directly reached the same amount as her, and they were only a thin line away from the early stage of the fourth order.

Ayton sat cross-legged in the room, a soft white light around his body, gradually submerging into his body and flowing into the magical space along the magic pathway.

I don't know how long it took, Ayton let out a long breath of turbidity, opened his eyes, and felt the state of breaking through to the fourth order of physical strength.

There are no fancy, everything is so easy and ordinary, under the effect of the soul spring, he has broken through to the fourth order...

The next room was filled with visible dark elements, and it would be some time before Ariel broke through, and when she succeeded, the two of them had to celebrate.

Suddenly, there was a slight movement outside the house, someone was moving!?Ayton looked slightly condensed.

"It's the girl who calls herself 'the devil'. Mei'er gave me a leisurely hint.

Soon, a blonde girl in a black cloak with a stain on it landed on his windowsill.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, but I know that you can come back alive, and the death of those Bright Blue Mages has nothing to do with you, right?"

I haven't seen her for ten days, and this blonde girl named Raya seems to have become a lot more courageous, and she dares to appear in front of him so unscrupulously, Ayton's face sank slightly.

"Don't put on a face on me, I know you're not going to kill me. Ignoring Ayton, Raya jumped into the room and pulled out a notched dagger from behind her waist.

"I fought with those guys before, but the weapon doesn't work, find a time to help me fix it, thank you~"

"......" A black line appeared on Ayton's forehead, and he said in a deep voice, "Put the dagger away, why should I help you." ”

"If I don't help, I'll go find Starry Night, let her come forward. Raya was unimpressed.

"Don't worry, she won't help you talk. ”

"Then I'll be able to owe you a favor," Raya said, handing the dagger to Ayton with a look of disgust.

"......" is not Ayton's style of bullying the small, and he resists the urge to beat the girl and reaches out to take her notched dagger.

"For the sake of your sincere help to me, I will tell you a piece of news, and I should return the favor to you. Raya didn't wait for Ayton to speak, and then said again: "The last time Blackfinger troubled you, it was because of the Babbitt family above them. ”

"......" Ayton knows.

"Then the first night attack was indeed the Babbitt family, but the second time it was instigated by one of the four dukes of Brilliant City, the Haller family. ”

“... Don't worry, now he won't come to trouble me again, and even if he comes again, I have someone here to protect Starry Night. ”

Raya's eyes flashed with disdain: "Hmph, just with Warren's shit, hehe, believe it or not, I can kill that silver-haired girl if I find a chance!"

"......" Ayton quickly simulated the situation, she did have this strength, Raya was the only person he couldn't see through in the Southern District. And not only him, but even Mei'er, who was hidden in the Orb of Fraud, couldn't identify her true strength, and the final result was that she had an excellent physique and talent.

However, from the scene when she fought Bais in Ranwagang, it can be seen that she at least has no ill will towards him.

"Wait, that guy is awake, I'll withdraw first, I'll come and get a new dagger this time tomorrow. Raya suddenly finished quickly, and as soon as the words fell, she jumped from the second-floor window.

The moment she landed, Ariel climbed through the eaves from the window of the next room to this window, and the time interval was only a few seconds, and she naturally found Raya who had left with her front foot.

"Brother, what is that guy doing here?"

"Tell me to get her a good weapon" Ayton waved the dagger in his hand, and then smiled bitterly: "Next time, remember to go to the front door, don't be like her, she only knows how to open the window." ”

Ariel squinted suspiciously, leaned in front of Ayton, and sniffed.

"How... Have you broken through to the fourth order? ”

Nothing seemed to be noticed, and Ariel nodded. In the next room, Starry Night should still be absorbing the increase in perception brought by the soul spring.

However, when it comes to the Soul Spring, we have to mention the 'Elven Dragon Egg' that was soaked in the Soul Spring before.

Ayton took the dragon egg out of the storage space and placed it in the center of the room, and now that there was no one else, Mei'er had also drilled out the Orb of Deception.

Three pairs of eyes stared at the dragon egg lying on the ground with colorful brilliance flowing at the same time.

"Mei'er, what's the use of this thing?"

"I can feel the vitality in this, it should still be alive, just wait for it to hatch and slowly cultivate. ”

"And when it's time for it to hatch?"

"This... I don't know, anyway, the hatching cycle of the elven dragon is very long, it seems... It started in a hundred years. ”

Ayton: "......"

"Brother, why don't we cook it and eat it," Ariel licked her lips.

"No, the elven dragon can grow into an eighth-order demonic beast. Before it was Ayton's turn to speak, Mei'er shouted first.

"Eighth Order... Mei'er, do you still want us to keep it?" Ayton suddenly thought of Mei'er's physical body creation, she had said before that she needed four materials, and now that she had soul spring water and purple vein heavenly crystals, she was still short of an eighth-order demonic beast crystal nucleus...

"Yes, the elven dragon was an extremely rare existence even in ancient times, but I didn't expect to be touched by you" Mei'er nodded again and again like pounding garlic, and it could be seen that the eighth-order elven dragon was more important in her eyes than Ayton. After all, this is related to the shaping of her body in the future.

Ayton looked at the elven dragon egg and wondered, "Then leave this thing behind, but is it okay to leave it like this?" ”

"It's best to soak it in the Soul Spring, but it's best not to put it in the storage space, there is no air there, I'm afraid it will affect its hatching." ”

Ayton nodded, and finally decided to place the elven dragon eggs in the secret basement first.

"Mei'er, what's the fourth material of your body? If that's what you said, we've almost all three things by now. ”

"The fourth one is too difficult to obtain, let's talk about it when you become stronger, master" Mei'er perfunctorily passed, yawned, and drilled into the fraud orb again.

Ayton didn't know what to say about it, there was a knock on the door, it was the starry night, and she finished her perception improvement.

It was not too early, the silver-haired girl had come to thank her, and Ayton said that she would not have to be so polite in the future, and after a simple goodbye, they all went back to their rooms.

Closing the door, Ayton crushed Ariel's delicate body down on the bed, and the unspeakable began...

The moonlight at night dimmed...

Thinking back to five days ago, the two returned to the conversation they had that night in Black Rock City.

"Brother, I really know it's wrong about Luna," Ariel threw herself into Ayton's arms, whimpering under her breath.

Ayton sighed, giving her enough face during the day, and what she had never said in front of others, it was still an insurmountable hurdle.

But it had happened, and it was useless to say sorry again, Ayton picked up the girl's pretty face, stared into her eyes and said, "This sentence shouldn't be said to me." ”

"Hmm..."

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