Located in the southeastern corner of the city, the aristocratic quarter of Sodima is surrounded by dense trees, secluded and mysterious. And in the aristocratic area at night, with countless street lamps lit by magic, it is like a fairyland.

In the quiet of the night, on the top floor of a luxurious treehouse, an elven girl dressed in an expensive gauze robe had just been served by the maids. But she tossed and turned in bed, she just couldn't sleep, and the dance during the day made her too excited. While the girl was still reminiscing about her unforgettable dance partners during the day, she suddenly noticed a cold night breeze blowing across her face.

The windows of the room seemed to be blown open.

She rolled over and reached for the bedbell so that the maids could close the window.

But at that moment, her movements froze.

For on the balcony stood a terrifying figure, whose head was the skeleton of a horned beast, and purple flames burned in its deep eye sockets. His body was hidden in a wide black cloak, silently approaching him.

In the quiet night sky, there was a terrible scream. Then a dark shadow slid down from the balcony with spread its wings and disappeared into the air.

The demon Lakabi, flapping his wings in the night wind, still had the blood of the elf on his hands, warm and fishy.

He looked indifferently at the treehouses in the aristocratic district in front of him. Cursed viciously in his mouth.

"Only death can honor death, only blood can repay blood, elves, you have not shed enough blood. ”

For several days in a row, the eldest daughters of many families in the aristocratic district or the most promising young elites were brutally killed at night.

All eyewitnesses, without exception, described the murderer's appearance - he was wearing a black cloak and a skeletal beast head mask.

This sudden bloody horror immediately sent the noble district into a panic, and in the chaos someone soon linked the murderer's appearance to a student of the Summoning Academy.

The student, Adelia, appears to possess a very similar summoned beast, and she is being held for murdering her classmate.

The angry elven nobles quickly vented their anger and dissatisfaction towards their only goal, causing a blatant outrage.

Adelia didn't know how violent the storm was outside the prison, and she kept walking back and forth in her cell. She had been held for six days, first in the consul's cell, and then by the sheriffs to the city prison. Fortunately, with the care of Sheriff Quinn and Ares, she received much better treatment in the city prison than ordinary prisoners. Elder Curzon and Elder Passani had both visited her, and they had promised to let Adelia out of the small, dark cell as soon as possible.

But to this day, Adelia is still locked behind an iron bar.

From Quinn's mouth, who came to visit, Adella already knew that the Royal Call Academy's inspection team would arrive in Soqima City tomorrow, and the entrance examination for the Royal Call Academy would be held as soon as a day later, but she was still in this prison.

Adelia knew why the two elders' efforts had failed, and she heard from the jailer's gossip that the purple-eyed demon dressed as Jiwen was wreaking havoc in the city's night. Countless elves who have fallen into grief over the loss of their children have lost their minds and prefer to believe that Adelia is behind the murder.

The demon is stirring up hatred, making her and Gilvin the target of hatred among the other elves.

Am I really that terrible in their eyes?

Adelia, who has always been looked down upon by others because of her bloodline, said to herself with her hands on the iron fence.

But at this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the prison, and after a while, a group of richly dressed elves broke through the jailer's barrier and walked straight to the cell where Adella was.

These elves wore brightly colored magic satin clothes, and many of them had more than four patterns of various colors tattooed on the cuffs and necklines. An old woman at the head walked at the front, and beside her were two young male fourth-order summoners, who were responsible for pushing the jailers who blocked them to both sides. Soon she was in front of Adella's cell.

The old woman held her head high, and under her haughty expression, there was a cold and hateful gaze in her eyes. She glanced at Adelia and immediately asked the jailer not far away, "Why didn't she wear the Forbidden Demon Shackles, such a dangerous criminal should wear heavy Forbidden Demon Shackles!"

The people present were all patriarchs or leading figures of the major elven families in Soqima City, and the status of the old woman was even more extraordinary. So the elven jailer who was asked had to explain in a low voice: "We have not received orders from the warden. ”

"This is a dereliction of duty! I will accuse your warden!" cried the old woman. And the surrounding elves nodded in agreement. Just as these elven nobles were openly discussing how to deal with the prison warden and the prisoners in this single room, Adelia finally couldn't help it, and she asked loudly through the iron fence, "Why do you say that I am a murderer?" The real murderer is the devil!"

Adelia's voice silenced the elves, and they began to stare at the imprisoned little girl, with hostility in their eyes, especially the old woman.

The old woman's name was Teresia and she was the patriarch of the city's second largest family, the House of Frondi, and in a matter of days, she had lost her eldest granddaughter and niece, both of whom were the pride of the family. Her body and mind were occupied by anger, and she desperately needed a goal to vent the grief in her heart. I saw her pointing at Adelia and scolding: "Demon, what kind of bastard like you with demonic blood has to say that other people are demons!"

"No, I'm not a demon, I don't have demon blood!" Adellia retorted bitterly.

Terexia's words pierced Adelia's deepest and weakest place in her heart. Her mixed-race blood is where she is most sensitive and has the most inferiority complex. Adella remembered that even Elder Curzon had vaguely mentioned that there were other parts of her lineage that were difficult to explain besides the Dragonborn.

Is he really the son of the devil, and is this why the devil is so interested in him?

Adelia didn't dare to think about it anymore. She involuntarily took two steps back, she wanted to stay away from the elves.

But the elves didn't intend to let her go at all, and Teresia's voice grew louder and louder: "Hmph, look into your eyes, and you know your evil thoughts." After saying that, Teresia looked at Adelia with his silver pupils, and Adelia didn't dare to take her gaze at all, Adellia knew that her pupils were green...... It is a color that is destined to be misunderstood, discriminated against, and made fun of.

Adelia's expression made Theresia excited about victory. She turned to the people behind her, "We should have let Elder Curzon know that our city would not allow such an evil bastard to defile it!

This bewitching voice made the elves behind who had also lost their relatives nod their heads in agreement.

At the same time, anger made Adella's thin body tremble.

The demon ruined everything she once had, leaving her with nothing in the valley of Urs, and finally ended up in the city of Soqimah. It had been a long time for her to finally identify herself as a member of the city. But now her compatriots are discrediting her as an elf, slandering herself as the son of the devil she hates the most.

Adelia suddenly felt that since these elves did not regard their half-blood selves as their own kind, there was no need for them to treat them as their own people. From now on, I will be Adelia from the Valley of Urs, and I have nothing to do with these elves who live outside the valley!

Adelia finally raised her head and began to stare unyieldingly at that Theresia, who would not flinch now.

Adelia's gaze provoked Teresia's anger again, her chest heaving violently, and her pale face flushed. She shouted loudly, "Do you think you will get away with it? I must hang you, the son of the devil, to avenge the two children of our family. ”

As he spoke, a richly dressed elf led the warden to hurry, and behind the warden, several jailers were holding heavy forbidden shackles.

Teresia looked at the warden and said coldly: "Warden, if we hadn't come to check on purpose, I really don't know how long your prison leaks would last." ”

The prison warden blushed and didn't dare to refute a word, although he was a friend of Sheriff Quinn, but in the face of such an occasion, he had no other choice.

Under the command of the warden, the jailers gave Adelia the heaviest of forbidden shackles, the heavy shackles and shackles almost made it impossible for her to move, and the slight tingling sensation in her throat made it impossible for her to speak or chant incantations.

Watching Adelia being carried to the bed, she couldn't move at all. Theresia nodded, and the look on her face was a little better. Ignoring the warden and leaving with the elven nobles, she was now going to the Archon's residence, where she begged the archon to punish the culprit for the bloody horror with the worst punishment in the elven kingdom.

Although Theresia had always been at odds with Midoria of the Ayol, she vaguely felt that they should have the same opinion when it came to dealing with Adella.

After Theresia left, the cell was quiet, but Adelia was firmly held to the bed in the shackles of the forbidden demons, she could not move, and soon fainted suddenly due to excitement and discomfort.

Adelia was groggy for an unknown amount of time, but when she woke up again, she suddenly found that the shackles on her body had been opened. As she looked around, she was even more surprised to find that Sheriff Ares, Sheriff Quinn, and even Quinn's family had all arrived in the cramped cell.

When Quinn's youngest daughter saw Adelia wake up, she hurriedly picked up a small bowl and handed it to Adelia.

"Sister Adella, hurry up and eat, this is what your mother made for you. ”

Adelia took the small bowl, and the tantalizing aroma immediately came to her nose, which was Mrs. Quinn's favorite pulp porridge. Smelling the smell of the pulp porridge, Adelea suddenly had a sour nose, and tears couldn't stop falling down her cheeks.

I am not alone in this world. Now I have people in front of me who treat me as if I were a family member. At that moment, she suddenly felt that the thoughts she had before she fell unconscious were so ridiculous and so terrifying.

At this moment, the immature voice suddenly asked again, "Why is my sister crying?"

Adelia quickly wiped away her tears, and she looked up at Ares and Quinn, who were watching her with concern, and motioned for her to eat quickly.

Adelia picked up the bowl, opened her mouth slightly, drank the pulp porridge, and then gently put the bowl down.

"Thank you. ”

Adelia said from the bottom of her heart. She knew how much risk and price Quinn and Ares had taken to make the bowl of porridge safer.

Watching Adelia finish eating, Mrs. Quinn pulled her daughter aside. Ares and Quinn quietly walked up to Adelia to discuss their next steps.

"Ares, what's next?" asked Quinn.

"I can only find out the demon raised by the son of a son of a dog as soon as possible, so that Adelia can be cleared of the charge. Ares replied.

Although the answer to this question is clear, it is very difficult to do, and there is no way to start. Quinn said with some concern: "But we don't have a clue, where should we find it?" The personal guards of the noble district have been ambushed many times, but they have not caught the demon's tail. ”

Adelia looked at the two sheriffs' sad faces, just as worried. She also tried to find out in her memories to see if she could provide useful clues. But after thinking about it, she only got one answer.

"I know someone who can help us right now. Adelia said suddenly.

"Who?" asked Quinn and Ares in unison

"My summoned beast Jivan. ”

Adellia remembers that Givens had fought with the mysterious demon, had seen the demon's face, and was familiar with the demon's style. Still, Given's shadow seems to have many mysterious sources of information, and he has many secrets behind him that he has never told at all.

At this critical moment, only Jivin can help the sheriff and dig up the real culprit of the demon in Sodima City.

But this proposal is very dangerous, at this sensitive moment, if Jiwen shows up, it will not only cause panic, but also may cause trouble for countless people.

Quinn was still hesitating, and Ares took the lead in agreeing to the offer after looking at his silent friend.

"Let's give it a try, Adella, and get your summoned beast. ”

Moments later, Givens was summoned to the cell. After Givin got out of the darkness, he looked around and immediately understood that this was Adella's cell.

However, for the time being, he still didn't understand Adelia's intention of summoning him, he looked at Quinn and Ares who were standing on the side, and then asked puzzled.

"What are we going to do?"

But before the others could answer, Adella's questioning voice came out of Given's head.

"Jiwen, you already know that someone has rescued me from the Archon, and you didn't panic at all. I'm guessing you even know where the prison is. ”

Given's speech was momentarily speechless, he really didn't expect that he would be caught by Adelia in this detail.

However, Adelia did not continue to dwell on this issue this time.

"I know you're hiding something from me again, but now I'm not going to pursue it. I want you to follow Ares and find out the demon disguised as you. ”

"Disguised as my demon?" said Given, who was genuinely surprised this time. Could it be that purple-eyed demon again, dressed up as himself, and then blamed Adelia?

Hearing Jiwen's endless words, Quinn thought he was asking himself, so he explained the ins and outs of the whole matter to Jiwen.

The more Ji Wen listened, the tighter his brows furrowed. This demon actually pretended to be himself and did so many bloody and brutal things. Whether it's for himself or for Adella, he's going to catch the culprit anyway.

Thinking of this, Jiwen glanced at the people in the cell and urged, "Since it has been decided, let's go." ”

"But you can't go out on the street like this, it's too conspicuous!" Ares shook his head as he looked at Given's helmet and cloak.

"Don't worry, Ares. He has a way. Adelia explained for Giving.

Just as Adelia spoke, Jiwen had already put on a camouflage necklace and instantly transformed into the appearance of the obscene middle-aged uncle.

Quinn and Ares watched Given's change in surprise and couldn't stop talking. Especially Ares, who could barely believe his eyes.

"It turns out that Mr. Copperbeard that day...... That's you!"

The copperbeard man patted Ares on the shoulder and replied, "Yes, let's go." ”