Curious to see what would be in the chained rooms, Loria's attention was quickly drawn elsewhere. ⊥，

The remains of broken tables and chairs in a building that looked like a dining room, with large blackened marks on all four walls, which Loria recognized as magic, and as she followed Isabella through it, a corridor lined the densely packed rooms appeared in front of her.

Loria looked around the room, judging from the old furnishings that it seemed to be a residential area, and she became more and more curious about who had built it for what purpose...... And what about those people? Why are they abandoning this place?

"It's here. ”

Isabella, who had ushered Loria into a library, looked around to see as if she was trying to remember where the things had been hidden.

The books on the shelves look a little like crumpled apples.

Loria didn't know why she was making such an analogy, she walked into one of the dusty, half-collapsed bookshelves, picked up a book from the ground, maybe because it was preserved in the dry underground, it had not been completely damaged, the gilded title was missing a few letters, but she could still guess that it was a book about alchemy, she wanted to open it, but found that the pages were glued together, so she had to put it back so as not to destroy the monument.

Isabella also found an iron rod out of nowhere and pried the crunchy floor up, and to Loria's surprise, there was a secret compartment underneath - a tall blonde woman dragged a small box out of it, rudely knocked the lock off with the iron bar, rummaged through it, and threw strange things that she didn't need everywhere from time to time.

Her appearance made Loria wonder - she seemed familiar with this place, and just when Loria thought she had something to do with it, she had no scruples about destroying it.

What's more. How could the king's bequest be in such a strange place.

"Found it. ”

Isabella pulled out a small, almost brand new dark red wooden box from under the chest and tossed it to Loria.

The box with runes carved on its surface was not locked, and Loria's curiosity rose to unprecedented heights knowing that it was a magical item when she held it in her hand...... What will be inside?

Powerful magic trinkets, precious magic materials, or is the box important in its own right?

Loria's knowledge of enchantments, magic arrays, and the creation of magic props was pitiful, and she turned the small wooden box over and over without seeing any reason, and Isabella on the side just clasped her hands in front of her. Quietly looking at her.

Having had enough of playing with the box, Loria finally opened it, but there were no seductive jewels or sparkling gems falling out of it, only a few thin yellowed sheets of paper stuck under the box, as if the wrapping paper had been abandoned on the back of a gift.

If it weren't for the strange writing on those tattered pieces of paper, Loria might have done something to buy and return the pearls...... Well, at least the box is pretty good.

Loria, who was staring at the handwriting on the paper, didn't notice that Isabella's expression became nervous.

"Is this the third legacy?" Loria looked at the strange symbols and letters, and she could make out half of them. It was a Salas-language word, but the grammar was very strange, and a few of the remaining symbols were demonic, "Metri...... The Well of Eternity...... Metri: The Well of Eternity?"

A cursory translation could barely read the message, but Loria was intrigued by those two peculiar words, a few very old fragments of pages, which should have been written in a way that was part of a scroll. It was too old to be accurately estimated, and the magic on the box must have been presumably there to protect these ancient fragments.

At a time when Loria couldn't wait to try her hand at translation. Isabella spoke, "This relic used to belong to a group of mages and alchemists, and this is a relic left by them...... Do you like it?"

"I don't know what it is, but it's supposed to be very precious. Loria, who was full of interest, muttered incessantly, "Matri...... Reel. High Elf ...... Arcantics. ”

It seems that he has obtained something terrible, and there is finally a precious thing among the three relics.

"I want to trade it for something with you......"

Isabella said hesitantly, it was terrible, Loria actually saw a timid expression on her face that used to laugh at others.

"Isn't this a bequest for me?"

As she spoke, Loria closed the box and hid silently behind her. It seems that I don't plan to return it.

Isabella shook her head, as if she hadn't noticed Loria's little movements, and she said, "The bequest is something else, I just want to exchange this box with you." ”

"What do you want to change?"

Loria really wanted to hide the box in her skirt, and although she had been taught magic very differently from ordinary mages, she had also heard of the Metri Scroll, a lost secret art created by a group of powerful elven mages at least nine thousand years ago.

Originally, I just listened to it as a legendary story, but I didn't expect her to see the relevant fragments...... While it's not certain that this is part of the Metri Scroll, there will be at least some hidden clues in it.

At the very least, it's an ancient document.

"......," Isabella lowered her head and was silent for a moment before saying, "Hairpin...... Hairpins before you...... If you're not enough, you can take anything from my house. ”

Her family should be referring to this ruin, and she actually unveiled the bottom line first in the negotiation...... Loria took out the hairpin from before and put it in the palm of her hand, it was indeed an ordinary and worthless little thing.

Doracelia......

Is it really good to hand over my great-grandmother's relics like this?

Loria hesitated, and when she saw Isabella's eager eyes, she became even more confused.

Why would this woman want this hairpin?

However, if this hairpin is related to some kind of important interest, why did she give it to herself in the first place?

Loria walked up to Isabella and asked, "Do you know her......?" Meet Doracelia...... You're not human, you've lived for many years, have you? ”

Interrogative sentence form plus affirmative tone.

Isabella just sighed, she acquiesced.

After thinking about it, Loria handed the butterfly hairpin in her hand to Isabella, "This is a reward for your honesty." ”

Isabella lowered her head and stared into Loria's eyes for a long time, and after a while, she took out a crumpled piece of paper from her pocket, stuffed it into Loria's hand, and said, "This is a reward for your kindness." ”

Loria unfolded the piece of paper, on which part of the will of the former king was recorded in a slightly ornate neat font:

'King Steinbled, Fritz Hilsbrad, presented the following items to Miss Loria, the Royal Librarian: first, the Shadow Sword in the arsenal, and second, my mother's hairpin......

Loria's eyes widened, and she unconsciously continued: "Third, Isabella, the royal guard, ......" (to be continued......

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