The days went by, and although it was not known what the two of them had won or lost at the wine table that day, Captain Raymond had not appeared in front of Morin since that day, and even Mr. Ed Warren rarely appeared in front of Morin. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Probably because he felt that nicknames such as "soft eggs" were too detrimental to his image, every time Merlin had a problem and wanted to go to Professor Anna's magic tower to find him, he would secretly release a stun spell and another illusion for the boy so that the boy could not even find the door to the magic tower.

However, it seems that Mr. Ed did not continue to hide the news that he was still alive.

Soon, word spread throughout the academy that Ed Warrend, the youngest card-maker ever, was still alive, and spread quickly across the continent, saying that he had been in retreat for years before he was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Blood Moon. Everyone was also surprised to find out that he was actually the husband of the rigid and serious Anna Goo, Alice's father, and for a while gossip was full of gossip.

It's just that Alice doesn't look a little good.

It is said that she cried for several days, and only recently did she barely stop crying, but her eyes were still red every day, and when anyone asked her what was wrong, she shook her head and did not speak, and was only a little happy when she saw Maureen.

She would stand up to the boy in a serious manner and ask, "Nephew Morin, how are you injured lately?"

Then Maureen replied with a bitter face, "The wound is all healed, thank you Aunt Alice for your concern......"

Then Alice would pretend not to hear, and said in an old-fashioned manner: "I said that the eldest nephew of Morin, you should speak loudly to the elders, this is the most basic etiquette. ”

The boy replied in a loud voice, "Thank you Aunt Alice for your teachings." Then he fled to Alice's laughter and the gaze of various onlookers.

As a result, Morin basically avoids Alice in the academy now, and never stays for long periods of time in crowded places.

He could vaguely feel the reason why Alice had been sad - although Teacher Ed looked like a normal person, Maureen knew that he was badly injured and had never recovered.

He remembered the first time he saw Mr. Ed, most of his body was covered in strange pale wriggling air, even his arms and one eye were mechanical alchemy props, and most of his skin was covered with metal mesh brackets, which had not healed for so many years, and he didn't know when he would recover.

I think Alice is also sad because of this.

It is worth mentioning that Maureen missed several exams due to injury, and Marcus also missed one, and took the make-up exam a few days after they recovered from their injuries, and Morin set a record of taking four consecutive exams in one day, all of which were "excellent", and their botany and pharmacy courses were temporarily led by an Eiffel professor.

In contrast to the Kadir, the Eiffels are unusually small, not as stout as the dwarves, and live mainly in the hills to the southwest near the Meath Forest. It is difficult to judge the age of an Eiffel from their appearance, because their faces do not have wrinkles, and their appearance always stays in their twenties.

Ms. Eiffel, known as Professor Olarana, didn't seem to want to talk much about Faith, saying only that he had been listed as a dangerous person by law enforcement and was missing, telling the students not to worry. She will be in charge of the assessment of this course, and judging by the difficulty of the exam questions, Professor Olarana is still very popular with students.

With all the exams over, the first-year students also got their first-year report cards.

On a quiet afternoon, in the shade of the big trees by the lake, Maureen looked at his report card and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Under the [Basic Card Usage] column of the course, Blood-Eyed Brand actually mercifully gave him a "barely pass", which means that he doesn't need to come to this class next semester to act as a variety of negative teaching materials and jokes. In addition, except for the "Good" under the [Overview of Plants and Potions] column, the other five courses all received "excellent", which made Marcas's heart tremble.

This is the best magic academy on the entire continent, and the students admitted are all the most talented, needless to say, the difficulty of the course is not to mention, Marcus looked at the list of good on his report card, and there was only one "excellent" under the [Unit and Calculation] column, and secretly considered whether he should stay in the academy and stay in the library for a few more days during the summer vacation.

However, this idea does not seem likely to come to fruition.

Of course, Iluvita Academy will not be closed, let alone holidays, and even after graduation, students who want to stay and continue their studies can stay here, as long as they fulfill the tax obligations of the professionals to the Elemental Temple, and at the same time take care of their own expenses to continue living and studying here.

The reason why Marcas is unlikely to stay here during the summer vacation is because of the prize they received from the winning group.

The championship group was undoubtedly won by Alice and their group, and Xia Tevez and Borg have been dominating the top three places in the first-year simulation arena, although they have done a lot of things that make people rush and dogs, and have been deducted a lot of points, but they are not worth mentioning compared to the points income of the arena.

After Morin won the duel with Ryan Smith, their group's points had jumped to the top of the middle, and Morin completed the reading assessment of many books under the guidance of the house elves, although each bonus book was small but not a huge number, their group finally squeezed into the top five.

However, Ryan's group is really strong, although Clio Cowley, a few teenagers from the Gessock aristocracy, secretly always use a means that they can't get on the stage to fight against Morin's group, but they all have a good accumulation, although Ryan as a second-year student does not take classes with Clio and them, but the bonus points on weekdays are also counted.

Even if they lost 50 points to Maureen, they still finished third.

The top five winners were Osmond's group, which made almost no mistakes and quietly squeezed into fourth place. The only surprise was Strayer's grades, which were the longest in the library of almost all of them, but the final report card was lined up with a full row of "good", and everyone who saw his results was a little surprised, but he himself seemed very satisfied.

As for the awards, the winners were rewarded the same as the rest of the winners—a two-month summer trip to another academy to the Victor Combat and Command Academy, right on Morin's doorstep.

It just so happened that Morin and Tilna were also going to participate in the official competition of the Command League during the summer vacation.

It's also a coincidence, originally according to the schedule of previous years, the Silver Tree team still needs to compete with the kyanite team in another match, but this year's official tournament has increased a lot, and the referee of the Elemental Temple directly notified both teams that they have entered the official match, which is good news, after all, Rennes They are strong, and no one can guarantee a win in another game.

It's just that because of the time of communication, the time I can stay at home during the summer vacation is very short.

The academy is closed at the end of May and starts in early September, with a three-month break in between, and a full two months of stay at Victor Academy, plus the time spent on the road, there is hardly much left to arrange.

Homesick junior students also started to pack early.

In addition to buying small gifts for his parents and aunts and uncles in the shopping street and Bellamy's town, Merlin also visited the wand workshop, and Professor Wangdel's research was still not out of the woods, and it seemed that he was about to pull out his goatee. Morin returned Odalon's cane to Wang Del for safekeeping, he didn't dare to carry such a valuable thing with him, Xiao Hei was quite dissatisfied with this decision, and pulled the emerald leaf until the young man stuffed a magic crystal card into its mouth.

Xiao Hei, who finally woke up, seemed to be fine, and regained his former spirit. It's just that Morin asked it what happened that day, and it couldn't tell clearly, as if it was still in a cage one moment, and the next moment it was thrown to Morin by someone, and the weak little black hurriedly ran back to the ring mark.

He can do the math, he can use magic, and he can do that terrible damage to Fez's arm.

Mo Lin also realized at this time that Xiao Hei was not as simple as an ordinary fire element, but he didn't want to hand over Xiao Hei to others to study experiments, besides, Xiao Hei didn't know anything, and he definitely couldn't study anything. What's more, if it is really like an elemental creature, Xiao Hei has already solidified the connection with himself, then once this connection is severed, Xiao Hei is very likely to die, and Merlin will not allow such a thing to happen.

This is also thanks to Minelma's performance in hiding Blackie in that fight.

In addition, Morin also participated in a trick-or-treating party of the Troublemakers Alliance, and Senior Mike was responsible for hosting on the stage: "First of all, congratulations to all of you, those who can be invited here are all wonderful among the freshmen, who can do things that ordinary people can't do, have the courage to innovate, dare to try, and most importantly, have a heart that is not willing to be lonely and challenge authority." Please welcome the representative of the new troublemaker, the 'Sleeping Devourer of Crystal Cards', Morin Karand to appear!"

With that, he pulled Morin onto the stage with a magic spell.

The boy could only answer a few strange questions, and then awkwardly said that he didn't really like pranks, but somehow drew a cheer from the audience.

After carefully picking out a few pieces of exploding cake, dodging two oncoming cream pies with great dexterity, and then daring to be frightened by the third-year ghost prefect Polios, and finally leaving the singing hall with great difficulty, Merlin swore that he would never come to any trick-or-treat balls again without anything special.

……

On the last day of May, it was finally time to leave.

Hidden behind the magic at the summit of the mountain, Dean Fielding's office was once again knocked.

"Please come in. "Fielding was reading a book.

The white-bearded old man seemed to be forever reading a book and always snorting his favorite pipe.

Pushing the door in, it was Blood-Eyed Brand.

"Dean Fielding, I have some things to do this summer and can no longer be in charge of admissions in the southern region. Brand politely requested, "I want to spend some time in the Black Forest and think about something." ”

"Oh, it's good for young people to move around more, and I'll find someone else to take care of admissions. Fielding said.

"Is there anything else you want to tell me?" he spat out a large smoke ring, and the white smoke ring floated through the desk until it was outside the window, and it was already dark.

Brand's bloody eyes flickered, "No, Dean." ”

Fielding nodded, and Brand slowly withdrew.

"That's right, Brand. Fielding said.

Brand was stunned.

"Send those little ones home with the space floating door this year, I've already told the academy elves, you can help organize it. Fielding said.

"Space Floating Door?" Brand was a little puzzled.

The space floating door is a kind of magic enchantment that can generate directional channels to transport items over long distances, and there are many in the academy, but the cost of use is extremely high, and each positioning and teleportation requires a huge amount of mana, which does not seem to be in line with Fielding's usual "thrifty" style.

Perceiving Brand's question, Fielding shook his head.

"Time is running out, just use what you need to use...... Just buy some time for these little ones...... These unfortunate little ones ......" the old man stared out the window with his deep gaze.

In the dim eastern sky, an extraordinarily bright crimson constellation of swords was revealed.

It's just that there is no cloud in the sky, but the sharp sword is flickering slightly, and I don't know what it signs......

……

"Goodbye Valentine! See you at Victor Academy!"

As night fell, on the square not far from the lake, Morin, who was carrying a large package, waved his hand and shouted.

Barron and Tilna were standing in the middle of the square, and a few others were standing with them, all carrying packages and dragging their luggage.

A dazzling flash of light flashed beneath their feet, and Barron, Tilna, and the others had disappeared without a trace.

The spatial floating door is extremely troublesome to engrave, requires all kinds of precious magic materials, and has great restrictions, the destination of the passage it opens must also have a corresponding magic enchantment, and at the same time, it is also necessary to ensure that there is no other magic interference in the destination when the magic is activated, otherwise there may be serious accidents.

Therefore, Brand who presided over the magical enchantment was still extremely focused, sending batches of students to the target location closer to their hometown, from where the students would choose other ways to return home, which was much faster than a normal airship.

"The next target, the Poklea Valley in the Forest of Meath. Brand said.

Some elf students and Eiffel students hurriedly stood in the center of the square.

"Aeno, are you really not going to stay in my house for a while?" asked the little vampire beside Merin.

He had invited Aeno to live with him in Harriet during the summer vacation, after all, she could not return to the Land of the Dead, and it was not interesting to stay alone in the Academy.

"No, I'm going to the Holy King's Capital. Emino said firmly.

Merlin was silent for a moment, he knew what she was going to do in the Holy King's capital.

Avonor is going to accuse her former Dead Lord Blood Staff.

This was what the boy had told her before, saying that the laws of the Holy Alliance stipulated that in Todel, the inhabitants of any country or region had the right to sue their noble lords in the temple or the council of the Holy Alliance, when their most basic rights were violated.

It's just that he's not too optimistic about the little vampire's plans.

First of all, the influence of the Holy Alliance is no longer what it used to be, and it can be perceived from many details, and the realm of the dead has always had little contact with other countries and regions, even when the influence of the Holy Alliance is the greatest, it is difficult to radiate into the hinterland of the realm of the dead.

The boy had a vague feeling that Emino's accusation would probably not be taken seriously enough.

"Anyway, I wish you all the best. Mo Lin didn't know what to think of, his face turned red, and he asked in a low voice, "That...... Is it enough?"

Aeno's cheeks flushed, too, and she touched the alchemy vial on her chest and nodded.

Marcus next to him squinted at the two of them's cheeks turned red inexplicably, and muttered in his heart, always feeling that there was something unsightly about them. He glanced at his brother Fox who was standing beside him again, and moved the package a little nervously. Although Minelma had already told Brother Fawkes not to interfere with his learning of magical machines, Marcas was still a little nervous when he stood next to his brother.

Fawkes seems to have decided to give up on his "unprofessional" brother, and he didn't show too harsh expressions to him at this time, I don't know if it's because Minerma is on the side.

"Minelma, how are your armor and weapons?" asked Morin.

Minerma on the side shook her head: "The armor is completely destroyed, and if you want to use the heavy sword, you can find someone to repair it." ”

"But it's okay, I'm just going to hone my swordsmanship again, and of course, if I really need it, I'll go to my father and ask for money, he has a lot of gold in his coffers. And," Minelma clenched her fists proudly: "He can't beat me now, if he dares not to give it to me, I will rob ......"

Ice chips spilled from her fingers, and Marcus and Fawkes on the side turned pale and broke out in a cold sweat.

"By the way, Maureen, have you thought about what you're going to do in the future?" asked Minelma.

Morin was stunned.

"I've heard from Marcus about your feelings about the Arena, so you might as well consider joining the Holy Enforcement Team in the future. Minerma suggested: "We are mainly responsible for dealing with some degenerate professionals and cultists, and when we have the advantage of strength, we are generally arrested, and rarely take people's lives directly." ”

"Ahh ”

"I almost forgot that this was missing from the Romana-Platomy manuscript I saw. Maureen handed Minelma a manuscript, which he had already elaborated on, but in case anything was missing, the boy wrote another in detail.

Minerma took it solemnly and nodded.

"Next destination, Magic Square in Zororumi. Brand's voice came.

"It's our turn. Marcas said.

He walked to the center of the square with Merlin and Fawkes, Minelma had something to do to go to the Holy King's capital and not return to Gesok's Maple Leaf Territory for the time being, and Zororumi was also the closest teleportation location to Lothar and Gessock's Maple Leaf Territory. Strayer, Osmond, and the others had made it to the center, standing in the magical enchantment.

"Oops!" seemed to stumble under his feet, and as he passed by Blood-Eyed Brand, Morin slammed into Brand, who was probably preparing for the space floating door and was bumped into by the boy.

"Huh?" said Brand coldly, coming to his senses.

Mo Lin subconsciously glanced at Brand's right hand, didn't see anything abnormal, and said innocently: "I heard Xiao Hei say that it ate someone's hand, I haven't seen your right hand before, and I thought you were injured." ”

"What are you talking nonsense...... Brand's bloody eyes swept the ring on Morin's middle finger: "Don't think that I can let you barely pass the class, since you are going to the classical mage school, there will be a card use course next year." ”

"Hurry up and stand in the magical enchantment, don't waste my time. With that, he ignored the boy.

Morin frowned and walked into the magical enchantment.

He did want to test Brand just now, the touch of the vicious old man in the Gangdi Forest made his ring scar burn, the ring mark also burned when Faith caught him in the battle not long ago, and Bland's touch in the academy exam last year also caused the ring mark to burn.

He wasn't quite convinced that it was a pure coincidence.

But just now, the boy didn't touch Brand's skin, he barely ripped off his sleeve and glanced at his right hand, not seeing the expected blackness, and in the battle not long ago, Brand was said to be one of the fastest professors to arrive at the scene, so it shouldn't be the person hiding in the shadows, so maybe it's really just a coincidence?

He suppressed the doubts in his heart and waved his hand at Aenu.

"It's a pity that Fez's clue is broken here......"

The light flashed, and Merlin and the others disappeared into the magical barrier.

Bidding farewell to Morin and the others, Minerma glanced down at the paper that Morin had left for her.

At the top of the manuscript is written: The Shadow of Lorenta in the Romana, the missing part of the text (perhaps incomplete).

…… The organizations marked by this abstract eye sigil call themselves the Eyes of the Past, and they also have a peripheral organization under their command known as the Wings of Dusk. I've traveled a lot and seen organizations with different goals, but the old eyes are the most rigorous and cautious I've ever seen, and I guess that in this group, through some kind of contract, the superior forms absolute control over the subordinate, a bit like the connection between the lord of the dead and the lowest-level skeleton, the superior is responsible for planning and the subordinate is responsible for execution, and even the superior can sense the thoughts of the subordinate and take their lives.

Even I had never heard of a contract like it.

And their goal is even more secretive and confusing, and to be honest, if I hadn't lived in Lorenta for so many years, I wouldn't have found any clues about it. What's more, in this war-torn continent, for a small country like Lorenta, it only takes a few strong people plus elite troops to easily conquer it, why spend thousands of times more energy to sabotage the assassination and subvert the country in secret.

I managed to track down more than a dozen people and find their superiors. But that person was too perceptive and found me directly.

I remember the scene when I asked them aloud what they were trying to do, and he smiled weirdly, and the dozen or so hostages I had captured, all of whom belonged to the superior, died. That superior also died on his own initiative after fighting me and losing the enemy and running away. I tried to trace the memories in their minds with forbidden black magic, but to my surprise, there was not the slightest remnant.

I don't know, but this discovery gave me a particularly ominous premonition, and I felt that it was time to leave......

That was the end of what Morin had written, and after reading it, Minerma couldn't help but clench her fists tightly.

Even if Fez's clues are broken here, there is still this information, as well as the vicious old man and Honorom who are missing.

And clues, she thought.

In the night, the crimson sword that had turned to the east flickered, like a god looking at mortal dust blinked.

And under the stars, a faint sigh came from nowhere.

Time is running out......