After purchasing enough materials to cast the spell, Grantia couldn't contain her eagerness to try, and was anxious to go back to her bedroom to try out the blueprints that the [Fireless Aftermath] had told her. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But they didn't come out this time to buy Grantia's things.

In fact, Lottie's father happened to pass through this side today because of business matters, and also came to this town, so this mage, who was usually busy with work, finally had the opportunity to talk to his daughter alone this time.

Grantia didn't quite know what the relationship between Lottie and her father was, but from the girl's words, Grantia could probably guess that the relationship between the two was not very good.

Lottie's family runs an old magic shop, similar to the drunken carpenter they had just visited, but more oriented towards spell crystals and magic scrolls.

Magic can be preserved by a variety of means, with scrolls being the oldest in use, with ancient magic scrolls often describing what may be ordinary magic in a complicated way, and large magic requiring more than one scroll to preserve.

In modern times, after the innovation of magic theory, spell crystals have become a substitute for scrolls, and in a small crystal, more than 100,000 runes can be stored, and it is quite normal for event-level magic to be condensed in a crystal.

Lottie's family was quite lucky, her grandfather resolutely chose to convert his shop to sell spell crystals during the magic reform of the year, thus becoming the first local merchant to receive the support of the Magic Association, and it has continued to be one of the largest magic shops in the area.

At this point, Grantia almost understood what the two sides were arguing about.

Lottie's father wants Lottie to inherit the family business and become a businessman, but Lottie himself wants to pursue the study of magic and become a scholar, although this conflict is not obvious because of Lottie's age, but in the near future, it may become an intractable dispute between father and daughter.

But Grantia is just a rubber.

They walked out of the drunken carpenter's magic shop and were about to go to the restaurant that Lottie's father had agreed upon, but a grunt distracted Grantia.

[Fireless Aftermath: It may seem redundant, but behind you, about twenty yards away, it seems that someone is following you. 】

"Huh?"

Grandia was immediately stunned, the other party could know the situation around her by some means, this Grantia was very clear, but the fact that someone was following them was a bit shocking.

After all, this is still the jurisdiction of the academy, and if there is any trouble, the people above can know it at the first time, and as far as Grantia knows, the last guy who dared to do something in Christine is still serving his sentence at the bottom of the prison in the royal capital.

Instead of looking left and right in a panic, she stole a glance behind her as she walked with Lottie.

The streets were crowded with people, and people from all walks of life were in chaos, and at first glance there seemed to be nothing particularly noteworthy, but after being reminded by the [Ashes without Fire], Grantia still found two sneaky figures on the street corner for the first time.

Judging from the clothes, it doesn't seem to be the relevant personnel of the school, but the two are tall and don't look so easy to deal with.

"Lottie, listen to me. ”

Grantia didn't hesitate, and immediately hugged Lottie's wrist as if she were affectionate, and then whispered in her ear.

"We seem to be being followed. ”

She clearly felt the warm girl's body shake suddenly after hearing this, but fortunately, the two of them were very close, so she couldn't see anything unusual from a distance, it was just a play between the two girls.

"W-What's going on?"

Lottie had obviously not experienced this kind of situation, and almost turned back in fright, but Grantia stopped her behavior in time, and then bit her ear and said.

"I don't know what the other party's purpose is, but we have to figure out a way. ”

While reassuring Lottie, Grantia quickly typed text into the dialogue window in her field of vision.

[Ultramarine Fortress Scholar: There are indeed people following, can you find out who they are?]

Almost the next moment it was sent, a reply was given to the convenience.

[Fireless Afterglow: The identity is not clear, but they are all guys who can't do magic, and at most they are not at the level of the lower reaches of black iron. 】

Is the black iron downstream?

Grandia thought for a moment, and then had an idea.

She whispered a few words in Lottie's ear, then took Lottie's hand and began to trot.

At the same time, Grantia was also letting [Fireless Ashes] be responsible for monitoring the movements of the people behind him, and unsurprisingly, after seeing Grantia and them increase their speed, the two also increased their pace.

Grantia was familiar with the town, and instead of going straight to Lottie's father's restaurant, they wandered into an alley.

The two stalkers glanced at each other, and one of them turned around and moved towards the other end of the alley, while the other followed directly.

He was wearing a short suit, covered with leather armor, of course they knew that this was the territory of the Academy of Magic, but the instructions from above did not let them use force directly, but since the other party found out, it could be regarded as an emergency.

The man took three steps and made two steps, turned and went straight into the alley.

It's a deep alley, as if the noise outside is another world, and the alley is full of wooden boxes and debris, making it winding and unsuitable for walking.

"Huh?"

But when the man entered the alley, he saw only Lottie.

The short-haired girl was shivering like a rabbit being targeted, and as she crossed Lottie's shoulder, the man could see his companion approaching from the other direction.

The other party is a mage's apprentice, a spellcaster who has mastered many secret techniques, and the man silently recited the information he had obtained in his heart, and then he was about to charge.

They don't know magic, and because of that, they don't immediately trigger the magic alarms that spread throughout the town, as simple fights aren't uncommon, and the mages don't specialize in dealing with them, which is why they can do it.

Although the mage apprentice is already a black iron rank, it is completely different from him who has experienced battles and grown up step by step, these guys who rely on talent have weak combat ability, even if they know one or two spells, it is difficult to cast them in a panic.

The man thought as he swung his steel-knuckled fist.

But the next moment, he only felt that his feet were out of control, as if his left foot did not belong to him, directly blocking in front of his right foot, causing him to lose his balance.

At the same time, behind the man's back, Grantia suddenly appeared from the wall with a wooden stick.