The night is getting deeper.

Avena beside her seemed to have fallen asleep, making an even, steady sound of sleeping breathing. Thea gently flipped the body and slept with the girl. She quietly held out her fingers, as if to touch Avena's ruddy face from deep sleep. However, the bloodless pale fingers stayed beside Avena's cheek, trembling for a long time, but finally did not dare to touch it.

Sia sighed softly, withdrew her hand, and closed her eyes.

The temperature of a living man...... Even she felt as if she had a temperature again.

Thinking back to the last time she had been so close to a human, Thea's lips twitched almost invisibly, and the name was held in her mouth so lightly that it seemed to be lost as soon as she spit it out.

She closed her eyes tightly, but a tear crept across her face.

In the guest room on the other side, there was no movement in front of Carré, silently putting away the transparent ice crystals condensed by magic in his hand, and quietly thinking about it.

At the speed of a walking bird, the time from where he was injured by that guy is almost the same as the time to get here. Thinking about it further, is the relationship between the mysterious dragon who disguised himself as the Forsaken and the Forsaken woman Shia that she met by chance really be as bland as Thea told herself? Moreover, Carré still has his own mission to complete - to investigate the sudden magical anomaly near the Alterac Valley a while ago. As a blue dragon, Carré is not very old, so he is not very experienced in traveling. If it weren't for the weaver Malygos' intention to train him, it wouldn't have fallen on his head. And everyone, including Karegos himself, thought that this was just a routine reconnaissance mission, and who would have thought that so many accidents would happen. Especially...... Encountered hostile dragons of other species.

For a moment, a thousand layers pressed on Carré's heart, making his eyebrows knot deeply. He suddenly had some inexplicable worries, and he had a hunch that his mission might not be so easy to complete......

And in the same night, in another dark room, a magical mirror also floated in the air. It's just that the magic mirror is always dim, and there is no image.

Simon sighed inaudibly, and with a flick of his hand he wiped off the magic mirror, and fell back into the deep back of the chair, his fingers tapping lightly and unconsciously on the handle of the chair. For a moment the room was silent except for the faint sound of fingers tapping on wood.

"How long are you going to peep?" After half a ring, Simon finally spoke. "Merisala." The door opened with a slight creak. Now that everything has been picked out, the banshee no longer hides and walks in directly. "I'm just a little worried about you."

The corners of Simon's mouth curled into an arc full of irony. "Worried about me?"

"You've been locked in your room since you came back and handed in your mission...... Isn't this mission a successful one? I don't understand why you're so upset. ”

The banshee in front of Simon fixed the ground, crossed her hands to cover her jaw. also covered the increasingly obvious ridicule at the corners of his mouth. "Why am I upset, shouldn't you know it in your heart?"

The glint in Merisala's eyes flickered slightly, but it returned to normal in an instant. "I advised you at the beginning that it would be safer for her to stay in my Zhongjun......

Simon didn't show any expression, just continued to listen quietly to her.

Seeing that Simon was noncommittal, Merisara bit her lip and continued. "I'm sorry for such an accident now, but haven't you found any news about her now? Isn't the lack of news also good news in a way? ……

“…… If that's what you're here to say to me, well, now can I ask you out? Simon listened to her. Indifferently ordered the eviction.

"I ......" Merisara was a little anxious, but the elf's arrogance made her unable to tell what she was really thinking at this time. [A lot of good] full of affection came to his mouth, but he couldn't help but subconsciously turn a corner, and finally became: "I'm here to ask you, can you continue to stay here and help Dasalia...... And I, what about completing some elite missions for Her Majesty? ”

Simon raised an eyebrow slightly. "Miss Merisala. I'm just an alchemist. It's not my responsibility to go on a mission. "He had no interest in meddling in the military operations of the Forsaken, and if it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to provoke Thea, he would have wanted to sit back and watch at all. And now...... He just wanted to quit as soon as possible and then go to find Thea.

Simon's mind. Merisala, who had always been in love with him, could not understand. It's just that the reasons he put forward for his rebuttal make Merissara irrefutable. Because of the importance of the Great Alchemist, unless voluntarily or by the Queen's own order. A junior officer cannot forcibly order a Grand Alchemist to carry out his tasks in the field.

But Merisara finally managed to see her sweetheart, and if she let Simon leave, she didn't know when she would see him again. She really didn't want to let him go. In a hurry, Merisara suddenly thought of something that had just happened recently, and said hurriedly: "Actually, this matter is also of great benefit to you, so I want to invite you to join." ”

"I'm not interested in the benefits."

Even after touching such a nail, Merisara just ignored it and said to herself: "Some time ago, there was an abnormality in the syndicate organization, and our spies found that they seemed to be looking for something in Steinbrad. ”

Stein Bled ...... Hearing this, Simon's eyes suddenly changed, and he immediately lowered his eyes to hide the past. On the other hand, Merishara was still racking her brains to convince him, so she didn't notice the subtle change at all.

"The leader is a syndicate shadow mage, combined with the magic movement that came out of the Alterac Valley a while ago, we have reason to believe that they are looking for a powerful magic item in Steinbrad, and it is likely to be a magic weapon based on the power of shadow destruction." Said here Merissara Mei eyes earnestly doored. "Simon, you're a warlock, so you should understand how important a magical item like this is to a shadow mage if it exists."

"I can understand that." Simon already had a plan in his heart, but his face still showed no interest. "Did you report the Queen?"

"Of course." The smile on Merisala's face was a little more, as long as it piqued Simon's interest, the rest would be much easier. She wasn't even worried about what the magic item was if it really existed, and Simon wanted to assume that it was possible. Anyway, the spoils of war are always distributed to the heroes by the queen, and with her and Simon's status, as long as it is not an artifact, the queen will not refuse to reward her favored ministers with this. Moreover, the purpose of coming to the king by order of the queen is not at all the magic object that may exist.

"Your Majesty's order has come. She ordered Dathalia to immediately mobilize his men to Steinbrad to find out the Syndicate's intentions. However, the focus of Her Majesty's order is to directly occupy Steinbrad and establish a secret apothecary experimental base. ”

"Build a base there? Why? Simon asked.

"Actually, it was Lin Duen's idea. He suggested to the Queen: First, Steinbrad is located deep in the mountains, inaccessible, almost inhabited by humans except for the Syndicate, and it is not difficult to capture it, but it is very hidden. Second, the reputation of the syndicate organization among humans is also very poor, and even if they are used for secret experiments, no one will jump out for them. Third, Steinbled has a cold climate and a very similar environment to Northrend, so doing field experiments there can better observe the effect of the plague, and there is no need to worry about the unknowable changes of plague bacteria due to environmental changes, and it can also be the most thorough preparation for the application of the plague in the future Northern Expedition. ……

"The Battle of the Northern Expedition......" the corners of Saimen's mouth raised slightly, and his eyes were gentle Lishara. I seem to understand why the Queen would agree to this proposal. But, Merisala, you seem to know a lot...... That's where Lindon came to take over the Steinbled project. ”

Merisala's pale face, who was stared at like this by her sweetheart, was slightly red, like two red glows floating, which was very coquettish. She bowed her head and said shyly, "No...... In fact, His Majesty has not yet officially appointed the presiding alchemist of this project. It's just that Lin Duen, as the proposer of this proposal, was assigned to do the preliminary investigation work first. and so on to occupy Steinbled, I ...... I would like to go and ask Your Majesty to appoint you as the chief alchemist of the base......" At the end of the sentence, Merisara's voice was as low as a mosquito.

"Thank you for your kindness, Merisala. However, let's talk about the fact that the base is responsible for this kind of thing. ”

Simon's words made Merisara look up in astonishment. "Then what do you mean ......"

"But I'm interested in that shadow magic item, when will Dasalia act."

"The day after tomorrow." Merishara, who understood Simon's meaning, was overjoyed. "Because tomorrow it needs to be rectified."

"Okay, I'll consider participating. But it's not too early, I want to rest, okay? Simon stretched out his hand to the door and made a "please" motion.

Merisara was a little sad, but still unmoved, before she turned around and opened the door and walked out.

Closing the door, Merisara leaned against the back of the door and let out a sigh. It doesn't matter, if she can keep him for one day, she can keep him for two more days, and ...... Her own translucent body. Her own body...... She will soon be able to return to her own body. She didn't believe he would reject her again.

A smug smile spread across Merisala's face.

ps: Happy New Year to everyone~!