"This is ......"

Zheng Jiuye had already returned to the town from the village at this time, and was sitting in the front building of the oak house tavern, holding a wooden sign in his hand and observing back and forth.

When Adrian finally raised his hand, Zheng Jiuye saw that there seemed to be something in his hand; It was because of this that Zheng Jiuye was frightened and instinctively attacked, but now it seems that Adrian does not seem to want to fight back at the end, after all, this is just a wooden card...... There's no sharp edges or anything like that.

There is nothing on one side of the wooden plaque, and in the center of the other side is a string of addresses carved in crooked handwriting, and two small flowers are engraved next to it; There was a crack in the center of the wooden card, and judging by Adrian's last-minute hand movements, Adrian seemed to be trying to destroy the wooden card with his last strength......

However, Zheng Jiuye's instinctive speed was too fast, causing it to only crack a crack, and the address on it could actually be seen clearly.

“…… That, I'll get the bounty," Yan Jin happened to come up from the side of the stairs at this time, "By the way, what is the thing that Xiao Jiuye used before that flashes and calls itself?" Can you play with me? ”

“…… No, I didn't have a few of them. ”

Zheng Jiuye was still looking at the wooden card in his hand. Judging by the smoothness and reflection on the wooden card...... This wooden plaque must have been rubbed back and forth in Adrian's hands for a long time.

"...... this?"

Yan Jin asked as he leaned behind Zheng Jiuye.

"I don't know...... I felt it out of that guy's raised hand," Zheng Jiuye replied without looking back, "There is an address on it, and I don't see anything else." ”

"It's still a few days away...... After receiving the bounty on the wanted warrant, there is still a lot of money to spare, how about it? Are you going to take a look here? Yan Jin stood behind Zheng Jiuye and asked, "This is the place that this elf intends to protect until he dies." ”

"Could it be anything, a stronghold of independents like him? Anyway, teacher, you actually used your identity to receive the bounty...... I killed them. ”

Although Zheng Jiuye said so, Zheng Jiuye himself didn't believe it. Even if there is such a base, it is unlikely that there will be something carved out of the address sign...... There are a few forbidden spells on it, but it's pretty much the same.

What exactly would be the address on this sign...... Zheng Jiuye was also interested; After all, judging from the emblem engraved on the stone found before, it is still possible that this address is related to the emblem that I want to investigate.

What's more, this address is not too far away...... If you take a horse-drawn carriage, you can reach it in about ten hours.

"Okay...... Let's take a trip. ”

Zheng Jiuye nodded.

Along the way, there was no atmosphere in the carriage like before, but it was unusually silent.

Zheng Jiuye was not in a good mood after completing the task, and he didn't want to talk much; Yan Jin was still fiddling with his hair in a daze, and the more than ten hours basically passed through the journey like this, until the voice of the coachman came.

"Two young masters, the place has arrived."

Zheng Jiuye is not in a very good mood now, and he doesn't even want to complain about the words of the two young masters.

The place where Zheng Jiuye arrived could be seen from the front a rather large and also quite dilapidated courtyard; Inside, there were hundreds of elven children who looked to be barely more than ten years old, stalking and playing in the courtyard.

"This is ......"

"Well, do you have any guests...... Sorry, I can't see ......"

Hearing Zheng Jiuye's voice, a female elf sitting at the gate with sunken eyes that had sunken and wrinkled faces hurriedly planned to stand up to greet her.

"Hmm...... That, old man, just sit down," Zheng Jiuye hurriedly took a few steps forward and helped the elven grandmother, who was already inconvenient to her legs and feet, to sit down again, "That, what is ...... here?" ”

"Xiao An'an told you. If this place doesn't have an address, most people don't know it," the elven grandmother also said with a hint of a smile, "If Xiao An'an can tell you here, it means that he really approves of you...... Especially since you're a human being, it's not easy to be recognized by that guy. ”

“……”

Zheng Jiuye suddenly felt stuffed in his heart.

"Old man, you haven't told us what this place is."

Yan Jin saw that Zheng Jiuye stopped talking, and stepped forward to ask.

"Where else could it be...... These are all children that no one wants, and they are basically all found by Xiao An'an one by one," the old grandmother broke her fingers one by one with her hand, "so many years have passed...... There are thousands of children, right? I can't even count them. ”

……

The two young elves who followed Adrian were also orphans whose parents died in the war that Adrian had once recovered?

"Why doesn't anyone want it? It should be difficult for elves to give birth to children, right...... Isn't it common to have a child who will be pampered very much? ”

Seeing that Zheng Jiuye had not spoken, Yan Jin continued to ask.

"Because my parents basically died on the battlefield...... After all, further south is the border. In fact, the south is basically inhabited by elves, and it is normal to recruit soldiers directly from the local area, Xiao An'an just thinks too radically...... He's not a bad boy per se. ”

When the old man said the last sentence, his voice was very low, as if he was speaking to himself.

Remorseful? Guilty? Sad? The bitter emotions surrounded Zheng Jiuye's side, so that Zheng Jiuye didn't know what he was going to say in this situation.

In a daze until the elf children returned to the house, and the old man sitting at the door also staggered back in the direction of the house, Zheng Jiuye reluctantly spoke.

"Teacher Yanjin, let's go back...... I swear, if I can really be lucky enough to be trained by you to be strong enough in the future, I will change the whole world! ”

"Hmm."

Yan Jin looked at Zheng Jiuye, who was clenching his teeth, and nodded lightly.

This task was supposed to be done by me, but after all, I couldn't help it after I said that to her......

However, the reason why the Empire is reluctant to do this task is because if Adrian is killed, it will attract the hatred of too many elves...... Anyway, at least let me help you stop it first, Xiao Jiuye.

No one saw what happened at the end, so if you want to find me, who has submitted a wanted warrant, right?