Claudia was silent for a moment, then she thought of something and said to the Silver Hand, "I'm sorry, I can't approach the battle like them, and I can't use your power to the fullest. ”

In the face of the girl's apology, the Silver Hand responded, "No, you are the most suitable partner for the Silver Hand, and I have known about this since you were not yet tested. ”

"Why do you say that?" Claudia was surprised, she had always thought that she had gone through the trial to be recognized by the Silver Hand.

"The reason why the Guardians forged the Silver Hand artifact was not only to keep the belief of sacrifice alive, but also to bring courage, hope, and love to mortals."

"And in your memory, I have seen that you have passed on your courage and hope to the soldiers in your nightmares, inspiring them to come out of despair, which is perfectly in line with the spirit of the Silver Hand."

"And you are not short of sacrifices in battle, and the trial of Stratholme is just a further confirmation of the spirit of sacrifice in the end: many people can not hesitate to protect their comrades with their lives in battle, but they cannot act when they are morally required to sacrifice, and this is what that trial rope is to test."

Claudia suddenly stopped and was a little embarrassed as she walked, she didn't expect the Silver Hand to think so highly of herself, and the Silver Hand's voice continued to ring in her head.

"Always remember the role of the Silver Hand, which is to awaken courage, hope, and love in the hearts of man, which are far more important than fighting, and the Silver Hand has never been an artifact born purely for destruction, like the Ember Bringer."

The Silver Hand's words reminded Claudia of the two-handed greatsword again, and she asked, "What do you think the companion that the Ember Bringer identifies with should be?" ”

"In my brief encounter, I have sensed that the core power of the Ember Bringer, although powerful, is too pure, and the sword has the strong hatred and anger attached to the forger."

"This is a very dangerous weapon, if the wielder is not strong enough, he will be affected by the hatred and anger that comes with the sword, and go down the evil path."

Claudia was immediately startled, and then rejoiced, "Fortunately, it is the Grand Lord of Mograine who is using this weapon, he is a man with an iron will." ”

The Silver Hand continued:

"The bearers of the Ember Bringer need to be worshippers of the purest faith in the Light, and fanatically hated evil, and will do whatever it takes to destroy them."

"And although you believe in the Light, you are not the same as the other paladins I have seen during this time, you do not believe that the Light is the absolute truth, you just like the beauty that comes with the Light."

"And you sympathize with the undead and other creatures, and don't think that many things are necessarily evil, so the Ember Bringer will never approve of you."

Claudia was silent, she naturally knew what the reason was, before the soul fusion, she had been like many paladins, convinced that the Holy Light was everything, and evil must be completely purified. But after accepting the souls of the other world, she still believed in the Light, but she was no longer fanatical, no longer believing that everything was doctrinally right, and more tolerant of what other paladins could not tolerate.

"Yes, I think that whether a creature is evil or not should be determined by deeds, not race and identity, like Natalie, who is my friend," she admitted. ”

The Silver Hand replied, "That's right, the Titans wield a variety of powers, and Light is just one of them. ”

"I also know of the existence of another artifact, the Guardian once forged a powerful shield to protect mortals."

"And you don't lack the spirit of guardianship, and you should be able to get its approval. It's a pity that your body is not strong enough, and I don't know where that shield is, so I'll alert you if I sense it's there. ”

After the girl agreed and thanked her, the Silver Hand continued: "You're welcome, we are partners, you can study more on how to integrate your feelings into the spell, so that the effect of your spell can be improved a lot." ”

"Okay, I can ask Natalie, she knows more about the power of the heart."

Claudia returned to the adjutant's office and worked on the official documents for a while, Jacques arrived, and after handing over the work with her, the girl returned home, and Paltris was practicing the inscription on paper, and Natalie did not run out.

Claudia greeted the two sisters, put the silver hand in her room, then took a bath and rested for a while, went to talk to her sister, and finally went to Natalie, where she planned to ask her for the skills of the mind.

"Morning."

Natalie whispered casually to Claudia, then made various grimaces in the mirror, and there were some books with strange names on the table: "Forbidden Love", "Wild Love", "Big Bomb", 。。。。。。

Claudia sat down next to her, picked up the strange name of "Wild Love", and asked casually while opening it curiously, "What is this--- ahh!!hh ”

The blonde girl jerked the book aside, covered her eyes with her hands and shook her head in an effort to forget the picture she had just read, her mind was already intensely polluted.

Claudia's reaction was very unexpected by Natalie, and her eyes gradually brightened as she watched the blonde girl: "This is the trophy I got casually, I think it's funny, why do you have this expression." ”

"It's normal for me to have this expression! And what if this kind of thing is seen by Paltris, hide it or throw it away! Claudia protested dissatisfied.

"Okay, okay, I'll throw it away later." Natalie's eyes blinked quickly in agreement, she had already memorized it anyway, and had made up her mind to study the content in the future, this kind of thing seemed to be no less lethal to many people than spells.

"Well, I came here to find out something about the Dark Shepherd."

"Well, you want to know about the Shadows, that's great!"

Natalie's eyes brightened, and she reached under her skirt and pulled out a book with several large characters engraved on it, "The Secret of the Void".

Claudia wondered about Natalie's movements, where did she get her books, and was there a bag under her skirt to hold books? Taking the book that was still hot, she glanced at it a few times, gave it back to Natalie, and refused: "It's not this kind of knowledge, I'm not interested in the shadows for the time being, I just want to know what you know about the mind." ”

"That's it." Natalie suddenly became a little bored, stuffed "The Secret of the Void" back under her skirt, and took out a book "Shadow of the Heart" from it,

Taking the book that still carried Natalie's body temperature, the blonde girl finally couldn't help but ask:

"How much else is hidden under your skirt?" How can you put so many? ”

A playful look suddenly flashed on Natalie's face: "Eh, my clothes have been modified by myself, do you want to see what else I put under my skirt?" ”

"No, no, no," the blonde girl quickly declined Natalie's invitation, even if it was a woman, it was rude.

"But it's better to put things outside in the future, we're not agents, so there's no need to alter our clothes too much, it's very uncomfortable."

"Uh-huh." Natalie was perfunctory.

Later, Claudia returned to her room with Shadow of the Mind, intending to study it.