"Whew~~"

Eero lights up an oil lamp to illuminate the bar on the ground floor. Napa continued to lie on the bar, not even looking at the little girl who was sitting in the chair and looked reserved.

"President, the door is closed."

Bledra lifted the deadbolt and stood behind Arrow, holding Parfay.

Arrow, on the other hand, sat on the dining chair with a smile on his face, and looked at the girl from top to bottom.

She looked a little timid.

The small body is hidden in a wide robe, and there is a feeling that it does not match well, which further sets off the child's short stature.

Two thin calves peeked out from under the robe, and the dirty feet were a little shy on top of each other, and the toes were bent.

A pair of small hands grasped the tattered branch, but he didn't know how to place the two hands, sometimes shrinking, sometimes behind him.

After a long silence, Brad brought a cup of hot water. Arrow finally stood up after taking a sip, the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "Necromancer? It's young, but it's magical. ”

Napa yawned and continued to sleep on her stomach.

But the whole person shuddered, and the small branch in his hand suddenly turned around, and the thinner side trembled and aimed at Arrow.

The duo of Parfay and Brad continued to maintain that question-mark expression. Forget it if Parfay didn't understand, but Brad smirked happily, with an expression that wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.

"I ...... I'm not...... Necromancer...... Mr...... Are you mistaken...... People ......"

A voice of weakness and fear came from the little girl's mouth, and her gaze involuntarily turned away, not daring to look in the direction of Arrow.

Arrow got up, poured himself a cup of hot water, and walked over to stuff it into her arms. But the little girl looked so stiff that Arrow could only drag her to the table and sit down, and put the hot water in front of her.

"No one has ever taught you that the most important thing about lying is to sincerely believe that the lie you are telling is not a lie?"

Arrow took a sip of the hot water in his hand, turned his head and told Brad to bring some hot milk. Soon, the hot milk was placed in front of Coco, and the little girl stared at the liquid in the cup with wide eyes and swallowed involuntarily.

"I won't do anything to you if I admit to being a necromancer, you're all members of the magic department, and I don't have that many prejudices."

Perhaps, it was the warm milk in front of her that made the little girl relax her guard. Or maybe it was Arrow's voice that was full of gentleness.

Coco raised his head, timidly glanced at the elder brother in front of him, and finally got bold, let go of his right hand, picked up the cup, and took a sip.

In one gulp, the little girl licked her lips stained with milky white liquid, picked up the cup in one gulp, and drank the milk in the cup.

"Hee-hee. Brad, go get some more to eat. Parfait, another glass of milk, and a sprinkle of floral scent. ”

It didn't take long for Coco to have a bunch of bread and baked eggs left over from dinner, and Parfait poured her a glass of milk to decorate the aroma.

Coco finally couldn't hold back anymore in front of her, and her other hand finally let go of the dead branch and grabbed the bread and milk with both hands.

After carefully eating two bites, and seeing that Arrow had no objection at all, he completely let go and ate in a big gulp.

Arrow didn't speak, just continued to smile and watch the little girl eat.

Brad, who was next to him, continued to hold his breath and not ask questions. But the flower fairy Buffy couldn't help it, and asked, "(Fairy language) What is the origin of this child?" ”

Arrow glanced at Parfay, then at the question mark on Brad's face but held back his expression, and smiled-

"Well, I'll have to tell you sooner or later. The child is a mage, and the faction used is the necromancer's faction in terms of magical taxonomy. ”

Hearing Arrow speak to the flower demon in another language, Coco's head lifted from the pile of food, and her eyes lit up with curiosity. Eventually, though, she couldn't resist the smell of the food and continued to bury her head in the bread pile.

"In this world, there are people who have a certain magical affinity from birth. Different races have different levels of magical affinity, just like Parfay, each member of your flower demon clan will have a magical affinity. And for human beings, I'm afraid that only one percent, one thousand, or even one in 10,000 people will have a magical affinity. ”

"These people with magical affinities can become magicians if they go through some systematic magical training. Although there are many detailed classifications of magicians in this world, at the very root, magic is a natural force. Since it is a force of nature, there are only two basic categories of magic. ”

"One, the most classified and broadest, is collectively known as life magic. Whether it is flame, thunder, earth, blessing, etc., it can be regarded as a kind of life magic. ”

"And the other is the magic of death, which corresponds to the magic of life. Curses, i.e., death, are painful, so much so that driving the dead is death magic. ”

After explaining in two languages, Arrow looked at Brad and Parfay's expressions with some confusion.

He thought about it for a moment, decided to correct the two of them before they had any misunderstandings about the necromancer, and then said-

"Because we are living humans, most of our magical affinities are biased towards life magic. Only a very small number of people develop an affinity for the power of death magic. And it is precisely because of the fear of death that human beings sometimes have prejudice and fear against necromancers because they can drive away the dead, and even think that necromancers are inherently evil, the opposite of life magic. ”

"But fundamentally, the magic of life and the magic of death are both natural magic. Death is an inescapable part of life and a part of the life process. Life is also a part of death and can give more meaning to death. Neither the life that lost the death nor the death that lost the life can exist independently, the two are complementary and one body. ”

"So, I hope you don't have any prejudice against necromancers, and you don't need to label someone because of the words 'necromancer' or 'death magic'. So, can you two understand? ”

Parfay sat on Brad's shoulder, shook her feet and said with a smile, "(Fairy language) So you humans have so much research on magic?" I don't have a problem with that, after all, I don't know how many plants I've seen the birth and death of plants. ”

Brad touched the back of his head and looked at Coco over there with a smile: "Although I don't know about such complicated things, I think what the president said is right." Since people are alive, they must die, so death is indeed a part of life, right? So, I won't discriminate against you, don't worry, hehe. ”

The bread, eggs, and milk in front of Coco had been eaten, and the little girl's lips were covered with crumbs.

However, her ears were pricked up, and she was full of food and drink, and she once again restrained herself from the appearance of a starving ghost just now, and regained her restraint.

However, she looked at Arrow with a look in her eyes that was no longer so scared.

“…… I...... I'm not that remarkable...... My magic ...... It's still weak......"

It's going well. At least the child admits that he is indeed a relative to the magic of death.

Now that I think about it, I am really lucky to be able to enter the old Tengshu Academy to study! I'm lucky to be able to read a book on magic! But now it's not self-destructive, these theories are all memorized from books.

"Too weak?"

Airo suppressed the excitement in his heart, and the expression on his face was still with that faint smile that was incomprehensible-

"The warriors of our guild may not have undergone systematic training, but your undead soldiers have light steps and excellent swordsmanship. That's not a reason for too little magic. ”

"That's not what I called!"

Coco shouted involuntarily, but perhaps sensing that her voice was too loud, she became cringe again, timidly grabbed the dead branch and squeezed it in her hand, and said softly—

"I ...... I was a long time ago...... And he summoned it...... However, I found out later...... I can't lift the ...... Magic...... Brother President...... You just saw that...... That thing...... It just ...... ...... want to kill me."

This is indeed true.

Arrow closed his eyes and thought about it, nodded and said, "Hmm...... Really. As far as I know, necromancers are also a rarity among the mage community. You should be studying at some magic academy at your age. But Coco, how did you end up near Pelican Town? ”

"I ...... I ......"

Coco lowered her head again, her eyes looking away because she wasn't good at lying. His eyes kept rolling, obviously trying to think of a lie that he could make off.

"I ...... I'm here to ...... The ...... of the tour"

It's a pity that the lying cultivation skill is still too low.

However, Arrow began to worry a little about his thoughts, does this idea that he will feel that the other party's lies are too substandard, does it mean that he has lied?

…… Never mind.

"Tourism? And then the magic gets out of control? ”

Coco shrunk her neck and retracted her whole body into the big robe again, like a small ball: "On the way to travel...... I...... Encountered a monster...... Only...... Magic was used...... Summoning the White ...... Ah, Xiaobai is the skeleton! I...... I...... Too lonely to travel...... I'll just ...... Chat with Xiaobai......"

Brad nodded in agreement: "Mmmm, I understand." That's a companion, right? I also chat with Parfait a lot, and Parfait treats me just like a white person does to you. ”

Parfay didn't understand Brad's words, but she probably thought that Brad was praising herself, and she immediately looked proud.

"After that...... Me and Xiaobai...... Defeated the monsters. But since then...... Little White ...... It's a little bit less controllable......"

Coco held the water glass, cautiously peeking at Arrow. The color on this little girl's face was a little panicked, probably because she couldn't figure out Arrow's mind and was uneasy.

"It's pathetic."

Brad nodded, his face full of pity. He poured the little girl a glass of milk again, turned around and talked to Parfay. It's a pity that Parfay still has a question mark on her face after all.

But for Arrow......

"It does look quite pathetic. But don't worry, Coco. No one in my guild can hurt you, not even your undead soldiers. ”

Getting up from his seat, Arrow looked at the time, turned his head and continued to smile -

"You can rest with me now, or as I said earlier, the Mermaid Song will never discriminate against anyone. It doesn't matter how many lies you tell, and how much you hide. Since I have decided to believe you, then I will definitely believe you to the end. ”

He reached out and gently touched the little girl's head.

Coco visibly shrank out of fear when she saw Arrow's hand reaching out, but she didn't show much disgust at Arrow's touch after all.

"First of all, we have to find a way to solve the problem of your undead soldiers, and if you don't have a place to go tonight, you can rest on my side for the night."

Brad nodded hurriedly and immediately raised his hand: "Okay! Then I'll help—"

"It's just that you need to clean up your own room, and others are not allowed to help. With me, everyone needs to take care of their own things. That's fine, right? ”

Looking at Arrow's gentle smiling face, Coco felt a chill for no reason, and the whole person shivered, shrunk his neck, and nodded cautiously.

As for Brad and Parfay, the two stood by and waited until Arrow let the two of them go to sleep, and then the pair happily went upstairs.

Taking Coco upstairs, Arrow pushed open the door to the room next to his room, welcoming him with a standard gentleman's courtesy.

Coco was obviously surprised to look at the cobwebs and dust that filled the room, but Eroko didn't give her time to be coquettish, closed the door with her backhand, and went back to her room.

After closing the door, Arrow finally breathed a sigh of relief, took off his hat, and spilled the blonde hair down.

It's really hard to have too long hair and stuff in your hat for so long...... Looks like it's time to find a time to cut this hair.

It's a pity that if this hair can be sold for a good price in the capital, no one will come to buy it in this border town of the empire.

Arrow sat in front of the dresser, pinching his hair and frowning, and finally could only shake off his hair a little helplessly, take off his coat, and change into comfortable pajamas.

But more problematic than his own hair is Coco in the next room.

This little girl is not good at lying, at least not as good as herself. But even if she wasn't very good at it, she was hiding something from herself.

First of all, she says she can't control the undead soldiers, is this statement true or false?

Undead soldiers are dead, a product of magic, and do not need to eat.

However, it was true that a thief stole Mayor Round Cheese's cheese pie during the day today. This pie could not have been eaten by soldiers, it could have been eaten by living beings. And this little girl has already said that the undead soldier is her magic.

In this way, the so-called undead soldiers are out of control is simply nonsense, and that girl is lying.

But ......

Arrow combed his hair and continued to sit at the head of the bed frowning.

I deliberately gave her some food just now, but this little girl ate it all. Eat it all.

The amount of cheese pie sold at the mayor's house is not small, and it is estimated that one person can eat it for two days.

And this little girl just ate four pieces of bread, two eggs and five cups of hot milk, obviously looking like she hadn't eaten for several days.

So, she didn't lie? The cheese pie stolen by the undead soldiers was not given to her, so she was indeed hungry?

But in this case, there is obviously a problem.

As a necromancer, she couldn't lift her summons, so if she wasn't good enough at magic.

And what is an undead soldier who doesn't need to eat stealing food for?

As a necromancer, Coco even said that he didn't know anything about the situation, which was really magical.

What's even more amazing is why a necromancer who is not skilled in his craft appears in Pelican Town?

Well...... Thinking of the gold mines on the Changmian Mountains, isn't there any connection?

After taking care of his hair, Arrow put down his comb and sighed.

Turn off the lights, go to bed, and cover the quilt.

Now I just hope that these things don't deviate too far from my control, so that I will lose all my money in three years.

- August 6, 1301, Food: -2 iron. Balance: 84 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze and 3 iron——