"Who is that! I'm having cramps in my feet!"

In the room where a man and a woman are alone, the girl with two ponytails yells hard.

Finn, who looks honest and is a standard mud leg, hurriedly stepped forward to serve.

The girl pushed him and said, "Where are you touching your hands? Rub your feet! You want to take advantage of a little girl at such an old age, you are really disgusting!"

"I've just turned twenty," Finn quickly argued, taking the girl's feet and rubbing them carefully. The smooth touch made his breath stagnate, and it took him a breath to return to normal.

Josie snorted, "Twenty years old like this, are you from the Storm Isles?"

Of course not, Finn grew from a guard to a guard in the castle guard of Viscount Prell to a fortress of thorns. The selection criterion for the castle guards was "loyalty and honesty", and this criterion was refined by Captain Sardar to "be younger than me, older than me." He is more daring than I am, and eats less than I do. ”

Finn, who was in his early twenties, already had wrinkles on his forehead and a pinch of beard on his lips. By the standards of ordinary people, no one doubts that he is forty years old. Of course, he has reached the hero level, and this face will not change much in thirty or forty years.

"I really don't know what the Duke likes about you", Josie's cheeks flushed slightly, "It's because of your hands, they don't look like the hands of a samurai." ”

Her petite body trembled: "Huh...... Ha ha...... Don't rub your feet!"

The wide and thick palm wrapped around her little feet, the rubbing force was just right, and it was very warm, making her very comfortable, but the calluses of the palms rubbed against the delicate soles of her feet, making her itch again.

Finn avoided sensitive parts and said honestly: "We don't just practice swords, we also have to do a lot of things, I like to do carpentry." My carpentry teacher was a holy warrior who was able to carve tree roots into vivid figures in three or two clicks. ”

"Carpentry ......"

Josie had her own understanding: "Aren't you the duke's personal bodyguard? How can you have the rank of assistant priest in the church? As a result, you still have to do miscellaneous work? Are you now the bellkeeper or the candle? Wouldn't you be a little priest?"

She shook her foot in disgust: "Take your hands away! Maybe you've fed pigs with these hands, it's disgusting!"

Finn was not angry, and put her feet in the quilt and carefully covered it.

If you want to talk about rank and position, he is now the chief of the secret service of the security department of the Cardinal Bureau of the Communist, which is equivalent to the deputy head of the Cardinal Knights who protect dignitaries in the church. The rank is teaching, which is equivalent to the cardinal priesthood of the Church.

This is meaningless, in the Fei Gong, the position only represents the responsibility, and the rank only determines the order of the chain of power and responsibility and the chain of command.

It is meaningful that he is not a slave of anyone, and carpentry is not a servitude, but a hobby.

This girl named Josie, although she is a contract magician, is still a slave at heart. Because of his low rank (fog), he felt disgusted to be touched by his hand, which gave Finn a deeper understanding of the "numbness" that he often preached at life meetings.

Finn deeply felt that "liberation" was indeed an extremely difficult mission, and he was extremely proud to be burdened with such a mission.

As he left, Finn had a distracting thought in his head.

When he was a child, because it was too cold, he helped his sister warm her feet, but at that time, he didn't feel that the girl's feet would be so tender.

When I think back to sucking venom before, how I felt at that time......

"Stop!"

Before she reached the door, Josie said coldly, "Don't let you go! If I have another cramp, maybe you will be allowed to continue rubbing my feet." ”

Finn was stunned, clearly useless, but there was a tingling in his heart.

"Don't go, brother...... Don't go ......."

My sister was coughing up blood and lying in the grass of the wilderness, and he ran away crying bitterly, not daring to turn back.

The family had no money to treat her sister's illness, and if they let her stay at home, the whole family would get sick, so they had to leave her in the wild. Resigned to fate is nothing more than self-comfort, and it won't be long before wild wolves appear.

Like everyone else, the pain of his youth has long been covered by dirt, and his mind is numb.

It was this scene of memories that awakened him when he asked the little Saint Finnie to swing a circle of spiritual thorns under the castle.

Finn exhaled deeply and sat down on the chair next to the bed: "Okay, I'll accompany you." ”

The night was supposed to be on duty, and the cardinal and the saints were next door, and they could rush over in one step if there was any movement.

"You ......"

Josie didn't expect Finn to come back, turned her head to the side, and muttered, "You left it on your own!"

Finn hummed and didn't say anything more.

There was silence in the room for a long time, and Josie suddenly said in a low voice, "You...... Why do you want to save me? It's dangerous. ”

Finn laughed and said, "Didn't Kramer save you too? I'm a castle...... Whoever protects people will certainly save you. However, at that time, the detoxification had no effect, so I had to do it. ”

Josie didn't care about the details, and her voice was lower: "The Duke ordered you to protect me?"

"You don't need to be told, fight together, you're teammates", Finn blurted out without hesitation.

Josie buried her head in the quilt, and vaguely heard the sound of snorting, and the voice came from under the quilt, looking muffled: "Thank you......"

Finn shook his head: "It's all teammates, no need to say thank you." ”

The quilt was lifted, Josie glanced at him, and then turned back, her voice as small as a mosquito: "I have one less guard by my side, if I want you from the duke, will the duke let you go?"

Finn froze......

Josie said anxiously: "Although I am a contract magician, my income is still good! I will give you a good treatment! I will give you twice as much as you take from the duke! No, three times!"

Finn got up, covered her with a doting quilt, patted her on the head and said, "Sleep, have a good dream." ”

There was already a faint snoring sound next door, probably because the power had been suppressed too much before, and Ellie felt very uncomfortable, and her snoring was much louder than usual.

"When I go back, I must invent a magic technique to cure snoring......"

Finney, who was sleeping next to her, was woken up and muttered as she got out of bed to shush.

As soon as the door opened, Finney was startled, and she was kneeling against the door, her head snoring.

Finney said angrily, "Sakhina, what are you doing here, do you still want to sneak attack at night?"

The sneak attack she said was not the same as the attack she had encountered before.

"Ah, Fei, Fini, Your Highness?"

Sakhina rubbed her eyes and said, "Of course I'm guarding His Excellency the Duke. ”

"Still on guard at this time?"

Finney yawned and said, "There is a big difference between the price of personal entertainment tools and 7 by 24 hours real-time online personal bodyguards, how much will your master pay you?"

Sakhina paused for a moment, skimming out the first half of the sentence that she didn't understand at all, and replied, "It's not about money. ”

"But you don't have to work so hard, do you?"

Finney shrugged, ignored her, and went to the bathroom herself.

"Not because the command ......"

Sashina whispered, "I was willing, I wanted to reciprocate." ”

Li Qimo vaguely sensed that now he didn't need to sleep for too long, three or four hours a day was enough, and the rest of the time he was almost closing his eyes to recuperate.

When I woke up, Tina woke up!

Tina slept in the other bed with Inse, and she sat up at night, covering her face and crying in a low voice.

If it weren't for the fact that he was still maintaining his talent for death, the telepathy between them was stronger than before, and I was afraid that he would be shocked.

He sat down on the edge of the bed and asked, "Tina, what's wrong?"

Tina hugged him suddenly, her head buried in his chest, snot and tears running down her face.

"I've seen monsters! It's a rotten forest spirit, it's terrifying!"

"Am I scared to death once? Are we back to the Epsilon......? I want to go home......"

She shouted incoherently, but her sanity should be fine, which made Li Qi breathe a sigh of relief.

Decaying Forest Spirits......

This thing is a legend that circulates in the half-elf group, and like the cursed monsters in human society, it is an extremely terrifying existence, and the half-elves like to scare their own children.

The Storm Islands have a legalized second-dimensional mask, how could it be possible to allow the existence of such a spiritually oriented monster?And it happened to correspond to the most terrifying thing in Tina's subconscious, it didn't seem to be a real rotten forest spirit, but a safety mechanism that was automatically triggered and directed at the heart.

"Let's see if you dare to snoop in the future......"

Li Qi rubbed her pointed ears, and the half-elf girl gradually settled down.

The underground world should be a place like a nuclear waste landfill, so the protection is deliberately strengthened.

Of course, there is another possibility, such as...... An ancient god who was captured by a mage to power a secondary mask.

Li Qi pushed his messy brain hole aside, without the slightest evidence, it was completely meaningless guessing, and the Underground City had nothing to do with what he was going to do for the time being.

Finney entered the room: "Hey, are you awake with pointed ears?"

The ears in Richie's hands trembled, and Tina looked up and said angrily, "Little Douding, who are you calling!?"

Yo, you're in good spirits!

Fei Ni pinched her neck and rolled her eyes: "Ahhh

Tina sneered: "You forced me!"

She pointed to the corner and shouted, "Cockroaches!"

"Ah——!h

As if she had a rocket in her leg, she jumped onto the bed: "Kill it!

This one is more spiritual, although he is not afraid of spiders, but he adds that fear to cockroaches.

Elle on the bed was bounced, she didn't wake up yet, but hummed irritably, and the big sword in her hand suddenly appeared, smashed on the floor, and smashed a big hole.

Fortunately, the following guests were invited away, otherwise a few pairs of eyes would have looked up, and the scene would have been very embarrassing.

Fini and Tina were stunned, and Insi, who was sleeping next to Tina, was also awakened, rubbing her eyes and about to ask, Richie patted her head: "It's just daily." ”

Insi sighed, fell asleep again, and Li Qi also returned to his couch, too lazy to pay attention to them.

..................

"The day before yesterday, you made a lot of noise......

On the highest floor of Silver City, Tallinn, Richie and Hathaway stood on a floating plate like crystal petals, slowly approaching the tower of the Supreme Council in the center.

Hathaway's words were meaningful, and Richie's response was full of meaning: "Still not satisfied?"

Early yesterday morning, he really took everyone to the morning market before returning to Mildern's mansion. In the afternoon, according to the schedule, they attended the ceremony of the Mildern family's donation of space stones to the Supreme Academy of Magic.

The ceremony was brief, but it also included a visit to the Academy of Magic, and then a dinner with Dean Menesus with Perro, which was very rewarding.

The High School of Magic is a "public academy" run by the Mage Federation, which trains magicians to serve the High Council, and most of these magicians are responsible for taking care of the public facilities of the Stormlands and managing the administrative affairs of the Stormlands, which is equivalent to the College of Engineering and the School of Cadre Management.

This college is a veritable top elite college, admitting no more than 100 students every 10 years. Although the status of a magician who enters the Supreme Magic Academy for further study is not as good as that of a magician from a big family, it is not an object that the latter can handle at will. Most of the students come from shabby families and small families, which gives Richie another political force in the Storm Islands.

Of course, this power is currently in the hands of men like Menesus and Ted, who are eager to join the continent, as is an army of magicians, battle mages and magic golems who obey only the orders of the High Council.

Outside of the academy, the space stone donated by Pei Luo also opened Li Qi's eyes.

Opening up a half-plane is a power that only exists above a demigod, but magic guides such as space bags and space rings can open up space that is essentially a half-plane fragment. These magic guides are all enchanted with space stone fragments and other materials, and the entire space stone can open up an independent space that is large enough and stable enough.

The kind of prison that imprisons Vicky should have a space stone to support it, but it may be processed into a different type of magician, or blend in with the environment. Such a space stone is naturally valuable, and Mildern donated one, and the Academy of Magic had to hold a ceremony.

The dean Menesus, whom he met at dinner, was a figure who made Li Qi secretly awe-inspiring.

This old man is the backer behind Hathaway, the ultimate promoter of the last Golden Family Revolution. And this time, all kinds of movements against himself may end up falling on this guy.

It is said that Menesus is already a ninth-level legend, and Perro is extremely respectful when he sees him, but Li Qi is very natural. After all, Cheyenne, who has become a demigod, hooks up with him...... Phew, all talking and laughing, such an aging legend can't make Li Qi feel too much pressure.

During the dinner greetings, Richie even wanted to ask Menesus, do you have layers on your body?

Thinking that this might be a hole card, he held down his heart of pretending to be forced, the Storm Islands is a big stage, there are opportunities, and there is no hurry.

Yesterday Menesus did not have an in-depth exchange with Rich, but only appropriately showed the courtesy and friendliness of welcoming the distinguished guests. Richie felt that Menesus should still be watching him. Of course, he is also looking at this old man to see if he will sing more than the role set in his plan.

Today, the Storm Islands finally have an official response to Richie's observer status, and the specific arrangement is to meet with the remaining members of the High Council, and Hathaway personally acts as a reception.

Hathaway smiled, "Not very satisfied, Richie, you seem to be too cautious, and if you compare the Storm Islands to a beauty, she still doesn't think so." Now that only a third of the councillors are interested in you, all the mages in the entire Storm Islands, including the legends who are buried in their own magic towers to do research, and even explore the outer planes, know the name Rich-Prell as well as the funny expert, the wandering paladin Norriedo. ”

Hoping that he would stir up trouble in the Storm Islands and promote the process of reorganizing the High Council in favor of the "Queen's faction", Hathaway's intentions, of course, Richie understood.

After Hathaway explained that the magicians who managed the barrier of Shadow City would strictly follow the system to suppress the extraordinary powers in Shadow City and avoid great damage to Shadow City, he also understood that Hathaway knew that he understood this, and the two established a further tacit understanding.

He sighed: "This is not easy to do, who knows the preferences of this beauty, you have to find out the situation first." If you rush into it and cross the bottom limit that beauties can tolerate, won't it be counterproductive?"

Hathaway's eyes fluttered: "Richie, this should be said by the playboy brother, not by you who are as showy as a girl!"

She shook her head and smiled: "As long as that membrane is there, even if it is a little intense, it is just a little more intense warmth." Even if there is a trace left, it will dissipate quickly, so how can a beauty mind?"

Li Qi coughed violently: "Hathaway, I didn't expect you to be an old driver too." ”

"I don't really understand what a driver is, but it sounds like a compliment," Hathaway's black hair fluttered, her silver eyes flashed, and she was incomparably bright.

She reached out and made an inviting gesture: "Please ......"

The float stopped, and in front of it was a long corridor flanked by tall statues. This is a place where walking is a must to show respect for the great men represented by the statues on both sides.

"Since the beauty invited, then I'm not welcome", Li Qi got off the float board and said leisurely: "When the time comes, you think I'm too rude, don't call me pain or even stop me." ”

"I'm here to introduce you to these great men and the 30,000 years of history that have been condensed in them," Hathaway showed no weakness: "In the face of such history, you will deeply realize your own insignificance. ”

"The size is relative, I am a golden hoop stick, can you be a silk hole?"

Li Qi just muttered this in his stomach, but did not say it.