The two chatted and walked through the quiet shade to the lively city. The wide road is flanked by rows of beautifully decorated shops. Carefully drawn drawing boards hang at the entrance of the store, highlighting the characteristics of the store in a simple and clear way. At every few steps, there are also stalls open to the public with sweets, jewellery and clothes.

Dressed in short coats, a sturdy clerk spreads an iron plate on an oven and stir-fries fragrant food.

"I didn't know there was such a place so close to the embassy, it looks good!" Garadia pricked up her ears, "I thought you had to take me a long way to get lunch!"

"It's been days since we've been to Bayeran, haven't you studied the good things around you?" Griffith pulled out a small notebook with colorful scraps of paper, looked at the map drawn on one of the pages, and looked at the street ahead, "Come, be there." ”

"What's in your hand?" the elf leaned over curiously, "what are these flowers?"

"Raiders, don't you go to a new metropolis and ask the people around you to make a guide to action?"

"First of all, there are usually no 'people' around me, most of the elves have no pursuit of life, if you don't eat delicious food today, it's a big deal to wait a month to see if there is anything delicious~ Anyway, there is time!" Galadia waved her hand nonchalantly, "Secondly, I'm usually very busy, okay? It's not studying or training, but also socializing~ How can I have time to play." ”

"Okay," Griffith said, taking a small piece of red paper and handing it over, "this is a discount ticket." In order to attract customers, the store only needs to pay 70% to 80% of the money when actually spending. ”

"Oh, you're a person~" Galadia crumpled the discount coupon into a small ball and threw it at Griffith's head.

When the two came to a shop, Griffith lifted the curtain at the door and pulled open the wooden door with thin pieces of paper horizontally: "Shop, two seats." I have a reservation and my name is Mr. Brandon. ”

"You may be seated, sir," the chubby shopkeeper smiled at a glance of Galadia, "Oh, noble Miss Elf, your presence has really made the little shop shine!"

"Mmmm, don't talk about what you have, take out all the delicious food!" said Galadia cheerfully sat down in her chair and looked curiously.

Griffith flipped through his notebook and quickly ordered the food. The fat shopkeeper immediately took out the ingredients and prepared them in high spirits.

The hostess first brought a large plate of chopped verdant greens, topped them with a white sauce, and then brought them a clay bowl filled with white crystalline grains.

"Well, rice seeds, you're starting to eat this, too?" said Galadia with a small spoon and took a small bite, "very fragrant!"

"In this great war, the kingdom opened up the southern provinces," Griffith took a large bite of vegetables, "and there is a great river that flows from south to north, and after the annual flooding leaves behind fertile silt, and the land is highly yielding both wheat and rice." After shipping stabilized, the amount of food imported from there increased every day. ”

"Then if there is a famine, you will be able to eat less potatoes, and rice is as shelf-stable as wheat," Galadia said absentmindedly as she stared at the fat boss's fried steak, "What a great thing!"

The fat boss, who felt the anxious gaze, quickly served the two of them the barbecue cut into small slices, as well as the three-color powder and sauce in a small plate, in addition to two pairs of slender sticks: "Beautiful young lady, please use these two wooden sticks to clamp the meat slices, dip them in the brown roast sauce first, and then spread some fine powder to taste." Another sauce is soybean paste. ”

Galadia nodded, following the example of the shopkeeper, and took the roast meat into her mouth.

"Yes, yes, it's just a roast of beef, but why is there such a satisfying and happy touch," the elf's ears pricked up, "let me take a closer look!"

A large piece of roast meat was eaten by Galadia again.

"It's the diaphragm of the cow, just the right amount of grilling, allowing the fat and the flavor of the roast sauce to penetrate into it, blending with the texture of the fresh beef," Garadia quickly ate another piece, "and the flavor is also very unique when the soybean paste is smeared alone." It was as if a happy moo was happily chewing soybeans, which made me experience the comfortable life in the countryside. ”

"......" Griffith was speechless, so he could only ask the boss to add two more servings, "Eat slowly, there are other kinds, if you are full, you can't eat anything else." ”

"I don't listen!"

"Then let's eat some vegetables~ If you just eat barbecue, you will soon be too tired to eat," Griffith watched the delicate-looking elf girl eat at a fast speed, and couldn't help but pick up a spoonful of rice and handed it over, "Come~ Eat a bite of rice, it's delicious with this pairing." ”

"Do you still want to eat rice? Isn't this just that you don't have enough money to eat barbecue and eat all-you-can-eat and can only rely on grains to stuff yourself!" Garadia couldn't dodge, so she had to frown and be stuffed with a spoon in her mouth, and barely ate a bite.

"Ahh

"Ahh

"Not bad! adding a spoonful of rice and vegetables to the bliss of barbecue brings a completely different fresh feeling," Galadia's eyes lit up with disgust, "not so warm, but extremely fulfilling and safe, is this what you humans feel like as 'home'!"

Griffith watched as Galadia pulled the roast meat and rice into her mouth. She had completely forgotten what gentleness and etiquette were, and she ate like a dock porter who had been hungry for three days.

"Slow down......"

"Water!water!" the elf girl suddenly banged on the table in pain. Griffith was startled and hurriedly handed over a large glass of water.

"Goo-dong!

"Wooha!" Galadia wiped her mouth, "It's horrible, almost dead......"

"If you choke to death like this, how appalling it must be~" Griffith covered his face with his hand, "You have to be careful after entering school in the fall!"

"Hmph, it's all because this throat is too narrow and inconvenient," Galadia poked her cheek, narrowing her cheek a little.

Griffith slowly ate the food in front of him, smiling as he watched his companion eat. I don't know why, the way Galadia eats looks so good, just looking at her makes people feel extra happy.

From time to time, the painful and terrifying memories of the Far East would reach out from the abyss of memory, trying to grasp something and climb up. But at the sight of Galadia's bright eyes and upturned mouth, Griffith felt an indescribable joy and happiness.

If he could, he even wished that the moment would stop.

By the time the shopkeeper brought the dessert after the meal, Griffith finally mustered up the courage:

"Wait, are you free?, a good opera in the afternoon or evening at the Palatine Theater. ”

As he said this, Griffith felt like his heart was going to jump out of his chest. He nervously watched as the girl's hand holding chopsticks stopped, and the world seemed to freeze for a moment.

"Well~ I've also heard that Beyeland's opera is not to be missed," the elf girl said slowly.

Griffith seemed to have an illusion, and there was a faint hint of caution and hesitation in the girl's usually expressive thin eyebrows and the corners of her mouth.

"I heard that today's play will see a love that has been thwarted in every way, I read it in the newspaper in the morning," Galadia said in a zigzag, "but~"

Sure enough, it doesn't work~

"But there's my birthday party in the evening, and I'll go back to prepare later. The embassy office may have an event scheduled for me in the evening, maybe we'll meet in the theater!"

All right...... Griffith nodded a little disappointed.

"But!" a flash of light flashed in the elven girl's eyes, "We'll be enrolled in a few days!

The two fell silent for a moment. Griffith actually had a question, but it would be very, embarrassing to ask.

Galadia and I may not have met in the Eastern Province by accident, and she has never explained what mission she was there or what items she was looking for, only mentioning that it would help her move up to the higher ranks.

After a series of coincidences, Griffith's thinking became clearer. When he looked at these events from a different perspective, he suddenly saw a possibility.

Perhaps, the fact that Galadia appeared in Manisa Village was itself to establish some kind of connection with me?

At first glance, it may seem absurd that the daughter of the consul and the darling of the moon god would seek an obscure apprentice knight, but the mysterious world itself is made up of many mysteries.

......

August 29, 1443.

Griffith got up early, as usual, put on fine chain mail over his short coat, and reached down to remove a blue uniform from the hanger.

The garment, which had just arrived last night, was very well made, felt as delicate and smooth as silk, and the shoulders, cuffs, and waistline were carefully cut and groomed, and the shape remained straight without ironing after washing, and the elasticity was just right to not hinder the ball and the battle. New horn buckles are fastened from the left shoulder, and a serious stand collar is paired with black boots, reminiscent of hussar uniforms. The cufflinks of the short coat and the belt on which the sword can be attached on both sides have the coat of arms of the Lamore house in sterling silver, clearly indicating the person's identity.

Such a regular spring and summer dress requires the purchase of at least two sets. Mr. Ashford, Deacon of Earls Court, personally supervised the process of measuring and customizing to ensure that there were no misunderstandings about the finances and decency of Earls Court.

And that's just the regular clothes for spring and summer. Winter uniforms, soft and warm wool scarves and capes are made from the highland cashmere that separates the Valencia Mountains from the west and south of the kingdom. Although students are allowed to wear private clothes to proms and banquets, such a beautiful uniform is no small for public events, and it is said that some graduates even wear college uniforms for weddings.

Griffith ran into a small problem, though. The uniform was so well-fitting that he had no place to tuck his weapons in.

Blades are undoubtedly unpopular with the Academy of Magic. The uniforms designed by the school only left room for the wand and the necessary pouch to be carried, and the conspicuous saber could only be worn on special occasions.

Griffith thought for a moment, and finally stuck two daggers into his boots, and three daggers in the back of the waist where the wand should have been left.

It was just getting dark, but there was no time for Griffith to go to the restaurant for breakfast today. He picked up the package he had with him and walked to the living room.

"Mr. Trainee Knight, are you ready?"

Sonya's personal maid, Anna, was already waiting there. She brought a few sandwiches with ham, omelette, and tomatoes, wrapped them in paper and handed them to the midshipman.

Griffith immediately noticed the strange stares of several of the male servants who were also in the living room. The personal maid doesn't have to worry about other people's lives!

Before Griffith could react, Anna leaned over, stood on tiptoe to straighten his collar and medal ribbon for him, and whispered in his ear:

"There are a few things you can remember!

"Miss Sonia's jewellery and cosmetics are in a pink Louis Angel box with a label on it, and you have to make sure that they have not been opened or damaged as soon as they are delivered to school.

"The bookcase is a blue suitcase, the clothes are packed in two COCO boxes, and the banquet dress has to be made to order separately locally.

"The materials were confiscated by the countess, and the school will say that they were lost by accident, but you have to tell her quietly that I will send out the second set of materials in two days by United Express.

"Miss Parlulu, it's the owl, its ......"

Griffith nodded again and again, and hurriedly asked, "Can you give me a piece of paper to write it down?" ”

"No!" the valet pinched Griffith's arm and shoved him down the hallway, "take the checklist and go to the hall to check the luggage in five minutes." ”

A moment later, Griffith was in the hall. The academy had prepared special training armor and weapons for Shuttoral, but even then, Griffith and Sonia had to carry a man's worth of luggage, and the servants of the Earl's Court kept bringing new suitcases and supplies from upstairs.

The maids and servants who could not go with them would continue to work in the Earl's Court, and Anna would be placed as a valet to study grammar, arithmetic, and etiquette in a church school to ensure that she would serve the Earl's family in the future.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Sonya, accompanied by her brother, went downstairs to bid farewell to the Count, the Countess and a long crowd of people who had come to see her off. The daughter of the Lamor family wore a slim light blue dress, exquisite workmanship outlining the lines of youth, thin clothing and exposed fragrant shoulders made people worry about whether she would catch a cold even in summer. The strings on her slender ankles are particularly eye-catching in her white heels, and her long blonde hair is casually draped around her waist, completely dressed as a young girl on a trip to the beach.

Griffith stood quietly aside, and couldn't help but compare the countess's appearance with that of Galadia.

It took another half an hour for Sonia to finally listen to the Countess's instructions, and had to take another short shawl that a girl who did not quite match her skirt would hardly use. Seeing that the lady was at last satisfied, the Earl and Mr. Nolan were at once pardoned, and immediately put Sonia into the carriage, and drove to the bay.