slept until noon the next day, when Rui was the first to wake up. The mage looked sleepily at the others, all of them still sleeping peacefully. Rai wanted to sleep a little longer, but Stan's snoring was so loud that the mage lay down and tossed and turned for a while, unable to fall asleep anymore, so he simply got up and added some firewood to the fireplace, ready to boil some hot water to make tea.

The fragrance of mint tea wafted through the hut again, and Ness, who flipped over in her cloak a few times, couldn't resist the temptation of the scent, and sat up with her eyes squinted.

"It's time to wake up, it's almost afternoon. Rui sipped on the hot tea, enjoying the feeling of comfort after a full rest.

"They haven't gotten up yet. Ness rubbed her eyes, got up from the floor, and sat down in her chair to make a cup of hot tea.

"Leave them alone, let's talk. Rui stood up and glanced at Fern, who was snoring softly, apparently still asleep.

"Oh, Rui, do you have something to tell me?" Ness was a little surprised, as she could remember Rui never speaking to her so seriously as she did today.

"Yes, don't be nervous, it has nothing to do with the Mage Tower. Rui sat back in his chair and held up his teacup to cover his mouth. "What do you think of Ferne?"

"Hey, what are you talking about...... Ness's face turned red, and she didn't know what to say next.

"He takes such good care of you, and you have traveled together for so long and experienced so much, you must have some feelings for him. Ray was talking about a question, but Ness couldn't deny it.

Ness drank her tea silently and did not answer.

Rui continued, "Have you ever wondered where you're going to be when your trial is over?

"I'll go back to the Mage Tower, I'll be a mage, but there's still a lot to learn, Fern...... I do not know...... He....... Ness said with a slurp.

"You'll probably never see each other again. Rui interrupted Ness and gave her the answer.

Ness was silent, looking down at the purple petals floating in the teacup, and unconsciously tears gathered in her eyes again, and a crystal tear fell into the teacup.

"Well, it looks like it's too early to talk to you about this. Rui shook his head, walked over to Stan and Fern, and kicked them respectively. "It's almost time to get up. ”

Stan immediately got up and crouched on the ground, gripping the hilt of his sword alertly, "What's wrong, what's wrong?"

Fern held the sword in his hand, leaned his back against the wall, and scanned the room.

"It's getting late, it's time to discuss the next steps. Rui helped the two of them make tea and sat back in their chairs.

Fern and Stan relaxed and sat down at the table. Fern sipped his tea and watched the sunlight shine through the crack in the window. "It looks like it's almost noon, I can't walk today, let's continue to rest here for the night, and set off tomorrow. ”

Ness didn't want Fern and Stan to see her crying, and she was holding back her tears. "Fern, you can drink my cup of tea, I can't drink it. ”

Fern took Ness's teacup and drank it in one gulp. "Ness, where are we going next? Did you get any hints from the wand?"

"Well, I was just going to tell you. Ness took the teacup that Fern handed back and poured herself another cup of hot tea. "It's strange this time, the wand doesn't give a hint as before, but Heusy told me alone. ”

"Oh, really?" Ruiya asked, as he thought it was strange.

"Yes. Ness took a sip from her teacup, the hot tea causing her to frown slightly. "According to Hessey, the place where our next destination is located has been protected by some kind of barrier, so that the wand cannot detect it, but Hessey knows the approximate location of the next seal based on the divination of one of his mage friends in ancient books. ”

"Divination from a mage friend?" Fern's voice raised slightly. "This ...... Is it reliable?"

"It should be fine, because I have also heard the name of his friend as he spoke, and it was told to him by Adeline, the great sage of the Mage Tower, who had visited the Tower a year earlier and had passed on the secret to Hessey. Ness pursed her lips and blew into the teacup.

"Great Sage, I remember that Miles said that the two Great Sages handed over the holy weapon to them were also the two Great Sages, and I always felt that this was a bit strange. Stan voiced his concerns.

"Stan, if I hadn't heard Miles say that in the Source of Magic, I'd have refuted you by now, but I'm not sure for it myself. Ness put down her teacup and pulled a strand of loose hair back behind her ear. "The Great Sages are different from ordinary mages, they have received the blessing of light, and only the archmages who walk in the light are qualified to become great sages, and they will never do anything to be in the company of darkness. ”

"Those who receive the blessings of the Light will also fall. Rui said this lightly, his eyes unusually calm. "The great sage is also a human being, as long as the temptation is big enough, then they will inevitably fall, but how big this temptation will be, we can't imagine, after all, the title of the great sage, the whole Wallis is not a few people can bear it. ”

"Tell me about Rui, the biggest temptation you can think of?" asked Fern as he pressed Rye.

Rui raised his head and looked at Fern and said slowly, "The Great Sage is almost a demigod in Wallis, and the only one who can make them worship at their feet is the true god, so you understand?"

"You mean the Dark Lord?" Ness replied to Ray before Fern did, "They made a pact with the Dark Lord?"

"Think about it, why did the dark lord wake up this time, it has been hundreds of years, the dark lord has been sealed, never woken up, and the dark tide has also made a comeback strictly according to the law of once a hundred years, and this time, everything is so abnormal, don't you think there must be some reason for this?" Rui calmly said his reasoning, although all this was so shocking, but Rui was extremely calm.

"You do have a point. Fern nodded, "But we have no choice, we have no other way out than to listen to Hussey." ”

"Hesey wouldn't lie to us, but he probably didn't know that the Great Sage had told him a trap. Nessy was reluctant to admit that Hessey would lie to them, and the old mage sacrificed some of his life to cast a spell on her that would protect her life, much to Ness's death.

Adeline...... I mean, the great sage you mentioned, can we trust her instructions?" Stan looked at Ness with a serious face, the knight was disgusted by this trick, but there was nothing he could do.

"If I had to say anything, I'd rather believe her. Ness tilted her head and pouted helplessly.

"Until there is any evidence that she is panicking, let's not speculate, although I always feel that there is something wrong with it. Fern shook the teacup in his hand so that the hot water would get cold quickly. "Until then, let us do what Hessey tells me for the time being, and I prefer to trust him. ”

"I admit that I would also prefer to trust Hessey, and I think that a high-ranking archmage like Hessey, even if the other party is a great sage, cannot completely deceive him, he must be able to find something out of it and give us the most correct instructions he can think of, so I think we can still give it a try as Hessey said. Rui finished his cup of tea and looked at his companions, "But even so, the danger that lurks in the future journey must be unimaginable to you and me." ”

For a moment, all four of them were silent, not making even a sound, and the room was quiet enough to hear the crackling of the firewood burning in the fireplace and the breathing of everyone.