After coming out of the room, Fern paced down the circular corridor with a heavy heart, and finally decided that he needed to talk to Ness, and the mercenary remembered that he had asked the guards about Ness's room, which was on the fourteenth floor, like Quiai's. Two, eight, middle, text, and net, so Fern didn't stop doing anything, and hurriedly walked up the corridor.

Ness's room soon arrives, and Fern tries to knock on the door, only to find a note on the door.

I've been in the water magic lab on the seventeenth floor for the last few days, and if anything happens, you can find me there.

Ness.

Fern frowned and shook his head, a bad feeling welling up in his mind, but he continued to walk upstairs, but the pace of the upward movement was not as fast as before, but full of hesitation.

Before he knew it, the mercenary was already standing at the door of the laboratory, and Fern knocked on the door mechanically, and after a while, just as he was about to knock again, the blue wooden door opened a crack, and a face that had been lingering in his mind poked out.

"Fern?!" Ness's eyes widened in surprise. "How could you ......"

Elder Fabioso's voice came from behind. "Who's it, Ness, whoever it is, don't delay too long. ”

"Got it. Ness looked back in awkward and agreed, then squeezed through the crack in the door and stood in front of the mercenary. "Fern ...... After that day, I always wanted to go to you, but you see me, I'm too busy...... I'm sorry. The girl bowed her head.

"Don't care, Ness, how could I blame you?" Fern looked at the slightly tired mage in front of him with pity. When are you free? We can have a drink together, I'm staying in the inn in town, the light whistle, you should know there, the food is delicious, you seem to be thin, you're not fat, you can't stand any more food. ”

Ness pursed her lips and looked up. "Yes, I know, the brisk whistle, but, I'm sorry, Fern, I'm ...... I don't really have time. ”

"And what about tomorrow?" Fern continued.

"Tomorrow...... It's the same. Ness's voice grew lower.

Fern suppressed his disappointment and continued to ask, "It's okay the day after tomorrow, we can have lunch together." ”

Ness didn't hear anything unusual in Fern's words, and her head kept shaking. "No, Fern, I ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to get out for a few days, and the day after tomorrow, I'll leave here with Etiyesh and Fabioso for a few days, and if all goes well, I'll be back in three days, and I promise you I'll look for you at the brisk whistle as soon as I get back to the Mage's Tower, okay?"

"Wait until you get back?" Fern remembered Ray's plan and decided to muster up his courage. "Ness, I have something to tell you!"

Niss nervously glanced at the mercenary's serious eyes, and immediately lowered her head. "What...... What?"

Fern swallowed, steadied himself. "Ness, you may not know that Etiyesh has sent someone to keep an eye on me, and he won't let me leave the Mage Tower easily until I promise him, so I decided to sneak away from here, and besides, I'm going to take you with me. After saying that, the mercenary watched the mage's reaction uneasily.

"Why? He's a great sage, how could he do that?" Ness looked up sharply, looking at the mercenary noncommittally.

"But it's true, I've discussed it with Rui, and she agrees with me, and I just want to take you with me. Fern grabbed Ness's shoulder.

The mercenary grabbed Ness's shoulder with both hands in pain. "Fern, even if what you say is true, maybe it wasn't Etiyesh's intention? ”

"Ness, listen to me!" Fern shook the mage anxiously. "They're all the same thing, Etiyès, Adeline, they don't care if we live or die, in their eyes, we're just pawns with different values, we can't just be at their mercy, have you forgotten? We're almost all dead in Dagger Mountain, but have Etiyesh done anything? If it weren't for Hessey's Ring of Life for you, you'd be dead!"

"But...... Fern, I'd rather choose not to believe ......" Ness's tears finally fell. "I have no choice, Fern, I am the only elemental envoy for hundreds of years, and I must complete my mission, even if it is a path to death. ”

"No, you have a choice, come with me! we can get away from here and never care about what happens to the Mage Tower. Fern made a last-ditch effort to try to convince Ness.

Ness looked at Fern sadly, tears welling up in her eyes. "Fern, promise me, if what you're saying is true, get out of the Mage Tower quickly, and take her with you if Quiai is willing to go with you. With that, the mage turned and walked towards the room.

"Ness!" Fern stepped forward and grabbed the mage's hand. "I'll take you away, right now, no one can stop us!"

Ness cried and didn't speak, but broke free from the mercenary's hand and ran quickly into the lab, the door slamming shut in front of Fern.

The mercenary sighed weakly, leaned against the wall, slowly slid down, and sat on the ground.

After a while, when the light from the top of the tower began to dim, the mercenary stood up and began to stagger towards the bottom of the mage tower. From time to time, mages passed by him, looking at him curiously, but in Fern's eyes, they were no different from non-existence.

Outside the door of a large classroom on the seventh floor, Quiai was surrounded by several male mages and apprentices, who were struggling to deal with their problems and keep their frivolous behavior back with stern eyes. At this moment, just as Fern passed by them, Quiai squeezed out of the crowd and grabbed the mercenary's arm.

"Fern, you're here at the right time, get me out of here, any more day is going to drive me crazy. Queai leaned close to Fern and left the mages of the opposite sex behind.

The mages looked at the mercenary warily, they had all heard of Fern's reckless behavior when meeting with Etiyesh, and no one dared to easily annoy this rude mercenary.

Fern gave Quiai a blank look, and spat out a few words mechanically, "Quiai?" I'm sorry, but I'm going back to the hotel. Then continue towards the exit.

Quiai frowned and looked at the mercenary suspiciously, but she was smart enough to guess what was going on, so she didn't say anything more, but silently took Fern's hand and followed him back to the brisk whistle.