"That's the way it is. ”

The office of the castle lord.

Sheriff Portto and Detective Eric stand at their desk. They had just given a brief debriefing on the riots on the Gold Coast.

"If there's anything we don't understand, we'll submit a detailed report later. Eric added to the young lady sitting in the chair behind the desk.

Joanna was rubbing her brow with two fingers, and she could tell that she had a headache.

"Porto, I always thought that only our Eric Nova would do something like this to sensational Pyros. ”

The word "new star" in this statement is obviously not a word of praise.

"I'm sorry miss. This action did affect the turnover of the Gold Coast and the stability of the Pylos, but I think it is completely necessary. ”

The sheriff said calmly.

Joanna gritted her teeth and said, "Your judgment has always been accurate...... The police will have to investigate the existence of private transactions in casinos and prisons, and I will be entrusted with the resumption of operations on the Gold Coast as soon as possible. Well, there's nothing to do with you here. ”

Eric listened to Joanna's lecture and thought to himself that if he came alone, he would inevitably be scolded.

But just as the two were about to leave and walk to the door, a word suddenly came from behind them.

"Wait, Porto. You stay. ”

It seems that Joanna still needs to vent her anger. Eric gave the sheriff a look of pity, and he took a few steps to close the door from the outside.

After the door closed, the two spent a quiet time first.

It makes people feel impetuous.

In the end, Joanna spoke first: "I think you still need to give me some explanation." ”

"Miss, I have nothing to say about that. At the same time, I would like to remind you that you have broken the rules. The original agreement did not give you the right to ask. ”

Porto squinted and looked at Miss Joanna with a grin.

"It's not me who made the agreement, it's my father!"

"Then, let the Duke himself break the pact he made. At that point, you can know anything you want.

In addition, I promise that we will be more restrained in our actions in the future. My dear Miss Joanna. ”

Porto left Joanna behind and left the office without looking back.

......

After leaving the main castle, Eric boarded a carriage to the alchemist's house.

Come to the wasteland. Eric, who stepped on the moving disk, jumped on it, and six words lit up one after another to activate the magic array, and the disk began to descend rapidly.

The vomiting sensation from the fall was not as severe as the first two times, but it was still uncomfortable. Passing through the fluorescent rattan passage, the hands of the wooden door point to white.

Eric pushed the door open. This time, he went straight to the alchemist's utility room. It is now being used as a treatment room.

Seeing Eric's arrival, Bell and Arvin, who had been staying here, saw their relatives and pounced on him the moment he opened the door.

"Eric, you're finally here!"

"Please, stop that nasty fellow. Look what he's done to us!"

Eric looked at them.

Bell was heavily bandaged, and his face was bloodless.

Arvin's head sticks out with a tongue of various colors.

"God, what's wrong with you?"

The two began to cry.

It turned out that after accepting Io, the patient, White made a request to the two who stayed because they were not at ease. If you want him to continue to treat their heads, you have to cooperate with him in some experiments.

The two who were worried about Io were afraid that he would really stop the treatment, so they had no choice but to comply.

Bear Warrior Bell had been drained of a lot of blood, so much that he could faint at any moment now. White injected his blood into the bodies of various animals to observe their changes.

What impresses Bell is the scene where a mouse swells and explodes because it can't withstand the blood with the berserk gene.

Arvin was fed a lot of colorful potions by White, which is also the origin of his tongue change. White was so intrigued by his ability that he even wanted to open his head to see it. After being ruthlessly rejected, White had no choice but to give him a potion and let him play a game of queen chess. At the same time, an alchemy device was attached to his head in order to observe the changes in Arvin's brainwaves.

Eric felt sympathy for their plight, but there was nothing he could do. As White had said, Io needed the alchemist's healing, and at least his methods weren't enough to kill him, and the only way to keep him healing was to be as patient as possible.

"I can't get a life yet... But then it's hard to say..."Bell spoke with a gasp and a weak voice. The once invincible strong bear warrior really has a bit of a bear.

Eric suddenly wondered, "How does he know what your special abilities are?" you wouldn't be stupid enough to tell him directly, that guy doesn't seem to be trustworthy. ”

"yes, White can't be trusted. They didn't tell me what I was capable of, it was all discovered by the clever White himself. ”

The dwarf-like White appeared out of nowhere, but he looked funny at the moment, but he represented fear, causing Bell and Arwin to retreat again and again.

Eric was a little embarrassed, and it seemed that he was not fit to speak ill of others behind their backs.

"I know more creatures than any woman you've ever seen. It's just a bear warrior, and it's not rare to that extent. Besides, that little ghost, who used a spell while playing chess on the Gold Coast, how could he escape my magic guards. Those casino idiots can only see the reality layer, but the images transmitted to me are completely different. ”

It is worthy of White, who has opened the back door on the products sold.

"Turns out you like voyeurism. Eric said.

White listened, but was not angry.

"I just want to see what I'm interested in, and it doesn't have any impact on my customers. He pointed at Arwen with his hand, startling the child, "And he, I'm interested." ”

"Enough, I don't want to know any of this. Now, let's see how Io is treated. Eric hurriedly changed the subject.

"Okay. ”

As soon as White finished speaking, one of the walls of the room opened, revealing a layer of glass behind it.

Through the glass, Eric saw Io soaked in a green liquid.

He looks much better than before. The lost body parts are all repaired. Bell and Arwin suddenly felt that their efforts had paid off.

"If my brother had been here, maybe this forest spirit would have recovered faster. After all, he's a doctor, and I'm just an alchemist, so healing isn't my forte.

But luckily, I'm not helpless. I know that the sap of some plants is a good fit for the elves, and my Marilla has done a great job in healing. She's tired, you're going to have to treat her to some precious plants someday. ”

"Wait, you said Io was a forest elf?!"

Bell and Arwin also looked surprised, it turned out that they didn't know that Io was an elf.

"That's right, otherwise how could I accept a patient like him. You must know that nature spirits are now scarce creatures, and they are very, very good research objects. ”

Eric looked over, realizing that it was the first time he had seen Io's true face, his usual face hidden in his hood.

Io's face is delicate and white, much fairer than the white-skinned Odin, and it is indeed very different from ordinary people.

Eric shifted his gaze to Io's ears, where the elves differed from humans the most. The ears of the forest elves are long and pointed, which is very distinctive.

But he didn't see the pointed ears, and Io's ears were flat at the point, but they were deliberately neat.

"The tips of his ears must have been cut off by himself. If an elf wants to live in human society, it is necessary to hide his elf identity. ”

White added.

Io is an elf. That's why he can communicate with the elves who are also from the forest, after all, elves and elves have the same origin.

Then again, elves live for hundreds of years. And according to Bell and Arvin, they were both discovered by Io later to join the secret police. So how long did Io live in Pelos, and how long did he fight the crows?

Previously, in order to vent his evil anger to Io, Eric made a promise to destroy the crows.

But that's easier said than done.

Although the incident of attacking the police and the casino was ended by the sheriff, it is far from over. As in the last hospital case, only the superficial problem was solved, and the real mastermind is still clueless.

No, it's not like there are no clues.

Marella also had a name that might have been the prisoner's name. Eric secretly decided that he would pry her mouth open in the future.

As for the other clues......

Eric suddenly spoke to the alchemist, "That's right, Mr. White. Your magical watchmen are full of Pelos, so you know more about some of the secrets than anyone else, right? ”

"Dispel your thoughts. Even if you had said so respectfully, I wouldn't have told you. ”

"Don't worry, I haven't asked yet. ”

"I know what you want to ask. But I have nothing to say about the big black bird. ”

White was resolute.