Inviting Atalanta as Cheese's bodyguard may sound redundant. After all, she was only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child, not even old enough to be called a youth without dispute. And considering that the goblins don't teach her swordsmanship, then I'm afraid that compared to those who have been formally trained, Atta's frontal combat ability is not outstanding. In particular, when Cheese has just announced that the other party's remaining life is less than five years, her psychology should still be in a great shock, where can she become a gray-robed guard?

Kolanty was close to reprimanding the mage for his unkindness, and even if he was going to make Atta pay for the question asked, he shouldn't have said it with such cold words at this time. But the witch swallowed the rebuke when she saw Cheese's eyes. Cheese's eyes are not cold, he is not acting as a ruthless rational machine.

"I'll explain a little bit of the rationale for doing so. First of all, as I said earlier, with your own strength, I am afraid that you will not be able to fulfill your wish to find your family within five years. In such a situation, you either continue to look for other people and expect their help, or simply give up the idea and enjoy your life. You have only one goal since the time when you were free and capable of thinking, and it has become something more complex than a desire. And if you continue to look for others, especially spellcasters, to inquire about this, I'm sure you won't get genuine help. In the eyes of wizards, your body is a treasure, and your soul is a treasure of treasures, and your body will be used as a bargaining chip to ask questions, and you will be dismantled into countless pieces in a hopeless pursuit again and again. Until your body stops functioning completely. ”

What Cheese said was not alarmist. This kind of thing is common in the wizarding world, parents for their children, lovers for lovers, and relationships like this can make people give up themselves. And some evil or evil beings will gradually devour their bodies, hair, eyes, voice, health, and these seemingly inalienable things can be stripped away in the face of spells while giving them some "help". The price is something that must be paid.

"Now I'm giving you a chance, a chance that doesn't have to pay that much. It's true that the information I have at hand doesn't have a solution to your problem, but just because I don't know doesn't mean that no one in the world knows. A mission took me to the place known as the City of Ten Thousand Laws, where the knowledge reserves, though jumbled and full of ridiculous errors, were huge in number, and among those messages, true or false, there might be information that could help you. As my bodyguard, you can go there with me. But I'm not going to help you go to the City of Ten Thousand Laws to find answers, you have to do your duty as a guard, and find your own solution in the vast amount of information. I can't even guarantee that you'll get an answer, but it's the best way I can think of. ”

After speaking, the mage sat back in his chair, crossed his fingers on his abdomen, and silently waited for the other party's reply. To be honest, he didn't want Atta to agree to his proposal, because it was unwise for Cheese to spend his remaining life looking for an illusory hope. Not to mention what if the swordswoman did find her family, how much time would it take for her family to accept her again, and how much time would she have to enjoy her time with her family afterward? He hoped that the other party would reject his offer, but Cheese knew that it was not realistic. It's as unrealistic as trying to persuade him to stop in the midst of the rat-man plague.

"Please, let me go with you. The swordswoman's eyes were clear, and her words were full of conviction.

Cheese nodded, the expression on his face not joyful or melancholy. Atta's abilities are indeed unique in their own right, and he is quite suitable as a companion on this trip. Elves are born with a different understanding of magic, which makes it natural for them to undo the spells that wizards have worked so hard to cast. Atta, who has the eye of a fairy, may not be able to treat most spells as nothing as a real elf does, but her eyes allow her to access enough information that the mage can use to her ends, when she feeds it back to Cheese.

"Wait a minute," the witch said, interrupting the conversation between the mage and the swordsman, "I know what you mean, but can the city of ten thousand laws you are talking about really help?"

Colanty's suspicions are justified, and it's hard to imagine anyone else or organization being able to come up with a correct explanation when a field is something that even the grey robe admits to knowing. Moreover, the name City of Ten Thousand Laws at first glance sounded like nothing but a sense of lofty arrogance, and neither her grandmother, nor her mother, nor her kindred from Heartless Bay had ever mentioned it, which made one wonder how much of this arrogance was actually supported. If the so-called City of Ten Thousand Laws was just a place for a group of crappy wizards to join forces and comfort each other, then Atta would not go, and instead of letting her experience hope and despair, it would be better to directly shatter this false goal.

Cheese took a breath, and when Jack told him that he couldn't accompany him to the City of Ten Thousand Laws, he had already planned not to mention the trip to anyone else. Because besides the wolfwalkers, it is inevitable that people, including witches, will tell Elsa where he is, and he doesn't want her to worry. However, the words have already been spoken, and no matter how much they cover up, it will make people suspicious, "The City of Ten Thousand Laws, this is the first time I am going to that place, but I have heard some news about it before. ”

The mage didn't lie, although he hadn't paid attention to this force before the Gray Tower saw the invitation letter An Lina took out, but the City of Ten Thousand Laws was not a country of goblins, and with the knowledge of the Gray Tower and the sights and experiences of the Gray Robes, it wouldn't take long to find and piece together the relevant information. Besides, I don't know if it was intentional, there were more records about the City of Ten Thousand Laws in the library of the Gray Tower than he had imagined, as if there was once some connection between this force and the Gray Tower. Out of curiosity, Cheese reviewed all of these materials, and the more he looked, the more curious he became about the City of Ten Thousand Laws. Therefore, when he told Attavanfa that there might be clues about goblins, he was by no means telling the truth.

At that moment, Cheese briefly told the others what he knew. If it weren't for the Grey Robe's mouth, it would have been easy to mistake it as a dream, because it depicts a great city that has actually popularized and applied magic that most people in this era do not think to be real. For those who live in the blue lion, it's like a mythical kingdom. Atalanta's eyes grew more and more enticing in these descriptions, and she began to believe that it was where she had found her way home.

"And when are we leaving?" asked the swordswoman impatiently after Cheese had finished speaking.

"Don't worry, the City of Ten Thousand Laws is quite far from here, and I have asked the Grand Duke to prepare the supplies for us where we need to go. In three days, we will be on our way. ”