Asa smiled and said, "There is indeed something important. Actually, I was only going to ask you about someone's whereabouts, but now it seems that there is no need for that. ”

Granny El nodded and smiled understandingly, and said, "Let's talk alone, let your two little girls wait outside for a while." ”

Talis glanced at Granny El, snorted coldly, turned and pulled Aimei past and walked outside.

Listening to the footsteps of the two of them go away, Granny El got down at the table, and Asa also came over and sat down on the other side of the table. For more than a decade, the two have sat at opposite ends of the table like this.

"Come, this is still the buckwheat bread of the village mouth Reed. You haven't tasted it in years. Granny El took a loaf of bread from the bag she had just placed on the table and gave it to Asa.

Asa swallowed it and said with a smile, "Frankly, his craft is still that bad. But in your mother-in-law, everything seems to be fragrant. ”

Since he was a child, this has been the only place where he can rest and get food other than his home. Especially after cultivating almost every time I come here, I can eat it very well.

"I can't think of it... Time flies. I remember when you were just that tall on the table, it seemed like you were so tall in the blink of an eye. It's amazing. Granny El looked at Asa and sighed, closed her eyes and thought about it, as if recalling what he had been like as a teenager.

"Actually, it's even more unexpected. Asa sighed and looked closely at the old woman she was already familiar with. "I really didn't expect that you, the person who watched me grow up, was the person Sandru wanted me to find, the former leader of the Adventurers' Guild and the other former acting guildmaster of Dia Valley, Egrenel. "Yes. I'm Aegrenel. It's been a long time since I've heard the name. Granny El nodded and said calmly.

Asa let out a long sigh of relief, and although he had guessed it, he was still shocked when he heard it. Before he returned here, he vaguely knew that this old man who had been teaching him since he was a child would never be a simple retired adventurer. There are many truths to those skills, fighting techniques, knowledge that are taught to oneself. None of them can be owned by ordinary people. So when there was no news of Aegrenel everywhere, Asa thought of her. Since she has seen so much and experience, she must not have been an ordinary person before, so she may know the traces of the number one killer and adventurer in the reclusive continent.

But when he came back and looked at the cottage with his current eyes, it felt a little weird. And when Talis recognized the unusual collectibles, especially the half of the scepter. He had to think about that possibility. Finally, when he heard the voice of Granny El from behind him, he was sure. Being able to get close to himself without realizing it to the point where he could attack at any time, he really couldn't think of anyone else except the legendary number one killer in the continent.

"But... When I went to inquire about the Thieves' Guild and the Adventurers' Guild, I heard that Aegrenel was a woman. ”

Granny El smiled and said, "During my time as the leader of the Adventurers' Guild, I was presented as a man. You know, a bunch of big rough men don't want a woman to be the leader. ”

"And the weirdest thing about that... Since Sandru knows you, why didn't he tell me the slightest clue?

Granny El looked surprised, and she asked, "You didn't know who I was?" ”

"Oh, haven't you heard that I lectured the young officer who came here to investigate you? I thought you would be a little suspicious of my presence at that duke's palace after hearing about it. At least Sandru should know it's me. ”

"It's only now that I fully understand that the person in the Duke's Mansion that day was actually you, no wonder Sandru reacted so strangely, and no one even mentioned who you were when asked afterwards. ”

Granny El sneered and said, "Because he has a weak heart." ”

"Is he weak-hearted?

"You can ask him about these things when you have time. Granny Al's smile was ambiguous. Her eyes froze again. "I also saw that young officer who was taught by me at that time was with you in the Duke's Palace, why, he was broken by my handle, didn't he tell anyone about it?"

"I've never heard of that. Sandru doesn't seem to know, otherwise he should have told me more or less when I came out this time. Asa shook her head in amazement. He already understood that the young man in Granny El's mouth was Rodhart. But he was so busy that day in the royal capital that he didn't have time to talk to Rodhart at all. I haven't heard of it at all, "It's a little strange...", Granny El thought about it for a while, but it was just a small detail compared to what was in front of her. She shook her head and said to Asa, "Forget it, since you're here, it's all the same." ”

"Sandru wants me to come and ask you for something......" Asa pulled out the bag full of water from the sunwell.

"Something that can lock this thing, he says it should be with you. And he wants you to find a place to keep it safe. ”

"The thing he asked for isn't with me. Granny El shook her head slightly, pointing at Asa and said. "It's you. Sandru hadn't seen it, so it wasn't surprising that he didn't recognize it. But I have to say that he was too careless. "Where am I?" Asa.

"Yes, you've always had it with you. I originally gave you the intention to let you solve it yourself, but you still want to trouble me. ”

Granny El held out her finger and tapped Asa's hand. Her fingers were slender and without a single wrinkle, like a girl's hand. The young and beautiful finger pointed to the ring that Asa had on his finger.

In the distance outside the hut, Talis and Aime waited under a large tree. Aimeh's face was calm, while Taris's was full of anger.

"What do you mean, 'Your two little girls?' are we still his appendages?" said Talis

Say. It seems that until now, I can exhale the breath that is holding in my chest. Ai Yimei asked in surprise: "So sister, you care about this, but why did you pull me out without saying a word just now, I thought you didn't care." ”

"What do you mean by not caring? It's an insult to the knight. Talis's face flushed, but she sighed again. "I had to come out just now, that old woman was so powerful, I felt out of breath in front of her. "No, I don't feel anything powerful about her at all, just an ordinary old woman." ”

"Normal? Talis snorted. "If it weren't for the fact that I really can't go back to Celeste right now, and for the sake of looking at that kid, I'd go and call the teacher and all the Templars. Her expression was all awkward because of anger, confusion, etc.

"I had to ask what she meant by those words. ”

"Didn't you say that my father put it on me when he picked me up? Asa removed the ring from his finger. His expression was not confused, it was calm, and he sensed that the question might bring more than just surprise.

Granny El said lightly, "I put it on you." ”

"So you saw me first?"

Granny El was stunned for a moment, smiled and said, "So to speak. ”

That said, it means that there must be something else, but Asa didn't ask this, and he knew whether he didn't dare or didn't want to. He just asked, "So this thing has nothing to do with me?"

"Related. Don't you need this now?"

"I mean, this thing has nothing to do with my background?" Asa hesitated for a moment, cautiously asking, feeling his heart beating, beating fast. It's been a long time since his heart has skipped so fast.

From the beginning of stealing the leaves of the elves' World Tree, and after obtaining the power of the Sun Well and later the leaves of the World Tree, he began to be pulled into a whirlpool. This vast vortex of the dark stars of the Dia Valley, the leaves of the World Tree, the Central Lands, light, darkness, and so on are intertwined.

First there is the green eyes of Bishop Ronis, then the wooing of the lich Vidnina, the conspiracy of the marquis... These forces may be all around him. Although he himself was unwilling and tried to escape, he was eventually pulled into this vortex, and sometimes even the way to escape had to rely on other forces in this vortex. It was only recently that he faced this vortex head-on with his own strength, his own courage. But at this time, he suddenly knew that even his own background seemed to be part of this whirlpool.