"Just this night, bastard old man, do you want to exhaust me to death?" muttered Asa as he looked up at the stars and the sickle-like crescent.

There are few such clear night skies in the royal capital, and the stars in the sky seem to have crushed a huge gem and scattered it on the night, and the crescent moon hung there quietly, as if it wanted to hook something that could not be hooked.

The king had to be noisy, but at least the Academy of Magic was quiet, especially on the top of the cathedral. Half a pot of wine next to him, quietly facing the starlight and moon in the sky alone, very quiet and leisurely.

The agreement with Cedros is over, and freedom is finally restored. It's been a long time since I've been so laid-back. How long? a year or two? But it seems like it's only one night.

He was relieved that Sandru had returned safely from the Valley of Deya, and that Captain Roland and Xiao Yi had never mentioned the true nature of the things they wanted to know about the dungeon, and that they would not become very eccentric. I don't say what's going on, I'm just preparing to leave tomorrow.

"Boy, although I know that it is a little unfair to you to blame you for all this, but I can only do my part, and I don't know if you will help me or me, in short...... Ask for your own blessings. Sandru finally looked at him inexplicably and said this with a strange expression.

Maybe it's really self-inflicted. If it can really go well. Once you bring that thing to the designated place and collect it, maybe all this dispute will come to an end. It's just how far the road will go. How long and how long can you walk?

I don't know.

I don't know how far and how long it is. In short, it is going on step by step. It's not a matter of desperation when you have no choice, it's about knowing how to do it.

Death, parting, weight, loneliness, loss...... These can make people feel terrifying and unconsciously run away. But what you get after facing it calmly is a sense of steadiness, a sense of autonomy that allows people to face their own path step by step, and a feeling of loneliness and self-determination.

Just this night's leisure, the slight drunkenness made the consciousness a little blurred, and there was nothing on the top of the church hundreds of meters. It's just myself and the endless night sky above. The night breeze is light, and the night sky is itself, and it is the night sky. The starlight is so bright that it doesn't seem to be starlight, it's the cells in your body singing in the sky.

Comfortable.

And loneliness.

Even if he was about to leave, he didn't want to chat with anyone and get along more. Instead, he came to this place at a height of 100 meters alone and drank in front of the stars in the sky. I don't know if it's because there is no one to share those responsibilities and feelings, or because I've gotten used to this loneliness for a long time.

Unconsciously touched the small urn he carried around his waist. Inside is the person who has been with him the most during this time and has given him the most warmth. But even so, the two of them don't even know each other's previous experiences, and all they share is the warmth that seems to be just walking together and seems to be a little dependent on each other. And she ended up dying because of herself.

Xiao Yi. The hope that occupied the most place in my heart found that it was just a yearning for the mirror. She has too many responsibilities now, and the two of them are only drifting apart on two different paths after all.

There will be a time when it will be gone...... Or are people lonely from the beginning?

Asa was half-lying and poured another large sip of wine. It was the strongest and most spicy wine, like a fire poured from the throat into the chest and abdomen, and it was as if it were roaring to the fullest.

Footsteps were heard, and someone climbed onto the roof of the cathedral. Asa looked back, and then the sky was full of stars and moonlight, and he saw a tall figure walking over, blonde hair fluttering in the night breeze.

"How dare you sit and drink in the sacred and majestic cathedral?" Talis glared at him. Walked over. "You made it easy for me to find it. ”

"What are you looking for me?" Asa, squinting at the Templars. To be honest, he had almost forgotten about her. The female knight almost didn't play any role in this incident, first she was arrested by Jarvey as soon as she switched off, and then after she was released, she didn't intercept Jarvey, and just waited stupidly in the Academy of Magic until the end of the incident. And I heard that she seems to have revealed her identity as a Templar Knight, and she argued with the Grand Priest so much that she almost started a fight. In the end, it was Captain Roland who stepped forward, so she was not caught again and thrown into the dungeon.

But because of this, Talis is almost completely unaware of the cause and effect of this incident. How Bishop Javi was arrested, and how the matter was resolved, she had little to no idea. In the past two days, Asa also ignored her, and let her toss and talk nonsense with the great priests in the magic academy, anyway, the great priests don't know much, so there is no need for her to know too much.

Talis walked up to Asa's side, looked down at him and asked, "Tell me, what the hell is going on, Bishop Javi, what the hell does he want? What did you do to him? How did I feel another strong wave of dark magic coming from the palace......

Asa didn't answer her, but lazily patted her side and said, "Don't stand, aren't you tired?" ”

"Don't give me a trap, I'm asking you ......"

"You're blocking my view of the moon. ”

“...... You ......"

Talis glared at him, and finally sat down next to him, unconvinced. Asked again: "Are the great priests here in the Academy of Magic all old and confused?" I don't know if people are still stubborn to death, and after Jia Wei's guy was arrested, he actually blamed His Majesty the Pope for everything, and actually insinuated that I was also an accomplice sent by His Majesty the Pope, and I almost cut him with a sword...... Tell me, what the hell is going on?"

"What's going on......" Asa muttered, smiling wryly in a daze. "Even I* don't know what it's all about......"

"You...... I heard that Bishop Javi had blocked this place three times and then didn't know what to do, and tomorrow the Holy Knights will lock it down again. I don't know if I ask those guys, I think there must be something weird. ”

Asa didn't speak, just lifted the husk and took another sip. Seeing that Talis was about to have a seizure, she lazily replied, "...... It would be nice if you didn't know less. ”

"You ......"

"You'd better go back to Celeste. I don't want you to return my favor. How's it going?, have you?" Asa muttered a wry smile as he took the last sip of the jug. "I'm only now realizing that it's better to know less about some things......"

"I have to know. Talis's voice was the opposite of Asa's, sonorous and powerful, as if she could cut gold and jade with just that tone.

"Then you stay here and take your time to know, I'll leave here tomorrow. But I advise you not to be too curious, and not to ask too much. Since they can make a cardinal cripple and an idiot and send it back to Celeste, I believe they don't mind sending another crippled idiot Templar back. ”

"You ......" Talis seemed to want to get angry, but seemed to feel that it was, so she looked at Asa and asked, "Where are you going?"

"It's none of your business. ”

"I'm going to follow you. ”

"Huh?"

"I, to, follow, you. Talis glared at Asa and spoke word by word in a tone that was even more resolute than before, as if to cut him open and chop him up piece by piece. "I have a feeling that what you're going to do must have something to do with what's going on here. Since there is no name to be seen here, I will always follow you. If you don't say it, I'll look with my own eyes and see what the hell is going on. ”

"You're going to follow me all the time?" Asa asked, looking at Talis.

The Templar nodded resolutely, repeating in a voice similar to an oath, "Yes, I'm going to follow you all the time." I'm telling you that you don't want to run away, my teacher has tracked me, and you don't even want to run away from a rabbit in the wilderness......"

Asa smiled.

Very soft, very gentle, very warm smile. He felt that he had never smiled like this, as if he was not smiling, but a very gentle and warm flower with his face.

Although he knew that the words that came out of her mouth did not mean that, but at this time, in such a half-drunk and half-awake haze, as if the whole world was alone in the loneliness, he could hear someone say such a sentence to himself very sincerely and determinedly, and the warmth that seeped out from the deepest part of his heart and surged up was indeed extremely comfortable.

"You...... You...... What is Guri laughing strangely......" Talis's voice softened a lot, looking at Asa a with some oddity, some puzzlement, and some hesitation. She had never seen anyone smile at her like that, but she could vaguely feel what was in the smile. A lot of things don't need to be experienced and learned, especially the kind of natural things that are born between people.