"Is the old bastard trying to exhaust me to death this night?" 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 the huge gem, and the crescent moon scattered on the night hangs there quietly, as if trying to hook something that can't be hooked.

The royal capital had to be noisy, but at least the Academy of Magic was quiet, especially on top of the cathedral. The half pot of wine next to him quietly faced the starlight and the moon in the sky, 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 Desya, and that Captain Roland and Xiao Yi had never said anything about the thing they wanted to know the true face of what was in the dungeon, and that they would not become very strange. I don't say what happened, I just started to prepare, so that I can start tomorrow.

"Boy, although I know that it is a little unfair to you to put this all on your head, but I can only do this part, and I don't know if you will help me or I will help you...... 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 can you go?

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 helplessness when you have no choice, but knowing how to do it.

The weight of death, parting, loneliness, and loss of ...... These can make people feel terror and run away unconsciously. But after facing it calmly, what you get is a sense of steadfastness, which makes people be able to face their own path and walk step by step, and the feeling of autonomy is very lonely, and the feeling of being self-reliant.

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 blows lightly, and the night sky is itself, and it is the night sky. The starlight is so bright that it seems that it is not the starlight, but the cells in one's own body singing in the sky.

Comfortable.

And loneliness.

Even if he was about to leave, he didn't want to talk to 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, giving 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 dependent on each other. And she ended up dying because of herself.

Xiao Yi. The hope that originally occupied the most place in my heart is now 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, most spicy wine, like a fire poured from the throat into the chest and abdomen, and it was burned fiercely, and there was a roar of pleasure.

There was the sound of footsteps, and someone had 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, with gold fluttering in the night wind.

"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 almost forgot about her. The female knight almost didn't play any role in this incident, she was arrested by Jarvi as soon as she switched it off, and then she didn't intercept her after she was released, and Jarvi waited stupidly in the magic academy until the incident ended. 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 has almost no idea what happened to him. 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, allowing her to 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 to let her know too much.

Talis walked up to Asa and looked down at him, asking, "Tell me what the hell is going on, Bishop Javi, what the hell is he wanting, what did you do to him, how did I feel another strong wave of dark magic coming from the palace......

Asa didn't answer, she just patted her side lazily and said, "Don't stand still, don't you get tired, sit down." ”

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

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

“...... You ......"

Talis glared at him, looked 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, Jarvey, who actually blamed His Majesty the Pope for everything after he was arrested, 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 a wry smile in confusion. "Even I* don't know what it's all about......"

"You...... I heard that Bishop Javi had blocked this place three times and then went in, and I don't know what to do tomorrow when the Holy Knights sealed it again. It's a matter of asking those guys, I don't know what I think must be weird. ”

Asa didn't speak, just lifted the husk and took another sip. Seeing that Talis was about to do something, 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?Earned it?" Asa muttered a wry smile as he took the last sip of the jug. "I'm only now realizing that there are some things that I still know less......"

"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, I will leave here tomorrow. But I advise you not to be too curious and not to ask too much. If they can cripple a cardinal and send it back to Celeste, I don't mind sending another crippled idiot Templar back. ”

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

"It's none of your business. ”

"I'm going to follow you. ”

"Huh?"

"I'm going to follow you. Talis glared at Asa and said word by word in a tone that was even more resolute than before, as if she wanted to cut him open and chop him piece by piece. "I have a feeling that what you're going to do must have something to do with everything that happens here. Since there is no name for itself here, I will always follow you. If you don't say it, I'll use my own eyes to 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 and repeated in a voice similar to an oath, "Yes, I will always follow you." I'm telling you, don't try to run away, my teacher has tracked me, and don't even think of running away from a rabbit in the wilderness......"

Asa smiled.

Very soft, gentle, very warm smile. He felt that he had never smiled like this, as if he was not smiling, but that he was blooming 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, he could hear someone saying such a sentence to himself very sincerely and determinedly, and the warmth that seeped from the deepest part of his heart was indeed extremely comfortable.

"You...... You...... Gurry laughed weirdly......" 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 this, 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 innate things that are between people.