"Unknown ceiling ・・・・・・" Al opened his eyes and propped up his upper body, "Where is this?"

"Yo, you're awake," a familiar figure appeared in Al's line of sight, "How's it going, are you feeling better?"

"I'm ・・・・・・" Al tried to stand up, but found himself weak and fell on the bed again, "What's going on?"

"You fainted after fighting that assassin, this is the residence of Grand Duke Andrew," Merlin said this, with an ambiguous smile on her face, "Princess Morgan brought you back." ”

"Yes, yes, yes?" Al's face flushed, "Well, Princess Morgan, how is she? and, what about the Assassin?"

"That assassin was defeated by you, and then the Grand Duke sent someone to arrest him, as for Princess Morgan・・・・・・" Speaking of this, Merlin paused deliberately, and waited until Al showed an anxious look on his face before continuing to speak unhurriedly, "She was not injured, but she was captured and grounded by His Majesty King Uther, I am afraid that she will not want to come out again in a month or two." ”

"Whew, that's right. Al was relieved to hear this.

"I have to say, Al, you did a good job this time," Merlin didn't touch Al's head again this time, but patted him on the shoulder, "You've grown up." ”

I've awakened something terrible. ’

"Hey, hey. Receiving Merlin's affirmation, Al touched the back of his head and smirked.

"Okay, don't be too complacent," Seeing Al's appearance, Merlin couldn't help but knock Al's head again, "With your current strength, it's still far behind, even if you defeat that unruly assassin, it's very reluctant, in order to let you grow up as soon as possible, His Majesty King Uther has decided to let Archduke André teach you about fighting." ”

"Combat teaching?" Al was stunned for a moment, then in ecstasy, "Great!

"You guy, don't you see that you're still a battle maniac," Mei Lin stroked her forehead a little helplessly, "Really, what's the good of fighting all day? Don't you know how to spend more time doing some elf research? How did I teach you such a disciple?"

Al touched his head embarrassedly, in fact, he also longed for the kind of life where he could explore the secrets of the elves without worry, but somehow, he could always feel that the road ahead of him was full of thorns, and only the sword in his hand could open up a smooth road.

At this time, the door was pushed open, and the burly body of Grand Duke Andrei appeared in the sight of the two.

"How's the rest going, Al?"

"It's almost, Lord Duke. Al replied.

"Is that good," the Grand Duke smiled haughtily, his big fan-like palm on Al's shoulder, "In that case, training starts now, and I'll be waiting for you at the training ground." ”

With that, Grand Duke Andrei turned around and strode out.

Seeing this, Al jumped out of bed with a "whoosh", quickly picked up a piece of clothing, hurriedly draped it over his body, and ran out the door.

"These two guys・・・・・・ alas・・・・・・"

All that remained in the room was Merlin's helpless sigh.

"Very well," said Grand Duke Andre, looking with satisfaction at Al, who was standing in front of him, ready to attack, and the giant pincer mantis beside him, "faster than I expected." ”

"So," the Grand Duke pulled out a pile of weighted iron and threw it on the ground, making a loud "duang" sound, "you and your little elf・・・・・・ well, it's called the giant pincer mantis, right? ”

"Gollum・・・・・・ Al swallowed as he looked at the weights that had smashed the ground into a big hole, "Yes, my lord." ”

And so Al's peaceful and harmonious daily life began.

―――――――――――Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle―――――――――――

Time dripped little by little with Al's sweat, and in the blink of an eye, two years had passed, and Al was already twelve years old.

In the past two years, Al and Kai have been training with Grand Duke Andre, and their strength has improved greatly, especially Al, his strength has improved by leaps and bounds, even if he faces that assassin again, Al is confident that he will defeat him, according to the words of Grand Duke Andre, now Al is already qualified to take his move.

Merlin also took up residence in the Duke's Palace, and in her spare time, she continued to teach Al the elves about research. In addition, she has another job, which is to help Al and Princess Morgan meet secretly, since the last incident, the relationship between Al and Morgan has become closer sharply, although King Uther strictly forbids Princess Morgan to come to Archduke Andrew's mansion, but with the help of Merlin, the two of them have had a lot of trysts.

At this time, Al is fiddling with a transparent orb attached to his wrist, which was a gift from Merlin on his twelfth birthday, and is said to be her latest research result, called the "Elf Crystal Ball", which contains information about almost all the elves in Camelot.

"Is it really that amazing?" Al muttered, pointing the crystal ball at the giant pincer mantis the way Merlin had told him.

"The giant pincer mantis, the scissor elf, is an evolution of the flying mantis. It is very fast in an instant, and will attack with a swift and huge pincer. ”

"Wow!That's amazing!" Al glanced at the crystal ball on his wrist in surprise, "You can also look up the skills of the elves? ”

"Al, Al," Merlin walked in, "Al, you're here." ”

"What's the matter, Miss Merlin, what's the matter?"

"That's right," Merlin said, with a happy look on her face, "There's a clue about Eevee's other evolutions." ”

"What?" Al was shocked, since Al discovered the evolution of Eevee's water, fire, and electricity two years ago, Merlin concluded that Eevee had other evolutionary types, but there was no progress after two years of experimentation, Merlin had already given up this subject and turned to study the evolution of the giant pincer mantis, but she didn't want to have news at this time, "What the hell is going on?"

"You see," Merlin said, pulling out a scroll, "a document from the land of Nedir, which records a grass-based elf that resembles Eevee. ”

"Is the information reliable?"

"Very reliable, the news came from my senior brother Orochimaru, he is a very famous elf scholar in the Nejel area, and he is also a very powerful elf ninja, and the one who holds this 'leaf elf' is a strong man named Thousand Hands Pillar, and there are many records about him in the Nejel place. ”

"So, teacher, do you mean you want me to take a trip?" asked Al.

"Yes," Merlin nodded, "Now that my research on the Giant Pincer Mantis has reached the most critical point, I really can't leave, so I will leave the matter of going to the Nejel place to collect information about the leaf elves." ”

"No problem," Al nodded without hesitation, "Is there anything else I need to pay attention to?"

"Yes, when the time comes, you will go to Konoha Village in the Fire Country of Nezhel to find my senior brother Orochimaru, he is also doing research on leaf elves, and can give you some help, and since the research on the giant pincer mantis has reached the most critical place, I still need your giant pincer mantis to stay and help me do the research," Merlin took out a poke ball from her arms, "This is my latest discovery of a very powerful elf, called Heracross, as a substitute, it will be handed over to you." ”

"Understood. Al took the Poké Ball.

A new journey, set sail!

(End of Volume 1)