CHAPTER XXII
On the blazing flames, the internal organs and pieces of flesh that had been brutally stripped from the victims' bodies were scorched.
"Hahaha! How do you feel when you have no power to resist and can only be roasted by the fire?"
Griffith's face was solemn, staring at the figure behind the fire.
"I'll gnaw your flesh, your entrails, and even your spinal fluid,
"Be the nourishment of my ambitions!"
Griffith said with difficulty: "That, Iloti ......"
"Well, the feast of blood, flesh and organs has begun!
"Iloti!"
"Ah, what's the matter, Griffith?"
"Please be quiet when eating at the restaurant," Griffith covered his face and shook his head to the side in shame, "it will disturb the other guests." ”
"......" The guests at the next table were staring directly at the two of them with wordless eyes.
"I'm sorry, I'm so excited!" Iloti hurriedly lowered her head, "but the intestine is so delicious! I finally know why ogres think the internal organs are delicious!"
After the attack on the Mage's Tower on January 10, Bayeran officials were taken aback. This is the first time in recent years that a mage tower in a major city in the core territory has been destroyed, and to make matters worse, the only mage tower teleportation circle that can quickly dispatch transcendents and senior extraordinaries has also been destroyed.
At noon the next day, the Governor of the Sea District sent two nearby squadrons of land and a five-member Extraordinary Squad led by Sequence 7's veteran mage Winston to come to support, and promised to arrange for a transcendent to personally take charge of the mysterious and powerful cult apostle incident as soon as possible.
With such a strong support force and a squad of Extraordinary Ones who are familiar with the region, the combination of the two forces should have yielded double the efficiency and results.
However, Winston insisted that his team be in charge of Minato and the city to conduct a thorough, thorough, and truthful investigation, and that the Conix team step aside and take care of the safety of the upcoming Hanami Festival in Tsuruura.
Conix, the resident mage, would not agree to such a request under any circumstances. Otherwise, when things settle down, no matter whether the outcome is good or bad, most of the local mages will change their names to Winston.
The two of them were at loggerheads, arguing endlessly in the temporary headquarters every day, and the transcendent who was supposed to coordinate and command the two spellcasters was even more unsure of the candidate.
After a few days, Griffith, who was already nervous, was helpless, and his proposed patrol and search plan was rejected by the two spellcasters in turn and thrown into the corner to eat dust. Later, he could only make rounds around Hepu Town, and when he had free time, he went out shopping with Iloti.
January 13th.
After the day's work, Griffith and Iloti went to a small restaurant. Perched on a cliff by the sea, this small restaurant offers guests a pleasant breeze and a view of the sun sinking over the distant sea.
The moment you enter the door, the unique aroma ties the stomach of the midshipman.
They put iron nets on the coals, and when the meat and intestines were grilled to a golden color, the sweet aroma was irresistible.
"You also have to eat some vegetables, otherwise the nutrients will be unbalanced. Griffith admonished.
"Let's do this again, don't be so stubborn! I'm very important today? I have to stock up on my energy!"
The thinly sliced beef is rolled in a sauce of shallots, red oil, and spicy seeds, and the aroma melts into the mouth. In addition to the barbecued meat, the yellow croaker and snow cabbage that have just been picked up from the sea are stewed together into a golden fish soup, which is incomparably mellow and delicious in the mouth, and there are small fried fish with a golden color, even the bones are crispy, and it is very pleasant to chew in the mouth.
It's delicious! If you can bring Galadia to eat, she will be very happy. Griffith exclaimed.
"Are you thinking about women?" asked Iloti in a whisper with a faint smile. Griffith is getting old, too!"
"No, no, not what you think," Griffith hastily denied.
"Why not," the girl punched him? This kind of thing has to be confessed generously, and it should be taken out frankly and openly to show off!"
How's that going to work...... Griffith almost had his expression written on his face.
Iloti snorted twice:
"I had a serious illness almost three years ago, and I almost died. During the most uncomfortable time, I was thinking, what a pity, I didn't do this or that, if only I could give it another chance~"
And what??, Griffiths immediately asked with concern, "And what is the situation now?"
"The body is great!The food is delicious!" Iloti gestured at her arm, and said nonchalantly, "Don't look at my dad like that, you can still be reliable once in a while!"
Griffith's heart relaxed a little. However, some thoughts are uncontrollable.
"What is it?"
"I don't know, we don't understand, it's very powerful anyway?" Iloti began to gulp down the roasted intestines?" I heard that it is a disease peculiar to the people of Neopolis, and you will not have to do it again when you become an adult, Griffith, you don't have to worry. ”
Dr. Zion was not a medical expert, and his specialty in Potions was more of a occult realm, rather than healing diseases.
During his time at Holmonwarts, he conducted some unpopular research, which led to a rebuke and warning from the Magical Society. In terms of time, Iloti fell ill around 1441, when Dr. Zion was supposed to be in Hormonwaltz, and then they moved their family to the southern city of Pasha, and only recently returned to Neopolis.
Pasha, which happens to be the location of the beacon where Amber studied.
Maybe it's a coincidence. Griffith thought quickly that the pleasant air and fresh and delicious food in the south would also help the patient's recovery, and it made sense for the Iloti family to relocate for that reason.
"Tell me," Iloti kept waiting, "and if you don't even tell me, who else will listen to these little secrets of yours!"
"It's ......," Griffith touched his nose.
"Isn't she a beauty!Where is she??," Iloti's eyes sparkled, "Is she she?"
"Uh, whoa, that's not human!"
"Ah, you pervert!" the girl was frightened, "I overestimated your lower limit." ”
"Elf, elf!" Griffith hastily explained, "Galadia from Canaan, if you come to Holmonworth you can see her."
"What, I thought it was an orc girl you knew in the East or something, and it turned out to be the most old-fashioned elf," Iloti spread her hands, "Then you're out of luck." ”
“......”
"The combination of humans and elves can only inherit very few elven qualities, and half-elves are similar to humans, and in their eyes, we are on the same level as goblins and orcs. Iloti added something in the smallest voice, but Griffith didn't hear it.
She enlightened very seriously:
"Canaan is the kingdom of God on earth, more prosperous than Bayeram. Neither elves nor human hybrids have citizenship rights there.
"Every elf is beautiful, wise, and powerful, and their kingdom is free of disease and famine, wars and crimes, the splendor of the city is never extinguished, flowers and fruits are constant in all seasons, and the meaning of existence is only to explore the distant starry sky, the unknown, and the truth, as the book says,
"And you, just a little non-commissioned officer who is not even a knight, with a salary of only enough to eat a few good meals, almost no annuity, and I don't know when I will die in a dangerous mission,
"The estrangement and difference are so big that they are completely different species~
"And the elves live several times longer than you! Can you bear to wait for you, and let the family spend the rest of their lives in loneliness after that?
"You guys are completely out of place, don't be delusional. What do people think of you?"
"Well, it's okay," Griffith's mood became very low, "and we get along pretty well." ”
"Maybe people just think of you as a spice in the human world...... Unequal love will not end well. ”
You know a lot. Griffith admired it, he didn't think so far ahead.
Iloti's gaze became serious: "If you really want to get people, then you have to take the boundless army of undead monsters, smash their forests with trebuchets, hammer their dog heads, and then grab the girl and stab her to degenerate her into an evil banshee, so that you can be together." ”
"You, what are you talking about!" Griffith was stunned by the appalling scheme, "Is there anyone in this world who is in love like this?"
"I'm just offering an idea. And it's not mine, it's Roland's Knight's. ”
"How is he?"
The idea came from a book he wrote about otherworldly magic, which is divided into two books, "I Am a Death Knight" and "I Am a High Lord". ”
"How could a knight of Roland write such a thing!?"
"You'll have to ask him, it's said that after he broke up with Miss Legendary Ranger, he was mentally stimulated, and he hid in the countryside to create some strange things, which was quite popular. Iloti paused, her big eyes spinning twice as if she were making a ghost.
There was a moment of silence at the dinner table.
"Griffith, I've decided, I'm going to Holmonworth too, and I'll check it out for you with my own eyes!"
"Really?"
"Hehe, of course, I'm very talented!" Iloti slapped the table, "My dad can get me a letter of recommendation, I have good grades, and my mental power is better than those silly kids from merchant and engineer families who barely become Sequence 9 'readers' with potions!"
"Well, Dr. Zion has a good legacy. Griffith was happy, "But you usually have to be 16 years old to start school." ”
"Soon I'll be 14, wait another year, 16 years old is not a mandatory requirement, you will only be in the third grade at that time, look forward to it!
That's good, Griffith cupped his chin in his hand, fantasizing expectantly.
"So, so, you're going to buy something with me later," Iloti looked at him with a well-planned expression, "As a future 'reader', I need to buy some books to improve my knowledge and increase my knowledge!"