"Aya?"

"Humph!"

"......" A horse-drawn carriage with a main color of brown and yellow drove slowly on the main road to the Duchy of Kleington.

I haven't slept since last night, and I've been waiting for Aya at the entrance of the village looking forward to the seawall, but I didn't see the figure of the seawall on the horizon until this afternoon, and she was carrying a girl who was too beautiful to talk to.

I didn't dare to sleep when I stood here, worried about the seawall, but the other party seemed to have a good time? An emotion called anger instantly filled the entire soul.

Amid Aya's shouting and Seatith's explanation, the three of them finished their lunch and set off for the Duchy of Kleington.

Looking at Aya, who was still awkward in the car, Seatiz scratched his head helplessly and concentrated on driving the carriage. Amy, on the other hand, was obediently lying on the side, occasionally resting her head on Seatiest's lap.

Bantam's speed can be considered a very good deal among cheap vehicles. It has very good physical strength, and it is easy to breed, and there are many of them. So the rental price is very cheap...... At least it's cheaper than Xueti.

Just as Seatith was sleepy from his boring driving, the communication hedron in his magic robe pocket suddenly lit up.

Amy, who was the first to notice, took a bite of it.

"Wow, don't eat it. I can't swallow it, I'll peel you off! When we get to the principality, I'll buy you apples to eat. Under a coercion and temptation, the communication crystal was rescued from Emy's mouth.

"Sandora?" In Lilia's previous correspondence, it was said that Sandora had contacted the heart. So this contact, the possibility that Sandora has returned to the heart is very high.

"Well, I'm sorry to worry you." Through the pale yellow magic array, a gentle voice came. Confirming who the owner of the voice was, Seawall let out a long sigh of relief. Even the carriage slowed down.

"Is it because of the sword I sent back?" Even if it hasn't been to Kleynton yet, Seawall has some speculation these days.

“…… We'll talk about this when you get to the heart, and now you tell me first, how much do you know about this sword? "Even if you haven't met, you can guess the other person's expression. Sandora's tone was serious to this point.

"I don't know, you know the purpose of my trip to Linhai at the beginning. As a result, as I approached the lake, something like a vague figure appeared. The sword was given to me by that thing. ”

"Do you have an impression of what that figure looks like?" Hearing Seatith's answer, Sandora's voice was a little deeper. A bad premonition spread from the depths of my heart.

"If you have any impression, it must have been an enchantment like a cognitive barrier. I didn't care, don't you see there are a lot of legends? Let's say the elves grant the sword to the brave, and then defeat the dragon or something...... Right? At last, Seawall began to beat a drum in his heart. At that time, I didn't know why, but I took the sword as soon as my head was hot, and I was happy for a long time.

"Don't stop talking, just say anything bad, I've been through everything in Lake Palton. What are you afraid of. ”

"Forget it, I'll talk about it when you get back. But you'd better be prepared. If I'm not mistaken, the cherry blossom inscription on this sword should be some kind of contract of the elf. ”

"Elf...... The corners ......of his mouth twitched as he watched the spar seawall gradually fade.

"Elf? What is that? Aya, who was still angry, asked a question. Isn't it time to hold back even if you want to ask?

After complaining about Aya's thinking logic in his mind, he explained: "Until five hundred years ago, scholars on the Tarola Continent had always believed that the present world could only breed low-level elves. As a result, in the event of the rampant demonic beasts five hundred years ago, the elves appeared in front of the eyes of humans for the first time. For the first time, humanity realized the existence of the High Elves that they had hypothesized and existed only in theory. ”

"Even if you say that, I can't understand it." Aya tilted her head and frowned, "Why are the things that can't be bred in nature also in the grading system?" Shouldn't it be a little more ordinary low-level, a little more powerful? As a result, they were all rated as low-level, but the things that didn't exist were given a setting, as if they knew that there was such a thing from the beginning. ”

"Indeed, at the beginning, it was rated like you, ordinary elves were low-level, and rare elemental elves were high-level, but until the world's first magician was born, he signed a contract with nature and established a workshop, and under the action of human magic and nature, an elf was born with the exaggerated and incomparable vitality and extremely complex magical composition. Although it does not possess the characteristics of life, various later studies have shown that it is an elf. There is a qualitative and quantitative gap with the elves bred in the present world. Later, scholars deduced that there was a level of elves on top of it. Although we can't explain their birth and composition. ”

Probably a magician's occupational disease, Seawall was always in high spirits every time he spoke of such a thing, and was able to say a lot of things at once.

"Even now, the elves have appeared alive in front of us, and we can't understand the creature. It is impossible to understand how they were born and what they are made of. ”

"Don't you know after five hundred years? Why not just ask them? ”

"There aren't many people who have had direct contact with elves, and even fewer have conversations." A little bit of pity, but I immediately felt interested.

Aya didn't understand at all, and finally frowned and asked, "Isn't it supposed to be very powerful to sign a contract with such a powerful thing?" ”

Haitis, who was still excited about academic issues, calmed down as if cold water had been poured on him after hearing Aya's words.

After a long time, he answered Aya's question: "One of the most famous contracts between the elves and humans is the Sacred Seal Contract, and there is not much information about the specific content, but one of the known contents is that the elves granted the human a thing. ”

"What's that?"

"Holy Grail, that person is the current head of the Holy See, the Pope. In a short period of 500 years, a religion was developed into a state-like behemoth, and was allowed to be armed by Apalton. That is, the priesthood, one of the three major professions now. A completely different system of power, so to speak, unheard of. It all started with that contract. ”

As Seawall continued to grow deeper, Aya's voice became even more incomprehensible, but the Pope and the Holy See still knew it, and it can be said that there is nothing on the mainland that she doesn't know, but no matter how you think about it, it should be a good thing. Why do you look sad.

As if sensing Aya's doubts, Seatius continued, "Although that behemoth was established, it has been five hundred years, and the Pope has not told anyone what the price he paid in the first place. ”