The sun hung in the middle of the clear sky, and the elegant airboat sailed slowly in the blue sky, soft white clouds brushing through the hard hull of the ship, torn into pieces like cotton. On www.biquge.info hill, the towering minaret overlooks the land. On the slightly undulating land, small towns are dotted. Unlike the "free-growing" towns in the West, the towns here are very similar, with similar plans, and they are all built around a square, with a tall tower in the center of the square, which is taller than all the buildings in the town. The towers all stand the same banner - the golden griffon on a blue background.

It symbolizes the Empire of Jofia. The Empire is not only an empire, it is also home to the Divine Scourge of the Humans, the most powerful country on the continent, which has always been at the forefront of the battle against the gods of the West, maintaining the Divine Scourge camp.

After a day of sleeping in a hotel, Arcanis realized that he had left the wild forests of the Northlands and had come to a strange civilization.

The crowd was so overwhelming that Arcanis felt how noisy it was for the first time to have a large group of people talking to her. You must know that in the days when she was born, she also chased the little animals to talk, expecting them to speak to her. And she cares a lot about what others say about her, and always secretly up her ears to eavesdrop, which makes her very annoyed.

However, Arcanis quickly adapted to these and somewhat liked it. Although she was outdressed and had a barking cat in her hood, which made the people around her look at her strangely, when they saw her pointed ears, those gazes became forgiving. Even if she didn't speak a good language, the person she was talking to did not show impatience, but answered her questions very patiently, both in her attitude and in her words, with a kind intention that made her feel reassured.

Of course, the most important thing is that Arcanis discovers that the looted gold coins have magic beyond her imagination. This cold, hard, yellow round metal would not only make someone willingly give her a lot of good food, but also allow her to lie comfortably all night in a room with a strange machine that spits out cool breezes, and a woman who looked as young as she would serve her respectfully.

And it only cost her four gold coins for the above things

Is.... Fine.

Arcanis, who was eating steamed fish over wine, sighed in his heart. Melly was cautiously eating a fish at the table, and it was in a displeasure because Arcarnes had patted it on the head because he thought it was too ugly.

At this moment, a low murmur reached Arcanis's ears, and she pricked up her ears to eavesdrop, and after a few few appearances due to her knowledge, she paid special attention to her own image and to the opinions of others.

After not hearing words like "ridiculous", "stupid", "countryman", and "no mother's teaching", she continued to enjoy her steamed fish.

"The half-elf was eavesdropping. A middle-aged man dressed as a small citizen and wearing a yellow hat gestured to his other three companions. They nodded, closed their mouths, hid their anxiety, and changed to another topic.

Time passed, there was less and less sumptuous food on the table, and the juicy roast pork tasted dull in the yellow hat's mouth, and he glanced at the door with his eyes from time to time, waiting for someone who should have arrived long ago.

"Hey, excuse me, what are you talking about the academy. ”

The girl's crisp voice of inquiry broke the anxious atmosphere, and the yellow hat looked at the half-elf girl with a smile on his face, which was the reaction of the authentic Ruofia. But his companions were all wary, silver-haired maidens.

"Academy?" the yellow hat was wary, he didn't think that the girl's purpose was just as simple as the appearance. "Beautiful young lady, those are just the words we occasionally mentioned in our casual chat. ”

Arcanis noticed that something seemed wrong in the atmosphere, and the other three quieted down, munching on their food and looking at her warily. Embarrassed, she continued, "I happen to be very interested in the academy as well, can you tell me about it?"

The atmosphere grew even more awkward, and the half-elves felt that their expressions were a little inexplicable, and they seemed to be becoming nervous.

"You don't seem to be a local, can you tell us about your hometown?" asked the yellow hat rhetorically, his sharp gaze trying to find something in those simple green eyes.

"I... From a small town near the Livia Forest. ”

This sentence was like a hammer, hitting the anxious hearts of the four people present. As soon as she spoke, Arcanis noticed that the atmosphere was extremely strange, and those people looked displeased, giving her a bad feeling, similar to the feeling that the black-robed mage gave her that day, called malice.

Seeing the unkind faces of his subordinates, the yellow hat secretly complained in his heart, maybe the half-elf in front of him was a member of the empire's intelligence agency, how could they show such an unreasonable expression.

So, he apologized to the embarrassed half-elf: "I'm sorry, beautiful young lady, they don't like to be disturbed while eating. But I'd love to help. ”

The yellow hat took a sip of wine and began to talk about the academy: "We are talking, of course, about the academy in Kazakhstan, the capital of the great empire. ”

"Is the capital the best college?"

"Of course!" the yellow hat said with an authentic Kazakh proud expression, "the best teachers in the whole empire are there." ”

"And does it teach how to fight?" the yellow hat noticed, and the girl's eyes showed excitement, as if it was really the first time she had heard of the academy.

"You don't seem to know anything about the Academy. ”

"My hometown is very remote. ”

A lie full of loopholes, if the people of Fia know the academy, it is responsible for sending young elites to the empire, for ordinary people, to be able to step into the academy, it is a glorious ancestor. Moreover, the academy with a history of 9,000 years, when it was first established, the elves helped a lot, and the first generation of teachers were almost all elves, and it was impossible for a girl with half elf blood not to know.

But the yellow hat was not exposed, and he intended to end this "clumsy cross-examination" and continued, "Of course, the best teachers are there. If you want to sign up, you have to hurry, because the registration time will end the day after tomorrow. ”

Hearing this, Arcanis immediately turned around and grabbed the reluctant kitten and walked out the door.

Looking at the back of the girl leaving, the four of them exchanged glances, checked out and left.

Arcarnes, who had left in a hurry, did not know about his inquiry, which caused the four people with evil intentions to pay attention to whether anyone was following them in the next few days.

After a few days, the Yellow Hat, who was sure to be safe, hid in the shadows under the orders of the Shadow Church, carefully stepped into the Livia Forest to find the "Carrier" who had not been seen for a long time.