After leaving the Earl's study, Griffith immediately opened the envelope and learned about his mission.

"To Griffith Blanton, Mission Briefing for the Shattered Seas Region.

"From the office of the Counts of Lamour.

"Intelligence suggests that a group of crazed cultists are preparing to smuggle a certain dark magic item to the South. They will be aboard the Equinox, a fast sailing ship that departs at 2pm today, and you will have to take the boat to investigate.

"The number, name, gender, age and capacity of the suspects are unknown.

"You will be assisted by agents from the Central Bureau of Investigation and the local Extraordinaire team during your mission, and will be led by the local mages stationed on Neopolis Island.

"Minimum Objective: Find clues about the role and whereabouts of dark magic items (Difficulty estimate: D-class, should be handled by the Extraordinaire or two regular army squads above Sequence 8).

"Trying to find out the identity of a fallen mage, and confiscating or destroying dark magic items will increase the difficulty and evaluation of your mission.

"Duration of the mission: two weeks. First class tickets are attached.

"Reward: 1 point for merit and 100 silver.

"Note: The risk of fighting a fallen mage cannot be assessed, and the danger of dark magic items cannot be assessed.

"This letter will be automatically burned two minutes after it is opened, so be careful not to burn the ticket.

"January 6, 1444 A.D. ”

Hell, Griffith was quick to remove the ticket and put it in his pocket. Before he could study the task more closely, the letter turned into a ball of fire, burning the knight of the apprentice.

"Griffith, good morning!"

Sonya, who had already changed into a ball dress, carried the hem of her skirt and walked down the stairs on the second floor lightly, accompanied by a personal maid, and greeted the apprentice knight in a brisk tone. The radiant maiden was like a pure morning light, and with her appearance, the living room of the Earl's Court seemed to suddenly usher in a bright spring light.

Griffith seems to have changed a little in the past six months, more mature and melancholy than when he first came, will the temperament of the province dissolve in Bayeran?Sonia tilted her head slightly and looked at her apprentice knight: "I am going to attend Duke Esso's ball tonight, and my father has arranged for other guards." Is there something wrong with you?"

"I just got a mission to go to the south. Griffith replied.

"Hmm~" The blonde girl thought for a moment, "Just now Mom asked me how I was getting along with you, and asked me something about you and the Watch Castle. Why do you ask this?"

How does this lead me to answer...... Griffith felt a drop of sweat rolling down his sideburns to his neck. The personal maid behind Sonya couldn't help but cover her mouth.

"Anna, please wait for me," Sonia nodded to the maid, glanced up at Griffith, and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window of the living room. Griffith immediately followed.

Copper pipes are laid throughout the House of La Mor to bring hot water and warmth to all corners of the room. Although the world is already white outside the window, it is still warm as spring indoors.

Sonia wore a slim, thin dress that showed off her round, delicate shoulders. She looked at the snow in the treetops in the garden and said softly, "Griffith, you know what? By that time, reinforcements from Holmonworth had already arrived. Since most of the people are out of danger, reinforcements are not very active in searching you deep into the forest. ”

Griffith turned his head to look at the girl in surprise, and immediately withdrew his gaze from his bare shoulders and nodded uneasily.

"Galadia has reached out to a venerable clansman and summoned several powerful seals to find you, eventually defeating the mutants who are pursuing you at the edge of the forest," Sonya's bright eyes looked at Griffith, "Powerful seals often mean dangerous backlash. In her capacity, taking a huge risk to help you, the very thing is ...... The social circles are whispering about you. ”

Griffith felt a great sense of unease. Sonya's words euphemistically expressed one thing - certain high-ranking figures cast their eyes on the insignificant midshipman.

All they needed to do was blow a gust of wind to drive the intricate gears, and before anyone knew it, the rolling wheels in the distance had already run over a small non-commissioned officer.

"This is my Frost Festival gift, I forgot to give it to you before, a unit of potential potion," Sonia stretched out her soft, white hand and shoved a small bottle of potion into his hand, "Be careful when you go south. ”

"Understood, I'll be careful," Griffith took a step back and solemnly said goodbye to the girl.

He had just taken two steps when he suddenly remembered something:

"Sonya, have you heard of Lady Elitia?"

......

"Grand Port District. ”

Griffith saddled his simple bag, jumped into a carriage, and galloped toward the harbor. The sudden mission disrupted his plans, as he had wanted to check out the black market on Tasok Street in the lower Baieran town during the New Year's holiday to see if there were any suitable enchanted or magical items.

Although he was in bed isolation before the Frost Festival, he missed the time to buy gifts. But both Galadia and Sonia gave him gifts, and he naturally prepared one for them as well. These two gifts cost him more than 300 silver langs, and in addition to the income from brewing moonshine, he also put in some monthly salary and savings.

Griffith also had a mission bonus of 150 silver francs, an Eastern War bonus of 300 silver francs, and the balance of the salary allowance at the end of December, which he had at his disposal for a total of 556 silver francs, which he had to keep for second-hand textbooks, tutorials, and experimental materials, and if possible, some for personal use of mysterious items and potions.

The above is his hard work, legal income. The money was worth nothing, and the potion potion that Sonia had given him alone was worth 500 silver francs.

In addition to this, he also has 7 corrupted tarantula sacs that should have been distributed within the Witcher Squad, with an estimated value of 105 gold florins, or 2,100 silver francs. The extraordinary trait of Kalius's Witcher Path Sequence 7 "Demon Hunter", who was killed by him, is worth at least 5,000 silver francs.

These are his unspeakable incomes, and if the Beacon Academy knows that he killed a captain and instructor, Kaichun will probably have to come to the door.

The ulterior income is almost 13 times the legal income, and sure enough, there is a limit to honest labor.

For the second son of a knightly class like Griffith, who has no inheritance rights, if he wants to get rid of his status as a high-ranking security guard, he must at least become a knight. Although Sequence 8 meets the minimum requirements, Sequence 7 is relatively safe and will not be killed early in the process of establishing meritorious service.

Then, he had to marry a young lady from a noble background and start his own family. Although the girl's family would also provide financial support, Griffith would have to have some savings and property of his own.

During this time, Griffith did a little research and deepened his knowledge of his property.

If, just as an example, if he wanted to propose to Sonya, and the Count didn't kill him in the first place, the knighthood plus a property of 100,000 silver lang and an annuity of 5,000 silver lang was the minimum threshold, and it would not make this marriage look too ridiculous. Bayeran is the rule, and promising young people can't just be promising.

If Griffith wanted to marry Galadia, the problem would be much simpler. The elves don't have such worldly requirements, and they don't care about possessions. The consuls of Canaan would kill him as soon as possible to solve the problem once and for all.

"Hey~"

Griffith let out a long sigh, and the coachman couldn't help but look back at him.

Whenever he thought about these details, he realized how incompatible he and Galadia were. Not to mention that the elves live much longer than him, and the stories of immortals and mortals often end in tragedy.

Back to the specifics, the poison sac and its extraordinary properties were simply hot, and Griffith soaked the poison vesicle into the potion and entrusted it to Sonia for safekeeping. The daughter of the Lamor family had a room full of materials, and she agreed to help without hesitation.

As for the extraordinary trait, Griffith carried it in his pocket along with the potions concoction notes, waiting for the right opportunity to get rid of it.

Following Miss Lamour's advice, Griffith brought his own chain mail and leather armor, a sword at his waist, and daggers in his cuffs and boots. The leather armor was Griffith's personal equipment, and had been restored from a half-damaged state by the skilled craftsmen of Bayerland, for a small fee. The key areas have also been reinforced with iron mesh and iron rings, repainted, and even more decent and beautiful than before.

It's just that reliability is questionable.

After the battle in the Whispering Forest, Griffith discovers that chain mail and leather armor are vulnerable to mutated creatures. For more protection, he'd have to consider the latest scales and plates. These new types of armor are better defensive than chain mail and leather armor, but they are expensive and, crucially, expensive to repair.

The price of a normal piece of chain mail is about 5 gold florins, and the plate armor containing only the cuirass is expected to cost 12 gold florins, which is not much more expensive than the full suit Griffith bought when he first arrived in Bayeran, and is equivalent to two months' salary and allowance. In hindsight, the suit was too expensive, but it was Garradia who picked it for him, and Griffith didn't understand fashion and style, nor did he understand prices, and he was embarrassed to say that it was expensive.

Relatively speaking, the price of plate armor does not look amazing. But the real cost is on the inevitable repairs. Broken chain mail can replace part of the iron ring, and the materials and labor used for repair are not much, and leather armor is even more convenient to repair.

The plate armor must be removed from the large area of damage, and then carefully inlayed, welded and polished. If you cut corners during repairs, the gap between the added armor and the original armor can easily be penetrated in battle, and even directly injure the armor wearer himself. Filling it directly with a large iron plate will disrupt the balance and center of gravity of the entire armor set, and will be even more harmful to the combat and body.

If he could, Griffith wanted to buy a set of scale armor. The protection is more than plate armor, and it is easy to inlay gems and crystals with special effects, and the repair cost is relatively normal. Of course, he also thought that the price of scale armor was much more expensive than plate armor.

The carriage left the avenue of the upper town and entered the lower town.

There was an eerie atmosphere in the snow-covered streets, solemn and silent, and Griffith raised his guard almost immediately, with his sword in hand.

It was a complicated feeling, as if many eyes were watching him in dark corners, almost appearing in front of him in substance. However, when he looked at the street, although he felt something unusual, he couldn't tell what was wrong.