Chapter 19: The Little Thief and the Griffin Knight
"Ahh
In mid-air, she flapped her wings to steady herself, turned her little head behind her, and found that the griffin was not chasing, but had clawed at the spire of the tower and landed.
"I'm scared to death, it didn't turn out that they came to arrest me. The little owl froze, and turned to look at the griffin and the knight on its back, vaguely as familiar to him.
At this moment, the griffin knight suddenly spoke: "Don't bully those cute little ones, Tedaris! Let's go down, the Grand Master should have gotten the news." ”
Hearing the knight's words, the griffin spread its snow-white wings and soared into the air, joining the group of griffons that came after him, and circled and landed in front of the mage tower in the center of the castle.
Lilith cautiously followed them, landing on a house near the square, where she saw the griffons land neatly in the square, and the knight who had spoken before jumped off the griffon's back and walked towards the archmages who were already waiting in front of the mage's tower.
The white-robed and long-bearded Grand Magician, who was the leader, greeted him, and after the two sides saluted each other, the Great Magician said in a deep and majestic voice, "Captain Antonio, welcome to the Mage Tower. ”
Antonio lifted the mask of the silver helmet and replied with a smile: "Thank you, respected 'Heavenly Eye' Constantine, the master of the Mage Tower, and I salute you on behalf of Holy Emperor Valentine II!"
"I wonder why His Majesty the Holy Emperor sent the Knights to the City of Radiant Light this time?" Constantine, the Grand Master nicknamed "Heavenly Eye", swept over the griffin knights standing neatly behind Antonio with a deep gaze, and asked in a calm tone.
"Have you heard about the theft of the statue of the Holy Archangel in the Merfolk's custody?" Antonio asked as he stepped forward and lowered his voice.
Constantine frowned when he heard this, and said, "We have learned from the merfolk elders, and we heard that the merfolk temple guardian has gone to the Duchy of Deiz to track down the whereabouts of the thieves, and we do not know what happened to them yet. ”
"I met the beautiful Guardian in the border fishing village, with Rog the Witcher, who was investigating the whereabouts of the thieves, but then we separated. ”
Antonio said, recalling a passing moment with Tali, whose meaningful smile came to mind.
"Rogge?" Konstantin couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this name, and frowned, "Is that the witcher who has been wanted by the Holy Order for many years, and why is he involved in this?"
"Isn't it because of nosy?" muttered Lilith, the little owl standing on the roof, and left the square with her wings outstretched, heading in the direction of the prison.
She came to the prison tower, flew into the tower through a lower window, transformed into a little girl in a black feather dress, and jumped up the stairs to a wooden door.
The little girl leaned her ear on the door and listened, there was a faint snoring sound from inside, Lilith frowned, and muttered: "Listen to this nasty sound, there must be a lewd uncle with a red face, thick lips, rosacea, and a foul mouth!"
Slandering the snorer, the little girl silently opened the wooden door, like an owl that makes no noise when flying, she still maintained absolute silence in her human form, tiptoeing through the crack in the open door and into the door.
A magician in a gray robe sat on his back in a soft chair in the room, and on the table in front of him was a clay pot, the smell of wine wafting from it was easily picked up by the owl's keen sense of smell.
"Sure enough, it's a greedy drunkard!" the little girl closed the door behind her, and glanced at the small room, which was neatly furnished, and the walls were surrounded by unpainted pine cabinets.
Wearing red high-heeled shoes, Lori walked briskly towards the magician, but did not make a sound, even though the hard heels of the shoes collided against the equally hard wooden floor beneath her feet.
She came to the magician, leaned down and looked at her brain for a moment, discovering the string of keys she needed.
"I'm a good girl, I haven't done anything bad except stealing, playing pranks, robbing others of good food, and ridiculing others to make their faces red and white!"
The little girl muttered as she reached out and grabbed the keys, trying to pull them off the magician's belt, but the iron ring on which she wore the keys was tightly fastened to the belt, and Lilith couldn't pull it off after a few tugging.
When she exerted her strength for the third time, the magician seemed to sense something abnormal, snorted twice and straightened up to look around, the room was empty, not even a ghost.
"Looks like I'm dreaming. The magician muttered, took another sip of the wine from the clay pot in front of him, pushed the pot away, lay on the table and snored again.
Lilith, who had turned into a little owl above the cupboard, looked at him from the shadows, pondered for a moment, jumped off the cupboard, and came to him as a little Lori again.
"Uncle should be good, sleep well, be a good child!" the little girl muttered as she opened a pair of beautiful big eyes, and two rays of light shot out of her eyes and landed on the magician's body.
She lifted the magician's body up, untied his belt, removed the keyring from him, and retied the belt, helping him back onto the table.
The magician remained silent in the light of her eyes, unaware of what she was doing.
"It's in hand!" the little girl happily took the key in front of her, turned and walked to the other door of the room, opened the door and walked towards the prison.
Since there were few prisoners in the prison of the Mage Tower, Lilith did not meet anyone on her way to find Rogge and the others, and she walked through the empty cells with a song, and soon came to Rog's cell.
The little girl turned into a little owl and flew into the cell, and when she saw that Rogge was still sleeping on her back on the bed, she glared at him angrily, and the eagle talon threw the keychain at Rogge's face.
Unexpectedly, just as the key was about to hit Rogge, Rogge suddenly raised his hand to catch the key.
"Lilith, I've told you many times not to throw things around! It doesn't matter if you throw the key in my face like this, what if the key is broken? Even if it doesn't break, it's a public property after all, and you still have to cherish it!"
Rogge sat up from the bed in a rambling manner, glanced at the mischievous bird, walked to the door with the key in his hand, opened the cell door, and walked out of the cell, where he found Murphy, Tully, and Catherine in captivity, and released them all.
"Now that we're free for the time being, but everything on us has been confiscated, I'm starting to miss my cigars, come on guys, we need to go get our weapons and gear back!" Rogge said, hanging the key around his waist and waving to the crowd.
"I suggest you don't go out like this!" said the little owl, standing on his shoulder, frowning.
Rogge glanced back at the little guy on his shoulder when he heard this, and looked at each other, Rogge seemed to see something in her eyes, he stopped and asked, "Tell me, little witch, what have you found in this castle full of white-bearded old men?"
"I saw a horde of flying monsters!" Lilith told the crowd of her thrilling escape from the griffon's claws, and Rog's brow tightened.
He turned back to Murphy and said, "The griffin is the guardian beast of the Empire, and the flag and coat of arms of the Empire have a griffin motif, and if this group of people comes on a griffin, they have only one identity. ”
"It's the wings of the silver dragon!" Murphy said confidently.
"So, the person who spoke is Captain Antonio?" Tali raised her aquamarine eyes and said happily to the two of them, "This is good news, we have a relationship with Captain Antonio, maybe he can help us resolve the misunderstanding with the mages." ”
"I'm not sure that's a good idea!" to Tully's surprise, Rogge objected without hesitation, "In my opinion, there is absolutely no worse suggestion!"