Lilith was startled to see the gray owl Gray who was holding in her arms suddenly bloom, and together with Catherine and Tali beside the bed, her eyes widened as she watched Gray's size grow bigger and bigger.

When the light on Gray's body dissipated, the three of them were surprised to see that only one head was left in the arms of the little Lori, and the rest of the body was lying on the bed, Lilith blinked and looked at the head in her arms with big eyes, and the head was also looking at her, looking at each other, and the head smiled at her.

"What the hell are you!" Little Lori suddenly screamed, raised her little foot and kicked it on the head, and the young man who was kicked on the bridge of his nose screamed, rolled and rolled off the bed.

He finally climbed up from the foot of the bed, panted and waved his hand to the two big and one small girl and said, "Don't, don't hit me, listen to me, I'm not a bad person, I'm actually a student of the Mage Tower!"

"A student of the Mage Tower?" Catherine and Tali exchanged curious glances, Catherine stepped forward to help him up from the ground, the young man thanked him repeatedly, sat down in the corner of the bed and looked at the three of them and said, "My name is Max, I am a student of the Mage Tower, and I am on a journey. ”

"Why did you become an owl and cling to Lilith?" Catherine looked curiously at the quiet, fair-skinned young man, who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in a dark blue robe, with a little freckles on his face, and looked simple.

"That's right," Max glanced at the little Lori who was pouting and staring at him, and smiled embarrassedly and said, "Not long ago, I was observing the local owls in Dixon Town, and in order to get up close and personal with them, I used magic to turn myself into an owl. ”

"But......" At this point, Max scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "When I was about to undo the transformation, I realized that I had made a mistake, I used the wrong transformation technique, and I applied the transformation technique with a silent effect that should have been used to attack the enemy. ”

"So you can't come back?" said Tali, smiling abruptly.

"Yes, a great mage like you must know this all too well!" Max nodded to Tali as if he had found a confidant, "As a result, I can't recite a spell to undo my transformation, and I can't speak human language other than make owl calls, and I can't ask anyone for help." ”

"It's terrible. Tali smiled sympathetically and shook her head.

"That's right, I don't know what to do if I hadn't met a few of them, am I going to eat dead mice like a real owl?" Max laughed helplessly, and heard Catherine next to him laugh, "Then how did you find Lilith?"

"I was in the grass trying to figure out how to get out," said Max, looking back at little Lori, "and then I suddenly heard a little girl's voice, and then I saw Lilith turn into a little owl and jump in the grass while speaking human language. ”

"Do you know how excited I was, the owl who can speak human words must be a wizard who knows magic, and I thought she would be able to help me get out of trouble!" Max looked at little Lori gratefully, and Lilith still stared at him with hostility, pouting in silence.

"So you're clinging to her and want her to help you break the spell?" said Tali, holding Lilith in her arms and looking at the young man with a smile.

"Yes, because I know that there is a way to dissolve this Transfiguration, and that is to have another transfiguration wizard kiss me, and I can change back to my original form. Max looked at Lilith gratefully with a look of excitement at his new life and said, "Although the process may have been a bit difficult, I still succeeded. ”

"You're probably the one who gets kicked by Lilith the most. Catherine smiled and pinched Lilith's little foot with her hand, and little Lori subconsciously retracted her little foot, remembering that when she kicked Gray with her eagle talon, there was a strange expression on her face.

"Lilith, don't you say something?" Catherine asked with a smile on her face, and Lilith stared at Max's face for a long time, and suddenly a few words popped up: "Sure enough, it's a big fool!"

Max was more and more embarrassed by what she said, scratching his hair with a red face, Catherine took the initiative to relieve Max when she saw this, pinched Lilith's little face with her hand and said, "People risked their lives to save you, didn't they say that they would be good friends with others?"

"He's just so stupid, he can get it wrong, I didn't miss it!" Lilith raised her little head proudly and muttered, Catherine and Tali were amused by her, Catherine touched her little doll's head and said, "Yes, yes, yes, you're the smartest bird!"

"Lilith is right, I'm pretty stupid. Max smiled honestly and said, "When I was in school, my grades were not very good, but fortunately, my teachers were very patient, otherwise I might have dropped out of school and gone home." ”

"Magic requires talent, but hard work is also important, believe in yourself and you will definitely become a good magician. Tully encouraged softly.

Max nodded gratefully, and suddenly heard a voice coming from the door: "Yo, I'm not here for a while, why is there another person?"

The four of them looked back together, and saw Rogge striding in, Catherine and Max got up at the same time, Catherine introduced the young man to Rogge, and when he heard that he was the gray owl, Rogge looked at him with the same regretful eyes, shook his head and sighed.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Catherine, looking at him a little confused.

"It's a pity," Rog sighed regretfully, glanced at Lilith in Tully's arms and said, "In this way, no one can be the nemesis of the little bad bird in the future, and I still miss the days when the little bad bird was chased by Gray and had nowhere to run!"

"Bad wolf!" Little Lori glared at him angrily, Catherine and Tali couldn't help but bow their heads and snicker, Max stood beside Rogge and scratched his cheeks, only to see Rogge turn around and glare at Lilith, and feigned: "What do you see, I haven't settled accounts with you for the trouble this time, I'll talk about it later!"

When Lilith heard him say this, she shrank her head and closed her mouth, and Rog beckoned everyone to the dining room to eat together, and introduced Max to the Marquis of St. Peter and Antonio, and everyone raised their glasses to celebrate the elimination of Angelina and the remnants of vampires.

After the feast, Max stood up to say goodbye to the group, and Rog offered to invite him to come along, but Max said that he still had many unfulfilled goals, and that after completing these travel goals, he would return to the Mage Tower to report to his mentor.

Rogge and the others sent him outside the castle of the Marquis of St. Peter, and Max said goodbye to them one by one, and when he came to Lilith, little Lori looked at him with a wary gaze, and Max tentatively extended two hands to her.

Lilith stared at him for a moment, then put her two little hands on his face, leaned forward and kissed him on the nose, then pushed him away and said, "Goodbye, big fool!"

"Goodbye, Lilith!" Max smiled and touched the nose that Lilith had kissed, straightened up and waved to the crowd, "Goodbye, friends." With that, he turned around and strode out of the city.

Lilith watched his figure walk farther and farther away, recalling those moments with Gray in her mind, and suddenly felt more worried in her heart, and at this time Rogge squatted down beside her, looked at Max's back as she disappeared into the crowd and said, "Isn't it very sad that the person who likes you is gone?"

Lilith turned her head and stared at the teasing evil smile on his face with a frown, wrinkled her little nose and said, "No, there are so many people who like me, I'm not bad for this one!" After saying that, she turned around and ran back to the castle.

Rogge smiled and stood up, sighed softly to Catherine beside him, and said, "Natasha and Gray are gone, it's time for us to get out of here." ”

Before Catherine could answer, a loud bell suddenly sounded from the temple in the city, and Rogge and the others followed the sound curiously, not knowing what was happening, only to see that the crowd on the street began to rush in the direction of the temple.

"The Holy Congregation summoned the whole city to the temple and did not know what had happened. The Marquis of St. Peter looked in the direction of the temple and said, "I will ask the butler to prepare the carriage, and we shall go and see it." ”

The group left the castle in the inner city in the marquis's silver carriage and came to the vicinity of the temple square, which was already crowded with people, and the carriage stopped on the nearby road, and the marquis, Rogge and others passed through the crowd under the path of the soldiers, and came to the temple of the holy congregation.

The priest in front of the temple gate learned of the arrival of the Marquis and Antonio, and hurriedly let the two into the temple, and they were greeted by a chief priest, who asked him about the reason for summoning the crowd, and the chief priest sighed and said, "Your Excellency the Marquis, I don't hide it, something big has happened. ”

"What the hell is going on?" asked the marquis, staring at the other man's worried face in confusion.

"Just this morning, the chief priest died. The chief priest said with a heavy face.

Except for Rogge and Lilith, everyone else was taken aback, and the Marquis asked in surprise, "Why did he die suddenly? Not long ago, the chief priest met with me, and I told him about the wedding, and I was going to ask him to officiate at the wedding for me!"

"Recently, the health of the chief priest has deteriorated, not only him, but many priests in this temple have been affected, and three or four priests have returned to the arms of the gods, and each of them died with a black body, as if eroded by black magic. ”

"What do you mean......" The Marquis gasped, and the chief priest nodded with a stern face and said, "That's right, the demon has invaded this temple, and it is quietly devouring our lives, and I have sent someone to deliver a message to the chief priest of Mosco City, asking him to send someone here to help us exorcise the demon." ”

He glanced back at the crowd and said with a serious expression, "Until then, we must warn all our people to stay away from this temple for a while, lest the demon and its minions spread evil magic to more people, and they should stay at home and avoid going out to avoid the demon's attack." ”

The Marquis nodded silently, glanced back at Rog, who was standing at the back of the crowd with his head bowed, he glanced at Antonio, and came with him to Rogge's side.

"I remember you said that Anna's body was like this, and that you said it was the Black Death and not a demon, should we tell the priests about it?" said the Marquis in a low voice to Rogge.

"No," Rogge raised his hand without hesitation, waved his hand at him, turned to look at the deputy priest, and said loudly, "The decision of the chief priest is completely correct, I raise my hands in agreement!"