That evening, the children wanted to talk a little longer, at least until late at night, but sadly, at half past nine, old Black appeared like a ghost, and told them one thing in a serious and polite manner: it was time for them to rest...... Oh my God, it's only half past nine!

Not to mention the boys, even the girls did not have the experience of going to bed at half past nine.

Come on, who called this Galik, and not in Reochs, there was no way, so the children had to follow Old Black to their respective rooms.

Staying alone in a spacious room made Allen, who didn't feel the slightest sleep, inevitably a little crazy.

Anyway, the moonlight is good today, and Alan still fantasizes about experiencing a romantic night with Lisa...... Seeing his master pacing up and down in the room, the castle puppet Kanso, who was sitting on the long table, scratched his pitted stone head with a few surnames.

"Ahh......h However, before he could knock on the door of Jiang Zhe's room, he saw a person walking out of the corner, and asked suspiciously, "Mr. Scander, what are you doing here?"

Alan turned his head to look, only to see old Black holding a candle looking at him intently, and suddenly smiled bitterly in his heart.

"That...... I seem to be a little depressed today, yes, so ...... Walk around!" As he spoke, Alan was secretly a little frightened, because he remembered that he had sensed the presence of Old Black just now, let alone the footsteps of the other party.

"Oh, that's right!" said Old Blake, nodding abruptly, and then smiling, "You may not be used to going to bed so early, but in Galik, you must go to bed at half-past nine, or you will not be able to guarantee that you will have enough energy to take everything seriously the next day—if you are not sleepy, shall I accompany you to the garden?"

Garden?and you?

Alan grinned, looked at old Blake with a serious expression, and said, "Well, no need - I suddenly feel a little sleepy, and I wish you a good night, Mr. Black!"

"Bang!" Old Blake shook his head as he watched Alan Fei run back to his room and slam the door shut, and it was clear that he was obviously very dissatisfied with his little master's friends and their knowledge of etiquette.

There was no way, and Allen, who ran back to his room, had to lie on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze, and he barely fell asleep until the dead of night.

With a slight snoring accompanied by a dream murmur like "Beautiful young lady, can I treat you to a meal", Eren finally fell asleep...... Speaking of which, among the three people in the dormitory, except for Jiang Zhe, who has no ideals, no ambitions, and no pursuits, Scott's ideal is to inherit his grandfather's glory and become an upright and outstanding nobleman, and Allen is the most ambitious...... He's going to be a great knight!

What kind of knight is an outstanding knight? honor, status, no, no, not just that...... A good knight must know how to be romantic, and he must win the favor of beautiful ladies...... What could be more beautiful than when you return from victory on the battlefield and dedicate your glory and crown to the woman you love?

Of course, if you can invite that beautiful young lady to have a meal, and then have an afternoon tea, and talk about your heart, and by the way, experience a romantic evening...... Tsk, that's even better...... The woman you want...... It's like a mature and charming Lilith ...... 'I'm sorry, Alan, I wouldn't consider dating a junior who is two years younger than me - and you should call me a senior!'

"......" seemed to dream of something, and Allen showed a pained expression in his sleep.

What's going on...... There was a very oppressive feeling in my chest...... It's heavy...... I couldn't breathe...... "Shen ...... Whew!" Unable to bear the heaviness, the sleeping Alan opened his eyes suddenly, and then stared at the castle puppet Kanso lying on his chest in amazement.

“...... Is there a mistake you!" Suddenly discovering the culprit who had made his chest heavy all night, Alan was angry, and grabbed the castle doll's head with his right hand and threw him out, but then, he was stunned.

own wrist strength...... Can't even carry him?

"Damn, bastard!" Remembering the torture he had suffered in his sleep last night, Alan was so angry that his whole body emitted a faint red light, and his muscles suddenly skyrocketed a little, and then, Castle Canso was thrown out with one hand and slammed against the wall opposite the bed.

It's not that Eren is ruthless to destroy his own puppet, because he knows that this kind of blow will not be able to cause any damage to Kanso, and this puppet has the highest physical and magical resistance.

After venting his frustration about last night, Alan sat on the bed, looking at the cobweb-shaped wall smashed by the castle puppet Canso in a daze, he looked at his right hand with some confusion, and then looked at Kanso who seemed to be sitting in the corner aggrievedly, frowned and said, "Come here, Canso!"

"Click, click!" Canso walked to the edge of the bed with heavy steps, he wanted to jump on the bed, and after a long struggle, he finally grabbed the sheet and climbed up with great difficulty, looking at the clumsy appearance, Alan covered his face weakly.

"Indeed...... It's a lot heavier!" Holding Canso up with both hands, Alan felt his arms tremble slightly, and then, he put Canso on the side of the bed, staring at him, gesturing, and muttering unconfidently, "It seems to be a lot bigger...... It didn't seem that big before......"

Touching his chin, Alan thought vigorously, remembering that when he got Kanso from the mage Tafandel, this guy was only the size of a palm, and now he ...... Thinking about it, Alan stretched out his hand and tried it, only to realize that his palm could only reach below Canso's chest...... Will magic golems grow too?

Hey!

But...... Looking at Canson's rock-like body and head, Alan was heartbroken.

"It's so ugly! Why is that Scott's bastard puppet so handsome, but mine so ugly, it's so unfair!"

As he spoke, there was a knock at the door.

"Who?" Alan jumped out of bed, ran to the door and opened the door, and then he saw Lavia standing outside the door rolling her eyes and glaring at him, and Alan remembered that he was still wearing pajamas.

After taking a few minutes to get dressed and wash up briefly, Alan glanced at Lavia, who was standing on the sofa, at the queen puppet Quinn, who was on her shoulder, and said, "Hey, Lavia, your puppet, has anything changed?"

"Huh?" Lavia glanced up at Alan as she flipped through the notes on flashing magic, and said inexplicably, "Change?

"It's just that it has not gotten heavier......" Before he finished speaking, Alan felt a little cold in his neck, glanced sideways slightly, and happened to see the queen's puppet Kun Yin holding a very small dagger threatening his neck, and suddenly said angrily, "Hey, take care of your magic puppet, okay?"

"It's you who are too rude!" Lavia, who was flipping through the notes, said casually, "Isn't it rude to say anything serious to a girl......" As she was saying, she was stunned, turned her head to look at Quinn, who was grinning at Alan, with a puzzled expression, and stretched out her hand and said, "Come here, Quinn!"

As if a breeze was blowing, Quinn, who was dressed in a dress, appeared on Lavia's palm in an instant.

Looking at the expression of her puppet's surname, Lavia was a little surprised.

When did the puppet have this human-like feeling?

In retrospect, when I used to quarrel with South, Quin would help me 'threaten' that bad guy, and at that time I thought she was simply protecting herself, but ...... 'These are no ordinary dolls!'

"They, like you, will grow ......"

Recalling the words of the two old professors, Wellman and Jelbart, in the mage Tavandel, Lavia looked at her puppet with interest.

Will it grow, and what will it eventually become?

Just as they were thinking, there was a knock at the door, and Lavia and Alan looked up and saw Scott standing in the door in a black gown, and said to the two, "What about Soth?

"Soth is probably still sleeping, everyone else should be awake," Lavia said, standing up, "I'll call them!" she said with a smile as she passed Scott, "Scott, are you going to wear this to the streets?"

"Huh?" Scott was stunned for a moment, then said with a wry smile, "If you don't mention it, I forgot, I'll go and change ...... later," he said, and said to the knight puppet Knight who was following him, "Knight, you stay here!"

The Knight Puppet nodded expressionlessly.

Looking at the shiny armor on its body, comparing the stone-like pitted body of his puppet, Eren blushed a little.

"Scott, you bastard......"

"Huh?" Scott, who was about to go back to his room, looked at Alan inexplicably and said, "What are you crazy about early in the morning?"

"I won't tell you!" Alan snorted with some indignation.

"......" rolled his eyes, and Scott went back to his room to change.

Will magic golems grow too?

A puppet that grows?

Staring at the two puppets in front of him, Alan was still a little skeptical.

A few minutes later, Jiang Zhe, Dia, Lerella, and Lisa came to Alan's room one after another.

Glancing at Jiang Zhe, who seemed to be in good spirits, Alan smiled and said, "I've really wronged you by getting up so early, man!"

"What are you talking about, I woke up early!"

"Very early?" Alan glanced at Lavia in amazement, and when she nodded, he said incredulously, "Lie, you have to sleep sixteen hours a day, man, who knows you better than us?"

"That's before!" Jiang Zhe sat on the sofa angrily, and then glanced at Kunyin, the queen puppet who was standing on the arm of the sofa and looked at him with an unkind face, his eyes narrowed, and he threatened, "Do you still want to be burned once?"

Hearing only a whoosh, Kun Yin hid on Lavia's shoulder, grabbed his master's hair and looked at Jiang Zhe with some fear.

"What are you doing, Soth!" Lavia looked at Jiang Zhe with some dissatisfaction.

"I'm just warning you, I don't have time to play games with her!"

"You!"

"Okay, okay," Scott, who had changed into a civilian suit, nodded his eyes and said with a smile, "It's not too early, let's go - although Allicock is nothing special, there are still some interesting things!"

"Can I try riding a war horse once?" asked Allen, his eyes wide.

"This can't be done, you have to get permission from your grandfather - Garrick only has 3,000 cavalry, and every horse is strictly protected......"

"Cut!"

"Let's take a look at the turrets in the city, I saw a lot of them when we entered the city!" Lisa asked with some interest.

"This should be fine, but it's best not to touch anything there then-Alan, do you hear me? I'm talking about you!"

"Cut, do you think I'm rare?"

And just like that, a group of people left the castle noisily.

Along the way, Jiang Zhe naturally only cared about chatting with Dia, Scott and Alan seemed to be arguing about something, while Lyreira and Lisa were looking at the shops on both sides of the shop and laughing, only Lavia followed behind the team with her head down and silently.

Bastard...... A sucker...... A sucker...... Bastard...... No matter how open-minded she was, Lavia was still a little sullen.

Suddenly, the boy's voice came to my ears.

"Are you worried about Connell?"

Lavia raised her head suddenly, and she realized that Jiang Zhe had already walked beside her for some reason.

"Where's Dia?"

"She, she was stopped by Lyreira and Lisa to look at her ......clothes," Jiang Zhe said, Jiang Zhe turned his head to look at Lavia, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't worry about Connell, according to what you said, he is several times stronger than us combined, and he is still immortal, the most powerful werewolf in the legend!"

Glancing up at the boy, Lavia whispered, "I'm not worried about him because of this—as you said, I'm not worried about him...... When I first met Connell, I was scared, but I felt that Connell was not a bad person, and he promised me that he would never kill innocent people again......"

Glancing at Lavia in surprise, the boy chuckled and said, "I've wanted to say it a long time ago, and your sense of justice is too strong, isn't it?"

"What do you want to say? Soth, are you laughing at me?"

"I'm very strange, why do you always have to misunderstand me? Do I laugh at you? I just want to say ......" As he spoke, Jiang Zhe thought of Argus, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Ivey, what do you think of Argus?"

"Argus?" Lavia said after a moment's thought, "I heard the professor say he's a dangerous man......"

"But he didn't hurt us in the first place......"

"Is that because he thinks we're too weak?" The professor said that Jacob Semb's rebellion might have something to do with him...... If the war was really provoked by him, then he ......," Lavia secretly glanced at Jiang Zhe's expression and said hesitantly, "Actually, I don't think he can provoke a rebellion alone...... Did he tell you anything last time?"

Thinking back to Argus' 'threat', Jiang Zhe shook his head.

"Soth, you said you won't hide it from me in the future!"

"What? Did I promise?"

"You...... Bastard!"

"Hey, you're going too far, aren't you? I'm kind enough to come over and talk to you, and you call me...... Bastard?"

"Did I ask you to come and talk to me?"

"Okay, I'm a lot of trouble, okay? I don't care about you in the future!"

"Wait......" Grabbing Jiang Zhe's sleeve, who was about to turn away, Lavia glanced at the boy in front of him and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Soth, I'm ...... I...... Apologies to you!"

Glancing at the girl, Jiang Zhe pouted and said, "There is no need to apologize, just don't yell at me in the future......" As he spoke, he paused and said in a low voice, "Actually, I don't think Argus is a very bad guy......"

Lavia listened quietly, for she knew the boy hadn't finished yet.

Argus ...... I feel like he's a very contradictory person, well, I can't tell, it's very contradictory, it's a very contradictory feeling......"

"Contradiction?"

"Yes, just like at the beginning, when we had such great power, they came to ask us for food......

"At that time, he was still being hunted by Father Andrew and the Holy Inquisitor, right?"

"No, that's because you haven't seen the power of Argus, his power is very strong, he is a dark mage with a domain!"

"Realm?" Lavia said in disbelief, covering her mouth in surprise, "Realm is the symbol of the Great Magician!

"I guess - in his realm, my spiritual connection with the fire elemental was completely severed, and that was really ......"

Looking at the few flashes of yearning and ** in the boy's eyes, Lavia had a faint bad feeling in her heart, and hurriedly interrupted him and asked, "Since he has the power comparable to that of a great magician, why is he wanted by Father Andrew?"

"This," Jiang Zhe hesitated for a moment, then said as if he were relaxed, "Who knows!"

"Yes......" Glancing at the boy's expression, Lavia wisely did not pursue any further questions, for she knew that if the boy did not want to say it, no matter how much she forced him, he would not say it, and she cared more about the boy's obsession with that powerful power than Argus.

Is there anything in the world that is not worth it? how can you have great power without paying, even if you make a deal with the devil, you also have to pay the price of soul and blood, and Lavia does not want to see that kind of thing.

Just as she was pondering how to divert the boy's attention from the power of Argus, she suddenly spotted two sneaky figures in the alley on the side of the street.

She suddenly remembered Connell's words.

"Soth," Ravia whispered, gesturing the boy with her eyes, "flash...... Have you mastered it?"

Glancing at Lavia inexplicably, Jiang Zhe followed her gaze and noticed the alley, shrugged and said, "Not yet, it will take some time...... But if you have enough time to prepare, you can do it!"

"Okay, let's try!"

Meanwhile, in that alley, Bernie, a member of the Garic Magical Society, is tracking down the children who have been included in his list, after all, all the people related to Connell are the targets of his investigation.

"Hey, Bernie, I didn't find that Connell, what about you?"

Pulling the dark green cloak that covered his body, Bernie frowned and said, "It's a pity, Reed, I didn't find out either-I really didn't expect these children to have a relationship with Lord Garric, and it's troublesome--if we interfere in the affairs of that old knight, I'm afraid that our branch will have a worse time in the future......" As he spoke, he paused, his eyes lit up, and he whispered, "Those two children, looking here, we were discovered?"

"What?" said the companion named Reed incredulously, "can't it?"

"No......" Bernie frowned, looking at the two children in the distance, "Found!"

As soon as the words fell, he turned sharply, looked warily at the boy who suddenly appeared behind them, and with an extremely surprised expression, he muttered, "Flash?

"Gentlemen!" frowning at the two nondescript guys in front of him, Jiang Zhe said angrily, "What are you doing here?"

"Oh my God!" Reed said incredulously, looking at the little boy in front of him, "Bernie, my eyes are fine—I saw a twelve-thirteen-year-old imp perform a flash!"

"No, no problem—because I saw it too!" Bernie smiled wryly and spread his hands, feeling a little underestimated about the children.

After all, flashing can be a superb magic skill!

In just a few seconds, Lavia led Allen, Scott, and three other girls from the other end to surround them, blocking the two members of the Galik branch in the alley.

"Can you answer a question for us, gentlemen, why are you following us?"

Looking at the imposing little girl in front of him, Bernie shrugged with a wry smile and defended, "I think you misunderstood, my companion and I just happened to be passing by here!" As he spoke, he only felt a wave of magic power surging behind him, and then, a fist-sized fire bomb appeared in the hand of the little boy standing at the other end.

"Hey, hey," raised his hands and took a few steps back towards the wall, Bernie looked at Jiang Zhe and said, "Don't be impulsive, kid, we have no malicious intent!"

"Then answer this question!" Jiang Zhe gestured towards Lavia's side.

Glancing at Jiang Zhe and then at the other children, Bernie shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Okay, I'm from the Galic Magic Association Branch, my name is Bernie, he is my companion, Reed, please believe that we have no ill will!"

"Galik Magic Association Branch?" Jiang Zhe glanced at Scott suspiciously, and asked, "Does Galik have a Magic Association Branch?"

"Yes, yes," Scott nodded and said calmly, "Can you show you something that proves your identity?"

"Of course!" Pushing his companion Reed, Bernie and the two took out a Gallic Magic Guild badge from their bosoms, and then said to Scott, "If the information is correct, you are the old knight...... Oh no, it's the grandson of Count Avery Ogier, right?"

"Hmm!" Scott nodded.

"Whew," Bernie shrugged and said, "Then you should know that we don't want to cause trouble - if we use magic in the city, if we damage anything, our branch will not have a good time in the future, you know, your grandfather has always been prejudiced against us!", so ......" he said, he turned his head and said to Jiang Zhe with a wry smile, "Little one, can we remove the magic first? We didn't cast any defensive magic, in case we were hit ......"

Seeing that the other party didn't look like a troublemaker, Jiang Zhe disarmed the fire bomb.

"Then Dear Mr. Magician, why are you following us?" asked Lavia, with some suspicion.

"It's not that I'm following you," Shaking his head, Bernie said sincerely, "We're just investigating Connell, everything related to Connell is within the scope of our investigation, if you don't mind, you can tell me what is your relationship with Connell, where is he now? Don't tell me you don't know you, I saw you together yesterday!"

"Oh, so you were the one who followed us yesterday?" said Lavia with a bit of sarcasm.

"I'm sorry - yes!"

Glancing at the other party's apologetic eyes, Lavia thought for a moment and said softly, "Connell is my friend with South, and as for his current ...... He's gone from Alicock, so can you, dear Mr. Magician, tell me why he's following Connell?

"Not really," Bernie said, shaking his head, pondering, "I don't think I can reveal too much about the specifics, we just found out that he has something to do with a nationally wanted criminal, if you don't mind, please tell me where Connell has gone!"

Lavia smiled, "Why do you think we'll know?"

"Isn't he your friend?" said Bernie, as if he realized something, scratching his head with a wry smile, and said helplessly, "yes, okay, okay, the wanted man is called Argus, Argus Bart Cranfield, and the two met a month ago......"

"Argus?" Bernie's words made Jiang Zhe a little surprised.

"What?" Glancing at Jiang Zhe, Bernie asked with a little surprise, "Do you know him?"

Before Jiang Zhe could speak, Lavia said categorically, "I don't know!"

Looking at Lavia's obviously non-negotiable expression, Bernie was stunned, then shrugged his shoulders and said unconcernedly, "Okay, I'm not in charge of Argus anyway, can you tell me where Connell has gone?"

"What are you looking for him?"

"Ask Argus what he said to him, and believe me, boy, Argus is the most wanted criminal in the country, and our branch has tasked Grand Magician Gretel Keynes to track down Argus!"

"Grand Magician Grett Keynes?" Lavia was stunned and said in surprise, "Are we the dean of Reochs Academy?"

"Dean?" Hearing Lavia's words, Bernie's face suddenly showed a little ease and closeness, and he smiled helplessly, "What, you are students of Reoks, I wonder how there can be a teenager who can master the flash...... That's going to be easy!" He paused, sensing the situation nearby, and then whispered, "We've got information that Argus guy is likely to make a move in Galik, and that bastard killed a dozen of our companions...... We just want to know what this guy wants to do from Connell before his plot succeeds, and then arrest him - and if I can, I'd like to kill him and avenge my dozen branch comrades!"

"Is this true? Argus ......" Glancing at the silent Jiang Zhe, Lavia raised her head and said, "I know where he is, let's go with you - I think I can help you convince Connell to tell the truth!"

"You guys?" Glancing at the children in front of him, Bernie shook his head and said, "You just need to tell us where Connell has gone, and we'll go find his ......"

"Trust me," interrupted Bernie, and Lavia said in a serious manner, "if you don't want to make trouble, you'd better take us with you - I think Connell is a nice guy, but he's not that good at talking...... I'll convince him!"

"......Well," Bernie said after thinking for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "Well, I hope things go as well as you say," he said, glancing around at the children and proposing, "then let's ...... Let's go?"

Ten minutes later, Jiang Zhe and his entourage, as well as Bernie and Reed, members of the Magic Association branch, came to the gate of Alicock.

On the way, Scott was a little sluggish, and to be honest, he wanted to convince his companions to give up, after all, one day from here to Alder was definitely not enough, and he only had one day to spare!

After all, today was an exception, and his grandfather made an exception to let him accompany his companions around, but this time he went to Alder, going back and forth for at least three or five days, and the consequences of breaking his promise...... Unthinkable!

But leaving his companions behind and returning to the castle alone, Scott couldn't do it, for they had come all the way from Sassen to him.

With no choice, Scott had to think ahead about how to deal with his grandfather...... His mind was so full of these things that when he passed around a corner, Scott was careless and crashed into a man.

"I'm sorry!" Scott, who came back to his senses, quickly apologized, looked at the person he bumped into apologetically and said, "I'm very sorry, sir!"

What was bumped into by Scott was a young man dressed as a mercenary, with a thin face, cold eyes, wearing a dark green archer suit, and carrying a bow the size of Chengren on his back...... "It's okay!" The archer who was hit said expressionlessly, then glanced at the crowded street, and said lightly, "Just pay attention next time...... Inner city, is it going in that direction?"

Glancing in the direction the archer was pointing, Scott nodded, then looked at the other and asked curiously, "Are you coming to Alicock for the first time?"

Glancing at Scott, the archer said with a blank face, "Karls Lelagin!"

At this time, Allen's voice was heard in the distance.

"Scott, come here!

Smiling apologetically at the archer, Scott whispered, "Sorry again for what happened, I hope you enjoy the city, Mr. Lelagin!" he bowed his head slightly as a courtesy, and then chased after his companion.

Glancing at Scott's distant back, Lelagin walked towards the city, his eyes as sharp as ever, like a vulture aiming at its prey......

(To be continued)