At one o'clock in the afternoon, Shabolai returned, bringing back a bounty document by the way.

Harrick took the document and read it.

"Recently, there have been three homicides in a row around Chengnan Square, with similar modus operandi and cruel methods."

"If anyone provides clues about the murderer, the reward is 5 to 10 crowns, depending on the value of the clues. If the killer can be caught directly, a reward of 30 crowns ---- the Public Security Department of the City Hall. ’

He looked up at Shabolai, "Are you going to be a bounty hunter?" ”

Xia Bolai nodded: "I have been chic in the House of Roses for a month, and my martial arts are a little rusty, and I can just move my hands and feet, and I can also earn some living expenses." ”

"That's what it sounds like." Harrick praised and asked, "How's Rosen's business?" ”

"I personally went out, how can there be any reason to fail."

Shabolai smiled and stretched out his hand to Harrick.

"I'll have to borrow 2 kroner from you. Don't look at me like that, this money is not for me, it's for Lawson. He wants to worship as a teacher, so it's not good to come to the door empty-handed, right? ”

"That's pretty much it."

Harrick pulled out 2 crowns from under the counter.

After receiving the money, Shabol shouted upstairs: "Lawson~Lawson~ Come down, the matter is done." ”

A few minutes later, Rosen appeared at the top of the stairs, neatly dressed and with his hair untidy, looking like he had been specially organized.

"Is it done? When will it be a visit? ”

"Right now."

"That's great." Rosen was genuinely happy.

He had already read the book "Principles of Precise Geometry" well, and he was about to memorize the punctuation marks, but he still didn't dare to learn formal spells, and he was very eager for a mentor to guide him.

"And then."

Shabol threw 1 crown to Rosen: "I'll take you there, with some gifts along the way." ”

"Okay."

Rosen was very relieved, and Shapole, who was serious, was still very reliable, but he didn't notice Harrick's face on the side that instantly turned black.

Shapole saw it, but he didn't see it, and put his arm around Lawson's shoulders and walked towards the gate.

"Let me tell you, your guru is getting more and more eccentric, and it's very difficult to deal with. I just came to the door, and she scolded me before I could say a word. ”

"Fortunately, I was thick-skinned and told you about it with a scolding voice, and she agreed."

"She doesn't like to see me, so I'll take you to the door of her house. After that, it's all up to you, you know? ”

Rosen was stunned and asked, "What's her name?" How's the personality? I mean, will it be aggressive? ”

He didn't want to run into a guy like Cyrus.

Xia Bolai smiled: "Don't worry, she's just weird-tempered, you're safe." ”

"By the way, her full name is Anna. Thrandis. Because she is a full-fledged mage, you are to call her Lady Thrandis. ”

"I remember."

Soon, the two walked out of the hound's house and walked all the way to the south of the city along the neat road paved with gravel for half an hour.

Passing by a grain store, Shabol bought 50 catties of semolina, plus 10 catties of fine smoked meat, and a bottle of medium-grade moonshine.

1 crown, exactly one cent.

Carrying a large bag of food, I continued to walk until I reached the Chengnan Square, and then entered a remote alley with few pedestrians, and the alley was called 'Square No. 1 Lane'.

More than 100 meters into the alley, you will come to an old two-story wooden building with a sign in front of which reads, 'No. 89, Lane 1, House of Thrandis.' ’

"Here it is, that's it. She happened to be at home. Just knock on the door. ”

Rosen was still a little apprehensive in his heart, and when he made up his mind, he was about to knock on the door.

"Don't worry."

Shabolai grabbed him, lowered his voice, and instructed earnestly.

"Recently, the south square of the city has not been very peaceful, and there have been several murders, and the victims are all young people from other towns who are traveling alone."

"So, be sure to get back to the Hound House before dark, and if you miss the time, simply rest here for the night."

"In short, don't walk at night until the murderer is brought in, understand?"

Lawson's heart froze, and he nodded seriously: "Write it down." ”

"Alright, go ahead. It's time for me to get down to business. ”

With that, Shabolay turned and left the alley, and after a few big strides, disappeared at the corner of the street.

Lawson took a deep breath, walked to the door, grabbed the rusty iron knocker and buckled it gently.

'Tuk Tuk ~ Tuk Tuk ~~'

A young woman's response came from inside the door: "The door is unlocked, just come in." Close the door when you enter. ”

Rosen was slightly surprised: "Such a young mid-level mage? ”

Listening to the voice, he is not very old, and he feels like he is in his early 20s, and he seems to be a pretty good mage.

I think that at the beginning, Cyrus was in his early 40s, but he was still a low-level mage, and even if he got the Ash Bird Feather, he couldn't break through to the middle level.

Pushing the door in, turning and closing the door again, the room immediately became quite dark.

Through the faint light through the narrow round window, you can see that the hall on the first floor is empty, only a round table and a few broken chairs.

"And a gift? Very nice to put things in the kitchen. ”

The voice came down from the second floor.

Lawson turned his head to look around, and in the corner of the hall he saw a small half-hidden door, and on the wall next to the door hung a pitch-black pan, which was probably the kitchen.

Put things on the floor next to the kitchen, and the floor, which is heavily moldy due to dampness, is overwhelmed and makes a 'squeak' moan.

The sound alarmed the rats in the corner again, and a big black rat ran out, not afraid of people, staring at the black eyeballs, and looking at Lawson with 'curiosity'.

Considering that his gifts are all food, he should keep them outside at will, which is basically to add food to this mouse.

Rosen walked briskly over to scare the rat away, and then walked around the humble kitchen to find a broken grain storage cabinet.

After checking it, the cabinet was intact and had not been bitten out of the hole by the rats, so he put the semolina, bacon and wine into it one by one, and carefully inserted the wooden pins.

The woman's voice sounded again: "Let's go upstairs when the things are put away." ”

Rosen exited the kitchen and saw a narrow wooden ladder half a meter wide by the wall, with a very steep slope, and he could only half-climb and half-walk upstairs.

On the second floor, there is a narrow platform of less than 1 square meter, which acts like an entrance.

Behind the platform was a wooden door, and there was a faint sound of water behind the door, as if someone was bathing inside.

"Come in, let me take a good look at you."

Lawson took a deep breath and pushed the door in.

The windows in the room behind the door are much larger than those on the first floor, and the light is much brighter.

The room is much richer than the first floor, with a single wooden bed on the right side, a coat rack next to the bed, a desk by the window, and a half-worn chair in front of the desk.

On the other side was a large bathtub, in which sat a young woman with fiery red hair, holding something similar to a loofah and rubbing her snow-white round arms.

The water in the tub is not foamy, and there are no flower petals or other coverings, pure water, and you can see the woman's body at a glance.

Rosen was shocked: "It's so good-looking, and it's so bold?!" ”

As soon as he saw people, he immediately understood why Chapole was in a reverie.

With this face and figure, it should at least be placed in the "Rare Best" folder.

Although the other party took the initiative to ask him to come in, it was very inappropriate to look directly at the body of the strange woman.

Rosen immediately lowered his head to look at the floor and shouted, "Lady Thrandis, you are well. ”

There was no response, but Rosen could feel her gaze wandering back and forth over him.

"Ha, Shabolai really found a child to be my apprentice, it's really funny."

Rosen's body is only 15 years old, long-term malnutrition has led to stunted growth, his height is 1.5 meters, his body is even thinner, and his face is also full of childishness.

Probably, this is also the reason why the other party does not shy away from taking a bath by himself.

Rosen didn't know how to respond to her words to be decent, so after thinking for a while, he said, "Lady Thrandis, I'll wait for you downstairs, right?" ”

"No, I don't. Let's get started now. ”

Seeing Lawson at the door like a wood, she said again: "Boy, be smart, you have to live in your eyes!" ”

Lawson was speechless when he heard this, and couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: 'Is there life in your eyes? What can I do on such an occasion? ’

The voice came again.

"If a lady is bathing her body and she happens to be your future mentor, then you should take the initiative to serve her. For example, rub my back for me. ”

As she spoke, she threw the loofah in her hand to Lawson, turned around again, and leaned on her back against the bathtub, revealing her snow-white and smooth back.

Rosen sighed: 'It's a shame that I can't go cupping on my back.' ’

He took the loofah, walked to the edge of the bathtub, and rubbed the other party's back silently.

Thrandis didn't feel embarrassed at all, but moaned with pleasure, and his voice was so delicate that it made Rosen's heart thump.

After a while, she asked, "Shabolai said that you have a foundation in magic, tell me, what foundation do you have?" ”

Rosen collected his thoughts and answered truthfully.

"I mastered rest meditation, sun visualization. Mastered the Mage's Hand and made some improvements to the Mage's Hand.

"By the way, I've also mastered a trick to protect against dark spells. In addition, I read the Principles of Exact Geometry. ”

"Don't keep rubbing it up, go a little further down."

Lawson looked at the plump droplet-shaped lines under the other party's thin waist, and he didn't know what to do.

"Hurry up!"

As soon as he gritted his teeth, he only thought he was rubbing a piece of white pork.

"Hmm~ not bad~ It's really good, since my family went bankrupt, I haven't been served like this for a long time."

Thrandis sighed in satisfaction, his head resting on the edge of the tub, his eyes narrowed like a napping cat.

Just when Rosen thought she was going to fall asleep, she suddenly spoke.

"Everyone has a sheep in their hearts, and most people's sheep are running around, but the mage's sheep must not be out of the circle."

Lawson's heart shook slightly, and then there was joy.

'Well, that's good. I should be able to learn the real thing this time. ’

After a while, Thrandis asked again.

"How long have you been meditating?"

"More than two months."

"Oh~ interesting."

After saying this, Thrandis was silent for a few more moments, and then suddenly he added: "Will the parallel lines intersect?" ”

"Flat won't. Surfaces might. ”

"Well, that's good. Rub the front for me again. ”

'Whoa~' There was a sound of water, and Thrandis closed his eyes and naturally lay on the tub, neither shy nor embarrassed, as if Rosen was not a human, but a humanoid bath tool.

Lawson also simply let go, and asked to rub wherever he wanted, although his heart was beating like a drum and his hands were a little shaky, but he finally didn't lose his temper.

was rubbing seriously, and heard the other party's voice again: "Show your mana." ”

Rosen was stunned: "How to show it?" I don't want to. ”

"Simple, you rub it for me with a mage's hand."

Rosen complied.

He imagined an invisible hand holding the loofah, and just as he was pinching the loofah and preparing to take a bath, he suddenly felt that the loofah was a little uncontrollable, as if another invisible hand was pulling.

He was stunned, immediately understood the reason, immediately concentrated, and pulled the loofah back.

The other side also strengthened at the same time.

Looking at the loofah again, it was suspended in the air motionless, only occasionally trembling, indicating the status of its two forces in the gladiatorial arena.

On both sides, you add strength, and I also work harder, so that the intensity continues to increase, and finally a certain critical point has been reached.

'Bang! ’

There was an extremely dull, penetrating vibration in the air.

In this tremor, the heart-shaking loofah suddenly turned into powder.

The tremor continued to spread in all directions, and soon hit the wooden walls, shaking the entire wooden building, and a large amount of dust falling from the cracks.

The tub near the heart was old and under the pressure of the water, and it was so excited by the shock that it disintegrated, and the water was scattered everywhere, and Thrandis fell to the ground with the current, describing himself as embarrassed.

Lawson wasn't much better.

The loofah, which was used as a gripper, disappeared at once, and the huge force lost its support, and it felt like the whole body was empty.

Rushed by the shock, his footing was unstable, he staggered and then withdrew, and slammed into the wall with a 'bang', causing his back to hurt.

As soon as he stood firmly, he heard Thrandis's shocked voice: "You have only been meditating for more than two months? ”

Rosen probably knew that his mana was quite strong, but he always thought that it was only a low-level state, so he didn't have any strength in the face of Thrandis, a mid-level mage.

After all, he is a layman in the field of magic, and only by fully showing himself can he get the most accurate guidance from experts.

He didn't expect this to happen.

He said softly, "It should be about 67 days, right?" ”

Seeing Thrandis sitting on the ground in embarrassment, he stepped forward and grabbed the other party's snow-white arm: "Lady Thrandis, you are not injured, are you?" ”

Thrandis completely ignored his naked body, and his eyes as clear as red agate stared at Rosen.

"Don't call me Madam, call me Mentor."

"But keep in mind that my status as a mentor is only temporary, and I will only complete the magic enlightenment for you."

"And when you get started, our mentor-apprentice relationship will come to an end."