12. The clue is broken

Dressed in a midshipman's robe, Roy walked through the outer hallway of the townhouse, holding a sacred prayer in his hand, where the walls and pillars were covered with murals depicting the glorious deeds of Lady Liberty.

There are many benches in the temple, and the innermost is a high platform, and the wall against the high platform is a relief of the Statue of Liberty.

This Lady Liberty is human.

She held the Tempest Sword aloft in one hand, and clutched a black chain in the other.

Standing barefoot on a dark ruin, his eyes looking into the distance.

Priest Theodore was kneeling in front of the relief statue, his hands folded in prayer on his chest, and his mouth was full of words.

It was only a small voice, and Roy couldn't hear it clearly, and he didn't know what prayer he was reciting.

No matter how reverent he was in reciting the prayer, there was not the slightest movement of the idol in front of him.

The ball of light that floated around Priest Theodore slowly converged towards his body.

Roy found that there was a side hall next to the main hall, and in the center of the side hall there was a one-meter-square pool, and the pool was almost overflowing, and there was a small amount of holy light constantly precipitating out of the pool.

Those faint rays of light floated above the pool like fluttering cotton wool.

Roy noticed that the world in his eyes had changed subtly since he was able to perceive the faint clusters of light around his body.

Every time you concentrate your thoughts, you can see the clusters of light floating around.

If you don't want to see them, it's easy, close your eyes and distract yourself......

The stone platform in front of the pool of holy water was empty, and the holy grail should have been placed here.

This was Roy's first time entering the temple, and the huge reliefs in the temple created a solemn and solemn atmosphere, making Roy honestly shut his mouth.

When you approach the stone platform, you can still see the circular marks left by the removal of the chalice on the stone platform, and the stone inside the ring looks darker than the surrounding color.

Standing next to the stone platform, Roy closed his eyes.

Imagine how he would leave the temple if he was the elven thief.

Because it must have been morning, someone must have been cleaning the pool in the courtyard in front of the temple, and the elven thief, no matter how stupid, would not have walked out through the main entrance, and if he hadn't gone through the main entrance, he would have to jump out of the window if he wanted to leave the main hall.

The windows in the main hall are designed to be very high, and there are not many places to climb around.

There is a staircase behind the right wall near the main hall, but it is not the way out, but it leads to the second floor of the main hall.

On the second floor of the temple, there was only an internal terrace like a cloister along the wall, probably because if the main hall was full of worshippers, the rest of the worshippers could still stand on the inner terrace on the second floor.

Roy walked up the stairs to the second floor, where the terrace was next to some stained glass windows.

Outside sunlight shines through the stained glass, casting in some bizarre colors.

Roy tried to push open the windows, which had accumulated a thick layer of dust, which were almost all locked from the inside.

Walking to the end of the terrace, Roy finally found that the glass window was actually hidden, and the dust that should have accumulated on the windowsill looked messy.

That's where the thief got out.

Roy thought and pushed the window open, revealing the wall in the northeast corner of the temple.

Outside the window is a lush lawn, this lawn should be mowed, the wild grass has grown very tall.

The lawn floor was only four meters above the window, and jumping out of the window shouldn't be too difficult for a thief.

In fact, Roy thought in his heart that it had been several days, and if the thief had been more astute, the terrible Holy Grail would have changed hands long ago.

Roy didn't tell Priest Reed what he had discovered, and he was worried that if he messed things up, he would be destined to be labeled as 'frizzy' in Priest Reed's eyes.

Trainee Priest Jasper walked in from the outside and rearranged the benches in the main hall.

Roy also hurriedly ran down to help......

"The magic here is very difficult to learn, Roy, if there is anything you don't understand, just come and ask me, although I have only learned a few scratches, but at least we can find the answer together." Jasper sat on the bench and held out a hand to Roy.

Roy shook his hand and nodded.

"How long have you been here?" Roy asked.

Jasper rubbed his forehead and said, "It's been about six years, and I heard that the Statue of Liberty is recruiting trainee priests who can learn spells that are completely different from magic, so I came. ”

"Would you like to see my magic?"

"Okay!"

Jasper recited a prayer so fast that Roy couldn't even hear what he said.

The last sentence was when he took the initiative to slow down, and Roy could hear it clearly, as if it was something'...... The darkness is gone! ’

Then a beam of light lit up on his body, although it was very faint, but the divine aura instantly filled Jasper's body.

And a small ball of light appeared in Jasper's palm, probably the size of a snow ball, which happened to be what Priest Reed said...... You can learn spells to that extent.

When the light group approached Roy, Roy felt warm, as if some of the darkness in his heart had been dispelled.

"I can feel warm, it's really good!" Roy said.

……

Presumably, the elven guards had also discovered these clues, and the lawn in the backyard of the temple was littered with footprints, and Roy couldn't find any useful information.

He even found some obvious signs of climbing in the northeastern corner.

Roy even ran around the outside of the fence and found no useful information except for one basil tree that had been trampled down.

There's nothing going on at the Statue of Liberty either.

Roy only had to stay at the temple for half a day, so Roy left the temple in the afternoon.

Both Jasper and Abt are a little envious of Roy, who only has one day off a week, Jasper chooses Monday, while Abt chooses Tuesday, which is far less free than Roy.

……

Walking along Brown Street in the direction of the tavern, Roy saw the neighbor's bear child crouching in front of the pharmacy.

With a wooden bow behind him, he was peeking into the backyard of the pharmacy.

Presumably all the children on Brown Street will think of Mrs. Winnie's Nightblade Leopard as an imaginary enemy, and will definitely find a way to defeat the big cat before they become rangers.

Seeing Roy coming from a distance, the bear child immediately stood up, patted the dust on his buttocks, and ran away.

In his opinion, Roy was much scarier than the Nightblade Leopard.

……

The tavern was still deserted, and there were no guests at a few tables.

It probably won't be until the evening, when the workers on the docks have finished their work, that the tavern will become a little lively.

The magic conch in front of the counter was still singing the banshee's song.

Lucy, an elf waitress, sat alone at a square table near the bar, listening intently.

Roy walked into the tavern, and the waitress quickly stood up and turned her head to look at Roy.

Roy stood in front of the waitress.

"Lucy, can you talk?"

Seeing that Lucy was in a good mood, she waved her hand to Roy and motioned for him to sit down, "I know you, Roy, what's the matter with me?" ”

"Do you remember that day?" Roy asked cautiously tentatively.

"Of course, it was the unluckiest day of the month." Lucy frowned, as if she didn't want to remember the events of that day.

Roy smiled apologetically before he said:

"When I was leaving, a male elf with a package in his arms happened to walk in, do you know him?"

Lucy thought seriously for a moment and said:

"After you left, this place has already resumed business, at that time I was questioned by the elf patrol for a long time, and then a lot of guests came one after another, sorry, I can't remember which one you are talking about."

"It was the first guest to enter the tavern after that incident." Roy said.

Lucy looked down for a moment, then shook her head again.

Roy felt a little lost in his heart, and the last bit of clue seemed to be cut off from here.

"Well, if you can remember anything, remember to let me know."

Lucy smiled and said cheerfully, "No problem." ”

It seems that every elf is not ugly to laugh at......

……

Without a clue, Roy went to the docks again.

There are a few more large ships docked at the docks, and the port of Castletown is always so busy and noisy in the summer.

This time, Roy didn't look for any more work as a guide, and just walked around aimlessly.

Some crew members hung from the ship's side on both sides of the deck, using shovels in their hands to clean shellfish from both sides of the hull, and boxes of cargo were carried down the gangplank.

The fish market is still full of sewage, and many stalls have some octopus on them.

Instead of finding the elven thief, he saw Sabrina helping Lady Gillian sell fish.

Lady Gillian is a very special silver moon elf, she has an independent personality, and she is never willing to accept help from others, setting up a fish stall on the dock to feed her family of three.

As a Silver Moon Elf, Ms. Gillian is very emotional, her bones are full of the romantic feelings of the Silver Moon Elf, every relationship comes very suddenly, and always gets along for a short time, and they parted ways because of some trivial matters in life.

"Roy, why haven't you been seen fishing these days?"

Ms. Gillian expertly cuts out a piece of bright red tuna on top of the meat table, wraps it in plantain leaves, and hands it to a waiting customer in front of the stall.

Roy hurriedly stopped and said to Lady Gillian:

"Ms. Gillian, I'm planning to go to the Elven Academy next week, and I've been doing some pre-school preparations in the last few days."

Lady Gillian was a little surprised, and looked at Roy again before saying, "Even you have to go to school!" Time flies so fast, then wouldn't you be classmates with Sabrina......"

In Ms. Gillian's eyes, Roy, like Moira, is a child who needs to be cared for.

Sabrina on the side ignored Roy, who was cutting the banana leaves she had collected into squares so that it would be easier to pack the fish.

On the days when Sabrina helps out at the fish stall, there are always more customers here.

Lady Gillian beckoned Roy to the back of the fish stand and asked him:

"You were there when I heard that Jefferson was killed by those strangers?"