Every time they finished cleaning the yard, Jasper and Abt would go to the study to learn the arts.

Recently, however, Abt has been studying in the study room less and less.

At this time, he was obsessed with reading books related to geography, and wanted to learn as much as he could about the Endless Sea.

According to Jasper, Abt is a ghost, and pirate treasure occupies almost all of Abt's life.

Every day he dreams of arriving at the island where the treasure is hidden, in order to make Abt sober up, Jasper has already asked for his half of the treasure map from Abt after several attempts to persuade him to no avail......

For this reason, the two almost had a big fight.

Although Abt apologized to Jasper afterwards, some things are likely to become ...... once they cracked It can never be patched.

Jasper pushed the door open and walked into the study, and sure enough, Abt didn't follow, he would rather consult the map in the gatehouse than study magic in the study.

"Where's Abt?"

Roy glanced up at Jasper and asked casually.

"He's gone to the library in the city, and this guy has been like this lately, and he will run to the library to check out materials whenever he has time." Jasper said helplessly, "Roy, do you think it's possible that the treasure map is fake?" ”

Roy was slightly stunned! He hadn't thought about it.

Jasper walked into the study and closed the door.

He didn't rush to the bookshelf to find the book, but stared straight at Roy and asked him:

"Roy, now that the Holy Grail of Wisdom has been retrieved, do you have any thoughts of going to war in the Dark Lands with us? With the Holy Grail of Wisdom, we are able to walk freely in the dark places......"

Roy looked at the heat in Jasper's eyes and asked rhetorically:

"What, have you already decided?"

"Hmm!" Jasper's eyes were filled with unwavering faith, and he said to Roy:

"In my opinion, joining the Jihadist is my faith, and we entered the dark places to spread the Holy Light, so that the Holy Light can shine to every corner of the world."

Roy's eyes fell on the magic book on the round table, and said, "I don't want to go, I still want to go to the other side of this sea to have a look!" ”

Jasper seemed to know that Roy would say this, and when he heard Roy say this answer again, his eyes darkened slightly, and he said:

"Abt doesn't want to join the Jihadist Army, I'll be left with myself then, I guess that journey will be boring! Ay! I don't know when this temple will be removed......"

With that, Jasper stood up.

He took it out of the shelf, sat down at the round table again, and began to read earnestly.

The study room became quiet.

After a while, Roy began to try to recite the prayer of purification.

Jasper suddenly raised his head, stared at Roy with a pair of bright eyes, and suddenly asked him:

"Roy, if I can't go to the Dark Lands, can you take a look there for me?"

Roy stopped chanting, stared at Jasper a little speechlessly, and said to him helplessly, "Hey......"

"Just take a look."

Jasper still refuses to give up and says persistently.

Roy waved his hand without hesitation and said, "Don't go, you want to go...... Go on your own! ”

The two of them studied in the study room for a whole afternoon.

It wasn't until Abt returned to the Statue of Liberty with a few geography atlases in his arms, pushed open the wooden door of his study, and looked back at the sunset at dusk.

"Why are you still here?"

Abt asked curiously.

Roy saw a glimmer of sunset shining in the doorway, so he closed the "Detailed Explanation of Purification Technique" on the desktop, put away the bookshelf, and then said:

"Uh...... It's so late! Alright, two, I'm going home. ”

"Wait a minute, I'm going to clean up the Black Pearl."

Jasper hurriedly closed the books in his hand, followed Roy's footsteps, and quickly put them back in the shelf, and then walked out of the study room with Roy.

"Then I'll go aboard the Black Pearl too, Abt, are you going?"

Roy asked, turning to Abt.

"Me? Forget it, I just borrowed a lot of books from the library and want to take a good look at them......"

Abt hesitated and replied.

With that, Abt sat down at the round table, took out a magnifying glass from his pocket, opened a geography album, and stared at an ancient picture scroll with an eager gaze in his eyes.

Jasper and Roy walked out of the study.

"He's always been like this lately......"

Roy followed Jasper to the Black Pearl, which often needed to be cleaned by someone, as the deck was often littered with seagull droppings.

Roy found himself in his absence, the captain's room had been stocked up, and the few pots of greenery by the window were growing well.

Jasper brought up a few barrels of seawater, cleaned the deck of the Black Pearl, then checked all the windows of the ship, and then sat alone in the bow of the ship, quietly waiting for Miss Tiffany.

Although it is not known when she will show up, Jasper still comes to the boat almost every day for a while.

……

Sunday

In the morning, the sun is shining.

Standing at the intersection and looking out to sea, you can see the Flying Fish boat far away.

Roy got up early, had breakfast and went to the Statue of Liberty.

A carriage stopped at the gate of the temple, and a half-blood elf coachman was sitting in the royal seat munching on breadfruit, and when he saw Roy approaching, he grinned at Roy, showing a row of neat teeth.

Walking into the temple, I saw Grand Priest Reed standing at the door of the main hall dressed neatly.

"Good morning, teacher!"

Roy stood by the pool and saluted Grand Priest Reed.

"Go and change into the probationary priest's robes, and come with us to the trial of Priest Theodore......"

Grand Priest Reed said to Roy with a serious expression.

"Oh!"

Roy hurriedly walked to the locker room in the backyard, Jasper and Abt just ran down from the second floor, Jasper said to Roy:

"Roy, hurry up! The carriage at the door was already waiting for us! ”

"Got it!"

Roy then remembered why the coachman was grinning at him as he gnawed on breadfruit.

It's still relatively quick to run to the locker room and change into a trainee priest's robe, if you don't wear a belt, this kind of robe looks like a sack with five holes, just put it on your body, of course, after you tie the belt, it will look like a trainee priest.

Roy put on the probationary priest's robes and chased him out from behind.

Jasper and Abt worked together to close the door to the Statue of Liberty and put a 'Temporarily Closed' sign on the door.

Then he took the carriage to the Inquisition of the Council of Elders in front of Heroes' Square.

Roy, Jasper, and Abt were led by Archpriest Reed to the Inquisition again.

Compared to the first time, Roy came here this time with a much more complicated mood.

Because it is a priest of the Statue of Liberty who is about to be judged, and although he has betrayed the temple, he is the priest of the Liberty Temple after all......

Either way, it will have a huge impact on the reputation of the Statue of Liberty.

Roy walked into the circular trial hall and immediately felt an invisible pressure appear above his head, and he seemed to be a little out of breath.

Later, he found that Jasper and Abt were not in the same condition as himself.

It's the same stepped courtroom where the Kumquat slave traders were last tried.

A group of elves who heard the trial filled the courtroom, and the arbitrators appeared in their seats.

The old elven presiding judge was still standing in the emerald green hanging blue, supported by a thick tree vine, moving freely in the judgment hall.

Once all the elves were seated, the presiding judge motioned for the guards to bring the prisoner to the judgment table.

Roy, Jasper, and Abt sat behind Archpriest Reed, and the other two kept looking into the passage Roy was pointing to.

Roy thought that Priest Theodore and Priest Thorndike appeared at the same time, but after waiting for a long time, he saw a haggard Priest Theodore slowly walking out of the passage with shackles on his hands and feet.

In just three days, Priest Theodore had lost a lot of weight, and the loose flesh on the side of his face drooped down, looking like a dejected Shar Pei......

The presiding judge was brought to Priest Theodore by a vine, and he shook the bell in his hand vigorously in front of Priest Theodore.

"Priest Theodore, can you hear what I say?"

Theodore nodded, bowing his head and remaining silent.

The presiding judge asked again, "Are you conscious now?" Please look up, look at me, and answer in Elvish. ”

Priest Theodore looked up, his eyes blood-red, barely able to open them.

"Yes, I'm very conscious." His voice was also a little hoarse.

The presiding judge nodded slightly and asked:

"Okay, so let me ask you, what do you have to say about the murder of the half-blood elf Peleus?"

Priest Theodore's eyes flickered, and after a moment he gritted his teeth and said:

"No, I did all this, I killed the half-blood elf Peleus, and I wanted to ask him about the whereabouts of the Holy Grail of Wisdom, but he didn't say it until he died."

The presiding judge asked, "Then how did you get the Holy Grail of Wisdom in your hand?" ”

Priest Theodore glanced around, his gaze lingering slightly on Archpriest Reed's face for a moment before looking at the presiding judge and replied:

"I saw it at the house of Master Claire Latin, and I was about to heal him at the invitation of Master Claire Latin, when I saw Priest Thorndike walk in with the Holy Grail of Wisdom, which can only be used by the priests of the Temple of Liberty, so the agreement reached between Priest Thorndike and Master Clair Latin is that I will heal Master Claire Latin, regardless of Claire Latin's teacher or ...... Or die, this holy grail of wisdom will be given to me. ”

"I treated Master Claire Latin for more than a month as agreed, and in the end, Master Claire Latin passed away due to severe organ failure. I received the Holy Grail of Wisdom as promised, and although I found the Holy Grail, I didn't think about returning it to the Statue of Liberty...... So I plead guilty! ”

The presiding judge nodded, turned around and said loudly, "Witness Thorndike below, please stand!" ”

“……”

Roy couldn't figure out for a moment how the priest Thorndike, who was obviously an accomplice, had become a witness.

(End of chapter)