The sun sinks into the sea, the red glow fades on the horizon, and night comes.

The half-breed elves protesting on the docks have all dispersed, although the fishing boats moored at the docks in the shallow waters have not left the port.

But the fish market at the pier was lit up one after another......

Each light is a stall.

Although the half-blood elves have been in trouble all day, everyone still needs food, and fruits and fish are essential.

The half-blood elves in Castletown's lower town prefer to eat fish, not only because it is cheap, but also because it makes the elves who do manual labor more energetic.

The fish market is closed during daylight hours.

In the evening, the fishmongers set up their stalls, attracting many elves to the fish market.

Each fish stall in the fish market is hung with a horse lantern, which forms an extremely lively ribbon of light on the port wharf.

Some medium-sized fishing boats have been turned from docking to the shore as backdrops for the fish market.

……

A horse-drawn carriage pulls up at the entrance to the Statue of Liberty.

Roy waited in the gatehouse early, saw a carriage with an elven academy parked at the gate, and immediately ran out quickly.

The carriage door was pushed open from the inside, and Instructor Nora poked his head out of the carriage and jumped out of the carriage when he saw Roy running out of the gatehouse outside the temple gate.

She was light and nimble, with a battle bow and a sword on her back, and stood by the door, turning her head to say something to her comrades in the carriage.

Roy followed Nora's instructor's gaze, and then saw that there were several instructors from the Elven Academy sitting in the carriage.

They stepped out of the carriage after Instructor Nora.

There were three instructors who stepped out of the carriage with Instructor Nora.

The instructor who followed Instructor Nora was carrying a battle longbow that Roy had seen on the bow training grounds, but he didn't know his name.

Two other instructors, Roy, had met at the Malaga Jungle Two check-in point.

"Roy, a few of my friends heard that Captain Ralph was showing up in Castletown Harbour and were willing to come over and help!"

Instructor Nora said triumphantly.

"This is Instructor Gru and is good at archery, this is Instructor Eleanor and is good at jungle scouting and tracking, and this is Instructor Virgil and is good at swordsmanship."

"Thank you instructors for helping, thank you!"

Roy hurriedly thanked several other instructors.

"Roy, is Ralph still on that ship now?" Instructor Nora asks Roy.

"I don't know yet, I'm sorry, Instructor Nora, I can't keep an eye on them all the time......" Roy said.

Instructor Nora glanced at the other three instructors before saying:

"In that case, you take us to the ship and have Eleanor check it out."

Another carriage stopped at the temple gate, and an elven sorceress in dark green magic robes stepped out of the carriage, holding in her hands a thick magic book with a chain attached to a wide belt.

When the Silver Moon Elves reach adulthood, it is difficult to tell the exact age.

However, the mage, who often works in the magic tower, is obviously much better at skin care than the Nora instructor.

"Sorry, it's late."

Her voice was crisp and pleasant, and she looked at Roy carefully.

"Scarlett, don't you have a magic experiment to do tonight?" Instructor Nora asked, confused.

But the magician smiled very freely and said:

"Paused! I don't want to miss that Ralph bastard again, his bounty has been hanging in the Adventurers' Guild for I don't know how many years! ”

Jasper saw the situation at the entrance of the temple and invited the Grand Priest Reed out.

Seeing the Grand Priest of the Statue of Liberty Temple appear at the door of the Temple, several instructors of the Elven Academy immediately became serious.

Roy hurriedly introduced to everyone:

"This is the Grand Priest of the Temple of Liberty - Grand Priest Reed, and this is the Probationary Priest Jasper......"

After stopping at the entrance of the temple for a while, the group headed to the beach on the west side of the Castletown Harbour Pier.

……

The docks at Castletown Harbour are quieter, with few pedestrians on the piers, and only the marina fish market is lively.

The sea-going ships docked at the deep-water pier will not be allowed to leave the port until tomorrow morning, and all the sea-going ships have horse lanterns hanging on their decks.

The shallow water pier is full of small fishing boats of various styles, lined up densely, and it feels like there is no end in sight at night.

Not only have the half-blood elves protesting on the port dock dispersed, but even the half-blood elves who were sitting quietly in the small square have left, leaving only a piece of garbage in the small square.

The Simpsons Squadron Leader stood in the small square with a few elven guards, looking a little depressed.

When there is no ball at the castle by the sea, it is almost unlit, and looking out over the cliff, it is pitch black in the distance.

At this time, except for some gardeners and elven guards who took care of the castle, there were no elven nobles living here.

Roy takes Instructor Nora and Archpriest Reed to the small square to meet Squadron Leader Simpson.

Only then did the Simpsons squadron leader know that in addition to several instructors from the Elven Academy in the team, there was also Grand Priest Reed of the Liberty Temple.

Stranded on the beach on the west side of the pier, the Black Pearl is also hidden in the night.

"Roy, when did you find out that Captain Ralph was on that ship?" Squadron Leader Simpson asked Roy.

Roy said at once, "Even last night, and I can be sure that Captain Ralph and Lady Eudulla have been on board for the last two nights. ”

Squadron Leader Simpson frowned and didn't say anything.

He led everyone directly to a sentry post near the beach on the west side, which was still within the boundaries of the castle by the sea, except that from here it was just enough to spy on the big ships on the shallows.

The Simpsons Squadron Leader asked the three elven guards at the sentry, "Did you find anything?" ”

"Captain of the report, so far, no target has been found close to the sea ship, and there is no sign of activity on board."

One of the elven guards replied.

"Got it." Squadron Leader Simpson nodded.

The Simpsons Squadron Leader arranged for elven guards to spy on the Black Pearl, but they didn't find anything.

At this time, Roy was also a little dumbfounded at this time, he didn't expect Captain Ralph and Lady Eudulla to be so cunning, and they stayed on the sea ship for three days in a row, and actually left without a sound......

Instructor Nora whispered to Instructor Eleanor beside him:

"Eleanor, let's go check on the ship."

"Good!"

Instructor Eleanor readily agreed.

Then he leaped forward like a nightblade leopard, his body was as nimbling as a nightblade leopard, and Roy only felt his eyes spark, and he disappeared into the night.

……

Roy waited in the sentry for about two quarters of an hour, when Instructor Eleanor, dressed in black tight leather armor, appeared at the door of the sentry and said to the crowd:

"Captain Ralph was not found in the ship, but I found traces of Captain Ralph spending the night in the captain's quarters."

Instructor Nora then asked, "Have you asked about the surrounding plants?" ”

Instructor Eleanor nodded and said:

"There were no plants around the ship, so I had to go to the jungle near the rock wall of the ship to investigate, and one of the vines left me with the message that someone had indeed dived into the cliff the night before, and I had found some traces of an upward climb."

Squadron Leader Simpson had a somewhat serious expression......

The night before, Princess Ophelia had just held a ball at the castle by the sea.

If it weren't for the fortified castle, it would probably have given Captain Ralph an opportunity.

"I'm going to organize the elven guards and have everyone search along the beach."

Since there was an operation against Princess Ophelia, Squadron Leader Simpson decided to continue the investigation.

Then, the Simpsons Squadron Leader turned to the elven guards on the side and ordered, "Go and gather everyone together......"

"Yes, Squadron Leader!" The elven guard responded.

……

Unclear how Roy had learned that Captain Ralph was living on the ship, Archpriest Reed turned to look at Jasper.

Jasper shook his head slightly, Roy had said that after the rally yesterday and then slipped away, he didn't know.

"Roy, how did you know yesterday that Captain Ralph was on board?" Archpriest Reed asked Roy.

Roy replied tactfully: "I asked a friend for help last night, it is good at hiding and tracking, but if you want it to help, you have to prepare some benefits for it......"

Speaking of this, Roy slapped his forehead and said:

"Yes, although Captain Ralph is not on the ship, I can ask him to help track down Captain Ralph, it doesn't live too far away, I'll go find it, but I'll get ready, you guys wait here for me for a while."

With that, Roy walked outside the sentry.

Instructor Nora was worried that it would not be safe for him to go out alone, after all, he didn't know where Captain Ralph was hiding.

Instructor Nora glanced at the other instructors, motioned for them to wait here, chased them out alone, and asked:

"Roy, do you want to help?"

Roy paused and said to Instructor Nora gratefully:

"Okay!"

The two walked along the edge of the small square towards the harbor dock, and Instructor Nora asked tactfully:

"Roy, does that friend of yours have to ask for favors from you every time he helps you?"

Roy thought for a moment before saying:

"Well, almost, it cares more about that."

Watching Roy walk towards the docks, Instructor Nora asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Roy said casually:

"Fish market, I have to buy two fish, it seems that there are no fishing boats out to sea today, and I don't know if I can find fresh sea fish!"

He was going to buy some mackerel at the fish market, fry a few more grilled fish, and then ask the Nightblade Leopard to find him out of Captain Ralph......

……

Instructor Nora accompanies Roy to the fish market on the docks, where the smell of fish is strong and sewage runs across the ground.

Next to the fish market is the port.

Some of the boats were docked to the shore, and half-blood elves carried fish down from the boats, many of which were covered with thick ice.

(End of chapter)