Chapter 498 499. Autumn

In Castleton City in autumn, the starry sky is particularly clear at night......

When countless stars twinkled overhead, Roy actually wondered if one of the stars would be the sun.

Clean Brown Street is almost devoid of pedestrians, save for the sound of the Dane River.

The Nightblade Leopard followed Roy with its head drooping, after all, it was a magical beast, and the adult Nightblade Leopard also had the intelligence of a seven- or eight-year-old child, although it could not speak Elven language, but it could understand it, and Mrs. Winnie asked it to follow Roy......

Although it also yearns for the outside world, the moment it leaves home still makes it feel a lot of emotions.

Roy and Nightblade Leopard pushed open the courtyard door of the house, and the lights were already on in the courtyard next door, and Sabrina could be seen walking around the living room through the glass window.

At this time, Moira sat on the courtyard wall, and with a strong grip of her hands, she fell lightly into the courtyard of Roy's house.

Seeing the Nightblade Leopard next to Roy's legs, Moira's eyes widened and she crouched in front of the Nightblade Leopard, trying to touch its soft fur with her hands.

The Nightblade Leopard, however, lowered its head, staring at Moira with a pair of eyes wary and a 'whining' sound coming out of its mouth.

Frightened, Moira quickly retracted her hand and asked Roy:

"Ah, how did you bring it back?"

Roy hurriedly comforted the Nightblade Leopard, took it to the bottom of the porch, and said, "Mrs. Winnie wanted it to return to the jungle, and she didn't want to do such a troublesome thing herself, so she entrusted it to me and asked me to take it to the Partington plane." ”

Moira's eyes widened, staring at Roy:

"So...... Are you really going to bring it to the Partingon plane? ”

Roy shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "That's all it can be." ”

Roy walked into the house, which was supposed to be cleaned frequently, and there wasn't much dust.

I took a shower, washed the clothes I was wearing, and dried them on the terrace on the second floor.

During this time, Moira was left alone on the terrace to practice 'Thrust', the most common skill used by Assassins when ambushing their enemies, turning her body into a ray of light and reaching her opponents......

There are several pots of green plants on the rooftop, two of which are Roy's favorite flowers of light, and although the particles of light produced by the flowers of light are of little help to Roy now, these flowers of light are still well cared for.

Seeing Roy walking up to the second floor in a shorts vest and holding a wooden basin, Moira blushed and wanted to help.

Roy didn't refuse, he asked Moira to wipe the clothesline on the rooftop with a wet rag, and the two quickly dried a set of clothes.

Then sit on a bench on the rooftop, back to back.

Moira curled up on her knees, her hands clasped around her calves, and she looked up at the stars.

She pillowed Roy's shoulder, and her pointed ears twitched slightly from time to time, and when she touched Roy's short hair, it would itch a little.

Both were enjoying a moment of silence, neither of them speaking.

When Moira turned her head to look at Roy's side face, Roy happened to turn his head as well, everything seemed so natural, Roy couldn't help but give a light peck on his delicate lips.

Moira's lips were soft, with a faintly sweet, elven flavor......

He never dreamed that he would one day kiss an elf, and Roy only felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat at this moment.

Moira's eyes looked like they were about to melt, and she looked at Roy in confusion.

Snow-white arms wrapped around Roy's neck......

Just then, the door of the courtyard next door was pushed open with a creak, and Ms. Gillian dragged a flatbed truck into the courtyard from the outside.

Sabrina hurriedly walked out to help, and the sound of Lady Gillian and Sabrina talking in a low voice could be heard in the courtyard.

Moira was so frightened that she quickly stood up, her face like a ripe red apple.

She stepped on the railing of the roof with one foot, and her body turned into an afterimage, and silently landed by the window of the next room, her body as light as a tanuki, and swooped into the house.

Not long afterward, Moira also came out of the house wearing a suspender pajamas, standing under the eaves with sleepy eyes, posing as a good girl.

……

Roy tossed the letter to Witzel into his mailbox, he wasn't in Castletown lately, so there wasn't much news he could write in his heart.

The biggest change in Castletown is that a large number of Grimm Empire merchant ships have arrived in the port, and these merchant ships have bought magic herbs, magic pattern structures and Mithril ingots, and the most exaggerated thing is that in the magic market, the price of magic herbs has almost tripled so far.

Many of the city's elven mages had to cut back as much as possible when it came to preparing magical herbs.

I can't help it! The current magic herbs are too expensive, and they have even affected the lives of the elves.

Sending the letter to Wiesel, Roy hired a carriage from the carriage shop in the lower town, and drove it all the way out of Castletown and down a large road towards the Margara Jungle.

From Castletown to Fort Ellington, the carriage travels a whole day.

The closer you get to the Magala jungle, the more difficult the road becomes, and Roy has no intention of riding a horse, and although the carriage ride is a little bumpy, it allows him to sit in the carriage and constantly think.

He had already drawn the area of Sun Island Bay on a piece of parchment, and as for how to get rid of the fish people on Sun Island, Roy still didn't have a good way to do it.

This time he went to Ellington Castle, Roy wanted to fulfill his previous promise to Count Amelia, and when he had time, he would visit the castle to see her and talk to her about what was happening in the outside world.

In fact, a lot has happened during this time.

The carriage drove into the Magara Jungle, where there was already autumn scenery, and many berries along the way were already ripe, hanging on the top of the trees like bunches of black grapes.

Ellington Castle is still so dilapidated, and the two statues at the gate are only the two big feet of the statues, except for the stone piers.

The carriage stopped at Fort Ellington, and Roy stepped out of the carriage, paid the coachman a hundred kollers, and made an appointment with the coachman to pick him up the morrow, and the coachman hurried out of Fort Ellington.

If you leave later, the carriage will probably be dark before it leaves the Malaga jungle......

Walk along the arched stone bridge at the entrance into the castle, and enter the small square inside the castle through the city gate hole, where there are many traces of camping.

Ellington Castle has always been a paradise for beginner explorers, and there are so many interesting rumors that it will discourage ordinary elves......

It is also a very significant historical site, this castle just witnessed the rise and fall of the Elven Dynasty, and the abandonment of Ellington Fort also indirectly confirmed the end of the Elven Dynasty.

Dig through your magical fanny pack and set up a tent in the cloister outside the weapons storehouse.

Roy then walked along the hidden path to the platform planted with bread trees, and then Roy climbed up to the tree to pick a breadfruit.

Just as Roy cut open the breadfruit with a dagger and took out a room of flesh from it, Roy only felt a cool breeze blowing around him, and turned his head to look under the shade of the trees on the side, and Count Amelia was sitting there quietly.

"Let me think about how long it's been since I've seen you little guy, the last time I saw you was a year ago......"

Count Amelia rested his cheek on one hand and sat there talking to himself.

"I'm sorry, Lord Amelia, but I've been busy with some things in the Partington Plane during this time, and I'm not in Castletown, so I can't come to Ellington Castle to visit you!" Roy felt that he should explain it to Count Amelia.

"What are you doing on the Partington Plane?" Count Amelia asked curiously.

"It's a long story, and it all started with Lord Jarvis' trade of elven slaves in the Pattington plane......"

Roy unhurriedly tells the story of the Partington plane, about the half-blood elves who live there.

"I've heard about the Partington plane, but you said that recently, the gray dwarf bandits are going to storm the Queen Ivanie Islands?" Count Amelia's attention was completely absorbed by this incident.

"That's right, they have united an army of Kraken to try to seize the Queen Ivanie Islands!" Roy said.

"Huh! It looks like someone must have pushed the gray dwarves into a hurry, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to storm the island where the Silvermoon Elves were stationed. Count Amelia judged with certainty.

"Recently, a large group of Imperial merchant ships have come to Castleton City, and they are purchasing a large number of magical herbs, and I heard that a plane war broke out on the side of the Grimm Empire......"

Roy continued to tell Count Amelia that he had learned the news.

Count Amelia nodded, then closed his eyes and said: "Every once in a while, those abyssal forces are always ready to move, this time they are eyeing the Imperials, the elven continent will not suffer too much, humans, elves, and dwarves have formed an alliance so far, those guys are still trying to find a breakthrough from the human world, if the conditions allow, those human merchants, can help or help......"

Roy sat under the bread tree and talked to Count Amelia almost all night.

Count Amelia always had a unique perspective on many things, which benefited Roy a lot.

After fulfilling his promise to Count Amelia, Roy hurried out of Ellington at noon the next day in a carriage that had come to pick him up......

Having slept almost all the way, it was just past midnight when Roy returned to Castletown in his carriage.

The carriage stopped at the door of Roy's house, and Roy pushed the door open and walked in.

Lying on a stone slab in front of the house, Nightblade Leopard glanced up at Roy, flicked his round tail, and ignored Roy.

There is also a simple message in the mailbox at the door:

Roy: I'll see you tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning at the Castletown Harbour Docks, I've heard from the Dwarven Artisans.

The latter is Claire, and Roy is familiar with Claire's notes, which are undoubtedly Claire's own handwritten messages.

Roy pushed the door into the living room, and when he passed by the dining room, the fruit basket on the table was actually full of fresh fruit, which Roy guessed should be Moira's handiwork......

I took a few berries and stuffed them into my mouth, took a bath, and went to sleep.

……

The next morning, Roy arrived at the Castletown Harbour Dock on time, and sure enough, he saw Claire standing in front of a merchant ship.

Claire was followed by a few Silver Moon Elves and was talking to several Imperial merchants.

Roy walked over briskly......

Claire's eyes lit up when she saw Roy, and she introduced to the Imperial merchants, "This is my dear friend, Roy, who is also the employer of this recruitment of dwarven craftsmen. ”

The Imperial merchant was stunned for a moment when he saw Roy's human-like face, and then said:

"We can go to the ship and talk to each other, but I will carefully communicate with the dwarven craftsmen on our ship according to the conditions of preparation you mentioned yesterday, and if you do not have the right timber, it is almost impossible for you to build a seaworthy three-masted sailing ship in the near future."

At the invitation of the Imperial merchants, Roy and Claire boarded the ship.

Roy came to the deck and saw dwarves in the crew......

The Imperial merchant takes Roy and Claire to the captain's quarters, where there is a comfortable-looking conference table around which the group sits in groups.

The Imperial Merchant, who spoke fluent Elven English, took the initiative to sit across from Roy and asked him, "I heard that you want to build a three-masted galleon, can I take the liberty of asking, where will these three-masted galleons be built?" ”

"One seat." Roy hadn't thought about telling the Partington plane......

The Imperial merchant hesitated for a moment, then frowned again and asked tentatively, "Then do you have a reserve of wood in advance?" ”

Roy said honestly: "There is no such one, but the forest resources of that plane are abundant, and giant trees that are 100 meters high can be seen everywhere. ”

"Directly cut wood cannot be used for shipbuilding until it is completely dry......

The Imperial merchant whispered to Roy.

A dwarven craftsman walked in from outside, saw the Imperial merchant salute and asked, "Boss, are you looking for me?" ”

"If you were given enough manpower to build a three-masted galleon on a plane without any preparation, how long would it take for you to build it?"

"If you can use local materials, it will take four and a half years!" The old dwarf craftsman replied without thinking.

Roy didn't expect it to take so long, and he was a little dumbfounded for a while.

He couldn't have waited four years for a three-masted galleon.

It occurred to him that night, when everyone was chatting together, that if the existing three-masted galleon was dismantled and assembled in the bay of Sun Isle on the Partington plane, the shipbuilding time might be greatly shortened.

So Roy asked the old dwarf craftsman:

"If I have a three-masted galleon, but I want to disassemble it and bring it to the seat and assemble it at the harbour dock over there...... Is it feasible? ”

The old dwarf craftsman didn't speak for the first time, but looked at the imperial merchant.

Seeing that the Imperial merchant nodded, he said, "Although there are some problems, they should be able to overcome them......

(End of chapter)