We were taken to the headquarters by the purple man, which is a wide white stone fortress near the spire. We walked through a hall hung with crystal magic chandeliers, which were the recording rooms.
The one who took the notes for us was Darien.
He looked at Selin's eyes carefully, and then silently began to recite the prayer, "Holy Light..." I could only vaguely hear a few syllables.
A large swath of holy light followed the vibration of his Adam's apple, surrounding his hand like a cloud. The light brushed across Selin's cheek, and I saw the knight's eyes slowly open.
He seemed a little unaccustomed to the light. The moment he opened his eyes, his green eyes were suddenly filled with liquid. He immediately closed them tightly again, and tears immediately flowed down the corners of his eyes.
"Se...Selin..." I leaned in front of his knees and spoke anxiously, but the pain like tearing flesh and blood from my throat made me immediately close my mouth and frown.
"I'm fine, Miss Messiah." His eyelashes fluttered twice, and finally he opened his eyes again. I held his finger until I was sure that his eyes were accurately focused on my face, then I breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but smile.
He was stunned, and then he gently shook my hand, "I can see you, Miss Messiah." He also curled up the corners of his mouth, but his ears were a little red, "Come on, get up."
"I need to understand what happened." At that moment, Darian spoke, and he moved a chair over. "Miss Messiah, please sit down." After saying that, he sat next to Selin. , opened the thick black notebook, and when he picked up the transparent magic pen, he suddenly glanced at me. I only heard him reciting something silently, and suddenly, another bright holy light bloomed on his fingertips, and he quickly touched my throat.
The extremely hot touch on my throat made me lean back subconsciously. However, even if his fingertips left my skin, I could still feel the heat flowing in my throat. For a moment, I almost You can feel the broken damage in your throat recovering bit by bit.
"...It's amazing..." I was stunned for a moment, and I marveled that my throat didn't hurt at all.
"This is the power of the Holy Light," Darien smiled at me and turned to Selin, "Then, can we start?"
*
Just like last time, Darian asked about every detail of our encounter.
"Philip?" When he sorted things out again, he drew a line under the name with a magic pen. "Do you know this person? Miss Messiah?"
"I've never even heard of it."
He frowned, "The two people who broke into your room were just wearing black clothes and covering their faces. Didn't they have any other marks?"
I tried to recall it and shook my head. After that, we both looked at Selin. Selin frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head.
"But those two people are thieves," Selin said firmly. "They know how to use blinding powder, and... they are very skilled."
Darien nodded and looked at me again, "They said they want to take away your eyes."
I bit my lip, "That's what they said, and when the woman attacked me, they didn't choose to slit my throat immediately."
"Killing people in Dalaran is not a wise choice." Darien said coldly, "If you kill people here, once they are caught, they will be lit as arcane candles!" As he said that, he looked down again. Note, "It seems that the man named Philip used some kind of 'emblem' to ask those two people to come... to hurt you, but you don't know any of them." He paused, and then There were heavy circles drawn on the notebook, "They are thieves."
"But, even if it's Zi Lao..." As I said that, I immediately covered my mouth and immediately changed my words in Darien's half-smiling eyes, "I mean, even you can't find him in a city with so many people. A thief named Philip."
"Messiah, it doesn't matter whether his name is Philip." He stared at the notes with his bright eyes. Suddenly, he tilted the corner of his mouth and revealed a smile that made people get goosebumps all over. "Look Get up, this Philip must be seriously injured, otherwise, why would he hurt you?"
"But what does his injury have to do with me?"
"Messiah, think about it, who have you hurt? Recently?"
"Me? But I don't know Philip..."
"No, Miss Messiah, you may know her." Selin suddenly spoke.
"What?" I looked at him and saw the apprentice knight's bright blue eyes, "This morning, the person who robbed the philosopher's stone at the entrance of Master Wendel's workshop was also a thief."
Everyone was stunned, only to hear Selin continue, "Furthermore, I heard from Master Wendell that the bottle of potion you threw over is a bottle of quick-acting poison."
poison?
That word made my eyebrows twitch.
"That's right, sir." Darian glanced at him in surprise, "If I guessed correctly, that bottle of poison must have caused him a lot of pain, so our target is not Philip, but a man who was raped." Quick-acting poison poisons seriously injured people.”
That sentence suddenly enlightened me, but the next second, it made me raise my eyebrows again, "Then, how did you get thousands of people from Dalaran..."
"Messiah, Dalaran has a population of hundreds of thousands."
"Then how do you find an injured person among hundreds of thousands of people? Wouldn't he find a way out of the city?"
Darian closed the notebook with a snap, and looked at me with his eyes shining brightly, "He'd better not do this."
I don't like his smile, it's very awkward.
*
At that moment, the door of the recording room was knocked, and only a creak was heard. A knight wearing the same standard armor as Darien stood at the door, "Darian, something happened again in the West City District, and I Go out for a while."
"Please wait a moment," Darien nodded to him, then turned around, "Messiah, and you..."
"I'm Selin."
"Mr. Selling, you stay here for now. It's safe here." As he said that, he glanced at me again, the smile at the corner of his mouth was like a relief engraved on his face, "Wait until I come back."
I just felt a chill in my heart.
*
The outer wall of the recording room is covered with a magic barrier. When people get close, it will be as transparent as crystal. Through the golden magic street lights outside, I can clearly see the white stone spire behind the layers of leaves. The view of the minaret is much clearer from here. I can even see the figures in the crystal glass of the minaret.
"Do we really have to stay here all night?" I asked Selin, who was sitting quietly at the wooden table while looking around.
"Well, here are some books..."
"I don't like reading, Selin." As I said that, I left from the window. It was as if I could feel the wall. Gradually, the originally transparent barrier turned into a white stone wall, which was like the rest of the room. The walls make no difference.
I dragged the chair to Selin's side and sat down upright.
My action made the knight stunned, "Miss Messiah?"
"Tell me about you, Selin. I know almost nothing except that you are from Darrowshire."
"Me?" He looked at me with his lake-like eyes, and closed the thick paper book in his hand with a smile. At that moment, I caught a glimpse of "Holy Light and Shadow" written on the cover.
Boring book.
I commented in my mind.
"Well, what do you want to know? Miss Messiah? I will tell you everything."
I suddenly became excited, "What does your family do? Why did you come to Lordaeron? Why did you become a Paladin? Have you had any adventures before? You..."
"Oh, miss, please don't ask so many questions at once," Selin helplessly scratched his silver hair, "I'll answer them one by one, okay?"
I smiled at him and raised my head.
"I am the son of a gardener," he thought for a moment and then spoke, his tone as gentle as ever and his voice as clear as ever, "My parents run a flower garden in the north of Darrow County. Have you heard of Amethyst Lily?" ?"
"Oh~ of course I've heard of it!" I felt a little proud, "It's a very fragrant flower, purple. I also heard that its flower language is love, right?"
"Uh...right." Selin was stunned, as if he didn't expect that I would know so clearly.
Of course, under normal circumstances, I would not know the flower language of amethyst lilies, but I had seen my father give this flower to Mrs. Rubio, and I heard Sari and Ilya discussing the flower language of that flower.
"Are you growing amethyst lilies in your garden?"
"Yes," Selin replied with a smile, "Of course there are others, such as the white Stranglethorn Orchid, the red Flame Flower, the blue iris, the pale yellow Mountain Watcher, there are many. But, the Amethyst Lily It does take up more than half of the flower garden, and every spring and summer, I feel that the whole of Darrow County is filled with the sweet fragrance of amethyst lilies.”
"Are you the only flower garden in Daron County?"
"Yes, Dalong County is not big and has not a large population. The flowers in the flower garden are enough for the needs of people in the county. Occasionally, they are also sold to travelers. You know, amethyst lilies are very popular. , and they are unique flowers in the north. Thanks to them, my family will have a table of hot dishes even in the coldest winter. My friends and I all like that flowerbed. Whenever the flowers bloom, we We like to run around in it. Sometimes, we will secretly pick some freshly bloomed flowers and give them to Vivian..."
Vivian?
That name made me frown slightly, "Who is Vivian?"
"Oh, she is the daughter of Lord Joseph Redpath. Lord Joseph is the captain of our militia. He also led the county militia to resist the attack of a large group of winter wolves!"
"I'm asking about Vivian." I muttered dissatisfied.
That sentence made Selin pause, and then he looked at me with a funny look, "Vivian... Miss Vivian is a very cute girl. Although she is blind, she feels full of life." , and is also very friendly to others. In some ways, she is very similar to you." As he said that, he paused, and suddenly reached out to tuck a strand of hair behind my ear, but soon, he realized He immediately became a little embarrassed because of his inappropriate behavior, "Uh, I mean... uh, she also has hair that has been kissed by fire, just like you."
Somehow, I was a little unhappy, "Is she beautiful?"
"……she……"
God knows why, but his hesitation made me really angry, "Pretty?"
Selin looked at me blankly, and suddenly smiled helplessly, "Yes, she is very beautiful, just like an angel." His eyelashes drooped slightly, and his originally clear voice became deeper, "... ...but she was very thin, and she seemed to be sick all year round...At first, she could barely run with us in the flower garden, but then one year after spring, we had to send flowers to her...In the end, I I felt that a gust of wind could blow her away, but even in the end, she always had a smile on her lips. I remember her telling me, 'I must become a powerful paladin.'"
"...At the end? Sorry, she, she left?"
"Yes," Selin nodded. At that moment, he looked at the golden candle on the wooden table. The bright and jumping light instantly ignited the flame of nostalgia in his eyes, "We once agreed. Now, when I become a Holy Light Knight, I will cure her illness, heal her eyes, and let her see the colorful flowers in the flower garden... But the result..."
"Is this why you became a Paladin?"
"Yes. Whenever I ignite Holy Light Magic, I will think of her. In fact, even now, I cannot use Holy Light Magic to treat her. Holy Light does not favor me very much... But, I always imagine that if she is still alive...still alive..." He did not continue, but gently touched the cardboard cover of the book in his hand, as if he was caught up in reminiscing about the past.
In the deep memories, his eyes were as gentle as water, and he sometimes smiled and sometimes felt sad.
