The meeting finally ended, and Count Larmore and Griffith stayed behind to sort out the minutes.
Helplessness and exhaustion flashed across the face of this former Earl who was used to fighting in the office from time to time. Like a first-year boy at Homemon Watts, he muttered beside Griffith who was sorting out records:
"What does the hidden danger have to do with them? They either go to continue to be bishops somewhere else, or they hide in distant territories. As for me, I have to die on the steps of the throne. Nolan and I die together, and he Not even half a squad of captains of halberdiers can defeat it. My Sonia, alas, I have to find a good family for her."
Griffith looked at the earl who was talking to himself with a puzzled expression. He was confused at the end of the meeting when Sidious had a lot of memories erased.
However, the count's expression made him feel that the situation was really precarious. The Deathrattle cult has shown amazing strength. It plans a terrifying conspiracy in Raven, which requires so many big figures to deal with it together.
And, it looks like there are many other dangers looming besides the cult.
The powerful psychic fluctuations of extraordinary beings are easily detected by divination and prophecy, and they are generally not sent out in the first wave. The first forces to respond to a crisis are usually powerful and flexible Sequence 7 and Sequence 8 Beyonders. Even dozens of organized Sequence 9s will have considerable combat effectiveness. This time, Raven's mission directly dispatched a supernatural commando team, indicating that the situation had reached a showdown.
The meeting decided to start deploying relevant forces in advance. Griffith will go to Raven as a special investigator to supervise and report on the combat situation of the extraordinary commandos and investigate the conspiracy of the Deathrattle cult.
…
The next day was a rest day, and the big shots gathered in Beyeland began to leave one after another, and the atmosphere on campus became more relaxed.
Griffith searched the local archives area of the library very seriously, looking for some information about Raven.
The main castle of Homonworth is surrounded by six mage towers built of gray boulders. Most of these ancient towers from the war are now offices and laboratories of professors and high-ranking wizards, and some are libraries for students.
On the "Silver Moon Tower" closest to the east, there is a spacious and comfortable library, which is a good place for self-study.
Passing through the spiraling steps, the first to third floors of Silver Moon Tower are filled with desks and stacked bookshelves for students. The middle of the second and third floors is hollowed out, making the library appear spacious and bright.
The comfortable seats in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor near the fjord are generally reserved for girls, while boys will be pushed to seats closer to the inside.
Since Galadia and Sonia especially like to read or play chess here, Griffith often comes to the inside of the third floor of Silver Moon Tower. This seat had a view of the girls sitting in the window seat downstairs, but no view of the fjord. In a hidden corner, you can still hear the suppressed cheers from the wise King of Mystery players.
Above his head is the restricted book area on the fourth floor, which is generally not open to the public. Griffith only occasionally saw professors and senior students with permission coming down there.
After experiencing a series of events and meeting many monsters, Griffith found that he seemed to begin to understand and accept occult knowledge. When he returned from his mission in Verona and came to Silver Moon Tower again, he seemed to hear some strange sounds, as if someone was calling him, but he couldn't hear it clearly.
The strange sound seemed to come from the forbidden book area. When Griffith looked there, he noticed a senior sister appearing there. Her appearance is stunning, and her extremely beautiful black hair hangs down like a waterfall to her bare white ankles, flowing with suffocating pure beauty. She has a gentle temperament that makes people want to get close to her, but it is ethereal and illusory, making people want to know her and explore her secrets.
Griffith always felt a connection to her.
At this moment, the senior sister upstairs cast her gaze over. She was looking at Griffith, her eyes empty and distant.
She just looked at Griffith downstairs quietly, as if she wanted to see into his heart. After a while, she walked away.
Griffith suddenly felt an indescribable feeling of loss. At the same time, the "Potion Preparation Notes" he habitually carried close to his body began to heat up slightly. He hurriedly took it out, scared to death.
The author of this thing may be, may be, hey, it may be someone whose name I don’t know.
I'll just take a look! This is school, and less than two hundred meters away from me is the most powerful wizard in the world. Well, there's nothing to be afraid of.
Griffith opened the notes and found that there were many more recipes for potions, and they were all marked with inferior potions that would be easier to prepare and cheaper.
"Secondary confusion potion. It can cause a significant reduction in hit rate and casting errors for enemies within a certain range. Disadvantages: Does not distinguish between friend and foe."
"Level infatuation potion. Makes the person who takes the drug irresistibly obsessed with you. Disadvantages: May malfunction and irritate the other person."
"Secondary Apparition Dust. The thing that the Assassin Path Extraordinary hates the most. Disadvantage: Does not distinguish between friend and foe."
"Secondary powerful vitality potion. More energetic than vitality potion, effective in restoring mental power. Disadvantage: highly addictive."
"A less powerful life potion. An expensive but powerful healing potion that can even regenerate severed limbs. Note: Only tested on animals. Please consult your home magician before taking it."
So many good things! Griffith was immediately intrigued.
The dense records fill several pages. Below the introduction are the optimized and improved materials and preparation methods, which look very attractive.
There is a mysterious narrative behind this.
The author of this note is obviously a big shot, but the narrative is strange.
Moreover, the records presented this time are higher in page and order than the content previously presented to Griffith.
[Undated diary part one]
"I heard about what happened to Professor Tiberion's daughter, Miss Iletia. The tragic experience of this girl I had never met kept me awake at night, and anger was my only emotion.
"As a true gentleman, I must act. Although I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting Miss Iletia, my sense of responsibility is driving me.
"Those detestable criminals must be punished. I put on the strongest wand, divination cane, invisibility cloak, strong shield bracer and pendant, and I am fully armed.
“If the professor doesn’t take action, then I will take action, and I have no scruples.
"My divination went very smoothly and successfully pointed to the location of Miss Iletia. Soon, I will find her place of detention.
"I sincerely pray to the goddess of the night, asking her to protect Miss Iletia from being harmed."
[Undated Diary Part 2]
“I crushed the resistance of the mob.
"I curse them, tear them apart, these disgusting worms, despicable criminals, their crimes against Iletia are unforgivable, I will tear them apart with the karmic fire of hell, I will make them regret their lives!
"By the way, I can turn them into something like that to serve a lifetime of hard labor, worthy of their disgust and despicability."
[Undated Diary Part 3]
"Miss Iletia can still be saved, yes, it must be.
"I can feel her desire for life, and as long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will try hard.
“The treatment plans have all failed, and I didn’t have time to wait for the professor’s support.
"This is the oracle of Iluvash. I am destined to appear here and save Iletia!"
[Undated Diary Part 4]
"Help! What is that? What did I do? Someone help me!
"My head hurts so much. Goddess of the Night, please help me. What did I see? I want, I want to draw the image of that thing. It's so terrifying..."
[Undated Diary Part 5]
"Oh, I survived.
"The Professor found me and brought me back to Homemon Watts. What happened that day none of us want to talk about again."
[Undated Diary Part 6]
“The night is above!
"Iletia is safe and sound. She smiled and said to me, how could a small substitute spell deceive the most powerful young wizard in Homemon Watts?
"Ashamed, ashamed, it seems that my talent is still not as good as hers!
"My life has never been as fulfilling and happy as it is now. Miss Iletia is so pure and beautiful, with waterfall-like black hair, pure eyes, and her smile is like a lily. My poor words cannot describe it. Her beauty.
“She has been taking care of me these days and I am completely fine!
"After repeated thinking and weighing, I decided to stay in bed for two more days."
[Undated Diary Part 7]
"Professor Tiberion still doesn't want to mention what happened that day. Didn't I just tear a few thugs to pieces? There's nothing wrong with Miss Iletia being safe.
"That's fine, this way the officials won't cause trouble for me."
[Undated Diary Part 8]
“I have known Miss Iletia for some time.
"She was beautiful and mysterious. This mysterious beauty attracted me deeply. For me, who was destined to become a big figure in the mysterious world, nothing fascinated me more than her.
"There are many ladies from famous families around me, and several of them are suitable to develop into lifelong partners. However, I always feel that they are boring and cannot be compared with Iletia.
"My classmates didn't dare to mention Miss Iletia's name. Haha, I know that the incomparably beautiful goddess will make people like this. I was too shy to talk to her for a short period of time!"
At the end of this paragraph, there is a completely different style of handwriting, which seems to have been added many years later:
"I want to see Iletia again. I would give everything for her."
…
After reading the notes that surfaced, Griffith felt mixed and wanted to laugh.
I always feel like, well, how should I put it... This supreme being who was most likely to have his records erased turned out to be like a wild cat in heat like me! Hehe, I feel like I’m not so afraid of Him anymore.
Although I don’t know His real name, if one day He wants to hurt me, I will take out this record. Even the gods would be ashamed! Ha ha ha ha!
"What's wrong with you? Why are you giggling here alone?"
At this time, Galadia walked through the bookshelf as high as the canyon and quietly came to Griffith's side. There is still a hint of coolness in the sea breeze this season. She is wearing a red robe, standing as gracefully as a large bouquet of roses, her long black hair is draped softly on her back, and she is holding a book in her chest. After being promoted to Sequence 7, she still looks elegant and agile with a touch of intimacy on weekdays.
She hugged the thick textbook and gasped lightly, as if her heart would jump out of her chest.
We haven’t seen each other for several days. Today, all the big shots have left, but Galadia actually took the initiative to talk to me! Griffith was delighted.
"Ah, Galadia! Today's weather has made the elves' fertility rate drop again this year, right?"
The two of them were in a darkly lit bookshelf with no one nearby, as if they were about to do something bad, or could do something bad.
The elf smiled and rolled his eyes at him, circling among the bookshelves:
"My brother has been staring at me lately and doesn't allow me to go out to play. I just train, read, and meditate every day.
"These books, eh, local chronicles and the customs and customs of the eastern provinces. When did you develop such a solitary hobby?"
Aren’t you coming to this bookshelf too? Griffith muttered in his mind.
"I'm going to Raven once, for a week," Griffith said simply. He immediately realized that this was not good, and immediately added, "I'll be back soon."
"Going out again! How many days have you been back? How could you be like this!"
Miss Elf's pointed ears stood up. She hugged her book and complained softly to Griffith next to her:
"This is the High School of Magic! Shouldn't the orthodox path be to research and make achievements in knowledge and make the world a better place? How do you know how to fight and kill!
"Even students in non-magical subjects should rely on professional knowledge, academic papers and research results after four or five years of study to develop and further their studies to senior officers, archaeologists, alchemists or engineers.
"As an academic institution, it puts so much emphasis on combat effectiveness. It is often sent out to perform tasks, participate in camping trips, and fight everywhere. It is said that in the next academic year, a ring will be set up in the hall of learning for everyone to fight each other. Victory The person is rewarded with magic potion to assist in promotion, and he even named him a grade-level competition, which is so polite!"
Griffith smiled as he listened to the elf complain. Even if it is a complaint, a good voice is as pleasant as singing. He even hoped that the complaints would never stop.
"So, is your mission this time also in danger?" Galadia sighed, "Who will go with you?"
"It's okay. It's not that dangerous. There is a Transcendent commando team. I'm mainly responsible for intelligence and staff work," Griffith said, skipping the assessment of the danger. "Huh, my grades in these courses are... That's good, the superiors should also realize that I am a good staff officer and logistics officer, not a rusher."
"When were you not sent to rush into battle? Verona also carried out the central breakthrough by himself, so he was a little self-conscious!" The elf snatched the mission briefing from his hand, read the mission summary, and then turned to the page of the Extraordinary Commandos. , "Is the Super Commando now settled? Ouch, the Word Bearers, the elves are scared to death. This lineup is so luxurious, aren't you going to defeat the evil god, are you? Secret Peepers, Stalkers, and... "
The elf's fingers suddenly stiffened.
Griffith suddenly realized something was wrong and looked over quickly.
Galadia's eyes were resting on the information about Erza Valkyrie, the Sequence 6 Light and Shadow Blade.
"She was your former squadron leader, right?"
"Yes."
Galadia closed the notepad and took out a crystal. Soon, the crystal burst into light and immediately projected the full-body image of this extraordinary lady. The moment he saw the heroic red-haired huntress, the elf couldn't help but exclaimed:
"She is so beautiful~"
"..."
It’s over. Although I don’t know what happened, I feel that something is wrong! Griffith began to sweat.
Galadia withdrew her gaze from the crystal, raised her head, and stared at Griffith with deep eyes.
"You haven't seen each other for a long time, right?"
"Most of the year."
"Miss her?"
"What are you talking about!" Griffith shouted, "She is my squadron leader."
"Twenty-three years old. Can you become an officer and a transcendent at the age of twenty-three?"
"Yeah, what's the problem?" Griffith shouted, "I'm going to become an officer too! By the way, Galadia, I'm now the captain of the reserve assault squadron!"
"Strong, mature, and beautiful officer sister, there is no problem with the age gap..." the elf said faintly.
"Slowly!" Griffith hurriedly interrupted her random thoughts, "What on earth are you going to say? She is a very serious and responsible commander!"
"Tsk, she actually has the attributes of a wife," Galadia seemed to want to understand all his little thoughts, "Do you like her?"
"Uh, no! Humph, how is that possible?" Griffith waved his hand vigorously, "Absolutely impossible."
"You're such a playboy!" The elf's slender eyebrows were about to knit together, "Forget about that girl named Krista, the officer sister is also a great beauty! If you don't study hard every day, you just think about being with me. Other women go out. Why are you like this!"
Galadia hugged the book and turned away angrily like a boiling kettle, not giving Griffith, who was caught off guard, a chance to explain.
