The Witch and the Doll Swear

In recent days, Tina has regained some of the feelings she had during the time she met Liliana and Alice in Salt Sand City.

Go to the Adventurer's Association every morning to get the information that needs to be handed over to the honorary adventurer, and ask whether the president has returned by the way. Back in the hotel room, watching Liliana randomly sweep these and throw them into the trash can. Practice the mastery of the ring in your free time, wander around the city or listen to Liliana's teaching to Ai, and watch the magic power in their hands construct gorgeous magic.

Sometimes, Liliana would take them out to go sightseeing in the city. Apart from the fact that beer and bread are the staple food of every meal, which is somewhat unaccustomed, the life here is still very comfortable.

In the following period of time, "Light Seeker" did not accept any new commissions.

It's not that they have completed all the A-level and above commissions near Alexandria, but that there are no more commissions that meet the witch's requirements.

First of all, Liliana does not intend to leave this only city where she can obtain the excavation of Letopolesta in a relatively timely manner.

Secondly, once the president of the Alexandria Adventurers Association returns, they will leave after receiving a letter of recommendation, and those commissions that take a long time to complete will also be rejected.

Finally, she didn't want anything to do with Sinai's Association of Mages, the Temple of Isis. According to the Witch, they are the most disgusting kind of preachers, and once they are noticed, they will tense up like hyenas. Bite and hold on.

Although Tingna received more than double the commission requests every day when she went to the Adventurer's Association to obtain information, but Liliana always swept it hastily and threw it into the trash can.

In this way, half a week passed in Alexandria.

After she was free, Tingna realized that the first few days she came to this city were extremely busy.

Another airship robbery, another encounter with the pharaoh's daughter, and the inexplicable establishment of an adventurer team of the three of them, accepting the enlistment commission, and then investigating the nobles and illegal human trafficking...

These things were completed in just a few days, and looking back now, it makes people feel exhausted.

"Could it be the influence of the year of the scabbard?"

Of course, Ting Na did not forget to ask the witch about the year of the sheath. When one-third of the blade was drawn out of the scabbard and hung high in the night sky of the falling moon, the sky of this year's mainland seemed to be shrouded in chills. In particular, almost no astrologers have predicted that this year is the year of the scabbard, which has caused some panic in all parts of the mainland.

Before the girl left, the security force of Salt Sand City almost doubled, and in the foreign land, Alexandria, city guards on horseback could also be seen on the streets at any time.

Liliana just shook her head lightly. The Saber Scabbard is a warning from the starry sky of fate, but it is also the most difficult to explain. Without more detailed information, the continent is so big, even if you want to do something, you can’t do anything. .

The Witch can't do anything until the thing warned shows signs of it.

Even if she is a member of the Supreme Council of the Wizards Association.

What temporarily brought such days to an end was a letter delivered directly by a courier one morning.

The sender was Kamh Titira Hasut, the princess of the ancient kingdom who met Tina and Ai by accident.

"Respectfully, Miss Ai, Ms. Tina:

Because I forgot to ask Shinji of the two of you before parting, I had no choice but to use such a familiar title as the beginning of the letter. I hope you will understand.

With the help of the two, the funerary objects of the pharaohs stolen from the Valley of the Kings have been properly protected and stored in the museum of the Great Library of Alexandria, and are scheduled to be exhibited in a few days. The purpose of the letter is to fulfill the promise that Miss Ai had promised to let her touch those precious cultural relics with her own hands.

Please take this letter to the Alexandria Library and hand it to Curator Simonis. We have already greeted you.

And, maybe over there, there is something that I hope the two of you and that witch lady can help. "

"...your friend, Kamu Hettilah Hasute."

There is also a light red lip print on the signature of the letter paper.

After reading the letter, Tingna and Ai, who had put the letter paper on the table, looked at each other.

"I thought Her Highness Camura was just joking. After all, those are precious cultural relics... No, they should be called national treasures."

"Besides, there has been no news for such a long time, and a letter is suddenly delivered at this time... Does it mean that it takes so long to walk around so that I can touch those things with my own hands... Maybe I made a very unreasonable request... ..."

They looked at each other, then at the letter, and then they all looked at Liliana who was being combed by Alice.

The witch, who hadn't fully woken up, sat on the bed in a daze, as if she didn't notice their gaze.

"Lily, Miss Ai and Tina are asking you?"

The little puppet floated in front of Liliana, and tapped Miss Witch on the forehead.

"...?"

The witch's black eyes blinked, and then she moved towards them from the empty air.

"Well, Master Liliana... Do you want to go and have a look together?"

"..."

Nod, nod.

Although I don't know whether it is because I understood Ai and Tingna's words, or it was just a subconscious movement when I didn't wake up.

In short, today's reservation is to go to the museum in the Alexandria Library.

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The elegant building, only a few hundred meters away from the city's coast, was built on artificial hills.

The Sinai people like to use this method to show the importance of architecture. Although it is not as tall as the temple, you can still overlook Alexandria from the columns of the Great Library by walking up the high stairs with colorful statues at both ends. Zhuo Xiaoban's neighborhood.

"Speaking of which, it's obviously Sinai, but most of these luxurious buildings are in elegant style..."

In the distance, the top of Pharos Airport was brightly lit.

In front of me, the streets of the city are bathed in the brilliance of Segun or Amon Ra, and are playing the sound of prosperity in the sea breeze of the new day.

It's many times bigger than Yansha City.

The girl who compared the city in front of her with her hometown turned her head and curiously asked the witch who was looking up at the tall columns of the Great Library.

"...The origin of Sinai is still a mystery. It has always maintained an independent or semi-independent status in the history of the continent. The Pharaohs and their descendants ruled this land, sometimes closed and sometimes open. However, this situation only lasted until ten years. Until the three-day jihad.”

The pillars are carved with statues of ancient gods. Although the building is in the elegant inland style, the nine pillars in front of the gate are carved with the nine pillar gods that this land has believed in since ancient times.

"In the last Year of the Sword, the war that ended in just thirteen days decimated the population of the mainland, and the bloodlines of many rulers were cut off by the war. This was the case in Sinai. When the war ended, people began to rebuild the kingdom, but there was no one on the throne. There is no longer anyone who can wear the double crown. In order to maintain the legitimacy of their rule, they can only look for descendants with similar blood lines from the pharaoh's genealogy. However, this search made them unexpectedly discover that an orthodox bloodline of the pharaoh still existed. It has survived in the world and survived the holy war in which different sects fought against each other."

Not knowing what she was thinking, staring at these high-altitude statues, the witch was slow to answer for a moment.

So Ai took up her words and looked at Tina with his wine-red eyes.

"That was in the Second Era, when Sinai was conquered by the Holy Seven Hills Empire. As a semi-independent vassal state, the famous Queen Marie left Sinai and came to the Elegant Peninsula. She had a relationship with a general of the Seven Hills Empire who had royal blood. The heir’s purpose of leaving Sinai is speculated to be to try to compete for the throne of the empire, but he failed and remained unknown for many years. After the Thirteen Days Holy War, he became the only orthodox pharaoh’s bloodline.”

After saying that, Ai Ye looked up at the statue on the corridor of the library and sighed softly.

"Uh, so why is the architectural style elegant..."

"..."

Ai stared at him with an expression that said, "Why don't you understand after all this?"

"Sinai was once a vassal state of the Holy Seven Hills Empire. From that time on, elegant civilization began to pour in. Many elegant buildings were built at that time, including this great library. After the Thirteen Days Holy War, we have been living in elegant civilization. The royal bloodline on the Elegant Peninsula in the center of the circle is more elegant than the Sinai people in terms of identity, culture and habits. After they were crowned with double crowns, they were very dissatisfied with this too ancient land, so A large number of immigrants from elegant countries were introduced to build buildings that fit their aesthetics, just like in Alexandria now. Those ancient and magnificent Sinaitic buildings can only be seen in less prosperous and developed areas further south."

But after staring, the girl explained to her in detail why at a glance, most of the exquisite buildings in Alexandria were in the elegant peninsula style.

"That's right..."

"We didn't come here to see the scenery of Alexandria, right? The museum should be in the annex of the big library... Well, where is the annex?"

"...I'll lead the way."

Nodding, Liliana let Alice sit on her shoulders, took Tina and Ai's hands, and walked in with the two people who were not familiar with the largest library in the city of secular kingship. door.

In addition to the Danterian Great Library in the City of Glory and the Tower of Truth in the City of Thousand Towers, the Alexandria Great Library is the largest library in the mainland. As soon as you walk in, you feel like you are in a jungle of bookshelves.

There is a joke that if you walk ten meters here, you will miss the wisdom of an era. Take a deep breath and breathe with the sages of the ancient country.

To a certain extent, it's not a joke.

Before Ai and Tina came, Liliana spent a lot of time soaking in this library, but this time they were not here to read books. The witch took her secretary and apprentice to shuttle between the bookshelves and set foot on the passage. Going up the stairs, in a pile of books on the second floor, they met the current director of the Great Library.

"So, you are the ones who help the Sinai princess to retrieve these precious treasures? Well, a little girl with black hair and burgundy eyes, a big girl who is taller than many men...all are rare features, And the messenger from the palace should not be mistaken.”

Simonis stroked his golden beard in the sunlight from the skylight. After receiving the letter from Tina, the fair-skinned man glanced at Ai and Tina.

It was probably not an illusion. Tina felt that the man in the crimson robe did not welcome their arrival.

As soon as the idea came to him, Simonis hit him on the head and stood up from his chair.

"Who wants to touch those artifacts?"

"it's me."

Looking up at the girl slightly, the man looked down at Ai again.

"Although I want to say that even if I thank you for snatching back those precious national treasures from thieves who don't understand their value, it doesn't mean that you can touch them casually. But who let the princess speak? It took me a lot of effort to prevent those pedantic priests from reburying these cultural relics in the dark tomb with her help, and I owed such a favor, so I had to reluctantly agree to what she asked for."

...It really is very unwelcome.

It sounds like, if Kamula hadn't helped him, this man wouldn't have agreed to this at all.

And he didn't seem to intend to hide it. After muttering and complaining a lot, the man pointed at Ai and asked her to come with him.

"As for the two, please feel free to visit the library. The relics of the pharaohs will be on display in a few days. We are preparing for this. Of course, in order to thank you for taking back those relics and not raising such ignorance request—”

Simonis glanced at Ai, as if he was looking at a brat who had the audacity to make unreasonable demands.

"When the preparations are complete, I would like to take the time to take the two of you to watch it in advance-of course it is free."

"Wait a minute, can't Master Liliana and Miss Tingna come together?"

"Both the princess's request and the letter stated that only 'Miss Ai' asked to touch those treasures that should be set off with the strongest glass, agarwood wood, and the most expensive silk in the Eastern Kingdom, not with the hands of a little girl. So no, and even if it is you, I will only allow you to touch it after ensuring that you have mastered the necessary knowledge and techniques to touch precious cultural relics."

"Goo—"

Ai stared into the man's blue eyes, but Simonis completely ignored all her protests and dragged the girl away as soon as he took her hand.

The second floor of the large library is the work area for the scribes, but there are also bookshelves for reading and some readers.

Of course, what happened in this corner attracted some attention, but after Ai was pulled away, they also returned to their work, the library of Nuo Da, only the rustling of quills on paper, as a companion to explore The Melody of the Knowledgeable.

"...Does Miss Tingna feel a little regretful?"

"Eh? I don't think so, those things are unexpectedly not attractive to me..."

"...What are you going to do next?"

"What does Miss Liliana want to do...ah, read a book?"

Nod, nod.

Following the witch's line of sight, those night sky-like eyes have been nailed to the bookshelf and cannot be removed.

"...It's a newly published book...of this author who uses "Night" as his pseudonym..."

"It's a rare situation like this, Lily really..."

On Liliana's shoulder, Alice sighed a little, and the black eyes of the little doll looked at Tina, as if feeling powerless at her disappointment.

Alice's words made the witch turn her eyes from the book to the girl's face.

His face was expressionless, but he looked a little regretful.

"No, it's okay, if Miss Liliana wants to read a book, I'll do it too."

"...Will you watch it together?"

"Well, that, the book Miss Liliana wants to read, let me see if there are two..."

"...No need for that."

"Eh?"

The witch took Tina's hand and took the book out of the bookcase.

Then, she took the girl straight to the atrium of the library, and found a bench with a backrest between the lawn, the flowerbed and the fountain not far away.

Liliana sat on the side of the bench, and then, looking at Tina, patted her legs wrapped in hazy tulle.

It's like asking a girl to sit on it.

"Miss Liliana, I can't sit up..."

—It's a knee pillow, a knee pillow!

For a moment, Tingna felt that her IQ plummeted below the bottom line of being a human being. The little puppet couldn't help but hold its forehead, and Ting Na blushed when her voice sounded in the girl's mind through the black pearl earring.

"Knee pillow... But, there are other people here..."

The atrium of the Great Library was not without others.

There are people walking, people reading poetry with books in their hands, there are library guards, a blackboard is set up under a willow tree not far away, and some young children are sitting on the grass obediently, listening to a A scholar speaks about the lore of the flood of Nerokrai.

It's too shameful to enjoy Liliana's knee pillow in this kind of place!

Even if it was Liliana's initiative...it's not allowed...it's too embarrassing...

But under the witch's wordless urging and the little expectation in her heart, the girl still succumbed to the witch's temptation, lay down on the bench, and felt the delicate skin under the tulle with her cheeks.

"Goo..."

Alice snickered quietly.

The girl felt her face burning, but Miss Witch spread out the book with knights and princesses on the cover on her lap, and read it aloud.

"...This is the story of Oya and Ann, the brave princess and knight..."

This is the prologue to the story.

Unexpectedly, the book Liliana was holding was a novel, moreover, it seemed to be a very traditional novel about knights and princesses. Miss Witch read to Tina the story in a flat voice, beginning with a winter of war and hardship.

...That's not bad.

Slowly, under Liliana's words, the girl fell asleep.

However, the girl who rubbed her sleepy eyes did not realize that she had fallen asleep until she was awakened by an urgent voice.

Before Tina, who realized this, had time to apologize to the witch who had put down the book, that eager voice sounded again.

"Miss Ai beat the priest of the Temple of Isis!"

"...?!"

No sleep at all.

Tina stared dumbfounded at the young man standing in front of them, who was wearing the same standard white linen robe as Simonis, with an anxious expression on his face.

Even Liliana made a questioning voice of "Huh?"

"Both, please come with me. When I left, a high priest's deputy was confronting Miss Ai. If you go late."

Although she didn't know what happened while she was asleep, it sounded like the situation was urgent. Tingna quickly got up from Liliana's lap, followed the boy to the inside of the big library together with the witch. I ran to the museum area in small steps.

The journey was not long, and the boy stammered and explained to them what had happened on the way.

After confirming that Ai has the basic knowledge of touching precious cultural relics, Simonis brought her to the museum, opened the display cabinet and let Ai touch the pharaohs who were once in front of her, but were almost missed by the girl as fakes. legacy.

But towards the end, the priests of the temple of Isis show up.

"The curator, the curator, and the priests in charge of security are very difficult to deal with, because the Temple of Isis also supports the burial of these precious and sacred cultural relics back to the tombs of the pharaohs, so taking and taking Miss Ai is also stuck in their rotation Time, but I didn't expect a group of people to come early..."

"...Is there a conflict as a result?"

On the right side of the atrium, passing the shadows cast by the pillars in the sun, at the end of the corridor, the teenagers hurried out by the door that was not closed tightly, and several curious children were looking inside.

Seeing the boy approaching waving, they fled in all directions, discussing excitedly in their substandard Mandarin pronunciation.

"That sister is amazing."

"The dark red light brushed once, then snapped again, and the light on those annoying priests disappeared, and then waved the hand—ha, even the deputy of the high priest knelt down!"

"I will be like that sister in the future, and teach these stinky Sinai people a lesson!"

"Hey, but I'm also from Sinai, but my face doesn't stink!"

"Haha, let's teach you a lesson if you don't smell bad."

The children's words stunned the boy for a moment.

It sounds like... what happened after he left was a little different from what he imagined?

He reached out and pushed open the gilded wooden door, and—

"Curator, I'll bring the two ladies to... come..."

With his mouth wide enough to stuff a wild duck egg into, the boy's voice gradually turned into wordless astonishment.

Behind the door is the exhibition room of the museum. Simonis is standing next to the display case of the pharaoh mask and sneering. In a small open space away from the display case, the girl is surrounded by a circle of dark red characters. With blood-colored black hair, she looked at the people lying down in front of her with disdainful eyes.

"This is the curse magic that everyone in Alexandria is afraid of? It's been 781 years, and there are still people who use this kind of intrusive curse spell that can only deal with people without magic knowledge and skills, let alone special curse spells." The enchantment is over, you can't even break through my magic shield."

"You, despicable stranger..."

Only one was still barely sitting on the ground, leaning on a staff decorated with gold, ivory and turquoise.

Are these the magicians of the Temple of Isis in Sinai?

Their attire is different from all the magicians Tina has seen. It is generally a traditional Sinai men's linen robe without sleeves, golden wristbands are worn on the hands, and a wide neck with a talisman of life Circle as decoration, no cloak. The man holding the staff was dressed more luxuriously, and also wore a gorgeous leopard skin, which seemed to be a symbol of status.

He was covering his head and cursing, but Ai only gave the defeated dog a contemptuous glance.

"Aren't you more despicable when you do it suddenly? Unfortunately, although I am still an apprentice and don't know "Spell Sequence", the skill of "Instant Spell" is not difficult to learn. "

Then, Ai Cai looked at Liliana who was standing aside expressionlessly.

The arrogance disappeared, and Ai hurriedly hugged the hands covering his left eye behind his back obediently, as if he just realized that he had caused trouble, and looked at his teacher nervously.

The high-spirited girl turned into a restless kitten in front of Miss Witch's unchanging poker face. Tingna couldn't help being a little funny watching this scene.

But as soon as the smile appeared on his face, the girl's wine-red eyes glared fiercely.

"...Curator Simonis, did I cause you any trouble?"

Through their dialogue, the witch can almost imagine what happened just now—clearly, these priests of Isis should have provoked this incident.

They couldn't see Ai touching the sacred cultural relics in their eyes, so they spoke out to stop them, but Ai got the curator's permission directly, and the curator Simonis was by his side. The curator who was at odds with the priest of Isis must have not followed their request Ai was stopped, and the dispute escalated, until someone from the priest of Isis suddenly used magic to deal with Ai...

Then they were all beaten to the ground by the girls.

"Ah, it's okay, don't bother me. I also want to thank Miss Ai for letting me clean my ears for a while. These flies really annoy me."

Simonis sneered and waved at the boy.

"Find some people and send this pile of flies... oh no, respectable priests of the mysterious lady and send them to the rest room. They have worked hard, prepared good bread and beer, and cannot neglect the faithful believers of the goddess. ah."

"Simonis, you godless bastard and elegant man!"

The man sitting on the ground gritted his teeth and cursed.

Beer and bread are often used to pay workers in quarries or construction sites as settlement wages, and such a move is blatantly contemptuous of them.

"Without us, if anything happens to the sacred relics of these great pharaohs, you are waiting to be buried in the desert, turned into bones under the wrath of Ra, and eaten by vultures and hyenas!"

"I don't need to bother you. First of all, the true god doesn't need me to believe in her and she can live a good life, unlike those guys in your country who have to worship every three days. Secondly, you don't even have a little boy who is not half your height. Girls can't even beat them, and I doubt that if the strange thief really came, what effect would you have?"

"you--!!!"

Several guards brought in by the boy kept their stunned expressions after they walked in. Simonis sneered and waved his hands, asking them to "drag" this angry man with livid complexion and the unconscious subordinates around him.

He deliberately emphasized the word "drag". Unfortunately, the guards did not dare to be so disrespectful to the priests of the temple. After they helped these people leave the exhibition room of the museum, Simonis grinned and walked to Ai. messed up girl's hair.

"Hello!!"

"Oh, I'm annoyed by these Isis priests the most. They don't study their knowledge well, and use the name of God to show off their power. Let alone magicians, they are completely unqualified as scholars. But the ancient beliefs of this kingdom are deeply rooted, which is rare. Seeing them slumped was really a mouthful of anger."

Ignoring the distraught little black cat, Simonis looked at Liliana and nodded.

"...Is the museum being targeted by strange thieves?"

However, Miss Witch was obviously more interested in a word he uttered, and so was Tingna, of course.

This word made the girl immediately think of the self-proclaimed nameless guy who used people's mindset in the city of a thousand towers and almost stole some emperor's handwritten letters from the ancient magic empire under her nose.

If Miss Puppet hadn't arrived in time, maybe he would have escaped.

"Well, about this..."

Stared at by the witch, the curator frowned.

It was rare to see the pleasure brought by those priests being deflated, which made him lose his words. He shook his head, obviously unwilling to talk about it.

"Actually, Her Majesty the Princess asked us to come here to help you. Her Majesty the Princess doesn't want to see these treasures that we finally found with us end up in someone's hands, so..."

Ai's mind turned quickly, she brought up the princess's rhetoric, and Simonis' expression became more entangled.

"Even if it's His Highness..."

He said that the protection of books and collections is the responsibility of the library itself. It is not the turn, and other organizations should not intervene. Even the princess is the same. The Temple of Isis forcibly arranged a group of people to come in, which is already a serious violation of this law. Bottom line.

The faction of scholars represented by the Great Library is not a complete academic organization in Sinai, because it is related to court scholars, and strictly speaking, it can be regarded as a political force.

At this level, there is not much difference between the people sent by the princess and the people sent by the Temple of Isis.

"In that case, there is no need to worry. We are not the princess's subordinates. To be precise, we are adventurers."

"...Adventurer?"

"Adventurer team, "Light Seekers", the members are the three of us in front of you. It was established not long ago, and it was completed as soon as it was established. Two... No, it is actually four A-level commissions..."

Ai took out the resume of the adventurer team from the space storage ring.

Liliana is an honorary adventurer, and she has not registered as a real adventurer, and it is impossible for Tina to be the liaison officer of the honorary adventurer. In principle, she cannot join any adventurer team as an official member of the team, so In name, the leader of this little adventure group is Ai.

Since the princess asked the staff to change the establishment date to before they came to Sinai when the adventure group was established, the adventure group's experience of completing the commission recorded in the resume is gorgeous-including solving the airship hijacking , to assist the City Guards in arresting cultural relic dealers, to accept enlistment commissions to eliminate dangerous monsters, and to find out the truth about the missing cases...

Not more than two days apart.

This is an official document of the Adventurer's Association, and the association's seal is a symbol of credibility. After reading it, Simonis also looked at this combination that seemed to be composed of only one girl and two little girls with an incredulous look.

He didn't know the strength level of the adventurer, but the scene where Ai beat all the magicians from the Temple of Isis to the ground happened before his eyes. Before that, he had never seen those magicians being beaten by anyone. It's so embarrassing.

It seems that there is no reason to refuse?

"...Then, should I go to the Adventurer's Association to issue a commission first?"

Obviously, hiring adventurers will not touch some sensitive bottom lines, but in comparison, the threat of the strange thief is more urgent.

"Ah, since Miss Liliana is an honorary adventurer, you can go to the Association to release the commission in a completed form after completing the commission..."

"I don't know much about this, but since the princess introduced you, and you also helped me get rid of those annoying guys, I think I can trust you."

After weighing for a moment, Simonis stroked his beard and nodded.

Then, he sighed heavily.

"Actually, when preparing for the exhibition a few days ago, a letter was delivered to my desk..."

A few minutes later, they returned to the atrium of the library. The children's classes seemed to have ended. At a stone table on the grass, Simonis ordered his men to bring fruit and red wine, and told Liliana and the others about the About this monster.

The letter was also placed on the table. Strictly speaking, it was just a piece of nondescript white hard cardboard wrapped in an envelope that can be seen everywhere. There was no stamp, and there was no imprint on the red wax seal.

Of course, there will be no signature.

"On the 27th of Primordial Moon, the moment Diana's Moon rises to the sky, I will descend in the shadows and take away the Life Amulet of the Elegant Goddess."

This sentence is all the content on the card, very straightforward, the only problem is...

"...Why do you have to announce in advance when you steal something?"

Obviously, in Ai's childhood, there were no stories about strange thieves and righteous thieves. The girl leaned on the stone bench with her legs crossed, thinking that the thief should be mentally handicapped.

"Maybe it's just a prank? Are there any famous thieves in Sinai?"

And Ting Na, who has read many stories about righteous thieves and rangers, strange thieves and gray foxes, when she actually saw the notice letter, the girl also found it difficult to treat this as true.

Simonis shook his head.

If there are really famous thieves, rumors and bard songs always spread faster than anything else. The collection of books in the big library is updated every day, and almost all comers are welcome. It is impossible for those who have never heard of it.

He also tends to take the incident as a prank.

It's just that the target of this prank is really important, so he still strengthened some security, but for some reason, the news spread, which led to the forceful intervention of the temple forces.

"After all, it's such a precious thing. It's always right to be cautious. The 27th of the first sprout month... is today, whether it's a prank or some phantom thief wants to use this method to become famous in one fell swoop, it can't be discussed here, but."

Alice shook her head. Is it true? This kind of discussion doesn't make much sense, and there will be no results. There is only one way to prove this kind of thing.

"We have to wait until the announced time to find out."

Therefore, the fifth commission of "Light Seeker" - strictly speaking, the third commission is the investigation of the strange thief and the protection of cultural relics.

Liliana, Alice, Tingna and Ai spent the afternoon and dusk of this day in this deep-sea building.

until late at night.

When Diana's Moon was rising high, Tingna looked at the star-sparse night sky in the curator's office a little depressed.

After waking up, the priest of Isis still took over the security of the museum, but he also tacitly accepted Liliana and Ai's assistance—or leadership.

Liliana didn't reject them either. Although they were all just magician apprentices, and the knowledge and magic they mastered seemed backward, the role that magicians could play cannot be ignored.

The deputy of the high priest went back to the temple, clamoring that today's business was not over, but his departure made the priests breathe a sigh of relief.

Being arrogant does not mean being stupid, the gap between them and Ai is clear at a glance, no matter who they are, they have no intention of being beaten again.

Only Tina was invited out.

There is no way around this, the magic on those rings is not suitable for use in a place like the exhibition hall where precious cultural relics are everywhere.

If it got involved accidentally in a hurry, even if you sold her, you wouldn't be able to afford it. Not only can't afford to pay, but may also be sent to the gallows.

With the removal of those magic rings, Tina obviously couldn't provide much help there. In case there were really strange thieves and jumped the wall in a hurry, it would be the most dangerous one.

Even Liliana and Alice agreed with this statement.

Tonight, other areas of the library are also on alert. Apart from leaving, Tina can only stay here full of manuscripts and scrolls. According to Simonis, "Even if it is set on fire, it is not worth a few gold coins." As for the curator Simonis who is also useless in a crisis situation... Now he is patrolling other areas of the library with his guards.

Even Alice is not around. This office is more than 100 meters away from the museum area, and the black pearl earrings cannot allow her to chat with the puppet or Miss Witch.

"...Although I know I can't help you..."

Lying by the window, Tina pinched her own shadow, kneading it into balls, and then flattening it into a pool of discs.

The place is full of books to pass the time, but the girl doesn't want to read any of them.

Behind the big library is the pier along the Sea of ​​Storms. In the distance, the flames of Pharos Airport are brighter than the daytime. Occasionally, the lights of the airship slowly cross the night sky, and they enter the port under the guidance of that.

In the early summer, the Sea of ​​Storms hadn't revealed its most ferocious and irritable side yet, and the sea breeze, with warmth, blew from the window where the girl was lying on her stomach to behind her, and brushed across the road beside the pier.

It was already very late, and the seaside road where many people were walking when night fell was now silent, only the patrol team of the city guards came and went with the warm light of magic lamps.

There is only a little time left until the Diana Moon rises to the top of the night sky.

Only the summer insects chirped softly, as if a storm was brewing in the leisurely air.

Tired of rubbing her own shadow, Tina began to pass the time with the ring on her finger.

She rubbed Baiyu's fingerwheel first, because magicians must protect themselves first when fighting. The girl was fighting that unknown phantom thief imaginary. Because she was not afraid of strong light and darkness, she could use the "Flash" and "Darkness" techniques in "Elemental Crown" to take away his vision from the very beginning. No matter who you are, you will be in a panic. At this time, you can use "Arcane Missile"... Ah, "Missile Queen" is still charging, this ring can't be used, so use "Spider Web" Wrap him up tightly.

In the girl's imagination, the phantom thief who appeared in front of her was knocked down to the ground and bound into a ball, but Tingna quickly realized from this empty imagination.

She looked at the night sky, and the beautiful crescent moon was still a little bit away from rising to the dome. The girl couldn't help but look back at the small clock on Simonis's desk, wanting to confirm that it was still a short distance away from the announced time. how long……

Turning around, the girl met a lance with an azure handle—to be precise, a small figure holding this familiar azure lance.

"..."

"...she turned her head."

That posture is like a one or two-year-old baby, or a slightly older cat.

Those eyes and hair are like slices of the clear sky.

Tina knew those eyes.

"Is the silent enchantment properly set up?"

But she didn't recognize the voice of the woman hidden in the black tights behind this small figure.

Although her identity should be readily apparent.

"Of course, I deliberately chose a method that has almost no magic fluctuations. Even the puppet with this tall woman shouldn't be able to detect it quickly."

"That's no problem. Give me some more time, and the copying will be finished soon."

Behind the floating puppet, a figure with a female voice is holding a quill pen, scanning one notebook, and then scanning another notebook. The light is not bright enough, but Tina is still clear It can be seen that black writing appeared on the originally blank book.

"Cang..."

The girl subconsciously wanted to say the doll's name.

But just after uttering the first word, the little puppet with an indifferent expression pressed the lance in her hand to the girl's throat - the magic shield can only defend against things with a certain momentum, and when Tingna didn't notice it , this puppet named Cang Chengshi has broken through the magic shield at a slow speed, and now, only the mage armor is protecting her body.

"Although your voice cannot be transmitted, please understand that we still don't want you to speak out rashly. Because of the magic shield and mage armor, I can't stun you without hurting you. For your own sake For safety reasons, please be quiet, and don't try to use other alchemy items on your body."

Cang Chengshi's voice was as ethereal as her impression, but her threat was obviously serious.

Ting Na just wanted to trigger the ring on Cang Chengshi's hand when Cang Chengshi was talking, at least to make some movement to let Miss Witch know, but such a small action obviously did not hide from the puppet, she brought the tip of the gun closer, and the girl I didn't dare to move.

"It seems that we are quite destined, don't we? Tall lady, although I don't remember your name..."

The woman who was copying something with the shimmering feathers spoke with great interest.

"nameless."

"Okay, okay, Cang Chengshi, you don't have to be so strict, you are a puppet representing the unfettered sky."

"If you can be more reliable, I can relax a lot."

"It's okay, it's okay, just be careful not to let this lady use magic. Copying this research note is quite boring. There are still a few minutes, and I also want to catch up with this lady."

It was undoubtedly a woman's voice, with a beautiful viper-like charm.

"You...are you really nameless?"

Tina's eyes widened.

In the city of a thousand towers, Tina clearly remembered that the "famous disguised thief of the kingdom" in the mouth of Princess Charlotte was a gentlemanly young man who showed gambler-like determination and madness when fighting Sephanny. A male with warrior urges—yes, definitely a male.

But now?

Tina could see the slender waist tightened by the tights, a pair of towering peaks that made it difficult for others not to be impressed, she shifted her attention from the book to this side, Tina tried hard to recall, I couldn't find the same outline as this face in my memory.

The burn marks from the battle with Sephanny were nowhere to be seen.

——Can disguise even change gender?

Tina felt that somewhere in her common sense had been greatly impacted.

"no doubt."

But that woman seemed to be used to such questions.

"Didn't I send notice letters? Although this is the first time I have sent letters in this land, my unnamed letters are very famous in Olympion and surrounding areas. Didn't you all recognize the genius?" Are you on guard?"

"...Anonymous letter...?"

Tina thought about the invitation.

There is no name, but it’s not that I forgot to write it or didn’t write it on purpose... No, it seems correct to say that I didn’t write it on purpose, because she is "nameless", and nameless means no name, so of course she won’t sign it...

What kind of word game is this?

And we didn't recognize it at all!

Tina didn't know whether to tell her that no one had recognized her and that she was just making such a big show out of caution, or whether to keep it to herself.

Looking at the face that is quite famous and proud of her ancient country on the edge of the sand sea, these two thoughts tossed and turned in her mind, unable to explain the strangeness of the reason, Ting Na had to try to change the subject, so as not to get involved in this matter. I was questioned about it.

"Then what are you copying? It's almost time for the announcement, don't you want to find a way to steal that life talisman?"

She had to change the subject.

"No one stipulates that you have to steal it after sending out the notice letter. It's just stupid to say that."

But Wuming said very indifferently, words that would make all fans of Phantom Thief literature furious.

Even the little puppet floating in front of her couldn't help but put the hand that wasn't holding the lance on its forehead, as if "I don't know him".

"Apologize to all the phantom thieves in history, immediately!"

Wuming ignored the girl's reaction and continued to speak incessantly.

"I have always felt that the key to stealing is to divert attention. The notice letter is one of the very useful ones, just like now, your two powerful companions are concentrating on guarding things that I would never steal, Layers of magical protection will prevent them from feeling what is happening here, and I will neither show up at the announced time nor steal the announced things. Playing a prank, no one knows that I have been here, and no one even knows that their own things have been stolen. This is what a real ghost thief should do—if I didn’t meet Miss Tina here, this would be a perfect match. theft."

After finishing speaking, Wuming pouted.

"Stupidly attracting everyone's attention and then jumping in, that's not being bold, it's a brain problem."

"...Then what are you doing now?"

"Copy it. According to our plan, there will be no people in this place. We will transcribe the curator's deciphering of a certain ancient sacred document in Sinai and leave. No one will know."

"Then I know now, why are you still transcribing instead of taking it away..."

"The "twin feathers" bought at a great price can't be left to eat ashes. "

"..."

"... Just get used to it. For a tall lady, every time her image changes, her nameless personality will also be affected to a certain extent. Poor mouth is a relatively common one."

The puppet in the sky looked at Tina with a subtle expression of sympathy.

Tina was at a loss for words.

Obviously holding back a lot of words and wanting to spit it out quickly, but a sense of powerlessness that would lose if she speaks out makes her unable to say anything, she just feels very maddened by holding back, very...uncomfortable!

It even made her ignore a thought that popped up out of the blue.

At the time when Tingna was feeling extremely uncomfortable and didn't know what to say, Wuming quickly finished flipping through the notes, put the quill pen in the closed book, and sandwiched the sexy curves outlined by the tights .

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Of course it's because we are destined."

"..."

"Why are you silent? We, who are not friends, also met in Sinai after the city of a thousand towers. Isn't it just a coincidence? I have a hunch that maybe we will meet again in the future, so it is important to establish a good relationship in advance. very important."

She walked up to the girl with a fox-like smile.

"I don't want to have any fate with lawless people like you at all."

"Don't say that, come on, Xiang-"

"Xiang, what is Xiang, wait, you, don't come over—!!"

Chirp~~

Wuming suddenly pressed her whole body over, with the window sill behind her, and the unavoidable Tinna couldn't even make a decent resistance, so she was stuck to her body by the twin peaks that declared the raging destructive power, her fiery red lips She didn't stop because she turned her face away. After a chirp, Tina let out the most miserable scream since she came to Sinai.

But due to the setting of the sound-proof barrier, the scream only echoed in her ears.

"Looking forward to the next meeting."

Seeing the girl frantically wiping the cheeks touched by her own lips, Wuming smiled contentedly, hugged the pale doll into her arms, and stepped back to the opened window on the other side edge.

"Wait a minute, stop for me!"

Amidst Tingna's frantic shouts, the wind blew up around Wuming and the puppet named Cang Chengshi.

The invisible air current brought their figures up into the night sky quickly, and then fell into Alexandria at night. When Tingna ran to the window sill, the clock in the office rang thirteen.

The moment of change, the Diana Moon, rises to the very top of the sky at this very moment.

It was the time announced, but the figures of Wuming and Cangchengshi were nowhere to be seen.

"Succeeded by them!!!"

Tina yelled loudly, but got no response.

I don't know how big the soundproof barrier set by Wuming and Cang Chengshi is, and how long it will last. After shouting several times without getting a response, the girl calmed down and ran towards the door of the office.

"...!!"

Tina stopped suddenly, but immediately realized that this was not the reason to stop now, so she started her legs again and ran out of the room.

"Every time the image changes, the personality will also be affected to a certain extent... Could this be..."

Muttering to himself in a voice that only he can hear.

A certain idea that was ignored because of the unspeakable weird feeling before finally popped up.

Before walking out of the door of the curator's room, the girl looked at the window where Wuming and Cang Chengshi left in surprise, and subconsciously looked in the direction of the museum.

—Same as Miss Alice?

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Postscript of a certain day:

"...The result of the inspection, it seems that nothing is missing. Then, through the investigation of the elemental elves, there were indeed two people who were in the same room as Miss Tingna not long ago... This is the restored appearance." "Yes Wuming and Cangchengshi...Miss Alice and I, the pair we met in the City of Thousand Towers, sorry, because they were subdued all at once, and there was no time to warn us..."

"...Don't blame Miss Tingna, we were all fooled by that notice letter."

"……Um."

"Miss Tina? Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Eh? No, not anymore, Miss Alice, I, I have nothing more to say..."

"Speaking of which, you really are a phantom thief without integrity."

"... Ai, that should be unscrupulous."

"No, it's just that you have no morals, Master Liliana, otherwise how can you explain the lipstick marks on Miss Tingna's face?"

"...Lipstick marks? Eh? Eh?"

"Don't look for the makeup mirror, look at the back of your hand, Ms. Tingna, probably subconsciously wipe it with your hand after being kissed... Didn't you notice it before?"

"Y-I'm being overwhelmed by that woman's overwhelming aura, so I, I'm going to wash my face!"

"... Overwhelming 'spirit'." "Overwhelming 'spirit'?" "Where is the overwhelming momentum..." "Why, why do you all lower your heads...Miss Liliana, Miss Alice, let me explain—"