Path of Light.

Chapter 12 12. The clue is broken
Roy, who was wearing a trainee priest's robe, held a holy prayer in his hand, and walked through the outer corridor of the townhouse, where the walls and columns were covered with murals describing the glorious deeds of the Statue of Liberty.

There are many benches in the temple, the innermost one is a high platform, and the wall next to the high platform is a relief of the Statue of Liberty.

This Statue of Liberty is humanoid.

She raised the storm sword in one hand, and tightly clutched a black chain in the other.

Standing barefoot on a piece of dark ruins, looking into the distance.

Priest Theodore was kneeling in front of the relief statue at this moment. He clasped his hands together in front of his chest in a gesture of prayer, and he was also chanting words.

It's just that the voice is so small that Roy can't hear clearly, and doesn't know what prayer he is reciting.

No matter how pious he was as he recited the prayers, the statue before his eyes did not move at all.

The light cluster floating around Priest Theodore slowly converged towards his body.

Roy found that there was a side hall next to the main hall, and there was a one-meter-square pool in the center of the side hall. The clear water in the pool was almost full of water, and a small amount of holy light was continuously precipitated from the pool.

Those faint holy lights are like fluttering cotton wool, floating above the pool.

Roy found that ever since he was able to perceive the faint light clusters around his body, the world in his eyes had undergone some subtle changes.

Every time you just concentrate your thoughts, you can see those light clusters floating around.

If you don't want to see them, it's very simple, close your eyes and dissipate your spiritual thoughts...

The stone platform in front of the holy water pool was empty, where the Holy Grail should have been.

This was Roy's first time entering the temple, and the huge reliefs in the temple created a solemn and solemn atmosphere, which made Roy shut his mouth obediently.

When approaching the stone platform, you can still see the circular marks left after the holy grail was taken away on the stone platform. The stone inside the ring looks darker than the surrounding area.

Standing beside the stone platform, Roy closed his eyes.

Imagine how he would leave the temple if he were the elf thief.

Because it should be in the morning at that time, someone must be cleaning the pool in the courtyard in front of the temple, no matter how stupid the elf thief is, he would not go out through the main entrance.

The windows in the hall of the main hall are designed to be very high, and there are no convenient places to climb around.

There are stairs on the back of the wall near the right side of the main hall, but that is not the way out, but leads to the second floor of the main hall.

On the second floor of the temple, an inner terrace like a cloister was built along the wall, probably thinking that if the hall of the main hall is full of believers, the remaining believers can still stand on the inner terrace on the second floor.

Roy walked straight up the steps to the second floor, and sure enough, the terrace here was next to some stained glass windows.

The sunlight outside filtered through the stained glass, throwing some bizarre colors.

Roy tried to push open the dusty windows, which were almost locked from the inside.

Walking to the end of the terrace, Roy finally found that the glass window was actually half-covered, and the dust that should have accumulated on the window sill looked messy.

That thief should have left from here.

Roy pushed the window open as he thought about it, and from here he could just see the wall at the northeast corner of the temple.

Outside the window is a lush lawn. The weeds on this lawn are tall and should be mowed long ago.

The lawn ground is only four meters high from the window, and it is not difficult for a thief to jump out of the window.

In fact, Roy thought in his heart that the incident had passed for several days. If the thief had been more alert, the Holy Grail would have changed hands a long time ago.

Roy didn't tell Priest Reed what he had discovered, because he was also worried that if he messed up things, he was destined to be labeled as 'frizzy' in Priest Reed's eyes.

Seeing the trainee priest Jasper coming in from the outside, he rearranged the benches in the main hall.

Roy also hurried down to help...

"The magical arts here are difficult to learn, Roy, if you don't understand anything, just ask me. Although I have only learned a little bit, at least we can find the answer together." Jasper sat On the bench, extended a hand to Roy.

Roy shook hands with him and nodded.

"How long have you been here?" Roy asked.

Jasper rubbed his forehead and said, "It's been about six years. At that time, I heard that the Temple of Liberty recruited apprentice priests, who could learn spells that are completely different from magic, so I came here."

"Do you want to see my magic?"

"Okay!"

Jasper said a prayer so quickly that Roy couldn't hear what he was saying.

The last sentence was that he took the initiative to slow down, and Roy heard it clearly. It seemed to be something'... The darkness receded! '

Then a beam of light lit up on his body, although it was very faint, but that kind of holy aura instantly filled Jasper's whole body.

And a small ball of light also appeared in the palm of Jasper's hand, about the size of a snow ball, just as Priest Reed said... the level of being able to learn spells.

When the light group approached Roy, Roy felt warm, as if some darkness in his heart had been dispelled.

"I can feel the warmth, which is really good!" Roy said.

……

Probably the elf patrols also found these clues. There were messy footprints all over the lawn in the backyard of the temple, and Roy could no longer find any useful information.

He even found some obvious signs of climbing on the northeast corner.

Roy even ran around the fence, but found no useful information except that a basil bush was trampled down.

There is nothing wrong with the Statue of Liberty.

Roy only needs to stay in the temple for half a day, so Roy left the temple in the afternoon.

Both Jasper and Abbott were a little envious of Roy. They only had one day off a week. Jasper chose Monday, while Abbott chose Tuesday, far less free than Roy.

……

Walking along Brown Street towards the tavern, Roy saw the neighbor's brat squatting in front of the pharmacy again.

With a wooden bow on his back, he was peeking into the backyard of the pharmacy.

Probably all the children on Brown Street will regard Mrs. Winnie's night saber as an imaginary enemy, and before they become rangers, they will definitely try their best to defeat that big cat.

Seeing Roy approaching from a distance, the brat immediately stood up, patted the dust off his buttocks and ran away.

In his opinion, Roy was much more terrifying than that night saber.

……

The tavern was still so deserted, there were no guests at a few tables.

It probably won't be until the evening, after the workers on the pier have finished their work, that the tavern will become a little more lively.

The banshee's song rang out from the magic conch in front of the counter.

Lucy, the elf waitress, was sitting alone at a square table near the bar, listening to the music intently.

When Roy walked into the tavern, the waitress quickly stood up and turned to look at Roy.

Roy stood in front of the waitress.

"Lucy, can we talk?"

Seeing that Lucy was in a good mood, she waved to Roy and motioned for him to sit down: "I know you, Roy, what can I do for you?"

"Do you remember what happened that day?" Roy asked tentatively.

"Of course, that was my most unlucky day of the month." Lucy frowned, as if she didn't want to think about that day.

Roy smiled apologetically before saying:

"When I left, a male elf with a package in his arms just walked in. Do you know him?"

Lucy thought about it seriously, and said:
"After you left, this place has resumed business. At that time, I was questioned by the elf patrol for a long time, and then many guests came one after another. Sorry, I can't remember which one you are talking about."

"It was the first guest to enter the tavern after that incident happened," Roy said.

Lucy bowed her head and thought for a while, then shook her head again.

Roy felt a little lost in his heart, and the last clue seemed to be broken from here.

"Okay, let me know if you remember anything."

Lucy smiled and said briskly, "No problem."

It seems that every elf doesn't have an ugly smile...

……

Roy, who had no clues, went to the pier again.

There are a few more large ships docked at the pier, and Castleton Harbor in summer is always so busy and noisy.

This time Roy didn't look for any guide job, just walked around aimlessly.

Some crew members hang out of the side of the ship on both sides of the deck, using shovels in their hands to clean up the shellfish on both sides of the hull, and boxes of goods are lifted off the ship along the gangway.

The fish market is still full of sewage, and there are some octopuses on many stalls.

I didn't find the elf thief, but I saw Sabrina selling fish for Ms. Gillian.

Ms. Gillian is a very special silver moon elf. She has an independent personality and never wants to accept help from others. She set up a fish stall on the pier to support her family of three.

As a silver moon elf, Ms. Gillian has a lot of emotions. Her bones are full of the romantic feelings of the silver moon elves. Every relationship comes suddenly, and they always get along soon, and they part ways because of some trivial things in life. .

"Roy, why haven't I seen you fishing these days?"

Ms. Gillian skillfully cut off some bright red tuna meat on the meat table, wrapped it in banana leaves, and handed it to a waiting customer in front of the booth.

Roy stopped quickly and said to Ms. Gillian:

"Ms. Gillian, I plan to go to the Elf Academy to report next week. I have been doing some pre-enrollment preparations for the past few days."

Ms. Gillian was a little surprised. She took another look at Roy and said, "Even you have to go to school! Time flies, so you and Sabrina are classmates..."

In Ms. Gillian's eyes, Roy, like Moira, are still children who need someone to take care of them.

Sabrina on the side ignored Roy. She was cutting the collected banana leaves into squares so that it would be easier to pack the fish.

There are always more customers here when Sabrina is helping out at the fish stand.

Ms. Gillian greeted Roy behind the fish stand and asked him:

"When I heard that Jefferson was killed by those strangers, were you there?"

(End of this chapter)