Path of Light.

Chapter 189 190. Mermaids Have No Tears

The raindrops falling from the sky hit the glass window of the captain's cabin with a "crackling" sound, and the rainwater flowed down the glass, leaving water marks on the glass.

Tiffany leaned against the window of the captain's cabin. She sat on a bench and laid the huge fish tail flat on the chair.

Through the blurred glass window, Roy could still be seen walking in the rain against the wind, with his body hunched over, walking with great difficulty.

On the west coast of Castletown Harbour, the waves rolled in, and the waves washed up on the beach, like countless brave and fearless warriors, setting off countless white waves on the sea reef.

In the tin bucket at the door, there is still half a bucket of fresh mackerel...

Roy brought the fish over and left in a hurry without sitting in the cabin for a while.

Tiffany withdrew her gaze and turned her head to look at the rough sea. She sighed softly. This time she almost broke with the family in order to run out to find Jasper. In the letter before leaving, she swore It says that she is going to find love and freedom.

Tiffany didn't even finish all the magic lessons, she just learned Transfiguration and some elementary ice magic, and said goodbye to the teacher.

She gave up everything that her family gave her, and also gave up the marriage contract that the family made for her, but now Tiffany can only stay in this big boat that cannot sail on the sea, like a wanderer with no fixed place...

Jasper died unexpectedly, and she found that everything she had done had become meaningless.

Tiffany blinked, and the mermaid had no tears.

Her eyes fell on this ship, looking at the steering wheel in the captain's cabin, looking at the masts on the deck outside the window, looking at the sails tied to the crossbars and countless ropes and hanging nets. The warships of the Sea Clan, this kind of large sailing ship is really too backward.

In the empty captain's cabin, apart from the rudder wheel, there was not even the most basic nautical chart.

A rope was connected to the copper bell on the top of the mainmast. Tiffany reached out and pulled the rope, and the copper bell on the mainmast rang.

Fortunately, the weather outside was bad, with heavy wind and rain, even if the bronze bell rang, the sound could not be heard very far.

Tiffany casually loitered on the boat alone.

Pushing open the door of the oar room, Tiffany walked into the long and narrow room, and saw that the outer windows were actually sealed with pieces of wood, and huge oars were hung from the ceiling in the corner of the room.

Open a wooden board that closed the window, and suddenly a strong sea breeze blew in with raindrops.

Sticking to the window, facing the storm, Tiffany sticks his head out of the window, watching the rough sea...

……

In November, the weather in Castleton Port gradually turns cooler.

Tiffany has been investigating for many days, but unfortunately has no clue...

It has to be said that the elves are quite xenophobic, and they will not casually disclose information to strangers.

The investigation by the guard's elf patrol did not make any progress.

Abt could not be found, and Tiffany had no intention of leaving, so she stayed on the Black Pearl.

Under the arrangement of Tiffany, the Black Pearl finally had some breath of life. Roy brought a basket of lemons to Tiffany and squeezed the lemon juice on the oysters that were opened. The Naga Sea Clan in the sea thought it was too delicious.

Although the war between the elves and the Naga races has ended for many years, there is not only no communication between the two races, even no business.

Therefore, the Naga Sea Clan lived on the bottom of the sea all year round, and they seldom eat fruits, so that some fruits are high-end foods that only the Naga Royal Clan can afford.

Lemon is a fruit that is only used to make fruit tea in Castleton.

Although the Silvermoon elves eat fish, they never eat shelled creatures in the sea, so no elves squeeze lemon juice on top of oysters. The lemon brought by Roy is considered to be a new dish on Tiffany's menu .

Tiffany had been frequenting the library in Castletown during the last week.

At the beginning, she went to the library just to investigate the news of Abt, but after a few days of investigation in the library, she found that Abt hadn't appeared since that night, and the clues here were broken. Lost……

But she figured out the library's borrowing procedures, so Tiffany began to patiently learn Elven language on the Black Pearl, and also read some books on Silver Moon Elf literature and history.

She would bring the borrowed books back to the Black Pearl, and then sit quietly by the side of the boat for a whole day...

Since Tiffany stayed on the Black Pearl, Roy seldom went to the Black Pearl. Usually, he would go to see Tiffany on Saturday evening, and occasionally bring her some daily necessities.

Recently, Roy's life has become calm and regular.

He and Moira's nightly martial arts sparring was also changed from the terrace to the backyard lawn, and occasionally Moira would join hands with Roy to fight Sabrina.

I have to say that Sabrina's two-handed sword is quite powerful.

Even if Roy or Moira join forces, they can only stand in front of Sabrina for a quarter of an hour. Often either Moira is too aggressive, or Roy can't stop Sabrina's epee attack.

It took Roy three weeks to finally learn to draw the divine pattern of the 'Hammer of Judgment'.

Priest Reed said that Roy was the most talented among all the apprentice priests he had seen.

It's a pity that the world is not good, the holy splendor of the Statue of Liberty has disappeared, and the priests have lost their way to promotion.

Priest Reed asked Roy to learn these low-level magic arts just to give him some self-protection power.

Roy does not intend to enter the Dark Land, which means that he will officially leave the Temple of Liberty during the third expedition of the Temple...

In fact, Roy is just a trainee priest, and he has not officially registered with the Temple of Liberty. He is more like a temporary worker with a little magic in the Temple of Liberty.

Therefore, when leaving the temple, Roy did not need to perform cumbersome rituals.

'Hammer of Judgment' has a very long prayer, and now Roy comes to the Temple of Liberty every day, almost practicing this prayer.

Even with the personal supervision of the Great Priest Reed, this part of the practice is still progressing slowly.

……

November is the graduation season for some students in the Elven Academy.

This semester will officially end in two weeks.

Most of the students, including Roy, were about to face the college's most troublesome final exam.

The Elf Academy is a school with a rigorous style of study, and the entry threshold is very low. As long as you are willing to pay the tuition fee, the academy doesn't even care if the student is a Silver Moon Elf...

During the whole semester's study process, some courses are relatively easy, while others are more difficult, and I even dare not ask for leave.

Teachers have different requirements for students...

However, during the period of the final exam, whether it is the teacher who is usually demanding or the teacher who is usually slack, they will become stern and selfless during the final exam. , in the next new year, I will continue to retake this course until I pass the exam or give up.

Roy has been busy with the exams of three courses recently. He belongs to the kind of people who usually have fewer courses and are relatively relaxed.

However, the exams for the geography class in the Elven Continent are notoriously difficult, and the pass rate will not be higher than 60.00% every year. The final exam questions given by Mr. Harper are also notoriously difficult.

In contrast, Princess Ophelia's modern elf history test is relatively easy, otherwise there would not be so many elves queuing up to report her modern elf history.

For Roy, the easiest thing was the exam for the martial arts training class with Instructor Nora.

Martial arts rely on daily practice and accumulation. This semester, Roy first met the slave trader of the Kumquat, and later met Captain Ralph of the Sea Wolf. He also had a rough experience in the outdoor practice class.

So this semester, what he has learned the most is martial arts.

Just like an obstacle race at the beginning of school, Instructor Nora was preparing for the test without prior notice when the end of the term was approaching...

Instructor Nora completely separates the physical fitness test from the martial arts test.

For a fighter, strength, agility, and physical strength are the three basic attributes. If they can't meet the standards, Instructor Nora's elementary martial arts training course will definitely not pass.

When Roy and Claire arrived at the training ground in the morning, they saw some elf students who had arrived first were queuing up, and many elf students looked sad.

In contrast, the expressions of the mixed elves were relatively relaxed.

The Silver Moon Elves are naturally weak, and they are better at using martial arts, so this kind of basic test is what the Silver Moon Elf students are most afraid of.

Seeing those items on the training ground, Claire was also a little dumbfounded.

The first item is actually splitting wood. It takes no more than 3 minutes to split a log as thick as a bucket into two halves.

Instructor Nora used a precise hourglass for timing, and prepared the hardest oak.

When the elves in the front line were choosing wood sections, they would choose some relatively dry logs. Of course, the ones at the back would not be able to choose...

The second event is also a time-limited obstacle course. It can be seen that the expressions of the elves waiting at the origin of the obstacle course are relaxed.

The third test is endurance. Instructor Nora asked the students to hold their feet and hands on a round wooden pillar without any point of support, and they needed to hold it for a quarter of an hour.

The third test is not dominated by strength, not only strength in hands and feet, but also lighter weight...

The latter two items are probably not difficult for Claire, he just glanced over there and stopped looking.

The two came to Instructor Nora who was recording the results. Instructor Nora marked the names of the two, then pointed to the strength test, and said to the two:
"Both of you go and line up over there first!"

Claire ran to the pile of logs with a bitter face, intending to find a piece of wood that was as fine as possible for himself, which seemed to be drier. In addition, he ran to the weapon rack where the logging ax was placed, intending to choose a piece of wood first. Take the ax that is in hand, and polish the ax blade well.

Although Roy doesn't chop wood very much, he still uses some firewood when he occasionally frys fish at home.

Therefore, he still has some experience in chopping wood. In addition, he has been using wooden sticks and shields during sparring recently. He believes that he must be qualified in terms of strength.

In order to help Claire find some tips for chopping wood, Roy lined up in front of Claire.

In the first test, although Roy was also a little nervous, he was more excited and excited when he saw the sawdust flying in the test field.

Claire followed behind Roy, feeling a little apprehensive, and whispered to Roy:
"Roy, or else you will secretly bless me with a power blessing later..."

Roy turned to look at Claire and whispered to him:

"I think if we do this, we are definitely insulting Instructor Nora's IQ. We may not need to explain it at that time, and our name will definitely be on the list after rebuilding..."

Claire's face changed when he heard Roy say this, and he didn't say anything more.

The two didn't wait too long. Roy picked up a logging axe, first checked the blade, and found that the sharpness was okay, and then stood in front of the test bench.

He didn't choose a log. Two young teaching assistants brought a section of log over. This test was conducted by ten students at the same time. A section of log was placed in front of each student. Everyone stood with their axes tightly in their hands. In front of the log.

Instructor Nora was holding an hourglass, and following her order, the ten elf students started chopping the wood with all their might.

Roy found that chopping this piece of wood was actually quite skillful.

It must be cut down vertically first, then slightly inclined to the left, cut down, and then slightly inclined to the right, so that the round log will be cut again and again, and a huge gap will soon be cut out.

When the gap was about to reach halfway, Roy ran to the log decisively, and turned the log over in full view.

In this way, chopping the log becomes much easier.

Claire watched from the back of the team and saw that Roy easily cut the log in just 2 minutes and successfully passed the strength test. He waved happily to Roy.

Roy walked to Claire's side from the test bench, and whispered to him a few tricks for chopping wood.

Claire's confidence suddenly increased, and he walked to the test bench with a confident face. When his group started chopping wood, Claire's confidence disappeared suddenly.

The seemingly ordinary wood chopping was not so easy in his hands. An ax hit the wood section, and the ax blade was caught in the log...

Not only did his hands become numb from the shock, but Claire took a lot of effort to pull out the ax with both hands and feet.

The next thing went a bit smoother, and Claire felt that she had already performed supernormally, without wasting a single bit of time, and she also used her full strength from the beginning.

Even so, Claire only cut off the log at the moment when the hourglass just leaked light.

Barely passed the first test, and the moment Claire saw the light leaking from the hourglass, Claire really broke out in a cold sweat.

Afterwards, Roy and Claire prepared to take the obstacle running test. Instructor Nora was still in front of the strength test team, registering the students one by one...

"You! Open your mouth."

Instructor Nora yelled at the Silver Moon Elf students in front of him with a cold face.

The thin-looking elf student trembled in fright, and quickly opened his mouth.

Instructor Nora didn't look at it, and said with a cold face: "Come again next year!"

The elf student still wanted to defend himself, and said with an aggrieved face: "Instructor, I..."

Instructor Nora didn't even give him a chance to speak, and turned his head to signal the next student to come up, saying:
"You have the smell of the lion power potion in your mouth, do you think I can't smell it?"

The silver moon elf's face was ashen, and then he left with shame on his face.

Roy felt that Instructor Nora should not be able to smell the Lion's Power potion. She must have some other way to discover that the elf student was taking the Lion's Power potion.

　Calculus committed, I am really a Buddha, let me be lazy for another day

　　
　
(End of this chapter)