Path of Light.

Chapter 73 74. Duel
A gust of sea breeze blew, and Roy stood at the gate of the courtyard feeling the coolness on his back, only to realize that his back was already soaked in sweat.

A small head appeared silently from behind the courtyard wall covered with moss and dark cat vines. Moira poked her head out from behind the courtyard wall and saw that there was no one on the street except Roy. There was no one else, so he exhaled lightly, put the sweaty dagger on the wall, and asked Roy outside the wall in a low voice:
"Is that man gone?"

as small as a cat...

Smart eyes looked back and forth towards the street.

"gone!"

After Roy finished speaking, he looked towards the street again, and then opened the door and walked into the yard.

Moira leaned her arms on the fence between the two yards, and asked Roy who walked into the yard:

"He came to investigate... the cause of Jefferson's death?"

The elf girl's thoughts are delicate, and her eyes are shining with brilliance.

"That's what he said. I think it's a simple death investigation. Maybe it was sent directly from the Dark Temple."

The two talked through the wall,
Moira was standing under the grape arbor, wearing a cool gauze skirt, holding a dagger in her hand.

Recently, her martial arts and swordsmanship have improved by leaps and bounds, and she often wears a dagger by her side, although she doesn't even have the courage to kill a chicken...

"If it weren't for you, he might have beaten me up just now, or simply grabbed my collar, pushed me against the wall and said something threatening, I know he can do it." Roy looked at Moira's hand. Dagger, thanked her.

Roy touched the pocket under his belt, and there was a stack of Kohler in it, which made him laugh. The rookie's money is really good, and he won't bargain for a piece of news...

Moira patted her chest, and said angrily, "Also...you were going to scare people to death just now..."

Roy walked into the house, and the voice came from the house:

"No, if he dares to come out to investigate blatantly, there is no reason to kill people randomly. At most, he will beat me up for seeing me displeased."

Moira also climbed over the wall, grabbed the eaves with one hand, jumped up with a light swing, sat on the balcony railing and said:
"That's why you must practice elf martial arts, isn't it?"

Roy came up from the stairs, holding the heavy chain mail in his hands. He thought it would be troublesome to put it on by himself.

Moira helped him pull up the heavy sleeves so he could slip his arms through them.

Roy glanced at Moira and replied calmly:

"There must be some reasons for this. Besides, there is nothing wrong with strengthening your body."

Moira looked at the dagger in her hand and asked, "I'm going to attack today, and you're going to defend?"

"Yeah, if you don't hurry up, you might be beaten to death in the arena..."

Speaking of this, Roy couldn't help but sighed, without any assurance of victory in his heart.

"Can the duel be cancelled?" Moira asked worriedly.

Roy shook his head:
"If I still want to walk with my head held high in the Elf Academy, I can't..."

The most beautiful view of the elf city is at dusk.

Sunset, rosy clouds, harbor, beach.

A city hidden between hillsides and woods...

Moira, who was holding an unopened dagger in her hand, did not know how many times she stabbed the dagger in Roy's vitals. Although she was wearing chain mail, the difference between this thing and plate armor was here. It hurts too.

……

At night in Castletown, the upper town and the lower town are two completely different views.

Ms. Belinda returned to Brown Street in a carriage with bad news: the art exhibition might be postponed until next month.

Because Master Claire Latin's illness has not improved, the most important work in this art exhibition has been delayed.

Ms. Belinda curled her feet up on the wicker chair on the terrace, looked at the starry night sky, and said with some melancholy:
"What worries me most is that the teacher's illness has not been cured, and this art exhibition may eventually be cancelled. We have been preparing for this art exhibition for a long time."

Ms Belinda called Claire Latin a 'teacher'.

In fact, she is not a student of Master Claire Latin, but an assistant of Master Claire Latin.

Assistants like Ms. Belinda, there are more than 20 around Master Claire Latin.

When Master Claire Latin is usually engaged in creation, they usually stand aside and pass some tools or towels, tea.

Occasionally, I will also help Master Claire Latin to refine the corners of certain works of art.

For this exhibition held in Castletown, Master Clare Latin agreed with Ms. Belinda and seventeen other assistants, promising to put one of their best works in the exhibition.

That's why Ms. Belinda has worked so hard to organize this art exhibition for Master Claire Latin.

Therefore, now Ms. Belinda is more concerned about Master Claire Latin's physical condition than anyone else. If this master really lies down in the cemetery on the top of the mountain at this time, Ms. Belinda's painstaking efforts in the past few months will be ruined.

Roy sat at the dining table, quietly listening to Ms. Belinda complaining about work.

At times like this, she needs a quiet listener.

The only thing that makes her feel a little lost is:
Roy, who often liked to cling to her arms when he was a child, now only wants to stretch his body and lie on another wicker chair.

……

The sky has rarely been clear these days.

No fog, no cumulonimbus clouds...

Roy pushed the door and walked out of the yard, only to see Sabrina just coming out of the house.

She didn't wear a long skirt, but a set of light leather armor. Although the lining inside was reduced as much as possible, in the hot summer, this kind of leather armor suit would still be very hot on the body.

If you are exposed to the sun for a while, you will become sweaty without walking.

There was only a thin layer of white corset inside the leather armor of the 'V' collar. Roy saw this scene as soon as he went out, and felt his blood pressure soar instantly...

Seeing Roy's embarrassment at the door, Sabrina's face turned red instantly.

"Moira said someone stopped you at the door last night, so please let me take care of you."

"So... you will always protect me today?" Roy was a little curious.

Sabrina gave him a blank look, and walked towards the street:

"At most, it's the way to school. After school is over at noon, you have to be careful."

"Thank you." Roy followed up and expressed his thanks to Hasty.

Sabrina turned her head and glanced at Roy, her magnificent aquamarine-like eyes had a clear meaning:

'I would gladly accept your thanks if your eyes could be more honest'.

……

In the next few days, Roy never saw the Dark Moon Elf again.

It finally made Roy's tense heart a little easier.

I don't know who said it... The news of Roy and Claire's battle against Steve and Adams suddenly spread in the junior martial arts class.

Many freshmen were very interested in this duel, and threatened to watch it at the arena that day.

No one is optimistic about Roy and Claire, and everyone has full confidence in Steve and Adams.

Even Instructor Nora reminded Roy and Claire in a low voice when they were practicing against each other that both sides can specify the rules of the game before going on the field.

At that time, all kinds of restrictions must be raised to the highest level...

If necessary, she can be on the field as a referee.

Obviously, Instructor Nora's idea is to turn a duel in the arena into a friendly match
Claire didn't want to be looked down upon by the group of elf nobles in the circle, so she resolutely rejected the kindness of Instructor Nora.

……

In the last few days, Moira was no longer Roy's partner, and Roy's partner was changed to Sabrina, who was good at using two-handed swords.

Every elf warrior who wants to become a sword dancer must learn the fighting skills of two-handed swords.

Whether it is Steve or Adams, these two people are not rangers who take the agile route, and their own strength is not weak, so Sabrina is very similar to their fighting style.

Sabrina has used a wooden sword to repair Roy very badly these days. Every day, she will use the wooden sword to knock Roy in chain armor to the ground until he can't get up.

No matter how badly he was repaired the night before, Roy will be full of energy the next morning, and there will be no bruises on his body...

Sabrina secretly admired Roy's tenacity as he became more and more courageous.

Although Roy's martial skills haven't improved much during this period, as long as he wears the mail armor, he can at least block Sabrina's onslaught.

……

Jasper and Abbott were also busy this week, and they were thinking about how to make the Black Pearl more cozy every day.

They had absolutely no intention of sending the Black Pearl back to the sea,
Unexpectedly, he didn't plan to repair the big hole in the bilge, but directly transformed it into a door in the style of a round manhole cover.

The seawater in the bilge was also cleaned up by Jasper.

Following the suggestion of the carpenter on Brown Street, build a ladder on the side of the hull, and every time you board the boat, you have to climb the ladder to the deck... It's not convenient anyway.

In the future, if conditions permit, they will enter the Black Pearl directly from the inside through the manhole cover door in the bilge.

However, the two of them did not dare to consume too much power of the Holy Light to clean up the dead souls on the ship.

Because the temple will occasionally need them to use 'secondary healing' to heal believers, and occasionally go to the outskirts of the city to purify a dead soul and the like.

These things used to be the responsibility of Priest Andison and Priest Theodore.

But now, of the two of them, the power of the Holy Light has never recovered, and the other is running between the upper city and the temple every day.

During the recent period, Roy has seen Priest Andison come out of the warehouse several times, and he seems to like talking to the mirror.

I don't know what's going on, but the power of holy light in his body is always empty.

And Priest Theodore is like Grandet, in the temple, he doesn't want to consume even a little bit of his power of holy light...

For this reason, Priest Reed had to change the twice-weekly assembly to once a week.

……

In the Elf Academy, in just two weeks, Princess Ophelia became the most popular history teacher in the academy...

Every time in the martial arts training class, when Steve looked at Roy and Claire, that kind of complacency was almost written on his face.

The day of the decisive battle between Claire, Roy, Steve, and Adams in the arena is here...

　No update tonight, take a day off and continue tomorrow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)