Path of Light.

Chapter 98 99. Count Amelia
The two statues outside the grand gate of the ancient castle have been completely destroyed, and now only the bases of the two stone statues remain, and the parts below the ankles of the stone statues remain, and the rest are just a pile of broken stones, occasionally It can also identify parts such as ears or fingers.

Rocks were scattered in the surrounding grass, and Roy casually built a piece of gravel from the statue, and he could tell that it was the corner of the stone statue's right palm, which was probably bigger than Roy's head.

Many elves are looking for some valuable stones in the rubble.

Claire found a blue-white stone the size of a basketball, and happily showed it off to Roy, not caring about Edith's feelings at all...

The stone material is marble with a very good texture, and the carving process is also excellent. The only pity is that it is broken into a pile of gravel.

Walking in from the door, you have to pass through a section of stone bridge.

Although it can be called a stone bridge, the difference of this stone bridge is that it was built directly from the bottom of the valley, and there is no water in the deep stream...

After passing the stone bridge, the buildings inside the castle are very dense, and many lanes are very narrow. Only the main street in the middle of the castle can pass carriages, and there is a small square in front of it. Now there are many elf academies gathered in the small square. s student.

There are also quite a few silver moon elves who take the initiative to greet Edith, and it can be seen that she has a high reputation in the eyes of these silver moon elves.

Edith is polite and responds positively to whoever greets her...

The inspection team walked to the front of the main building of the castle without knowing it. Everyone climbed dozens of stone steps to reach the main gate of the castle. However, the two iron and wooden gates have been seriously damaged. The iron wood has almost been dismantled in sevens and eighties.

Although the other door is still erected at the gate, it is a pity that there are only some rotten wood left.

However, the statues on both sides of the main entrance of the castle were preserved. They were statues of two sword dancers in heavy armor.

Walking into the dim lobby on the first floor, there are countless cracks in the marble floor in the lobby, which is covered with such sundries and garbage, and the lobby is empty.

The coating on the surrounding walls has long since peeled off, exposing the stone-built walls inside.

There are still some painted patterns on the roof of the hall, and all the chandeliers on the ceiling are missing.

There were only a few hanging slings with some tree vines wrapped around them.

There are still some corner cabinets against the wall around the hall, but the covers of the cabinets are all gone...

Even the stairs have been dismantled, and members of the inspection team have to use rope ladders to climb up to the second floor.

Squad Sixteen seemed to have been prepared for this. Claire and the elf who prepared the rope ladder quickly climbed up to the second floor, fixed the rope ladder on the railing next to the stairs, and then the rope ladder hung down. The members of Squad Sixteen followed suit one by one. Climb up the rope ladder.

Perhaps the stairs from the first floor to the second floor were cut off, and the corridor on the second floor would be much cleaner, at least the pattern on the floor could be seen clearly.

There are not many traces left by animals, the most are some bird droppings by the window.

It seems that not many expedition teams have been to the second floor. There are only a few lines of footprints on the floor. The second floor of the castle is more delicately designed. There are many rooms, but there are only some empty rooms left in the rooms. Even the cabinets All such furniture has also been removed.

Edith walked in the front, and everyone in the inspection team followed Edith, quietly listening to her introduction to these rooms.

In addition to guest rooms on the second floor, there are piano rooms, studios, and reception rooms. There are a total of 24 rooms. The corridors in the castle are designed in a circular shape. When you walk in the corridors, you can see the reliefs and exquisite paintings on the walls.

It can be seen that Ellington Castle is really big, and Roy really wants to know: How did such a magnificent and majestic building become ruins.

The third floor is the rooms of the members of the Ellington family. The construction here is more complicated. The third floor is divided into three independent areas. Each area has independent stairs leading to the second floor. The third floor of the castle is relatively well preserved. complete.

There are some handrails on the stairs.
Although these railings are likely to collapse completely if you touch them with your hands, at least so far, these things have been completely preserved.

Some rooms still have simple furniture. When Edith walked into a room, her eyes were full of memories. She pushed open the wooden door on the balcony, and the dazzling sunlight came in. The sunlight formed a circle around her body. Phnom Penh.

She turned around and said to everyone with a smile: "This used to be my father's bedroom, and there is a room made exactly like this at home in Castleton."

Walking to the fourth floor, this is already the top floor of the castle. Except for the watchtower and attic, there is nothing higher than here.

After everyone walked up the spiral staircase, what caught their eyes was a mural. The color on this wall was still extremely bright. The earl on the wall was also lifelike. She was riding a silver Pegasus and wearing silver armor. , holding the reins of the Silver Pegasus in one hand, and raising the long sword in the other hand, looking down at the entire city of Castleton.

There is also an army of silver Pegasus lined up behind the Earl...

"The mural on the wall is of Earl Amelia."

Edith stood in front of the mural and took the initiative to introduce to everyone:
"She is my grandmother. My grandmother had three children in her life. My father has two older brothers. My father is her third son. He was born in Ellington Castle."

"Grandmother has followed the Silver Moon Elf King almost all her life, and is in charge of the No.17 Silver Pegasus Legion. She spent her later years in this old castle."

"At the beginning, the military barracks of the No.17 Legion was located opposite Ellington Castle. The barracks can be seen from the terrace, but it has long been abandoned."

"Grandmother used to be a Moonlight Guardian. She can communicate with Silver Pegasus spiritually. She will expel any foreigner who dares to set foot in Castleton Bay."

"..."

Roy felt that accepting Edith's invitation was the most sensible move.

Listening to Edith's introduction, Roy not only had a certain understanding of Ellington Castle, but also had some understanding of Earl Amelia, the last owner of Ellington Castle.

In Roy's opinion, the time when Earl Amelia served as the head of the No.17 Silver Pegasus Legion should be the most glorious period of Ellington Castle.

Sure enough, the decoration style of the fourth floor of the castle has become more imposing. The colorful murals on the imposing dome have changed from those strong elf styles to the battle of the gods.

However, what surprised Roy was that many gods were drawn in the battle of the gods drawn on the dome, but Elune, the goddess of the moon, was not seen...

Afterwards, he searched the reliefs and murals on the surrounding walls, but unfortunately, he couldn't find Elune anywhere.

Wandering around the main building of the castle took almost a whole afternoon.

After a group of people came down from the top floor, they found that there were several investigation groups on the second floor wandering around...

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After nightfall, the temperature inside the castle dropped sharply.

Perhaps it was cooler in the mountains than by the sea, and gusts of cool wind blew into the campsite on the side of the arsenal.

This was Claire's first time camping outside, and she couldn't sleep, and there was a constant 'whoop' of the wind and 'rustling' sounds among the leaves.

Popped out of the tent, looked around...

Under the darkness of night, there was no light in the castle. He looked at Roy's tent beside him.

Roy's snoring came from the tent, and Claire couldn't sleep even more. Now he was wearing a robe and got out of the tent.

I wanted to take a look outside the armory, but it's a bit gloomy here...

Seeing that the other tents were also very quiet, he walked carefully to Roy's tent and called Roy up.

Roy was a little drowsy when he heard Claire's shout.

Opening his eyes, he poked his head out of the tent, and saw Claire standing outside the tent, looking at him pitifully.

"Why don't you go to bed so late?" Roy asked in a daze.

Claire said quickly: "I can't sleep, why don't you go with me?"

Roy closed his eyes and responded, "Forget it, it's so late!"

In the evening, Roy sorted out the information obtained during the day, and now he is sleepy and tired, and it is difficult to open his eyes.

Roy needs to write a report on the castle, from the perspective of a tourist, to write down several places worth staying in the castle.

In addition, Roy also asked Edith some anecdotes, and he planned to compile these anecdotes into several short stories, which were described around Earl Emilia, and then briefly introduced Emily Count Albert's simple life.

Claire also needs to write a travelogue, which is about the whole Malaga jungle.

But so far, Claire hasn't started writing, even some short stories.

He sat outside Roy's tent in some distress, and Roy could only get out of the tent, wearing a piece of clothing, sitting beside Claire in a daze, looking up at the starry night sky, muttering:

"Tell me, what do you need to do for you this time?"

Claire said to Roy: "Why don't we talk about how to write my travel notes?"

"I'm really not very good at this, by the way... What are you going to do with the task of the sculpture class? I saw that you picked up a piece of stone outside the gate of the castle. What kind of work are you going to carve...?"

Roy asked.

　... I have been having headaches recently, wait for me to adjust my state

　　
　
(End of this chapter)