Elden Ring, my witch is a talkative beautiful girl

Loretta's phantom nodded slightly, and the magic bow and arrow dissipated, transforming into a scroll that floated in front of A'tu. "Newly promoted Knight Kalia, you... did very well."

"Thank you." A'tu took the scroll, and both sides performed knight etiquette to each other, declaring the duel between the new and old Kalia knights to be over.

Volume 2: The Flowing Stars: Chapter 36: Steel and Wood Ask for Death

In the Tower of the Three Sisters Magicians, the three people who were about to arrive at Lani's room walked up the spiral staircase.

"Okay, I'm so tired..." After climbing the stairs for twenty minutes, without any guardrails and facing the dangerous wind, Melina was completely exhausted. "You are a princess of the royal family, how can you build a building without even an elevator!"

Excellent explosive power is the witch's strength, but she is not good at sports that take a long time and require a lot of physical strength, such as... climbing stairs.

"Are you tired?" Lani turned her head away. "I don't feel anything at all."

Melina looked down at her magical phantom, whose feet were not touching the ground, and was silent for a few seconds. "...Do you believe that after I go upstairs, I will drag your real body down to run the stairs? You are a magic nerd, and you usually use teleportation magic to go up and down the stairs, right?!"

Lani chuckled. "I've been using teleportation magic to get around since I was a kid, so I'm sorry I don't understand how Muggles who can't learn magic usually climb stairs."

"I'm so sorry I'm not good at magic!" Melina pouted, sat down against the wall, and started to act like a spoiled child. "I'm not leaving. I want to rest here for a while."

Seeing this, Ah Tui also stopped and said comfortingly, "Amei, just try harder. Before I climbed up the tower, I estimated its height and calculated that we'll be at the top soon."

The Faded One maintains a steady pace with each breath, his stamina meter regenerating sustainably. Trekking through swamps, jungles, mountains, and tunnels is no problem for him. As long as a human can walk and can't fall to his death, he can get there on his own two feet.

"I can't walk anymore." Melina opened her arms, jumped onto A'tai's back, and grabbed his neck with both hands, "Buddy, carry me!"

"You've already come up, how can I throw you down?" Melina's almost zero weight was light and ethereal, and carrying her up the stairs wouldn't add too much burden. Ah Tui smiled helplessly, and with both hands he supported the witch's thighs, keeping her fixed on his back. "Hold on tight, be careful not to fall."

"Yeah!" Melina agreed, and her boastful eyes couldn't help but drift towards the direction of the Dark Moon Princess.

Lani placed her hands on her hips, a faint hint of jealousy filling the air. "We're almost at the top, there's really nothing I can do about you..." She tapped her index finger a few times, and the sealed wall automatically opened, revealing a luxurious elevator hidden behind it. "Now that we have an elevator, you don't need to be carried by someone. You can walk down, right?"

"And you still say you didn't mean it?" Melina pointed at Lani with her free hand, angrily saying, "There's an elevator, and you tricked us into taking the stairs... Ah! Partner, help!"

When she loosened her grip, she almost fell off A'tai.

"I told you to hold on tight." Fortunately, A Tui caught Melina back in time, preventing her from experiencing the thrill of high-altitude bungee jumping, the kind where you go out and there is no return.

Looking at this skit duo, Lani said quietly, "This elevator only connects to the floor below the top room. I haven't used it in a long time."

"Uh... your design is so unique."

Even Ah Tai was speechless this time. He simply couldn't understand the thinking behind the building. It was fine if there were no guardrails, but what was the point of making people climb a flight of stairs and then building a dedicated elevator path? Was it a combination of work and rest, promoting daily exercise?

"I also thought it was quite unique, so after it was finished, I let the architect collect his salary and retire." Lani curled her lips. "As for the issue of people falling and dying, although it's rare, I did take it into consideration."

"Roar--"

The dragon's wings flapped, the dragon's roar shook the sky, and the silver moonlight dragon soared above the nine heavens. After circling the Three Sisters Mage Tower, the silver dragon swooped down and passed by Lani, and flew straight back to the bottom of the tower.

"If someone falls down due to exhaustion, Adula will fly up and catch them." Lani pushed the two stunned people into the elevator. "So you don't have to worry about the security measures in the Mage Tower."

"You, you actually have a dragon as a pet!" Melina was so envious that her expression was distorted.

"Let me emphasize that Adula is not my pet," Lani replied with a stern face. "He is also one of the Knights of Kalia who are loyal to me. He is responsible for protecting the Three Sisters Mage Tower and my safety on a daily basis."

She tried to explain enthusiastically, but Melina wouldn't listen. "Where did you adopt this dragon? Does it lay eggs? If it does, could you give me one? I'd love to have a dragon, too. Torrett isn't bad either, but riding a dragon is definitely more impressive than riding a horse."

"Hey, listen to me!" Lani was shocked. What kind of person is this? "Adula is a male dragon, and why should I give you a dragon egg? After all, our relationship is not that good at all, right?!"

"Amei, you can't say this in front of Torret, it will be sad." Atie pointed out the inappropriateness in the witch's words, but his focus was completely different from Lani's.

"Buddy, buddy, did you see that?" Melina pulled Ah Tui's arm with a look of grievance. "This woman is so stingy, she wouldn't even give me a dragon egg. Such a stingy boss will definitely deduct your wages in the future. Let's not work for her anymore, right?"

If Lani was considered stingy as a boss, there might be no truly generous people in the border area. When recruiting knights, some family would give away legendary magic weapons, forge armor with their own hands, and then hide the gifts for fear that the recipient would know the truth.

"What does this have to do with being stingy? Didn't I tell you there can't be any dragon eggs?" Lani was almost going crazy. She really wanted to throw this nagging witch out of the tower immediately, but unfortunately she couldn't do that. "Atai, can you control your witch? Make her calm down before she drives me crazy?"

Two loud and clear female voices overlapped like a chorus from inside and outside the elevator. Outside the slowly stopped elevator, Lani sat on a jade throne carved from pyroxene and looked at the two invited guests.

"Ahem, let's stop talking about dragons." For some reason, Ah Tui noticed that Lani, sitting on the chair, was a few inches taller than when she was standing, as if the stool was padded with something. He put Melina, who was still reluctant to leave, down on his back and continued, "Let's get down to business. You specifically wrote us in the letter to come here. You must have something important to entrust to us, right?"

As time went by, they received more and more random commissions, and A Tui felt that this pair of partners had great potential to change careers and run a jack of all trades.

Lani snorted coldly, calming her agitated mood. "I want to recruit you to work for me. That set of armor is the down payment. Don't worry, I won't let you do anything that violates my principles."

Melina trembled, pretending to be terrified. "I knew you had bad intentions. I'm warning you, my partner and I only sell our skills, not our bodies."

As soon as these words were spoken, the other two looked at the witch with incredible eyes at the same time, as if to say: Are you kidding me?

"Just kidding, just kidding, I just told a joke to lighten the mood." Melina waved her hands and returned to her normal self. "It's so boring to tell jokes to a stubborn person like you."

"If you help me with this, you'll definitely get some benefits." Lani resolutely ignored the playful miko and, with immense perseverance, steered the conversation back on track. "Besides the prepaid Kalia Knight Armor, as long as it's within my ability, you can set any terms."

The conditions offered by her as the first party were very generous, and the second party she was interested in was not polite at all.

"As for the reward... I'm sorry to say, we want your body." Without thinking, A'tai made a straightforward request that could easily be misunderstood.

Melina stared at her partner with horror in her eyes. "Buddy, I told you to kick the ball straight, but not this directly! We're doomed now!"

The horrific consequences of this sentence were just as the witch had guessed.

Lani was stunned at first, then quickly understood the underlying meaning of the words. Her face turned from blue to red, and she laughed in anger. "Ha, ha, ha, very good! Very good! I never thought you could be such a shameless person. I'm so blind!"

The temperature inside the Mage Tower suddenly dropped below zero.

"Die! Lani's Dark Moon!"

"boom--"

The next second, the humiliated and angry Lani opened fire at full force. Wisps of green smoke rose from the Mage Tower, heavy snow fell within a radius of a thousand meters, and the intense tremors could be felt several kilometers away.

The giant blacksmith sitting on the rock looked up and said, "Is Lady Lani testing the newcomers again? I hope she won't go too far this time."

The terrible tremors were getting stronger and stronger, and Princess Dark Moon was really angry this time.

Iggy, who was used to it, lowered his head and turned the pages of the book, ignoring what was happening outside and concentrating on his next plan.

Volume 2: The Flowing Stars: Chapter 37: The Promise between Xinhuo and Dark Moon

"It's not what you think."

"Go to hell, bastard!"

"Lani, calm down and listen to my explanation."

"There's nothing to explain, the matter is very clear!"

After several conversations like this and the Dark Moon Princess's continuous magical bombardment, the messy room finally returned to silence.

"If you calm down now, I think we can..." A Tui retracted his head quickly and avoided the flying projectile flying over his head.

"Go to hell!" Lani, who had exhausted all her concentration, was still a little angry. The towering peaks on her chest rose and fell with her breathing. She picked up the heavy books under her butt and threw them all over.

"I was wondering why she seemed taller when she sat on the stool." Melina ducked her head, effortlessly deceiving Lani of her ammunition reserves. "So there were a dozen books under that cloth."

Ah Tui hid behind the broken furniture as five or six bricks flew over his head. "Amei, it's not appropriate to discuss this topic now. You'd better not irritate Lani further."

He also knew that the cause of this farce was that he said something wrong, which made Lani furious.

"Let's talk about something else, then?" Melina couldn't help but sigh. "Is this habit of throwing books at people really a family trait? Those kids at the library love throwing books at people, too. Knowledge is power, that's a pretty good saying."

Ah Tui sighed deeply: "...Can't we change the subject away from the book?"

As the two of them chatted and grumbled, Lani's firepower gradually waned. This wasn't a large library after all. Even with a large library, they would eventually run out. She'd spent the first half casting spells, and in the second half, she'd thrown hundreds of books, pushing both her magic and stamina to the brink of collapse.

Melina wiped the snow from her hair, tilted her head, thought for a moment, and offered serious advice: "Since the situation is already straightforward, why not just go all the way and admit your mistake?" She pulled out a megaphone and shouted, "Listen up, blue-skinned woman over there! You're surrounded by two of us. As a sign of good faith, we're willing to send a hostage in to negotiate with you."

She pushed Ah Tui out of the shelter with one hand, and just like that, she sold out her teammates so openly.

"Um...Lani, I know I'm wrong, so could you please give me another chance to organize my words and rephrase..."

"boom!"

"......Chance."

The last book, "Basic Encyclopedia of Pyroxene Magic", hit A'tai's face and fell. He could have caught the book with his bare hands, but he chose to catch it with his face when it flew towards him.

Although Lani had thrown a tantrum in anger, the primary responsibility lay with Ah Dai, who had spoken without thinking. If he had been more tactful and less direct, he wouldn't have received the beating. Taking the book with his face was an act of apology, calming the girl's anger.

"Remember this! You've brought shame upon Witch Lani!" Lani sat back in her chair, grumbling through her teeth. "I'm waiting to hear your explanation. If you can't give me a good one, jump off the tower."

After some time...

With the help of Melina, A'tai explained the whole story and told Lani about Roger's request, the reason why he wanted the "Death Curse", and the questions about the "Night of Conspiracy". The latter's complexion gradually improved.

"Forget it this time. I was a bit too impulsive." Lani turned her head away and cast a spell with a wave of her hand. The books scattered on the floor of the messy room automatically returned to their places on the bookshelf. "The fact that Godwin was corrupted by 'Death' has nothing to do with me. I have also mentioned this last time. My agreement with the Black Blade Assassins only ends that night. They are now hostile to me. If you are interested in the weapons forged by the Death Rune, they might come to me on their own initiative because you are doing me a favor. As for the matter of the curse mark..."

She paused, as if weighing the pros and cons.

"If you don't want to..."

Seeing the girl's hesitation, A'er wanted to say, "If you don't want to, forget it," but he didn't expect Lani to agree immediately.

"Of course. I agree to your request." Lani leaned back in her chair, her chin resting on one hand. "Anyway, that shed body is of no use to me anymore, and the curse marks engraved on it can't be easily disposed of. It can only be placed somewhere out of reach of ordinary people. It's better to let you handle it."

From a biological point of view, Lani's original body was completely dead; from a spiritual point of view, her soul was also transferred to a new container.

But no one could predict what would happen to the Death Rune. Perhaps in a thousand or eight hundred years, that body would absorb the essence of the sun and the moon and automatically resurrect, becoming undead. If someone could come and take the initiative to deal with that thing, she would save herself a lot of trouble and effort.

Of course, she agreed to the request because she trusted the character of A'tai and Melina. If any other stranger dared to bring up such a matter, he would have to be mentally prepared to be frozen at the bottom of the tower as an exhibit for ten thousand years.

"In exchange, I want you to help me find a way to reach the depths of the eternal city of Nokron." Lani gave the reason for letting Atai and Melina come here.

"The Eternal City of Nokron?" A place name he had never heard of before reached his ears, and he cast a questioning look at Melina.

He had only heard this term once, during a conversation with Roger. The magician said that the Black Blade Assassin was praised by the world as a descendant of the Eternal City.

"Legend has it that long ago, beneath the borderlands, there once existed a glorious kingdom." Melina stomped her foot on the ground. "That lost land was one day destroyed by a dark star that fell from the sky. Those who luckily survived that apocalypse fled their homeland, burying a past they didn't want to speak of."

As the witch recalled, she told the distant stories she knew about the Eternal City: "This little bit of information is from what I peeked at the forbidden library when I was in academy. Isn't it a bit too much to ask us to find a vague and legendary city?"

"Thank you for your explanation." Melina's shocking past, like "peeking into the forbidden library," no longer frightened A-Tai. As long as she didn't cook in the forbidden library and burn the place down, it wouldn't be a big deal. "I think Lani must have some clues, right?"

Anyone who could devise a plan to sneak into the royal city of Rodel silently and steal the Death Rune would certainly not gamble his future on an unknown legend.

Princess Darkmoon nodded. "Yes, Blaze has found the entrance to the Shivra River, the entrance to the first half of the Eternal City, deep within the Ningalm Forest. But since then, progress has stagnated. I believe it's time to seek outside help, and I've chosen you as suitable candidates."

"Ningform's Forest, that's the place."

"That damn teleportation chest and that damn Rune Bear..."

They both recalled that not-so-pleasant memory, the place where they first met the half-werewolf. After many days, they finally learned the reason why he wandered in that forest was precisely to search for the entrance to the Eternal City.

"Go downstairs and discuss the details with the other three knights who are loyal to me. They're already waiting downstairs." Lani lowered the brim of her hat and yawned slightly. "I'm tired. Remember to close the door when you leave."

After saying this somewhat willful remark, she closed her eyes, folded her hands on her belly and stopped talking.

Seeing that Lani had ordered them to leave and acted as if she didn't want to talk any more, A'tai and Melina left the room as she said.

As soon as they left the room, the witch pushed the fader to turn right 90 degrees to face the stairs, then took two steps back and retreated into the room. "Buddy, go downstairs first. Lani and I have something to talk about."

"Ah? But didn't she say..."

"It's a little secret between girls, you are not allowed to eavesdrop."

With a muffled "bang", the door closed, leaving Ah Tui standing dazed in the wind.

Noticing someone had returned, the Dark Moon Princess, leaning against the throne, raised her eyelids. She hadn't fallen asleep as she claimed. "I've said everything I need to say. Do you... have anything else to ask?"

Lani's tone didn't sound surprised, as if she had anticipated this private conversation between the two.

Melina did not lie to A'er. There were indeed some secrets between them that could not be told to him and needed to be discussed in detail. Before the moment that would determine the fate of the border area came, the witch had to conceal the truth about her mission.

"I want to make a deal with you." Melina sealed the door, ensuring their conversation wouldn't be eavesdropped on by anyone else. Her expression was more serious than ever. "If one day, I can't accompany my partner on this journey, I hope you can take my place and stay by his side."

Lani is the star that watches over the night, and she is the flame that accompanies the chosen one.

Those who walk with the fire will eventually meet their destined death, and the blazing fire will dedicate everything to the king she has chosen!

Volume 2: The Flowing Stars: Chapter 38: The Magic Professor Was Furious

The whispers between Melina and Lani ended quickly, and both sides reached a certain degree of consensus on the matter of Atai.

If you want to ask whether the person involved was curious and secretly stuck a stick to the door to eavesdrop on the conversation... I can tell you responsibly that he did not.

Because Ah Tui was a model of the Faders, a man of excellent character, a man who kept his word, and a straight man. Since Melina had specifically instructed him not to eavesdrop, he obediently climbed down the tower and waited at the stairs for the miko to come down and join him. This guy was the typical "unflammable substance" who, after the woman had bathed and drunk, witnessed the whole process and still couldn't understand the hint.

After leaving Lani's room, Melina returned to her usual carefree and energetic girlish self, skipping down the stairs. She looked particularly happy, partly because the negotiation was going smoothly, and partly because going downstairs was much easier than going up, so she didn't have to work herself to death, which would have damaged her ladylike image.

"How's it going, partner?" The miko jumped down the last step and landed precisely beside A-Tai. "Did you eavesdrop on the little secrets between girls?"

Ah Tui spread his hands and said, "You said it was a secret, how could I possibly eavesdrop? I've been waiting for you for quite a while since I came downstairs."

Melina muttered to herself, "I didn't even eavesdrop. I even set up a soundproof prayer room. What a waste of effort."

You want the person you like to eavesdrop, but you’re also afraid that he might actually overhear your little secrets. The heart of a girl in love is so contradictory.

The two walked side by side into the lobby of the base of the Mage Tower. Three blue projections standing in a triangle had been waiting there for a long time.