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Chapter 22

The most famous golden rose on Campbell Commercial Street is as golden and shiny as ever.

Sharman opened the store early today.Because he had a good dream last night, he always felt that something good would happen to him today.

In October, the Eastern Continent has already entered winter, and it is very cold, especially the city of Spear, which may not be comparable to the ice field and snowy area in the northernmost part of the Western Continent, but it is also extremely cold.Sharman put flame spar into the heating device, drove the heater, and lit the fireplace. Soon, the shop became warm as spring.

After checking all the products in the store, Sharman smiled with satisfaction.He likes these exquisite and beautiful equipment very much. Looking at them, he will feel very good, especially today.Looking outside, I found that it was still early, so I went to prepare breakfast first. At this moment, with the ringing of the bell, the door was pushed open, and bursts of air-conditioning and some fine snow drifted in from outside.

"Wow, it's so cold~" Lacey rubbed her hands and stomped her feet after entering the door, expressing that she was really cold, and then patted the thin layer of snow on her head.It's just that before the hand touched the hair, it was held tightly by another big warm hand.

"I said don't force it." Rex helped Lacey clean off the snow, then turned his head to Sharman, "Is there any hot water?"

Shaman looked at the two people who came in in surprise, and it turned out that today is a good day.After hearing Rex's words, he immediately reacted. "Ah, yes, I'll get it right away." Then he went to the back room and brought out a basin of hot water, and put it at the feet of Lacey who was sitting by the fireplace. "Why are you here, so early?"

"Well, I haven't been here for a long time. Besides, someone heard that there is an elf here, so they want to come and see." Lacey let Rex help him take off his shoes, and his red feet were frozen Put it in the hot water, and then showed a comfortable expression. "It's the elf teacher from our school. Ah, he said that if he wants to meet his fellow clan, he must bring a gift, so he will arrive later."

"Really." Sharman smiled, "I heard that the elf arrived in Kasamedin very early."

"That guy is an idiot. Although he heard about it before, he didn't take it seriously. He thought that someone was pretending to be an elf to increase the popularity of his store. You can tell from the story of that coquettish bag." Thinking of the elf who mentioned the golden rose at that time At that time, Roser wanted to laugh with an expression as if he had eaten a poop, "I knew we said yesterday that we would come to buy something, so he came and said that he would come with us. He is obviously shy."

"He's an antique." Rex floated out such a sentence lightly.

"...Hahahaha, that's right, it's an old antique. At that time, she also said, 'I have never heard of an elf who was not turned into a fallen elf but was expelled from Falan', hahahaha, that expression is so funny~ "

"It's so funny..." After a crisp bell rang, Rossel entered the room with a bag of fruit.

"It's just funny." Lacey's eyes lit up when he saw the fruit in his hand, "Ah, I want to eat~"

"You just know how to eat." Rossell said, put the fruit on the table next to him, and gave one to Lacey.

"You want to see me?" Sharman observed the elf who had just entered.With fair skin, blue eyes, long flowing golden hair, and a tall and slender body, he is indeed a very outstanding white elf. "Hi, I'm Sharman."

"...I haven't seen you." Roselle frowned and looked at Sharman, and said such a strange sentence.

However, this is indeed Rossel's true thought.He can be said to be the oldest elf in Falaine, but this elf named Shaman, he is sure, he has never seen.However, how could no one know about such an outstanding elf?Yes, Sharman looks even more dazzling than the current elf king or himself. He is definitely a pure-blooded high-level elf. However, when he was in Falan, he had never heard his name.

"I left Falane very early, it's normal for you not to see me." Sharman smiled, "Ah, you didn't have breakfast, you came so early, it's a good thing you got up early, remember Lacey But very sleepy."

"No way, the quilt is too comfortable in winter." Lacey retorted immediately.

"Yes, please talk slowly. I'll make breakfast. Although it may not be as delicious as Rex's, it's definitely not bad." After speaking, Sharman walked into the kitchen inside.

Sure enough, after the cold, soaking your feet in hot water is the most comfortable~ Lacey squinted her eyes to enjoy the warmth brought by the hot water.

"Have you... always been like this?" At this moment, Rosal finally realized what Ed said, and Lacey became very afraid of the cold.Because even in such hot water, Lacey's feet still look very cold, and his clothes are much thicker than ordinary people.

"Huh? Are you afraid of the cold?" Lacey blinked, "Well, yes, even the thermal bag doesn't work. Only when Ley hugs me will I feel warm."

Rex's eyes were slightly cold.

"Really." Rossel suddenly felt a little cold, and involuntarily moved closer to the stove.

Where there is a fire source, it will always make people feel warm.

"Breakfast~" Sharman brought out the breakfast and called everyone to come over for dinner.

"Ah."

So the four of them started eating breakfast around a round table.

"You really don't feel like eating here." Lacey couldn't help but said.

"how?"

"There's equipment everywhere."

"Haha~ I think it's pretty good."

"When did you leave Falan?" Rosal really wanted to know this.

Sharman thought for a while, and then thought again, "I don't remember, I left Falan... It's been a long time." It was so dangerous that he almost said it out of the mouth.

Staring into Sharman's eyes, Rossel didn't see anything, so he had to give up.

"Dingling..." The door was pushed open.

"Excuse me, is Lacey Mercier here?" It was a church paladin who came in.

"Is there something wrong?" Lacey poked his head out and looked at the paladin strangely.

After seeing Lacey, the paladin walked over and took out a document with the Pope's autograph on it.

"It's like this. The incident of Tang Pula's genocide three years ago was re-investigated because someone raised objections. Some witnesses said that you were kidnapped by the young master of the Tang Pula family and locked in a dungeon, so I hope you can come forward Cooperate with the investigation."

"Dang..."

"Ah, I'm sorry, I accidentally dropped it." Lacey quickly picked up the spoon that fell on the ground, but was caught by Rex.

"Are you going?"

"..."

"If you don't want to go, just say no."

"...Go." Lacey smiled strangely, "Why don't you go? Excuse me, Lord Paladin, can you wait a while?"

"Sharman!" Lumer hurriedly pushed open the door with the sign of "Closed Business" and rushed into the store, "What's wrong with Lacey?!"

"Don't worry, sit down first."

"...Yes." Looking at Rhea who had already arrived, he had no choice but to sit down first.

When both of them calmed down, Sharman said, "Lacey went to the Church of Light, saying that he wanted to cooperate with the investigation."

"What investigation?"

"...the incident three years ago."

"What!" The two stood up abruptly.

"Calm down!" Sharman said sharply, "I know you are worried about him, but it's useless to get angry no matter how angry you are, you should think about whether something unexpected will happen, but many people saw it at that time, they Back to school covered in blood...I have already informed Ed, and he will come back as soon as possible." Ed set off after receiving news of the ancient temple ruins a while ago, and he is not at school now.

"Tsk..." Rhea sat down impatiently.

"...Why did you suddenly bring up this matter again?" Lu Mo has always been calm, and only when he met Lacey would he be uncharacteristically. "No wonder my brother looks at me with that strange look, always hesitating to speak."

"I don't have any news from here." Rhea rubbed her hair irritably, and suddenly remembered something, "Do you remember? A month ago, Lean came to us and said that the Pope asked him to ask about Lacey, and mentioned It was three years ago."

"Did the investigation start at that time?" Lu Mo pondered.

"The question is, why." Sharman sighed. "Did anything special happen at that time?"

The three fell silent.

"Apart from that drama, there is nothing special...ah!" Lu Mo was stunned.

"what happened?"

"Do you remember Lacey's necklace, that pendant. I remember, it was black, but I saw it in a play, it was blue. It must be the same pendant, and, there is A strong breath of water elements." Although he is a warrior, Lumer has a strong sense of elements.

"Is there anything special?" Sharman didn't care. After all, it is very common to add blessing magic to one's own accessories.

"I remember that at that time, the pope and the highest priests of various temples watched that drama..." Reya said hesitantly, "Lumer, do you still remember that dark priest said 'darkness' during our trials? token'..."

"Well, I remember." Lumer nodded. "At that time, that person said that Lacey had a dark token on her body, but he didn't say what kind of thing it was. Then, it was Rosell who told us about the dark token."

"That elf knows the dark token?" Sharman thought inwardly.There are very few people who know the dark tokens, even those from the dark camp.Since it has been lost for at least 5 years, the elf must have existed long before that.I thought there were no such ancient elves there anymore... But it's useless to think about it now, "That's no wonder. I also feel the breath of the water element, but it's a seal."

"seal?"

"That's right. It seems that the elf named Roser has discovered that that thing is indeed a dark token." He waved his hand to signal them not to show such surprised expressions. This kind of thing should have been thought of long ago, right? "But in order not to expose it, the sealing technique of the water element was used to cover up the dark aura. However, he underestimated human beings too much. The current pope is not a fuel-efficient lamp. It may be because of this that he discovered it, so he started to investigate. Lacey's business."

Sharman's usually gentle face turned a little cold, "We decided to help them hide it all the time, and even borrowed Kasamedin's power, so they stayed here. Now, what do you think?"

"No matter when, I will stand by their side." Lumer said firmly.

"...I..." Reya hesitated and struggled.The dark token, that is the artifact of the dark camp, why is it with Lacey, who is he, and will it be detrimental to the temple?

Seeing Rhea's hesitation, Sharman smiled, "Don't be so nervous, no one will blame you, but I hope you don't say anything."

"...I won't say it, I swear..." Reya stood up in a panic, "I, I'll go first..." After finishing speaking, she left.

"Don't be angry with him," Sharman looked at Lumer, whose face was a little blue, and smiled knowingly, "After all, he is a member of the Fire Temple. What you have to do now is to develop your own strength. One day, you will definitely leave your family for Lacey."

"……Um."

Although the summons was formally issued, Lacey was not taken to the trial hall of the Temple of Light, but to the Pope's study.

Since it is a study room, of course there are a lot of books, which are not ordinary, because this study room is very large, and there are six huge bookshelves inside, which are filled with thick books.Lacey sighed a little, then continued to look around.The pope's desk is right in front of the French window in the middle. Because it was snowing, the curtains were closed, and the snow scene outside could not be seen. However, it is easy to imagine how beautiful the bright sunlight shines in on weekdays, it must be very beautiful.

"Your Excellency the Elf, he should be Kasamedin's new teacher." Deville seemed to have noticed their arrival, raised his head, and said with a smile, "Please sit down, all three, don't be nervous, it's just an ordinary inquiry." .”

Roser still respects the Pope of the Church of Light, after all, he is considered the leader of the Light camp.

After sitting down on the sofa in front of a bookshelf, the messenger came over with brewed tea, poured the tea for them, and left the room under Deville's signal, and Deville walked over with the ancient book in his hand , sat across from Lacey, spread out the book in his hand, and put it on the table.Roser noticed that the content on that page of the book was about the 'Dark Memento'.

"Three years ago, except for the housekeeper and servant, a total of 34 members of the Tang Pra family died overnight." Deville went straight to the topic, "I don't know why, I didn't hear the news at the time, and no one has heard of it until recently. Said, at that time, you were kidnapped." After taking a sip of tea, he looked up at Lacey, "I don't know if this happened?"

"Yes." Lacey showed a helpless expression, "At that time, someone was very jealous of Rael's talent, so he arrested me."

"I heard that it was serious."

"Crack..."

Dwyer looked at the cracked teacup.

That's Rex's teacup.

With a clear smile, Deville continued, "How did you get saved? Did anything strange happen at that time?"

"It was Rael who saved me~" Lacey smiled with a strange light in his eyes, "As for the strange thing, I didn't see it, I was already in a coma at the time."

"Is that so... Where is your Excellency Farland?" The question turned to Rex.

"I don't remember, that kind of thing." The cold voice made people feel a chill in their hearts.

Deville suddenly laughed, "Since this is the case, let's not mention this. Ah, I have a request. I don't know if classmate Merhill can agree?"

ask? "Tell me about it. Since your tea is not bad, if it's not too much, I'll agree."

Dwyer smiled even wider.He stretched out his hand and pointed to the picture on the book, "I saw your necklace at that party and thought it was very similar to this one. Could you lend it to me for a look?"

"sure."

"Crack..." There was another sound, this time it was Roser.

"What's wrong?" Lacey looked over strangely.

"Ah no, it's okay." Rosal shook his head.He just felt a little worried, what would happen if the Pope broke the seal he had set, would he get rid of Lacey, and if something happened to Lacey, what would happen to Rex...

He took off the necklace he had been wearing all the time, and placed it on top of the book, right next to the picture, in stark contrast to the rigid lines on the picture.The crystal pendant glowing with blue light seemed to be a shining star, which attracted the hearts and minds of all the people present.

"My father gave it to me as a talisman."

Holding the crystal in his hand, Deville examined it carefully.No matter how you look at it, this is undoubtedly a dark token, but for some reason, its power fell asleep, and someone gave him a water seal.Could it be this elf named Rothel?

Sighing, he returned the necklace to Lacey. "I'm sorry for wasting your time. I've finished my questions. If you want to stay a little longer or go back directly, please feel free." With a slight nod, Deville got up and returned to his desk.

"Then let's go~" So the three left the study.

Slowly walking on the path of Flandia, when Lacey turned her head, she saw the permanently closed temple next to the main temple, smiled slightly, took Rex's warm hand, and continued to go back .