Two priests in white robes stood in front of me and blocked my way.The boys, men and women all around me looked at me in amazement.Ying Li and I stopped, let go of Ying Li's soft little hand, I took a step forward, and said to one of the older priests, "Your Excellency, honorable priest, do you have anything to do with me?"
”The priest exuded a faint divine power around him, and he felt like he was wrapped in white light, like a person in a dream, which seemed a little illusory and unreal.His gaze fell on the magic badge on my chest, and he asked me in some surprise, "Are you a magician?"
”I nodded and said to the priest, "I am a first-year water magician of the Royal Academy of Magic in the Imperial Capital, and my name is Ji Jia. ”The older priest was visibly speechless when he heard my answer.Ying Li and I blocked the exit of the temple square, because of the large number of people who came to watch the ceremony, this exit was not too wide, a few of us stood here, directly blocking the young man behind to receive the blessing, everyone crowded into the only exit of the square and couldn't get out, all eyes were focused on the two priests."
Teacher, how can a magician become a person favored by the goddess?"
The younger-looking priest became a little unsettled, and couldn't help but whisper to the older priest, "Shouldn't it be a warrior or knight or something like that, and thus become the guardian of the temple, the battle priest?"
”The old priest held a book of prayers, glared at the young priest, and said to him, "Remember not to speculate on the thoughts of the goddess, for we are the servants of the goddess and are to act according to the oracles of the goddess." ”Then he looked at me again and said, "This is not a place to speak, can you come with us to the temple and talk about it?"
”I have never had a good impression of the priests and priests in the temple, I feel that they are a bunch of hypocrites, liars, cowards, and I am afraid that I would never have set foot in this temple square if it were not for the rite of passage, and I don't think there is anything to talk about with these priests.So he said with little interest: "Oh, can you put it simply, there is a dance party in the evening!"
I don't want to miss out on that. ”I glanced at the two priests with an indifferent expression, took Ying Li's hand again, and said to the two priests, "Trouble two, please let go." ”He took Ying Li's hand and walked between the two priests and walked out of the square.The young priest hurriedly caught up from behind, put one hand on my shoulder, took me by the hand, and said to me in a fierce voice, "Young boy, do you know what you are doing?
You're keeping the goddess out again!
”I took out the Earl's Medal from my magic belt bag, put it on my chest slowly, and then slowly removed the priest's hand that was clasping his shoulder, stared into the young priest's eyes, and said to him seriously: "Your Excellency Priest, please maintain proper respect for the noble earls of the Grimm Empire. ”The young priest stood still, looking at me in astonishment, and then I walked out of the square without looking back.Only the two high priests were left standing in place, looking at each other, bewildered.Watching the two priests return to the temple in a sullen state, the young men waiting behind cheered as if they had won a battle.Most of the young people did not want to stay on the temple square, they found their relatives at the exit of the square, and then everyone happily returned to the various celebration places and began to celebrate.The ball is held in the evening after the coming-of-age ceremony, and this large-scale national festival dance is very popular with the people of Grimm.In the imperial capital, this kind of grand open-air ball is more than one ball venue, usually this kind of open-air ball is held in various large squares of the city, the food and band served at the ball are provided by some wealthy nobles and lords around for free, for the coming-of-age ball to provide various facilities and exquisite food, it is an honor for the nobles, and the nobles are willing to take out some gold coins to do this kind of decent thing.Ryan and Fanny were waiting at the exit of the square, and Ying Li saw Fanny from a distance, her white face was dyed red, and she pulled her hand back a little nervously."
Jijia, see you in the evening!"
Ying Li whispered to me, and then gently lifted his long skirt with one hand, like a dancing butterfly flickering in the crowd.At this time, I felt as if there was a cold breath hanging over me, and when I looked up, I saw the Lady Manda on the terrace of a six-storey building on the outskirts of the square, which was in a good position, and the view was just enough to cover the whole temple square, and they sat quietly in soft chairs, and stood in a row of maids, some holding parasols, some holding exquisite teapots, some carrying precious wines, and some carrying colorful fruit bowls, which looked unusually luxurious.Mrs.
Manda, grasping the railing of the terrace with both hands, stared at me coldly when she saw me looking over.Kig stood beside her with a grin, his hand tucked up in his sleeve to greet me secretly.Le Die was also on the other side of Lady Manda, carefully gesturing to me, this is a sign language that can only be learned at the Warrior Academy, I can't figure out how she knows that I have learned this kind of sign language, Le Die roughly means: Lady Manda is in a bad mood today, let me not mind that she keeps a straight face.I nodded quietly to Qige and Ledie before withdrawing my gaze.The sign language taught at the Warrior Academy was taught to me little by little by Ryant in his spare time, and I don't know how Le Die knew that I could understand this kind of sign language on the battlefield.Ying Li's figure finally disappeared at the door of the building, and I knew that Ying Li had run to see Lady Manda, thinking in his heart how he could change his opinion of me, this kind of elven idealist was the most stubborn, and it seemed that he had to take his time.In the crowd, little by little moved to the front of Ryan and Fanny, and hugged them tightly, Fanny still had red circles in her eyes at the moment, hugged me hard, and then said, "Our little Jijia has finally grown up!"
”We moved with the crowd, walking out of three streets in the bustling flow of people, this place was finally not so crowded, the minotaur Ruka who opened the road in front was already sweating profusely, let him open the road in front, seriously, it was a little difficult for him, for the docile Minotaur clan, the character is mild, accustomed to humility and forbearance, and he does not want to fight with people in the crowd at all.For him, if it was so crowded, he would rather hide in a quiet corner and wait than squeeze around with other people.In the imperial capital in the afternoon, our group deliberately chose a remote path around the distance, where there are many fewer pedestrians.While enjoying the street scenery on both sides of the street, while walking and chatting on the street, Fanny and Ryan are both coming to the imperial capital for the first time, and they do not have a clear understanding of the prosperity of the imperial capital, every street in the imperial capital is more lively than the central street of the city, where the shops are lined up one after another, and the exquisite windows are filled with dazzling goods.Fanny walks into a small grocery store and wants to buy Tracy and Cindy some gifts to take home.The shopkeeper also looked surprised when he saw our group walk in, and his eyes fell on my chest.
He hurriedly saluted me: "Young Earl, what do you need?"
”I waved my hand and said, "We're just going to take a look." ”Fanny had already walked to the other end of the shelf, and did not hear what the shopkeeper said to me, but Leant lagged behind, and heard the shopkeeper's words clearly, and he looked up at my chest earnestly.
The previous earl's medal asked me calmly: "Why did you get promoted to the knighthood again?"
When did the title of nobility in the imperial capital become so worthless?
”I rubbed my nose awkwardly and explained to Ryante: "Some time ago, I went to the Hiro plane with the academy's training group, and it happened to coincide with the plane war there, and you also know that I am an eagle in El City, so I took Ruka and Karantso to hunt the Niburu spider people on the Hierro plane, but I didn't expect that the accumulated merits could just be promoted to the rank of the noble title." ”Then I said, "You know, for magicians like us, merit is always easy to obtain. ”Ryan took one look at me, then at Karantso and Katerina behind me, and said to me, "When you train in the future, you must be careful, pay attention to safety, you are still young, don't fight too hard, Fanny and I hope that you can become a magician in the future and do some magic research."
Fanny always thought that you would continue to study in El City, and she was always used to locking herself in her room to make magic scrolls, which was tiring but safe. ”"She doesn't really want you to be an eagle, you're still young, and you're still a student!"
Ryan admonished me.In front of Ryant, I nodded my head in agreement like a chicken pecking rice, and took the opportunity to take off the Earl's Medal from my chest and put it in my magic pocket.At this time, Fanny's voice was heard coming from inside the shop: "Ryant, Jiga, you two hurry up and help me choose a puppet." ”The shelves here were full of delicate puppets, and Ryan and I hurried over, Fanny holding a varnished puppet in her hand, looking up and down, left and right, just in time to see me peeking out from the other side of the shelf."
The girl who stood with you just now is Ying Li, right?"
Fanny asked me attentively, although Ying Li had changed a lot in the past three years, Fanny still recognized it easily.I took the puppet in her hand, it was a simple hardwood puppet, and it seemed to me that even going to the Orianna Magic Shop to buy a puppet would not be a problem these days, so I put the puppet back on the shelf and replied, "Ah, it's Ying Li, she's going to the Royal Academy of Magic this year." ”Seeing that Fanny was looking for other puppets again, I took a gold-painted puppet from the top of the shelf, this puppet is made of fine fragrant wood, and the carving technique is also a masterpiece, all the joints are very detailed, and the body surface is also painted with gold-painted lines."
Treat people well, this girl has a docile personality, but she is a good child who is very assertive, and she must have a very superior family background to cultivate such a quiet good girl."
Fanny said as she took the puppet I handed over, only to realize that I had actually chosen a fine one.Immediately, she found that there were still a few shiny magic crystals in her palm, and Fanny, who only had a few gold coins in her pocket at most, was stunned.At this time, Ryan came up from behind and said, "It turns out that she left El City and actually came to the imperial capital. ”Fanny quietly put away the magic crystal, looked at me inquiringly, I quickly patted the magic badge on my chest, signaled to her that I was a good magician, grabbed another magic scroll and raised it at her, so Fanny accepted my explanation.She looked at the gold-painted puppet in her hand and asked me, "You said that Heidi recommended you to the Royal Academy of Magic, did you already know about you and Ying Li?"
”"Mentor Heidi won't be paying attention to this, will he?"
I said a little weakly.Yes, the fundamental reason why she sent me to the imperial capital was to let me find a way to wake up Sister Guoguo, and now that the way is there, and the magic medium that awakened Sister Guoguo has also been obtained, what next?
Of course, I had to go to the wild swamp in the south of Strange Rock City to find that ancient altar, but when I thought of the overwhelming group of poisonous dragons, this kind of poisonous dragon was even more terrifying than Yalong, so a large group of poisonous dragons did not necessarily show weakness even against a team of knights, so to me, it was like a mountain that could not be climbed.Wandering around the alleys of the imperial capital with Fanny, we bought a lot of gifts, in addition to Tracy and Cindy, there were also some things to give to the neighbors, and when we returned to the rental house with a large bag of gifts, Fanny was already tired, lying on the sofa lazily and refusing to move.Nancy made Fanny a glass of lemon honey water, and then hurriedly sorted out the various gifts she bought, for Rryant and Fanny, Nancy's arrival not only solved some of Rryant's personal needs, but also relieved Fanny of housework.Then, Fanny waved her hand at me weakly and said to me, "I'm not going to you young people's ball, I'm tired, I'm going to stay at home and rest for a while, Ryant, why don't you take Nancy out for a walk and see the night view of the imperial capital" Fanny is still the same Fanny who is strong on the outside and gentle on the inside, I think Tracy is a copy of her youth, whether it is personality or whatever, it is like Fanny carved out of the same mold.So, I took Karantso and Katerina and the group straight to the Knowledge Plaza in front of the Library in the Third Block, where the biggest open-air ball in the Third Block was held, and it was here that Ying Li and I met.