The clue is broken

  Roy, wearing the robe of a trainee priest, held a book of sacred prayers in his hands and walked through the outer corridor of the townhouse. The walls and columns here were covered with murals describing the glorious deeds of Liberty Goddess.

  There are many benches in the temple, and there is a high platform in the innermost part. The wall next to the high platform is the relief of Liberty Goddess.

  This Liberty Goddess is in human form.

  She held the storm sword high in one hand, and held a length of black chain tightly in the other hand.

  Standing barefoot on a dark ruin, his eyes looked towards the distance.

  Priest Theodore is kneeling in front of the relief Divine Idol at this time, both of his hands are clasped together in front of his chest in prayer, and mutter incantations are also in his mouth.

  It was just that the voice was very low, and Roy didn't hear it quite clearly. He didn't know what prayer he was reciting.

  No matter how pious he was when he recited the prayer, there was no movement in the Divine Idol in front of him.

  The light group floating around Priest Theodore slowly moved towards his body.

  Roy discovered that there was a side hall next to the main hall. There was a one-meter-square pool in the center of the side hall. The water in the pool was almost overflowing, and a small amount of holy light was constantly leaking out of the pool.

  Those weak holy lights are like fluttering cotton wool, floating over the pool.

  Roy discovered that since he could sense the faint light groups around his body, the world in his eyes had undergone some subtle changes.

  Every time I concentrate my thoughts, I can see those light groups floating around.

  If you don't want to see them, it's easy to just close your eyes and disperse the Divine Sense…

  The stone platform in front of the holy pool is empty. The Holy Grail should have been placed here.

  This was Roy's first time entering the temple. The huge reliefs in the temple created a solemn and solemn atmosphere, making Roy obediently and honestly shut his mouth.

  When approaching the stone platform, you can still see the circular traces left on the stone platform after the Holy Grail was taken away. The stones inside the circle look darker than the surrounding ones.

  Standing next to the stone platform, Roy closed his eyes.

  Imagine how he would leave the temple if he were the elf thief.

  Because it must have been in the morning, someone must be cleaning the pool in the courtyard in front of the temple. No matter how stupid the elf thief was, he would not go out through the main entrance. If he didn't go through the main entrance, he would have to jump out of the window if he wanted to leave the main hall.

  The windows in the main hall are designed to be very high, and there is no convenient place to climb all around.

  There is a staircase on the back of the right wall near the main hall, but it is not the way out, but leads to the second floor of the main hall.

  The second layer of the temple only built an internal terrace like a cloister along the wall. It was probably because if the main hall was filled with believers, the remaining believers could still stand on the internal terrace on the second floor.

  Roy walked straight up the steps to the second floor. Sure enough, the terrace here was next to some stained glass windows.

  The sunlight outside passes through the stained glass, casting some bizarre and motley colors.

  Roy tried to push open the dusty windows, which were almost always locked from the inside.

  Walking to the end of the terrace, Roy finally discovered that the glass window was actually ajar, and the dust that should have accumulated on the windowsill looked messy.

  The thief should have left from here.

  Roy thought about it and opened the window. From here, he could just see the wall in the northeast corner of the temple.

  Outside the window is a lush and green lawn. The grass on this lawn has grown very tall and should have been pruned long ago.

  The lawn ground is only four meters high from the window. It is not difficult for a thief to jump out from the window.

  In fact, Roy thought to himself that it had been several days since the incident. If the thief had been more alert, the terrifying Holy Grail would have changed hands long ago.

  Roy did not tell Priest Reed what he had discovered because he was worried that if he messed up the matter, he would be labeled as 'frizzy' in the eyes of Priest Reed.

  I saw Jasper, the trainee priest, walking in from outside and rearranging the benches in the main hall.

  Roy also hurriedly ran down to help...

  "The divine technique here is difficult to learn. Roy, if you don't understand anything, just come and ask me. Although I have only learned some superficial skills, at least we can find the answer together." Jasper sat on the bench. On the chair, he extended a hand to Roy.

  Roy shook his hand, nodded.

  "How long have you been here?" Roy asked.

  Jasper rubbed his forehead and said, "About six years ago, I heard that Liberty Goddess Temple was recruiting trainee priests who could learn spells that were completely different from magic, so I came."

  "Would you like to see my divine technique?"

  "OK!"

  Jasper recited a prayer quickly, speaking so fast that Roy couldn't hear what he said.

  The last sentence was that he took the initiative to slow down, and Roy could hear it clearly. It seemed like something'...the darkness receded! '

  Then a beam of light lit up on his body. Although it was very faint, the divine aura filled Jasper's whole body instantly.

  And a small ball of light also appeared in Jasper's palm, about the size of a snowball, exactly what Priest Reed said... to the extent that he could learn spells.

  When the light ball approached Roy, Roy felt warm, as if some of the darkness in his heart had been dispelled.

  "I can feel the warmth, it's really good!" Roy said.

  …

  Probably the elf patrols also discovered these clues. The lawn in the backyard of the temple was covered with messy footprints. Roy could not find any useful information.

  He even found some obvious signs of climbing at the northeast corner.

  Roy even ran around outside the fence, but couldn't find any useful information except that a basil bush was trampled down.

  There isn't much going on here at Liberty Goddess Temple.

  Roy only needed to stay at the temple for half a day, so Roy left the temple in the afternoon.

  Both Jasper and Abt were a little envious of Roy. They only had one day off per week. Jasper chose Monday, while Abt chose Tuesday. They were far less free than Roy.

  …

  Walking along Brown Street towards the tavern, Roy saw the neighbor's brat squatting in front of the pharmacy.

  He was carrying a wooden bow behind his back and was peeking secretly into the backyard of the pharmacy.

  Probably all the children on Brown Street will regard Mrs. Winnie's night saber as an imaginary enemy. Before they become knight-errant, they will definitely try their best to defeat the big cat.

  Seeing Roy coming from a distance, brat immediately stood up and patted the dust on his buttocks.

  In his opinion, Roy was much more terrifying than that night saber.

  …

  The tavern was still so deserted, with few tables empty of customers.

  It will probably take until night, after the workers on the dock have finished their work, that this pub will become a little livelier.

  The Banshee song is still playing in the magic conch in front of the counter.

  elf Waitress Lucy was sitting alone at the square table near the bar, listening to the song intently.

  Roy walked into the tavern, and the waitress stood up quickly and turned her head to look towards Roy.

  Roy stood in front of the waitress.

  "Lucy, can we talk?"

  It could be seen that Lucy was in a good mood. She waved her hand to Roy and asked him to sit down: "I know you, Roy, what do you want from me?"

  "Do you remember what happened that day?" Roy asked cautiously.

  "Of course, that was my unluckiest day of the month." Lucy frened, as if she didn't want to remember what happened that day.

  Roy smiled apologetically, and then said:

  "When I left, a male elf walked in with a package in his arms. Do you know him?"

  Lucy thought about it seriously and said:

  "After you left, the place has resumed business. At that time, I was questioned by the elf patrol for a long time. Later, many customers came one after another. Sorry, I can't remember which one you were talking about."

  "He was the first guest who entered the pub after that incident," Roy said.

  Lucy lowered her head and thought for a while, then shocked the head again.

  Roy felt a little disappointed, as the last clue seemed to have been cut off from here.

  "Well, if you can remember anything, let me know."

  Lucy smiled and said cheerfully: "No problem."

  It seems that every elf is not ugly when he smiles...

  …

  Roy, who had no clue, went to the pier again.

  There are several more large ships docked at the pier, and Castletown Port is always so busy and noisy in summer.

  This time Roy didn't look for any guidance work, he just walked around aimlessly.

  Some crew members were hanging outside the ship's side on both sides of the deck, using shovels in their hands to clean the shellfish on both sides of the hull, and boxes of cargo were lifted off the ship along the gangplank.

  There was still sewage flowing across the fish market, and many stalls had octopuses on them.

  I didn't find the elf thief, but I saw Sabrina helping Ms. Gillian sell fish.

  Ms. Gillian is a very special Silvermoon Elf. She is independent and never wants to accept help from others. She sets up a fish stall on the pier to feed her family of three.

  As a Silvermoon Elf, Ms. Gillian is very emotional, and her bones are filled with the romantic feelings of a Silvermoon Elf. Every relationship comes very suddenly, and they always part ways after a short time together because of some trivial matters in life.

  "Roy, why didn't I see you fishing the past few days?"

  Ms. Jillian skillfully cut off some of the bright red golden spear fish meat on the meat table, wrapped it in banana leaves, and handed it to a waiting customer in front of the stall.

  Roy stopped quickly and said to Ms. Gillian:

  "Ms. Jillian, I plan to report to elf Academy next week. I have been doing some preparations for admission in the past few days."

  Ms. Jillian was a little surprised, looked at Roy again, and then said, "Even you have to go to school! Time flies so fast, then you and Sabrina will become classmates..."

  In Ms. Gillian's eyes, Roy, like Moira, is still a child who needs care.

  Sabrina ignored Roy and was cutting the banana leaves into squares to make it easier to package the fish.

  On days when Sabrina helps out at the fish stall, there will always be more customers here.

  Ms. Gillian called Roy to the back of the fish stall and asked him:

  "I heard that you were there when Jefferson was killed by those outsiders?"

  (End of chapter)