Chapter 172 Old Love
Hundred Fruit Garden?
Rows of thatched houses, wide streets, green trees and wild flowers...

This place is indeed very similar to Baiguoyuan, but it is definitely not the Baiguoyuan he has been to.

Ailin's cat pupils shrank into vertical lines as he stared at the familiar herbal medicine shop opposite.

If this is really the Hundred Fruit Garden that he knows.

The room he is in now should be the inn where several demon hunters from Baiguoyuan live.

But if it weren’t for…

How could the arrangement and direction of the street, the shape of the herbal medicine shop opposite, and even the location of the well not far away be exactly the same?

"This...how is this possible?"

Holding onto the door frame, Ailin muttered in surprise.

The confused feeling of the vicissitudes of life in my mind was hard to suppress, as if I had been unconscious for not three days, but thirty years.

correct!

coma!

Ailin immediately turned to look at Francesca and asked:

"How did we get here? How did we escape from the rock trolls?"

"I teleported here," Francesca shuddered as she heard this. "At that time, I didn't have enough mental power for short-distance teleportation, but the situation was urgent and I could only overdraw my mental power to teleport..."

"What are the consequences of overdrawing mental energy to teleport?" Ailin grasped the key point.

"It will be very painful..." Francesca's face turned pale, "and there is no way to determine the direction and location of the transmission."

"Random teleport?" Ailin asked subconsciously.

Francesca had never heard of this spell, but after pondering its meaning, she nodded.

"Yes, just like you said... uh... random teleportation. In this case, it is possible to be teleported to any place."

After a pause of one second, she swallowed:

"You might even be teleported into a crevice..."

After a few seconds of silence to digest the information, Ailin asked, "And we were teleported here?"

Francesca nodded:
"We fell in front of the herbal medicine store across the street. You were covered in wounds and unconscious, and I was also in a daze due to overdrawn energy."

"The owner of the herbal medicine shop—he is Aunt Asha's student—saw us and sent us all over here..."

Ailin fell into deep thought, he always felt that something was wrong.

coma……

Yes, he almost forgot about that strange dream.

That dark space that kept sinking, helpless, and difficult to control, those blood-red eyes that made people shudder at the mere thought of them, that sacred voice that was a combination of the voices of a young girl, a woman, and an old woman...

Why did he have this dream?

[… Wear this amulet at all times… Do not use spells such as portals…]

Ms. Vera's cold voice came from her mind.

Short distance teleportation is also teleportation.

So that eye is the evil god of the swamp witch faith that built the Jingguan...

And that voice...

"Young girl, woman, old woman, the characteristics are already very obvious."

"So the voice that sounded like the goddess Meliteli in my dream was telling me to go to the Meliteli Temple in Elland!"

"Sure enough, you will know when you wake up."

Ailin thought.

With a sudden thought, he took out the amulet of Goddess Meliteli from his chest.

"what?"

Ailin frowned, quickly raised the amulet and looked over it carefully.

Among the three holy images of the silver amulet, there is a dark crack on the body of the girl and the woman.

After a little recollection, Ailin remembered that there were two "click" sounds in his dream.

After a voice sounded, he remembered the appearance of many people and stopped sinking.

As soon as another sound was heard, a beam of light appeared directly from his chest, hitting his big eyeball and breaking the pressure that was preventing him from floating up.

"What would happen if I completely sank into the dream?"

As soon as this thought popped up in his mind, he felt a strong palpitation coming from the depths of his soul, which made him completely discard this dangerous idea in an instant.

“Thanks to the Amulet of Meliteli given by Lady Vera, otherwise…” Ailin trembled all over.

He looked at the crack on the amulet again.

Obviously, this amulet can only passively resist the damage of the evil god once.

That’s right, Ms. Vera.

It's already the third day, why hasn't the messenger bird requesting the "Green Sigh" potion returned yet?
Even if Lady Vera was not at the castle, Mary would definitely return the lovebird within a day.

This is what they agreed upon.

Ailin's brows were almost twisted into a knot.

"I can't even find a love bird. What the hell is this place?"

……

Yadai Town.

At the gate of Earl Burns's manor.

"who!"

The king's guard placed his right hand on the hilt of his sword and looked warily at the suspicious man wearing a black hood who was riding towards him.

If it weren't for the horse that the man was riding, with its strong and powerful limbs and shiny fur, it would have been worth a lot of money at first glance.

As he got closer, he noticed the suspicious person's hooded cloak. Although the color was ordinary, the material was obviously precious silk.

People who did not report in advance would have been arrested long ago.

The suspicious man heard the hostile question, stepped on the stirrup, turned over and jumped off the saddle, then took off his hood and said expressionlessly:
"I am Vera, Vera of Toussaint."

"I'm here to see Zoi Henrietta, Grand Master of the Wolf School of Kaer Morhen. Please let me know."

"Vera of Toussaint..." A middle-aged knight who was at least thirty years old and one of the king's personal guards pondered for a few seconds and suddenly turned pale.

"Vera of Toussaint? Are you the bloody red fox?"

"Qiang!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion at the door.

The older guards all turned pale and couldn't help but raise their swords a little, revealing the scabbards that were shining with a cold light.

A young guard had just come back to his senses from the exquisite appearance of the sorceress, and seeing the loss of composure of his predecessors, he asked in a confused voice:

"Who is Vera of Toussaint?"

But no one paid any attention to him.

"Could you please inform me?" There was obvious impatience in the cold female voice.

"Yes, ma'am."

Upon hearing the voice, the captain of the guard in charge of guarding the manor immediately stepped out, saluted to the sorceress, and ordered the young guard who asked the question to return to the manor to report immediately.

The young man without common sense left, and there was silence at the entrance of the manor.

Even the captain of the guard remained silent, staring into the distance, as if there was some powerful enemy hidden in the void in the distance that would endanger the safety of the manor and the king.

Vera didn't care and stood there holding the reins, waiting.

About ten minutes later, a man with white hair and beard, who looked like the manor's steward, came quickly with the young guards.

"Dear Ms. Vera, the king is ill and cannot meet anyone, so I am arranged to lead you to the residence of Grand Master Soi."

"Are you feeling unwell?" Vera sneered, "You don't dare to see me?"

The butler didn't dare to say anything, he just leaned forward and smiled awkwardly.

The guards on the side looked as if they had heard nothing, their backs were straight and their eyes were looking into the distance.

Vera did not embarrass the servants any more and said directly, "Lead the way!"

The butler immediately breathed a sigh of relief, nodded politely to the king's guards on both sides, and led the way into the manor.

Seeing the two people walking away, the young guard couldn't help but ask out of curiosity:

"Who is this Vera? Why are you all... all..."

"Are you all so afraid of her?" a team member asked. The young guard pursed his lips and didn't dare to admit it.

"Didn't your family ever give you any history lessons? You don't even know about the bloody red fox?" another team member asked in surprise.

The young guard laughed it off and was about to get away with it when he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his head.

"Shut up!" The captain of the guard suddenly interrupted sternly, "Don't you know that sorceresses can read minds?"

"We haven't come that far..."

"Shut up, Anderson," the captain of the guards looked at the young guards and said, "Jerrick, if you have any questions, go back and read the book yourself. The deeds of Ms. Vera are in the Ailerian Uprising..."

"But now, go back to where you are supposed to be guarding and do what you are supposed to do, understand?"

"Yes, Captain!"

……

Although the captain of the king's guards was afraid of having his mind read, the sorceress would certainly not be so bored as to waste time on a group of soldiers.

After following the butler for three or four minutes, Vera arrived at Soi's yard.

Two of the king's personal guards were standing guard at the door. Seeing that the visitor was brought by the butler, they looked at Vera curiously.

"Boom~boom~boom~"

The butler knocked gently on the door.

Before the person inside the door could respond, Vera pushed the door open and entered the courtyard under the awkward gazes of the housekeeper and two guards.

Soi was sitting on a chair in the courtyard maintaining his two long swords. When he heard the courtyard door being pushed open, he vigilantly gripped his steel swords.

It was not until he saw that the person coming was Vera that he stood up in surprise and said:
"Vera? Why are you here?"

"I'm sorry, Grand Master Soi, Ms. Vera didn't even wait for me to knock on the door..." the butler said apologetically.

"It's okay, you go down first." Suoyi nodded to the butler.

"Squeak~"

The patio door was closed.

"Snapped!"

A snap of the fingers.

A reddish soundproof magic rises in the courtyard.

Soi was stunned for a moment, and then heard Vera, who had no expression on her face, suddenly frowned and said anxiously:

"Soy, Ailin is missing!"

disappeared?
Didn't Alleyn follow Vesemir to Ban Ader to prepare for the fighting competition?

How could he disappear?

Soi frowned and sheathed the two swords:

"Don't worry, explain the situation clearly. Arlin should be with Vesemir. How did you know he was missing?"

The sorceress knew that she had lost her composure, so she took a deep breath and waited until her anxious mood calmed down a little.

"Snapped!"

A snap of the fingers.

A crystal bird appeared in the sorceress's palm, motionless.

Lovebird?
Even though he knew they had been given to Mary and Ailin, Soi's expression still became a little complicated when he saw these props that looked like exquisite decorations with his own eyes.

"Four nights ago, Mary came to me with this lovebird and some bad news."

"Several young demon hunters led by Vesemir were attacked. Although they repelled the enemy, an apprentice named Bonte was seriously injured..."

"What? Seriously injured?" Suo Yi's face changed drastically. "Who dared to attack..."

"It's not important, don't interrupt, just listen to me!" the sorceress interrupted fiercely.

"Okay, okay." Soi took two steps back helplessly, shrugged, and motioned the sorceress to continue.

"They are all fine," the sorceress mentioned the result, and continued, "It's just that Bont needs the Green Sigh to recover from his injuries, but when I'm ready and let Mary write back to Arryn..."

Soi glanced at the teaser bird.

This magic item has been with him for decades, so he naturally knew that the bird belonged to Ailin.

"The bird flew around Mary's head a few times and then fell down."

"Soey, you know."

"This situation only occurs when the user is trapped in a place where the lovebird cannot find him, or..."

Or the user died.

Soi continued in his mind what the sorceress dared not say.

The sorceress took a deep breath and suppressed the throbbing in her heart:
"Then I followed the information given by Arlin and found Vesemir."

"Vesemir told me that in order to recruit allies for your Wolf School, Ailin accepted a commission from a red-haired elf - I suspect it was the elven sage Ada Amin -"

Soi couldn't help but sigh when he heard this and asked, "And then Ailin disappeared?"

"Yes, and then Aelin disappeared."

The sorceress glared at him fiercely:
"Several young witchers have just been attacked, and Vesemir is going to protect them."

"It was Arryn... It was Arryn who persuaded Vesemir to go alone to complete the commission of that damn elf, and then..."

The sorceress closed her eyes sadly.

Fear grabbed her again at this moment, and stretched out its cold finger bones to stroke her heart.

After a long while, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said:
"And then... and then that day only one of Arryn's horses returned..."

Soi patted her shoulder gently and said comfortingly:

"Alin is a miracle..."

“I know!” The sorceress couldn’t help but yell, “But just because the Child of Miracles won’t die doesn’t mean he won’t get hurt, won’t suffer, and won’t be subjected to inhuman torture…”

"Especially this time, the elf's commission seems to conflict with Haxo..."

Having said that, the sorceress suddenly grabbed Soi's leather armor and said hurriedly:
"You've been with Haxo recently. Have you noticed anything unusual about Haxo? Have you caught anyone? You, the head of the Wolf School, are here. There's no reason for him to catch someone and not show any abnormality."

The aroma of orange mixed with cardamom hits you in the face.

After Soi took a deep sniff of the intoxicating scent, he suddenly remembered the king's abnormality:

"Just before you came, Haxor gave me a commission: to clear out the rock trolls deep in the mines of an abandoned mine."

"What does this have to do with Arryn?" the sorceress asked anxiously.

"According to the conversation between the two knights guarding the door, this abandoned mine is where the king's guards are temporarily stationed."

"Hakso gave me this commission because the king's guards suffered heavy losses at the hands of the rock trolls..."

"And the reason these guards went deep into the camp is because two 'thieves' sneaked into the camp three days ago. After being discovered by the guards, they fled to the mines."

The sorceress' eyes lit up when she heard this.

Three days ago, the timing was right.

The terrain of the mine is complex, and it is possible that the love bird cannot find its target.

The temporary base of the King's guards, related to Haxo.

That makes sense.

only……

"Why two people?" asked the sorceress.

Suo Yi shook his head and said, "You will know when you go there tomorrow morning. If you go with me, I'm sure Haxo won't refuse."

The sorceress nodded slightly.

Only then did she truly breathe a sigh of relief.

After two or three minutes, the sorceress suddenly seemed to remember something and said:

"correct."

"The ones who attacked the Wolf School witcher were the Cat School witcher."

"Vesemir and Arryn suspect that they were commissioned by Haxor."

The sorceress paused, stared at the silent Soi, and said:
"So... don't hold grudges anymore, Soi."

"It's obvious that the boy you once saved, now King Haxor..."

"he……"

"I want to kill you!"

(End of this chapter)