As usual, Frey sat among the flowers in the indoor garden. With her body as the center, the flowers on the ground that had ended their flowering period began to show signs of blooming.
This was the effect of the inscription that was carved on her body.
Frey was an elf from the Endless Forest south of the Falosi border. Since their power came from an ancient, pitch-black tree in the center of the forest, they were also known as the Blackwood Elves.
The owner of this mansion, the Grand Duke from Falosi, had a good relationship with the Blackwood Elves. As the best guardian of the Blackwood Elves, she had always been by the side of the Duke's only daughter as a guard.
After years of being influenced by what she saw and heard, she had also picked up some of the bad habits of the Falosi people, which was a different kind of obsession with songs and stage plays.
Compared to her master, the Flower of Falosi, who was particularly obsessed with stage plays, she loved singing more.
Her favorite thing to do every day was to find a place with no one around and hum some of her favorite songs alone.
The mansion's built-in garden was the best place for Frey to perform since she stayed in the city of Noland.
Today, Frey was humming the song that she heard from the so-called "Beauty and the Devil" fan meeting yesterday.
Ever since this elf came to Noland, what she heard the most was not the title of her master, the Flower of Falosi. Instead, it was the "Beauty and the Devil" that she had never heard of after so many years.
Frey had to admit that the performance of "Beauty and the Devil" was indeed wonderful. It was better than all the stage plays that she had watched since she followed her master for so long.
However, after watching the performance, her master began to behave very strangely. Not only would he lock himself in his room every day, he would also disguise himself whenever he went out, and he would run towards the lower city of Norland City.
It was only yesterday that she listened to her mother's invitation and put on a grand dress again to go to the White Thorn Flower Theater.
It was all because of that devil …
Frey suspected that if this continued, the dignified and elegant young lady would disappear and be replaced by a boorish swan.
But Frey couldn't deny that the music in "Beauty and the Devil" was beautiful, especially the song "Let it Go" that she listened to yesterday.
Just by listening to it once, she had memorized the melody and lyrics. Today, she could play it again with the harp. Unfortunately, with the harp's timbre, it was destined that the rhythm would not be as fast as the original song.
"Meow …"
When Frey was halfway through her song, a black cat appeared on her shoulder and yawned.
The mistress of this mansion, Mrs. Caesar, was allergic to cats, so feline creatures were prohibited from appearing in the mansion. However, this black cat was not a cat in the true sense of the word, but a type of 'protocrystal' that possessed life.
The elves called it the Wood Spirit. This black cat was born from the Blackwood that Frey guarded. Whenever a Blackwood Guardian was doing something it was interested in, it would appear beside the elf.
The song 'Let it Go' actually attracted the great Spirit of Ancient Wood?
Frey looked at the black cat crouching on her shoulder in surprise.
To them, the fact that the Ancient Wood Spirit was able to appear by their side was a great blessing and recognition!
This excitement made the elf sing a lot louder, but when her long ears listened to the notes played by the harp, she also heard a noise that did not belong to the notes.
Who … stepped into this place!?
Perhaps it was because the magic that Frey learned mainly focused on "concealment", she did not like to show her face in front of strangers, let alone sing in front of strangers!
This was no less than someone sucking on her long ears and licking them. That kind of shame made Frey tremble all over.
But what made Frey very conflicted was that she still hoped that more people could hear her singing, which was why she came to this garden every day instead of staying in her room to sing alone.
But now, this shy elf girl immediately stopped singing after hearing the footsteps. The inscription on her body flashed, and her figure instantly disappeared from the flowers. Even the harp in her hand disappeared into the air.
But the black cat seemed to not notice anything and continued to squat on the grass to clean its paws.
Why … didn't the Spirit of Ancient Wood disappear?
The elf girl hiding in the shadows wanted to hug the black cat, but it was too late. The demon had already stepped into this ancient territory.
Could it be that the black cat sang "let it go" just now?
Hiri followed the singing all the way to the inner part of the garden, but she did not find any human figure. Instead, she saw the black cat that kept licking its hair in the center of the garden.
Hiri, who usually liked to catch some small animals to eat in the wild, had an "occupational disease" at this time and carefully approached the black cat.
But it quickly sensed Hiri's approach. Before Hiri could make a move, it trotted all the way away from Hiri's hunting range, and then … ran to Josiah's feet.
Josiah felt the fluctuation of magic on this cat …
Curiosity made Josiah half-squat and stretch out his hand to touch the hair on the back of the cat. The texture of the hair felt a little like liquid, but this was not the focus of Josiah's attention.
Isn't this a protocrystal?
Josiah, who had been dealing with all kinds of protocrystals for almost a month, immediately determined what the nature of this cat was … a living protocrystal, and the number of inscriptions that could be inscribed in it was terrifying!
At this moment, Josiah suddenly had a bold idea, but this idea did not appear for long before a cold aura attacked Josiah's back.
The elf girl who had been hiding in the dark would certainly not allow Josiah, a demon who exuded a strong aura of death, to touch the Spirit of Ancient Wood that their race had been guarding for generations.
However, just as Frey pulled out her dagger and swung it at Josiah's back, a magic staff blocked her dagger.
The dagger did not touch the magic staff, but shattered a magic inscription constructed on the magic staff.
Frey jumped back a step and looked at the female Spell Caster who blocked her attack in astonishment …
"I wanted to catch that cat, forget it …"
Hiri waved the magic staff in her hand, and pure white inscriptions surged on the magic staff. After this female spellcaster performed a beautiful spear dance, she held the magic staff that was strengthened by inscriptions and rushed towards the elf.
This was not the traditional way of fighting for mages. In short, Frey had never seen such a reckless spellcaster.
Hiri's combat power had improved a lot since the last time Josiah met her, mainly because her magic staff had been sufficiently upgraded.
Frey did not make any further attacks because the Spirit of Ancient Wood in Josiah's hand had disappeared without a trace and quietly left the garden. She had no reason to continue fighting, so she disappeared into the shadows again.
"Escaped? But I didn't expect an assassin to really come looking for me. "
Hiri held the magic staff and looked around, but she could not find the figure of the elf.
"That elf should not belong to the Kingdom of Saint."
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