"We can still leave through the roof. It'll be too late if we wait any longer," said Sissy. She looked straight into Lolo's eyes.
Rob retracted his gaze from the window and said, "This is just the first batch of people. Gary said that the diary will be delivered tomorrow afternoon, which means that the church will have enough people by then. I can take you out of the city tonight, but the temple will probably realize that we're back."
No one said anything for about half a minute. Then, the girl seemed to have made up her mind and said to Sissy, "Take me to your master."
Sissy was overjoyed. "You won't regret your decision tonight. Karoff wasn't the only one investigating what happened to the Bretton family."
"Who is your master? Why would he take the risk of offending the temple to investigate my family?"
"Let's leave these questions for my master to answer."
The three of them left the inn through the roof the way Sissy came. They did not alert the watchers downstairs or on the street across the street.
Sissy brought them to the tavern where she used to work. She took out a key from under the bricks, opened the door of the wine cellar, and lit a torch.
The aroma of wine wafted into their nostrils. "During the first magic war, the Sacred Union imposed a ban on alcohol for a period of time. All breweries in the country were not allowed to use grain to make wine, and taverns were not allowed to sell it either. However, there were still drunkards who secretly produced and sold it."
"This was originally a private wine cellar. No one knows who built it in the first place, but its first owner was obviously a wine lover. He built this wine cellar not only for himself, but also for other people in the city who wanted to drink, including some secret taverns. He bought the wine from outside the city and had to find a way to transport it in, so there was a secret passage in the wine cellar that led outside the city."
"The owner of the tavern discovered this passage a few years ago. The exit is by the river, but for safety's sake, he had someone build it." Sissy walked to the end of the wine cellar. The torch illuminated a mud wall. The color of the wall was different from the rest. Sissy asked Lolo, "Can you help me with the torch?"
The girl nodded and took the torch, then Qianxi took out a hammer from behind a wine rack.
A crack immediately appeared on the mud wall. Qianxi didn't stop and quickly hammered a second time. The crack began to spread in all directions. On the third time, the mud wall couldn't take it anymore and collapsed.
The three of them covered their mouths and noses as they waited for the dust to settle. Then, Sissy took the lead, torch in hand, while Rob and Lolo followed behind her. Perhaps it was because they had been sealed for too long, but the air was a little turbid. Rob cast a Tier 1 Wind Spell, and the putrid stench in the air immediately dissipated.
When the three of them walked for about an hour, the ground suddenly began to rise, and they could hear the sound of flowing water. After another two minutes, they finally stood in front of another mud wall. Sissy used the same trick and smashed this mud wall with the hammer in her hand. Fresh air from outside flowed into the secret passage, and there was the smell of grass. When the three of them returned to the surface, they had indeed left Gotaris. Sissy asked the two of them to wait for a while, and she whistled by the river.
Another fifteen minutes later, a small wooden boat floated down from upstream.
"Are there any other helpers? It seems your master has prepared well," the future Supreme Magister Your Honor said.
"If we didn't prepare well against the Church of Light, we would've ended up like the Bretton Family." Sissy pulled the wooden boat over and bowed to Lolo. "If my words have offended you, please forgive me, Miss Hartfilia."
"You seem to be dissatisfied with my father." When Sissy mentioned the Scarlet Sword, Lolo could hear the hidden hostility in her voice. "If that's the case, why are you still helping me?"
"My master has a complicated relationship with Karov. But don't worry, we have no ill intentions towards you." Sissy gestured.
Since they had already come this far, there was no reason for Lolo to back down. She was now more and more curious about the master that Sissy spoke of, who might be her mysterious teacher. He had helped her escape from the Church of Light, and it was very likely that he had secretly helped her a few times. Although Rob had admitted that he had acted as her mysterious teacher a few times after they met, Lolo had also been in danger a few times before they met.
After the two of them boarded the boat, Sissy took the oars and steered the boat into the reeds.
"How long will it take for us to get there?"
"Very soon."
"Does your master live nearby?"
"No. My master's mansion is quite a distance from here," Sissy said with a smile. "You don't think we have to row from here, do you?" After saying that, she stopped the boat in a patch of reeds. Then, she reached her hand into the reeds and fumbled for a while. Finally, she fished out a Magic Array Disc.
Rob only needed one look to know that the magic formation in Sissy's hand wasn't an ordinary one. It was a rare long-distance magic formation that could teleport one to two thousand kilometers away. Of course, it was also extremely expensive to build.
The future Supreme Magus Your Honor said, "I'll go first."
Sissy nodded and passed the magic formation plate to Rob. The latter pressed his right hand on it, and a strong magical wave spread out. At the same time, the future Supreme Magus Your Honor disappeared.
Lolo was next. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself standing in a deserted manor. Rob was talking to someone who looked like a butler not far away.
"Where are we?" Lolo asked.
"We are now in Cowell, the capital of the Duchy of Shea. It's about thirteen hundred kilometers away from Gotaris," the future Supreme Magus Your Honor answered.
"The capital of Shea?" The girl was a little surprised.
"Welcome home, Miss Hartfilia. No one can harm you here, and you don't have to worry about threats from the Church," the old butler said with an elegant bow.
"My apologies, my home is in the north. The Bretton Family's territory was left to me by my father."
"Unfortunately, only your enemies are there now." The old butler said, "Home doesn't necessarily refer to a specific place. Wherever there is home, there is home."
Lolo was silent for a moment, then nodded, "You're right. My home has always been by my side."
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