173 Cause (2/2)

At this moment, Serrari was protected by five human beings.

They were two females and three males. All of them seemed calm and… different from ordinary humans. They were purer and cleaner.

Also, those humans somehow made Roland feel wary.

Druids in the shape of humans?

After a brief daze, Roland realized what was going on.

He then was amazed. He had no idea when those Druids arrived. No wonder the nobles kept their elven slaves top secret, or they really could've been killed without seeing it coming at all.

”Mr. Roland, thank you for your protection.” Serrari walked to Roland and smiled. ”As per our agreement, these four spell models are yours.”

She gave four parchments to Roland.

Roland was surprised. ”Didn't we agree upon three?”

”I accidentally wrote one more.”

While talking, she hugged Roland and continued, ”You're the most decent and trustworthy human I've ever seen. I'm going back to the Elf Forest. Let's hope that fate will let us meet again.”

Serrari's hug was warm and utterly unprovocative.

Naturally, Roland too was not as overwhelmed as a boy who would swoon over a hug of gratitude.

Just like Serrari said, she was very grateful to Roland. They didn't talk much in the past days, but Roland did offer her shelter until her people came for her.

Only when one was tricked many times would they know how precious promise keepers were.

Serrari was gone. Many young people in the town received the message and cried regretfully. Some even tried to stop Serrari and persuade her to stay in the city.

Of course, none of them really succeeded.

Roland returned to the Magic Tower with the elven models of natural spells and started examining them with fascination.

Spell models were generally made of nodes and lines, and magic arrays were congregations of squares. However, the elven models were made of circles and spheres!

Well… they were indeed incomprehensible.

Roland had been prepared for that. Having picked up a lot of common knowledge about magic, he knew very well that the magic of elves and that of humans belonged to different systems.

He only asked Serrari to give him the models to try his luck.

Besides, just because he couldn't understand them now didn't mean he couldn't understand them in the future.

While he was examining the elven models, Vivian came to the lab with White Amber.

The moment it saw Roland, White Amber jumped off Vivian and climbed onto Roland's shoulder along his clothes, before it squatted there.

Vivian said jealously, ”White Amber, I'm your master. Why are you so intimate with him so quickly.”

White Amber said in the brisk voice of a little girl, ”I haven't seen Master in a long time.”

”It's only been half a day,” argued Vivian unhappily.

Roland coughed and interrupted Vivian and White Amber's bickering. ”Is there anything I can help you with?”

Vivian turned solemn and said, ”A few noble lords want to talk to you about the territory separation in Delpon City.”