Path of light

Chapter 733 734. War and Wealth

Roy returned home after crossing the familiar Brown Street.

Mrs. Belinda had not returned yet, and the terrace was empty. He pushed open the gate and walked in. The courtyard looked a little dilapidated.

There were a few more sculptures in the studio, all of which were of Mrs. Belinda on her trip.

It was obvious that she was very relaxed and enjoying herself.

I don't know when she had time to come back. Seeing that Roy was not at home, she left a few sculptures behind...

Elf mothers are like this. Once they think their children have grown up, they will let go of them. Roy will arrange their future lives.

Roy put down his thoughts, cleaned the room, took a bath in the river, changed into loose clothes, sat on the rattan chair on the terrace, holding a cup of hot lemon tea, waiting to watch the sunset.

This is the life of elves...

Returning to peace from war all of a sudden, even if it was only three days, still made Roy feel very precious.

There were many human sailors on Brown Street. They walked to the end of the long street one after another and went into the familiar tavern.

That was where Jefferson was killed by human crew members...

Moira got off the long carriage holding two books and appeared at the street corner. She was wearing a leather skirt that elf girls liked very much, a vest over a white shirt, and leather sandals. The unique temperament of the elf girls in Castletown was perfectly displayed on her.

She was the kind of elf girl who looked very well-behaved, making the human sailors on the street look back at her beautiful face.

Roy knew with his eyes closed that there must be two daggers hidden under Moira's leather skirt. Her personality was not as well-behaved as she looked...

Two human sailors came up to chat with her, and she responded with a few words and ran away.

The two sailors behaved quite gentlemanly and did not chase her from behind...

Pushing open the gate, Moira breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly she became aware of something, raised her head abruptly, and saw Roy lying on the terrace drinking tea at a glance.

Moira let out a joyful cry...

She threw the two textbooks in her hands against the wall, and sprinted over the courtyard wall like a civet cat. She flexibly hooked the eaves with one hand, swung her body gently and sprinted to the second-floor terrace, opened her arms, and gave Roy a firm hug.

Moira put her head in Roy's arms, passed her arms through Roy's armpits and hugged his broad back tightly...

The two of them hugged each other like this, without saying a word, until the sunset faded and the sky began to darken.

Until her arms were a little sore, Moira climbed up from Roy's arms, supported her arms on Roy's chest, and the two stared at each other closely.

"Roy, I miss you so much. There were several times when I went directly to the dock and looked at the sailboats heading to Partington Island, thinking that I would just ignore everything and go directly to Partington to find you."

Moira's sweet voice was like a warm current, flowing through Roy's heart.

Roy held Moira's cheeks with both hands and kissed her fair forehead. Moira's face immediately turned red. She climbed up from Roy very flexibly and jumped off the terrace...

"...I'll take a shower first."

She ran away like a little deer.

Roy sat up from the rattan chair and began to prepare dinner for the two of them. He first put on the grill and took out the fire magic rune board and laid it underneath. After living in the army for too long, many convenient things will be used unconsciously in life.

He put the marinated sea bream on the grill. The green flame made the grilled fish sizzle quickly, and the aroma of the grilled fish drifted away with the wind...

Roy saw the fruits prepared in advance brought out, a plate of purple berries, a dish of various nuts, and a bottle of sweet orange wine.

After preparing these, Roy just sat down and heard footsteps coming from downstairs.

Moira had already taken a shower, changed into a loose suspender pajamas and bloomers, and ran upstairs.

Seeing the dinner Roy had prepared, she said a little embarrassedly:

"I didn't help much, sorry."

Roy tore off a piece of the delicious grilled fish and handed it to Moira, watching her eat the food in front of her like a little chipmunk, without stopping for a moment...

Roy only drank a little orange wine. He liked to eat two nuts when he drank, but he didn't eat grilled fish.

After the two finished dinner, Moira took the initiative to clean up the tableware, and then they sat on the rattan chairs on the terrace and lay down on a rattan chair...

Because it was by the river and it was evening, the hot summer heat dissipated quickly, and it was cool to sit on the recliner.

Moira snuggled in Roy's arms, and the two quietly watched the sea gradually darkening in the distance and the star map constantly twisting in the night sky...

The lights of the port pier gradually lit up.

Lying on the rattan chair, Moira was a little drowsy. A big hand was holding her waist. The heat from the palm made her feel a little hot all over.

Her little hand covered another restless big hand, not allowing the big hand to touch her legs.

She curled up like a kitten, curled up in Roy's arms.

Roy's breath blew into Moira's ears, not only making her feel itchy all over, but also making her heart extremely flustered.

The Endless Sea was getting darker and darker, and the two were getting closer and closer...

That feeling was like breaking the void. At that moment, some things hidden in my mind suddenly became clearer...

Roy remembered the library and remembered that he had never held a girl's hand in his previous life...

Now he is sleeping with a soft and gentle elf girl. No matter what kind of world this world is, there are things he wants to protect here.

He rests his head on Moira's chest and listens to her even breathing and heartbeat.

Moira didn't ask Roy, will you be good to me forever?

For elves, this life is still very long.

"I want to go to the Partington plane with you." Moira whispered softly. This matter has always been her obsession.

Roy didn't say anything.

"This semester is over, and I'm graduating." Moira said again.

"I'll pick you up after graduation. Before that, I'll build you a beautiful cabin in Sun Island Bay."

"Yeah." Moira closed her eyes contentedly. She was drowsy and didn't even notice that the rattan chair was a little cold. She just shrank subconsciously.

...

In the morning, Moira opened her eyes and saw the unfamiliar ceiling. She was so scared that she sat up from the bed.

The blanket slipped off her body, and Moira saw the pair of red-eyed white rabbits in front of her. She opened her mouth wide, but then she saw Roy sleeping beside her, and the valve of her memory began to loosen, and then all her memories came back.

It only took three seconds to change from astonishment to a sweet smile.

It was painful to think that she had to go to class today, but she didn't ask for leave from the tutor in advance. Absenteeism is a serious matter in the Elf Academy.

Moira was in a hurry to graduate, and didn't want the unreasonable elf tutor to hold her back for another year, so she hurriedly got up and dressed to go to school. All her movements were very light, and Roy slept very deeply and didn't wake up until she left.

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Roy sat on the bed, looking at the dark clouds outside the window, his hair was messy, and there was the fragrance of Moira on the sheets.

It was almost noon when he got up, and before he had time to drink a cup of hot tea, there were two visitors at the door.

Roy reluctantly received the imperial merchant Darwin and a young imperial noble.

The young noble sat on the sofa, with a sinister look in his eyes and a pungent smell of perfume...

They were blond and blue-eyed people from the Green Empire.

Roy didn't have a good impression of them, especially the nobles.

The Empire merchant Darwin spoke directly and talked about the black magic crystal right away.

Roy looked at the red-haired young noble. Darwin said his name was Spencer. Roy felt that there was no need to remember this name, and he might not do any business in the future.

"Want to trade black magic crystals? A box of black magic crystals, about more than 10,000 pieces, can be exchanged for 50,000 magic crystals. If you want to trade, bring the magic crystals here, don't bargain with me, I hate these the most now."

Roy's tone of voice seemed extremely impatient. He wanted to take a shower and then go out. There were still many things to do today.

Although Roy was not satisfied with the expression on Spencer's face, he still spoke very straightforwardly:

"Okay, I'll have someone go get the magic crystals."

Roy waved his hand, dragged out the magic box filled with black magic crystals from his magic waist bag, pushed it directly in front of Spencer, and said: "Put it away directly, and give this magic crystal to Darwin, just as a deposit for those magic devices."

As he said, Roy set his eyes on Darwin: "... I will pay the rest tomorrow morning."

Darwin felt that Roy might be eager to go out, so he took the initiative to stand up, said to Roy, "It's really refreshing to do business with Boss Roy," and took the initiative to say goodbye.

The red-haired noble Pan Seth took the box of black magic crystals away, and the 50,000 magic crystals he got back were directly supplied to the imperial merchant Darwin.

Roy didn't expect the black magic crystals to be so valuable. If calculated in this way, if he continued to fight the Dark Faceless Legion, he would not lose much.

In fact, Roy could only comfort himself in this way...

...Not considering the cost of building the wall,

...Not considering the cost of purchasing nearly 80 whale-hunting heavy crossbows,

...Not considering the loss of tens of thousands of giant magic crossbows,

Just the cost of renovating 33 three-masted sailing ships, this amount would cost more than 500,000 magic crystals.

If Roy had not opened more than a dozen mines and was still reselling magic potions, such a huge war expenditure would have directly overwhelmed him.

It was ridiculous to think about it.

Roy did not expect that in this world, the most profitable business here was still being a mine owner, and selling medicine, which was really profitable.

Roy made himself a very simple brunch, a piece of breadfruit and a cup of hot lemon tea, but when eating breakfast, he still had a sense of ceremony, sitting on the terrace on the second floor, enjoying the sunshine after the rain...

The bells of the port pier were melodious.