The Missing Holy Grail

High Priest Reed stood at the door of the treehouse and asked Priest Sandike, "You mean Priest Theodore knew about this?"

The Priest Sandike replied:

"Of course, he comes here every day recently to treat Master Klaradin..."

High Priest Reed was aware of this matter; according to Priest Theodore, Theodore was trying to win over more Silvermoon Elven Nobles in his own way...

The Silver Moon Elf beside him reiterated, "According to our agreement, the Holy Grail will be returned to its rightful owner after our teacher's death."

Although High Priest Reed still had some doubts, he was willing to believe that what they said was true.

So after leaving Master Claire Latin's treehouse, he took Roy and Jasper back to the Goddess of Freedom Temple and did not detain the two young priests any longer.

As soon as he stepped through the temple gates, High Priest Reed eagerly asked Abbott:

Has Priest Theodore returned?

"The teacher has never come back," Abbott replied.

High Priest Reed, looking somewhat preoccupied, walked into the Main Hall without turning back, giving the instructions as he left:

"Remember to let me know when he gets back!"

"Yes, High Priest Reed," Abbott replied loudly.

Roy did not follow High Priest Reed back to the Goddess of Freedom Temple, but went straight home after hearing that Priest Theodore had not returned.

If Priest Theodore does not appear, the whereabouts of the Holy Grail will remain a mystery.

Abbott, standing in the gatehouse, looked at Roy and Jasper with anticipation.

Judging from their expressions, he wanted the two of them to tell him what they had seen at Master Claire Latin's residence...

However, it was already quite late, so Roy slipped back home.

This day felt incredibly long for Roy. He felt as if his legs were made of lead, and he listlessly walked to his front door, pushed open the gate, went inside, and then left the gate slightly ajar.

A crescent moon rose from the sea, its light spilling into the courtyard.

Moira leaned against the wall, her hands braced against it, and asked tentatively:

"I heard something happened at the Goddess of Freedom Temple, Roy, how are you?"

Her big, bright eyes were so cute that even though Roy was exhausted, he didn't want to be perfunctory with her.

Roy stopped and turned to the mixed-race girl who was leaning against the low wall, saying, "Everything's fine!"

Moira could tell that Roy wasn't in a good mood, but thinking that he would be even more bored going home alone, she tried asking him:

"Roy, shall we practice our martial arts tonight?"

Roy didn't really want to practice; he just wanted to take a nice shower, lie quietly in bed, and reflect on what had happened that day.

However, when he saw the light shining in Moira's big eyes, he hadn't even had a chance to tell her... about the sentencing for killing Jefferson's crew.

Roy then perked up and said, "Great! I happen to have something else to show you."

Moira squinted, her eyes full of anticipation, and asked Roy with a smile, "What is it?"

Roy rummaged through his bag for a while and finally pulled out the Magic Crystal Magic Crystal from a compartment, then tossed it to Moira.

"This!"

Moira moved with the agility of a Night Blade Leopard, catching the crystal steadily before exclaiming in surprise, "Magic Crystal!"

Roy tugged at his satchel, then walked towards the house, saying as he went:

"Yes, it was given to me by a very important person, but unfortunately I can't understand what's inside, so I'm asking you to help me take a look."

Moira immediately perked up, firmly gripping the Magic Crystal in her hand, and said with a smug smile, "Okay!"

Roy pushed open the door and saw the empty living room. Thinking of Ms. Belinda, who had already gone to Buenos, he said to Moira on the other side of the courtyard wall, "I'm going to take a shower first... You can take your time looking around."

I took a quick shower, then washed the clothes and hung them to dry on the second-floor terrace.

Moira and Sabrina were sitting on the opposite terrace, huddled together watching the images in the Magic Crystal.

They both watched with great interest, clearly enjoying the elven Elven Sword Dance.

Roy was stretching his ligaments on his own terrace when he discovered that since drinking the potion of Permanent Agility Potion, his flexibility and balance had been greatly enhanced.

Moira and Sabrina waved to him from across the terrace, then Moira shook the Magic Crystal in her hand and said loudly to Roy, "Roy, I want to look at this Magic Crystal a few more times..."

"No problem." Roy waved his hand and readily agreed.

Seeing that Roy seemed to have everything prepared, Moira pulled a short sword from a flowerpot on her balcony, nimbly jumped onto the railing of Roy's balcony, and said with a touch of smugness:

"Come on, let me see if your martial arts skills have deteriorated in the past month..."

Moira, holding the short sword in her hand, immediately seemed like a different person.

Standing under the moonlight, she felt ethereal, while her shadow was so clear and real.

This was the first time Roy had this strange feeling. He only knew that Dark Moon Elf possessed the ability to stealth, but he had never witnessed it before...

This time, Roy didn't take the Wooden Hammer. Instead, he picked up a Wooden Shield and a Wooden Stick from the terrace behind him. He tried swinging the stick a couple of times, and the movements were much lighter than when he was holding the Wooden Hammer.

He then brandished the wooden stick and launched an attack on Moira.

The sweeping wooden stick made Moira to dodge, and then she swung the short sword she was holding upwards, aiming a counter-attack at Roy's chin.

Roy could only press down the Wooden Shield in her hand, but the short sword in her hand was as nimble as a snake's tongue, flicking in and out at will.

She moved with the agility of a ghost in the night; Roy had to exert all his strength to barely keep up with her speed...

Roy discovered that she and Klayr were completely different people.

Roy could easily block Klayr's attack by simply using his shield to block her dagger, but this method was less effective against Moira Roy. Even if he blocked Moira's short sword, he couldn't predict how she would attack next. She was the kind of person who could hide herself in her surroundings at any time and easily gain the initiative in the battle.

Moira didn't stop until beads of sweat appeared on her forehead and nose, and she stood steadily on the railing of Roy's terrace.

"Roy, you've gotten a lot stronger. I thought I could easily overpower you, but I didn't expect you to be able to block them all..."

Moira said in surprise.

Sabrina, on the opposite terrace, was also looking at Roy with some surprise. She also noticed that Roy's growth these days was unusually rapid...

The next day, Roy arrived at the Elf Academy early.

The first lesson was, as usual, Elementary Martial Arts Training. Roy noticed that Klayr was dressed rather formally, wearing a very respectable elven suit. Even during the sparring in the martial arts class, he seemed very careful, clearly not wanting to get hurt.

Klayr was already quite pretty, and when she put on an exquisite dark gold patterned dress, she immediately attracted the attention of some of the elven girls during the martial arts training class.

Even Roy couldn't help but call him a 'show-off'.

Roy's second class was geography.

Despite the major incident during the outdoor practical class, Roy discovered that... it didn't seem to have affected Master Harper's status at the Elf Academy.

He still went his own way and walked to the huge sand table, casually marked out an area with the pointer in his hand, and began to describe the terrain features of that area.

Roy felt that no matter how messy or fast he wrote, he could never keep up with Master Harper's mouth.

After the class, Roy felt a bit sore in his wrists...

Just as the class was about to end, Roy suddenly heard a series of beautiful musical notes coming from the corridor outside the classroom.

Actually, the geography classroom and the music classroom are not far apart. It's just that the music classroom has soundproofing material, so as long as the door is closed tightly, the sound will not travel into the corridor.

Just then, probably when the second period was about to end, someone secretly opened the door to the music classroom, and beautiful music began to flow from inside.

The crisp, tinkling sound flowed out, and the somewhat chaotic geography classroom gradually quieted down.

"I heard it! What's that tune... I've never heard it before. I swear if I had, I would definitely remember it!"

A Silver Moon Elf beside Roy whispered to his companion.

"This is the first time I've heard it too, it's really good." Another Silver Moon Elf whispered in praise, "Do you think it could be the work of those students in music class?"

"..."

Roy didn't hear what was said afterward because the two elves' voices became even softer.

He then realized that Klayr was dressed so formally today because she had a music lesson.

The bell rang to the sound of such beautiful music, which was probably the bell that everyone least wanted to hear...

However, it seems that the beautiful music did not stop. As the students poured out of the classroom and into the corridor, they could still hear the clear and melodious music.

Everyone's steps became incredibly light, and no one wanted to disturb this beautiful melody.

Roy knew that Klayr had succeeded this time...

Back at the Goddess of Freedom Temple, Roy learned that there had been no word from Priest Theodore since.

The previously silent Guard Squad had a new lead and immediately began investigating Priest Theodore's whereabouts yesterday afternoon. However, according to the reports from the neighbors around Master Claire Latin's treehouse, Priest Theodore seemed to have vanished into thin air, and no elf saw him leave from which direction.

The Wisdom Holy Grail disappeared along with him.

In addition to the Guard Squad searching the world for Priest Theodore, the Moon God Temple is also mobilizing its priests to inquire about Priest Theodore 'Moon God Temple whereabouts in order to give an explanation to the Goddess of Freedom Temple and High Priest Reed.

On the contrary, the Goddess of Freedom Temple was relatively quiet. Despite the incidents involving Priest Anderson and Priest Theodore, the gatherings at the Goddess of Freedom Temple were not significantly affected...