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With Ms. Belinda not home, Roy's daily dinner changed from Breadfruit and fruit tea to fried fish with half a lemon.
There was a mackerel in the kitchen, which Roy bought at the Fish Market before he came home.
By now, the fish was almost marinated. Roy placed the Wooden Shield and Wooden Stick on the terrace and invited Moira to sit in the living room for a while. She had recently been learning the Elven War Dance from the Magic Crystal and had also been practicing martial arts with Roy every night, so Roy planned to treat Moira to some fried fish.
Roy's fried fish was pretty good.
Roy sliced the whole mackerel, sprinkled it with a little Sea Salt and pepper, marinated it, and then arranged the slices in a frying pan.
The sizzling sound of the frying pan filled the kitchen with the aroma of fried fish.
As a hybrid of Dark Moon Elf and Silver Moon Elf, Moira usually enjoys eating all kinds of sea fish.
In this respect, she is different from Sabrina.
Although Sabrina often went to the Fish Market to help Ms. Jillian sell fish, she almost never ate fish herself.
The elves love art, but they don't care much for food.
The elves have very simple daily habits and diets. Many elves' dinner consists of a piece of Breadfruit and a cup of fruit tea. Some elves even eat some Elf Biscuit so that they won't feel hungry for at least a few days.
Moira leaned against the doorframe of the kitchen doorway, quietly watching Roy in front of the stove, turning the fragrant fish in the frying pan.
The fish fillets were fried until golden brown on both sides, and they looked very appetizing.
"By the way, Moira, there's something I've never had a chance to tell you."
"What is it?" Moira asked curiously.
Roy moved the frying pan aside before saying:
"The murderers who killed Jefferson in the tavern last time were captured a few days ago by the Elf Warrior of the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion. They were on trial in the courthouse on Sunday. They were a group of Slave Traders Slave Traders, and now they will be sent to prison."
"Ordinary Slave Traders are probably sent to the Parrham Island Prison, while a dozen or so main prisoners will be sent to the Underground Mine near the city of Inohaus the Eternal Night Forest."
As he spoke, Roy deftly placed the two pieces of fried fish into a plate and poured some sauce on the side of the plate.
He handed one of the plates to Moira.
Moira stretched out her hand to take it and placed it on the dining table.
"Has the verdict been delivered at the court?" Moira asked in a low voice.
Roy, holding a cup of fruit tea and two other cups, placed one in front of Moira before saying:
"Yes, almost all of them have sentences of two hundred years. They'll probably spend the rest of their lives in prison."
He poured Moira a large glass of fruit tea, and the two sat at the table, quietly eating fried fish.
"Have you caught everyone?" Moira asked in a low voice.
"A mage who speaks Elven Language escaped," Roy replied.
"Won't you be in danger?" Moira asked with some concern.
Roy had fried too many fish fillets, so he put the rest on a plate, intending to deliver them to Mrs. Mrs. Winnie's Night Blade Leopard at the Cross Street Intersection later.
"It shouldn't matter, he probably won't come over..."
Roy said, forcing himself to speak.
He didn't actually know if the Benjamin the Mage would come over, but he hoped he wouldn't.
"Moira ..."
Sabrina's voice came from the next yard. Moira immediately stood up from her chair and said urgently, "Sabrina is calling me. Jillian must be back. I'm going home now..."
With that, he dashed out of the house, then nimbly climbed over the courtyard wall and ran back to his own home.
Roy looked at the remaining fried fish on his plate. He had actually made extra on purpose, intending to send it to Mrs. Mrs. Winnie's Night Blade Leopard.
Last time, this Night Blade Leopard helped him find the severely wounded Dark Moon Elf Viesel; without it, Roy might not have been able to obtain the Permanent Agility Potion.
Considering the recent behavior of this Night Blade Leopard, Roy decided to feed it.
Roy carried the remaining fried fish out of the yard and just then saw Ms. Jillian's flatbed cart being pushed into the yard. As Moira ran out to close the yard gate, she made a face at Roy.
At the entrance of the Potion Shop, the Night Blade Leopard emerged from under the low wall of bushes and quickly swallowed the fried fish that Roy had brought.
The creature practically lay prone at the entrance of a hole in the bushes and low wall, opened its mouth wide, its scarlet tongue curling out, and swallowed a piece of fried fish...
Roy has had so many things going on lately that he has no one to confide in.
Priest Theodore was Abbott's teacher, so he couldn't speak Priest Theodore in front of Jasper and Abbott...
Seeing that the Night Blade Leopard was eating heartily, Roy glanced around to make sure there were no other Pokémon nearby before muttering a complaint to the Night Blade Leopard:
"Not only was the Holy Grail not retrieved this time, but Priest Theodore also escaped..."
He sighed softly, then said with some concern:
"We don't know whether he escaped or was kidnapped. The Guard Squad have no leads at all."
Roy then began to express his dissatisfaction with the Guard Squad:
"When I saw the Elf Warrior of the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion chasing after those Slave Traders, they were able to communicate with the trees at the crime scene before searching for the sailors. But when the Elf Ranger searched for Priest Theodore, not a single elf was willing to do that..."
"Is it difficult for elves to communicate with trees?" he whispered to the Night Blade Leopard.
I didn't really expect the Night Blade Leopard to answer; it was just going to eat its fried fish.
After venting my confusion and frustration, I felt a little better and prepared to take the empty plate home. I had Elementary Martial Arts Training tomorrow...
Unexpectedly, after finishing the fried fish, the Night Blade Leopard shook its fur vigorously and suddenly emerged from the gap under the bushes and low wall.
It had no collar or chain around its neck.
It took a couple of steps back and forth on Brown Street, then leaped lightly toward the Goddess of Freedom Temple, then turned back to look at Roy, gently flicking its long, black, cylindrical tail.
Roy quickly followed, and the Night Blade Leopard immediately ran forward...
Night Blade Leopard led Roy to the entrance of the Goddess of Freedom Temple's courtyard before stopping again and squatting at the entrance.
"You mean you can help me find Priest Theodore?"
Roy finally understood what Night Blade Leopard meant, but he stared at Night Blade Leopard with some suspicion and asked doubtfully, "Can you understand what I'm saying?"
The Night Blade Leopard simply wagged its tail slightly, offering no response to Roy.
Roy walked to the side of the gatehouse and saw Abbott sleeping on a small bed inside through the glass window. Roy gently knocked on the window of the gatehouse to wake Abbott from his sleep.
"Roy, what brings you here? What happened?"
Abbott, still half-asleep, looked at the night sky above and thought Roy had run into some trouble.
"Abbott, I've suddenly found a way to find Priest Theodore. Mrs. Winnie's cat is very good at searching. I think if we find it a piece of clothing that Priest Theodore Priest Theodore wore, it might be able to find him!"
Roy whispered to Abbott, who was coming out of the gatehouse.
Abbott looked in the direction Roy was pointing and saw a large dark figure lying on the stone ground. The two light green vertical pupils flashed with a fierce light in the darkness, which frightened him so much that he immediately hid back in the gatehouse.
After waiting a while and seeing that there was no movement outside, Abbott poked his head out from the gatehouse.
Seeing Roy waiting for him at the gate, the large, dark figure didn't make a move. Only then did it sheepishly emerge from the gatehouse, quickly open the gate, and let Roy into the forecourt of the Goddess of Freedom Temple.
"I'll take you to the teacher's room, and I'll wake Jasper up too. If you're going to find the teacher, I'll go with you, and Jasper can watch the door for me!"
Abbott said to Roy, then glanced cautiously at the Night Blade Leopard lying by the door.
It was almost midnight when the two arrived at Jasper's room and woke Jasper up from his deep sleep.
"Hey, can't you two talk about this tomorrow?"
Jasper, wearing a bathrobe, stood in the doorway complaining.
Abbott ignored Jasper's complaints and ran to Priest Theodore's room to look for the clothes he had worn.
Roy then took the opportunity to tell Jasper his plans...
"Are you planning to use Mrs. Winnie's Night Blade Leopard to approach Priest Theodore? Is this even a reliable plan?"
Jasper snapped out of his daze and asked Roy.
"If it's reliable, wouldn't I just go directly to the teacher?" Roy said in a low voice.
"So you're planning to have me go with you to find Priest Theodore?"
After Jasper finished speaking, he immediately perked up, turned around and went back to his room to change his clothes.
"Abbott is going with me. He woke you up so you could take his night watch in the gatehouse..." Roy said to Jasper.
"Let him sleep in the gatehouse. Who's better at finding people than me?"
Jasper immediately displayed his force field, speaking with a confident expression.
Just then, Abbott found a robe that Priest Theodore had worn and ran back excitedly to Roy, saying, "Found it, Roy, when do we leave?"
Jasper, who was already dressed, quickly stopped Abbott, took Priest Theodore's clothes in his hand, and then put his arm around Abbott's shoulder and whispered a few words to him.
When the two turned around...
Roy then saw Abbott say dejectedly, "Well, then I'll keep watch at the temple. You two be careful going out so late..."
"Understood, don't worry! We'll come back to inform you as soon as we have any news about Priest Theodore," Jasper said, putting his arm around Abbott's shoulder.
The three of them walked out of the Goddess of Freedom Temple together. Night Blade Leopard quietly got up from the doorway, its eyes shining like two lamps in the night...