Moon Witch, embark on the journey!

"It's too dangerous outside! There are many robbers and wild animals. I'm worried about you. You were just paying tribute to Granny Glenn, right? I'm sorry to bother you."

"It's okay, don't worry, I'm leaving now."

Seeing that Luna was determined to leave and had even turned around to walk outside, Ike could no longer bear it and released the emotions that had been pent up in his heart for many years:

"Ms. Luna! I've liked you for a long time! Please don't leave!"

The girl was stunned for a moment, then turned around and looked at him seriously, her face twitching noticeably.

"I know that ordinary people are not worthy of you! So I decided to become a knight since I was young. I have received a promise from Lord Geer! In the future, I will definitely own a big house in the city, with my own manor and servants!"

"But all this - still lacks a mistress! Miss Luna, as long as you marry me, I will definitely protect you, and I will definitely make sure you have enough food and clothing for the rest of your life, and live the life of a noble lady. You don't need to do anything! No, you can do whatever you want! As long as you..."

There was a clear sigh from the other side. The silver-white girl in the moonlight looked particularly beautiful even though she was helpless. She interrupted Ike:

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but these are not what I want, so please allow me to refuse."

"What on earth do you want? I can do anything for you!"

"Then go away quickly and stay away from me."

Luna turned around and continued to walk out. She was already unhappy to be interrupted when visiting Glenn's grandmother's grave, and the other party's eyes made her even more dissatisfied.

"Luna! I won't let you go!"

Ike grabbed her shoulders tightly, and this time he used all his strength, making her feel a little painful.

"You will get hurt if you go out alone like this. It's dangerous outside. I..."

Bang!

Before he could finish his words, the young man's entire body was flipped over by a huge force, and he felt dizzy. With a dull thud, he fell heavily to the ground.

Covered in mud, with his face pressed against the cold ground, Ike was extremely shocked.

He was a trained knight's squire, and had even been praised by a formal knight, but he was just knocked down like this? And by an underage girl?

Luna was bathed in the moonlight, and her whole body seemed to be emitting fluorescence. She lowered her head slightly, looked at the man on the ground and said:

"You don't need to worry... Besides, this land is too small. Whether it's the village or the city, everything here feels boring."

"I yearn for a wider and more wonderful world, not the so-called life of a noble lady. Even if it is only a short period of grandeur, it is better than a lifetime of mediocrity."

"I'm leaving and I won't be coming back."

Watching her leaving, Ike felt extremely strange. He finally realized that he had never understood this seemingly beautiful and fragile girl.

......

"I had a strange dream, and it reminded me of some things in the past."

Luna fell asleep unconsciously. She sat on the straw pile, leaning against the wooden wall of the warehouse. In front of her was a charming and enchanting face, which made her a little flustered and awakened a lot.

As her head lowered as she dozed off, her face was almost touching Claire's, and their breaths brushed against each other's skin, bringing a warm and itchy feeling.

"Aha."

Luna raised her head and distanced herself from him. She felt a little guilty when she saw the saliva on the girl's delicate lips on her lap - she didn't know whether it was the saliva from the girl herself or dripped by her.

After thinking about it, I took out the towel and carefully wiped her clean.

"Anyway, I have successfully taken the first step."

Thinking of the past, Luna smiled. She had already learned the meditation method and even became a junior apprentice. With Claire's guarantee, she should be able to become a wizard smoothly and embark on an extraordinary path.

"It's faster than expected. This is worth it even if I have to gamble my life."

Of course, strictly speaking, Luna had not yet tried her best. If the transformed Silver Scorpion really broke through the defense and came in front of her, she would find that she was not the weak girl she imagined that she could tear apart.

Under the moonlight at night, all aspects of her physical fitness can be improved several times. This is a special talent she has possessed since birth.

"only......"

Some kind of underlying palpitations had been bothering her, as if she had just woken up from a dream, making her feel always uneasy.

Gently putting Claire's head aside, Luna rubbed her legs and stood up.

Walking out of the abandoned warehouse, the moonlight in the night sky outside showed that not much time had passed, and there was still a long night before the dawn of the next day.

"is it him?"

Luna looked at the ice sculpture in the distance. The ferocious and terrifying creature still had no breath of life. Neither she nor Claire felt any mental fluctuations, so it should be impossible for it to survive.

"Or rather..."

A bad premonition was getting stronger and stronger. Even the clear moonlight could not bring her a sense of security. A chill continued to surge from her heart, and she looked somewhere.

Click, click, click.

The footsteps were particularly obvious in the quiet night.

Luna saw an extremely skinny old man wearing a grey wizard robe with a huge scorpion tattooed on it walking towards her.

There was a terrifying expression on his face that was enough to scare a child to tears. He was simply the most typical dark wizard.

"Are you the ones who killed my lovely disciple?"

The huge mental pressure that came with the opponent's appearance made Luna feel extremely frightened, and even her movements became a little slow. This was a horror that even the silver scorpion could not match. She did not hesitate:

“Claire!!”

The girl's sharp scream received no response, and just when Luna was about to shout a few more times.

"Don't you know? She has my curse on her. At this distance, her mental strength has weakened to a level even weaker than that of an apprentice - I mean, she has already fainted."

Ural looked up at the ice sculpture next to him and snorted:

"You useless thing, you can't even do such a small thing, so you're dead if you die."

Then he turned to look at the silver-haired girl who was staring at him, forced a smile on his skinny face, and spoke in a hoarse voice:

"You are quite interesting. How about becoming my apprentice?"

13. Strategy

There is no doubt that Luna is facing the biggest crisis since she was born.

"That's great. How about you become my apprentice?"

The old man stared at the silver-white girl with a teasing expression, and he no longer looked at the unlucky failed man not far away.

Even though he was once his most proud disciple and most useful subordinate.

"Ha...ha...I am really grateful for your appreciation."

Facing an official wizard, Luna felt tremendous pressure. In the still chilly night, soon fine beads of sweat covered the girl's cheeks and neck.

To be honest, if there was a wizard willing to accept her as a disciple before today, Luna would be very happy.

However, this guy in front of him didn't look like a good person at all, and he didn't look like he would treat his apprentice well. His indifference to the miserable condition of his former apprentice was enough to chill one's heart.

"Can I ask you something? If I become your disciple, what do I need to do?"

"A very smart little girl, at least better than my apprentice who thinks he is smart."

Ural's obviously aged face showed a sinister smile. He pointed to the dilapidated warehouse behind Luna and said with a grin:

"As a gift to your apprenticeship, how about killing that little girl over there first?"

"..."

Luna sighed softly. She knew that the so-called apprenticeship was bullshit. This old guy was still a little concerned about the rules of the wizarding world. It was simply a spur-of-the-moment decision and he didn't want to do it himself.

If you really do as he says, it will only delay your death a little bit, but you will still be silenced in the end.

Even more, Claire herself was the eldest daughter of a wizard family, with a formal wizard behind her. If she was killed, she would most likely be marked with a tracking or curse mark.

In that case——

Luna pretended to be scared - in fact, under the strong mental pressure, she was pale and sweaty. She said tremblingly:

"I just met her today. As long as I can survive, I don't mind even if I have to fight her. But..."

"What else do you want to say?"

Seeing that she was still hesitating, Ural looked a little impatient.

"You must swear in the name of the wizard that you cannot kill me to silence me! Also, she promised to pay me before, you must also compensate me!"

"Okay! I swear in the name of the official wizard Ural! I will double the compensation for you, how about it?!"

I believe you!

Luna complained in her heart. What good would such words do? Even if the other party really made a contract, she would not be able to verify whether it was effective or not, and whether they would tamper with it.

She hesitated for a long time before finally saying tentatively:

"Well, I'll go...but don't regret it!"

"Stop talking nonsense and do it."

The old wizard had a cold face and looked impatient.

Luna slowly walked towards the abandoned warehouse behind her. After turning around, the panic and struggle on her face slowly disappeared, and she became calm, and walked towards that place step by step.

At least she wouldn't be attacked for the time being. She was just pretending to be nice, but all she wanted was a safe distance.

Walking into the dim warehouse, Luna gradually approached the sleeping Claire.

The black-haired girl in a black dress still had a look of pain on her face. Her breath had become very weak. She was gasping for air, and her towering chest kept rising and falling. Her charming face was tense, and her beautiful brows were tightly furrowed.

Standing in front of her, Luna knew that she had been locked by Ural's mental power. She leaned forward slightly and lowered her head:

"This is different from what we agreed on before. I'm at a big loss."

She stretched out her hand to the unconscious girl, muttering:

"So I can only...sorry!"

The next moment, she hugged Claire in her arms, then suddenly pounced forward, kicked open the warehouse window with explosive power and speed that were unimaginable given her slender appearance, and jumped out from the other side.

Wow!

In the night sky, under the moonlight, a silver-haired girl with a determined look on her face, hugged a black-haired girl, and the two left the warehouse amidst the crystal shards of glass.

"Humph!"

At the same time, a snort of anger exploded beside Luna, and the powerful mental force surrounding her caused a huge shock.

Luna felt dizzy all over.

At this moment, her sea of ​​consciousness was surging like a raging sea, and her apprentice-level mental strength was instantly defeated. She was even about to faint.

The next moment, the thin moonlight shrouding the sea of ​​consciousness suddenly became thicker, quickly stabilizing the chaotic mental power.

Luna herself staggered, then regained her footing and continued to sprint forward quickly.

"Damn it!"

Ural in the back was furious. A gust of wind blew up around him, and his gray wizard robe fluttered, like a dark cloud sweeping over.

He knew that the little girl was probably not honest, but he also felt that the more cunning a person was, the more selfish they were. He didn't expect Luna to actually intend to resist him head-on - and he didn't expect that the mental shock would be ineffective against a mere low-level apprentice!

As he rushed over, he also noticed the silver-haired girl running like a rabbit in the moonlight. There was some mysterious power blessing her body, which made her burst out with extraordinary speed.

"Transformation witchcraft... No, is it some kind of blood blessing?"

Is this what you used to kill that useless disciple of mine?

"Unfortunately, you can't escape!"

Ural rode the strong wind and approached quickly, facing the back of the silver-haired girl. Thick magic power was brewing in his hands, and the elemental power around him became violent.

But then he quickly put his hand down. The powerful witchcraft was too conspicuous in the city. He had to get closer, closer.

The two sides rushed one after the other through the deserted streets at night.

The wizard was running at a high speed, and Luna, who was just running physically, could not distance herself from him. In just a few moments, she was already close.

"it's over!"

Ural once again prepared his formal witchcraft. Even though it was of a smaller power, it was far beyond the reach of an apprentice. He wanted to teach this overconfident apprentice a profound lesson with her death!