The elves were shocked and looked at the phoenix with the eyes of a monster, but there was a little envy in their eyes.

The phoenix turned its little head and looked around, pouted a little unhappily, rubbed to my side, hugged my arm, and then I felt a heart-piercing pain on the inside of my arm, grinned, looked down, and saw that one of Phoenix's small hands was hidden under my arm, and was expressing my inner dissatisfaction by pinching me.

I know Phoenix, and although she is not an introvert, she never likes to be stared at all the time, especially with the eyes of a monster, even if there is a hint of envy in her eyes.

Out of the dungeon, I went straight to the Elven Palace as usual, ready to have a daily battle with Emily, but unexpectedly, Emily was not in the arena.

I asked the maid, "Excuse me, where is Emily?" ”

The maid pointed me in the right direction, and I thanked me and walked slowly towards the room that the maid had pointed to.

There was a knock on the door, and Emily's voice came from inside: "Please come in." ”

Pushing the door open and entering the house, Emily was dressed in formal clothes and was speaking to several female elves who looked very serious.

Seeing this, I hurriedly said, 'Sorry for the interruption,' and quickly stepped back out and closed the door again.

I lingered outside the door for more than ten minutes, and with a soft click, the door opened, and several female elves walked out of the room quickly, and left quickly, and no one looked at me from beginning to end.

Emily's voice came from the room, "Come in, Yi." ”

I went inside, scratched my hair, and apologized, "Sorry, I didn't know you were in a meeting......"

Emily waved her hand indifferently: "It's okay, you came here to find me, is there anything wrong?" ”

I pointed to the magic wall clock on the wall, "I'm here to talk to you." ”

She let out an 'oh' and fell silent, then sighed, "Let's cancel today's fight, I'm a little tired." ”

I stared at her face, and although I couldn't see any expression on that beautiful face, for some reason, I could faintly feel a faint tiredness: "Okay, then let's go home and eat." ”

She nodded, told me to close the door, and waved at me.

As soon as she approached her, she put her arms around my waist and buried her face in my stomach, and at the same time, her shoulders trembled slightly, and her body writhed unconsciously.

I was taken aback by her sudden move, but fortunately I had the strength to stabilize myself and force myself to avoid any overreactions.

After being stunned for a while, I slowly raised my right hand and gently placed it on top of her delicate little head, rubbing it gently, as if caressing a priceless piece of jade.

After a long time, Emily slowly lifted her face, and there were a few more edges on that beautiful face that were printed by my clothes, and a few strands of green silk were also attached to her forehead, like a beauty who had just woken up, lazy and delicate.

I smiled and asked her, "Are you feeling better?" ”

She nodded, stood up, walked to the mirror, and sorted out her appearance for a while, and then turned around, and I found that all the marks on her face had disappeared, and the messy hair had been meticulously arranged, and she had returned to her previous capable and fresh state.

"Actually, it's cute to get a little confused once in a while," I said, "just like I just did." ”

She looked at me lightly: "What did it look like just now, do you still have an impression?" ”

Although the tone was calm and indifferent, the words were full of threat.

"Uh......" I was taken aback, paused, and said, "I forgot." ”

"Very good" Emily nodded in satisfaction, then walked to the door first and opened the door: "Go home and eat." ”

On the way, I asked Emily, "Is there anything bothering you lately?" ”

Emily 'hmm'.

"Or is it the missing puppet blueprint?"

"No," Emily said.

"What's the matter, there's a new mess again?"

Emily was silent for a moment and said, "It's a missing case." ”

"Disappearance!" I was startled, almost screamed, subconsciously looked left and right, there were not a few pedestrians on the street, and no one paid attention to our side, so I breathed a sigh of relief and lowered my voice: "Who is missing?" ”

Emily said, "They are all girls from my clan, you shouldn't know them." ”

"Uh...... It's true, I only know you and Lirea, the girl of your clan, as well as Her Majesty the Empress, the two princesses, and the youngest granddaughter of Elder Sonoda Mai, Beibei. ”

"Do you know Elder Sonoda's youngest granddaughter?" Emily turned to me and said.

"It can't be said that I know it completely, but I have met that ...... once"

"Oh" Emily didn't wait for me to finish, then turned her head and continued to look unconcerned.

"When did the girls go missing?" I asked.

Emily said lightly, "What are you asking about this?" ”

"I want to try to help you."

"Do you know how to reason about detectives?" Emily asked.

"No, it won't."

"And how can you help me?"

I thought about it for a moment and said, "Seriously, I don't know how to help you, but I don't feel well when I see that you don't have any energy." ”

"Really?" Emily said, "In that case, it's okay to tell you about it." ”

I instantly came to my senses, pricked up my ears, and looked expectant.

Emily glanced at me, "This is a very serious matter, don't listen to it with an expectant expression." ”

"Okay," I said, my eyes drooping and my brow furrowed, turning into a sad face.

Emily looked at me indifferently, looked at me for a while, and suddenly sighed: "Forget it, it's still with the expression just now, your current expression makes me feel like I want to beat you." ”

I was taken aback, and I quickly adjusted back to an expectant expression.

Emily didn't speak, probably very speechless at my changing expression, she sighed, deliberately avoided looking at my face, turned her head, looked ahead, and said, "Just last night, several couriers arrived at the palace, and it was determined that in the past few days, a total of seven elf girls have disappeared. ”

I thought about it and asked her, "How many days did you go missing together?" Or is there no pattern to disappearances? ”

Emily said: "There is no pattern to the time of disappearance recorded in the bulletin, but the age of the missing girls is generally the same, between the ages of eight and ten. ”

"Between the ages of eight and ten...... Aren't these all young girls? "I suddenly thought of something bad, a young girl, kidnapping...... Why are these words so familiar?

I thought for a moment, and suddenly my eyes lit up, and I asked Emily, "When was the last magic airship that took off from Moonlight City?" ”

(End of chapter)