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While Asahito said that, he also stared at Lukya with a gaze similar to that of Erma.

"Hahaha, I'm not a peeping tom, how can I listen to the whispers between you!" Lukya smiled awkwardly: "That's right! I'm going out tomorrow, so you don't have to worry about my meal."

"Well! Are you going to the banquet?"

Chao Ren's eyes were fixed.

"It's not a banquet, it's just drinking and socializing with friends. You should know my situation. If I don't show up, they will be suspicious."

--drink wine?

Elma narrowed her eyes when she heard these two words.

"Could you be going to drink with Emperor Yan Yan?"

"How is it possible! It's too late for me to hide from him!"

Lukya shook her head aggrievedly: "Don't think so much, I'll be back tomorrow night!"

Elma asked a few more questions, but Lukoa managed to confuse them with ingenious words.

Chao Ren buried his head and continued to eat.

Seeing that Elma was completely at a disadvantage, and he was almost done eating, he interrupted the meaningless conversation.

"Let's not talk about Lukya, Elma, are you ready for tomorrow?"

"What to prepare?"

"The S-level mission entrusted to the Adventurer's Guild by the Church of the Holy Sea Witch."

Chaoren said with a little expectation: "Have you forgotten, they promised to give us [-]% of the profits. Have you thought about what you want to use the money for?"

Also, how much combat power will the S-level mission increase?

Chaoren also looked forward to this point.

Chapter 255Chapter 247 You actually married a human without telling me!

However, on the second day, Chaoren had to go alone to receive the reward.

The reason is that to receive the reward for the S-level mission, you must go to the temple of the Holy Sea Miko Church to collect it.

"You, go in alone. I'll wait for you at the bar opposite the Adventurer's Guild."

Elma was still reluctant to go near her temple.

"Drink less."

Chao Ren entrusted her with the purse, and said by the way: "Also, if I send a signal, you must come and save me!"

Well, he was afraid that the church would go back on its word and kill him for [-]% of the fleet's profits.

"Understood, my priest would not do that kind of thing."

"It's not good to talk too much! What if you do it?"

"I leveled the temple with my own hands!"

The Miko-sama of the Holy Sea spoke firmly.

Chaoren also went to the direction of the church with confidence.

No one dares to impersonate the S mission.

Even if someone wanted to pretend to be a claimant, after Chaoren and Ai Luma appeared, they all gave up the idea.

After all, Chao Ren was the one who repelled the dragon head-on, wouldn't it be too long to offend him?

Walk through the streets and the central plaza and walk the long Shinto path.

Just in front of the temple gate, a monk who had been waiting there for a long time saw Chaoren.

Perhaps because he recognized the iconic blank magic sword behind Chaoren, he recognized Chaoren at a glance.And hurriedly greeted him.

"Yes, A-level adventurer, Mr. Chao Ren? I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

"A-level? Wasn't I a C-level before?"

Chaoren, who registered less than a month ago, reached D-level in a small city, and then came to Naga City for a few days, and did a few A-level tasks with Elma before evolving to C-level.

Why did he get an A grade after only one night?

"Don't be joking, you are the one who drove the dragon away. It would be strange if you were a C-rank adventurer. Please come in, the bishop has been waiting for you for a long time."

The monk showed a philistine smile and made a gesture of please.

This attitude was too intimate, and Chao Ren had the illusion that the church really wanted to kill people to silence them.

Maybe it's trying to win him over, but it's best to be careful.

The decoration in the church is similar to the temples of Greece and Rome. It cannot be said to be magnificent, but it is also unusual. At least from the various expensive building materials and the monks wearing gold and silver along the way, you know the Holy Sea Miko Church. It is an organization that does not lack money.

Walk through the promenade, climb up the steps, and go all the way to the top floor under the guidance of the monks.

From this place you can see the whole city.

The so-called archbishop was sitting in front of a table, overlooking the whole city.

It was an old lady who was very plainly dressed, wearing a simple maid's white gown, with only wooden hairpins for her hair, and a table full of delicacies beside her.

The monk saluted and said, "Archbishop, Your Excellency Chaoren has arrived."

The archbishop turned his head to the side, and when he saw Chao Ren alone, he sighed insignificantly.

"Thank you, you go down first."

"Yes."

The monk bowed to the archbishop and Chaoren respectively, and then retreated backwards.

"Hehe, please take a seat, Lord Chaoren." The archbishop greeted Chaoren with a smile.

"Don't dare, my lord, I'm just an ordinary adventurer."

Chaoren greeted him politely, then sat down.

"Archbishop, looking at you, it seems that you have a lot to say. But to be honest, I just want to hand over the mission to you as soon as possible, and then leave with the bounty. My companion is still waiting for me."

"Young people nowadays are really straightforward. You won't lose a penny of money." There was a hint of helplessness in the archbishop's eyes.

"Is your companion not here?"

"Well, she's not coming."

"...Is that so, that's a pity."

The archbishop's eyes were dim: "I thought I could see the Miko again before I died."

"Hehe, my companion is not a witch."

"Hmm, um. Miko-sama is a dragon."

"..."

"..."

Chao Ren with a fake smile and the archbishop with a smile looked at each other for a moment.

"I didn't expect that you would still discover her! As expected of a follower of Elma, they are separated by hundreds of kilometers. And with the use of the highest shielding magic, you can still sense her?"

Chao Ren suddenly burst out laughing, and at the same time he switched his main weapon to [Dagger of Two Ceremonies].This is a lore hole card that was never used in the battle with the dragon before.

"Yes, how did you do it?"

Chaoren didn't believe that anyone watched or detected the battle between himself and Elma, he believed in his own perception, and also believed in Elma's magic.

Either they already knew of Elma's existence, or they had the ability to bypass the dragon's upper magic.

No matter which one it was, Chaoren's vigilance was raised to the peak.

"Of course it's enough piety towards Miko-sama... If you say that, you won't believe it, right?"

The Archbishop shook his head and took a box from under the table.

Made of angel swan down and precious wood, it's more expensive than a wedding ring box.

The old man opened the wooden box, Chaoren saw the contents in the box, and his expression became serious.

"No wonder, you can sense her..."

There is a blue scale in the box, and Elma's breath can be felt on it.

"Of course, I am Miko-sama's maid."

The archbishop smiled softly.

"Master Miko was afraid that something bad would happen to us, so she gave us these scales that she personally blessed. Although many maids died in the chaos, we all still have the scales of Miko."

"I still remember that every time Miko-sama came to us, the scales would beat like a fiery heart..."

"It's been more than 80 years since the last jump."

The Archbishop ran his fingers over the scales.

"Finally, finally, I feel that warmth again."

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Elma sat in the tavern and ordered a table full of food.

"Wow!!! Delicious!!!"

Dragon Girl held her chin in satisfaction.

Although the cooking is far less delicious than Chaoren's cooking, but now is the time for her to turn her grief into appetite, so she doesn't care much about the taste.

Well, she cares more about whether she can get enough to eat.

However, as she ate, she gradually felt that the taste was not right.

"Strange...why do I feel like I'm full?"

Elma rubbed her stomach.

She is a dragon, even if she eats ten cows, she can digest it.

Could it be that this shop secretly put some magic potion in the dishes?

No, that's not the case.

Elma looked around and saw that she seemed to be the only one eating a table of food by herself.

An indescribable emptiness rose from the stomach to the chest.

'Loneliness', a word only used by humans, came to mind.

Dragons are very independent creatures, and their long life makes their emotions very indifferent.

But that doesn't mean they can't have fleeting, fiery emotions like humans.

"Oh... when will he come back? I really want to eat fried fish...!!!"

A table of dishes became tasteless, and Elma estimated that it would take twice as long as usual to finish the food.

However, at this moment.

Her senses were suddenly touched, as if someone had lightly stabbed her tailbone with an awl, a cold tingling sensation climbed from the back to the back of the head.

The source of this feeling is the magic essence floating in the air.

——This smell of magic essence...could it be her!

"Boss! I'll be back in a while, don't touch my meal!"

"Hey! When will you come back, guest—"

"do not know!"

With no time to do anything else, Elma turned over the table with the trident and rushed out of the shop.

The street outside the store leads directly to the temple and the central square, and a large number of human traffic has diluted the smell of magic essence just now.

But Elma is very familiar with that person's smell, so she can sense the direction only with a very faint imprint.

Out of town!