The Dean Has Arrived

"Pfft... Thank you so much, I almost thought I was going to die in that kind of place!"

Wearing a Scottish hat and wearing a red plaid dress, the blond curly-haired girl took a sip of the shock tea provided by Alice, and then let out a hearty and strange laugh regardless of the mud on her face.

"You don't have to thank me. This kid made that kind of trap." Alisa patted the head of the little boy next to her and said, "The current record is two accidental injuries and zero hits."

"Don't pat my head!" The little boy waved Alisa's hand away angrily.

Alice stared at the box behind the girl for a while, and then asked, "Are you a puppeteer?"

The blond girl scratched her head: "That's right, although I originally wanted to learn undead magic."

"..."

Please don't just say such things that are purely taboo in the Eastern Plains!

Alice didn't know what to say for a while... At first, she wanted to ask the other party about some dolls. After all, even Xi Wei was not very familiar with this aspect.

"Then let me introduce myself again." The blond girl wiped off the mud on her face, and put on a relaxed smile: "My name is Eve Miller, and I am a puppeteer and alchemist."

"Alyssa Margotroyd, her name is Tio Scange, we are all magicians." Alyssa pulled Tio and introduced it to Eve.

"I'm Alice Bennings, an apprentice puppeteer and maid." Alice looked a little shy.

Afterwards, the little boy waved his hand and said, "Iklovic Seba is the son of a hunter, and he will definitely become the best hunter in the future!"

"Well, I have no doubts about this, after all, even puppeteers and magicians have fallen into your trap..."

Eve Miller joked with a smile.

"This, this was just an accident..." The boy blushed rarely.

Afterwards, Alisa and the others roughly told Eve what happened here.

Unexpectedly, Eve showed a thoughtful expression after listening.

"Hmm, I might know what the 'gopher mouse' you are looking for is. But unfortunately, even I can't find her whereabouts for the time being."

"Wait. 'Her'?" Alisa grasped the key point of Eve's words very keenly: "You mean, the gopher is a human? Or at least a demihuman?"

"Although I didn't guess it right, it's almost the same."

Eve shook her head slightly, then said seriously: "That is a puppet with its own consciousness... It can be said that it is one of the existences closest to alchemy life in this era."

"Is it like Al?" Alice immediately interjected, but she remembered that the girl in front of her might not know who Al was, so she added: "...Oh, the Al I mentioned is also a person with Self-aware puppets.”

"Al? Are you referring to Al Batleyen?" Eve showed a slightly surprised expression on his face: "So, you should also know Joke, right?"

"Miss Eve. Do you know Miss Joke too?" Alice was also very surprised.

It's just that before they had a good chat for a while, Tio suddenly touched his cat-ear-shaped hair accessory, raised his small face and looked not far away: "Something is approaching, very fast."

Through special equipment amplification, as long as the surrounding wind elements are sufficient, Tio's sensing range is very far.

Alisa and the others took out their weapons without hesitation. Get ready for battle.

Eve's face changed slightly after Alisa and the others finished their preparations—she also sensed that an unknown enemy was approaching at high speed, and Tio was more than three seconds faster than her! For a powerful mage, when the enemy is not far behind him, the three-second preparation time is enough to affect the victory or defeat.

This made Eve have to lament that the children nowadays are really getting stronger... You know, no matter from the appearance or behavior, one can tell that Tio's age is definitely not more than fifteen years old.

soon. The opponent appeared in their field of vision.

The enemy turned into a black shadow, like a nimble ape, jumped out of the canopy of the tree, and fell straight down from the sky. The sharp dagger with blue light in his hand was aimed at Eve's The neck, stab it fiercely!

However, Eve just waved his hand, and the other party hovered in midair out of thin air, unable to move a single bit no matter how hard he struggled. On the contrary, the movement looks more and more rigid.

"It's amazing..." Alice couldn't help admiring.

Unlike Alyssa, who studies water elemental magic and Tio, who studies wind elemental magic intensively, she has been immersed in the study of string magic for a long time, and she can see the technique used by Eve at a glance—this puppet of unknown origin The teacher girl only used a waving action, and without any spells, standard casting actions, or casting mediums, she instantly wove a big net with string magic.

That black shadow was like a butterfly that had hit a spider's web, and was trapped by the web formed by the magic of silk strings. No matter how hard it struggled, it couldn't escape. Instead, its body was gradually entwined with those strings. Began to be controlled by Eve.

"Practice makes perfect." Eve said with a slight smile. At the same time, she moved the black shadow who had completely taken over her mobility to the ground. Only then did the others see clearly what the assailant looked like.

It was a girl who was slightly younger than Tio, wearing a civilian burlap skirt. He wore a pink bow on his head, his eyes were dull, and he still held the poisoned dagger in his hand.

"Jonna! She's my sister Jona Lovech!" At this moment, the boy suddenly yelled, and the expression on his face changed from bewilderment to surprise, but then turned into confusion: "What's wrong with her?" ? Why doesn't it seem to respond to my words?"

After thinking about it, Eve said truthfully: "Your sister was made into a living puppet, and a death seed was buried in her body. If she died in this state, she might become an evil corpse... ..."

"You...are you joking?" the boy asked in disbelief with a pale face.

"I'm sorry." Eve lowered her head, her face full of regret.

Alisa and the others also lowered their faces in a somewhat unacceptable way.

"Then...is there any other way?" I have to say that the boy's psychological quality is very good, and he quickly adjusted his mentality and asked again: "Some people in our village were also taken away, and they must have been taken away." It will be transformed into this! Is there any way to treat it?"

But to be honest, he didn't have much hope. Eve's appearance just now clearly shows that this situation is very serious, and it may be difficult to treat...

"Yes." Eve nodded unexpectedly, "First deal with the enemies who planted the seeds of death for them, and then find a priest to disperse the seeds of death. After all, the essence of that thing is still a curse. No need." I'm nervous~"

""...""

Then your regretful look just now is a joke!