"...I seem to have a little impression of you."
Some time later, at the south end of Central Street, Maggie, who had just walked out in that direction, rubbed her wrists and whispered. After regaining her female body, she used the same cloak to hide her figure, walking unsteadily.
Following the two people who were moving forward: "Have you...have you ever..."
"Yes, we have met in Tanzania City before."
Duan Qing, who was walking ahead with a complacent expression and his hands behind his back, said with a smile without looking back: "At that time, you were still an ignorant girl who looked pitiful and pitiful. You were still the kind who was often bullied by the locals, those helpless people.
Good traders even use you as a fishing device to hide tasks, luring adventurers like us who like to 'see rough roads' to take the bait."
"I see, I remembered it." Maggie sighed slightly, and her voice became much gentler: "You were from that time... Ha, I didn't expect to meet you again."
"That's right, I didn't expect that either." Putting away the emotion in his heart, Duan Qing sighed softly: "And the exact same way of meeting was still used..."
"What did you say?"
"nothing."
The footsteps paused for a moment as he was interrupted by the soliloquy. Duan Qing, who turned around, suddenly turned back and stretched out one of his hands: "I just want you to lose money."
"Pay, pay?" Maggie's eyes widened in surprise: "Have you adventurers not only become so greedy, but also so unabashed?"
"It may not be in line with the roundabout way you, the Queen of Darkness, like to beat around the bush, but... this is not to ask for reward." Still maintaining the gesture of reaching out, Duan Qing shook his head with a smile: "I said yes.
Compensate for the part of the glass you broke."
"..."
"The glass in the restaurant you broke before was the one I was responsible for cleaning."
Looking at the other party's eyes that suddenly became dull, Duan Qing explained in a low voice without caring: "That was one of the commissioned tasks our Qingling Adventure Group received on the first day. It is very important to us. The result is not only
It was not completed, and you ended up smashing it into pieces all over the floor."
"Thanks to your collision, our commission completion rate will definitely not reach 100%." Looking at the cute look of the other party's mouth slightly open, Duan Qing couldn't help but smile: "Qingling Office will inevitably
You will suffer a blow to your reputation, and you may even lose your competitiveness in the future... Well, if you think about it this way, the damage caused to us by your collision seems to be greater than I imagined."
"Qing Ling... Office?" Maggie raised her head and looked at Duan Qing's face with strange eyes: "What kind of organization is it? Are you still short of manpower?"
"……ah?"
After looking up and down at the thief who was shrouded in a cloak, it was Duan Qing's turn to slowly close his mouth that was gradually opening: "I thought that changing back to your original appearance would be enough to cover your whereabouts. No.
Thinking about you, you still feel uneasy... Our firm has just been established not long ago, and there are still many people watching? "
"Having a legal identity is always better than wandering around in this city." Maggie shook her head and replied: "Those imperial troops probably didn't find out my last identity, they won't find you.
It comes from the head.”
"But your appearance is very famous in Tanzania City." Duan Qing curled his lips: "At least Lott knows you."
"Then I'll just change my appearance."
The voice that sounded again completely changed into another voice, and Maggie, who was grinning, replied in a low voice: "Since you know my identity as the Queen of Darkness, you should know that disguise is one of my best skills.
Woolen cloth."
"Would you like to test it now?"
She tilted her head, her eyes swept over Duan Qing's slightly unnatural face, and then after a moment of swimming, she slowly landed on Violet on the other side: "For example, this
You...well, you seem to be an excellent magician. Do you want to try being a dancer? The one who can attract everyone?"
"...No need."
Violet, who broke the silence she had maintained and opened her dull face, replied in a low voice: "Although I have the consciousness to become an ordinary person, I have never given birth to a child.
The idea of entering a lowly profession.”
"Dancers are not the profession you imagine, and the effort they put in is much higher than you think." Maggie's face darkened: "Those who look down on our lowly professions in the public opinion often end up doing it.
It will pay a price you can’t imagine.”
"Excellent imperial nobles will never shy away from the people you mentioned, but excellent imperial nobles will never become these people you mentioned." Violet replied tit for tat: "If they choose you in the end
The professions they mentioned only prove that they are losers among the imperial nobility."
"...That makes perfect sense, this follower of yours." After staring at him for a while, Maggie returned her gaze to Duan Qing: "Is he a former imperial noble?"
"Just a former imperial noble."
Duan Qing calmly separated the two women who were almost facing each other. Duan Qing smiled bitterly and replied to Maggie: "Now... he is probably just an ordinary magician who lives in our adventure group."
"If a woman like her can stay with you, I should have no problem." Ignoring Violet's contemptuous look, Maggie replied without giving up: "My abilities should be better than yours."
It's much stronger than I imagined, and at least it won't be at a disadvantage in the battle you need most."
"At least it must be more valuable than your piece of glass." She tilted her head slightly, revealing the direction of the restaurant where several people escaped before: "As for other losses of your adventure group, I am also confident that we can
I’ll help you earn it all back.”
"But I don't want to bear any other losses if you cause trouble again. If I lead you and are hunted down all over the city, it will be too much." Duan Qing spread his hands and said: "So"
"Can you tell us a little bit about the problems you are encountering now?"
He pointed in the direction that Maggie indicated before, as if waiting for the other party's answer, and until the surrounding air began to become lively with the passing of passers-by, the man who had been hesitating in place
The female thief finally gave her explanation: "Well, they came for Laura."
"...Lola?"
"Laura Loren."
Repeating the name again, Maggie lowered her voice and pointed towards the other end of Central Street: "You should have heard of this name, right? One of the two most famous families in the Frey Empire, the founder and founder of the empire
The inheritor of the... who was mentioned by Lot before entering the city, I came in with her."
"The nobles of the empire should have been eyeing her." After saying this, she clenched her fists hard: "But for some reason, it was the imperial military that took action in the end..."
"Lot is the heir to the Gloria family and is technically a member of the imperial nobility."
The same words of explanation then sounded from the direction of Violet, accompanied by her gradual movement towards him: "Although the reason why Marshal Red tried his best to support him in his rise has nothing to do with his identity.
relationship, but this guy has always insisted on his status as a noble."
"You should have seen his persistence when you were in Tanzania City." After saying this, she blinked her eyes towards Duan Qing: "If it weren't for his efforts, would you be alive today?
Not necessarily."
"That guy's strength seems to be stronger than what I have seen before." Duan Qing also nodded: "Just like what we just saw, not only is his strength amazing, but he also uses a beautiful hand.
Archery."
"The Gloria family is also a hereditary martial arts family, so this ability is natural." Violet replied with a smile: "His commanding ability has been demonstrated just now. The young lady in front of us should have deep knowledge of it."
experience"
"Wait a moment."
Facing the gazes from the two people, the surprised expression on Maggie's face became more obvious: "You...who are you? You are"
"Violet, the person who was responsible for taking care of you when we were in Tanzania City." The purple-haired woman who was asked by the other party replied nonchalantly: "Although we may not have met each other a few times, I care about you.
I still have the impression that you were very pure at that time, much more beautiful than the dark thief who looks like a queen now."
"Were you the Lord of Violet at that time?" The surprise finally turned into shock, and Maggie's eyes returned to Duan Qing at a loss: "But at that time, she was not...by you...
…Then……"
"That's right, she was already dead later." Understanding the question the other party wanted to ask, Duan Qing spread his hands toward Violet who had resumed her puppet state: "Now she is no longer in name.
It exists in this world, and what stands in front of you... is just a ghost that should not exist."
"..."
"Of course, a series of recent events in the Imperial Capital are all more or less related to her."
Looking at Maggie's silence, Duan Qing later retracted his courtesy: "Until His Majesty the Emperor's decision comes out, we can only wait here quietly. As for how many secrets there are in this."
If she has not been discovered, it can only depend on which one of her and His Majesty the Emperor is more in the mood to bring up this matter..."
"That's it." Nodding her head, Maggie's eyes gradually revealed a sparkling look: "This is the most effective way of disguise, using death to cover up one's existence... It seems
Your realm is much higher than mine."
"There's no need to brag in this way. She doesn't mind it anyway." Looking at the purple-haired woman behind him who still didn't respond, Duan Qing waved his hand towards Maggie: "And in the
In the underground world, it is impossible for you to imitate her even though you don’t have much reputation on the mainland..."
"I didn't mean that." Maggie gathered her emotions and shook her head seriously: "I just suddenly understood something."
"The reason why Laura ran back in such a hurry must be you." She recalled the scene before she and the wheat-skinned girl parted, and then sighed involuntarily: "I didn't expect it.
I met you here."
"Speaking of which, your last name also contains the name Roland."
As if he was also aware of this abnormality, Duan Qing looked back at Violet's face: "Is there any blood relationship between you and that woman Laura?"
"It's just that I ended up living in the Roland family. I left that royal family thirty-seven years ago."
A voice that only Duan Qing could hear then rang in his ears, echoing Violet's answer with her voice: "Of course, the little girl wasn't born yet, I looked at her a little bit
A little grown up."
"...It seems she is not willing to answer."
Duan Qing nodded his head, then smiled bitterly at Maggie, who had not heard these answers, and explained: "But it seems that she does have a little connection with the Roland family... Why, does this have anything to do with yours?"
Is there any connection between the encounters?”
"I was the one who proposed to separate from Laura because I saw that she seemed to have a lot of worries." After looking at Violet in front of her again for a while, Maggie answered with a bit of disappointment in her voice: "
But then I had no news about her, and I didn’t know whether she was still in the city or had left. But not long after we separated, I discovered that someone was secretly investigating me."
"They probably want to know the whereabouts of Laura." Maggie's eyes showed some vigilance when she said this: "Even if the empire has nominally expelled the Roland family, Laura, who represents the status of the patriarch of the family, is still
One of the top representatives of this place, presumably those who are secretly following me, and the imperial nobles behind them... probably want to use this level of connections."
"I understand." Duan Qing stood in silence for a while, then looked at Violet's face: "You should know something, right? News in recent years, such as the decline of the Roland family
, and where exactly they have moved to now..."
"They have now moved to the foothills southwest of the city." Violet broke her puppet expression and looked at Duan Qing's side face with strange eyes: "You want to find that place? At this time? Take risks?
What should we do about the group?"
"Well..."
After calculating the time needed to get out of this red ocean-like city and the distance to the foothills pointed out by Violet, Duan Qing, after thinking for a long time, finally shook his head: "Then write down that place first.
Bar."
"After all today's tasks are completed, we will find time to visit."
This chapter has been completed!