"Has Her Majesty Reina been waiting here for a long time?"
"The court magician has relayed to me what happened over there in the fortress. It seems to be another attack on you... So, the enemies we encountered along the way were actually attacked by you and your
Was it brought here by his companions?"
"It is indeed possible, but my colleagues and I will not admit this depressing fact."
"It doesn't matter, at least this can clear your suspicions. After all, if you are the ultimate target of those gangsters, then you are not undercover agents hiding in our team, right?"
"……well."
No longer listening to the faint voice coming from his ears, Duan Qing, who was sitting in the town hall, then took his eyes back to Reina and Xue Ling Huan Bing, who were negotiating not far away.
The only remaining attention there is no longer focused on what the representative of the Qingling Adventure Group is talking to the representative of the investigation team: "How long have you been here?"
"About...three days?" The wine glass in his hand was gently spinning. Lott, who was sitting opposite Duan Qing, heard the sound and replied hesitantly: "I can't remember the specific time. I rushed all night to avoid the heavy rain.
When I got here, I didn’t expect that the rain had not only lasted for so long, but also showed no signs of movement..."
"What about the talks with the principality?" Duan Qing asked in a low voice, "What difficulties did you encounter?"
"Of course they are the nobles of the principalities in front of us." Lott's eyes fell on several figures on the other side of the hall: "These so-called nobles are more vicious than the empire in their verbal warfare. Not only are they always suspicious
Our purpose of coming, and we are still holding on to what happened a few days ago..."
"If the empire really wanted to harm the principality, our investigation team would never have gone to the Talon Plain." The voice belonging to Diploma then inserted into the conversation between the two people, accompanied by the
A familiar figure of a middle-aged nobleman slowly walked up holding a top hat: "If there is really a problem with the Fars Fortress, we who have already arrived in the Taron Plain will have no possibility of escaping. This simple truth, those principalities
It’s absolutely impossible for people not to be able to see it.”
"Everything is just a means to suppress the enemy." Lott also nodded: "Your Majesty will never use Princess Reina as a sacrifice to create another excuse to attack the principality."
"That's right, that's right." He nodded his head with a smile, and the smile on Diploma's face, who was sitting next to the two of them, also turned teasing: "Even if there is an accident, our
Lot Knight will also try his best to rescue Reina, right?"
"You, what are you talking about? Of course I will do my best. This is my duty as the guard captain."
The atmosphere at the wine table changed a little, and with it, Lott, who was holding the wine glass, had an unnatural blush on his face. Duan Qing, who was watching all this, didn't seem to be joking.
The thought that emerged on his face also showed a hint of reminiscence: "War... the last time the two countries fought seemed to be a year ago, and it almost succeeded, right?
"On the surface, it is true." He stopped joking and his eyes became much calmer: "But even if the empire really occupied Tania, the principality will not be destroyed easily.
That was just a short-lived advantage.”
"We did underestimate the courage of Speaker Pamir, and also underestimated the strength of the principality's adventurers." Lott's eyes also became deeper: "The 'White Wolf' Combi once thought that he was about to achieve great feats.
En later admitted this fact, and so did Bernard. As time goes by, the freelancers who are affiliated with the Adventurers Association seem to have become more and more powerful."
"If someone can organize them in an orderly manner behind the scenes, they may be able to become the most powerful army in the world." DiPloma sighed and said: "This is probably one of the reasons why Amman was finally sanctioned.
Well, he himself should know this too...ah, by the way, there are you too."
"Your so-called Qingling Adventure Agency probably suffered the same unreasonable disaster." He smiled and shook his head: "I know your original intention and intention have nothing to do with this, but your actions are indeed touching.
There are too many nerves, and those nobles are too late to grab it, so how can they allow someone among you adventurers to stand up again and reintegrate everything?"
"Your Excellency, you mean...among the people who attacked us, there were also nobles from the empire involved?" Duan Qing raised his eyebrows: "Did they take this opportunity to kill us secretly?"
"We cannot rule out the possibility." Diploma pointed to the west: "Aren't the people who attacked the fortress a group of bandits and bandits entrenched in the empire? Others may not know the trick yet.
But I know their background and who their secret supporters are.”
But the Red Lotus Gang is an exception.
Duan Qing recited this sentence silently in his heart, and then pulled out a dry smile on his face: "Then you mean that those who surrounded and wanted to attack the Tbilisi Castle were also some of the imperial nobles who secretly
Did you instigate it?"
"It must have been done by the prime minister and those under his command." Diploma's face became extremely firm: "They tried to use this method to transfer troops from the imperial capital, so as to create a rebellion for them and assassinate His Majesty the Emperor.
The most perfect timing... Huh! If His Majesty the Emperor's auspicious and celestial signs hadn't triggered the miracle of the empire, we still don't know what our empire would have become!"
"Hehe, hehe."
Duan Qing let out a few dry laughs, touched his nose, and then hid his expression in the movement of lowering his head: "But if we continue to think about it like this, it may not be Caldera and the others who want to cause this situation.
"
"you mean"
Looking up at Princess Reina who was still talking to the white-haired woman not far away, DiPloma quickly shook her head: "No, no, no, this is impossible, no matter how hard you think about it,
Your Highness Rena would not do such a treasonous thing... I warn you adventurers, don't think wildly."
"I'm just saying casually, I'm also one of the victims, okay?"
"Linyuan Duanshui once worked hard with us in the Miracle Night in the Imperial Capital. He will never have any thoughts of rebelling against the Empire. Not only can I guarantee this, but this is also a fact that I, Lott, Gloria, have been emphasizing."
"Okay, okay, I know that you and His Highness Reina have become very close recently. Alas, youth is good. It only took a few days to replace my old bone in His Highness's heart... Hmm
?”
As if he noticed something, the half-joking middle-aged noble suddenly turned his attention to the hall, and saw that Xueling Huanbing, who was sitting there, had stood up with a smile, and exchanged views with Reina who also stood up.
They shook hands. Calm and steady footsteps then came towards the corner where Duan Qing and the others were, accompanied by the figure of Ling Ran, a white-haired female swordsman who crossed the line of sight and ignored them.
With these eyes on her, she then walked straight in front of Duan Qing, pointing quietly in the direction she came from, "His Highness, let you pass."
"Isn't it enough to ask you alone? What did you say to her?"
"It's just an introduction to some recent situations. The rest is not a big deal."
"ok, I get it."
The brief exchange ended quickly with the exchange of figures between the two people. Duan Qing, who had brought everyone's attention back, then walked a few steps to the neat square table near the window of the hall, where the blond man had been leaning.
The princess then withdrew her gaze from the heavy rain outside the window, and gestured with extremely elegant movements to the seat that had just been cleared opposite Duan Qing: "Please take a seat, Wiggins' apprentice."
"how do you know?"
The unique fragrance of imperial royal women came through his nose. Duan Qing looked at His Highness Reina with an expression of surprise on his face: "Did our captain tell you just now?"
"The magician around me told me."
A faint smile emerged from the corner of her mouth, and Reina moved the hand on her chin slightly: "They did a little research on your whereabouts in Zaraha City, and then they heard that the Mage Council once met in the city.
You should also know about the incident and the subsequent results."
"You magicians are really well-informed about the news." So Duan Qing could only curl his lips: "Don't deliberately call me that, my skills are still far behind those of the seven-member council.
, if you want to expect me to do something, you may be thinking too much."
"I'm just very interested in you as a person."
The beautiful cheek resting on the back of her hand finally turned back a little, and Reina's eyes finally moved from the rain outside to Duan Qing: "Your captain just described to me everything you experienced after I left.
, it sounds very exciting, but "
"With the strength you have shown now, you and your companions don't seem to be able to block so many powerful enemies." Her curved eyelashes flashed back and forth, and her interested eyes looked at Duan.
Qing's face kept scanning back and forth: "Are you hiding your strength? Or is there some other reason?"
"You're right. The people in our adventure group are actually a group of hidden masters." His eyes stayed in the direction of Violet, who was motionless in his team, for a moment, and Duan patted his chest.
Qing then showed an extremely confident smile: "If we didn't have this ability, how could we dare to call ourselves 'Qing Ling Universal Firm'?"
"Okay." I don't know if she believed Duan Qing's words, but several melodious chuckles escaped from Reina's young and beautiful face: "Then after defeating the master who can chop the fortress gate into pieces with one sword,
And the story of defeating the magician who can seal off space, can I take it as true?"
"Even if His Highness still questions our position, Your Highness should not question His Majesty the Emperor's vision." Duan Qing sighed deeply: "I heard that you hurriedly summoned us because you encountered huge obstacles in the principality.
He came back, but now he still doubts us..."
"Because of this, I need to further confirm your identities." Reina's eyes brought a bit of seriousness: "Otherwise, how could I dare to entrust you with this important task?"
"An important task?" Duan Qing asked inexplicably: "What important task?"
"Of course it's a task to negotiate with the principality."
There were not many visitors in the quiet hall at this time, and naturally there were not many noisy sounds. The sound of rustling rain falling continuously outside the window could not hinder Duan Qing's hearing at this time, allowing him to distinguish clearly.
The meaning expressed by Princess Reina: "I plan to give you the right to negotiate with the principality, how about it?"
"What?"
Sitting there for a moment, Duan Qing then stared straight into his eyes: "How could it be? Now? Why?"
"Because Diploma and I have no more options." Reina shook her head gently: "The progress of the negotiations has been making no progress in the past few days, and the principality is not willing to let us get close to the tower anymore.
Nia and half, what exactly happened to Chris and why it aroused such resentment in the principality... We still have no way of knowing."
"We need a new breakthrough." She stretched out her arm covered in royal dress, her jade fingers shining dazzlingly in front of Duan Qing: "After this period of testing, I think only you can
He is worthy of this great responsibility.”
"this……"
Not knowing whether he should doubt the other party's true intentions or worry about his own future, Duan Qing's voice became more hesitant: "Well...hehe, hehe, it happened so suddenly that I didn't know what to do.
"
"It's normal for you to have hesitations when you are new here." Rena gestured to the hall on the side, her expression still maintained an elegant smile: "And I see that all of your team members are injured and need some time to rest.
."
"In order to show our trust and sincerity in you, we will use all our supplies to support you." She withdrew her arm and rested it on her chin again: "Of course, we will also give you a certain amount of time to understand it.
.”
"Do you understand?" Duan Qing blinked his eyes: "Understand what?"
"Of course we need to understand the current situation."
Turning her gaze to one side of the square table, Reina looked in the direction of the idle figures belonging to the principality: "They are all over there, and they are usually responsible for guarding and monitoring us. If you want to know some details."
"I suggest you start with the fat man."
This chapter has been completed!