"really……"
Duan Qing touched his nose: "Everyone has their own mission, and so do you...right?"
"...Why, you don't want to hear it?"
"...Of course not, I'm all ears."
Putting on an innocent posture, Duan Qing lowered his head, and then covered the eyes of the swaying Queen Maggie from her sight. The whistling sound from the night sky followed.
The cold wind of winter passed by Duan Qing's ear, bringing Queen Maggie's detailed whisper to him. However, Duan Qing, who was listening, heard completely irrelevant content at this time.
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[Favorability...76%.]
【——The favorability test has been passed.】
[——The ability test is passed, and the persuasion conditions have been met. ]
【Salaka chooses to tell.】
What's this?
Is it a system prompt?
By the way, I tore apart the void before, which may be connected to the world where the iron chain system is...
But... ability test? Persuasion conditions? Favorability? Is there such a setting in this game world?
Thoughts flashed through his mind instantly. Duan Qing gradually hid his frown, and while still maintaining a smile, he tried hard to filter out the system prompts that still echoed in his heart:
"...Later, I fled my hometown, wandered out of the empire, and then followed the flow of people during that time and fled to this place now."
"Although the folk customs in Ferron County at that time were not very good, it was far less difficult to survive than it is now." Maggie touched her short hair slightly, and there was a hint of reminiscence in Maggie's eyes as she looked into the distance: "
At that time, Zaraha City... was also a commercial center that ran through the two countries of the Free Continent."
"You... turned out to be an imperialist?" Duan Qing, who finally began to process what the other party said, asked in surprise: "Did you escape from the west?"
"Yes, I am also an out-and-out refugee." Maggie showed a sad smile: "There are few people living under Tania who are not refugees from elsewhere."
"...I'm sorry." Duan Qing paused and said, "I mentioned your sad past."
"No, this is exactly what I want to tell you." Maggie shook her head: "Because I stayed here for several years before the battle between the empire and the principality started again."
"Uh...are you referring to Zaraha City?"
"Yes, it's this city."
In the constantly blowing cold wind, Maggie, who seemed not to feel any coldness, slightly brushed her hair: "If not necessary..."
"I don't want to come back here just yet."
Ruoyouruowu's footsteps gradually passed from the far side of the street, and then returned the extremely quiet environment to the center of the street. Duan Qing, who was aware of the other party's complicated emotions, then closed his mouth and let the people around him
The woman diffused her sighs arising from the memories: "I was still a child at that time, and there was no way to survive here. The life of being bullied and the desire to live have been in conflict with me for a long time.
Finally, it stopped in the winter of that year..."
"Now that I think about it, the winter of that year seemed to be as cold as now." She raised her head, and then her eyes fell on Duan Qing from the dark night sky: "Because I couldn't bear the cold and hunger, I finally chose
Surrendered and found the head of a tavern."
"Tavern?"
"Or...nightclub." Maggie tugged at the corners of her lips: "I have heard the adults mention it many times before that they need some girls, so..."
"You..." Duan Qing's eyes changed slightly: "Did you really go?"
"What's that look in your eyes? I'm also the manager of a nightclub now." Maggie smiled slightly: "After all... my current business is only a continuation of my previous business."
"..."
"Well, that's not the point of this conversation."
Looking at Duan Qing's confused look, Maggie smiled and covered her mouth with the back of her hand: "Besides, I was small and thin at the time, so I really couldn't mention the tastes of the guests... The owner of that tavern is pretty good.
With some compassion, he would usually give me enough rations to survive, but no matter how much, I can't ask for more."
"That tavern... still exists?"
"…no longer exists."
After answering Duan Qing's question calmly, Maggie lowered her head again: "It no longer existed at that time."
"...sounds like a long story."
"It sounds simple."
Waving towards Duan Qing, Maggie took the lead and jumped onto the roofs of different heights next to the street: "It is impossible for a tavern with a different appearance and appearance to avoid causing other troubles, even if there are no other entanglements of interests. At that time
The city lord would not let such things keep scraping oil and water on his territory, so since I arrived, the place had been half-open and half-stop, until one day...a group of city guards came to the door.
Come."
"They claimed that the tavern was harboring fugitives." Looking at Duan Qing who jumped up, Maggie turned her head and looked in a certain direction of the quiet city: "Then a massive manhunt began."
"The so-called fugitive...does he mean you?"
"I thought so too at first."
With her arms folded in front of her chest again, Maggie answered Duan Qing's question in a low voice: "But then... a guy in black really jumped out from the backyard of the tavern, and the guards fought with that person.
, and then there were heavy casualties, many other people died, and even the tavern was almost completely destroyed by that battle."
"The uncle boss was lying on the ground and kept shouting that he was being framed, and then he was stabbed in the head by the guards who came over." Maggie looked into the distance with seemingly no emotion in her eyes: "They were so wanton.
Destroying every corner of what was left of the tavern until... they found me in the stables."
"...Why, they didn't attack you?"
"No, it was the fugitive who saved me."
After a slight pause, Maggie finally raised her arm pointing in a certain direction: "I remember it was in that place, right? He was like the God of Death returning, slaughtering all the guards.
Then I left that place with me, the only one who survived."
"That's my teacher, the person who taught me this skill."
The fingers covered with gloves were still hanging in the air. Maggie turned her head and looked at Duan Qing's position: "In the following days... he was also the one who took me around this city."
"Oh?" Duan Qing's expression finally became interested: "Who... is that person?"
"I don't know his name or his identity."
The hand stretched forward suddenly turned into a dagger flashing with black light. Maggie turned her hand and drew two marks in the air in front of her that were darker than the night sky: "He is mysterious and powerful, but he doesn't say much.
, every time he trains me, he just makes demonstration movements for me to imitate, and then ignores them..."
"Why does he want to teach you how to fight?" Duan Qing raised his own question at the right time: "Is he just looking at you for pity?"
"He... didn't tell me either."
As if she was recalling that strange time, Maggie's eyes showed an unconcealable curiosity: "He just kept teaching me hiding techniques, sneaking methods, the use of daggers, and... some strange things.
The method of using energy, looking back now, is exactly a set of training rules for thieves, but with my mind at the time, I couldn't tell what my teacher's profession was."
"No." At this point, she suddenly stopped speaking: "Actually, even now... I can't clearly see his occupation."
"Uh..." Duan Qing hesitated slightly: "Is this question important?"
"Maybe it's important because I'm looking for him now."
Looking back and staring at Duan Qing's face, Maggie shook her head and replied in a low voice: "This is also another purpose of my coming to this city."
"He has been hiding in this city?" Duan Qing asked in surprise: "How do you know?"
"That was one day about three years ago."
Shaking her head, Maggie refocused her gaze on the corner of the city in another direction: "I returned to the hiding place of the underground pipe network as usual, but I couldn't find his figure. The one who had been wrapped in black
The guy in the cloak... never came back since."
"He disappeared?"
"To be precise...he escaped."
Sighing softly, Maggie replied in a low voice: "He is still a fugitive after all, but this time... he is escaping from this city."
"...Who is chasing him?"
"I don't know them, but I have seen them fighting from a distance."
Her eyes slowly moved back to Duan Qing, and Maggie's eyes brought a hint of understanding: "That scene... is very similar to the scene you just showed."
"They...are the Weavers of Destiny?" Duan Qing widened his eyes: "Are they from the Destiny Alliance?"
"If the investigation and information of the Shadow Society are true... yes." The short-haired woman's eyes became much deeper: "If my inference is not wrong... my teacher should also be a destiny weaver."
"He is a defector from the Destiny Alliance."
The cold air once again blew through the night sky along with their conversation, directly carrying Maggie's words to the distant street scene. However, the woman looking in that direction did not flinch at all, and her condensed eyes were full of emotion.
Firm feeling: "After seeing the overflowing void energy you used, I became even more convinced of this idea, because...many of the techniques and energy applications he taught me at that time were related to the presentation of void energy.
Pretty close.”
"Like...the ones you used in Londre Valley?"
"I'm sorry for deceiving you."
Amid the increasingly obvious undulations of the air, Maggie showed an apologetic smile to Duan Qing: "I just think... the existence of void energy will bring unnecessary trouble to you, so..."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Everyone has some secrets that cannot be told." Duan Qing waved his hand in vain: "So... how is your investigation going now?"
"I didn't find any signs related to the Destiny Weaver." The smile that had been on Maggie's face finally began to slowly disappear: "But... the energy in my body is telling me that the power of destiny is gathering here.
.”
"The...power of fate?" Duan Qing twitched the corners of his mouth unnaturally: "What is that thing?"
"Do you really think... that person will teach me those things for no reason?" Maggie shook her head and laughed: "Destiny weavers never do things without reason, they must follow their destiny.
They act according to the trajectory, so as long as they have taken the action, they will definitely succeed in the end - my previous training as a thief must also be in that person's plan. He should know that I was forced to do it after he left.
You will definitely know what happened when you fled here... and how I later fled to Tanya and became Queen Maggie."
"In order to solve the fate entangled in me, I will come back one day."
The gathering ups and downs gradually turned into chaotic noises, constantly rotating around the roof where the two people were. Duan Qing, who was watching those things, also began to follow Maggie's gaze, constantly patrolling and there seemed to be no change.
around the night sky: "And they will be aware of your return and will become an obstacle to them."
"...It seems that our conversation took too long." Maggie smiled and turned to the direction of Duan Qing: "If there is a chance in the future, we can continue this wonderful topic."
"...How should I contact you?"
"No need to contact me, I will show up when I'm supposed to show up."
The figure gradually became more and more blurred, and Maggie's voice then began to retreat towards the distance from Duan Qing's consciousness: "It's time for you to go. No matter how strong you are now... you are still no match for them."
"I have seen what they are capable of."
Looking at the empty night sky, Duan Qing's voice deepened again: "It doesn't matter if I fight them, but... forget it."
He closed his eyes and listened quietly to the increasingly noisy ring noise. The five senses originally used to receive information from the game world were like rocks sinking into the sea, sinking continuously towards the depths of his consciousness. There were faint sounds.
Then, like an undercurrent under the water, it broke through the interference of those noises and slowly surrounded Duan Qing's ears. He tried hard to distinguish the content of those sounds, and after a long while, he synthesized the electronic sounds he heard at the beginning.
Yin came back again: "Being able to see the origin of this game..."
"This trip is not in vain."
【...When the attack comes, the appeal is forced to end.】
[Completion degree of telling - 72.79%]
[Pass the hiding condition test and trigger the hidden mission: Reunion of Destiny.]
【Do you accept it?】
This chapter has been completed!