"I have tried the domestic tobacco produced in the Kingdom of Quinta, and the taste... is not as good as the cheapest outside."
Barrow held a cigarette in his mouth with dignity, "I really don't understand why you want to lock yourself down. You haven't even smoked a good cigarette in so many years."
As he spoke, he put his hands into his pockets, as if he was taking out a lighter.
"Actually, King Montuo is not a good person. When he was still a prince, he began to exclude dissidents and plan for the throne. His methods of dealing with the royal nobles are no more sinister than ours, but after all, he is an ordinary person who has not practiced cultivation. He is old and has only a brain.
He became dull and doubted this and that all day long, which gave Barr an opportunity to take advantage of..."
Barrow fumbled in his pocket for a long time, his face froze, and he cursed: "That bastard Eric lent me a lighter and didn't return it. How can I repair it? As a mercenary captain, I have to borrow even a lighter from others..."
When Barrow was furious, a little orange-red flame appeared out of thin air in front of his eyes.
"It's okay, I have fire." Annan said.
"Oh, it's yours."
Barrow, who was a little dizzy after drinking, hesitated for a moment and quickly posted over.
After a while, a wisp of light smoke slowly floated up from under the "No Fireworks" sign.
"Huh, thank you." Barrow blew out a smoke ring and thanked Annan.
"You're welcome." Annan said.
The flames flew back to Barrow's fingertips. Annan blew gently on his index finger to extinguish the flames floating on it and said:
"Tell me, what did Barr do next?"
"..."
Annan waited for Barrow to continue chatting, but what he received was silence.
Looking up, I saw Barrow holding on to his cigarette, his whole body frozen, and his eyes staring straight at him.
"What's that flying... fire on your fingers...?" Barrow's voice trembled.
Barrow, who had drank two bottles of wine, was already a little drunk, but when he saw flames appearing out of thin air and flying to Annan's finger, he sobered up.
"That's what you're talking about." Annan raised his index finger, flames appeared on his fingertips, and the corners of his mouth hidden by the mask rose.
"Guess."
Barrow walked a few steps closer and looked directly at the flames.
"Magic? Trick? Or... ability user?"
Barrow's heart skipped a beat as he suddenly thought of the information he got in the morning.
"King Monto wants to invite a mysterious person to the dinner party."
"Could it be..." Barrow pondered.
Annan looked at Barrow, whose expression was constantly changing in front of him. He slowly put his left hand behind his back and turned it upward. A ball of light blue flame appeared in the palm of his hand.
"Are you the one who dealt with that mysterious man?" Barrow said in surprise, "I knew that as the captain of the Kingdom Guard, how come that guy Barrow doesn't have a single fruit-powered person under his command."
"I didn't expect that you are not only a noble, but also a person with fruit abilities."
"Isn't this guy too good at thinking?" Annan complained in his heart.
However, there are only Annan and Barrow here, and they are not afraid of getting involved. Annan simply takes advantage of the situation and continues to act to see if he can tell some more valuable information.
Anyway, he already has a noble title, so an additional title of fruit ability user is nothing. Besides, isn’t he an ability user?
"Hey, it's not bad, my mind works very fast."
The flame on the palm was extinguished immediately, and at the same time the flame on the fingertips rose to the roof, the flame turned into a fireball, and released an even stronger fire, lighting up the entire storage room.
"That's...hehe." Barrow bent over and smiled flatteringly, "For such an important matter, I really didn't expect that the adults would actually spare the time..."
Halfway through his words, Barrow stopped again.
"It's such an important task to deal with a mysterious man. Is it possible that this gentleman will accompany me to chat? Could it be..." Barrow discovered the contradiction in his words, and his brain began to work rapidly. There were all kinds of reasons he could think of.
Being constantly excluded.
In the end, there was only one reason that was the scariest for him:
"It's broken. The group of guards at the gate before the dinner seemed to have leaked some information to the mysterious man, and they were removed by Barr. Even the corpses turned to ashes."
"Now everyone is saying that Barr is severely punishing those who talk nonsense. This noble is a subordinate of Barro. Could he also take this opportunity to eliminate me?"
Suddenly, Barr felt heat on the top of his head.
"Isn't it the fireball above my head that turned those guards into ashes?"
Barrow's forehead was covered with beads of sweat. He didn't know whether it was from the flames above his head or from being frightened into a cold sweat. He plopped down on the ground.
"Sir, my lord, I, I didn't reveal any information to outsiders, I just... can't get in, can't get out, I can keep my mouth tight..."
Looking at Barrow lying on the ground unable to get up, Annan couldn't help but smile.
After a long while, Barrow regained his composure and raised his head to look at Annan. His face could not be seen through the white mask.
"Okay, I'm not Barr, I won't embarrass you." Annan clapped his hands and motioned for Barr to get up.
"Come on, tell me, have you mercenaries found any useful information about that mysterious man?"
From the king's behavior in the castle to what he saw and heard in the banquet hall, as well as the information Barrow revealed, Annan felt that the mysterious person Barrow mentioned was Annan himself.
As for why there was one mysterious person instead of two, Esdeath was obviously excluded. This is not to blame for Barrow's intelligence error. The king also always believed that Esdeath was just an ordinary woman brought over by Annan.
My friend, there was only one invitation letter sent at the beginning.
This was of course Baal's handiwork. He pretended to pass on the king's order and got an invitation letter to give to Esdeath.
It can be seen that Barr has won over the people around the king to his side.
Seeing that the situation was not correct, Barrow immediately changed his mind, "Although we have not discovered who the mysterious man is, he must be in the banquet hall. When we go back and investigate one by one, we will definitely find him."
"Really?" Annan raised his eyebrows, "Are you so sure?"
"Of course, we received information that the man has been taken to the banquet hall, and no one is allowed to leave the banquet hall until the ceremony is over. So he must be in the banquet hall." Barrow said with certainty. p>
"People can't leave until the ceremony is over?"
"That's right!" Barrow vowed.
"Yes, you are tall." Annan raised his voice, "Then where are we two now?"
"Yes, in the storage room. No, outside the banquet hall..." Barrow's voice became smaller and smaller.
"This is different, sir." Barrow quickly defended, "Everyone who is following me knows me. Sir, you are dealing with the mysterious man. I cannot be the mysterious man, so they let us out without checking." "Oh, it seems that your status is not small in their eyes." Annan said.
Barrow wiped the sweat from his head and said sheepishly: "Actually, I am the deputy leader of the mercenary group."
"Those people in the banquet hall are all my subordinates."