"Lord City Lord, someone has named you and wants to see you."
"Oh? Who is it?"
"They claim to be...the envoys appointed by His Majesty Boyan. In order to investigate the attack a few days ago, they have come to ask for your assistance, Lord City Lord."
After hearing what her subordinate repeated, the woman in white closed the material she was reading and raised her head to stare at the other person.
"What are the names of those people?"
"They said that you know who they are, so there is no need to state their names, Lord City Lord."
Sure enough, Shuiyun thought to herself. Ever since she learned 'that news', she knew that this day would come soon. The only thing she could not foresee was that the other party actually used such a straightforward method to come to meet her.
.On the other hand, the fact that his subordinates were not aware of it in advance means that 'they' must have made some kind of disguise. Perhaps the other party had already completed part of the investigation before meeting her.
It didn't matter. Regarding those attacks alone, she wasn't worried about being found out. What Shuiyun was worried about was whether 'those people' knew more things from Kong and took this opportunity to test her.
She wasn't sure how much Sora knew about her, but as the "King of Mist" in charge of intelligence, he couldn't figure out the old man's details at all, which was enough for her to remain vigilant and fearful. However, now the unreasonable
Refusal can easily arouse the other party's suspicion, which will be even more detrimental to her future behavior.
"Let them come in." She thought about it again and again before making this decision. "At the same time, let the people in the Frost Team be prepared to deal with it if there is an emergency."
The subordinate responded and gently exited the door. The woman in white stared at the re-closed wooden door, sorting out her thoughts and response in the moment before the 'visitor' arrived.
She had only a brief acquaintance with the 'envoys' appointed by Boyan. Although the team of four young women was rare, it was far from rare. Because Wei Feng valued them, she sent her subordinates to carry out the mission.
After some investigation, a lot of unexpected information was obtained.
Anya's identity is the least surprising, but it still cannot be ignored. The 'kings' of the alliance usually ignore government affairs. In fact, as long as they are willing, according to the rules that have been passed down, they have powers similar to those of the founders of the alliance.
.If the alliance elders are divided into two factions, then the tendency of the 'demon king' will be enough to affect the decision-making of the entire alliance.
The same is true for Gypsophila. Her mother "Puppet Master Luo Zhen" was quite famous hundreds of years ago. It is said that the "daughters" she produced helped to establish the empire, thus gaining the friendship of every emperor. Even if not
Considering this, a great wizard who may have lived for nearly a thousand years and has extremely high attainments in the secret arts of the soul is not someone she is willing to mess with.
As for the remaining two girls, they don't seem to have much deep backgrounds, but they also have unsolved mysteries.
According to the investigation data, the earliest record they left was located in Suzulan Village in the northern part of the alliance, a small village made up almost entirely of monsters. However, combined with the rest of the information, the two girls seemed to be closer to humans than to being composed of all things in nature.
A monster born from the spirit.
Even monsters have a 'childhood' stage in the early stages of psychic life, and the process of growing up and maturing. But the 'past' of those two people seems to have never existed from the beginning. In addition, a report mentioned that they seemed to have no idea about those two people.
I am very interested in the continent called 'Aire', which is located on the other side of the sea.
The question is, what kind of continent is there on the other side of the sea? She has never heard of it anyway, and if there really is another continent that can be inhabited, she may not have to——
There was a soft knock on the door, interrupting the thoughts of the woman in white. She quickly straightened her expression to look like the majesty of a city lord.
The people who walked into her field of vision were three Yinil young men dressed as businessmen and guards, and a Gurnor man. With the keen perception given by alchemy, Shuiyun was able to detect the sense of disharmony in the three of them - that was
It was proof that the soul and the body were not unified. However, she could not feel anything unusual from the Gurno man.
"Anya, Yuffie, Lin, and..." Shuiyun originally planned to take the lead, but the 'Gernor' obviously made her hesitate, "Are you Gypsophila or Noka?"
"I am Noka, and I am also a star. In short, well, that doesn't matter at all!" The little man sat down on the chair beside him carelessly, looking like a real Gurno person, "You
Do you understand why we came to you?"
"About the attack by monsters that occurred around Xin'an City." Shuiyun put his elbows on the table to appear calmer, "What information do you want to know?"
"All the information you know and what you have done about it, Ms. Shuiyun." A young man who seemed to be a guard spoke. Judging from the words used in his words, Shuiyun guessed that it was probably Yuffie, "
If the Pale Hand remains loyal to this country, I hope to receive your full assistance."
Is this a test of her? Shuiyun quickly rejected this idea. From the current point of view, the other party has not shown any obvious hostility, so she cannot break her face. After all, she is indeed a part of this empire - as the other party said
It is said that, at least on the surface, the Pale Hand remains loyal to the Empire.
"Okay, then let me tell you a bit about it." She calmed down, "The specific source of information is related to the structure of the Mist Department, so I can't reveal it."
The young man who spoke spread his hands, indicating that everything was casual. The other two 'Yinil people' also looked at her. Only the 'Gernor people' rolled their round eyes and looked around without stopping, seemingly
I didn't pay attention to the conversation at all.
"The attack has nothing to do with the internal affairs of the empire." Shuiyun forced himself to take his attention away from the 'Gernor people'. "I have been to one of the sites. According to the aura left there, the attacker was indeed a monster, not a monster."
The Yinir people pretending to be monsters." She said carefully, "As for whether those monsters are from the alliance... According to the intelligence sent back from the alliance, I think they are more likely to be 'wild' monsters."
"Are you saying that the attackers are neither members of the alliance nor the empire, but are monsters without belongings?" The young man asked, "Even if the reason makes sense, a group of unorganized monsters can easily sneak into the imperial capital.
Nearby, you intelligence officers may have neglected your duties."
Is she negligent in her duties? Maybe so, Shuiyun secretly thought. If she goes all out to investigate this matter, she may be able to prevent the two subsequent attacks. But she has other, more important things to do, right?
"Defending the empire is the task of the soldiers, not ours." The above thought flashed away, and she just replied, "The mission of the "Fog Department" has always been to secretly provide a reliable source of intelligence for the empire, just like