Vol 5 Chapter 203

The Dibo River sparkles in the sunset. Whenever this time, the floating sunset on the river will shoot into the window, dyeing the hotel lobby a crimson. Through the window lattice, you can see the imperial capital standing in the sky, a majestic shadow, and the tower and the city wall leaving a thick oblique shadow in the dusk of the setting sun.

Seti wiped off the last table, straightened up and wiped her sweat with the back of her hand, and she looked at the door a little unexpectedly—the light at the door was dimmed, and a few cloaked travelers came in—the guests. She was a little surprised in her mind. Now there are customers in this season. Since Metz started the war, there have been fewer merchants on the road. The hotel business is getting lighter every day. The owner of the hotel intends to close the business temporarily.

The first person who walked in was a foreigner. He had long dark brown hair that was rare in the empire. His face was slightly handsome. Although it wasn't fascinating at first sight, at least he was handsome and handsome, and his brown eyes were full of light. His expression was warm and warm, as if it made people feel kind at first sight.

Behind him, the taller man looked like his companion, looking more handsome, with a hood—although he took it off as soon as he entered the room, showing slightly curly short ears, and he looked around. , There is a thick cynical color in the eyes.

There are actually a few girls behind, Seti couldn't help but feel very surprised, how can there be so many female dependents on the road this season, so she could not help but suspect this is a group of slave traders. However, she soon realized that she was different. These girls were obviously not simple. Some of them made her dare not to look at her with her eyes. This aggressive temperament has only been seen by those really big men in the city. How could it be a female slave.

"It's a strange caravan." At this time Seti had noticed the caravan parked outside the hotel. Only merchants in the Bankel area would use such a carriage.

It was Brando and his party who walked into the hotel at this moment.

Thank you so much. The classic caravan bought from Eleven leaves finally reached its destination safely before it fell apart-a hotel with the sign 'Cat and Beard' written on it.

This old-fashioned building with a strong glorious return style is located on the shore of the Holy Mercury Bridge, less than ten miles from Rusta, and looks unremarkable. It's just a bit too shabby-the signboard and the door have peeled off the paint a lot, and there are many repairs on the roof. But Shengming was in the window, and there were pots of ivy on the window sill on the side of the door.

The business of the hotel looks very deserted, probably because of its location. Delphin mentioned that this is the farthest hotel outside the east gate of Rusta. Only a few merchants with little money on hand will temporarily settle here.

But that's why they chose this place.

Remoteness means safety-

The waitress in this hotel was actually a mountain citizen. Brando noticed that the girl's long red hair like the fire in the sunset could not help but be surprised. But when the group was upstairs, Shir turned back and said with a smile: "It looks like the little girl is suspicious, so it's like Ms. Sidney's evaluation-our camouflage is not good."

Brando came back and answered, "This is what was expected."

"I thought you would be upset about that, Lord."

"I don't worry about things that don't matter, I just don't want to do nothing."

"What is" useless work "?" Sighed Charles. "I haven't heard Lord Lord for a while, and you've come up with a" new word "."

Brando slaps angrily. "It's meaningless."

At this time, Roman, who was walking in front, noticed the conversation between the two. Of course, she kept erecting her ears and eavesdropping. As for the sulking of Brando on the carriage, she had long been thrown out of the clouds. When she heard this sentence, she couldn't help but intentionally lag behind, and asked with wide eyes:

"But it doesn't make sense? Her Majesty the Queen grabbed us. Will we hang us on the gallows? I heard that nobles treat their prisoners this way, so to speak. Should we disguise? What?"

"Because it's useless," Delphine replied.

Since taking the fountain of youth, the scars on her face have faded a lot these days, at least it no longer looks so horrible, and some places have even begun to molt, exposing the smooth and fresh new skin underneath. .

The most important thing is that you no longer need to rely on a wheelchair when you move. Although it is still a bit inconvenient, you can at least move freely like a normal person.

"Useless?"

Brando nodded: "During the road before, did the patrolling knight pass us and didn't stop to inspect us?"

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"The key is frequency. We have encountered too many patrol knights along the way. As far as I know, such knights only conduct a routine patrol along the periphery of the imperial capital before morning and evening. This shows that Her Majesty Vigilance around the imperial capital has been strengthened, but they have not been ordered to conduct a cross-examination of migrants entering Rusta. "

"Is that right?"

"Yes," Delphin nodded. However, I took a look at Brando in surprise, and probably did not expect the latter to be so familiar with this place. It is necessary to know that many natives of Rusta may not know how the security forces around the empire capital work.

Shire smiled, apparently knowing the answer to this question long ago: "This shows that Her Majesty's Her Majesty has adopted a tight-knit approach, and it seems that she is very confident in her tentacles, only that we will not enter the city That's it. "

"That is, as long as we enter the city, she will find us?"

Brando nodded. "It now seems, at least, that the Queen of Silver thinks so."

The merchant lady analyzed her own income and frowned. "So, Brando, are we going to separate our actions?"

"Ok?"

"That is to say, let me take Brenhild into the city to attract the attention of Her Majesty, and you and Teacher Mephisto find a way to sneak into the city to save Qian—"

Brando couldn't help but be angry and funny when he heard this sentence, and patted her bright head: "What are you thinking, things haven't reached such a serious level, I don't think the Silver Queen will get into trouble so early."

Romain quickly covered his forehead and ducked back. Asked, "Why?"

"I don't know why," Brando shook his head and replied softly. "But I have a hunch. The Silver Queen is waiting for us to enter the city--"

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After the sun sank below the horizon, the night really covered the city of Rust. There are stars and lights floating in the darkness, on the distant horizon, as if the stars descend from the sky, and further afield, a dark flash of light flashes from time to time, only those who live in Rusta know that it is actually Nazel Human flapping wings.

Because Rusta was far from the Nazaire border, both sides were stationed with a large number of troops on the east border, even at night. There are still hordes of Pegasus knights and magic-guided flapping wing aircraft patrolling in canine-toothed airspace in the sky.

Faina stood by the window and stared at the quiet river flowing in the moonlight. She could not help recalling what the last emperor had been like, but as time passed, she also fell from the cloud from a respected identity, not to mention maintaining In the aura of the past, even his father and brother were imprisoned in the belly of this fearsome 'monster'.

But I don't know why, but she was at peace at this moment.

Dudududu, there was a knock outside the door suddenly, and the others in the room turned around, just to see that Matisa pushed in and pretended to enter the door.

She closed the door with her backhand. With a sigh of relief, he looked at Brando and said, "Master Lord."

"Metisha, how?" Brando nodded to her. He used to let the other party go out to inquire about the news, but now he should be rewarded by his look.

Meditha replied, "It's okay, it's not too much trouble. I asked clearly, Lord, the engagement ceremony was held half a month later, when the White Rose Garden at St. Contepe's Palace will hold a banquet. There will also be celebrations in the city, and in fact Rusta started to prepare for this celebration a week ago. "

Brando couldn't help snorting, apparently what the Cruzs did to Akane: "It looks like the Silver Queen wants to dilute the atmosphere of the imperial capital. But I don't think it will be too effective, and she will also Don't think about what you did before. "

"It's all about dissidents," Delphine replied lightly.

Prime Minister Qian Jin's mouth made Meditha couldn't help but look at her. She frowned slightly before proceeding to report: "Countess Varachi-I mean Akane. It is said that she has always lived in a castle outside the city of Rusta, but I have seen it there, No one. "

"Is it fake news or was it transferred?" Brando asked.

"It should have been transferred, Lord Lord, I was worried that the Silver Queen left her eyeliner there, so I didn't dare to stay too long, but then I asked about it elsewhere, and the castle did live there before. Big man, but moved away a few weeks ago. "

"It can be seen that the Silver Queen had anticipated our arrival, otherwise she wouldn't have to do anything more." Delphin said indifferently to Medisat's gaze, analyzing with a faint voice.

Brando did not answer, but he had no objection. In fact, he had already expected this. Prior to this, Antitina's analysis was exactly the same.

"What about the others?" He asked again.

Matissa turned her head: "Miss Delphine, your father and grandfather were held in Mossburg, as were the legionnaires of the Youth Corps and Grand Duke Mosaic. But as far as I know, the high level of the temple was not held there Not much is known about the whereabouts of the Great Holy See. Many people don't seem to know what happened to the temple that day, and it's not clear that the Temple of Fire has been divided into two at this moment. "

Upon hearing this, the statue of the sacred figure of the lion's palace sitting on the edge of the bed frowned slightly, and Faina looked anxiously: "Metisha, I ..."

"Moss Castle is not a special prison," Delphien interrupted. "That was the royal palace, so they were only placed under house arrest. After all, my father and grandfather, and Grandpa Yeh did not stand up. The flag is clear against the Queen of Silver. "

"Which one would they be arrested for?" Miss Merchant was counting the expenses in recent days, and she couldn't help raising her head and asked strangely.

"Because they are not in the first timetable, the Silver Queen has to do too much this time. For insurance reasons, she will suppress all the instability factors to the minimum."

"Miss Delphien," Meditha heard her say. The dissatisfaction on his face became more and more obvious: "According to your statement, I don't see the reason for you to choose Lord Lord. The Silver Queen needs the attitude of the Nederman family. And you represent the Nederman family. Attitude, I do n’t know what idea you ’re working on. But if you dare to hurt the Lord Lord— ”

The silver elf princess pursed her lips and did not finish her words, but looking at her cold eyes, Delphin also knew what the second half would be.

Brando was also a little stunned, and could not help but look at Medisza with a little surprise. He knew that Medisas had not actually accepted the prime minister's money, but this was the first time that the flag clearly showed the attitude.

Delphine smiled slightly. She raised her head and glanced at Brando with light purple eyes without answering.

"Miss Delphine ..." Brando couldn't help but say.

"Can't the Earl trust me?"

"But you do have more choices, don't you?" Shir finally stepped in, and he chose to stand by Matissa.

Delphine couldn't help but shook his head slightly.

Brando sighed, "It's because of the change in ivy, right?"

The prime minister turned his head back, showing the expression of "you really know" on her face. She hesitated for a moment, then nodded gently: "But that's just one. My grandfather never supported the emperor to pass the throne to the silver queen, so his majesty The support of the Parut family is to check and balance the power of the prime minister. This method was used once when the royal family opposed the temple, but this time it was not used well the last time. "

"The change of ivy," is something that everyone can't imagine. Suddenly Murphys, who had been silent at this time, said, "Does that mean that thing?"

All eyes were on him.

"... I, I just happen to know."

"Medfis, aren't you the undead of Madara?" Brando then reacted. He didn't know much about the vampire siblings. He knew Matissa, Shire, and Tiger Finch and Froy In the past of the mercenaries, even Hipamila occasionally mentioned some of his experiences while practicing in the Temple of the Earth, but Modifes and Andreig have been silent about their origins.

Before that, he always thought that before they became card creatures, they were just ordinary dark aristocrats of Madara, or slightly born, but heard the words of Medfis. He knew he was thinking wrong.

Modus was not the undead of Madara, he was likely born in Metz. Otherwise, it is impossible to know what happened that year.

Facing his gaze, Medfis nodded his head: "Lord Lord. You are right, my sister and I were not dark noblemen of Madara origin. We were Cruzs before our death, and Metz was our hometown. . "

Brando knew: "So it was not accidental that I summoned you in the grave that day?"

"I don't know much about the rules of destiny cards, but maybe it should be true."

"I see," Brando replied. "Since you were once Metz, then you should have been witnesses to that event?"

"It's not exactly a witness, but Sister Andreigs and I have indeed gone through that dark day. I only remember my loved ones-family and friends were killed in that turmoil, even myself. That history is more cruel than the narrative, and the experience of Sir Rorison you have seen is only the tip of the iceberg. "

Mr. Medfis smiled indifferently: "I don't really want to remember too much about that history. I wouldn't mention it if Lord Lord happened to mention this incident."

"I'm sorry." Brando didn't realize that he had accidentally exposed the scar, and couldn't help but apologize.

"It doesn't matter, Lord Lord, time will always wipe away all the scars." Modfis smiled. "At that time, after the jihad, the Temple of Fire was facing a general decline in faith and confusion. Undead Entering here with cultists and making waves in the empire, the period when the temple of Yan was permeated by all things was the most serious, that is, at that time, there are still many historical problems left. I remember in the most chaotic In the days, East Metz and Mehotolphin, who were close to Argentin, bear the brunt of it. At the time, even several dukes were bewildered-- "

"I, I have heard of it," Faina suddenly said, "I heard my breastmother talk about the scene at the time, and it is said that many people died at that time. Every day countless people are crucified on the cross. Assassinations and conspiracies abound among the nobles. It was the darkest time in the Metz region. Between the countryside were witches and heretics. They cramped and skinned people. They used the harshest methods to torture those in the temple Priest and believer. "

"It's the same in the city. Every day, witches are turned out to be tortured, and similar scenes are being performed every moment." Medvez recalled the scenes at that time and frowned.

"I didn't expect such a thing to happen in the empire," Shire was surprised. Although he had heard of the turmoil, he couldn't imagine that the situation was so serious that he hadn't experienced it: "What happened then?"

"Later, the so-called Ivy Change. East Metz's chaos evolved into a real turmoil, during which several well-known nobles died, some of whom had fought alongside Nederwin Comrades-in-arms and close friends, "At this time Sidney opened her mouth. As a party to the temple, she can be said to be the one who knows what happened at the time most clearly:" In the fury, the old prime minister was ordered by the Silver Queen. Leading troops into East Metz calmed the rebellion in one fell swoop, even catching two of the twelve shepherds of the shepherd. "

"Two?" Brando noticed the number.

"Lord of the Defiled Blood, another is Blight Lenny. But the latter fled during the escorting."

"It was said to be fleeing, but my grandfather always suspected that Her Majesty had let him go." At this time Delphin finally opened his mouth. "At that time, he was dealing with these cultists. Her Majesty and my grandfather had a great deal. Disagreement-In fact, in accordance with the law of the temple, these cultists should have been headed for a different place, but the last one fled, and one is still being held in a thorny fortress, and most of the cultists and the fallen dark lord were only The seal has not been completely destroyed, and Sir Lawson is just one of them. "

"It's all an order from the Silver Queen herself," she sighed. "What puzzles my grandfather most is that the temple gave way."

"This incident buried a mustard between Her Majesty the Queen and my grandfather. But it was not just for personal reasons, but because my grandfather saw that Her Majesty had another picture at the time. Although he was not biased In the temple. But as an old imperialist, he also did not want to see the real break between the royal family and the temple. As a result, the empire went to the abyss.

She took a breath: "So you understand, now that everything has happened, it is even more impossible for my grandfather to stand with Her Majesty, which is why Her Majesty secretly designed me to leave the Emperor. The reason, which I should have seen through for a long time, is just to hate my eyes. "

"Me, me too," Faina looked at Brando, and gritted his teeth. "I can represent Mehotophen, Brando, I will stand by your side. I am the leader of the flower-leaf collar. As a successor, I can make that commitment. "

"Miss Faina," said Metisha, giving her a comforting look. "You can rest assured that we are not targeting you."

"Thank you, Melissa." Her Royal Highness Princess with a leafy collar couldn't help flushing.

Delphien seemed deaf to what Mattissa meant, and she looked back at Brando and asked, "So Lord, what should we do next?"

"There is still half a month," Brando replied, "It seems that time is still enough, we try to find out where Akane is under house arrest as much as possible, because I will only consider launching it on the day of the celebration only as a last resort. . And before that, we have to find a way to break into Mossburg, on the one hand to save you and Faina's loved ones, and on the other hand to win more allies for us. "

He glanced at Sidney: "If you can find out where the high levels of the temple are being held, it would be better."

"Will they be killed by Her Majesty the Queen?" Charles interjected suddenly.

"She won't do that," the statue of the lion's shrine finally said. "Before getting the holy sword Odysseus again--"

"Then do that, let's investigate separately," Brando replied. "Although the Silver Queen is confident to kick us out, before that, we have time to play hide and seek with her."

He paused for a moment.

"I will surprise her."

... (to be continued)

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