The attic is small, with sloping walls and dim light. There are old furniture placed in the darkness. They are silent and only stare at the floating dust. After seeing what the maid was looking for, Fang Plov finally understood why Fios wanted to help. It was a huge box placed in the corner of the attic.
Fios looked at the box, then turned around, looked at Fang Plover and said, "That thing is under the box, please Mr. Ed."
The box was half as tall as him and about one meter wide from side to side. Fang Plover tried to pull it with his hands, but it didn't move at all. He raised his hand, summoned the lurker, then activated the anti-gravity, pulled hard, and dragged the box that was half an inch into the air, and landed heavily on the floor with a muffled sound.
After the box left its original position, Fang Yu saw that there was a secret door underneath.
This is really unexpected, because most people only think of the attic floor as the ceiling of the next floor. How can such a thin layer hide anything? But perhaps that's why the designer of the secret door chose to do the opposite, making it more deceptive when it appeared here.
Fios walked to the secret door first, squatted down and opened the wooden board. There was a secret compartment underneath, with a few thin books inside. She took out the books, opened them one by one, checked them, and then closed them one by one.
Fang Yu deliberately kept a distance from her, but moved his fingers slightly - in the darkness, a clockwork fairy hung in the corner of the ceiling, silently switching the camera, making an inaudible sound, recording the scene.
He adjusted the lenses of his goggles and saw some strange symbols written on the pages of the book, either shorthand or a code, which made people confused. He had just written down part of it when he saw the maid lady straighten up.
Fang Yu quickly opened his goggles, pretended to wait for a while, and just asked: "Are you ready?"
Fios nodded and asked softly: "Mr. Ed, do you have any matches?"
Fang Plover took out a box of matches from his pocket and handed them over.
The maid took the match, thought for a moment, then took out a black velvet box from under the book, and asked, "Can you get it for me, Mr. Ed?"
Fang Yu nodded and took the box. But Fios looked at him and said, "Put it in your pocket."
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment.
Fios explained softly: "It's safer this way."
Fang Yu looked at the box in his hand, thought for a moment, and then did as he was told.
Fios felt relieved when she saw him put away the box. She took out another match and lit it with a light stroke on the pillar. The flame suddenly lit up in the darkness, lighting up the girl's eyes. Fios' face was expressionless, with only the piety of a Taoist in her expression.
Fang Yu looked on and was secretly surprised. He hadn't seen her for a few days, and the maid seemed to have become a different person. He vaguely guessed that this might have something to do with the people who kidnapped her, or maybe it had something to do with the master behind her that he had never met before.
Fios picked up the book in her hand, lit it with a match, and burned it into a ball of fire. The firelight reflected on their faces, but the maid never said what those books were. Fang Yu didn't ask, and she didn't answer.
The flames curled up little by little with the pages, and after a while, the book burned out little by little.
Fang Yu silently watched the book turn into ashes, the pieces fell, the sparks disappeared and turned into specks of light. Finally, there was only the only light source left in the darkness - a dormer window, and the winter sunlight passed through the gray slantingly. The misty glass hangs on the wooden board, leaving the mark of the window lattice.
The maid was afraid, clapped her hands, stood up, and said to him: "Thank you, Mr. Ed. If it weren't for you this time, I really don't know what I would have done."
"It's just a little effort. If it were anyone else, they wouldn't let those people do evil." Fang Plover replied.
Fios shook her head.
Looking at her expression, Fang Yu felt that finding the book might be more important to the maid than the first thing. He couldn't help but become more and more curious about what the book was, but unfortunately, the other party was destined not to tell him.
At this time, a shadow flashed outside the window, mixed with the sound of a whistling wind. Fios stopped and looked outside, then her eyes returned to Fang Plover again: "Someone is coming outside, it's a pterosaur from the city guard. knight."
She said: "I'll deal with them first. Mr. Ed stays here and doesn't make any sound. After we leave, you can leave this place alone."
The girl's tone was calm, as if she was explaining things in an orderly manner.
After saying that, she bowed to Fang Plover again, then turned around and walked down to the attic.
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment and couldn't help calling her from behind: "Miss Fios."
Fios turned back, looked at him and shook her head: "Don't ask, Mr. Ed, this matter has nothing to do with you. Thank you, but please leave this place and forget what happened today. This is not a good thing. "
Fang Yu watched the girl leave.
He didn't think about whether he should catch up for a moment, and he always felt that this was only half done. But in the small, quiet attic, in the dark environment, he calmed down little by little. It's not that doing more is worse than doing less, but he just learned to restrain his impulses.
He sighed and finally chose to respect the other person's opinion.
There was still a bit of a burning smell in the air.
Fang Plover looked around. There was a desk under the window sill, with some small items on it, perhaps the original owner's personal belongings, a few books, an ink bottle, a quill, and a picture frame.
Fang Yu picked up the photo frame and took a look. On it was a portrait of a woman, about 27 or 28 years old, graceful, wearing a top hat and smiling. It's just that the smile is a little warm, as if it comes from the heart, making people feel slightly at ease at the first glance——
He rarely saw such a real smile, unlike Sylvester's smile, which was a complement to the noble daughter's quiet temperament. She smiled at everyone, but the meaning was different, perhaps just part of her upbringing and manners.
But the smile in the painting is a true reaction from the heart, vivid on the paper and touching people's hearts. Just the portrait can make people feel the same.
Fang Plover turned the picture frame, and there was a line of small words written in ink on the wooden board behind the picture frame: Miranda, 1446 (Year of Shadows), 6, 11.
Miranda? Fang Yu remembered the name of the hotel and thought that the photo frame was actually the owner of the hotel? He put down the frame, thinking that the portrait on it was from about three years ago.
But I don’t know why this hotel closed.
At this time, the sound of conversation was vaguely heard in the hall below.
They were two pterodactyl knights. They obviously recognized Fios, and their tone of voice was somewhat surprising.
"Miss Fios, why are you here?"
"We heard someone was causing trouble here, are you okay?"
Fios shook her head.
"I'm fine. It's just that someone wanted to harm the Mordekaiser family. They kidnapped me and wanted to blackmail Master Enan, but an adventurer helped me."
The two knights looked at each other in confusion. The report they received was that someone was causing trouble here, but they did not expect that there was such a shocking conspiracy. But the other party was a maid of Mordekaiser's family and a person close to the Duke's second son. Even this time The son was no longer favored by the Duke, but at least he still had the blood of the Phoenix family flowing through him.
The other party would never joke with these two little knights on such a matter.
However, the two of them did not feel lucky at all, they only retreated. "Miss Fios..."
"I won't embarrass you," Fios obviously didn't expect these people, "just escort me back."
The two of them were amnesty: "This is our duty, Miss Fios."
But another person couldn't help but ask: "...Excuse me, where is the adventurer who saved Miss Fios?"
Fios glanced at him: "This is none of your business. I paid them and they left naturally. I don't want this matter to spread, do you understand?"
They both nodded.
But it was at this time that a voice came in: "Miss Fios." The voice came from the snow outside, with a hint of winter, and the voice was very steady, without any lingering sound.
Fang Yu was slightly startled when he heard this, and felt vaguely that the voice sounded familiar.
Fios was also stunned for a moment and looked at the man who came in from the outside: "Mr. Odin, why are you here?"
"I heard something happened here, let's see if I can help," Odin replied. He looked around the hall and saw at a glance that the door and outer wall were destroyed by things like puppets and giant constructs.
He raised his head and took a look. The focus should be on the door. As for the position of the giant suit at that time, Odin turned around and his eyes fell on the place where the Orphen Twins landed.
He silently reconstructed the scene in his mind, then turned around and said, "Fios, did you see a boy?" As he spoke, he described the appearance of Fang Plover.
Fios was startled.
As for Fang Plover, who was on the attic, his body swayed - the other person was Odin, one of the ten kings. It's no wonder that his voice was familiar to him.
After all, the other party personally guided him and the box during the Fenris Island incident.
But how did he find this place?
Was he exposed?
Fang Yu was a little panicked for a moment. He subconsciously glanced at the window, but fortunately he restrained his irrational thoughts; in front of this warrior, one of the ten kings, he was afraid that the slightest movement would be easily noticed by the other party.
As for escaping from under the opponent's nose, he knew how ridiculous it was even if he thought about it.
Fang Yu subconsciously held his breath, not even daring to take a breath. He only silently hoped that Feos would fool this great god away as soon as possible.
Downstairs, Fios hesitated for a moment before nodding.
"Where is he?" Odin asked immediately.
"He took off after the men."
"left?"
"Yeah." Fios looked in the direction of the back door.
The shadow dancer turned into smoke and left from there, but it still left some traces.
Odin glanced at it and analyzed that someone had left there. His eyes moved from one place to another, which happened to be the place where the shadow dancer landed twice - and finally extended to the window.
However, he couldn't be sure whether he was an alchemist or not. There were no footprints in the hall, but that person's angel could also flash.
Fios looked at him and looked away, her expression flashed, and she pretended to be calm.
"Those people?" Odin asked.
"It's the people from the Shadow Throne, they kidnapped me."
Odin frowned and his face darkened. He originally planned to chase after him to see if he could find Fang Plover, but after hearing this, he took it back and asked in a deep voice: "Throne of Shadows, are you sure?"
Fios nodded slightly.
Odin's face was very ugly, but he thought of something and did not speak again. He only patted Fios on the shoulder: "I will send you back. Your little master should have heard the news."
"Thank you, Mr. Odin."
Above the attic, Fang Plover breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the sound of people leaving.
He looked at the picture frame again, waited for a while, and waited until it was completely silent outside before climbing down to the attic alone. He walked down the stairs and first looked at the hall on the second floor - there was no one outside.
But he was not yet at ease, so he let the clockwork goblin go around and make sure no one was left behind before he walked out. The outside of the hall was still in a mess, with bricks and rubble scattered everywhere.
He couldn't help but think of the previous situation——
As for why the people from the Shadow Throne kidnapped Fios and came to this place, who gave them the courage to provoke the Phoenix Family? What are those books, and what do the lines of codes on them mean?
This was also the question in his mind.
He stayed there for a while, and suddenly heard the sound of banging on the glass. He was startled and turned around. After taking a closer look, he discovered that Sylvester was looking at him with a smile through a window.
"Miss Sylvide, why are you here?"
Fang Plover walked over and opened the window.
Sylvide smiled slightly: "I saw a lot of city guards here, and I'm a little worried about you - but even if your angel is still there, I can't take it with you."
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment. Although the noble daughter didn't seem to care much about what she said, her actions showed everything. The other party was not safe here either. He took a gentle breath, feeling warm in his heart.
"Don't worry about it, it will take care of itself later."
"Where's Miss Fios?" Sylvide looked around curiously.
"She left."
"Are you alone?"
"With those city guards."
Sylvide nodded: "This matter is indeed not simple."
Fang Yu looked at her in surprise. The ship officer just smiled, blinked and explained: "It's not surprising. The captain saved her. With her master's character, whether it's true or false, she has to meet you anyway."
She paused for a moment: "Kiddling the maid of the Mordekaiser family is no small matter. Captain, who gave the Shadow Throne the courage?"
"It's a troubled time..." Sylvide sighed: "...not just Duron, but every place in the South is not involved in this whirlpool. She deliberately distanced herself from the captain, mostly because she didn't want to let him go. We’re involved in that too.”
Fang Plover opened his mouth.
The other party's analysis is also inseparable.
Sylvide looked at Fang Plover and asked, "Did the maid leave anything behind?"
"Something?" Fang Yu was stunned and suddenly thought of something.
He put his hand into his pocket and took out a black velvet box. It was something the maid asked him to pick up, but he forgot to return it. "This is..." He was about to explain, but Sylvester had already taken the box from his hand and opened it.
Fang Plover wanted to stop it, but it was too late. After the box was opened in Sylvide's hands, he settled down - and then he saw an olive-shaped crystal lying flat on the velvet inside.
The crystal exudes magnificent colors under the winter afternoon sun.
"The rose stone is priceless," Sylvester smiled slightly: "This is her thank you gift to you, Captain."
Fang Yu couldn't help but be stunned.
…
When Odin frowned and pushed the door in, there were already many people in the reception room.
Some of them were officials of the Shadow Throne. They were startled when they saw the president of Ragnarok barging in.
Odin looked at these people without saying a word, and everyone's eyes also fell on him, including the Archon on the main seat - the latter looked stern and hesitated to speak, but finally spoke: "Odin Sir, I thought you had left."
Odin glanced at the officials from the Throne of Shadows and replied: "I left, but something happened in the meantime. I don't know if Mr. Earl knew about it -" He paused: "Just now, the people from the Throne of Shadows hijacked Got a maid from the Phoenix family."
"A maid?" the indigenous nobles whispered.
Odin glanced at them: "The identity of the maid is not simple. She is a member of Enan Mordekaiser." He took a breath: "Ragnarok came to maintain stability in the south. I need an explanation."
An official of the Shadow Throne stood up and said in surprise: "What!? Are you telling the truth, Mr. Odin?"
Odin shook his head: "Don't pretend with me. Leave the temporary workers and the like to the press conference. What I need now is an answer."
The official looked ugly and stepped back.
If it were any guild in the south, he could fight back. But this is Ragnarok, and the opponent is one of the ten kings, the number one warrior in the country, and they are not really the nobles of Aitaria.
But the identity of the chosen one.
There was some silence in the hall for a while.
After a while, the consul slowly spoke: "Don't blame them, Mr. Odin."
"It was my idea," he replied.
Odin turned around and looked at the man.
"This has something to do with the next plan," the consul replied: "Actually, I am about to ask someone to inform you, Mr. Odin."
"But this is different from what was originally promised."
"This is a temporary adjustment," the man shook his head: "This is what the prime minister wants, and your people have no objection."
Odin was silent for a moment, but finally did not speak.
He naturally knew who 'your people' referred to. "What's the reason?" he asked. The Archon put down his scepter and replied: "On the one hand, it's because we found some interesting little evidence——"
"On the one hand, it's because something happened at Mordekaiser's house."
He paused: "The Duke's eldest son is back."
"He was found south of Big Creek Valley."
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