The autumn night was silent, the cool breeze was cold, and there was not a single pedestrian on the street.
Amidst the sound of horse hooves, a taxi drove out from the corner and stopped at the end of the street.
The light of the gas street lamps formed a long winding dragon, extending to the top of the Tasok River not far away, disappearing into the fog and darkness of the night.
This is Lily of the Valley Street in Daqiao South District.
A gentleman who looked to be in his thirties got off the carriage. After paying the fare, he stood at the intersection and watched the coachman drive away.
After a while, he walked into a dark alley on the side of the road and disappeared.
No one noticed that in the darkness, the gentleman reached out and scratched his face, scattering a cloud of illusory black smoke, and his figure suddenly became slender and graceful.
The next moment, her figure became transparent and disappeared.
…
Dunn's rented house in the middle of Lily of the Valley Street.
It was nearly eleven o'clock in the night, but the living room was still brightly lit. Thick black curtains blocked the light and concealed this small abnormality.
The four residents were sitting on the sofa in the living room, chatting without a word.
"Admissor made 15 pounds today, isn't it amazing?" Harold said with a smile, his tone slightly teasing.
"We earned it together," Admissor snorted with some dissatisfaction, "You were the one who found the bounty mission."
Lydia, who was sitting on the single sofa, rubbed her arms and looked at the two of them curiously:
"Fifteen pounds is quite a lot, almost equal to my previous monthly salary.
"Why do you sound so disgusted by your tone? Can you tell me what kind of mission it is?"
"Looking for someone."
Harold yawned, crossed his legs, and continued:
"It's 100 pounds if caught.
"His so-called revelation scene is really just right, nothing more and nothing less.
"We walked up and down White Rum Street all morning before we saw the target from a distance, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye.
“When I went to report the news to collect the reward, I had to go through a lot of effort to explain because there was no evidence and I only got 15 pounds.
“Looking at the amount alone, it’s indeed quite a lot, but it’s so frustrating to earn.”
Admissor snorted again, "It's not all your fault."
"Didn't I also receive 15 pounds, which is already good."
Lydia glanced at Dunn, who was leaning on the sofa with his eyes closed, and lowered his voice slightly and said:
"If there is no suitable bounty mission tomorrow, you will have to receive the captain's physical training with me.
"I imagine that would be more torture than what you are going through today."
In order to strengthen the persuasiveness of this sentence, she also deliberately raised her sore arm.
"Regardless of whether there is a suitable bounty mission tomorrow, he will receive training." Dunn's voice suddenly sounded.
Just now, he completed a dream performance and regained consciousness.
"Is Valeela not here yet?" Dunn asked.
Lydia quietly observed Dunn's expression and saw that he was not angry, so she smiled and replied:
"It should be soon.
"Teacher usually goes out quietly after nine o'clock in the evening. Counting the time, it's almost there."
"Yeah." Dunn nodded.
He didn't say much, but stopped continuing to act in a dream and sat there quietly listening to the chat of the three team members.
Dunn didn't notice that this made them speak less frequently.
…
"It seems like you guys get along pretty well."
A crisp voice with a smile suddenly sounded, and the expressions of the four people in the living room changed accordingly, first surprised and then happy.
Valeera revoked the witch's invisibility and appeared in front of them.
She was wearing a women's shirt and trousers, and a dark blue stand-up collar windbreaker. Compared with the slim-waisted long skirt she wears every day, she looks more sassy and powerful.
It has a unique charm.
"teacher."
"Miss."
Lydia and Admissor greeted each other familiarly, and Dunn nodded to Valeela at about the same time. Only Harold...
His mouth opened wide, but he didn't know what to call it.
In the past two months, he has been playing the role of Valeera's brother Kiri, either calling him "sister" or calling him by his first name in a more intimate tone. In a small number of private communications, in order to avoid Embarrassed, he also subconsciously omitted the title.
So, he froze now and could only smile awkwardly.
Valeera smiled and nodded in response, sat on the empty sofa nearby, looked at Harold, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and said teasingly:
"We haven't seen each other for a few days, why are we so unfamiliar?"
After her reminder, Dunn and the others noticed Harold's embarrassment, and there was a hint of smile on their lips.
"Uh, um..." Harold's eyes wandered, but he couldn't find a suitable answer for a while.
"Perhaps you can also call me like them," Valeela said without making him embarrassed for too long, smiling lightly, "If you don't like "Miss" and "Teacher", you can also use "Ms." "
"In the final analysis, the title is just a code used to distinguish one's identity, so you don't need to pay special attention to it."
Harold gradually withdrew his wandering eyes.
"Yes, ma'am."
He breathed a sigh of relief and completely got over his identity as Kiri, no longer feeling embarrassed.
"I'm going to get the "Mask of Lost". "
With that said, he was about to get up and go upstairs.
"There's no rush," Valila smiled and stretched out her hand to stop him, "This is not the main purpose of my coming."
"I arranged for you to get together, so I have to come over and see how you get along.
"Looking at how you were chatting just now, I think the atmosphere is still very harmonious, so I can rest assured."
As she spoke, she opened the wooden box she brought, took out the rune steel sword and folding hand crossbow inside, and placed them on the table together with the small iron badge on her chest and a whale bone rune on her waist.
After spending some time, Valeera introduced the four items clearly.
She brought four extraordinary items to make up for the team's shortcomings and enhance their ability to resist danger. Her original intention was to have one for each person, but in the end Dunn didn't want any of them.
The negative effects of "Thief's Emblem" were relatively serious, and in the end the fearless Admissor took over; the rune steel sword was given to Harold, and no one except him could use this melee weapon well; The folding hand crossbow and the "Joker" rune were given to Lydia.
Dunn's theory was that he was incapable of action after pulling someone into a dream. It would be better to hand over the extraordinary items to teammates who cooperated. It was enough for him to have a pistol himself.
Due to time constraints, Valeera did not talk to them for too long and left before half past eleven, wearing the "Lost Mask".
She traveled through the dark night, quickly passed the Backlund Bridge, and arrived at the "Brave Bar" on Iron Gate Street in just a few minutes.
