Uriel stepped onto the stairs covered in sweat. The wall could not completely isolate the sound, causing the sound of his footsteps to spread throughout the entire floor. After entering the door, he first threw the newspaper on the table, took off his shirt and trousers and went to the bathroom to take a shower. The cold wind in Yotsuba City was difficult to cool down, and he began to miss the lessons with Joey at the training ground.
While he was eating bread and butter with a tidbit of news, Dalton and York got up one after another. The night elf walked around the corridor with the cursed sword, but fortunately he bumped into York before he found Uriel. This is where the branch of the Knox Mercenary Corps is stationed, so it's only appropriate for the owner to explain the situation.
There were not many people in the restaurant, and after the parade of knights circled the streets, there were even fewer adventurers. The end of the night ban means the beginning of a new day. The Knox mercenaries who completed their commissioned tasks last night partied all night, and most of them were still awake. Their leader still had to be sent upstairs by Uriel, not to mention the others.
"Don't Blumnot provide drinks other than wine?" The Sita mercenary couldn't even drink coffee, so he had to fill his stomach with lemonade. "Hell, I'm sure that even Painter and I wouldn't be able to win so easily in a drinking contest."
"The tower offers drinks you can't even imagine. Astrologers like to drink water made from bugs, I kid you not."
"Really? I'd just eat the bugs."
"In the underground world." Dalton sat down at the table with a piece of onions and bacon. "The bugs will grow bigger than you, and it doesn't necessarily matter who eats whom."
"Maybe Uriel would be willing to go and take a look." York said, "The tower is above the clouds, and he can jump down and run back to Eastman... I said, man, you have an adventurer's heart. Where do you run if you're in danger, right?"
"You make me look like a disaster."
The night elf thought for a while: "There's nothing interesting to see in the Dark Corner. The Cloud Well has a nice scenery, but it's a place where corpses are piled up, so it's not very auspicious." Did he take York's words seriously, or was he making fun of me? Uriel didn't care much. "We don't have time to go at the moment, unless we borrow the Star Gap from your mentor."
"To be honest, I borrowed it from the Prophet once because of my position as a messenger, but it didn't work. He told me that the door key couldn't be turned on the ring steps."
"Have you seen the prophet?" York asked curiously. "Did he ask you to return to Eastman? Let me tell you, the White Envoy will definitely not allow you to leave the tower by yourself. Eez always talks about the rules of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the mysterious fulcrum in his mouth is simply Like a birdcage.”
"There are very few apprentices in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Uriel said, "This is people's own choice. Croita will not...well, generally will not interfere. It was the commander's idea to return to Eastman. You are mistaken. Instead, the Prophet wanted me to stay in Brumnot." He told them about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs courier and also mentioned the murder that occurred in the City of Floating Clouds. As expected, York was very interested in the latter, Dalton not very concerned with either.
"Dorothy," Sita recalled, "Oak once said he liked her breasts. Painter hit his toes with a hammer to stop him from teasing nice girls." His smile quickly disappeared. "Oc was dead at the Battle of Hercule, and now Dorothy is dead too."
"None of them deserve to die," Dalton commented briefly. Only he has a relatively objective perspective.
Someone who doesn't deserve to die dies, and the murderer must pay the price. Uriel turned the pages of the newspaper. He now had an idea of the art of distraction. "The problem is, the damned people are either really dead or they're nowhere to be found." There were no clues about DeWitt Hearn's whereabouts. Uriel thought he might be hiding in Beacon Town. With the law wizards of the school sitting in charge, the safety of the Earl of the Bay seems to be guaranteed. As a result, he was very aware of his status in the eyes of the mysterious creature, and actually escaped from his fiefdom without saying a word.
"You don't think he's coming to Yotsuba, do you?"
"Will he?"
"It's impossible." Dalton also said, "DeWitt's relationship with Duke Tracy is not that close. He seems to be a Queenist, but in fact he doesn't agree with anyone."
"I don't know about mortal politics." York muttered with a headache, "What a mess."
Uriel did have some understanding. After all, he also considered taking over from Mr. Eds, so he came into contact with a lot of information about the Eastman Kingdom in the library. Of course, he had only read recent records in detail, and could not possibly consume the entire history of the kingdom.
After the Broken Sword Revolution, Queen Flavia became the ruler of the kingdom, and the Wiggins family and the Ice Territory from which she came naturally supported her position. These people are Queenies. Her Majesty's eldest son, Istell Talbot, is the heir to the throne, followed by his sister Phillores Talbot. Although they have the same mother, their fathers are both Talbots. Lawrence Norman, the chief court magician and minister of state, is responsible for teaching the crown prince. The noble officials headed by him are called the royal party, which means the supporters of the Talbot royal bloodline.
Many times, the distinction between the King's Party and the Queen's Party is not so clear. There is a gap between them that is difficult to eliminate, but they are also an indistinguishable whole. This was mainly due to the pressure from the court. Uriel once caught a nightingale in Six Finger Castle. He came from Flying Eagle City in the west. At that time, it was the Western Territory princes who united with the Ice Territory and the Gaia Church to launch the Broken Sword Revolution. They suffered heavy losses in the Raven War. The Westlanders longed for the war to end, while the Icelanders hoped for food and clothing from the Blackest Night. The late king's politics were ruthless, and his conquests opened up the territory formerly known as Motog for Eastman, but also brought death to countless soldiers and himself.
The rebellion lasted three years. The Raven War ends abruptly. The royal party seeks a way out in a desperate situation, and they do not hesitate to form an alliance with the Naga Sea Tribe and exchange the queen for the support of the mysterious power. DeWitt Hearn was the product of that marriage. But after the foreign aiding murlocs left the Oath Keepers Alliance, the stalemate was broken instantly, and the storm returned.
Although Flavia Wiggins finally sat on the throne after many twists and turns, the consequences of the previous king's war still caused heavy losses to the royal party. The Sword Legion that protected the royal family was forced to disband, which became the origin of the historical name "Broken Sword Revolution". As the main force in breaking the sword of the previous king, the Messatori family of Flying Eagle City is the representative of the Western Party.
DeWitt Hearne's acquisition of Knight's Bay is just as natural as Danlfion's acquisition of the Ice Territory. His power comes from blood. Also due to bloodline reasons, DeWitt cannot be a pure royalist. Duke Tracey Wiggins was closer to DeWitt than Sir Norman, and there was no way she was going to let this advantage go. But Dalton said DeWitt Hearn was not impressed by her advances.
"Then you can't find him in Four-Leaf Territory." York seemed to have known it for a long time, "So you have to leave immediately? What will happen to Dorothy's child?"
Dalton glanced at Uriel. The apprentice said bravely: "I will leave him in the church." He also knew how the other party would react.
Sure enough, Sita almost spit out her lemonade. He slapped his forehead so hard that he couldn't express his understanding: "How do you still dare to believe in the Church of Gaia?"
"Don't make generalizations. Priests have mysterious thresholds. A few scum cannot erase the quality of the entire group. Just like most adventurers are bandits and thieves, aren't there also well-behaved mercenaries like you? I have a way To verify the reliability of the Yotsuye City Church, the nightingales will only stare at us, but Aiken will be safe."
"People say Gaia believers won't lie." York said without further ado, "Since I dare to believe what you say, it makes sense for you to trust the church. By the way, have you found the father of the child?"
"In fact, we didn't even get into Miss Dorothy's house. Her father insisted that his daughter fell ill and died during the Harvest Moon."
"He lied," Sita said glumly.
"He's lying, and we can't expose him. And it won't help the goal at all." Dalton had already wiped out the breakfast on the plate. "Compared with it, it would be better to take him back to Bloomnott." Safety."
"A baby is not a handful of fruit cores that can grow after being buried in the soil." Uriel denied, "Except for Gaia's charity home, it is inconvenient to entrust it to anyone...Roma can't even take care of herself. "
"But if you put it in the church, the nightingale will find him sooner or later."
"Do you have any ideas, Uriel?" York asked.
"I just thought, York, we need your help." Uriel confessed, "Does your team have any work to do now?"
"I told you earlier, no. The only activity I have left now is hunting, unless I go north to participate in treasure hunting." York's hint was also obvious.
"Your feeling is quite accurate. I have a commission for the mercenary brothers: please protect Aiken's safety until I take him away. Only this. I will pay then."
"Leave it to me?"
"Except you. I hope you can go find the whereabouts of Dewit Hearne, Earl of the Bay."
"Why don't we join you? Want to abandon me, Uriel? This is not possible. The Nightingales of the Church of Gaia do not dare to act recklessly in Duke Tracy's territory. They have always been regarded as allies of the Western Party. , right? It’s a pity that Lucia’s teachings don’t include consideration for mortals, otherwise the Church of Light would be a good place for that child... Dorothy is a good girl, and she deserves justice for her."
"This is dangerous, for you."
"Ha! I am an adventurer. But you, a bay, oh, now a wanted criminal in the Eastman Kingdom, a mysterious creature that ignited the fire three months ago, you need experienced veterans to teach you adventure knowledge. I believe it. Me, I’m older than Eastman has been.”
Dalton, accustomed to Sita's slight affronts when she boasted, raised the hilt of her sword at him. The atmosphere was great and heated. Uriel tried to agree, but couldn't bring himself to smile. He turned his gaze back to the newspaper.
You shouldn't do this. Frost words appear on the paper.
You have no idea what I'm going to do. Uriel rolled up the newspaper and threw it into the empty seat.
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