"really……"
Duan Qing touched his nose: "Everyone has their own mission, and so do you...right?"
"...Why, you don't want to hear it?"
"...Of course not, I'm all ears."
Putting on an innocent posture, Duan Qing lowered his head, and then concealed the eyes of Queen Maggie, who was swaying in an enchanting posture, from her sight. The whistling sound from the night sky then passed by Duan Qing's ears under the blowing of the cold winter wind, bringing the detailed whispers of Queen Maggie to him, but Duan Qing, who was listening, heard what he heard at this time But it is completely irrelevant content.
[Favorability...76%. 】
[——The favorability test has been passed. 】
[——The ability test is passed, and the persuasion conditions have been met. 】
[Salaka chooses to tell. 】
What's this?
Is it the system prompt?
By the way, I tore apart the void before, which may be connected to the world where the iron chain system is...
But... ability check? Persuasion conditions? Favorability? Is there such a setting in this game world?
Thoughts flashed through his mind instantly. Duan Qing gradually hid his frown, and while still maintaining a smile, he tried hard to filter out the system prompts that still echoed in his heart: "...Later I fled my hometown, wandered out of the empire, and then followed the flow of people during that time and exiled to this place now."
"Although the folk customs in Felong County at that time were not very good, it was far less difficult to survive than it is now." Touching her short hair slightly, Maggie looked into the distance with a hint of memories in her eyes: " At that time, Zaraha City... was also a commercial center that ran through the two countries of the Free Continent."
"You... turned out to be an imperial man?" Duan Qing, who finally began to process what the other party said, asked in surprise: "Did you escape from the west?"
"Yes, I am also an out-and-out refugee." Maggie showed a sad smile: "There are few people living under Tania who are not refugees from elsewhere."
"...I'm sorry." Duan Qing paused and said, "I mentioned your sad past."
"No, this is exactly what I want to tell you." Maggie shook her head: "Because I stayed here for several years before the battle between the Empire and the Principality started again."
"Uh...are you referring to Zaraha City?"
"Yes, this is the city."
Maggie, who didn't seem to feel any coldness in the constantly blowing cold wind, slightly brushed her hair: "If not necessary..."
"I don't want to come back here just yet."
Ruoyouruowu's footsteps gradually passed from the far side of the street, and then returned the extremely quiet environment to the center of the street. Duan Qing, who was aware of the other party's complex emotions, then closed his mouth and let the people around him The woman diffused her sighs arising from her memories: "I was still a child at that time, and there was no way to survive here. The life of being bullied and the desire to live have been in conflict with me for a long time. Finally, it stopped in the winter of that year..."
"Now that I think about it, the winter of that year seemed to be as cold as now." She raised her head, and then her eyes fell on Duan Qing from the dark night sky: "Because I couldn't bear the cold and hunger, I finally chose Surrendered and found the head of a tavern.”
"Tavern?"
"Or...nightclub." Maggie tugged at the corners of her lips: "I have heard the adults mention it many times before that they need some girls, so..."
"You..." Duan Qing's eyes changed slightly: "Did you really go?"
"What's that look in your eyes? I'm also the manager of a nightclub now." Maggie smiled slightly: "After all... my current business is just a continuation of my previous business."
"..."
"Well, that's not the point of this conversation."
Looking at Duan Qing's confused look, Maggie smiled and covered her mouth with the back of her hand: "Besides, I was small and thin at the time, so I really couldn't mention the tastes of the guests... The owner of that tavern is pretty good. With some compassion, he would usually give me enough rations to survive, but no matter how much I want, I can't ask for anything."
"That tavern... still exists?"
"…no longer exists."
After answering Duan Qing's question calmly, Maggie lowered her head again: "It no longer existed at that time."
"...Sounds like a long story."
"It's easy to say."
Waving towards Duan Qing, Maggie took the lead and jumped onto the roofs of different heights next to the street: "It is impossible for a tavern with a different appearance and duplicity not to cause other troubles, even if there are no other entanglements of interests. At that time The city lord of the city will not let such things keep scraping oil and water on his territory, so since I arrived, the place has been half-open and half-stop, until one day...a group of city guards came to the door. Come."
"They claimed that the tavern was harboring fugitives." Looking at Duan Qing who jumped up, Maggie turned her head and looked in a certain direction of the quiet city: "Then a massive manhunt began."
"The so-called fugitive...does he mean you?"
"I thought so too at first."
With her arms folded in front of her chest again, Maggie answered Duan Qing's question in a low voice: "But then... a guy in black really jumped out from the backyard of the tavern, and the guards fought with that person. , and then there were heavy casualties, many other people died, and even the tavern was almost completely destroyed by that battle."
"The uncle boss was lying on the ground and kept shouting that he was being framed, and then he was stabbed in the head by the guards who came over." Maggie looked into the distance with no emotion in her eyes: "They wantonly Destroying every remnant of the tavern until... they found me in the stables."
"...Why, they didn't attack you?"
"No, it was the fugitive who saved me."
After a slight pause, Maggie finally raised her arm pointing in a certain direction: "I remember it was in that place, right? He was like the God of Death returning, slaughtering all the guards. Then I left that place with me, the only one who survived."
"That's my teacher, the person who taught me this skill."
The fingers covered with gloves were still hanging in the air. Maggie turned her head and looked at Duan Qing's position: "In the following days... he was also the one who took me around this city."
"Oh?" Duan Qing's expression finally became interested: "Who... is that person?"
"I don't know his name or his identity."
The hand stretched forward suddenly turned into a dagger flashing with black light. Maggie turned her hand and drew two marks in the air in front of her that were darker than the night sky: "He is mysterious and powerful, but he doesn't say much. , every time he trains me, he just makes demonstration movements for me to imitate, and then ignores them..."
"Why does he want to teach you how to fight?" Duan Qing asked his question at the right time: "Is he just looking at you for pity?"
"He... didn't tell me either."
As if she was recalling that strange time, Maggie's eyes showed an unconcealable curiosity: "He just kept teaching me hiding techniques, sneaking methods, the use of daggers, and... some strange things. The method of using energy, looking back now, is exactly a set of training rules for thieves, but with my mind at the time, I couldn't tell the profession of my teacher."
"No." At this point, she suddenly stopped speaking: "Actually, even now... I can't clearly see his occupation."
"Uh..." Duan Qing hesitated slightly: "Is this question important?"
"Maybe it matters because I'm looking for him now."
Looking back and staring at Duan Qing's face, Maggie shook her head and replied in a low voice: "This is also another purpose of my coming to this city."
"He has been hiding in this city?" Duan Qing asked in surprise: "How do you know?"
"That was about three years ago."
Shaking her head, Maggie refocused her gaze on the corner of the city in another direction: "I returned to the hiding place of the underground pipe network as usual, but I couldn't find his figure. The one who had been wrapped in black The guy in the cloak... never came back since."
"He disappeared?"
"To be precise...he escaped."
Sighing softly, Maggie replied in a low voice: "He is still a fugitive after all, but this time... he escaped from the city."
"...Who is chasing him?"
"I don't know them, but I've seen them fight from afar."
Slowly moving her eyes back to Duan Qing, Maggie's eyes brought a hint of understanding: "That scene... is very similar to the scene you just showed."
"They...are the Destiny Weavers?" Duan Qing widened his eyes: "Are they from the Destiny Alliance?"
"If the investigation and information of the Shadow Society are true... yes." The short-haired woman's eyes became much deeper: "If my inference is not wrong... my teacher should also be a destiny weaver."
"He is a defector from the Destiny Alliance."
The cold air once again blew through the night sky along with their conversation, directly carrying Maggie's words to the distant street scene. However, the woman looking in that direction did not flinch at all, and her condensed eyes were also full of emotion. Firm feeling: "After seeing the overflowing void energy you used, I became even more convinced of this idea, because... many of the techniques and energy applications he taught me at that time were related to the way void energy is presented. Pretty close.”
"Like...the ones you used in Londel Valley?"
"I'm sorry for lying to you."
Amid the increasingly obvious undulations of the air, Maggie showed an apologetic smile to Duan Qing: "I just think... the existence of void energy will bring unnecessary trouble to you, so..."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Everyone has some secrets that cannot be told." Duan Qing waved his hand in vain: "So... how is your investigation going now?"
"I didn't find any signs related to the Destiny Weaver." The smile that had been on Maggie's face finally began to slowly disappear: "But... the energy in my body is telling me that the power of destiny is gathering here. .”
"The... power of fate?" Duan Qing twitched the corners of his mouth unnaturally: "What is that thing?"
"Do you really think... that person will teach me those things for no reason?" Maggie shook her head and laughed: "Destiny Weavers never do things without reason, they must follow their destiny. Actions are based on the trajectory, so as long as they have taken actions, they will definitely succeed in the end - my previous training as a thief must have been part of that person's plan, and he should have known that I was forced to do so after he left. You will definitely know what happened when you fled here... and how I later fled to Tanya and became Queen Maggie."
"In order to solve the fate entangled in me, I will come back one day."
The gathering ups and downs gradually turned into chaotic noises, constantly rotating around the roof where the two people were. Duan Qing, who was watching those things, also began to follow Maggie's gaze, constantly patrolling and there seemed to be no change. around the night sky: "And they will be aware of your return and will become an obstacle to them."
"...It seems that our conversation took too long." Maggie smiled and turned to the direction of Duan Qing: "If there is a chance in the future, we can continue this beautiful topic."
"...How should I contact you?"
"No need to contact me, I will show up when I need to."
The figure gradually became more and more blurred, and Maggie's voice then began to retreat towards the distance of Duan Qing's consciousness: "It's time for you to go. No matter how strong you are now... you are no match for them."
"I have seen what they are capable of."
Looking at the empty night sky, Duan Qing's voice became lower again: "It doesn't matter if I fight them, but... forget it."
He closed his eyes and listened quietly to the increasingly noisy ring noise. The five senses originally used to receive information from the game world then continued to sink toward the depths of his consciousness like rocks sinking into the sea. Ruoyouruowu sound then broke through the interference of the noise like an undercurrent under the water, and slowly surrounded Duan Qing's ears. He tried hard to distinguish the content of those sounds, and after a long while, he finally understood what he heard at first. The electronic synthesized sound that I heard is back again: "I can see the origin of this game..."
"This trip is not in vain."
[...attacks, the story is forced to end. 】
[Completion degree of telling - 72.79%]
[The hidden condition check is passed, triggering the hidden mission: Reunion of Destiny. 】
【Do you accept it? 】
