"Thanks to your help, our fight against the royal family can proceed smoothly this time."
"Huh? How do you know...uh no, I mean, have we done anything?"
"Although I don't know what you actually did, Captain Lott's heartfelt words must have been said because of you, right? Only when there is division and wavering within the Imperial Army, can we say that this battle just now has a chance of winning. "
"Uh, okay, but I don't know where Lott, who always likes to ridicule us, suddenly jumped out to say good things for us..."
The gradually dispersing crowd finally began to slowly spread towards the surroundings of Central Street as the open-air meeting gradually ended and the voices of arguments became low, leading a group of players who were watching this strange meeting together towards the dusk. As the city slowly disappeared, the various imperial nobles from inside and outside the city finally took a long breath of relief and began to truly introduce themselves to the members of the imperial noble group who had just entered the city. After learning about the situation in this city - facing the clear situation in which they had just regained the initiative, the imperial nobles who originally did not know how to deal with this group of returning nobles finally began to deal with these sudden allies. He showed a friendly smile, but the originally planned reception banquet was temporarily in vain due to the huge shock that just occurred in the center of the city and the city lord's mansion that was already in a mess.
Although in the eyes of others, the intact Adventurers Association Hall standing on one side of the central square looks more eye-catching than the ruined City Lord's Mansion.
"Maybe it's because of the blessing of an expert."
Pointing to the scene of other buildings that were almost separated by a wall outside the Adventurer Association hall and now turned into ruins, Tristan's voice became much deeper: "Such clear and neat boundaries are usually due to energy protection. caused by the protection of the mask.”
"It may also be because of the power of magic." Duan Qing gestured with the air in front of him with his hand, and Duan Qing hurriedly interrupted the other party with the sketched magic array diagram: "For example, using the magic elements of earth and water, Fixing the magic of 'Winter Barrier' around the association area..."
"The Winter Barrier will not leave such neat traces, unless it takes several years of time and energy to slowly construct it using the power of a great magician." Tristan smiled and shook his head: "Of course, if you insist that the The defensive magic was constructed by Violet, so... I firmly don't believe it."
"Ah hahaha, sure, of course." Duan Qing's smiling expression became a bit more solid: "Even if she has the time and energy, she still has to have that kind of leisure..."
"I also saw the 'miracle' that broke out over the city of Tanzania."
After waiting for Duan Qing's laughter to gradually subside, Tristan, who was wearing a gray-black dress, left his friendly smile. His eyes that had been looking at Duan Qing now moved to Xueling Huanbing's. On the body, it seemed as if he was talking to a long-lost friend: "The energy burst was enough to fight the Sky City, but in the end it only caused such a little damage to the city - the ordinary level of defense was not enough. It creates such a strange effect.”
"You mean... President Hannah did it?"
"I just met the etiquette lady once. If you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have known that she was the branch president of this Adventurers Association."
Slowly walking back to the inside of the room, Tristan held one hand in front of his belly and smiled, burying his figure elongated by the sunset in the shadow of the twilight: "Of course, after your reminder, she does look very similar. He is a secretive president."
"Like the usual style of the Free City?" Xue Ling Huanbing tugged at the end of her long white hair: "You are used to the insidiousness, cunning and murderous determination in that city, so you must be very adaptable to this level of disguise. ,right?"
"...As expected, it is Miss Xue Ling Huan Bing whom I am familiar with."
Patting his palms, Tristan once again performed a formal aristocratic courtesy towards Xue Ling Huan Bing sitting at the table: "It has been several months since the last battle in Sky City. , I didn’t expect that not only would I be able to hear the news that you were still alive, but I would also be able to see you again..."
"Don't mention the Sky City thing again." Xue Ling Huan Bing's face became obviously colder: "And weren't we enemies of each other that time?"
"Yes, but I am also one of the very few members who can get to the core of the matter." Slowly sitting on the other side of the table, Tristan stretched out his hand to signal: "I have survived from the Mages Council and others. I learned about your situation from the mouths of the personnel, and also heard some news about you from the mouths of many other adventurers. In my opinion, although the connection between your encounter and these subsequent events is deep, it comes from The possibility of your own wishes is not very high."
"You... must have been controlled by some external force, right?" A strange smile appeared on his face: "Those abnormalities shown in Zaraha City, and the subsequent run for freedom The dark witches in every corner of the continent look very much like the goddess of vengeance coming out of the abyss."
"..."
"I have no intention of revealing your identity."
Putting his hands on his chin again, Tristan's middle-aged uncle-like eyes gradually became softer: "I can also understand your mood during this time. After all, not everyone can believe it. Which adventurer can have such a big change in temperament in a short period of time, and the final explanation is not that he turned into a madman, or... resurrected from the dead or other strange fantasies."
"You, are you...?"
"Yes, I have seen that abyss too."
Responding to the other party's bright eyes that gradually widened with a nod, Tristan smiled and spread his hands: "It was after the battle in Freedom City - I felt something was wrong at that time. I always feel like I’m already dead, but something about my body has changed.”
"You, who have also entered the afterlife, can you answer this question for me?"
A silence that was completely different from the noisy atmosphere in the hall downstairs once again permeated the small room on the second floor. As Xue Ling Huan Bing's expression became deeper and deeper, it began to become colder and colder. Sitting still, she quietly looked at the familiar face of the self-proclaimed imperial noble. After a while, she said her next sentence coldly: "I'm sorry, I don't know why."
"You don't know either?" The smile on Tristan's face did not waver at all: "Including the fact that your strength suddenly dropped a lot?"
"you--"
"Okay, okay, don't get excited." Duan Qing's voice then sounded before Xueling Huanbing's words that he just wanted to question the other party. Along with it, he stretched out his arm to stop the other party from standing. The starting action: "This... uh, Lord Tristan should not have any malicious intentions. After all, he just picked us up from the street, right?"
"Who are you?"
Looking at the white-haired woman sitting back behind the table obediently, Tristan gradually turned his interested eyes back to Duan Qing: "You are the new companion of Miss Xue Ling Huan Bing. ?"
"To be precise, they are teammates." Duan Qing smiled in response: "We have just established a new adventure group in this city, and the members are only the two of us for the time being - of course, the snow you value is Miss Ling Huan Bing is a powerful adventurer, and she has helped us solve many troubles many times in the past."
"Oh, is it so?"
His eyes swept back and forth between the two men and women sitting together. Tristan finally put away his probing gaze: "But from the mouths of the nobles before, the information I learned seems to be different from yours." The description is different, your name is Linyuan Duanshui, right?"
"A mysterious alchemist from Carlo Village, a foreigner who came to Tanzania City with Miss Snow Spirit Huanbing, helped the Imperial Army solve the attack on Koruk Outpost, and... used the magic weapon to defeat Violet The key figure in Lord Violet’s final punch.”
"If you say that you are an ordinary adventurer who is behind Miss Snow Spirit Huan Bing, even a fool would not believe it." After saying this, he smiled at Duan Qing: "Magician and Mr. Alchemist."
"Thank you, thank you." Duan Qing lowered his head respectfully: "Compared to a noble like you who gave His Royal Highness a slap in the head just after returning home, adventurers like us are really not worth mentioning. They are not worth mentioning. "
"Well, he is indeed a difficult person." Slowly putting away his usual smile, Tristan then turned his attention to the white-haired woman who said nothing: "But since I have nothing to do with my old friend Traveling together, and even risking his life to protect him in the end, he must be someone that Miss Xue Ling Huan Bing trusts."
"Xue Ling Huan Bing and I also met in Carlo Village." Duan Qing replied calmly: "Before leaving Carlo Village, my teacher and I had been living there together for a long time, and As a passerby, I have never heard her mention what kind of origin and connection the Lingbing beside me had with you before."
"I see, I understand." Tristan nodded deeply, and his face gradually became calmer as the light in his eyes gradually dimmed: "Since Miss Lingbing in your mouth does not want to mention any past events, then we will try our best to Let’s talk about what’s going on now.”
"Where do we start talking?" Duan Qing also had a formulaic smile on his face: "For example...start from the noble meeting that just ended?"
"The impeachment conference has ended, and His Royal Highness will also think carefully about my words." Tristan's eyes gradually revealed a bit of light: "As for whether he will deal with possible moles after he returns. , then it’s not something I need to consider.”
"So, you don't know if there are any Restorationists lurking around His Royal Highness, right?" Duan Qing grinned and put on a standardized smile: "That's really a pity. I originally thought I could kill them all at once. All the problems have been solved..."
"I am Tristan, Tristan Romilia." As if he had introduced himself again, the middle-aged man stood up and saluted the two of them again: "I am from the City of Freedom, One of the former imperial nobles who plans to lead his family members to recognize their ancestors and return home. He is an ordinary person with almost no fighting ability. He is not a god or a weaver of fate."
"Being able to make so many inferences and judgments based on the few clues at hand, so that I can make those remarks in the following meeting..." Duan Qing still maintained his respectful posture: "Your performance It’s enough to prove to us how powerful you are, Your Excellency.”
"Stop our mutual compliments and hypocrisy, adventurer." The middle-aged man smiled and shook his head: "I think I just said that I am a person who has experienced death once, so... …”
"Some of my spiritual reactions may be different from yours." There was a bit of weirdness in his eyes: "Someone has come back to life like me, just like what happened today." Miracle, right?"
"...can you sense this?" Duan Qing raised his eyebrows: "You are not deliberately shaking me, are you?"
"There can't be only one piece of evidence to draw a conclusion." Tristan pointed to the southeast of the Adventurers Association Hall: "For example - right now, outside the door of the Adventurers Association Hall, there are at least five imperial royal magicians and Twenty Imperial Royal Guards are keeping watch, guess who they are for?"
"...a group of ghostly guys." So Duan Qing curled his lips helplessly: "They have come to this point and they are still clinging to them."
"Although there are many rumors about the poor character of the first prince of the empire, there seem to be very few similar rumors about the imperial royal guard." Tristan raised his arms: "What shameful things have you done? Did the most powerful soldiers in the empire target you?"
"We did do something unexpected." Duan Qing secretly glanced at Xue Ling Huan Bing beside him, and scratched his head: "But it seems very troublesome to explain this matter clearly."
"If you have any doubts about my ability to accept it, you don't have to worry." Tristan pointed to his chest with a smile: "No matter what happened to Miss Xue Ling Huan Bing, or what happened to me Everything that happened to me has greatly expanded my cognitive ability and acceptance ability to some extent."
"Well, in that case..."
Duan Qing stood up sadly, and squeezed his eyes at Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was also showing doubts next to him: "I have to explain it to you sooner or later, so why don't we set off now."
"Come with me." He glanced at the busy Central Street under the hustle and bustle, and then took the lead and disappeared between the stairs at the corner: "We..."
"Go and see the one who rose from the dead."
