The Poole family is one of the older families in the Frey Empire, and its long history is enough to support its joining the empire's central authority. However, it is different from those military, financial, trade, intelligence and other departments. This one is not based on strength. The family that is famous for its military achievements is only responsible for the seemingly unimportant direction of "recording". According to Lott's later explanation, people belonging to the Poole family focused on collecting and recording the history of various parts of the empire, including the imperial capital Redcar, after the establishment of the Frey Empire. These historical records have lasted for almost a thousand years. , so much so that the family has included the changes in every corner of the city in those records.
This naturally also includes some structures and secrets about the underground of the imperial capital, which is one of the important clues that can reveal the magical structure of the city that Duan Qing and the others want to know. However, when they followed Lott's prompts and found the Poole family When they arrived at their location, they were greeted only by an empty door with no one inside. The ground was in a mess.
"What, why are you so fat? Has it been robbed by robbers?"
"How could a robber come into a place like the Imperial Capital? It's obvious that there is another crisis."
"There will naturally be bandits in the imperial capital, such as other nobles who want to harm the Poole family or young people who want to take advantage of the situation."
Following the footsteps of Duan Qing and others who broke into the family's empty door, Lott Gloria, who was carrying a giant sword, also took the small family inner courtyard located in the atrium area of the imperial capital into his sight. His eyes wandered around the mess on the ground for a long time, and finally he picked up a half-cut emblem at his feet: "The Karnaric family - although only half of it is preserved, this red shield I can still make out the signs.”
"What's the reputation of this family?" Duan Qing, who came forward, asked in a low voice: "Are they possible potential rivals of the Poole family?"
"I have been away from the imperial capital for a long time, but I have never heard of any disgraceful things this family has done."
Lott raised his chin, frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head: "And even if they want to take advantage of the situation, the Poole family, which relies on records for a living, doesn't seem to have much wealth."
"Time is limited, so I just did a rough inspection." At some point, Qianzhihe, who was holding the red lotus staff, appeared in front of the two people and reported what he had discovered in the mess in a slightly lower voice: "It seems that everything inside has been really moved away, and there aren't even many useful records left."
"Could it be that someone really chose to deal with them at this time?" Duan Qing curled his lips and couldn't believe it, and then his eyes fell on the half-remaining emblem in Lott's hand: "Could it be that Is it really this Karanalyk family that did it?”
"……No."
A cold voice then sounded in his ears, and at the same time, Snow Spirit Huan Bing, who suddenly reached out to take the broken emblem, stared at the broken emblem: "Make this emblem of the Kanarek family." The emblem is made of fine iron, but the cuts are so neat—"
"With the Poole family's legendary scholarly style and unstoppable family strength, have any of you ever heard of any of them having the ability to pull off this sword?"
"Well--"
The dull sound of thinking then sounded among the surrounding figures, followed by doubts one after another: "When you say that, it seems really suspicious."
"There are also those scratches on the walls inside the house...the depth of the sword marks are almost the same, and the directions are irregular. If these marks were formed after a battle, it would be impossible no matter how you look at them."
"Someone should have deliberately forged these scratches without any pressure, and the emblem in front of us..."
"It seems that someone has robbed the entire Poole family and wanted to frame the blame on the Kanarek family."
The eyes that looked at each other finally came together again. Several figures gathered together said this answer in unison. The figure belonging to Duan Qing then turned to the outside of the door behind him and quickly checked it with sharp eyes. That deserted street: "Damn it, I don't seem to see any 'relevant people'... Are we too late?"
"It should have been over long ago." Xueling Huanbing's gaze turned to the night sky where the energy column was located not far away: "The Poole family controls the earth's veins and magic structure of the imperial capital. This information is very important for what is happening in the imperial capital now. The changes in the story are very helpful. Those who are carrying out some plans and conspiracies in the central city are most likely the murderers who abducted the Poole family."
"We originally came here to deal with this group of potential enemies, but in the end we were beaten one step ahead." Lott, who was carrying a big sword, also shook his head: "Without strength, in the empire we will be It’s hard to move even an inch—this sentence really comes true.”
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, it's like the Poole family has been involved in this incident." Duan Qing hurriedly waved his arms: "We are not sure about this yet, and we don't know yet. Where on earth have these guys with little strength gone now..."
"Are you still going to continue the pursuit? Are you going to continue to look for that Poole family member at this critical moment?" He said this in a cold voice, and Xueling Huanbing, who turned sideways, looked at him with a squinting gaze. Duan Qing's face: "How to find it? Find the head of the Kanarek family?"
"Well, maybe going to that family is also a way. For example, asking that family what enemies hate them so much that they even use such methods to frame them and so on..."
"You're wasting your time!"
As if a volcano that had been silent for a long time finally began to erupt, Xueling Huanbing reached out and grabbed the gray-robed magician's skirt. Her expression that was about to burst into flames was suppressed by her cold expression, and she spoke again The words seemed to be squeezed out from between the white teeth: "The crisis is imminent! Those guys who don't know what they are doing may succeed next moment! Aren't you going to stop them? But continue to take us to other places in circles?"
"Do you want to help me kill him?" She pulled Duan Qing's still expressionless face two inches closer to her, and her eyes full of anxiety and uneasiness were closely aligned with the man's eyes. They looked at each other: "How long do you want to escape?"
"Okay, actually I don't want to face that guy." Duan Qing looked at each other slightly sideways, and sighed, spreading his hands: "Let's not discuss the enemy's secrets and our intelligence. Given the combat conditions that are extremely unfavorable to us, do we really have any reason to confront the Wings of Freedom and others head-on? Even if Redkar is really destroyed, it has nothing to do with us..."
"So you are planning to give up."
The disappointment in his eyes became a little more intense. Xue Ling Huan Bing, who gradually let go of the other party, staggered back two steps: "You didn't intend to help me from the beginning, right?"
"Hey, I didn't mean that, I -"
Shaking his head to avoid Duan Qing's hand that wanted to hold his shoulder, Xue Ling Huan Bing stepped back again and stretched the distance between himself and the gray-robed figure a little further, who had been looking at each other. There seemed to be a bit of crystal color in her eyes, but it was quickly hidden in the movement of her lowering her head: "I can tell you everything about me, I can give everything for you without asking for anything in return, I There is only this request left in my life now, and my prayer... is just that I hope you can give me some support."
"But now it seems that you are not even willing to say anything against it." She turned around and said, "Is it so difficult to be honest with each other? I want to get a sincere confession from you. Is it really a luxury wish to respond?”
"..."
As if unable to refute the other party's sudden words, Duan Qing did not answer the white-haired woman's question for the first time. His hesitant reaction also made the woman's clenched fists become harder, and the back of her originally white hands also He became even paler because of the force of his fingers: "I consider myself a rational woman, and I will not force you to pay anything for the mistakes I have committed. Since asking for your help has become a kind of Extravagant hope, then you can just stay here."
"I'll just go by myself."
Her white hair began to flutter in the air, and her back gradually disappeared at the end of the street in the direction of the energy column. Duan Qing, who wanted to stop her, heard Lott's words in his ears. Accompanied by his mysterious smile that seemed to see through everything: "A fight? This is not a good sign."
"If you really have been hiding something from her, I advise you to tell her as soon as possible." He retracted his arm and set his eyes in the same direction: "If there is suspicion between each other, If it becomes a barrier, then it is not a problem that ordinary words can solve."
"The situation is not what you imagined." So Duan Qing could only show a wry smile: "Don't make blind guesses."
"Oh? Could it be that you haven't confessed your love to the other party yet?"
Looking at Duan Qing's tangled expression, Lott laughed and looked over his shoulder: "Although it's not convenient for me to intervene in matters between you young people, if you want to further develop the relationship, you don't need to do anything. It’s just courage and decisiveness, what’s more needed is persistence.”
"Just like the beliefs I must uphold." The sword he carried gradually moved further in front of Duan Qing, and his burly figure gradually disappeared into the depths of the street in the same direction: "As an imperial noble, As a member, facing this situation, it is impossible for me to retreat."
"Hey, hey!"
He made several meaningless calls, and the helpless voice belonging to Duan Qing echoed around the once again empty streets and alleys together with his curling movements. With a look of loss, he stood alone in front of the Poole family. In front of the door, the frown became deeper and deeper as he muttered to himself: "I originally thought that you were offline for rest because of a relapse of your old illness, and I wanted to stop you from asking for trouble again. It was just eating, but I ended up tripping over myself...forget it."
"Since you are so insistent, let me continue to make trouble with you." He grinded his teeth, then turned around and shouted to his surroundings: "Violet, although things have become a bit more troublesome, But please—"
"Violet, Violet?"
Continuous calls did not receive any response. Duan Qing's gradually alert eyes began to circulate around him, and the sound of wind caused by the energy column from the distance also hit his heart with some possibility. It turned into a deafening buzzing sound, constantly shaking his state of mind that could not calm down. Because of her trip to the Gloria family, this purple-haired woman who was inconvenient to appear in front of the public also followed her again. Duan Qing's orders were hidden by the effect of refraction magic. The figure that had been following them invisibly disappeared behind them at some point after this series of events.
"...You actually got lost? At this time?"
The headache symptoms seemed to have become more serious with the occurrence of this emergency. Duan Qing pressed his forehead heavily: "Sure enough, the more busy you are, the easier it is to have problems... Wait for this time. After it’s over, I must find a place to take a good rest.”
"Hey, you." The calling voice came from the front. It was the voice of the figure who inadvertently followed the departing Qianzhihe and returned: "They have gone far away, you, are you? Are you really not going to follow me?"
"...The safety of Xue Ling Huan Bing is left to you, Xiao Qian."
Duan Qing, who stood there in silence for a while and thought for a long time with his hands on his hips, finally shook his head and said an answer that surprised the red-haired girl: "Help me take care of her. Her current mental condition may not be very good. If If you accidentally meet that beautiful girl with Wings of Freedom, you should try your best to protect her from the battlefield. If you can, fight without wanting to fight..."
"Wait, wait a minute! This is what people are talking about, and you actually--where are you going? Hey!"
The increasingly surprised inquiries were then thrown away by him. Duan Qing, who did not follow him, turned around and ran back in the direction where the few people came from. He suppressed his confused emotions and then began to patrol. As he passed every corner of the street, his expression became more and more serious: "So, ladies, this is why I don't want to make a promise easily."
"If I must be forced to make a choice, between the promises I have made and the inexplicable nonsense - I will definitely choose this side."
The running footsteps suddenly stopped. The gray-robed man who had passed through countless alleys suddenly pulled his body back to the front of a certain street. His eyes that also pulled back fell on three or two people who were walking along this street. There was a group of men in black shouting something at the end of the street, and they were dragging a black bag in their hands.
"Hey! You guys, stop!" 8)
