"What? Someone wants to disguise our identities?"
Late at night some time later, in the barracks on the edge of Fars Fortress, figures belonging to Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing appeared in the rest area specially provided for the empire, looking at them with surprised eyes. Looking at Maggie who was telling something: "Who? What do they want to do?"
"We only found out his identity, but we didn't catch him."
Half-crouching in the corner of the room belonging to the Qingling Adventure Group, the female thief, still wrapped in black, replied in a low voice: "It seems that the other party is also a guy who is proficient in magic, and escaped using teleportation. "
"Bing Mie has found traces left behind by magic teleportation. It should be that out-of-order teleportation or other concealment methods were used." Violet, who returned with them, also gave her opinion: "I want to do it These don't require any advanced magic skills. I guess when this magic was first designed, it was just for escaping."
"Okay, let's not mention the identity of the enemy for now." Then Xue Ling Huan Bing turned his attention to the people present: "Who was impersonated?"
"it's me."
Raising his hand, Asahi Dongsheng, who had been squatting in the corner of the barracks earlier, replied listlessly: "Of course, I only found out after the fact. I heard that there was a guy carrying a big ax who was carrying me. He wandered around the camp in his name and asked many people incomprehensible questions..."
"Who told you to do this during the day?" Goldman on the side commented mercilessly: "With a weirdo like you standing in front of me and asking questions, no one can You won’t see anything suspicious.”
"At least, at least they should be able to distinguish their identities!" Asahi Dongsheng immediately straightened his neck in dissatisfaction: "Play... the identities between adventurers and non-adventurers are easy to distinguish, right? Just look at it. You can see it!”
"The other party should be an adventurer, but the people he approaches should be ordinary imperial soldiers." Maggie on the side explained in time: "I don't know why the other party deliberately did this... Well, could it be? To deceive others?"
"Okay, we understand the general situation."
After looking at the gray-robed magician next to him, Xueling Huanbing took a step forward and then said in a low voice: "The next step is another very important question - how did you find out?"
"I saw it occasionally when I wanted to be convenient." This time it was Gedman's turn to take the initiative to speak: "At that time, I saw a man dressed like the rising sun talking to another imperial soldier. With his armed appearance, I felt strange at the time. Didn't that guy already shouting about going to the tavern to "reduce the burden" when he entered the fortress? Why did he suddenly come here..."
"After a commotion, the guy ran away." He gestured in a certain direction outside the house, and then his eyes fell on Maggie: "Then Maggie arrived, and the two of us pursued it for a while, but But nothing was discovered.”
"He asked me to find the rest of the people, and he went to the tavern to find the Asahi Dongsheng." Maggie's explanation followed: "I searched for the traces of magic power for a while, but there was no trace. Any discovery, after Violet arrived, she helped me come to the conclusion that the other party had used space transfer magic to escape."
"And I didn't find you two." Her words paused for a moment, and then fell on Violet beside her: "So we followed her suggestion and went to the empire's camp to warn. "
"...We were probably still at the city wall at that time, and later we also went to the tavern."
Duan Qing, who touched his nose helplessly and looked in the direction of the ruins, then withdrew his gaze: "It must have been a coincidence."
"It doesn't matter what we explain, as long as both of us are true." Understanding the hidden meaning in Duan Qing's words, Xue Ling Huan Bing waved and then looked at the other figures again: "Explain What's the situation? Does Her Royal Highness Princess Reina know?"
"She has given an order to quickly confirm everyone's identity and beware of the appearance of other impostors." Maggie replied in a low voice: "It doesn't matter to other ordinary soldiers. After all, they cannot be exposed to any secrets and important things." Intelligence, but people like those nobles and generals—"
"And us." After finishing the second half of the sentence for the other party, Duan Qing smiled unnaturally and said: "As someone who has participated in important meetings, I really don't know whether I should be happy or sad at this time."
"That's why Violet was sent to find you."
After nodding his head, Goldman then pointed towards the purple-haired Violet: "After all, she is the person least likely to be imitated and impersonated, and she is also the easiest person to tell the authenticity of the two of you. "
"No wonder you had such a strange expression when you appeared in the tavern." Duan Qing's eyes also moved to Violet: "Do we need to use some other tests to confirm our identity?"
"No need." A smile gradually bloomed at the corner of her mouth, and Violet's mature and confident gentle voice echoed in this small camp room: "There is some kind of wonderful connection between you and me. This kind of Contact cannot be fake."
"...Ahem."
Understanding that what the other party was talking about was the fetters of the follower system, Duan Qing hurriedly dismissed the topic with a coughing voice: "Well, since there is no problem with our identity, the remaining problem is the problem of this fortress... The principality hasn’t received the corresponding news yet, right?”
"Of course, we don't have the heart to tell them yet." Asahi Dongsheng heard this and showed a disdainful expression: "They can mess up as much as they like, what does it have to do with us?"
"The crux of the problem is not here." Duan Qing shook his head, and then gave a wry smile towards the dark and deep outline of the fortress outside the barracks: "If the imposter just now succeeded, and then claimed that he was an undercover agent of the principality, , then what should we do?”
"Varied--"
"Don't worry, I've been in this situation many times in the past."
Raising his hand to stop the hurried sounds that the other people were about to make, Duan Qing's expression gradually became serious: "Even if this is just the most basic routine, we have to be a little careful."
"If this situation really happens, we will be the ones who take the blame in the end." Xue Ling Huan Bing frowned anxiously, and then raised his chin: "And they may also use our He sneaked into the principality to cause destruction, and then poured dirty water on us..."
"Ah ah ah ah, these bastards!" He stood up holding his hair, Chao Ri Dongsheng immediately wanted to stride out: "Don't let me catch you, or I will eat you alive! "
"Don't act alone, you will easily fall into a trap!" Duan Qing hurriedly stopped the other party, and then ordered to Gedman on the side: "Follow him, you two are mutually exclusive. It’s relatively familiar, so as long as you act carefully, there shouldn’t be any big problems.”
"Besides, try not to trust other people who come to contact you." He calmed down, and then continued toward the rest of the people present: "Especially the guild members who came to contact you, and those from other adventure groups. People, if they ask you for any conditions, or want you to fulfill any conditions, then you should be extremely careful!"
"He is indeed a guy who has changed his identity countless times." Violet, who was standing next to him, let out a few low laughs: "At first glance, he looks like a guy who has fallen into countless traps and suffered countless losses."
"Maybe." Duan Qing lowered his head, and his eyes were hidden in the boundless darkness: "I have seen a lot of Infernal Affairs, and I have seen a lot of unfortunate stories about being opposed to Infernal Affairs. It happened to happen last time The time when this happened was when this fortress was captured... Well, it's like it was cursed."
"let's go."
He waved at Xueling Huanbing beside him, then turned and walked out of the barracks.
“Let’s go meet General Dusk.
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It has been a long time since the last time the Fars Fortress was bombed, but as Duan Qing saw, the fortress has not been completely repaired, especially the one at the top of the fortress that was originally used. The place where you come to overlook the entire Ferron Plain and command the entire fortress is still in a state of being shattered all over the ground. Unfazed by this situation, Dusk, who returned here, just casually designated an ordinary room as his temporary command post. The command post located at the bottom of the fortress also became the principal's access point. The place with the largest number of people, the narrow facade and simple rooms also made Duan Qing who came here a little stunned: "Marshal, this, this is..."
"Oh, it's you." Dusk, who had been staying here until late at night, raised his head from behind Table Mountain full of documents and said, "Sorry, I'm busy now, so I can't Please forgive me for having no way to meet you two sirs."
"You have returned to this place to be the commander of the fortress, and you still have so much work on your shoulders." Duan Qing, who straightened his expression and walked to the corner of the room with Xue Ling Huan Bing, asked politely. : "Is this really okay?"
"It's just some leftover questions." Dusk didn't seem to care at all about Duan Qing's question, and replied without raising his head: "I have been doing internal work for a long time, and I have been to many other places. In the field, these documents and trivial matters are also the tail end of some work that I have not finished a few days ago when I regained my status as marshal. As the final person in charge, it is not easy for me to leave them to other councilors who came to take over... …”
"Alas." As if he had thought of something helpless, his words and movements paused for a moment at the same time: "Do these bastards have to get this critical moment to remember our importance?"
"……What?"
"No, it's nothing."
Finally putting down the pen in his hand, Dusk, with a weathered face, patted the table and stood up slowly: "So - why did the two adventurers from the empire come to meet me so late?"
"We have something we want to tell you."
Duan Qing told the general in front of him about the "impersonation" they had discovered before. Duan Qing then lowered his head respectfully: "Originally, we came to you with the mentality of giving it a try, but we didn't Thinking that you actually agreed to our meeting, so..."
"We hope our warning is timely." He straightened up slowly: "It would be better not to cause misunderstandings between the two countries."
"Similar things seem to have happened once in the past."
Nodding his head, Dusk's face then showed a look of memories: "I didn't expect that less than a year has passed... Well, in that case, should I believe what you are saying now? Where’s the rhetoric?”
"I don't know if there are any unfavorable remarks circulating within the principality that are detrimental to our empire." Xue Ling Huan Bing, who gestured to Duan Qing beside him and put one hand on his chest, said in a calm voice: "But we definitely don't have any at the moment. There is no malicious intention, and our Highness Reina does not have any similar malicious intent. Someone must be planning something, wanting to create a greater rift between our two countries——"
"I no longer need you to remind me of these principles."
Dusk, who reached out to stop the other party's words and glanced at the two of them, then slowly put his arms behind his back: "The coming of this investigation team is very important to both the principality and the empire. Although Many people want to take the opportunity to cause some damage, but we will do our best to make this matter peaceful."
"Give us a little time, and we will be on guard against something like this happening." He turned around and faced Duan Qing and Duan Qing in front of him with his cold back: "Please go back."
"...It seems that as new faces, our reputation and status in front of this marshal are not enough."
Looking at the room of the commander who had been kicked out, Duan Qing smiled bitterly and whispered to Xue Ling Huan Bing beside him: "When you were making trouble as a witch before, didn't you run to Is the principality coming to show off?"
"Then my reputation will become negative!" He pushed back the opponent's head angrily, and Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyes showed a thoughtful expression: "In this case, we have no choice but to report it. Give it to Her Royal Highness the Princess, and ask them to send someone to have formal negotiations with the principality—huh?”
She stopped talking, and her body that walked out of the command post suddenly stopped in the shadows between the ancient walls of the fortress. Duan Qing, who also stopped, also discovered this abnormality and his eyes fell on the shadows. There were several black shadows confronting each other.
"--Step aside!"
