The night patrol lasted until twelve o'clock, and when today's work was done, Asa yawned and asked his brother.

"Roy, what the hell did you say that guy did, and suddenly came back with a wound. ”

"Hey, what are you thinking? Come back to my senses. ”

Seeing that he didn't react, and his thoughts didn't know where to go, he raised his arm and shook it back and forth, but the other party continued to be in a daze.

"Hey, hey!"

After shouting several times in a row, he finally brought his deep attention back to reality.

"What are you doing in a daze?"

"Ah, it's shallow. ”

"No, how can I have such a stupid brother as you! If there's a river next to you, you'll fall into the air, and you can't keep an eye on it. ”

"Yes, I'm sorry......"

"I'm sorry, what the hell are you thinking?"

“…… I'm thinking about Xiao Tie......"

During the day, they took advantage of their rest time to visit Xiao Tie, but Xiao Tie was still sleeping at that time, and left without staying long.

"What's wrong?"

"It's the first time I've seen him hurt so badly. ”

"yes, except for his face, he was bandaged all over his body! ”

"What exactly happened to him on his mission...... It's really worrying......"

"I don't know, he doesn't look like a careless person, and he doesn't understand why His Majesty arranged this kind of task for him, although I don't know what it is, but looking at his appearance, it must be dangerous. ”

"Hmmm......"

Shen nodded, and suddenly stopped.

"Shallow, are you okay?"

"I'm sleepy, don't talk about it, go back to sleep. ”

"Yes, it's all at this time...... However, I want to see Xiao Tie again, he may wake up at this time. ”

"But if I go back too late, my mother will be worried. ”

"Just ten minutes, how about ten minutes?"

"Even if it's ten minutes...... She'll also be aware of ...... What excuse are you going to use to hide from that mother who loves her son like her life......"

"Well, let's just say that you were hungry and went to the kitchen to get something to eat, and delayed some time. ”

"Hey, I'm not hungry!"

Even if the relationship between Xiao Tie and Xiao Tie is not very good, in fact, Xiao Tie has encountered this kind of thing, and it is not obvious on the surface, but in fact, he is still worried in his heart, otherwise he will refuse directly.

Moreover, Shen is not only worried about Xiao Tie, but also for Luke.

They didn't see Luke for the past few days, and they couldn't find anything when they asked Brother Bridge.

As a member of the Knights, it is inevitable that they will be concerned.

In the past few days, Asa has been talking more than once about the noodle stall guy's absence.

“…… Hopefully it's all right. ”

"What are you muttering, hurry up, I'm going to die. ”

As the twins faded away, in another part of the palace, behind the flowerbed in the central corner of the courtyard, there was a humble carriage, twice as small as a normal carriage and only one and a half meters high.

Christian avoided everyone and came to this position in the courtyard, where she also saw the red-haired youth standing there.

"Flame, I'm sorry for you. ”

Flame was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted.

"Be careful, be careful not to bump your head. ”

It was only when facing her that Flame lowered her voice.

Even if she is now in disguise, her attitude will not change.

"We'd better get back before two o'clock. ”

******

"Hah...... Exhausted. ”

During this time, I was so busy that I barely had time to sleep.

When Cyrus was out, he was left alone in the Xuanwu Temple.

Worked overnight to process the information collected by the various branches, analyzed the current situation, and finally compiled a report before dawn. Now, eat a little bit to relieve your hunger, and rely on a powerful magic potion that relieves fatigue to maintain your current state, otherwise, you will be so sleepy that you will be dizzy and may fall to the ground at any moment.

At that point, it's not just a matter of unsightly appearance.

While greeting those passing by, he covered his mouth and yawned.

After a while, they came to the back of the temple.

There was a tent there, and two knights in heavy armor also stood.

"Master Shaman!"

"Good morning, Lord Shaman!"

"Hello, hard work. ”

With a pleasant exchange, the two stepped out of the way, and Kozmo nodded and entered the tent.

Why is there a tent behind the temple? spoof decorations? is that boring, or is there some special person living in it? that's not the right answer. The correct answer is, in order to cover up something.

When was the beginning?

In short, a long, long time ago, when the Xuanwu Temple was built, the Xuanwu Temple also built underground cells.

Now this Xuanwu Temple is at least hundreds of years old, and why an underground cell was built at that time can only be found by looking through very old books. What's more, there is no need for him to pursue such a long history, in a word, he is not interested in history.

All he knew was that this underground cell had not been used in decades.

A while ago, in a meeting with the others between prayers, I heard them talk about the fact that there was still this underground cell, and I had the idea to send someone down to clean it, change the air, and reuse this cell, which had not been used for a long, long time.

Now, a man is being held there.

A dangerous shadow mage.

"How's it going to be here? If you say anything more useful, I swear in the name of the Temple of the Four Directions that I promise to make your life more comfortable. ”

Coming to the innermost iron cell, Kozmo saw a seemingly harmless girl whose feet were chained and could not go anywhere, showing an innocent expression to Kozmo.

"Don't pretend to be innocent, I won't eat this, hurry up. ”

He urged, and then asked several questions.

"You haven't answered me all the questions I asked you last time, what did you do to the real Neuva? Where and when did you meet her, even kill her and take possession of her body? What is your real identity?"

“…… My head hurts, and if you get rid of all the magic circles in this hellish place, my head probably won't hurt so much, and it hurts so much that I can't remember your problems, Lord Shaman. ”

"It's impossible to get rid of them all, so let's do it, there are a total of twelve large magic circles and thirty small magic circles here. I ask you a question, you answer one, and if the answer satisfies me, I will disarm a small circle. When all the small magic circles are lifted, all that is left is the twelve big magic arrays, and I will calculate one big magic array according to five questions, how about this deal?"

"You really know how to do it, Master Shaman, my whole body hurts now, thanks to these magic arrays, not only can I not use magic, but I also have a hard time moving. ”

"So, if you're willing to cooperate, I'll make your life more comfortable. ”

Kozmo shrugged his shoulders, "Also, you old ghost who has lived for an unknown number of years, don't say such things with the face of a girl who is only sixteen or seventeen years old, have you lived too long and don't even have the face?" ”

“…… Face, cheek!"

How long had it been since she had been so angry, she glared at Kozmo fiercely, and quickly, suppressing her mood, arguing here was not good for her at all. Trying to provoke someone who can take control of their situation while being at a disadvantage is even more stupid than being stupid.

"Time is tight, I only brought ten questions today, if I don't say anything else, I'll leave, you better cherish this opportunity, I don't know when I come over next time." ”

After a few seconds of silence, she spoke again.

“…… You say. ”

An hour later, Kozmo emerged from his underground cell.

"Cyrus, you're going to have to thank me this time. ”

He looked at the sky and muttered to himself.

"One more, one more, one more thanks, one more thanks, how can he be grateful. ”

"Well~ Let's think about it then, at this time, those people should also wake up, and the identity and strength of the shadow mage who caused this incident have finally been figured out. ”

“…… You have to deal with it immediately, and I don't know how many times I can shed my shell. ”

"It's a headache! I'm deprived of sleep again!"

——Qiandu self——

After a short night's rest in the city of Cyrille,

The day had just brightened, but on this day, people were getting up earlier than usual.

From about six o'clock in the morning, some people gradually appeared on the streets everywhere.

Nowadays, every street in the city of Cicile has set up temporary railings with divided areas, so that when the day comes, people will be too excited to leave the railing area and run to the middle of the street, which will cause a serious blockage, and then arrange for soldiers to evacuate civilians, which will seriously delay the departure time.

Therefore, in the middle of the night, after receiving a short notice, the soldiers or knights who were usually in charge of patrolling the streets got up early to check whether the railings in the railing area had been moved or damaged.

Today is a high-profile day.

However, in the middle of the night, Christopher was forced to get up from his bed, and for one reason his dear sister, Her Majesty, made the wayward decision to join the trip to Remy Rabell a day earlier, which caused the plans to be disrupted.

"Your Majesty, may I ask how this should be arranged, Your Majesty has arranged to leave today in advance, and the carriage used by the traveling group is still far from the last step of decoration, and it will take a certain amount of time for a special pigment to be used to complete the decoration. When the paint is completely dry, you won't be able to make it to today's departure. ”

"Your Excellency, the costumers are still working the clothes that Your Majesty wore during the Six Nations Conference, and it will not be completed until after noon at the earliest. ”

"Your Excellency, one of the gifts given to other countries during the Six Nations Conference is a very rare high-level magical beast, which is a gift for the kingdom of Remira Bell. The monster escaped with magic while the caretakers were not paying attention, and it is currently being arranged for someone to look for it, and it is uncertain when it will be brought back. ”

……

…………

An hour after he was forced to get up, Christopher approached Christopher and asked him to come up with a solution.

Christopher's face darkened and he yelled at them all.

Good deeds done by his lovely sister!

Whatever the reason, he was going to find Christian at once and ask her to explain the matter, oh no, to explain it.

The palace has not yet informed the common people, so should it be arranged for people to go to every house outside the palace and go door to door to inform everyone, because of Her Majesty's decision, the day of travel is a day earlier.

Well, it's just because this is Her Majesty the Queen who has been spoiled and loved by Qiandu, so whether there is a reason or not, everyone will accept it calmly. Didn't she know how much trouble it was, and why didn't she tell him in advance?

Of course, this is not what makes Christopher most angry.

Except for the head maid, he knows his sister better than anyone else, they grew up together, and he watched her grow up.

If it weren't for a special reason, she wouldn't have made such an important decision lightly.

And it's so hasty, not to mention how much trouble it will bring to everyone.

In short, for this particular reason, Christopher did not know anything in the morning, after dawn, not even to see her side. After finally dealing with all the problems caused by the people below, he finally found time to look for her, and the bridge guarded the door to prevent him from entering.

"I'm sorry. ”

“…… How many years have we had of friendship, and how much do you know?"

******

In the intervening days, the rest of the people woke up one after another.

Like an uncanny and brief dream journey, they reacted in a similar way to Samuel, taking some time to recover and readjust, trying to separate reality from dreams.

Even so, some of them have some doubts about what is called this real reality.

Both sides are so real, who can rationally judge which side is false.

As a result, the knight chief Cyrus gathers everyone to discuss everything that happened in the dream, and Cyrus seems to think that it is not just a simple dream.

As the last few people to wake up, Lilil, Paz, and Hima also briefly talked about what happened in the dream.

"Meow does it make sense to ask this kind of thing? Lilil wants to think about meow, that so-called dream...... Meow, it started after we left the slum and went back to the branch?"

She summed up what she wanted to say and continued, "We then discussed how to find clues about Brother and Pupin, and for a while we were all separated, with Lilil staying here to take care of Lustma and the others. It wasn't long before a knight brought a small note......"

After a few minutes, Lilil finished speaking, and it was Paz's turn.

"I wrote that little note, and my handwriting is not very good, so I'm sorry if you don't understand it. Seriously, it's weird, I really don't want to admit that the days I 'woke up' in my dream were all a dream. Hmm, a dream within a dream? In reality I'm still asleep, and while asleep I had a dream that I woke up to?"

Paz was almost confused by this logic, and paused to rethink it.

"Wait a minute, if you ignore it, it will be mushy. ”

Then, after Paz had figured out the logic, he began to tell the story of what had happened in his dream.

"I sat in the carriage and waited for Danica to finish things, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait and wait, and every now and then I looked out the window of the car to pass the time, and suddenly I saw the merchant, he shouldn't have appeared, he was dead!"

"My first instinct was that I was mistaken, but I immediately realized that it was really the merchant, and that I had seen the suit he was wearing, and it was exactly the same, and I would never admit it. Then I ran down and told the driver to chase after him at once, but I was worried that there might be any danger, and I saw a civilian child in the nearby shop, and wrote a note for him to send to the branch. I don't have a lot of money with me, and I feel very sad when I give money......"

As Paz recounted this, he mentioned his own feelings.

"Anyway, I told the boy to do it, and began to follow the merchant alone, but fortunately he walked very slowly, so that I did not lose it. I followed him quietly, and suddenly I noticed that the number of people on the street was gradually decreasing, and the surrounding buildings were gradually becoming lifeless and dilapidated, and I even saw some beggars lying on the street at random, and I began to realize that this place was definitely the rumored slum!"

"I looked around at that time, and when I came to my senses, the merchant was gone!"

The content of the dream that Paz is talking about sounds unbelievable, and the merchant who is resurrected in the dream unconsciously comes to the slum, and in the dream comes to a real scene that he has never been to in reality.

Then, when it was Hima's turn to tell the bizarre rumors about the next few days, people barely shut their doors, and the Serbro in the dream became very unusual. After they went to the streets to look for clues, Hima met the previous nobleman and tried to find a way to go to the palace to find out the news.

Samuel immediately mocked her for the idea of being whimsical.

"The palace? You don't think that Popin is hiding in the palace, right?

"Meow! Maybe the most unlikely place is the most likely meow! The palace is so big, how do you know meow!"

“…… I also don't think it's possible. ”

Cyrus frowned and said, "As far as I know, there are no less than ten high-level mages and three great mage-level figures stationed in the palace, and even if the shadow mages are at a great level of stealth, it is impossible to completely hide their eyes. ”

"While this is true, shadow mages may be able to do things that even we can't. ”

"Besides, how did you sneak in? It's so big and there's no one to show you the way. ”

"Don't underestimate the meow of our cat people! As long as there is a smell, you won't get lost anywhere!"

Rosema shrugged as she watched Samuel and Hima argue again.

"I think you can try, can't you turn into a cat? I heard Lologh say that it's not ordinary transformation magic, and you can continue to use other magic while you're a cat. Anyway, we can't find any other clues about Popin now, and he can hide so deeply, can't we rule out the help of someone or some people?"

"It's ridiculous that you think he got the help of the nobles. ”

In fact, there is also a possibility of this, and it cannot be completely denied. ”

"Meow meow! It's a good way to become a cat! When you become a cat, you won't be discovered by those magicians if you don't use magic, this is the unique talent of our cat people, and it's different for people of other races to become cats!"