"If you're not here to tease me, then I'll tell you the truth, a copper plate can only buy me the black bread crumbs I ate last night, nameless strangers. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Carrying the steel axe in his hand on his shoulder, the blind bartender, chef and tavern owner sat on his back on the chaise longue in his bar, lazily looking at the offspring who was standing in front of him, covering most of his face with his hood, and burped slightly.

"That's the price, even the most basic beer in our case costs 30 copper plates, and it's the same price if you change to another tavern, maybe it's more expensive than our house. ”

"I know that ... There was no embarrassment as the tavern owner had imagined, and Alice, who was Alan, paused slightly, then gently rotated her fingers around the copper coin she had placed on the counter, and a smile appeared on half of her face under the hood.

"But I had heard in the street that the owner of the Antler Tavern was a good man who could treat strangers well, so I wanted to try my luck here with what little money I had left, and see if I could get a good meal, but I was desperate to come up with this solution. ”

"You look like you're begging ... ”

Probably hearing that the young young student in front of him really didn't mean to make trouble, or that there was something special that tugged at the heartstrings of the tavern owner, the boss squinted his eyes slightly, shrugged his shoulders secretly, and then stood up from the chaise longue, but instead of immediately greeting Alice, he poked his head out of the counter and opened his voice to the group of diners sitting in the tavern.

"Brothers, now there is a foreigner here who wants to get a full meal for free from us, you say, whether my old Henry agrees or not. ”

The guests in the hall who were still drinking and bragging about each other suddenly became much quieter when the shopkeeper shouted this, and they all turned to look at the counter, and after this short silence, the whole hall erupted in a new round of laughter again.

"Well, Henry, your reputation has actually reached the ears of strangers, and you are not a fool who is happy to share your wealth in vain. ”

The bearded man laughed and slapped the table, took another sip of wine, and left his chair, reaching out to arrange the knight's sword that hung from his waist, and kicked open a moving plank on the side of the counter, and slammed his arm directly into the neck of the innkeeper.

"Do you love to agree or not, this is your shop, how to run it is your business, as long as you continue to open and leave a happy place for the brothers, you can toss as you want, but your name as a good person has been released, and you are embarrassed to drive this little brother away?"

"Old bastard, I also pointed out that I would open two more branches in the future to make a fortune. Breaking aside the stinky arm on his neck, which was the size of a normal human head, the tavernkeeper turned his slightly aching neck and looked back at Alice.

"Hey... You're lucky little brother today, this guy seems to like you a lot, but you should also pay attention in the future, don't take my kindness as a money bank that can withdraw money for free. ”

The shopkeeper cracked his mouth and reached out to copy the copper plate in Alice's hand, but instead of taking out any decent food from under the counter for the first time, he took out a long string of cyan copper keys, pointed to one of them engraved with a blue cross pattern and handed it to Alice.

"Well, take it, this is the key to the pigeon nest in our tavern, it's in the backyard, you can try your luck and see how many pigeon eggs you can get, and if you can get a few, I'll make you our signature dish here." ”

Taking the key handed over by the shopkeeper, Alice, who was acting as Alan at the moment, didn't say much, just pressed the hood slightly, nodded, and pushed open the small door to the backyard that the tavern owner pointed out to him amid the loud noise of the tavern.

"Karma... "Probably because the back door of the tavern is rarely maintained, and Alice pushed the door as the iron plate of the door's hinge creaked a lot.

The backyard of the tavern is not big, but all kinds of facilities should be fully furnished, not to mention the warehouse and wine cellar that the tavern must have, this small antler tavern even has stables, pigsty, chicken coops, and even a stone mill in the garden, and the pigeon nest that the tavern owner said is not difficult to find, at least Alice only found this dilapidated hut next to a crooked neck tree after a cursory glance in the backyard.

The key engraved with the cyan cross inserted into the lock hole of the pigeon's nest door, and the metal lock clicked with a crisp click as Alice's wrist turned.

The door opened.

However, after entering the loft, Alice did not rummage through the iron cages for any eggs, but went straight to the depths of the loft and pulled out a small rag bag from a pile of weeds in an inconspicuous corner.

It was a black-looking cloth bag, very inconspicuous, but it was such a trash-like existence, but Alice's originally calm eyes suddenly flashed a fine light.

Taking a deep breath, Alice held the cloth bag to her chest, solemnly lifted the cloth bag layer by layer, and what appeared in front of him were two small wooden boxes, and a letter sealed with vermilion ink with strong Western characteristics.

Putting the letter aside, Alice picked up the two wooden boxes in the cloth bag, and when she saw the contents of the boxes, Alice's expression was immediately happy, and then there was a burst of relaxation.

Because the object contained in this wooden box was none other than the Flying Claws that he was most familiar with and most commonly used, belonging to the Templar Assassin standard equipment, and... Two Hidden Blades.

Although these two small objects were only standard equipment for the Templar Assassins, their functions could be described as extremely luxurious.

As the name suggests, the Claws are small Karakuri aids that allow Templar Assassins to be unparalleled in their mobility, not to mention walking on walls, even on cliffs.

The Hidden Blade, the Hidden Blade, is an assassination weapon for the Templar Assassins when they are on a mission, and its concealment is very good, and the lower part of the machine can eject the blade hidden in the "sheath" in a very short time after the mechanism is triggered, turning into sharp fangs in the hands of the Templar Assassins, to assist the user to achieve "surprise" and "one-hit kill" to the greatest extent.

They served as the wings and swords of the Templar Assassins, respectively, and were trusted by every Templar Assassin.

However, looking at these two pieces of equipment that can almost be called the signature of the Templar Assassins, Alice gradually froze her smile on her face, and looked at the cloth bag in front of her in a bit of a daze, because for some reason, even though things were going very well, he always felt that something was not quite right.

There was nothing wrong with the flying claws, but it was a little strange that Alice felt that these were the two hidden blades he had practiced since he was a child, and it actually made him feel an inexplicable sense of rustiness.

It's as if ... He had never used anything like it, and even the way they were used was etched in his mind to this day.

Putting the Hidden Blade on her wrist, Alice frowned slightly, and secretly wiped away the uneasiness in her heart.

At this moment, he is on a mission, and this mission is even related to the life and death of the entire Templar Order, so he must not be careless, and he must always keep himself in the best condition, as for the uneasiness just now... Let's wait until this mission is over and think slowly.

After inspecting the equipment distributed by the organization, Alice picked up the secret letter he had just placed next to him, but Alice did not open it for the first time when she picked up the letter, but first made a hole in the center of the back of the letter, cut a metal wire hidden under it, and then lifted the ink of the letter and took out the letter inside.

There were only two short lines in the letter, "Two Days" and "The Griffon's Key", but there was no other information, and apart from these two short lines, Alice found a golden key with a griffon carved on the tail in the envelope.

Alice frowned slightly, and after noting down the shape of the key, she solemnly put the key away, and it seemed... This thing is a fake that he used to replace after he got his hands on it.

After putting away the claws, throwing the wooden box, the black cloth towel, and the read secret letter into an iron bucket in the corner of the loft and burning them, and taking out four or five eggs from the pigeon nest next to her, Alice pulled the hood on her head and left the loft in the backyard of the tavern.

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The claws in her hand struck a wall not far away, and with the constant agitation of the built-in mechanism, Alice's body suddenly rose into the air, turning into a pitch-black phantom in the bright moonlight.

The sound of the wind in her ears made Alice feel intoxicated, and an inexplicable sense of familiarity arose, but at this moment he did not have the slightest emotion or doubt, because now, he was rushing to the Rhine Palace, located in the middle of the city, as fast as he could, to fulfill his obligations as a Templar Assassin.

However, this operation is not the final operation to steal the griffon's key, after all, there is still a day left before the deadline of the operation, and he needs more information to maximize the success rate of this mission.

In addition, the importance of this mission was huge, but the information given by the Knights was so scarce that Alice had to fend for herself.

And the way to get this information, in addition to the "inquiry" that I just used on the city streets, the only thing that is really effective is to step on the spot.

Landing lightly on the roof of a residential house, Alice frowned and rubbed her stomach gently.

I have to say that the tavern owner who played the role of the Templar Knights' receiver just now is really worthy of the old fritter under the cover of the identity of the boss and the chef, and his craftsmanship is really quite good, even if it is just five birds' eggs, in front of his excellent cooking skills, he has changed a lot of different tricks, and even after eating his special food made with birds' eggs, even his physical fitness is much better than usual.

However, what made Alice frown was naturally not the tavernkeeper's meal, nor the equipment issued by the Knights that was not his mind, but because of some subtle unpleasantness that had just happened in the process of inquiring about information.

Recalling the scenes of inquiring around the city and searching for information, Alice's expression showed a rare trace of annoyance.

And the reason is not because of anything else, but Alice herself on the way to collect intelligence, actually showed a very unprofessional side as a professional assassin.

Originally, he didn't have any unnecessary feelings for women while carrying out tasks in his memory, but when he was exchanging information with a secret agent who was in a brothel that he knew well, he was very shamefully hard after catching a glimpse of the other party's very revealing clothes.

it... The hardcore self is actually hard at work.

It's as if he hasn't seen a woman for 800 years, or hasn't used Xiao Ding Ding for a thousand years, and he probably won't have a chance in the future if he doesn't use it now, and he can't control it at all.

Even the spy who had just exchanged information about the "Griffin Key" with him and was active among the Templar Assassins as a prostitute, after discovering Alice's embarrassment, actually spoke righteously and accused him of focusing on the Templar mission in the future, and not thinking about something at such a critical moment.

I really want to know what's going on!

Relying on perseverance to suppress the evil fire in her heart and the forty-meter-long knife, Alice slammed her fist into the stone wall of the residential building next to her, and at the same time, the flying claws in her hand came out again under the accumulation of the machine, shooting towards another residence in front of her.

PS The belated last chapter.。。。 Today is after April Fool's Day.,Before Qingming Festival.,It's probably not a good day.,So the question is.,Why does the update drag on for so long.。。。 Because,Because of the waist bag, I've been really entangled in everything lately (while lying on the sofa and playing these words), laughing, it's really important to drag on so late... Now it's also updated in the Internet café.,I don't have a network yet.,Wait until you find a mistake or want to change the place you want to change, you can't change it.。 _(:з"∠)_, and today is the first day of the Qingming holiday, and the waist bag is here to wish everyone a good holiday. ★~

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