On the second floor of a nondescript house in the neighborhood of Messina, Charles sat on a sofa with his legs crossed, admiring the décor in his room with great interest.

The walls around the room were plastered with lime with pale green dye, a cheap oil painting of a landscape hung on the wall, the flowers in a clay vase on the cabinet were a little shaky, and the windows on the side of the street were white shutters through which the midday sun let in.

Opposite Charles, a charming young woman on the sofa was also watching him.

Beside the young woman stood the young girl who had just accosted Charles and brought him in, with a tray in her hand and a money bag made of dark blue silk.

The young woman thought that Charles would be angry after being deceived, so she did it without saying a word, but she didn't expect Charles to take herself seriously at all.

Charles sighed in his heart that the water thieves reacted quickly enough, and found himself in half a day, and then took him to this stronghold in the city.

The young woman saw that Charles was a little bored, so she raised her hand and waved it gently, and the girl beside her walked to Charles's side with the tray, and then bent down to hold the tray in Charles's hand.

At the same time, the young woman said, "We have no intention of offending the Earl, for what happened last night was only an accident, and this is a small compensation. ”

Charles turned his head and saw the money bag and the girl bent behind the money bag.

He casually opened the money bag on the tray, reached in and touched it, and there were about twenty gold Ore coins inside, which could buy tens of thousands of flowers and bread.

Charles took his hand out and waved, and the money bag disappeared in an instant, into the storage ring.

He said lazily, "For the sake of what you have done for my grandfather, Duke Redkin, I don't think what happened last night happened." ”

Needless to guess, these water thieves must have been dogs raised by his grandfather to bite the kingdom of Bischberg.

Hearing that Charles did not pursue last night's incident, the young woman breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Charles asked, "Are you familiar with the terrain of the Messina region?"

The expression on the young woman's face remained unchanged and she asked, "Is there anything we can do to help Your Excellency the Earl?"

They are indeed familiar with the terrain around the lair, after all, they often have to hide from raiders.

Charles pulled out a worn-out parchment roll from the storage ring, placed it on the tray of the girl next to him, and waved her to take it to the young woman.

When the young woman opened the parchment, she found a treasure map on it.

She looked at it for a moment, shook her head, and said, "I don't know this place. ”

Charles said, "Then find someone to ask." ”

Then the money bag appeared in his hand, and he tossed it, and then said, "I found that place, and my thank-you gift is a hundred times greater." ”

The young woman was startled and said, "Lord Earl, aren't you afraid that we will take this place and steal it?"

Charles smiled indifferently and said, "Without the 'key', you will only lose your own life if you go, so it is better to take my thank you gift and spend all day drinking." ”

Seeing that the young woman was still suspicious, Charles continued, "Some artifacts and the like are deadly poisons to you, and they are not as real as gold coins, aren't they?"

After he finished speaking, he didn't care about the young woman's reaction, got up and said, "Give you ten days, and if you have any news, go to the hotel of the Adventurers' Guild to find me, and if you can't find it, give it back to me, and I'll ask the others to go." ”

After saying that, Charles left the house without looking back, carrying the bag of flowers.

The sun was still hot at the end of August, and Charles was starting to miss the air-conditioned room, but at this time he was thinking about whether to go to someone Elizabeth had mentioned to him.

Elizabeth's caravan has always been Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Charles's strength and experience were not enough to see the level of those guys who hid their strength.

As for the bald second boss Aubrey, the last time Charles met him in the underground labyrinth, he could see that this thing was no less powerful than Gunnar Nodal.

And that Donio, don't look at him as just a chef, his real strength is a little weaker but limited than Aubrey, and it's no wonder that he and the queen have a daughter, and Barnett I can bear it.

When Charles and Elizabeth were chatting, they heard that there was a strange mage Maffia in the caravan before, whose strength seemed average, but the direction of research was very unpopular, so she started extremely black, and every time she shot, she did not leave a living mouth.

Charles asked what kind of magic Magia was using, and Elizabeth told him that he hadn't learned that magic yet, and that he might have killed himself first, so he didn't ask.

After Charles helped Elizabeth rub her shoulders and beat her back, Elizabeth told him that Maffia was studying "specialized magic", the kind that his head maid used to kill mosquitoes.

Charles' eyes lit up at that time, and he wanted to learn that magic from a young age. As a result, Elizabeth took out a feather duster and backhanded him the head, which calmed him down.

Elizabeth said that she could only use that magic to kill a parasite or something for the fruit, and that it was up to her to learn whether someone could learn it, and that it was better to learn what she could learn first.

So now Charles's mind is moving, he heard that after Mafia left the caravan, he returned to his hometown on the west side of the kingdom of Bischberg to concentrate on research, so it is better to take this opportunity to run and visit.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and by the time he reached the inn, he had already made up his mind to find an opportunity to visit the old man in Elizabeth's name.

The hostels affiliated with the Adventurers' Guild are not in bad condition, ranging from the cheapest rooms to the high-end and luxurious rooms.

The room prepared for Charles by the duty manager was naturally high-end, and the door was not opened with a key, but with a magic lock that opened with a room card.

However, this kind of lock is not difficult for Charles, if he wants to pick the lock, a demon-breaking divine power will be broken by force.

The union people were very efficient, and as soon as Charles turned on the air conditioner, the room cooled down, and the staff came over with a stack of information on water thieves.

But Charles stared at the eldest sister sent by the union for a long time, and after confirming that the door of the room was closed, he asked, "Do you have a brother, and you look like your brother?"

The eldest sister smiled and nodded slightly.

Charles took the information she handed over and looked at it there.

At the same time, he asked in a low voice, "I slaughtered these dogs and ate them, and the family has no opinion." ”

The eldest sister also whispered, "Young master, you just need to eat enough." ”

Charles nodded in satisfaction, and the fate of these water thieves was settled between these two sentences.

How could the city of Messina be at the forefront of resistance against Duke Redkin without the spies he sent, and the eldest sister who worked in the Adventurers' Guild was apparently one of them.

She resembles the magician named Keith in Elizabeth's caravan who once made the beautiful man stabilize the thief female spy, so she is recognized by Charles.

As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog, Charles also wanted to ask his grandfather how high these dogs should be beaten, but his grandfather immediately let people tell him that they were all killed.

The dogs were readily available, but there was only one bright, lively and cute grandson, and it was clear to Duke Redkin which was more important.

At this time, Charles smelled something unusual from it, Duke Redkin's biggest goal was to become king, and now the situation in the country became strange because of the king's health, so he began to shrink externally and turn to deal with domestic affairs.

If those water thieves were to cause him trouble on the side of the Bischberg Kingdom at this time, he would not have much energy to give them shelter as before, and it would be better to brush Charles's prestige.

Charles looked through the information of the water thieves and whispered, "Let the family go to Andorra City to find Diana, just say it's a matter of the 'Leap Project'." ”

"Give me another piece of information about Louis Rebach, I'll be here for a few days, but in as much detail as possible. ”

The eldest sister nodded slightly.

After reading the information of the water thieves, Charles said, "Next, I have to trouble you to help me count the difficult tasks in the trade unions in the Bischberg Kingdom that have not been solved for a long time." ”

He planned to farm a wave of difficult tasks in various places from now until the arrival of winter, and judging from his experience in Seven Hills City back then, many of them were reserved by Alan for his reputation.

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