Chapter 676: Guiding the Maze
The scene was also seen, and the people who should be checked were also checked, and there should be no valuable clues if they continued, so after instructing Number Two and Number Three to be responsible for arranging Gamelo's body, Leo and Cheeto left the ruins.
Neither of them spoke in the carriage, but was thinking about their own thoughts.
It wasn't until after getting out of the carriage that Cheeto patted Leo on the shoulder and said with a very serious expression: "Lord Leo, I don't think we can be so passive anymore, this will only let the entropy demon lead us by the nose, we must take the initiative to attack and disrupt the rhythm of the entropy demon." β
Leo nodded with the same serious expression, apparently agreeing with this: "That's right, so where should we start?" β
The two of them stood there with wide eyes, looking like two goose that had just crawled out of the mud.
After a moment, Cheedo coughed, "I'm going to have tea with Lord Dandrien." β
Leo coughed too, "I'm going to find Bella - uh, to talk about it." β
The two turned around at the same time, without the slightest pause in their footsteps.
Leo soon arrives at Bela's room and finds the girl sitting in the middle of the room with a needle and thread, unaware of what she is fiddling with.
"Bela, what are you doing?" Leo walked over with some curiosity.
Bella saw Leo, put down the things in her hand and smiled: "It's nothing, if you're bored, you can practice needlework, maybe you can mend clothes or something in the future." β
"Mending clothes?" Leo couldn't help but smile dumbly, and said, "There will be more servants in the future, so why do you need to mend any clothes." By the way, Bella, I have something to tell you. β
Bella glanced at Leo and noticed that the expression on Leo's face was quite serious, so she became serious as well, and said, "What's the matter?" β
Leo sighed softly and said, "Gamelo is dead, I just saw his body. β
Bella was obviously unprepared for the news, she stayed there as if she had been struck by a bolt of lightning, and after a while she said in a somewhat stammering tone: Gamelo, he's dead?
"Yes." Leo nodded a little heavily, and said, "I know he's your guardian knight, don't be too upset, Bella." β
Bella was silent for a long time before she said slowly, "Was he- in pain when he died?" β
Leo recalled that Gamelo had a hole in his chest and his heart was missing, and after hesitating for a moment, he decided to tell the truth: "I'm afraid yes, he died a miserable death." β
Bella had a sad look on her face, "Do you know Leo, if he hadn't taken me out of the palace that day, I'm afraid I'd have died there like my brothers and sisters." If he hadn't been on my way with me on the escape, I don't know if I would have been able to make it to the Empire alone. I know he likes me, but I've never liked him, he's smart, so he never bothered me about it. To me, he was not only my savior, but he was one of my few friends, but he is dead now, and he is dying very miserably. β
A very sad look flashed in Bella's big eyes, and she suddenly grabbed Leo's hand and said very seriously: "Promise me, Leo, you must help him avenge." β
Leo looked at the grieving sweetheart in front of him and nodded very solemnly: "I will." β
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On the other side of the Inquisition's headquarters, Cheedo made his way to Dandrien's room.
Dandrion was indeed drinking tea, and he also had a tea friend, the Duke of Habs, an emissary from the Empire, and the two seemed to have been drinking for a while, and the air in the room was filled with a faint smell of tea.
Generally speaking, tea drinkers don't just drink tea, they either chat while drinking tea, or do some other pastime while drinking tea, and Dandrion and Duke Habs are doing one of those pastimes - playing chess.
Judging from the situation on the chessboard, it was obvious that the game had reached the final moment of life and death, and both of them were staring at the chessboard with full attention, and no one noticed Cheetos coming in at all.
"General." Duke Habs picked up a piece from the chessboard and placed it in front of Dandrion's old marshal.
Dandrion snorted, picked up one of his chess pieces, and after hesitating for a long time, he still didn't make a move, obviously there was no countermeasure.
Duke Habs couldn't help but laugh when he saw this, and took a sip of his teacup with a relaxed expression: "You lost, Lord Dandrien." β
Dandrion snorted, and suddenly reached out and messed up all the pieces on the chessboard: "Draw, come again." β
Seeing this, Duke Habs's face smiled even more: "This is already your fourth consecutive defeat, Lord Dandrien. β
"Fart." Dandrion picked up his teacup with an expressionless face and drank all the tea in the cup: "Four consecutive draws, here is the fifth game." β
"Well, no matter how you deny it, but justice is in the hearts of the people." Duke Habs smiled: "Although I am willing to continue to enjoy the thrill of winning streaks, but looking at my little Cheeto's preoccupied appearance, I am afraid that today's chess game can only end here." β
It was only at this time that Cheeto finally had time to greet the two elders in front of him: "Lord Dandrien... Uncle early. β
Dandrion snorted, looking in a rather bad mood: "If you have something to say, I still have to hurry up to play chess." Oh yes, if you want your uncle to go out with you, I can only tell you two words - no way. β
Cheeto was choked by Dandrien's words, and finally suppressed the urge to roll his eyes in his heart, and explained the situation in detail in the past two days, and then said: "The current situation really feels like we can't start... Soβ"
"So you're here to ask me, an old immortal, for advice?" Dandrion snorted, and suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at the Duke of Habs in front of him: "You ask your uncle, did he just have a four-game draw with me." β
"Thisβ" Cheedo looked at the Duke of Habs in front of him with a smile, hoping to get support from the Duke of Habs.
Duke Habs smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Lord Dandrien's words are wrong, just now it was obviously four consecutive victories - I, Habs, is not good at chess, and I was defeated by Lord Dandrien, and I have no power to fight back." Mistress Dandrien, are you right? β
Dandrien's face turned cloudy and sunny in an instant, and he laughed a few times before turning his head to Cheetos and saying, "You young people, it's the pattern, Tucson break!" β
"Huh?" Cheetos was stunned.
Dandrion coughed twice and said, "It's actually very simple, you children can't see through it yourself!" Tell me, what's the most important thing for you and the Entropy Demon right now? β
Chieto said: "Of course, it is a battle for the pope's throne." β
Dandrion nodded and said, "In that case, then as long as you grasp this main contradiction, are you still afraid that the entropy demon will not take the bait?" β