He seemed to sense something, hooked his arms around my shoulders, and leaned over to me, "What's wrong?" Feeling bad? ”

I took a deep breath and whispered, "Ryan, just in time you're back, we're ...... Let's go meet Alva. ”

The air in the room froze for a moment, and I lowered my eyes slightly and let out a long breath.

I didn't want to be a person who was kept in the dark, and I didn't want to know any misunderstanding, so I had to spread it all out and have an open and honest conversation with Ryan.

The rarest thing in the world is the word trust.

Today, I want to deliver trust, but I don't know ...... What will be the end.

☆★☆

"Alva?" Ryan's voice came, a little confused, and I looked up to see his handsome eyebrows wrinkled together, looking unhappy.

"Yes." I nodded slowly.

"This guy...... How did he get here...... Okay, then let's go meet him. ”

Ryan's voice was low and dull, and most of the excitement he had just had gone. When I saw him like this, I couldn't help but feel some helplessness in my heart, and suddenly, I lost my mind.

By the time I heard the sound come back to my senses, Ryan had already retracted the hand on my shoulder, untying the dusty cloak on his body.

"Don't put your cloak here." I frowned, stepped forward and grabbed him by the arm, leading him out of the pharmacy: "Dust will stain the potion. ”

There was a slight snickering around me, and I watched Ryan smile on the corner of his mouth, and suddenly realized that I seemed to have been too fierce with him just now.

I was about to say something to make amends, but now he looked at me with moist and bright eyes, and said, "I know, not next time." ”

The unspoken words stuck in my throat like this, making me a little depressed and a little ashamed.

I don't know if it's because of his attitude, or because of my previous suspicions about him.

Ignoring the ridiculed gazes of the people around me, I reached out and straightened out his rolled-up collar: "Let's go." ”

"Yes."

☆★☆

It was dinner time, and the streets were bustling with people, so I took Ryan on a secluded path towards Alva's temporary home.

"Why did this guy come to us by himself?" Ryan's voice sounded, and there was a little doubt in his words: "I still want to go to him, but I actually sent it to the door myself-didn't he poison us?" ”

“…… I don't know. I closed my mouth after an absent-minded answer to Ryan, and we didn't talk again for the rest of the journey, his face looking very tired, but still thinking about something.

Soon, we arrived at the rental housing area in the city, and the road under our feet turned into a dark brown dirt road, and the closer I got to the rows of low houses in front of me, the more apprehensive I became.

But...... I know very well that I don't regret it.

☆★☆

Knocking on the closed door, Alva's bright smiling face appeared in front of him, he looked at Ryan in surprise, and kept muttering: "It's you!" Count Pena! Great, you're still alive and well! ”

Ryan glanced at me in some surprise, then nodded at Alva.

"Listen to Kolo, you've come to Dongda 6, so, let's come here to see you." Ryan smiled deservedly and whispered a pleasant greeting to Alva.

We were ushered into the house and sat down by Alva, who began to ramble again about the lightning that day in the forest where Ryan and I had been living and the house had been shattered by lightning.

Ryan seemed a little embarrassed when he heard the "thunder split", he raised his hand and touched his nose, and said, "Koloe and I were drunk for half the night and were both groggy, so as soon as we felt the danger coming, we hurriedly fled. ”

"Good thing you escaped......" Alva sighed as his fingers folded.

Ryan smiled, "Speaking of which, I think you're lucky, at that time, you avoided going home because you hated the smell of alcohol, and you just happened to avoid that ...... Uh, 'Thunder Split'. ”

Alvaha laughed, and then nodded: "I still like the ordinary taste of wine, but the taste of the wine you drank that day is a little pungent, and I am naturally more sensitive to my five senses, so I can't stand it." ”

Hearing Alva say this, my heart jumped and I said, "What do you think of the wine that day...... Somewhat pungent? ”

Don't...... Was there really a problem with the wine that day?

Can...... I didn't taste anything wrong with the wine, and not only that, but the healing elements in my body didn't react at all......

What the hell is going on?

For the rest of the day, I was immersed in my own thoughts, and it wasn't until I heard Ryan agree to Alva's request to join the mercenary group.

"You're going to join a mercenary group?" I was a little stunned, because Alva was an ordinary person with no magical ability or vindictiveness, and in general, such people would not choose to join the mercenary group.

After all, the tasks of the mercenary group are relatively dangerous.

"Yes, I have good physical fitness and a keen sense of five senses, so I can help you with your hands and do chores." Alva smiled a little bitterly: "I won't hide it from you...... Now that the 6 enclosures of Western University have become a trend, there is really no way to stay. ”

Ryan raised his hand and patted Alva on the shoulder, which was considered comforting.

☆★☆

After a few more moments, Ryan and I took our leave.

By the time we went out, it was already dark, but luckily there were dim lights on the side of the street that lit up the road ahead, so that Ryan and I didn't move forward in the dark.

A gust of wind blew, carrying the cold of the night, through my clothes, bringing a trace of coolness, which seemed to make me more sober.

"Ryan."

I whispered Ryan's name, "Will you go somewhere with me again?" ”

"There are quite a few places you want to go today, where are you going? Eudulla Tavern? Ryan reached over and grabbed my wrist, "Go now?" ”

"It's not." I stopped, then turned sideways to look at him: "I want to go with you to Biden's place and see someone." ”

As soon as the words fell, I felt that the strength on my wrist instantly relaxed.

I withdrew my hand from his hand and looked at him fixedly, "Are you going?" ”

Ryan's eyes flowed with unknown love, and he slightly opened his lips: "Who do you want to see?" ”

'I'm going to see Chelsea who aren't dead yet.' I smiled softly.

Ryan was stunned, then frowned, as if he wanted to say something.

I ignored him and said to myself, "I've been making all sorts of assumptions just now. ”

He fell silent, stared intently at me with amber eyes, and let the wind blow his robe open.

'The first assumption, assuming that what you say is true, is that Alba was at Chelsea's behest and poisoned us. Well, from the moment Alva appeared...... This qiē has already been overthrown. ”

As I spoke, the chaotic clues in my mind began to have a faint context.

"The second assumption is that what Alva said is true. We were poisoned because we drank the poisoned wine brought by Chelsea that day, and then, for unknown reasons, Alva was persuaded by Biden to settle somewhere else, and Biden was instructed by Chelsea...... Well, the culprit is Chelsea. ”

"Biden—" Ryan began, spitting out a few words.

I waited for a while, and saw that his brows were tight

wrinkled, but still looked forward-looking, a little cold, so he continued: "It's a pity...... I know that Biden has always been your right-hand man. And...... I think you're also aware by now that I'm already in Biden's house, and I'm in his captive Chelsea, so ...... This assumption is also not valid. ”

"So, I have a third hypothesis. Suppose ......"

"Kroll." Ryan interrupted me, his face solemn and a faintly pained look.

"Yes." Ryan hung his head slightly, his body tensed, his hands clenched into fists at the sides of his legs, he didn't want to look at me, but he opened his mouth to admit: "Chelsea, I imprisoned you." ”

"I also asked Biden to go to Alva and blame Chelsea."

"I didn't want you to know about this...... Ryan smiled wryly, "I didn't expect Alva to come here." ”

I got the expected answer, I couldn't tell whether it was easy or heavier, I still had a lot of doubts, and I still couldn't figure out why this qiē was born.

"Why?" I exhaled lightly, trying to keep my voice as steady as possible.

"In the mercenary group, I was always in charge of the mercenaries and Chelsea was in charge of the finances."

'It was a relief for me because the Chelsea family was my father's chosen collaborator. However, I later found out that he would deliberately commit murder and buy a lot of cheap land...... I can't take ......."

"So, I want to purge the mercenary group."

"Most of the people in the mercenary group signed a contract with me, and only you were the one who was favored by Chelsea and signed a contract with him. You should know that a mercenary contract will make you limited by the contractor in a certain way. ”

"Kroll, you're ...... to me. Very important. So, before purging the mercenary group, I want to break your contract with the mercenary group. ”

“…… Is it you? I listened to Ryan's narration and felt that it was too ridiculous: "Why do you want me to break the contract when you tell me plainly...... Also, did you deliberately poison yourself in order to gain my trust? ”

"Poisoning...... I'm at fault for this, but ...... I also find it strange about this. Ryan said with some eagerness, "That day...... When you were busy peeling pumpkins, I added a secret medicine to Burke Beans to break the contract, but this secret medicine will definitely not cause elemental blockage in the body. ”

"I was also flustered at the time, so I wanted to leave you in a safe place......"

'I didn't expect Chelsea to come to Atlantis to buy land...... Didn't think of it either...... will make you suffer those pains......"

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