Estak trading city-state, Port Louis.

The endless flow of trade convoys, the bustling and noisy crowds, the majestic and magnificent prosperity, Hermia, who had never seen the real world from a remote town, fell into a deep shock for the first time, she looked out the window, and the amber eyes that looked around under her beautiful face flashed with nervousness, curiosity, excitement and many other complex brilliance.

The wide, flat road leading to the Port-Louis Gate crowded countless caravanserais, and the crowd was filled with all kinds of noisy and chaotic sounds, often waiting for most of the time before the procession could move forward a little, and such a patient thing made people's moods become restless.

Xia Lan and the others arrived outside Port Louis at noon, but when they actually entered Port Louis, the sky had already darkened, and the crimson afterglow of the sunset reflected the entire sky, accompanied by the cool sea breeze, and the restless mood began to gradually subside.

The hotel business in Port Louis has always been very prosperous and prosperous, seven or eight hotels in a row were told that the rooms were full, and when night fell, the hungry Charlan and his party found a rather high-end hotel in the east of Port Louis, of course, the consumption here is much more expensive than other hotels, fortunately Charan has money, this cost he does not look at in his eyes, when he left from Querofe, he took a lot of money from the treasury of the Viscount Moron of Querofivia Castle.

After settling in for dinner, Charan explained that Kathran took care of Hermia's mother and daughter and left the hotel alone, because he needed to find out about someone.

Port Louis is a city that never sleeps. There is no such thing as a curfew here at all. Under the bright street lamps, you can see people walking back and forth and hawkers shouting loudly for business. Walking on the neat road made of cloud granite, looking at the familiar scenes around you, familiar and unfamiliar, as if separated from the outside world by a thin barrier can not distinguish between the real and the unreal.

Charan walked for a long time through the streets of Port Louis, like a lost traveler unable to find the way out, until he finally stopped in front of a magnificent building in Goryeo.

Above the building's gate hangs a plaque with a powerful line of words.

Estak Alchemy Society.

And then. He walked down the door.

As soon as she entered the gate, a well-dressed and beautiful girl greeted her with a smile and warmly said, "Hello distinguished sir, is there anything you can do to help you?" ”

Xia Lan casually glanced around at the spacious and bright interior of the Alchemy Society, there were many guests around him who were handling business, so the atmosphere seemed a little noisy, he turned to the girl who was entertaining and nodded, and said, "I want to find someone." ”

"Do you have an appointment?" The girl in charge of the reception said subconsciously.

"No, but before I can do that, I need to make sure the person I'm looking for is here!" Xia Lan said calmly.

"Okay! Which alchemist do you need to find? The girl was still polite.

"Her name is Winnie, Brancia. Winnie! "Charland.

"Brancia. Winnie? Wait a minute, I'll look it up for you. The girl smiled and walked away silently for a while. It didn't take long for the girl to reappear in front of him with a document. "Sir, we did find Miss Winnie's records in the personnel information of the Alchemy Society, but she had already left the Alchemy Society a few days ago. ”

"Left?" Xia Lan frowned slightly, and said, "Do you know where she went?" ”

"Please wait a moment." The girl rummaged through the documents in her arms, and after a moment, she closed them and smiled: "According to the records of Miss Winnie when she left the Society, it seems that she was specially hired by Sir Laulands of Port Louis. ”

"Thank you."

After learning Winnie's news, and inquiring about the place where Sir Lawlanders lived, Charan immediately turned away, but before leaving, he did not forget to throw a gold coin to the little girl who was in charge of receiving him, perhaps because of her thoughtful and polite service, or perhaps because she left the shadow of Winnie in her body.

Sir Lawlanders -

Xia Lan didn't know much about this person, his memory was limited, and it was impossible to remember all the people in the game memories of the previous life, and only those famous NPC characters might remain in the fainter and fainter memory impressions.

Sir Lawlandes' residence was on Lilac Avenue in the Wisteria district northwest of Port Louis, a famous aristocratic district in Port Louis, and even the streets were more elegant and quiet than the rest of Port Louis, with richly decorated carriages passing back and forth in twos and threes, in which gentlemen and dignitaries preparing to attend banquets or go to the opera house to enjoy plays, and occasionally at the corner of the cross street, a line of orderly patrolling soldiers walked neatly by, and the awe-inspiring solemnity symbolized the inoffensive coercion.

Xia Lan quietly came to Sir Laulandes' gorgeous residence without alarming anyone, and through Guò's keen perception, he could find that there were many good guards hidden in the residence, but unfortunately, under the absolute difference in rank, even if Xia Lan passed under their noses, they would not be able to detect it.

Disguised as some stunned squire, he soon inquired about Winnie through Guò, but unfortunately she was not in the house, but had gone to the opera house with Sir Laulanders and had not yet returned.

……

Back at the house, Winnie said a polite farewell to Laulanders and returned to her room, and had just hung her snow-white fox coat on the hanger when a cold, familiar voice rang out in her ears.

"Looks like you've been doing well lately."

Winnie was only stunned for a moment, but soon her countenance became calm, and she went to the fireplace in her room, took down the kettle from the shelf, and simply made a pot of tea and put it on the table in front of the sofa, before she whispered, "Is the matter of Querofe over?" ”

She didn't answer his question directly, but asked rhetorically in the same tone as two ordinary people chatting about homely things.

"Yes!" Xia Lan sat on the sofa and said in a nutshell.

"What about Pandelia and Serala?" Winnie asked.

"Pandelia inherited Querofi's territory as she wished, while Serrala stayed with her." Charland Road.

"So you're coming to Port Louis alone?" Winnie picked up the teacup and gently blew the surface of the cup with a hot white mist.

"No, I brought a few people with me on the way to Port Louis." Xia Lan looked at Winnie, who was drinking tea on the sofa opposite, her body exuding a smell that made him feel unfamiliar.

"How long are you going to stay in Port Louis?" Winnie continued.

"I'll be leaving by the end of summer at the latest." Charland Road.

"The fastest?" Winnie asked again.

"Within the month." Charland Road.

"It's busy." Winnie put down the teacup, her round eyes could not see the slightest immaturity in the past, and said, "I wish you a smooth journey then." ”

Xia Lan's hand that had just held the ball teacup was slightly stunned, and then he put the teacup down because he decided not to drink it.

"It seems that a lot has happened these days."

"Yes!" Winnie remained calm and calm.

"Goodbye!"

The words fell, and Xia Lan got up.

Winnie, on the other hand, watched as Charan mysteriously disappeared into the room, looking at her hands holding teacups, and on those soft and white fingers was a silver sapphire ring, an expensive ring she had never had before.

She sat alone on the sofa for a long time, as if she was contemplative, as if she was stunned, and the tea in her cup was already cold.

Suddenly, the corners of her mouth curled into a silent smile and shook her head.

In fact, she should have understood that from the moment she said those words, she and Xia Lan had been cut off.

……

Xia Lan walked alone on the way back to the hotel, staring blankly at the brightly lit scenes around him, he probably didn't expect that the meeting with Winnie would be such an ending, she was no longer the familiar girl in her impression, so strange, cold, and distant.

In fact, he noticed the ring on Winnie's finger at the beginning, according to Port Louis custom, when an unmarried man and a woman make a marriage contract, the man will wear an engagement ring on the woman's middle finger, if his guess is correct, Winnie should be engaged to the Sir Laulandus.

There were a lot of things going on in Querofe, and there were a lot of things that happened in Port Louis like Winnie that he didn't know, and he didn't ask, because there was no need to ask.

Tonight, he lost a pharmacist.

From now on, they will go on strange paths with each other, and they will have nothing to do with each other.

It's as simple as that.

As the night wore on, the streets began to fewer, and the hawkers had already packed up their goods and returned home, and the taverns in the alleys faintly heard the sound of rude, filthy and noisy conversations, and Charan suddenly turned around when he was halfway there, because he had thought of something.

White Sail District.

Xia Lan passed by the tall and abandoned warehouses, and his eyes kept moving along the house number of the warehouse sign, until he reached the front of warehouse 132, he stopped walking.

If his memory was correct, this was where Garbo's relics were buried.

It's just that this relic is buried very deeply, very deep, and it is difficult to excavate it without adequate preparation, and the excavation movement is too great, if you don't want to cause trouble, it is better to get permission from the official Port Louis.

People have a curiosity mentality, and once they dig it up, they will inevitably wonder if there is any treasure or anything like that, and if there is an official cover of Port Louis, just claiming to the outside world that the sewers are being repaired can save a lot of trouble.

That's why Charan found Hermia's mother and daughter, and with the help of Sir Hollebas, the Governor of Port Louis, the excavation would no longer be a problem.

Suddenly, Xia Lan quickly hid in the corner of a warehouse.

Because, in his perception, he found several powerful auras gradually approaching his position! (To be continued......)