"Hit you with a sword? Are you kidding? Why should I cut you with a sword?"

"Then why are you putting your hand on the hilt of your sword?"

"I'm going to canonize you knight!" you kneel before me, and then I draw my sword and strike you on the shoulder, you don't even ...... No, you're from Earl Hall's family, so you won't be unaware. You're still deliberately teasing me!" Didlett stomped her foot in anger, tears completely gone. "You're a bad person!"

Feige scratched his head. He didn't mean it, but he really forgot about the knight's canonization ceremony. Kneeling and then being knocked on the shoulder by a sword is quite familiar to people in this world, but it is indeed unfamiliar to him. His temptation was real and served its purpose. Didlet's helpless crying was sincere, but it wasn't enough for Feige to give her her life.

As long as you have a little sense, you can understand that the person or force that dares to murder the bishop doesn't care about killing another paladin, and probably doesn't care about the exiled second son of the Templar and the royal earl. Besides, Feige doesn't see himself as Sherlock Holmes, or Detective Conan, and he can guarantee neither solving the case nor bringing death to someone else. The only person who can kill himself with the ability to act rashly - but when he thinks about it, is he afraid of death?

Of course, this is obviously still a problem, but whether Feige likes it or not, this trouble is already in place. If the "murder" does not exist, then it is not in their own interest to reject Didlet, and if the murder exists, then the enemy must still be lurking in the shadows, and Didlet's actions are likely to fall into their eyes. I might have already entered the ......

Forget it, you can't lie to yourself. Feige shook his head, he knew that he had just relented, and he couldn't watch an elven paladin friend leave crying anyway.

"Didlet, I'm willing to help you, but...... This is conditional. You'll have to listen to it and see if you can say yes, and then you can say it. ”

"Okay, you say, I'll listen. The elf wiped the corners of his eyes, lifting his spirit and waiting for Feiqi's condition.

"First, I can't give you any guarantees. The Bishop's body is gone, and you weren't with him when he died. There is no evidence to justify murder right now, only your feelings. So, it's just too hard. Solving this problem requires not only wisdom, but also patience, meticulousness, a lot of investigation and analysis, and a lot of luck. I'll try, but I can't rush it. And when I say stop the investigation, it has to be stopped. You can't get stuck with your feelings forever. ”

"Is this the first condition, and the first is so troublesome?" said Didlet, after thinking for a moment, "I know this is not easy, but you can only terminate the investigation after you have laid out enough convincing reasons." Is this going to work?"

"Yes, I will convince you with facts and evidence, and if you encounter a dead end or the investigation cannot continue, I will tell you the truth. I promise I won't lie to you. ”

"Thank you. And what about the second one?"

"The second rule is that you can't act impulsively, you have to be patient and observant. Even if you find something, you have to judge whether it is a clue or a trap. Before the action, pray to the Goddess. ”

"You're right, I'll do it. I try to consult with you as much as I can before I act. Human minds are too complex and changeable, and they can be very cunning, and I have to find someone more cunning to deal with them. ”

"I don't like what you say about me, but I understand what you mean. Feige rolled his eyes: "Then, number three, you have to focus on the model leader and be a good lord." I have a feeling that the better you do as a lord, the more likely you are to dig out the truth. And the better the lord does, the more resources you can mobilize. If the people under your rule can live a good life, the goddess will like you more, right? For or against the model leader, since it is going to happen, then we must at least act according to the teachings of the goddess. I'm a monster hunter, you're a paladin, and we're not killers. ”

"I don't want a human territory at all, and that's contrary to my teacher's idea! The model leader's proposal was passed, and it largely benefited from my teacher's death, how could you make me like this territory?"

"You don't need to like it, you just need to care about the people in the territory...... Oh, you're an elf, and it doesn't matter to you what humans do, does it?"

"Of course not! The goddess taught us ......"

"Yes, Goddess!" Feige interrupted Didlet, "We currently have no clues about the death of Bishop Nathaniel, but we have one of our greatest helpers, and in fact the great Goddess of Truth Thunder. When a bishop is murdered, will the goddess turn a blind eye? The goddess has given you a trial, and you have to make a difference. Finding the truth of the matter is a matter of trial, managing the territory well, and making more people worship the goddess more, such efforts will be rewarded with additional praise from the goddess. Do you understand me when I say that?"

If we continue to say this, it is to exchange service for grace and faith for return. The goddess never taught her priests and paladins to do so, and the devil and demons advocated this method. But in real life, that's the reality. It is only the mind that can be purified, never an act, and we can't always use the spiritual standards to ask the body to do the same. After Feige finished speaking, he waited for Didlet's attitude. If she's the kind of stupid fanatic, if she rebukes Feige for blasphemy, sooner or later the collaboration will go terribly wrong.

"I don't think the same way as you, I don't work hard for approval, that's hypocritical. Feige, I heard that you are also a priest of the Goddess, and I hope you change your mind. Still, given your past reputation, I'm certainly willing to give you time to change. The fact that you have become very different from who you used to be, and that's a good thing. Didrite persuaded a few words, and then promised, "I can promise you to manage the territory well, and you will help me more in this regard." You've learned how to run a territory, right? I don't think the elven methods are necessarily suitable for humans. ”

"We just work together, and the road is all out of the way. Feige breathed a sigh of relief that the obstacles to cooperation were gone, but there was still one thing that remained unresolved, and that was the motivation to cooperate. "My last condition: Didriet you have to tell me what you are willing to give for the truth, and what I can get. Kindness without calculating costs and benefits is hypocrisy, and behavior without considering risks and losses is a crime. ”

"What do you want? Money and power? You're that kind of person? You're like a businessman talking about business now, I don't like that. And...... You said that it was you who made the conditions, why does it seem to be the other way around? Human beings are so cunning!"

"Hehe, elves are not stupid, I don't want my partner to be deceived, especially if you are about to become a lord, once you are deceived, the impact will be too great. ”

"Not to be a lord right away, but to become a lord. Six of the twelve lords were directly decided, and I was one of them. As soon as I determine the location of the next territory, I will be able to take office immediately. ”

"Who else is sure but you, is Gresham one of the six?"

"Well, the two of us are representatives of the Paladin. There are also two bishopric priests, Lucius Hasey from the diocese of Tanti and Faye Redtrika from Jas. I don't know who the other two people were, except that one was appointed by the Archbishop of the Word and the other by the Archduke of Aria. The territory of these two people is next to each other, on the handover line between the model and the Duchy of Aria, which is supposed to form a buffer. ”

"Don't use buffers, it's the parties that need buffers – you can use the word transition. ”

"Oh, oh, I remember. The lingua franca of humanity is complex and lacks beauty. ”

Human beings also feel that Elf language is too beautiful, not concise and inefficient. But criticizing elven language is definitely a thankless task, and any elf has thousands of years to reason with you, and a short-lived human can't afford to accompany it. So Feige just smiled and didn't say no. "Where is your territory?"

"It's not decided yet. Because there are still six realms that are determined mainly through the Great Prophecy ritual. The lords who have passed the ritual will meet again to see who will take charge of the areas that have not been successfully promoted in the Great Prophecy Ritual, plus some small plots of transfer. Alas, it's really troublesome, and we have to wait for many meetings after the ceremony, and we have to fight with each other. The two lucky ones on the border can save this trouble. ”

Hearing this, Fei Qi had a plan, thought about it and said, "Didlet, if the Ice Peak Fortress gives up its promotion to an independent territory, you can take us over." Anyway, I'm going to give you an idea, anyway, we want to work together to develop together, so it's better to merge directly! In this way, you can determine the scope of the territory now and prepare for it in advance. ”

"It's a good idea to put the territories together, I thought so, but I didn't think about annexing the Ice Peak Fortress! Are you sure you can represent the Ice Peak Fortress, are you sure you don't want to be a lord?"

"If I want to be a lord, I just need to stay at home honestly, and I will be a royal earl. Feiqi sighed and said with a slightly lonely mood: "I have a lot of ideas, but even if I become a lord, I may not be able to use them. The lord is a responsibility and a bondage, it cannot afford to make mistakes, so it is not a position to innovate and break through. I'd rather someone be able to top it up in front and I'm naughty in the back. Eh, paladins are always at the front, right?"

Didlet's face turned blue and red, and the muscles in her mouth and the corners of her eyes trembled, and she looked like she couldn't laugh or cry. "Do you want to use me as a shield, and be a lord who is not a lord in the Ice Peak Fortress?"

"If I am evil you will destroy me, if I am not strong you will withdraw me, if I do the right thing and do it well, don't forget to thank me and learn from me. The two of us work together, put the competition internally, and investigate the cause of the bishop's death externally and find out who is behind it. What's so bad about joining forces, integrating resources, and concentrating on big things?"

"You have all these words in mind?" Didrite bit her lip and let out a grunt of admiration, "Alright, alright...... You're so good, you've completely convinced me. I'll go talk to Master Kiprin about this, and the two realms will be merged. However, I won't let you work and take advantage of you! If you are really good, find out the truth and manage the territory well, then the lord is you, and I will be your adviser and deputy. ”

"Then I can only accept it with great embarrassment. ”

Feiqi's words confused the elves, and he didn't understand what he meant for a long time. Didrite was dizzy when she left the dungeon, and seemed even more dizzy than when she came in.

"By the way, you have to participate in the Divine View Great Prophecy Ceremony for us, and you have to show all your strength! Tell Lord Snowy Owl about this, and he will agree!"

"Oh...... Oh!"