I said...... Didn't you let these people be called by their real names? Why did you say it yourself? ”

"You know, it's called temptation, and if it's right, we might be able to pick up a new quest line right away."

"Did you connect the line?"

"I don't think so."

With Duan Qing's sudden visit and greetings, there was a moment of silence in the atmosphere around the pavilion, and even the serious look on the face of the Imperial soldier named John, who had brought two people here, began to become unnatural with the eyes of the two nobles above. Taking a step back slightly, Duan Qing, who was still smiling, then discussed in a whisper with the snow spirit phantom ice surface beside him, looking up at the gaze above the platform, but the next moment it converged with the gaze passed down by the middle-aged nobleman he called Hank, and a strange prompt from the system sounded in his mind.

【…… If the relationship is unfamiliar, the success rate is reduced by 20%]

[The condition coincidence rate is 28%, and the success rate verification begins——]

[The test result is a failure.] 】

[Hank Corleone chooses to ignore it.] 】

Put something to the side...... ?

I thought I was going to be cut out.

With such a sigh of emotion inexplicably rising in his heart, Duan Qing shook his head with a wry smile, and noticed that His Excellency the City Lord, who had not moved for a long time, then also cleared his throat and withdrew his eyes that were secretly paying attention to the nobleman in black dress: "What's your name?" ”

"The water is cut off from the abyss."

Hurriedly collecting his mood, Duan Qing replied in a low voice, "It's a magician and alchemist. ”

"Alchemist?" Raising his eyebrows, the city lord of Tanzania City began to have a slight mockery in his eyes: "I have seen the only few alchemists in Tanzania, but I have never heard of an alchemist like you. ”

"That...... These two had arrived in the province of Santelius only the day before. ”

Before Duan Qing could say his answer, John, the Imperial soldier standing in front of him, coughed and explained, "They claim to be villagers from the village of Kalo in the province of Thebilisi, and they have just crossed the Gemenan River and arrived here......"

"Karlo Village? Two adventurers? ”

Looking up and down the man and woman in front of him again, the corners of the Romria City Lord's mouth slowly curled: "It turned out to be a hillbilly from the countryside, no wonder even Lord Luxer's name can be called wrong......"

"Ah, just a slip of the tongue." Duan Qing took advantage of the situation to show an apologetic expression; "But since this big brother of the Imperial Soldier brought us here, it shouldn't be the wrong person."

"So you want to meet Hangu, right?" Looking at the middle-aged nobleman who was still speechless, the city lord who stood up turned his back and put his hands behind his back: "What are you looking for him?" ”

"There's a commission that was handed over to me by a villager from Karlo." Duan Qing replied without humility or arrogance: "The client wants me to transfer something to Lord Han Gu, and that's it. ”

"So, what is it?"

“…… I'm sorry, but the client made it clear that I could only hand it over to Hangu-sama himself, so ......"

"Presumptuous! This is the city lord! ”

Before Duan Qing could finish his words, a City Lord's Mansion guard standing at the edge of the pavilion banquet reprimanded loudly: "What the City Lord wants to know, do you humble adventurers still want to deliberately hide it?" ”

"Don't say it."

Without waiting for Duan Qing to react, the Romlia City Lord, who raised his hand, pressed the guard back: "Forget about the others, but if it's Your Excellency Han Gu......"

"Your Excellency Hangu, is what this adventurer said true?" He put down his hand, and his gaze fell on the middle-aged nobleman who had not spoken on the other side of the table with the movement of turning: "What task have you entrusted to him?" ”

“…… No. Hangu, who had been silent for a moment, replied in a low voice, "I don't know this person. ”

“…… Ha. ”

There was an angry laugh, and the lord of Romria, who had turned around, reached out and waved forward; "Bold maniac, dare to trespass into the City Lord's Mansion in the middle of the night, come on! Get him out of here! ”

"Wait, wait!" In the voice of the surrounding guards all agreed, Duan Qing, who had his hands held high, hurriedly protested: "I'm not a suspicious person, and I didn't trespass here!" It was this big brother John, and his commander, Captain Locke, who introduced us just- hey, John, you can also help say a few words! ”

"I think you're trying to drag us into the water, aren't you? Don't you know that there has always been a conflict between the lord of the castle and the garrison? ”

"This, this kind of thing will be talked about later, now help us save our lives......"

“…… Shh ”

It seems that he has already received some explanation, the imperial soldier named John Kerner secretly pursed his mouth, and then slowly pulled out the spear behind his back in the scene surrounded by the surrounding guards: "Don't be so aggressive, if the city lord really doesn't believe it, then let me take the two of them away again." ”

"You also want to be an accomplice of these two Diao people, right?" Standing on the top of the pavilion, Romlia smiled after his success: "Your Excellency Hangu should have made it clear just now...... Even at this time, you still choose not to believe the testimony of His Excellency Han Gu? ”

"As an Imperial soldier, of course, I unconditionally believe the testimony of the Chief of Water." Slowly buckled the helmet in his arm to his head, the heavily armed Imperial soldier stood his spear in front of him: "But as for John Corner...... I didn't believe a word this guy said for a long time. ”

"You, are you going to rebel?" The lord of Romria shouted, "Good, good! The guards obey the order and give me them-"

"Wait."

In the atmosphere that was about to erupt behind the garden of the City Lord's Mansion, the figure of the middle-aged man in the black dress suddenly appeared in the middle of the two groups of figures that were about to collide together, and he appeared there in some way, and then buckled the politeness in his hand to his head, turned around and showed a noble smile to the two sides who stopped: "Don't worry, Lord City and Your Excellency the soldier of the Rock Bear Army, although I really don't know this person, But I have no intention of punishing these two adventurers for this reason. ”

"Presumably what these two adventurers said will convince you, right?" He turned around and smiled at John, and at the same time gently pressed down the spear that the other party had just raised with his hand: "The act of easily listening to the word of the family is very undesirable. ”

"I don't want to hear from you." John, who became very angry for some reason, shook off his spear vigorously: "If you really want to make any excuses, then go to the abyss and say it yourself." ”

"That's not going to work, after all, I still have a lot of things to deal with."

Still strolling leisurely, Han Gu, who had his hands behind his back, ignored the various swords and guns that had been standing around him: "I'm sorry, Lord City, although I don't think today's conflict has anything to do with me, but this matter is still caused by me after all, so ......"

"Farewell." He stroked his chest and saluted, and then walked towards the distance of the banquet table with the two black-clothed guards who came forward with him: "I hope you can still have a happy night." ”

"But ......" the lord of the castle standing on the pavilion stretched out his hand: "But that thing ......"

"If we have time, we can talk about that later."

Without looking back, Han Gu, who was dressed in a noble dress, then crossed John's shoulder, and then the corners of his grinning mouth ignored the trembling body of the imperial soldier, and instead rushed to the direction where Duan Qing and Xue Lingxuan Bing were behind: "As for the two of you......"

"Please follow me." He withdrew his gaze: "I have something to ask you. ”

The guards who gradually dispersed returned to their respective places with the end of this commotion, and at the same time brought the nobles of Tanzanian City who had risen up one after another because of the commotion back to their respective positions, and then they also focused their eyes on the figures who had left one after another, as if they were seeing off everything that happened in the City Lord's Mansion tonight in this way. The sound of horses' hooves, which was gradually louder, was accompanied by the figure of a carriage and slowly came to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, accompanied by a black-clothed guard driving a carriage to greet Han Gu's figure, but he just walked out of the gate but stopped his steps, and then raised his head in the background of laughter and noise in the City Lord's Mansion behind him: "...... It should be just us now. ”

"Can you tell me what you want to do?"

"Your Excellency chooses to trust us?"

Glancing around the street where the gate of the City Lord's Mansion was located, Duan Qing, who had been following closely behind, smiled when he heard it: "But before-"

"It wasn't very convenient before, but ...... That doesn't mean I'm going to trust you right now. ”

After a slight silence, Hangu then beckoned to his side, "Especially if the friend behind you brought you over. ”

In the sight of several black-clad guards jumping out of the carriage clenching their fists, he looked at the Imperial spearman who was still staring at him, "So I'm going to give you one last chance." ”

"What is the content of the commission?" A sinister smile gradually appeared on his face: "Answer me, or...... Let my men throw your corpses into the Gemenan River. ”

"It's still not the place."

To everyone's surprise, Duan Qing, who shook his head, showed a different composure from before: "If possible, I hope that only we can talk, only you, and the two of us." ”

"Hmph." With a dangerous glint in his eyes, the middle-aged nobleman's gaze turned around Xue Ling's silent body: "Lies and procrastination can't play any role at this time, if there is no other explanation, your good luck will probably end here......"

"What a familiar expression."

Interrupting the other party's words with a sudden voice, Duan Qing, who was facing that hideous smile, sighed and shook his head: "Or do you really think that I accidentally called the wrong name?" ”

“……”

The threatening smile on his face gradually disappeared, and the nobleman who returned to Duan Qing reached out and touched the nobleman's politeness on his head: "Azamoka." ”

"What?"

"Azamoka."

Repeating the name, Han Gu, who raised his head again, asked in a deep voice, "Do you know what it means?" ”

"Yes...... Some kind of code? Duan Qing, who reacted for a moment, then showed a contemplative expression: "Hmm......"

"If I'm not mistaken, I've heard the name."

He pinched his chin with his fingers, and then replied slowly under the slightly surprised gaze of Xue Lingbing beside him, "It seems to be a place name, the name of a village left over from the time of the Old Magic Empire, that village has disappeared with the fall of the Magic Empire, and the descendants have established a pass in their place. ”

"A man once met with another coachman at that pass, and was dragged to Tania, the current capital of the Duchy of Elnia." Speaking of this, Duan Qing gradually showed an inexplicable smile: "And this name seems to have its own meaning, I remember being interpreted as ......"

"Where the journey begins." He smiled with understanding: "That is, the fool." ”

“…… That's right. ”

Waving his hand around, Han Gu, who was staring at Duan Qing, nodded his head slowly, and then turned around and boarded the carriage behind him in the eyes of everyone around him with even more surprise.

"Get in the car."

******************************

"So you're not a citizen of the Empire, but an adventurer who has infiltrated the Empire?"

"No, I am indeed a citizen of the Empire."

"Then you ......"

"If I said I happened to know these things, you probably wouldn't believe it, so...... You just thought I was on the side of the road. ”

The creaking sound of the gate opening sounded in Duan Qing's ears, it was the sound of the carriage returning to the Luxer Mansion when it passed through the vermilion gate, Duan Qing, who had seen this gate for the third time, then let out an involuntary sigh, and his eyes turned back to Hank in front of him: "How did you get to this place?" And now he is still a nobleman of the empire? ”

"Some of the methods of the Shadow Society have helped me get an identity." The middle-aged man known as Hank replied nonchalantly, "Since you know the meaning of the code, you should also know what they are capable of. ”

"If it were someone else, I wouldn't have doubted the slightest doubt about this kind of disguise." Duan Qing spread his hands: "But now...... What are you doing here? ”

"To get things done, of course." Hank, who rubbed his shoulder, replied with an unhappy expression, "...... other"

"Taking care of the person you just mentioned is also one of the purposes of my trip."