It seemed that he didn't notice the strange meaning contained in Duan Qing's words, and the middle-aged nobleman named Tristan sorted out the red and black imperial official uniform and continued to speak, and the voice of the middle-aged nobleman who continued to speak echoed in this small tavern as before, and this leisure time on the afternoon of February 27 was also accompanied by a bland and informative conversation between the two people, slowly passing along the arc of the setting sun. As if in response to the arrival of night, the guests who entered and exited this tavern also became more and more as the bartender walked back and forth, and Tristan, who noticed this change, then also got up and saluted, leaving the last few words with his own smile to Duan Qing: "In short, you don't expect His Majesty the Emperor to let you go because of anything, after all, he is carrying the future of the entire royal and Frey empire, his prince Chris, and several other children, I'm counting on this lion emperor to arrange it. ”

"If you can't compare with your relatives, you naturally need to compare something else - I also understand this truth."

"The affairs of Marshal Red and the Gloria family will be handled by me, after all, I still have some presence on the side of Prime Minister Calderra, his status is somewhat the same as that of the current emperor, and he will not easily give up his dominant position for a little money or words from the Chancellor of the Exchequer......"

"I'll have to do the rest, right? If some kind of dispute and contradiction within the royal family cannot be resolved, the problem hanging on me can only become a dead knot......"

The discussion of the current situation between the two people still echoed in his ears, and Duan Qing watched the back of Tristan, who had become an imperial nobleman, gradually disappearing outside the tavern gate, and the kind reminder and inexplicable warmth then lingered in his heart for a while, and finally disappeared along with the deep groan of his solitary stay. Heroically drank the last glass of boiled water in his hand, the man in the gray-white magic robe closed his eyes quietly, as if he was trying to think about something, his eyelids continued to roll in the deep voice, and finally opened again with a long sigh: "...... Alas. ”

"So it's all on you." He lowered his head and looked at his left arm on the table: "Isn't there anything else you want to say?" ”

“……”

As if in response to his voice, the figure belonging to Violet then appeared slightly in front of the table behind him for a moment, and the translucent long purple hair finally shook a little as she shook her head, and even her puzzled eyes were placed on Duan Qing's body. Looking back at the glass of water that had never been touched beside her, Duan Qing's sigh became a little heavier, and then her raised gaze passed over the figure of the woman who had become transparent again, and landed on the bartender who walked to the front of this wine table: "You haven't settled yet, sir." ”

“…… Hey, that stingy guy. So Duan Qing grinded his teeth: "Didn't you say that he would settle the bill?" ”

"If you're referring to Mr. Tristan, he's already paid your bills."

The voice said something that surprised Duan Qing a lot, and the bartender with a calm face stroked his chest and bent down and saluted: "But he only paid for two people, and he hasn't paid the third person yet." ”

“……”

As if he finally understood the meaning of the other party's words, Duan Qing put away the surprise on his face: "I see, where should I pay?" ”

"This way, please."

A strange smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and the bartender then got up and pointed to the staircase that landed diagonally on the side of the bar, "Someone is waiting for you on the second floor." ”

Glancing back at the air behind him, Duan Qing, who took a breath, straightened up his clothes, and then turned around in the eye between himself and the bartender, and walked in the direction of the second floor: "That is to say...... You sent the note, didn't you? ”

"Tristan just asked us to point you here, but he didn't give you the exact how."

In the midst of a muffled reply, another bartender-looking man standing at the top of the stairs on the second floor replied in a low voice, "The room number 201 on that note was indeed left by us without permission." ”

"Then why didn't you admit it in the first place?" Looking at the waiter's gesture pointing diagonally forward, Duan Qing tilted his head and asked, "What other nonsense do you say about room 201 being a warehouse......

"Because you didn't get the code right."

The momentum of the absence came from the front pointed by the bartender, accompanied by the sight of the door of the room being windless and automatic, Duan Qing, who walked to the front of the room without fear, also widened his eyes, and included a man shrouded in black light and shadow into his field of vision, along with the hazy posture of him sitting in the center of the room: "So we need some time to confirm." ”

"My identity as a candidate for the throne is already a matter of the previous generation."

Muttering this sentence in a low voice, Duan Qing then walked up to the man shrouded in black aura with a warm smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just forgot the commission that Mr. Hank gave me, so I haven't found this place, and he doesn't seem to have told me the code or anything......"

"Faith."

Ignoring Duan Qing's enthusiastic smile, the hazy black shadow sitting in the center of the room seemed to tilt his head slightly, as if the hands in front of him also overlapped with his question, and used an unrecognizable long weapon shrouded in the same black qi to intimidate Duan Qing's mind: "What...... What letter? ”

"The letter he gave you."

In the feeling of another cold momentum suddenly diverging, Duan Qing involuntarily raised his hand to cover his face, but the black envelope that he took out before flew out of his cuffs with this action, and slowly fell in front of the man shrouded in black gas: "This is not only a letter of entrustment, but also a letter of introduction, without this letter, you would not have been able to meet me alive." ”

"Uh...... I forgot to ask for your first name. Duan Qing, who stood up straight, asked cautiously, "May I ask who you are——? ”

"I'm Asa, the owner of Angela's Tavern." His gaze lingered on the surface of the black envelope that fell on the table for a while, and the mysterious man shrouded in black gas then replied in a loud voice: "At the same time, he was also the head of the Shadow Society sent here two hundred years ago by the then Lord of Free City, Green Vandal. ”

"Good name, very much in line with the style of this tavern...... Wait, another monster that has lived for hundreds of years? So Duan Qing's eyes widened: "How are you...... Uh, okay. ”

"Looking at the way your power is released now, I can probably guess it." He waved his hand, and then Shi Shiran sat down opposite the strange man shrouded in black air: "But...... Is it really worth doing to force one's body in this way? ”

"The light is always there, and the shadow is ever."

Saying this lightly, the mysterious man who called himself Asa replied in a low voice: "What's more, a place like the imperial capital Redkar, as long as you slack off, you will suffer a catastrophe from which you will never recover, if I don't stay here, the foundation of the empire that will be shadowed for thousands of years will be easily destroyed." ”

"As a descendant of the Twelve Thrones, I can't sit idly by."

The voice was like the sand of the wind rubbing against the hell, and the voice of the black shadow named Asa replied in a low voice, and the pair of eyes that were gradually revealed between the rolling black mist also emitted a shining red light at this time, and the divine will that was enough to stop people breathing looked in the direction of Duan Qing. As if he didn't feel any pressure from these eyes at all, Duan Qing waved his hand indifferently, and the respectful look that was originally on his face disappeared with the passage of time, replaced by an expressionless face: "I probably know the truth, so what do you want to do when you come to me?" ”

"Your arrival has caused ripples again, Mr. Linyuan Broken Water."

The scalp-tingling sound of grinding paused for a moment, and then a shrill low laugh belonging to Asa resounded in the small space: "Neither the departure of the Roland family nor the return of the Romlia family caused much shock in the empire, and the flow of the empire did not even change because of the appearance of these factors, everything was expected. ”

"But you're different, you've messed up the fate of this place." The pair of red lights in the black mist deflected and suddenly fell in a certain direction behind Duan Qing: "What you brought was not only the fuse of destruction, but also the origin of chaos. ”

"Well, it seems that the mere tricks of alchemy are not enough to hide your sight." Signaling in the direction of Violet, who was following in the air behind him, Duan Qing's mouth pulled a wry smile: "But...... Her presence isn't something unacceptable, is it? What else could be wrong with this? ”

"Even if she was an existence that could be allowed by fate, she wouldn't be able to appear in Redkar at this moment." Asa's voice was as heavy as a tumbling thunder: "Her name, and her past...... There are too many causes and effects involved. ”

"I'm sorry to interject." Raising his hand, Duan Qing looked at the eyes shrouded in black mist with a puzzled look: "Could it be that you are a weaver of fate?" ”

"Yes and no." The hostility that filled those eyes did not change in the slightest, and Asa glared in the direction where Duan Qing and Violet were with a warning gaze: "But even if the Shadow Society doesn't care about the principles of the world at all, the cause and effect of her existence is something we can't easily bear." ”

"So what are you going to do to cut off our heads?" Duan Qing pointed at his neck: "Or expel us from this city?" ”

"Drenier is now staring at you and your men, and the other Imperial nobles won't let you go easily." The warning in the voice of the figure under the black fog became a little thicker: "If your existence is erased so easily, the result may not be better than it is now. ”

"So what do you want to do?"

"We hope you'll do what we've told."

Without hesitation, the man under the black mist moved his hands on top of the weapon slightly: "In the next time, we will have some movements, I hope that you and your subordinates, as well as this 'outsider' behind you, will be able to complete some of my instructions." ”

"Sounds like a harsh suggestion." Duan Qing's body also leaned forward slightly: "What if I don't agree?" ”

The pair of red eyes in the pitch-black mist suddenly enlarged in front of Duan Qing, and along with it, there were also invisible forces that instantly intertwined and attacked, and the killing intent that seemed to be like substance did not weaken in the slightest because of the sight of his own inaction, and the piercing sound of breaking the air could even pierce the chest of ordinary people. The body sitting in place also did not react, and Duan Qing, who had a smile on the corner of his mouth, just looked at the sword-shaped aura shadow that was instantly slashed above his head by the intertwined invisible power, and the magic energy of Pei Ran was then gathered by Violet behind him, and a crystal wall of ice blue blocked him in front of him.

Clang!

A loud sound erupted from the gap between the air shadow and the crystal magic energy, rushing along the curved outline of the shield towards the surroundings of the room, and the surrounding wooden tables and chairs began to show signs of disintegration with the dispersion of Dao energy, and even the back wall of the room began to extend outwards with traces of cracks. Only among the two confrontational figures in the center that were still well preserved, the face of the gray-robed magician belonging to one of them also showed a confident smile, he reached out and touched the surface of the flawless crystal shield shrouded in front of him, and only after a while did he raise his head in the scene where the energy gradually disappeared: "I know the meaning of the Shadow Society, I hope you can also understand your position." ”

"I don't have the strength to protect myself, and I don't have that much confidence to sit here face to face with you." His arms stretched out, and his eyes met the calm red light again: "I have one more question. ”

“…… Say. ”

"Hank's apparent identity in Tanzanian City is still under the banner of an imperial organization, I don't know if your shadow will be with him...... Is there anything else I don't know about? ”

"He's our opponent, since the beginning."

"Okay, I see."

Nodding his head at the other party who answered decisively, Duan Qing then put down his serious expression: "I can promise you, but not as an order, but as a commission and request issued by you." ”

“……”

"After all, I'm an adventurer as well as a magician."

Ignoring the mysterious man's silent reaction, Duan Qing slapped his body and stood up, and the back behind the gradually dissipating crystal shield began to move farther and farther away from the person in charge of the Shadow Society, until it disappeared outside the door of the dilapidated room: "Since you are an adventurer......"

"As long as it is a suitable entrusted task, we will naturally rush to the next one."