"What's wrong, Xiaoqian?"

The heavy footsteps of the warrior running quickly approached behind him, and the player named Colorful Aura also appeared at the corner of the alley and the street, leaning against the wall, he looked around the area with a little seriousness, and then whispered to the girl in front of him, "What did you find?" ”

"No, nothing."

Still with her head down, the voice of the Thousand-Fingered Crane then came from the front, she stared closely at some empty corner of the alley in front of her, and the voice that was originally going to answer also carried a bit of doubt: "Maybe...... I guess I got it wrong. ”

"Someone is following us?" As if sensing the meaning contained in his little sister's movements, the colorful aura also looked towards the front of the alley: "Is it the person sent by the imperial nobles just now?" ”

"I don't know." Shaking her head slightly, the cloak girl turned around expressionlessly: "Anyway, if so many of you stay here, sooner or later you will be exposed to other people's noses." ”

"If there's really nothing you can do, you can borrow the name of the breeze." Her tone hesitated for a moment, and then she began to walk towards the distance of the road with her own steps: "This guild is only an empty shelf now, and not many people should notice anything. ”

"You, where are you going?"

"Champs-Avenue."

The slow pace did not stop, and the girl who swung the Red Lotus Staff into the void again said without looking back: "Since you are here, there are still some greetings that must be called." ”

"Didn't I say I would support you?" The moment before she was about to disappear into the next corner, she turned around and tilted her head towards the colorful aura: "Don't worry." ”

"When the time comes, I'll naturally reappear."

It was as if the stranger's gaze was completely mistaken in half as the corner of the wall was divided, and the last brief exchange between the two players was ruthlessly and indifferently thrown aside by the girl, and she continued to walk through the fiery wrought iron streets of the castle of Thebilisi, pulling her hood to hide her figure. Ignoring the occasional pointing gaze, she finally came to the familiar alley where Duan Qing and the others had just come before, and the atmosphere that began to become quiet because of the fewer passers-by gradually reflected her steps more clearly, and she continued to echo on the side of the bluestone pavement: "...... You can come out. ”

“……”

The sound of the collision between the heel and the bluestone finally stopped at a certain moment, and the girl who was resident in the light and shadow of the street suddenly spoke, and then slowly turned her head back in the silence around her without a trace of change: "Since I entered the city, you have been following behind, right?" Why don't you dare to show up now? ”

“……”

"Looks like some lessons are needed."

The delicate chin under the hood rose again, and the two cold eyes belonging to the girl pierced straight in the direction where she came with the movement of raising her head, and the more intense heat also continued to gather at the end of this street with the condensation of these two eyes like substance: "Wait, wait." ”

"We have no intention of entering into any kind of conflict with you."

The orange-yellow color like a fiery storm began to diffuse into the air of this alley with the condensation of bits and pieces of flames, and finally forced out a certain voice surrounded by it, and the person who jumped off the wall also ripped off the black hood on his head, revealing his rather slender face: "After all, our target is not you, is it?" ”

“……”

Seemingly a little surprised by the appearance of this figure, this time it was the girl's turn to be silent, and her gaze turned to the player, she looked at the other party quietly for a long time, and finally chose to collect the fire energy she had gathered on the street: "You are the person of the Wings of Freedom, right?" ”

"That's right, I'm sorry to say hello to you now." Raising his hands to show that he was not hostile, the player who was far away from the girl then smiled as well: "As a guild of different factions, we must be careful in every branch of our business, otherwise it will be really sad if we cause any unnecessary misunderstandings." ”

"Hmph." The eyes became a little more indifferent, and there was a little more coldness in the girl's delicate voice: "It's so nice to say, in fact, none of you have let go of the movements of players who come in and out of this place." ”

"Yes, after all, a character like you can cause huge trouble if you are not careful." The Wings of Freedom player smiled and scratched his cheek: "You are the focus of our Wings of Freedom, and since you are here now, of course we will take care of it as soon as possible." ”

"What the hell are you guys up to now?" His gaze began to focus on the other party's body again, and Thousand-Fingered Crane's hands gradually made a spell-casting motion: "Since you don't mind standing up so openly, then I don't mind using more direct means to resolve our grievances with each other......"

"There's no hatred between us at all, after all, we're just thugs and we don't know where your hatred for us comes from." The player of Freedom Wings hurriedly interrupted the girl's undisguised hostility with a wave of his hand: "Besides-"

"We didn't make any big moves this time, we were just asked to teach some people here a lesson."

The smile on his slender face faded away, and the player's face began to change solemnly: "We'll leave as soon as it's done." ”

"Oh? Is it? He raised his palms one after the other, pointed sideways at the other man's Thousand-Fingered Crane and raised his eyebrows and asked, "What if I don't agree?" ”

"You'll agree, because that person is the same Imperial nobleman who was extremely rude to you on the street." The lanky man smiled again, "It's just a warning, so we won't really take his life." ”

“……”

The condensed magical energy gradually dissipated, and the girl looked at the person in front of her with a look full of suspicion: "That guy who claims to be the Minister of Imperial Communications? ”

"That's right, he's just taken office, and he hasn't fully understood the cruelty of the clash between the top powers of the empire." The player smiled and replied, "Because of the struggle, this time the matter will most likely end up on his head, if your mission here is related to him, then you better keep our proposal in mind." ”

"After all, this general trend is not something that can be decided by small players like us."

As he said these last two words, his backward body slowly disappeared at the end of the alley, and the gradually fading silhouette of the figure finally became more and more blurred in front of the girl's eyes with an inexplicable low laugh, accompanied by his equally blurred voice: "You, who have been through a lot of things, should be able to understand our good intentions." ”

“…… A bunch of bastards. ”

Hatefully scolded these words, the girl who had been standing there for a long time gritted her teeth, and she tried her best to suppress her anger, and then she also turned around and continued to walk in the direction she had predetermined, but she could not suppress the strange feeling that had lingered in her heart. Maybe it's because of the lack of game time and game experience, she still didn't struggle her thoughts out of that weirdness after thinking about it for a long time, and she walked more than half a block with her slender fingers against her chin, and then slightly replied to her sense of consciousness in the background of the gradual increase in the number of people around her...... Not. ”

"I actually came to the place that the nobleman once mentioned."

Looking at the luxurious mansion marked with the aristocratic mansion and the plaque at the entrance with the words 28 Champs-Étress written on it, Thousand Fingered Crane muttered disdainfully, and then shifted his slightly disgusted gaze to the side of the mansion, marked with a magic wand and a magic book diagonally on the small façade: "Hello." ”

"Oh, it's a mage adventurer, isn't it?"

Walking up the stairs through the door of the façade, the black-cloaked Thousand-Fingered Crane submerged his figure into it, and a woman dressed as a scholar standing behind the counter at the doorway then raised her head and looked at the young girl who entered the place with enthusiastic eyes: "Welcome to the Mage Council branch of the Castle of Diplis, what do you need—huh?" ”

"Are you...... Miss Thousand-Fingered Crane? The voice was slightly stunned, accompanied by the female scholar's wide-eyed gaze: "Lady Freya's apprentice?" ”

“…… Be. ”

"Welcome, what a welcome!"

The girl who slowly took off her hood and revealed her long fiery red hair finally nodded silently, and the female scholar who had received the response also closed the book in her hand when she heard the voice, and brought her excited face with a pair of glasses to the side of the thousand fingered crane: "It's been a long time since a magician adventurer like you has come to visit!" How can you help you? ”

"I, I just came here to report." Unable to adapt to the enthusiasm of the receptionist, Thousand Fingers stepped back slightly: "Doesn't every adventure group that goes to other parts of the empire need to report locally?" The same goes for magicians......"

"This is a unilateral rule of the Empire, and not every adventurer needs to abide by it." The female scholar smiled and waved her hand: "And not every adventure group that goes out on an adventure needs to report locally, they are just beware of fraudulent adventure groups moving between cities at will." ”

"But the Frey Empire also disrespects magicians." The girl's face became much lower: "Especially the magicians among the adventurers. ”

"There's no way around it, after all, you're all the pride of our Mage Council."

Clapping his hands, the ushers of the Mage Council smiled and comforted, "With such a powerful adventurer as you, what country is not worried and afraid?" ”

"General Steele and those Imperial soldiers under his command still come here every day to investigate?"

"Of course, but lately it's become less frequent."

Showing in the direction of the three or two magician figures that appeared vaguely in this small façade, the receptionist replied with a smile, "Because of the less pressure, there are more members who come in and out of here. ”

"It's recovering in popularity, just like the Windflower Chapter I stayed in before." At this point, she folded her hands with a little pleasure, and then pushed a register on the counter in front of Thousand-Fingered Crane: "Look, Your Excellency Master Rodel, Your Excellency Venerable Vidi, and Lady Fabna, and Mr. Gordon - I am very satisfied to see that everyone's names are gradually appearing here, and Dorothy as the caretaker is very satisfied!" ”

"Come, sign your name too!" Wiping her black hair behind her ear, she pointed to the names and handed over a magic pen: "I hope everyone can rest here and treat this place as a real home!" ”

"Uh...... All right. Not knowing how to deal with the enthusiasm of the blinded receptionist, the Thousand-Fingered Crane, whose mood had improved, then fell his gaze on the register in front of him: "Then, then I'll write it here." ”

"Excuse me—"

A deliberately prolonged voice then interrupted the conversation between the two people, accompanied by a gray-robed magician who pushed the door and gradually appeared at the door, looking around the inside of this mage council branch he looked back and forth like a new stranger for a long time, and then slowly fell his gaze on the two people at the counter: "Is this the 29th Champs-Avenue, the Mage Council of the Citadel of Thebilisi?" ”

"Yes, yes." After slightly arranging his expression and scholar's dress, the receptionist named Dorothy then showed a polite smile again: "May I ask you...... Are you also a mage adventurer? ”

"That's right, I've heard that adventurers and magicians who come here need to register, so I found them." Nodding at the other party, the gray-robed magician with the words Linyuan Broken Water on his head then looked at the scene by the counter as if he had just reacted: "I don't know what is the difference between your transfer registration here and the registration of the Adventurers' Guild...... Hey? ”

"You, you're ...... The girl of the Red Lotus? ”

As if he had discovered a new world, the magician's face suddenly appeared with a happy smile, and he rubbed his hands together and then jumped up to the frowning girl, and asked in a serious voice with a cough, "That, that...... Ahem. ”

"I don't know where the girl is now, do you want to join the group?"