“…… I seem to have a little impression of you. ”

Some time later, at the southern end of Central Street, Maggie, who had just walked out of that direction, rubbed her wrist and whispered, and she turned to hide her figure with an identical cloak, and hobbled behind the two people who were moving forward: "You...... Have you ever ......"

"Yes, we've seen it in Tanzanian City."

Duan Qing, who walked ahead with a smug face and his hands behind his back, said with a smile without looking back: "At that time, you were still an ignorant girl who looked pitiful, or the kind that was often bullied by the locals, and those unscrupulous traders even used you as a fishing tool to hide their missions, and lured us adventurers who like to 'see uneven roads' to take the bait." ”

"I see, I remember." Sighing slightly, Maggie's voice became much calmer: "You were from that time...... Oh, I didn't expect to meet you again. ”

"yes, I didn't expect that." Putting away the emotion in his heart, Duan Qing sighed softly: "And it's actually the same way of meeting that is actually used......"

"What did you say?"

"Nothing."

The footsteps paused for a moment as the sound of self-talk was interrupted, and Duan Qing, who turned around, suddenly turned around and stretched out one of his hands: "I just want you to lose money." ”

"Loss, loss?" Maggie's eyes widened in surprise: "Have you adventurers not only become so greedy, but also so undisguised?" ”

"It probably doesn't quite match the way you, the Queen of Darkness, like to behave around the bush, but ...... It's not about asking for pay. Still maintaining the posture of stretching out his hand, Duan Qing shook his head with a smile: "I said that I would lose money, and I would pay you for the part that broke the glass." ”

“……”

"The glass in the restaurant you broke earlier — that's the one I'm cleaning."

Looking at the other party's eyes that suddenly became sluggish, Duan Qing explained in a low voice without care: "That was one of the entrusted tasks that our Qingling Adventure Group received on the first day, and it was very important for us, but not only did it not be completed, but in the end, you knocked it into pieces all over the ground. ”

"Thanks to your collision, our commission completion rate will definitely not reach 100%." Looking at the cute appearance of the other party's mouth slightly open, Duan Qing couldn't help but smile himself: "Qingling Office will inevitably suffer a blow to its reputation, and maybe it will lose its competitiveness in the future...... Well, when you think about it, the damage you caused us this collision seems to be even greater than I imagined. ”

"Qingling...... Office? Maggie, who raised her head, looked at Duan Qing's face with a strange gaze: "What kind of organization is it?" Are you still short of manpower? ”

“…… Yes? ”

After looking up and down at the thief shrouded in the cloak, this time it was Duan Qing's turn to slowly close his gradually widening mouth: "I thought that it would be enough for you to cover your whereabouts when you changed back to your original appearance, but I didn't expect you to be still uneasy...... Our office has only been established for a short time, and there are still many people staring at it. ”

"It's always better to have a legal identity than to hang around in the city." Maggie shook her head and replied, "Those Imperial troops shouldn't have found out my final identity, they won't find your head." ”

"But this look of yours is famous in Tanzania." Duan Qing pursed his mouth: "At least Lott knows you." ”

"Then I'll just change my appearance."

The voice that sounded again changed completely to another one, and the grinning Maggie replied in a low voice, "Since you know who I am as the Queen of Darkness, you should know that disguise is one of my best skills." ”

"Do you want to test it now?"

She tilted her head, her gaze swept over Duan Qing's slightly unnatural face, and then after a moment of swimming, she slowly fell on Violet on the other side: "For example, this ...... Well, he seems to be a good magician, why don't you try to be a dancer? The kind that can appeal to everyone? ”

“…… Not necessarily. ”

Violet, who had broken the silent posture she had been maintaining and broke her dull face, replied in a low voice: "Although I have the consciousness of becoming an ordinary person, I have never had the idea of entering a lowly industry. ”

"Dancers aren't what you think they are, and they put in a lot more effort than you think." Maggie sank her face: "Despising us, the lowly industries that are in the mouths of everyone, often end up paying a price you can't imagine." ”

"Excellent imperial nobles will never shy away from these people you say, but excellent imperial nobles will never be what you say they are." Violet replied-for-tat: "If they end up choosing these professions as you call them, it will only prove that they are the losers among the nobles of the Empire." ”

“…… That's right, you follower. Staring at each other for a while, Maggie returned her gaze to Duan Qing: "Is it a former imperial nobleman?" ”

"It's just a former imperial noble."

Quietly separating the two women who were almost together, Duan Qing, who smiled bitterly, replied to Maggie, "Now...... Probably just an ordinary mage who lives in our party. ”

"Women like her can stay with you, and I should have no problem." Ignoring Violet's contemptuous look, Maggie replied without flinching, "I should be much better than you think, at least in the battles you need most." ”

"At least it's worth more than your piece of glass." She tilted her head slightly, revealing the direction of the restaurant where several people had fled before: "As for the other losses of your adventure group, I am also confident that I can help you earn them all." ”

"But I don't want to bear the other losses of your troubles again, in case I take you to the city to hunt you down, it will be too much to lose." Duan Qing spread his hands: "So-"

"Can you tell us a little bit about the problem you're having now?"

He pointed in the direction Maggie had indicated earlier, as if waiting for an answer, and it was not until the air around him began to become lively as passers-by passed by that the female thief, who had been hesitating in place, finally gave her explanation: "Well, they are coming for Lola." ”

“…… Lola? ”

"Lola Loren."

Repeating the name again, Maggie, who lowered her voice, pointed to the other side of Central Street, "You must have heard of this name, right?" One of the two most famous families of the Frey Empire, the heirs of the founders and founders of the empire...... I was mentioned by Lot before to enter the city, but I came in with her. ”

"Those nobles of the empire should already have their eyes on her." Speaking of this, she clenched her fist hard: "But I don't know why, it was the Imperial Military side that made the last shot......"

"Lott is the heir of the Gloria family, and strictly a member of the nobility of the Empire."

The same words of explanation then sounded from Violet's direction, accompanied by her gradual movement of approaching: "Although the reason why Marshal Red did his best to support him to the throne has nothing to do with his status, this guy has always insisted on his status as a nobleman. ”

"You should have seen his persistence when you were in Tanzanian City." Speaking of this, she winked at Duan Qing: "If it weren't for his efforts, it's not certain that you would be able to survive to this day." ”

"That guy seems to be a little stronger than I've seen before." Duan Qing also nodded: "Just like what we saw just now, not only is the strength amazing, but also a beautiful arrow technique. ”

"The Gloria family is also a hereditary martial arts family, so it's natural for this ability." Violet replied with a smile, "His commanding skills have been demonstrated just now, and the young lady in front of us should know this-"

"Wait a minute."

Facing the gazes of the two people who were then handed over in unison, the surprised expression on Maggie's face became more obvious: "You...... Who are you? You're—"

"Violet, the one who took care of you when you were in Tanzania." The purple-haired woman who was asked by the other party replied indifferently: "Although we may not have met each other a few times, I still have some impressions of you - you were very innocent at that time, and you are much better looking than the dark thief image of the queen now." ”

"You are the Lord of Violet at that time?" The look of surprise finally turned into shock, and Maggie's gaze returned to Duan Qing's body with a little confusion: "But she was not ...... by you at that time ...... by you Then ......"

"That's right, she's dead later." Knowing what the other party wanted to ask, Duan Qing stretched out his hands towards Violet, who had regained her puppet state on the side: "Now she nominally no longer exists in this world, standing in front of you...... It's just a ghost that shouldn't exist. ”

“……”

"Of course, a series of things that have happened in the imperial capital recently have more or less something to do with her."

Looking at Maggie's silent appearance, Duan Qing then withdrew his etiquette: "Before His Majesty the Emperor's decision comes out, we can only wait here quietly, as for how many secrets have not been discovered, it can only depend on which side she or His Majesty the Emperor is in the mood to mention this matter......

"I see." Na Na nodded her head, and Maggie's eyes gradually showed a sparkling look: "This is the most effective way to disguise, to use death to cover up your existence...... It seems that your realm is much higher than mine. ”

"There's no need to brag about it in this way, she doesn't mind it herself anyway." Looking at the purple-haired woman behind her, who still didn't have an answer, Duan Qing waved his hand at Maggie: "And you are in the underground world and don't have any reputation in the mainland, it is impossible for you to emulate her......"

"I didn't mean that." Maggie, who had collected her emotions, shook her head with a serious face: "I just suddenly understood one thing. ”

"That reason why Lola ran back in such a hurry, there must be your share." She recalled the scene before she was separated from the wheat-skinned girl, and then sighed involuntarily: "I didn't expect to meet you here." ”

"Then again, you also have the name Roland in your last name."

As if sensing this anomaly as well, Duan Qing looked back at Violet's face: "Is there any blood relationship between you and Lola's woman?" ”

"It's just that I've been living in the Roland family since I broke away from that royal family thirty-seven years ago."

The voice that only Duan Qing could hear then sounded in his ears, echoing her answer in Violet's voice: "Of course, that little girl at that time was not born yet, and I watched her grow up little by little. ”

“…… It seems that she is reluctant to answer. ”

Nodding his head, Duan Qing then explained with a wry smile to Maggie, who had never heard these answers, "But it seems that she does have a little connection with that Roland family...... What, does this have anything to do with what happened to you? ”

"I offered to split from Lola because I could see that she seemed to have a lot on her mind." Looking at Violet in front of her again for a while, Maggie replied with a bit of loss in her voice: "But then I didn't hear from her, and I don't know if she is still in the city or has left, but not long after the two of us separated, I found out that someone was secretly investigating me." ”

"They should want to know Lola's whereabouts." Speaking of this, Maggie's eyes showed a bit of vigilance: "Even if the empire has nominally expelled the Roland family, Lola, who represents the patriarch of this family, is still one of the representatives of this place, presumably those who are secretly tracking me, as well as the imperial nobles behind them...... Most likely I want to borrow this layer of relationship. ”

"I see." Standing in place and silent for a while, Duan Qing turned to look at Violet's face: "You should know something, right?" News from the last few years, such as the decline of the Roland family, and where exactly they have moved now......"

"They've now moved to the foothills southwest of the city." Breaking her puppet expression, Violet looked at Duan Qing's side face with strange eyes: "Are you going to find that place?" At this time? What about the party? ”

"Well...... this"

After calculating the time it would take to get out of this red ocean-like city and the distance from the foothills that Violet pointed out, Duan Qing, who had been thinking about it for a long time, finally shook his head: "Then let's make a note of that place first." ”

"After all today's tasks are completed, let's find another time to visit."