The attic was small, with sloping walls and dim light, and in the darkness there were old furniture, silent and staring at the floating dust. After seeing what the maid was looking for, Fang Yuan understood why Fios wanted to help herself, it was a huge box, which was placed in the far corner of the attic.

Fios looked at the box before turning around, looking at Fang Yu and saying, "That thing is under the box, trouble Mr. Eddard." ”

The box was half a person tall and about a meter wide on the left and right, and Fang Yu tried to pull it with his hand, but the box didn't move at all. He raised his hand, summoned the lurker, and then activated the anti-gravity force, pulling hard, dragging the half-inch chest away, and slamming it on the floor with a muffled thud.

After the box left its place, Fang Yu saw that a secret door had appeared underneath.

This is really unexpected, because most people only think of the ceiling of the next floor under the floor of the attic, how can you hide things in a thin layer? But perhaps that's why the designers of the secret door chose to do the opposite, making it even more deceptive.

Fioss walked to the secret door first, crouched down and lifted the plank, and below was a secret compartment with a few thin books. She took out the books, opened them and examined them one by one, before closing them one by one.

Fang Yu deliberately kept a distance away from her, but his fingers moved slightly—in the darkness, a clockwork fairy hung in the corner of the ceiling, silently switching cameras, making an indiscretable sound, recording the scene.

He adjusted the lenses of his goggles, and saw that there were strange symbols written on the pages of the book, either shorthand or a kind of cipher, which was incomprehensible. He had only written down some of them, and then he saw the maid lady straighten up.

Fang Yu hurriedly lifted the goggles, pretended to wait for a while, and only asked, "Okay?" ”

Fios nodded and asked softly, "Mr. Ed, do you have any matches?" ”

Fang Yu took out a box of matches from his pocket and handed it over.

Miss Maid took the match, thought for a moment, then took out a black flannel box from under the book, and asked, "Can you help me get it, Mr. Ed?" ”

Fang Yu nodded and took the box. But Fioss looked at him and said, "Put it in your pocket." ”

Fang Yu paused for a moment.

Fios explained softly, "It's safer this way." ”

Fang Yu looked at the box in his hand, thought for a while, and then did what he said.

Fioss was relieved when she saw him put away the box. She drew another match and lit it lightly on the pillar, and the flame that suddenly lit up in the darkness lit up the girl's eyes. Fios's face was expressionless, and there was only a kind of devotion to the Taoists in her expression.

Fang Yu watched from the side and was secretly surprised, she hadn't seen her for a few days, and the maid lady was like a different person. He vaguely guessed that it might have something to do with her kidnappers, or maybe it had something to do with the master she had never met behind her.

Fios picked up the book in her hand, lit it with a match, and burned it into a fire. The firelight reflected the faces of the two, and the maid lady never said what those books were, Fang Yu didn't ask, and she didn't answer.

The flames curled little by little with the pages, and after a long while, the book burned out little by little.

Fang Yu silently watched as the books turned to ashes, falling piece by piece, sparks disappearing into specks of light, and finally the only source of light remained in the darkness - a dormer window, the winter sun pale and slanted through the gray glass, hanging on the wooden board, and engraved the marks of the window lattice.

The maid clapped her hands and stood up in fear, and said to him, "Thank you, Mr. Ed, if it weren't for you this time, I really don't know what to do." ”

"It's just a gesture, and if you are someone else, you won't let those people do evil." Fang Yu replied.

Fios shook her head.

Fang Yu looked at her and always felt that perhaps finding the book was more important to the maid lady than the first thing. He couldn't help but wonder more and more about what the book was, but unfortunately, the other party was destined not to tell him.

At this time, a shadow flashed outside the window, mixed with a whirring wind, Fios stopped, looked outside, and then returned to Fang Yu again: "There is someone outside, it is the pterosaur knight of the city guard." ”

She said, "I'll deal with them first, and Mr. Ed will stay here and keep quiet." After we leave, you leave this place alone. ”

The girl's tone was flat, as if she was explaining things in an orderly manner.

With that, she bowed to Fang Yu again, then turned around and walked downstairs to the attic.

Fang Yu paused for a moment, and couldn't help but stop her from behind: "Miss Fios." ”

Fios looked back at him and shook her head, "Don't ask, Mr. Ed, this has nothing to do with you. Thank you, but please leave this place and forget about today, it's not a good thing. ”

Fang Yu watched the girl leave.

He didn't think about it for a while, whether he wanted to catch up or not, and always felt that he had only done half of it. But in the small, quiet attic, in the dark environment, he calmed down a little bit, not that more is better than less, but he learned to restrain his impulses.

He sighed and finally chose to respect the other party's opinion.

There was also a slight smell of burning in the air.

Fang Yu looked left and right, and there was a desk under the windowsill, on which were some small things, perhaps the personal belongings of the original owner, a few books, an inkwell, a quill, and a picture frame.

Fang Yu picked up the picture frame and looked at it, on it was a portrait of a woman, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a graceful demeanor, wearing a top hat and smiling. It's just that the smile is a little warm, as if it comes from the heart, and people feel a little relieved when they see it-

He rarely saw such a real smile, not like Sylvide's, which was a supplement to the quiet temperament of the nobleman's daughter. She smiles at anyone, but the meaning is different, and perhaps it is only part of her upbringing and manners.

But the laughter on this painting is a real reaction from the heart, which jumps on the paper and infects people's hearts. Just a portrait can make people empathize.

Fang Yu turned the frame, and on the wooden board behind the frame was written in ink a line of small letters: Miranda, 1446 (Year of the Shadow), 6, 11.

Miranda? Fang Yu remembered the name of the inn, and thought to himself that this picture frame was actually the owner of the inn? He put down the frame, thinking to himself that the portrait on it was about three years ago.

But I don't know why the hotel is closed.

At this time, the sound of conversation came faintly from the hall below.

It was two pterosaur knights, who obviously recognized Fios, and their tone was a little surprised.

"Miss Fios, why are you here?"

"We've heard that someone is making trouble here, are you alright?"

Fios shook her head.

"I'm fine, it's just that someone wants to be bad for the Mordkaiser family, they kidnapped me, and they want to blackmail Young Master Enan with this, but there are adventurers who help me."

The two knights looked at each other a little, they received a report that someone was making trouble here, but they didn't expect that there was such a shocking conspiracy here, but the other party was the maid of the Maude Caesar family, and the person next to the second son of the duke, even if this second son was no longer treated by the duke, but at least it was the blood of the Phoenix family.

The other party would never joke with the two little knights on such a thing.

However, the two of them did not feel happy at all, and only retreated. "Miss Fios......"

"I don't embarrass you," Fios, apparently not counting on these people, "just escort me back." ”

The two were pardoned: "This is our duty, Miss Fios. ”

But another couldn't help but ask, "...... Excuse me, what about the adventurer who saved Miss Fios? ”

Fios glanced at him, "It's none of your business, I paid them, and they left." I don't want this to get the word out, understand? ”

The two nodded in unison.

But it was at this moment that a voice interjected: "Miss Fios." The voice came from the snow outside, and it was still winterly, and the voice was steady, without a trace of aftersound.

Fang Yu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and vaguely felt that this voice was a little familiar.

Fioss also paused for a moment, looking at the man who walked in from the outside: "Mr. Odin, why are you here?" ”

"I hear there's something going on here, let's see if we can help," Odin replied, and as he looked around the hall, he could see at a glance that the gate and façade had been destroyed by golems and megastructures.

He looked up at the door, and as for where the giant structure was, Odin turned around, his gaze falling on the Orphin Twins.

He silently reconstructed the scene in his mind for a moment, before turning around and speaking, "Fios, have you seen a teenager?" He said as he described the appearance of Fang Yuan.

Fios was stunned for a moment.

As for Fang Yu above the attic, his body shook even more - the other party was Odin, one of the ten kings, no wonder he would be familiar with the other party's voice.

After all, the other party personally instructed him and the box during the incident on Fenris Island.

But how did he find here?

He was exposed?

Fang Yu was a little flustered for a while, he subconsciously glanced at the window, but fortunately restrained his irrational thoughts; In front of this warrior who is one of the ten kings, he is afraid that the slightest movement will be noticed by the other party.

As for escaping from under the other party's nose, he knew how ridiculous it was when he thought about it.

Fang Yu subconsciously held his breath, not even daring to take an extra breath of air, and only silently pinned his hopes on Fios to quickly fool this great god away.

Downstairs, Fios hesitated for a moment before nodding.

"Where is he?" Odin immediately asked.

"He chased the men and left."

"Left?"

"Hmm." Fios looked in the direction of the back door.

The shadow dancer before turned into smoke and left from there, but left a few traces.

Odin glanced at it and analyzed that someone had left there, and his gaze moved from one place to another, exactly where the shadow dancer had landed twice—and finally out the window.

However, he couldn't be sure if it was an alchemist, there were no footprints in the hall, but the man's angel of energy could also flicker.

Fioss looked at him and withdrew her gaze, her expression flashing, and she pretended to be calm.

"Those people?" Odin asked.

"It's the people of the Shadow Throne, they kidnapped me."

Odin's brow furrowed, and his face sank. He originally planned to chase after him to see if he could find Fang Yuan, but when he heard this, he retracted his thoughts and asked in a deep voice, "Shadow Throne, are you sure?" ”

Fiose nodded slightly.

Odin's face was very ugly, but he didn't say anything more when he thought of anything. He only patted Fioss on the shoulder: "I'll send you back, your little master should have heard the news." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Odin."

Above the attic, Fang Yu listened to the sound of everyone leaving, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

He looked at the frame again, waited a little longer, waited until there was complete silence outside, and then climbed down the attic alone. He followed the stairs all the way down, and first looked at the hall on the second floor—it was empty.

But he was still not at ease, so he let go of the goblin and looked around again, and only after making sure that no one was left behind did he walk out. Outside the hall was still a mess, with masonry and rubble strewn about.

He couldn't help but think of the situation before—

As for why the people of the Shadow Throne hijacked Fios to this place, who gave them the audacity to provoke the Phoenix family? What are those books, and what do the lines of cipher on them represent?

It was also a question in his mind.

He stayed where he was for a while, when he heard the sound of a bang on the glass, startled, and turned around. When he looked closely, he saw Sylvid looking at him with a smile through a window.

"Miss Sylvide, why are you here?"

Fang Yu walked over and opened the window.

Sylvade smiled lightly, "I see a lot of city guards here, and I'm a little worried about you - but you angel is still there, and I can't take it with me." ”

Fang Yu paused for a moment, although the nobleman's daughter didn't care much about what she said, but her actions showed everything, and the other party was not safe here. He took a soft breath, and his heart was warm.

"Leave it alone, it will be put away later."

"What about Miss Fios?" Sylvid looked curiously left and right.

"She's gone."

"Alone?"

"With those city guards."

Sylvid nodded, "It's not easy. ”

Fang Yu looked at her with some surprise. The ship's master only smiled, blinked and explained: "It's not surprising, the captain saved her, and with her master's character, whether it is true or false, how can I see you." ”

She paused: "The kidnapping of the maid of the Mordecaesar family, this is not a small matter, captain, who gave the Shadow Throne the guts?" ”

"It's an eventful time...... "Sylvide sighed, "...... Not just Dulun, but also in the south, she was deliberately alienated from the captain, most likely unwilling to involve us in the maelstrom. ”

Fang Yu opened his mouth.

The other party's analysis is not far from ten.

Sylvid looked at Fang Plover and asked, "So did this maid lady leave anything behind?" ”

"Something?" Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered something.

He put his hand in his pocket, and took out a black flannel box from it, which the maid lady had asked him to help with, and forgot to return it. "It's ......," he was about to explain, but Sylvid had already taken the box from his hand and opened it.

Fang Yu tried to stop it, but it was too late, and after the box was opened in Sylvid's hand, he made up his mind—only to see an olive-shaped crystal lying flat on top of the flannel inside.

The crystals glow in the winter afternoon sun.

"Rosestone, priceless," Sylved smiled slightly, "That's her thank you for you, Captain." ”

Fang Yu couldn't help but be stunned.

……

When Odin pushed the door open with a frown, there were already quite a few people in the reception room.

Some of them were officials of the Shadow Throne, and they couldn't help but be stunned when they saw Ragnarok's guild break in.

Odin looked at them without saying a word, and everyone's eyes fell on him, including the archon on the throne, who looked grim and stopped, but finally spoke: "Mr. Odin, I thought you were gone. ”

Odin glanced at the officials of the Shadow Throne and replied, "I was leaving, but something happened in the meantime, and I don't know if Mr. Count knew about it—" He paused, "Just now, the people of the Shadow Throne kidnapped a maid of the Phoenix family. ”

"A maid?" Aboriginal nobles whispered.

Odin glanced at them, "The identity of the maid is not simple, she is from Enan-Maudekaiser," he took a breath: "Ragnarok has come to maintain stability in the south, I need an explanation. ”

An official of the Shadow Throne stood up and said in surprise, "What!?" Are you telling the truth, Mr. Odin? ”

Odin shook his head: "Don't pretend to me, leave the temporary worker and stuff to the press conference, what I need now is an answer." ”

The official looked ugly and retreated.

If there is any guild in the south, he can go back. But this is Ragnarok, and the other party is also one of the ten kings, the first warrior in the country, and they are not really the nobles of Aitalia.

It is the identity of the Chosen One.

There was a moment of silence in the hall.

After a long while, the archon slowly spoke, "Don't blame them, Mr. Odin. ”

He replied, "It was my idea." ”

Odin looked back at the man.

"It has something to do with the next plan," replied the archon, "and I was about to inform you, Mr. Odin. ”

"But it's not the same as it was originally promised."

"This is a temporary adjustment," the man shook his head, "This is what the Prime Minister meant, and your people have no objections." ”

Odin was silent for a moment, but finally did not speak.

He knew in his heart who 'yours' meant. "Why?" He asked. The archon put down his scepter and replied, "On the one hand, it's because we've found some interesting little evidence—"

"On the one hand, it's because something happened to the Maude Caesar family."

He paused: "The eldest son of Lord Duke is back. ”

"People found him in the south of the Great Creek Valley."

……