"Thanks to your help, our fight against the royal family can go smoothly this time."

"Huh? How do you know...... Uh, no, I mean, have we done anything? ”

"I don't know what you did, but Captain Lot's heartfelt words must have been said because of you, right? Only when there is division and vacillation within the Imperial Army can we say that we have a chance of winning the battle we have just fought. ”

"Well, well, but I don't know where that Lot, who always likes to tease us, jerked off and suddenly jumped out to say nice things for us......"

The crowd that gradually dispersed finally began to spread slowly in the direction around the central street with the gradual end of this open-air meeting and the low voice of the argument, and slowly disappeared towards the twilight around the city with a group of players who were watching this strange meeting at the same time, and the major imperial nobles from inside and outside the city finally let go of their breath and began to really introduce the situation of the city to the members of the imperial noble group who had just entered the city- Faced with the clear situation that they had just regained the initiative, the imperial nobles who originally didn't know how to deal with this group of returning nobles finally began to smile friendly at these sudden allies, but the reception banquet that was originally planned was temporarily wiped out with the huge shock that had just happened in the center of the city and the already ruined City Lord's Mansion.

Although in the eyes of others, the intact hall of the Adventurers' Guild that stood on the side of the central plaza looked more eye-catching than the ruined Castle Lord's Mansion.

"Probably because of the blessing of a master."

Pointing to the sight of the other buildings outside the hall of the Adventurers' Guild, which were almost separated by a wall, Tristan's voice became much lower: "Such a clear and uniform boundary is usually caused by the protection of the energy shield. ”

"Maybe it's because of the power of magic." Gesturing the air in front of him with his hand, Duan Qing on the side hurriedly interrupted the other party's words with the outlined magic array: "For example, using the magic elements of earth and water, the magic of the 'Winter Barrier' is fixed around the association area......

"The Winter Barrier won't leave such neat traces, unless it takes several years of time and energy to slowly construct it using the power of the Great Mage's level." Tristan smiled and shook his head, "Of course, if you insist that the defensive magic here is built by Violet, then ...... I am also a firm disbeliever. ”

"Aha, when, of course." Duan Qing's dry smile became a little frozen: "Even if she has that time and energy, she has to have that kind of leisure to ......"

"The 'miracle' that erupted in the sky over Tanzanian City, I also saw it at the time."

After waiting for Duan Qing's laughter to gradually fall silent, Tristan, who was wearing a gray-black dress, left his friendly smile, and his gaze, which had been looking at Duan Qing, was now shifted to Xue Ling's body as if he was talking to a friend who had been away for a long time: "It was enough to have the same energy explosion as the battle in the Sky City, but in the end, it only caused such a small amount of damage to the city - ordinary defense is not enough to cause such a strange effect." ”

"You mean to say...... Did President Hannah do it? ”

"I only met with that hostess, and if you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have seen that she was the branch president of this adventurer's guild."

Walking slowly back to the interior of the room, Tristan, who held one hand in front of his abdomen, smiled and buried his figure elongated by the setting sun in the shadows of twilight: "Of course, after your reminder, she does look like a hidden elder." ”

"Like the way Liberty City always does?" Xue Lingphantom Bing tugged at the end of his long white hair: "Accustomed to the insidious cunning and murderous decisions in that city, you must be very comfortable with this level of disguise, right?" ”

“…… Sure enough, it's the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice Miss I'm familiar with. ”

Clapping his palm, Tristan once again made a formal aristocratic salute to Snow Spirit Phantom Ice sitting at the table: "It's been a few months since the last battle in Sky City, and I didn't expect to finally hear the news that you are still alive, and I can see you again......"

"Don't talk about Sky Castle anymore." Xue Ling's face became obviously much colder: "And weren't we enemies of each other that time?" ”

"Yes, but I'm also one of the very few members who has access to the heart of things." Slowly sitting on the other side of the table, Tristan stretched out his hand and gestured, "I have heard about you from the Mage Council and other surviving personnel, and I have heard some news about you from many other adventurers. ”

"You...... It must be controlled by some external force, right? A strange smile appeared on his face: "The abnormalities that those Zaraha City exhibited, and the dark witches who later ran around the corners of the Free Continent, look very much like a goddess of vengeance who came out of the abyss." ”

“……”

"I have no intention of trying to reveal your identity."

Resting his hands on his chin again, Tristan's middle-aged uncle-like gaze gradually softened a lot: "I can also understand your feelings during this time, after all, not everyone can believe that an adventurer can have such a big change in temperament in a short period of time, and the final explanation is not that he has become a madman, or...... Bizarre fantasies like the dead and coming back from the dead. ”

"You, don't you ......?"

"That's right, I've seen that abyss too."

Nodding in response to the other party's gradually widening eyes, Tristan smiled and spread his hands: "Even after the battle in Liberty City - I felt something was wrong at that time, and I always felt that something had changed in my body that was already dead. ”

"Can you, who have also entered the afterlife, answer this question for me?"

The silence, which was completely different from the hustle and bustle in the hall downstairs, once again permeated the small room on the second floor, and began to get colder and colder as the expression of the snow spirit phantom ice became deeper and deeper, and she had been sitting upright and still looked at the familiar face of the self-proclaimed imperial nobleman, and only after a while did she say her next sentence coldly: "I'm sorry, I don't know why." ”

"You don't know?" The smile on Tristan's face did not waver in the slightest: "Including the fact that your strength has suddenly dropped a lot?" ”

"You-"

"Okay, okay, don't get excited." The voice belonging to Duan Qing then sounded before Xue Ling Phantom Bing wanted to question the other party's words, accompanied by him stretching out his arm to stop the other party's action of wanting to stand up: "This ...... Well, Tristan shouldn't have any ill intentions, after all, he just picked us up from the street, right? ”

"You are?"

Looking at the obedient demeanor of the white-haired woman sitting back at the back of the table, Tristan gradually turned his interested gaze back to Duan Qing's body: "Are you the new companion of this Miss Snow Spirit Phantom Ice?" ”

"Teammates, to be exact." Duan Qing smiled in response: "We have just established a new adventure group in this city, and there are only two of us as members for the time being—of course, the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice Miss you value is a powerful adventurer, and she has also helped us solve many troubles in the past time. ”

"Oh, really?"

His eyes swept back and forth between the two men and women sitting together, and Tristan finally put away his tentative gaze: "But from the mouths of those nobles before, the information I have learned seems to be different from what you described, you-are telling Linyuan to cut off the water, right?" ”

"A mysterious alchemist from the village of Carlo, a foreigner who came to Tanzania City with Miss Snow Spirit, helped the Imperial Army solve the attack on the Outpost of Crook, and ...... Unleashed the key man who defeated the final punch of Lord Violet, the Lord of Violet. ”

"If you say that you are with an ordinary adventurer who succumbs behind Miss Snow Spirit Phantom Ice, you must not even believe a fool." Speaking of this, he smiled at Duan Qing: "Your Excellency the Magician and Alchemist. ”

"Awards, awards." Duan Qing bowed his head respectfully: "For a nobleman like you who just returned to his hometown and gave His Royal Highness the crown a blow in the face, adventurers like us are really not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning." ”

"Well, it's a difficult character." Slowly putting away his usual smile, Tristan then shifted his gaze to the white-haired woman who was silent: "But since I am walking with my old friend, and even in the end, I have to protect my side at the cost of my life, I must be the person that Miss Snow Spirit Phantom Ice trusts." ”

"I also met in Karlo Village." Duan Qing replied quietly: "Before leaving Kalo Village, my teacher and I had been living there for a long time, and what kind of relationship and connection did Ling Bing around me have with you before, as a passerby, I have never heard her mention it. ”

"I see, I see." Nodding deeply, Tristan's face, which gradually narrowed the light in his eyes, gradually became calm: "Since Miss Lingbing in your mouth doesn't want to mention any past events, then let's try to talk about the current matter." ”

"Where do you start?" Duan Qing's face also bloomed with a formulaic smile: "For example...... From that meeting of the nobility that just ended? ”

"The impeachment meeting is over, and His Royal Highness will also think about it because of my words." Tristan's eyes gradually revealed a little essence: "As for whether he will solve the possible internal ghosts after he returns, that's not something I need to consider." ”

"So, you don't know if there are any restorationists lurking around His Royal Highness, do you?" Duan Qing grinned and put on a standardized smile: "That's really a pity, I thought I could solve all the problems at once......"

"I'm Tristan, Tristan Romlia." As if he had reintroduced himself, the middle-aged uncle who stood up saluted the two again: "It's one of the former imperial nobles from the Free City who intends to lead the people of the family to recognize their ancestors and return home, an ordinary person with almost no combat effectiveness, not a god or a weaver of fate." ”

"To be able to make so many inferences and judgments with this little clue at hand, that I can make that remark in the next meeting......" Duan Qing still maintained his respectful posture: "Your performance is enough to prove to us that you are strong, Your Excellency." ”

"Stop the compliments and hypocrisies we give to each other, adventurer." The middle-aged man shook his head with a smile: "I think I have just said that I am a person who has experienced death once, so I ......"

"Some of my spiritual senses may be different from yours." There was a bit of weirdness in his gaze: "Someone has come back from the dead like me, in the 'miracle' that just happened today, right?" ”

“…… Can you sense this? Duan Qing raised his eyebrows: "You can't be deliberately shaking me, right?" ”

"There can't be just a little bit of evidence to draw conclusions." Tristan pointed to the southeast of the Adventurers' Guild Hall, "For example, right now, outside the door of the Adventurers' Guild Hall, there are at least five Imperial Royal Magicians and twenty Imperial Royal Guards squatting and watching, guess who they are for?" ”

“…… A group of haunted guys. So Duan Qing pursed his mouth helplessly: "It's all here, and it's still pestering." ”

"Although there are many rumors of the low character of the first prince of the empire, there seem to be few similar rumors of the imperial royal guard." Tristan stretched out his arms: "What did you do to make the most powerful soldiers of the empire target you?" ”

"We did do something unexpected." Secretly glancing at the snow spirit phantom ice beside him, Duan Qing snorted his head: "But it seems to be very troublesome to explain this matter clearly." ”

"If you're skeptical about my receptivity, you don't have to worry." Tristan smiled and pointed to his chest, "Whether it happened to Miss Snow Spirit, or what happened to me, it has greatly expanded my cognitive ability and receptivity to some extent. ”

"Well, since that'......"

Standing up abruptly, Duan Qing squeezed his eyes at Xue Linghuan Bing, who was also showing doubts beside him: "Anyway, I have to explain it to you sooner or later, so it's better to set off now." ”

"Come with me." He glanced at the bustling scene of the central street, and then took the lead and disappeared between the stairs around the corner: "We ......"

"Go and meet the man who has risen from the dead."