"You're early. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

In the luxurious study, the two players who had not yet recovered were the first to receive some kind of taunt from the NPCs: "But it's still not as fast as me." ”

"Hey, we're here to do something for you." Duan Qing whispered, "It's already good to be able to get in, and...... This place seems to have come in first. ”

"Don't just stare at the surface of things, adventurer."

Kima, who had changed his clothes in a moment, walked up to Duan Qing and picked up the list in his hand: "Just like what is written on this piece of paper, these superficial things ......"

"There must be other clues that can tell us."

"What do you know?" Duan Qing asked rhetorically: "You must know more information about the Shadow Society than we adventurers, since Stanford himself is not a magician, then these things ...... Must be used for something else? ”

"Clever, little one."

Kima, who was dressed in black, walked slowly to the windowsill, first took the page to the light and illuminated it for a while, and after confirming that there was no hidden information on it, he turned around and walked to the bookshelf on the side: "The Stanford family is an old aristocracy, their family lineage has been passed down for hundreds of years, it seems to have existed since before the birth of the principality, and since the founding of the principality, it has always stood at the center of power, and it has never fallen...... It can be said that they are a very powerful family, and each generation of the head of the family is a seasoned politician, ruler, and...... Qualified fighters. ”

After patrolling around the bookshelves, he turned back to Duan Qing and said, "Yes, their family does not have the bloodline of a magician, at least the information is ...... Never mentioned. ”

"That means ......" Duan Qing continued his words, "Now he's starting to be interested in magic?" ”

"Maybe there's a reason for that, because the Stanford family is already on a downward spiral." Kima whispered: "The decline of the principality, as well as the emergence of various internal conflicts, began to push the thousand-year-old nobles to the edge of the cliff, even within these old nobles, the Stanford family has retreated to the second line early, becoming the pawns of the Forts family, cheering for their momentum all day long." Although on the surface, they still maintain the grace of the aristocracy, but judging from their contacts with more and more people at the bottom, it seems that the current head of the Stanford family does not want to sit still and watch his family decline. ”

"The head of every family wants his family to prosper." I don't know what I thought, Duan Qing said a little gloomy: "The common problem of nobles. ”

"You're right, and so must Stanford." Kima shook the page in her hand, "I admit that as a powerful force, magic does have a very attractive attraction throughout the free continent, even in aristocratic circles, but ...... I don't think that's a reason why Stanford is learning magic. ”

"Why?"

"It takes talent to learn magic."

Kima sighed, as if lamenting the injustice of fate: "The Magic Empire of a thousand years ago has proved this to the world, so there is a distinction between high and low according to talent, and finally the collapse of the Magic Empire. But even the genius great magicians of that era could not make any breakthrough in this regard. ”

"Talent is talent, and no matter how hard you try, you can't change it."

Speaking of this, the members of the Shadow Society glanced at Duan Qing and Thousand Fingered Cranes, intentionally or unintentionally: "Except...... You adventurers. ”

Duan Qing touched his nose.

"For so many years in the free world, I have only seen you adventurers who have been able to practice magic through acquired efforts." Kima laughed: "I have to say that you greedy and courageous little guys are indeed favored by fate in this regard. ”

"Aha, I've won awards." Duan Qing also laughed, and at the same time glanced at the red-haired girl who was holding back the laughter, because they knew that the so-called acquired learning was just because they could add attribute points by themselves: "This kind of situation is only a very small number, so please don't care, don't care......"

"Stanford certainly doesn't have the good fortune you have." Retracting his puzzled gaze from Duan Qing's body, Kima pulled the topic back again: "So he definitely can't practice magic." ”

"We can suspect that there are only ...... left except for the other magicians under his men," he said, holding up the list in his hand, "There are other uses for these things...... This is a possibility. ”

"Really?" The red-haired girl bit her finger and remembered, "I've only seen these things in the Mage Council, and I can't be sure what they're used for......"

"You don't need to be sure, because I don't know the secret." Kima waved his hand: "This kind of thing is something that only professional magicians can understand, and even ordinary magic apprentices may not be able to say it." ”

"So...... We need to go to a magician and ask? Duan Qing said helplessly: "Or an alchemist?" ”

"No, I don't."

To Duan Qing's surprise, Kima blinked with a rather cute look: "I have a better place to go, so that we can figure it out now." ”

"Oh? Where? ”

"Follow me."

After saying this, the man in black, who put down the page in his hand, walked to the window, and then turned over and jumped out: "By the way......"

"Remember to get back to where you were."

"Hey, where are you taking us?"

"Have you forgotten what I told you before?" A subtle voice came from afar, although in Duan Qing's rationality, the source of that sound should be far away from him, but the voice was like whispering in his ear: "You ......"

"But I didn't come early."

"......Shh

There was a disdainful sigh in his mouth, Duan Qing was just about to turn around to check the situation on the desk, and in the sound of breaking the air beside him, the white robe belonging to the red-haired girl had already jumped off the windowsill: "Hmph, follow it...... What are you waiting for, keep up! ”

"Hey, aren't your feet still well?"

"It's all right! Walk fast, walk quickly......"

Alas, so women......

Sighing helplessly, Duan Qing hurriedly put everything back in place, and then flew off the windowsill. Paying attention to the sight of the guards in the distance, he followed the red-haired figure in the white robe without hurry, and soon returned to the side of the garden where he had passed on his way. There, a panting Crane-Grew-knuckle was standing opposite Kima, staring at the edge of a pond surrounded by stones.

"What's going on here?"

So Duan Qing hurriedly interrupted the confrontation between the two sides: "Is there any problem?" ”

"I found this place before you came."

Withdrawing his gaze from the maiden, Kima pointed to a corner of the garden and said, "There, under the back of that stone, there is a secret door. ”

"Oh?"

Cautiously paying attention to the surrounding movements, Duan Qing slowly bypassed the rock pointed by the other party, and sure enough, below there, next to the pool that had dried up a little, he saw a crack in the door: "Hmm, there is such a thing hidden at home, sure enough, ......"

"It's bloody."

"What?"

"No, I mean......" Duan Qing waved his hand: "How should we get in?" ”

"There's three magic alarms on it, and the old mechanical lock and the new magic lock." With these words in her mouth, Kima slowly walked to the door: "But before, they were all lifted by me. ”

"Uh...... We know you're amazing. ”

Secretly pouting again, Duan Qing stepped forward helplessly, and then easily walked into it with a push from Kima's outstretched hand: "Then that means ......"

"You've already checked it once? Just before we broke in? ”

"Something like this."

The latter shrugged his shoulders, then pointed to the dark room and said, "Now it's just a matter for you to confirm." ”

The dim light lit up as they entered, looking like a sensing light in the real world, and the magic light slowly illuminated everything here, presenting the messy tables and chairs in front of Duan Qing and the others. All sorts of bottles and jars, as well as strange containers and contraptions, were arranged in a haphazard manner on the top and bottom of these tables and chairs, on the wooden shelves near the corners, and each floor was filled with all kinds of books and scrolls, all of which gave the impression of a magical laboratory. Frowning and fanning his nose, Duan Qing touched the table closest to him little by little, and then in the eyes of the two people behind him, he reached out and touched a certain container bottle on it: "What is here...... There's nothing dangerous about it, is it? ”

"I've checked it all, it's just a normal lab." Kima's voice sounded behind him, "So in terms of secrecy, this place is not too hidden too deeply. ”

"I see. But ......" Duan Qing looked up at the chaotic layout of the entire housing price: "You didn't seem to be very careful in your previous search." ”

"Oh...... The shadow is on top, I didn't make it. ”

As Thousand-Fingered Crane cautiously closed the door, Kima raised his hands and said, "When I came here before, these tables and chairs ...... That's what it looks like. ”

"In other words......" Duan Qing turned around and said, "This is the one Stanford made himself?" ”

"I don't know, but as far as I know...... Stanford is a man who strives for perfection and likes to maintain an aristocratic demeanor. Kima replied, "You can see from his study, the man...... Not a guy who likes to mess with his own room. ”

"Hmm...... Is that so? Duan Qing suddenly straightened up, and then took two steps back backwards: "Then what are you asking us to see, to see these ornaments that you can't understand?" ”

"Just because I can't understand doesn't mean you can't understand either." Kima smiled and said, "Like this little girl behind me......"

"Huh? That, that......"

"Please don't get excited, miss." The man in black made a salute, and then motioned for the Thousand Fingered Crane to step forward: "Look at that place......"

He pointed to the table in the corner and said, "That thing...... Is it lizard horn? ”

"Ah, I think so."

Thousand-Fingered Crane exclaimed, "It's very similar to the one I saw when I was in the Mage Council. ”

"So...... The one over there, but the Komalin potion? ”

"Well, I haven't seen that...... However, if it's the dissolving potion, there should be a yellow sign on the bottle......"

"Very well, we can test it."

Walking forward and carefully holding up the bottle, Kima slowly returned to the girl's side: "Is it this sign?" ”

"Yes, yes." Thousand-fingered Crane took a closer look: "Although it was a long time apart, I remember that it should be like this......"

"Looks like we did find something on that list here." Smiling knowingly, Kima held the bottle and said, "This proves a lot of things, such as what kind of experiments our Stanford Lord is really doing......

"No, it's not."

Duan Qing, who had already retreated to the door, suddenly said, "This proves a bigger problem. ”

"Oh?"

"Time." Duan Qing, who had been staring at the entire room, did not shift his gaze in the slightest: "The time on that list is March 28th." ”

"So what...... Belch. ”

"Yes, you should have noticed."

Carefully observing the direction of the messed up tables and chairs in the laboratory, Duan Qing's face pulled an inexplicable smile: "According to what you just said, our Lord Stanford...... It's not in this place right now. ”

"He's not even been here for days."

In the eyes of the other two people who were aware of each other, Duan Qing began to move along a certain route: "A family master who has long been out of this place, why would he leave such a shopping list?" Do you have to buy the materials early and use them when he returns? ”

"Maybe it's his experimental plan, so he wants to stock up on materials......"

"Impossible." Thousand-Fingered Crane immediately retorted: "Some of the things in there can't be stored for a long time, such as those magic powders that are placed there, if they are not used for a long time, they will gradually lose their magical effectiveness, and the magic gems over there, they are not stored in the right way......"

"That is, someone used the place when the owner was not at home." Duan Qing interrupted the girl's explanation: "And...... The man didn't seem to like cleanliness and tidiness much either. ”

"That's what it is...... Why is it so messy here? Kima whispered, "The real reason? ”

"Perhaps." With these words on his lips, Duan Qing had already walked to the corner of the room, in front of a certain bookshelf: "Maybe he doesn't understand magic at all......

"It can't be." Kima immediately said: "I don't know magic, why do you buy so many materials......"

"There's a way to use magic that doesn't require you to know the inner workings of it." Duan Qing shook his head and looked up and down at the bookshelf in front of him, which was full of dazzling books: "When I was in the fortress, I used to see that kind of use. ”

Kima's pupils contracted.

"Those who don't know magic can still use magic, as long as someone who knows magic teaches him in advance according to the established procedure." As if confirming something suspicious, Duan Qing reached out and touched the corner of the bookshelf: "It's like a doctor grabbing medicine for a patient." ”

"And ah......"

With a single force, he pulled a book off the shelf.

"Who knows how many people have been to this place?" (To be continued.) )