Oak Town was originally just a fairly ordinary town, with no famous specialties or big names, and it was no different from some small villages and towns with nearly 100 households. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, in recent times, there have been a lot of guests in this ordinary town. Some of the guests left quickly, while others stayed in the town temporarily, bringing a lot of new topics to the town.

While some of the uninformed townsfolk were whispering about the guests, Old Peter, the mayor of the town, was a little restless.

He is already in his seventies, and when he was young, he also left his hometown and roamed around as an ordinary mercenary. It was this experience that made him more knowledgeable than the townsfolk who had never left the town.

Therefore, old Peter knew very well that among the "guests" who stayed in their town, the most beautiful aristocratic girl, should be quite noble. What's more, she was also wearing a mage robe!

This has made old Peter worry all these days.

"I hope they don't make a big deal......"

With a heavy sigh, worried old Peter began to walk around the town.

The reason why Old Peter has been able to be the mayor of the town for more than 20 years is not only because he has a father who was the former mayor of the town, but also because he really cares about everything in this town. Therefore, the townspeople respect him very much, the old mayor.

Therefore, when Old Peter walked around, the townspeople he met took the initiative to say hello to him. Of course, some of the more curious people will ask Old Peter about the identities of the outsiders who have been in the town these days.

However, the answer to this question was not clear to Old Peter himself, so he could only open the topic with a haha.

Just as Old Peter was approaching the entrance of the town, as usual, he heard a quarrel.

"No, no, no! Our mayor said that no strangers are allowed to enter the village these days! ”

Little Barty, who was standing on the arrow tower behind the town gate, had always had a loud voice, so big that old Peter, who was half a street away from the town gate, could hear what he was saying very clearly.

"You'd better go quickly! You adventurers are not welcome here! ”

"We're not adventurers......"

A girl said helplessly.

"Pretend!"

Little Barty looked incredulous: "Look at your dress, one by one is either carrying a sword or wearing armor!" If you're not adventurers, what is that? Robbers? ”

Just when little Barty was about to say a few more words, old Peter hurriedly walked over: "What's wrong?" ”

"Old mayor! You've come just in time! ”

Little Barty jumped directly from the arrow tower and said with a smile: "Those adventurers want to enter the town, so I did your orders and blocked them all out of the town. ”

After all, there is such a group of distinguished guests in the town, so old Peter, who doesn't want to make trouble, has already ordered that the whole of Oak Town try not to receive outsiders these days. Especially adventurers and mercenaries who don't follow the rules very well, and try not to let them in if they can't let them into the town.

"You, you."

Old Peter patted little Barty on the head helplessly: "Don't stand in my way, let me see what the person who comes looks like." ”

Little Barty smiled honestly and obediently got out of the way.

Old Peter walked to the entrance of the town, and looked out through a small hole by the gate, and his eyes suddenly burst out.

I saw the girl standing at the forefront, wearing a delicate mage robe!

"Little Barty! Come here! Help me open the door! ”

Old Peter greeted little Barty and hurriedly opened the town gate: "The people outside are not adventurers!" It's a magician! ”

Old Peter, who used to be a mercenary, knew very well that although some magicians would temporarily go out to train as adventurers or mercenaries, in that case, they would still be a magician first, and then a mercenary or adventurer!

Keeping mercenaries and adventurers out isn't a big problem. But to keep a magician out of the house would make old Peter a little weak just thinking about it.

"Huh?"

Little Barty scratched his head, puzzled, and then ran to old Peter, and helped him open the heavy town gate.

Old Peter, who was in a cold sweat, didn't care about saying anything more, and hurriedly rushed out of the town gate, nodding at the girl in the mage's robe: "This magician, you come to our town...... What's the matter? ”

Aisha said helplessly: "This old man, we are not adventurers, but the juniors and entourage of Senior Sister Karen. ”

"Karen?"

Old Peter was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Are you talking about the magician in the red mage's robes?" ”

"In a red mage robe?"

Aisha tilted her head, then nodded, "Well, it should be her." ”

"Okay, okay, please come with me."

Old Peter nodded repeatedly, then turned around and walked into the town gate: "That magician has been staying in that church in our town all these days, and I will take you there!" ”

Ignoring the stunned little Barty, old Peter took Aisha and the others straight to the church.

Outside the church, old Peter got out of the way, and then said to Aisha with a flattering face, "That magician is in the church." But that's all I can do to take you here. ”

As he spoke, Old Peter turned his head to look at the two guards standing at the door of the church, and then spread his hands at Aisha.

The meaning is self-explanatory.

"Well, that's it."

Aisha nodded, and Jessica, who was standing beside her, stepped forward and handed Old Peter two shiny silver coins.

"Thank you! Thank you, Magician, for the reward! ”

Old Peter took the coin, and bowed aside.

"I am ......"

Aisha was about to give her name when she walked to the door of the church when the two guards standing at the door of the church got out of the way.

The guard standing on the left also saluted Aisha: "Welcome to Your Excellency Aisha." ”

"You know me?"

Aisha asked with some curiosity.

"Yes."

The guard standing on the left side opened his mask, revealing a very young face: "When I first followed Master Karen, I met Your Excellency once. ”

After a sigh, the guard whispered, "Miss Karen hasn't eaten anything for two days, please help persuade her." ”

"I will."

Aisha nodded, and then walked into the church with Dio and the others.

It was only at this time that Old Peter slowly wiped the cold sweat from his head: "Fortunately, the magician and her entourage did not blame us. ”

After wiping away the cold sweat, old Peter hurried to the town gate. Regardless of whether Aisha and the others want to punish Barty Jr. in the future, he is going to find another guard to change shifts with Barty, and then let Barty go home first.

Although there was no one to lead the way, most of the churches were similar everywhere, so Aisha quickly found Karen.

And the place where Karen is is also the mourning hall where Karen's body is located.

After glancing at Karen's coffin, Aisha quietly walked to Karen, who was dressed in black, and said softly, "Sister Karen, are you okay?" ”

Kalian, who looked sluggish, slowly turned her head, and when she saw Aisha, a line of tears suddenly appeared in the corners of her eyes.

"Aisha! Karen brother he, he ...... Woo aaaaaa......a

After hugging Aisha, Kalian, whose eyes were red, suddenly couldn't cry.

After holding Aisha and crying for a long time, Karen, who was already exhausted to the limit, finally couldn't hold on. After helping Karen, who had fallen into a coma, to her bed to rest, Aisha returned to the mourning hall and found a person in the corner of the mourning hall.

One of the triumvirate of the original Black Knights Adventure Order, Waldman.

"Mr. Waldman, can you tell me how Big Karen died?"

Aisha asked very seriously.

"Miss Aisha, you're welcome, just call me Wadman."

Waldman bowed to Aisha before saying, "Actually, I don't know much. ”

"At that time, under the leadership of Young Master Karen, we successfully raided a supply force on Mantes's side once again."

"After burning the wagons, we quickly retreated with some looted supplies."

"But just as we were about to return to the makeshift camp, we ran into an ambush."

"It's weird, really. Judging from the situation at that time, the Mantes Empire, which had just been attacked by us once, should not be able to ambush us. ”

"However, we did fall into an ambush, and the soldiers who ambushed us were elite, which caused us a lot of pressure."

"While we were fighting and retreating, the enemy sent a squad of cavalry to try to break up our formation."

"In order to ensure that the formation is not chaotic, the elites of the original Black Knight Adventure Group led by me formed a team and began to fight with that group of cavalry."

"It was at that time that Master Karen was assassinated."

"There are five killers in total, three women and two men."

"Four of them are unknown, and the only killer who has been identified is codenamed Bloody Blade."

"That pair of iconic special scimitars is the most direct proof of this."

"Of the remaining four, there is a woman who is supposed to be a legendary killer. Master Karen died under the dagger of that female killer......"

After the assassination was successful, the five killers quickly retreated. And the soldiers of the Mantes Empire, who were still entangled with us, also retreated. That's why we were able to take Master Karen's body and retreat here safely. ”

Hearing this, Aisha slowly narrowed her eyes: "Those so-called soldiers of the Mantes Empire are likely to be fake!" ”

"That's what we think too."

Waldman sighed, "But we can't find any suspicion. ”

Waldman, who said this, looked very depressed.

Cullen is not only the object of their allegiance, but also the leader who has led them to victory many times, which makes Cullen have a high reputation in this army, which is based on the members of the original Black Knights Adventure Band. But after Karen's assassination, they, as subordinates, couldn't even determine who the enemy was.

This made the elites led by Waldman quite annoyed and unwilling.

"Did Brother Karen leave any last words before he died?"

After a moment's thought, Aisha asked.

"Yes!"

Waldman nodded, "Master Karen, let's protect Miss Karen." It was because of this order that we did not go out with the Grand Duke of Flame, but stayed here. ”

"Protect Sister Karen......"

Aisha narrowed her eyes again, and then she saluted Wadman, "Thank you." ”

"There's only so little left for us to do."

Waldman returned the salute and said with a sigh.

After that, Aisha asked several other officials of the former Black Knight Adventure Order, and the information she got was generally the same, except for some differences in details.

Everyone said that among the killers who assassinated Young Master Karen, the one who succeeded was definitely a legendary killer.

After synthesizing all the information, Aisha's brows kept frowning: "Dio, what do you think?" ”

"The most suspicious is still the Mantes Empire."

Dio put his hands behind his back and said very casually: "If you want to set up this killing game, you can't do it without the support of the Mantes Empire." ”

"That's what I thought too."

Aisha nodded and said, "The question is, who is the inner ghost that must exist. Also, the legendary killer who assassinated Big Brother Karen is not a killer in our Malte United Kingdom. ”

"Well, there's so little information that I can't guess."

Dio shrugged.

“…… Dio, can I use one of that? ”

After a moment of silence, Aisha asked, tilting her head.

"It's up to you to decide for yourself."

Dio shook his head, and then said solemnly: "However, you have to think about it, there is only one chance." ”

After thinking for a long time with her eyes closed, Aisha finally nodded heavily.

Exhausted, Karen slept for a whole day and a night before she woke up. When Aisha got the news and rushed from an inn in town, Karen was eating dinner.

After Karen had finished her dinner, Aisha asked Karen to withdraw from the others, saying that there was something important to discuss.

Considering that Aisha is a good friend of Karene and Karen, and that Karene herself has a certain amount of self-preservation, Waldman and the others did not insist on staying. After Karen agreed to Aisha's request, they exited the room and waited outside the door.

Dio and the others, who had been following Aisha, also exited the room, and stood on either side of the door with Wadman and the others.

Looking at Karen with a sad face, Aisha took a deep breath and said, "Sister Kalian, wait a minute, no matter what you see, please stay calm." ”

It wasn't until Karen nodded that Aisha cast a magical enchantment and took something out of the spatial ring.

That is, the flower of the World Tree.