A few months have not been long or too short since leaving Twilight, but in any case it is not enough to forget the companions with whom he was born and died several times.

Gloridon's countenance was as familiar as ever, peaceful, sleek, with a little bit of old dog cleverness, short brown hair mixed with silver threads of time, a linen shirt and trousers jacket as armor, studded leather armor, leather sheath and hooked belt, flanked by his familiar dagger and a crossbow weapon, and in Urs's eyes there was no doubt that he was the old thief with whom he had spent some time happily in the city of adventurers in the Okazawa region.

Bellis shook her little feet and sat on the stool in front of the bar and turned her head, the two eyes under her forehead were stunned for a moment, and then showed a surprise that was even more excited than that of a young man, and then put down the milk cup in her hand and jumped off the bench, like a happy little animal, three steps and two steps, and then jumped up and threw herself into the old man's arms—

"Uncle Gloriden!"

"Yo-little girl, I haven't seen you for a long time, I feel like you've gained a little weight?" Glorydon tilted his body and took half a step back, his old bones barely catching the weight of the little girl through the flesh layer, and his right hand was withdrawn and gently hugged it, and his eyes lowered and smiled in relief.

"Nonsense, Uncle Groleiden, this is a healthy body!" Berelith wrapped her arms around the old thief's waist, rubbing her little head against the latter's belly with great nostalgia, and then pursed her lips slightly and raised her gaze, "Besides, you should have come to see me in Casey Harbor a few years ago!" You should understand, I'm not going to be angry with you about Dad at all...... Well, even if you get angry, you won't be angry for long. Hum. ”

"Haha, so isn't this in exchange for seeing you in the Northland, our dear little girl." Groeldon narrowed his eyes, and couldn't help but raise his right hand that was holding her lightly and stroke her hair, and then looked sideways at the young man, "How is it, Captain, the talent recommended for you below is not bad, right?" ”

At the same time, the old thief's gaze also swept over the wolf-eared girl and Miss Warlock present, and the two gray eyes in their eye sockets focused on Urs's pupils and stopped for a few seconds, and then moved over to pay attention to the two and sighed: "Thea and Dorothy are also ...... Long time no see, two beautiful girls. It's been almost half a year since we parted in Twilight, right? ”

"Hmm... Mr. Gloridon, it's a pleasure that we've met again. Thea sat sideways with a wine glass in her hand, her amber eyes returning to meek reserve after a brief moment of surprise, a polite smile on both sides of her mouth, and a hint of concern, "Well, your hands and feet are ......"

The silver-haired, wolf-eared priest maiden was thoughtful, and when she saw Bellelis plunge into the arms of the old thief, who had a cane in her left hand, and her movements as she caught the little girl and took half a step back, there was a palpable stiffness, as if—or rather, in fact, there was a problem of coherence between the whole body and the individual limbs.

Thea did not forget that Gloleiden had been seriously injured after the fierce battle of that night a few months earlier, and according to a series of examinations in the hospital bed at that time, the priests and doctors of the city, including the old thief himself, were unanimously convinced that several important bone positions were severely damaged, mainly in the spine, and the consequences were not to mention that the body movements became very clumsy, and it was a blessing in misfortune that he was not paralyzed or killed on the spot.

Dorothy's introverted and shy personality made her look at Gloridon, and she pursed her lips with some guilt as she remembered her father's misdeeds at that time.

Urs's reaction was a little slower than Thea's, and the girl also realized that the old thief still had wounds on his body, and at the same time divided some of his attention to recognize the other two companions who entered the tavern with him, the old knight and the female ranger standing behind the old thief—

"Bryan Knight? Captain Ekarila? He looked over Gloriden's shoulder, and then at the old paladin named Brian, and then at the half-elf female ranger named Ekarila Shadow, and remembered that the former was the Mithril Knight who fought with his group in the temple area on the night that the Eye of the Abyss opened in the hollow over Twilight City, and the latter was the leader of the Hummingbird Adventure Band, and he was also very prestigious in the adventurer circle of Twilight.

It's just a pity......

"I'm not the regimental commander anymore, Captain Urs." Akalira glanced at her eyes expressionlessly, her leather-gloved left hand subconsciously pulling the cloak, trying to let the dark green fabric on her body cover the blank space under her right shoulder, "The Hummingbird Adventure Party has been disbanded, and the team's legacy has been resold to Shaved Edge and Orichalcum Gate as much as possible, and Sawyer and Rundell will continue to be active in Twilight City on behalf of the adventurers. Now I'm just an ordinary ranger seeking a miracle cure. ”

"So as you can see, young Mr. Captain. In general, it has nothing to do with other factors, it is just a medical journey of three people with disabilities who spontaneously advocated and then walked together, and we happen to be here today. The old knight Brian stepped forward at the right time, took the topic and nodded to Urs with a smile, the combat boots he wore and the armor he was wearing shook out the soft sound of metal, and the missing part of his body was the left forearm that was originally used to hold the shield, "The Sogo Church has been established as the state religion by the Golden Wing Empire for hundreds of years, and it is an indisputable fact that the high priests of the empire have extremely high attainments in the field of divine art in this era, and it is rumored that the Archbishop Laurent of St. Millet's Cathedral, the headquarters of the church, has even preliminarily touched the realm of the Ninth Ring of Divine Art. Resurrection's true meaning. ”

"However, the high-level divine art that can completely resurrect the dead must be a miracle that is not easy to seek, Brian, besides, some people say that the real resurrection technique is a legendary divine technique that surpasses the height of the Nine Rings, and those rumors are rumors that are difficult to distinguish between true and false." Gloridon carefully let go of Bellingis, and with the help of his cane, he stood on his balance, and turned his head with a wry smile, "Of course, the good news is that the disabled trio don't need resurrection, as long as they can ask the high-ranking priest on the Empire's side to get the 'amputated limb regeneration' level of divine grace." ”

As the words fell, he shrugged his shoulders, suddenly remembered something, then touched his head a little apologetically, and smiled at the fat innkeeper in a blink of an eye.

"Don't worry, Paulsson, they're all my friends. This is Gloridon, this is Brian, and this is Ekarila. Urs saw the embarrassment of the fat store manager who wanted to interject for a while, so he briefly introduced the three people he knew well to him in an easy-going tone, thinking that it was almost time to bring the topic back to the next step, and continue to inquire about the intelligence news about Helmet City from the store manager.

Just as he had thought before Groloiden, Brian, and Ekarila pushed the door into the tavern, he wondered why the Northlanders' great city had suddenly tightened the checks at its gates. What happened in the city that caused Kevin to transfer Toga back from the griffon camp in the eastern suburbs?

In addition, there are certain things that Togarth must have hidden from himself, and why some of the city's citizens are jealous of themselves for fear of getting into trouble......

You must know that Helmet City is not Twilight City, even if he has a sensitive identity as a slave knight, he can be regarded as a courtier directly under the command of the Earl of Northland, and most of the residents of Helmet City should have long been accustomed to their existence.

"Jingle bell—"

Suddenly, just as Urs was about to re-inquire with Paulsson about the situation, the wind chimes sounded on the door of the tavern again, indicating that a new guest had arrived.

Paulsson's reflex nerves seemed to be tied to the handle of the door, and as soon as he heard the door open, he immediately greeted the door enthusiastically: "Oh, welcome, guests! Have a cup of hot wine and go to the fire...... Uh, find a location...... Sit? ”

He greeted the new guests of the tavern with warmth, but the next second he froze as his gaze shifted there, and the tone of his voice was almost extinguished like a fire that had been poured cold water, and then slowly weakened......

Until the end of the sentence.

The fat owner of the tavern hurriedly raised his arm and hand and rubbed his eyes, and found that he was not mistaken, the new customers who had just pushed the door into the store did not seem to be customers who had come to drink, but ......

Not......

One, two, three, four, five—

Five soldiers in armor?

"Oh my God, Manning is up there...... That, old soldiers, is there anything wrong with you coming to me like this? Please, rest assured, I will cooperate with you as much as possible. Uh, if you can, please don't scare my customers, please......"

As a tavern owner who was a "drunken man in a warm house", Paulsson had never seen many nobles of the upper class, but he had seen many different faces in his daily business year after year, and he was still quite confident in his ability to observe words and feelings, and suddenly realized that the five soldiers who broke into his shop at this moment were obviously not sneaking over to buy wine and drink.

For the sake of the small shop's business, he hurriedly lowered his attitude to the soldiers who entered the house in a tactful tone, and begged them not to frighten the guests, although at this moment several of the drinkers who were still sitting in the tavern had already looked at this side and became nervous, and the bard who played the lute in the corner was so frightened that he accidentally broke a string, causing the melody of the music to come to an abrupt end—

"Knight of Urs and Reverend Thea?" The five soldiers at the entrance of the store looked inside the room, and the first soldier who looked like a man in the prime of life looked at everyone in the eyes of everyone, and after a few seconds, they stared at the young man and the wolf-eared girl who were also looking at them at the same time.

"We are." Urs blinked, looked sideways at Thea, put down his glass and got down from the stool in front of the bar in response, and suddenly knew what the soldiers in front of him were coming for.

They were uniformly and neatly dressed, wearing standard exposed helmets and suits of bright silver armor, each holding a halberd with an axe blade extending from the tip of a spear in his right hand, and a spare sword, dagger, and light crossbow at his waist.

“…… You are the lord's palace guards? Urs looked at the leader of the five soldiers, and it didn't take long to come to what was a casual guess, or a conclusion that could be determined in his mind.

The soldier at the head of the guard, who was identified by the young man as one of the guards of the Northland court, did not answer, did not affirm or deny, and then continued as if as usual: "Lord Scambed has arrived outside, please cooperate with us on the mission, and leave the idlers and others to come out together." ”

"These people around me are my friends, they are not considered idlers, etc., can they come out with me and Xia?"

"No, they're idlers and can't come out with you and Pastor Thea. Please as soon as possible. ”

The soldier at the head put on a poker face that refused to be accommodating, and then sideways to make way for the young man and girl to get out, and raised his hand to make a "please" signal.

Thea, like Urs, recognized the identity of the five soldiers' palace guards, and recalled the suggestion that Thogas had made to his party at the city gate not long ago, and suddenly guessed the so-called task in the other party's mouth, so she also left the stool and approached Urs and muttered: "It seems that the lord sent the person, but I didn't expect that even the chief steward of Scambed came over in person." ”

"Hmm. Anyway, let's get out first. Urs and the girl looked at each other, their eyes paused for half a second, and then they also looked back at the people next to them and explained, "Don't worry, everyone. In a way, Xia and I were originally courtiers of the Earl of the Northlands, so it was only natural that we would go to the castle to meet the lord when we returned. ”

"Well, the future Grand Magister knows that the big brother named Togarth said so at the time, he said that we can find a place to rest first, and when the lord of this place is busy with things, he will send someone out to meet us." Belling Liss nodded her little head and echoed the young man's explanation.

"That's... May I ask the rest of us, what is the arrangement between me and Miss Bellinglis? Dorothy whispered the details of her concern at this time, and the navy blue eyes under the red hair were slightly worried, "After all, these guards don't seem to be happy with me and Bellingis... Coming with you to meet the lords of this city? ”

Miss Red-haired Warlock was introverted and shy, so she didn't speak too loudly, but standing next to her was enough to hear what she was saying.

Urs had neglected this little detail in advance, and he didn't expect that the Holy Warrior Count in his memory and impression would specifically specify that only he and Thea would go to see him, so he stood a little nervously and thought about it, sighed lightly and looked at the old thief with a cane in his left hand and hesitated again-

Said: "...... Gloridon, could you please take care of Dorothy and Bellinglith while Thea and I are away? If anything, we'll meet at the tavern or ask the manager to leave a message for you. ”

"No problem, leave it to me, anyway, I, Brian, and Ekalila plan to rest in this tavern for a few days." Gloleden readily agreed.

The old knight Brian and the ranger Ekalilla didn't say much about it, but they didn't seem to rule out Urs's temporary offer, and perhaps as the old thief had said, they also happened to be resting in the tavern for a few days, and the itinerary would not conflict with this place.

Poulsson stood at the back of the bar and looked at the situation at the door of his shop, two sleek and clever eyes turned thoughtfully in his eyes, listening to what everyone present had said in the first minute or two, seeing that the young man and the wolf-eared girl seemed to be finally leaving, he hesitated for a moment and gritted his teeth, as if trying to make a choice, and then suddenly called out to the young man who was already facing away from him: "Please, please wait, Urs." ”

"Well, Paulson?" Urs was surprised to hear the fat shopkeeper stop himself, and turned around as he was about to step out of the house, "What's the matter, Paulson?" Don't you have lodging in your tavern now? ”

"No, the accommodation service is still available, it's just ......"

"Just what?"

"Could it be that the rumors are true?"

"Rumors?"

"Uh...... No, nothing. As inexplicable as it seemed, Paulson stopped the conversation with a paradoxical expression, shook his head and waved his palms, leaving a final "Good luck" before turning his head to prepare the three glasses of wine that Gloledon had ordered when he entered the store.

Urs was a little surprised by Paulsson's sudden gesture of unknown significance, but he thought that Kevin's court governor named Scambed had come to pick him up and Xia in person this time, and he didn't intend to make the other party wait too long outside the tavern, so he said a simple "goodbye" to his companions and friends, and then walked out of the tavern with Thea under the gaze of the five guards.

……

"Jingle bell—"

The wind chimes attached to the wooden doorknob whispered, telling the owner of the shop that a customer was coming, and sometimes indicating that a customer was leaving.

A cold wind blew over the street outside the "Warm House Drunkard" that blew away the cold mist. Scambed sat upright on the saddle of his horse's back, his dark fur cloak set off his bear-like shoulders slightly stained white with a few specks of snow, and the other seven guards who had not entered the house stood like statues with their halberds in their arms, waiting patiently for orders.

The guards did not wear cloaks or cloaks on their shoulders that symbolized a certain status, and the bright silver sheen on the armor was momentary, reflecting a faint golden glow in the dusk streets, as if in this silent atmosphere they showed their well-trained discipline to the setting sun that was about to disappear above the sky, even if the pedestrians on the street and around the small square could not help but stop and watch, but did not dare to approach rashly, and gradually formed a half-circle of human walls around them.

The old steward of the Earl of Northland came with a team of twelve palace guards this time. With the whispering of the wind chimes and the sound of the wind coincidentally resonating briefly, the creaking of the continuous opening and closing of the wooden door immediately attracted Scambed's attention, causing him to see his waiting slave knights, wolf-eared priest maidens, and the five palace guards who had just been sent into the tavern by his own order, and a slight smile on his wrinkled face was visible.

"Knight of Urs, Reverend Thea, glad to see you back alive."

Urs and Thea walked ahead of the five guards in the house and came out of the tavern door, and when they heard the greeting from the old steward, they turned around in unison, and raised their eyes slightly to the latter on horseback.

Scambed's voice remained gentle in his daily life, and although his bear-like stature resembled that of Urs, and had an innate oppressive force for ordinary people, as long as the other person's ears could hear the underlying respect and etiquette in his voice, he would not be perceived as terrible by his appearance, but would feel that the person he was talking to was indeed a polite gentleman.

Urs's identity in this life is a slave knight under the command of the Earl of Northland, and he naturally recognizes Scambed in his memory, and then recalls the few knightly rituals he has learned in his life, and raises his right hand and lightly touches his heart and bows to the other party: "Thank you for your concern, Lord Steward." As you can see, we're back. ”

After the words fell, he stood up straight and raised his head again.

Thea stood beside him and waited for him to finish this simple set of etiquette, then put her hands together in front of her abdomen, and bowed slightly to the old steward in front of her, and then saw the gentleman-like steward nod to herself, let go of the right hand that held the reins of the mount and slowly raised it to the height of her shoulder.

"Brush—"

The palace guards received the order from the gesture of the steward, and in an instant, they neatly lowered the halberd in their hands, so that the tips of the halberd spears in their hands were pointed diagonally towards the young man and the girl, and the trembling of the armor shook as if it had been rehearsed countless times in advance, and there was a majestic chorus!

In this way, the atmosphere of the scene suddenly changed.

The twelve guards brought by Scambed on this trip surrounded the young men and young girls at once, and the crowd that had unconsciously gathered around the street to watch the excitement was suddenly startled, and then they whispered to each other, and at the same time did not forget to retreat a little more knowingly, for fear that he would accidentally get involved in the power game of the nobles.

Thea's wolf ears shook in surprise in her silver hair, and her amber eyes showed almost the same bewildered look as the onlookers, and she looked around herself and the guards around Urs who had somehow suddenly put on a posture of readiness, and the panicked voice hurriedly jumped out of her throat to ask; "Chief, Lord Steward, this-"

She panicked, and her voice stammered - fortunately, Urs also reflexively raised his hand to the hilt of the molten iron greatsword behind his back, and his brown eyes could not be said to be able to maintain complete composure, but the courage and perseverance tempered by the battlefield made him dare to immediately raise his head and stare at Scambed, who had just signaled the guards to act like this, and immediately asked in a cold tone with a displeased face: "Lord Steward, what does this mean?" ”

The young man's gaze was cast straight out for a moment, locking Scambed's eyes.

Skambed did not avoid this gaze, he held the reins in his left hand and straddled the saddle on the horse's back, and the sea-blue eyes that symbolized the orthodox blood of the nobles of Holm looked down condescendingly at the young man and the girl, and kept a smile on his face in the face of the young man's questioning gaze, and was silent for two seconds—

Then he calmly replied: "By the will of the Lord Regent on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor to the Northlands - Knight of Urs, Reverend Thea, you two are now arrested for treason. ”(https:)

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