"Ceren, what's the matter?"

The middle-aged man stood behind the door, looking at Seren with blazing eyes, although the night was dark, he was still busy with a pile of papers, and the long hours of work made his face a little tired, but he still maintained a straight posture, like a long sword out of the sheath. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Karthas has sent a messenger!"

Ignoring too much of the elaborate etiquette, Seren bowed slightly after a military salute to express his apologies for the disturbance in the middle of the night, and he saw the face of Lord Leos—a pale complexion, as calm and indifferent as a stone, except for those gray-blue eyes with a slight bright brilliance.

That's the reflection of the light.

Ceren stole a glance at the lamp hanging by the side of the wall, the faint light of the flame flickering in the dim air, as if there was not much oil left, and the flame was almost exhausted from the beating, as if it was about to be extinguished by accident.

It's like the current situation!

Seren sighed deeply, knowing the torment and worry hidden in Lord Leos' eyes.

The current situation of Afron is really terrible for the Kingdom Navy! The Escud family almost made no secret of their fiery ambitions, and their claws stretched longer and longer - the lifeblood of the navy, the only source of income since the loss of the royal capital Elva, the port tax that originally belonged to the royal navy, fell into the hands of the city guards little by little in the so-called "anti-smuggling investigation incidents", and those bastards have long been completely reduced to the dogs raised by the Escud family.

Since the end of the Sixth Eta War, there has been no news between the navy and the royal family - despite the fact that Afron is located in the corner of the kingdom, Seren does not believe that the royal family has forgotten them, and he wonders countless times if the Escud family has done something shady. Unfortunately, so far, he has not found any evidence.

Now the arrival of the Karthus envoy is undoubtedly a turning point for the kingdom's navy.

Selen's mind was heavy, and he repeated again, "My lord, Karthas has sent a messenger!" ”

"I see."

Leos returned to his desk and pointed to a chair next to him, "Please be seated, Ceren." Tell me about what happened tonight. ”

"Thank you, sir!"

……

Glo stepped down the stairs down the hall on the first floor of Mermaid Reef - not the same as some biographies or reality, the tavern here was the same as the game, open around the clock, a tavern in the evening, breakfast in the morning, and a nice meeting place in the afternoon.

In the early morning, when the hall of the tavern was deserted, Glo sat down at a random table, and looked around—the floor was wiped clean like mirrors, the chairs were stacked and tucked under the tables, the murals on the walls seemed to have been dusted off, and there were small vases and fresh wildflowers on the tables, and he soon saw a busy figure.

When the figure heard the movement, he immediately put down the work at hand and ran over.

"Sir, do you need breakfast?"

Only then did Glo see the figure in front of her—a small girl with a few brown freckles on her face, long eyelashes, and her eyes blinking inadvertently, looking energetic and energetic.

It's not pretty, but it's cute.

The bandit leader gave an evaluation from the bottom of his heart. He nodded to the girl, and secretly observed the waiter's costume that the girl was wearing, a black coat over a silver-white lace blouse, with a double row of shiny buttons, and the top two open...... The tavern owner is too much - the bust really doesn't match her!

If you strangle it too tightly, it will affect your development.

When the girl turned to leave, the bandit leader muttered quietly. Habitual mental discussion and scoring of the opposite sex is every otaku's hobby - since coming into contact with Miss Ladia, Glo has found that the standard of scoring women is gradually improving. Well, if Miss Ladya is discounted by her size and counts as 8 points, this waiter girl can barely score 5 points.

The food was quickly delivered, "Please use it slowly!" The girl put the plate on the table and continued to work with a song humming a song.

Well, both the taste of the food and the quality of the service are much better than the "Dolphin House" in the civilian area.

The bandit leader picked up a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth—his attention quickly turned to the girl's food, and as his belly was full, the pleasure from his stomach made him hum a little tune, exactly what the girl had just hummed. Although he didn't know who wrote the upbeat piece, that didn't stop him from liking it a little.

"Excuse me......"

Glo seemed to be choked by something, the knife and fork in his hand stopped in mid-air, he saw the "round-brimmed hat", and came to the tavern at some point, and was standing at the bar in the lobby and asked the waiter girl. The "brimmed hat" was deep and fast, and Glo could only hear the first two words, and then he didn't gain anything more.

However, he can probably determine the meaning of the "round-brimmed hat" - he learned the name and identity of this person from the mouth of "Mr. Pseudo-Niang" last night. Thinking about it, it is very likely that the "round-brimmed hat" has already reported the situation to the upper echelons of the navy, and the kingdom navy has absolutely ignored his existence.

The "brimmed hat," then, must have come to contact him as a representative of the navy - the food was chewed between his teeth, and the bandit leader was silently deducing the next course of events, but he felt more and more apprehensive. Uh, no, the bandit leader himself is not ready to join the kingdom's navy.

What's more, he is still a fake.

Forget it, take it one step at a time. Play it by ear.

Glo waved his hand high, "Mr. Selen, here!" His face was full of enthusiasm, and his beard, which had not been taken care of for days, was waving in the cold air of the early morning.

"Sir, we finally meet again."

Seren pulled out a chair and sat down at Glo's table, where he removed his brimmed hat and placed it on the table. It was at this time that the leader of the bandits saw for the first time the appearance of the young officer, who had inherited the lineage of the Epham (note: (1)), and seemed to be very pure. The short hair on his head, which was less than a centimeter long, stood up at the roots, and his face was stiff, and he didn't look good when he smiled, like a dried potato with wrinkled skin due to excessive dehydration. Forgive the bandit leader for saying that from the bottom of his heart, because that's exactly what happened.

After greeting him, Selen's gaze swept over the plate on the table, and he looked at the messenger "from Kartha", hesitated for a long time, and finally, took out a folded piece of paper from his bosom and handed it gently.

(Note: (1) Elendia: One of the earliest human civilization races on the Arlandia continent has established a unified continental dynasty since recorded history. However, during the Elva Dynasty, there were not many pure bloodline owners, most of them belonged to the Elantt royal family or some royal side branch nobles, compared to the standard aristocratic physical characteristics of Miss Lady, their hair color was closer to silver, and the color of their pupils was mainly gray-green and gray-blue. ）