Green and Setty, temporarily staying at Gülen's fur shop. This shop specializes in the fur of the business alliance. Some people will wonder why Glenn still has a fur shop here because the Desik Empire is located on the north side of the continent and is itself a place where wild beasts are more infested.

It turns out that the geographical environment of Shangmeng and Desik is different, and the hair quality of the animals is also different. The beasts of the Shang League, because they live in the plains with a pleasant climate and in the Sunset Mountains, their furs have always been known for their exquisiteness, delicacy, and magnificence, and they are marketed on the mainland.

Glenn sheds his spy disguise and reverts to a normal businessman, much to the surprise of Green and Setie. Although the business here is not as good as it used to be due to the influence of state-to-state relations, the occasional guest who comes to the door can be greeted by Gülen, and one by one, like a spring breeze, usually picks up a few fine fur clothes and leaves.

Setie's partner, who also came to White Rock City yesterday, a man and a woman are two court magicians, both of whom are middle-level magicians, the man's name is Pete, about thirty years old, a standard San Jose with blond hair, very ordinary-looking, tall, I heard that he is still a knight lord. The woman's name is Angelina, she is younger, also blonde, and petite, and according to Setie, her father is the treasurer of San Jose.

Green and Setie went outside the city to greet the two of them, and Green couldn't help but quip, "It's said that magic is forbidden in the countries of the mainland, just your San Jose court magician." A few years ago, every time I encountered a dark magic incident, the guild was like a great enemy, and in the past two years, I don't know what happened, all kinds of magicians emerged in an endless stream, causing trouble everywhere. Let's just say that you court magicians, I heard that it is a small research-based organization, but if you really want to use it, you can always send a steady stream of people. ”

Setty looked around, and came over with a close ear, "I'll tell you that someone stole a huge amount of magic crystals and several magic array manuscripts in San Jose last time. Merlin and the royal family of San Jose attach great importance to this, otherwise do you think that these clues that are not clues here can make the court magicians pay so much attention?"

"Magic Array Manuscript, don't tell me, it's the thing that blew up the bridge?" Grimm suddenly remembered something.

"Of course!" Setty suddenly realized that she had been a little too close to Green just now, and hurried away a little.

As a result, there were now four people living in the Gülen fur shop, three magicians, and one high-ranking samurai. Green didn't ask the hunters to come over to help, after all, the relationship between the Shang Alliance and the Desik Empire has been tense recently, and if the investigation does not progress, it is not suitable for a large-scale operation.

"Lord Green, Lord Green!" Early in the morning, Gülen's voice came from outside the store. Green, who had just gotten up to exercise in the backyard, looked at Gülen, who was sweating profusely, and said, "Take a breath and say, what's the matter?"

Gülen, who was out of breath, relieved for a while, "Lord Green, I heard a message. ”

As the saying goes, if you go long, you will lose, those dark forces, what they have done, have been noticed and tracked down by the adventurer's guild after all, after all, there are only a few, especially in the territory of the Shang Alliance, there are many countries and city-states, and those dark forces swim between countries, like a fish in water.

In the Desik Empire, this kind of thing is much less and has much less impact, but less does not mean that there is none.

It turned out that Glenn had a hobby, when he was not opening the store, he liked to go to the Golden Tooth Tavern to drink two glasses, and call two girls, and he had a good girl, named Tess, who was a plump girl with freckles on her face, and two balls of flesh bulging on her chest, and Glenn couldn't open her legs when she saw him.

The two of them got to know each other better, and when she was there, Glenn would sometimes talk to Tess about herself. No, as soon as Glenn, who was missing a half-front tooth, came to the door, Tess exclaimed.

So, Glenn, who couldn't stand the grinding, told Tess about his experience. Tess didn't care if Gülen was a serious merchant of the Business Alliance or a member of the Adventurers' Guild, she only cared if Gülen, who was missing two front teeth, would be less majestic in the future.

As the two of them talked, Glenn mentioned that Master Green, who had come from Manning, had asked him to track down some mysterious events that had taken place in Desik.

Green's idea was originally a needle in a haystack, and there was no way to do it, hoping that maybe the things those people had done had been exposed in White Rock City. So Green's luck is really not bad, and even in the territory of Desik, some strange things have indeed happened.

People like Tess, who make a living by pleasing others, really have some anecdotes in their stomachs, which were originally the talk of chatter after dinner. Unexpectedly, when she heard Gülen say this, she recalled an incident from a long time ago.

That was three years ago, and Prince Ferdinand, the former crown prince of Nadesik, was still in his prime, and he had raised a group of private samurai, all of whom were tall and full of flesh, and who were rumored to be outlaws by the townspeople. Prince Ferdinand, though accompanied by the warriors of the wasteland, feared his younger brother, who was in charge of the army, and gathered a large number of followers on his own.

Contrary to expectations, this group of heavily hired samurai did not play a role at all. Because they all died soon, and the death was inexplicable, and it is still an unjust case in White Rock City.

This thing is strange, they died in a small manor outside Baiyan City arranged for them by the prince at that time, it was a small castle, with high walls and arrow towers more than three people high. More than 30 Desik men, all of whom were hooligans who fought all year round, died quietly. What's even more strange is that there are no traces of battle in the entire manor, and nothing has been checked out of their corpses.

"Ah, how come I didn't know about such a big thing?" Gülen was a little curious, knowing that his shop was in the White Rock City Market, and it made no sense that he hadn't heard the news at all. "Let me think about it," Tess thought as she tilted her head, "it seems like it was three years ago in the spring, and I hadn't seen you in months." ”

"Three years ago in the spring? Oh, yes, I went back to Manning to talk about business, and I only came back in the winter. I got angry when I thought of this, and when I came back that time, the guy in the store ran away from me with a large amount of fur, and I went to the garrison to report the crime, and sent a big bag of gold coins, but I still didn't catch the guy. No wonder, no one ever told me about it. ”

Tess smiled, "Actually, even if you're here, you don't necessarily know. I heard that the army would quickly issue a gag order, but not many people in the city heard about it. And I, as you know, will be a little better informed in our line of work. So, is this what you call a mystery?"

"It's hard to say! Maybe the enemy killed you!" Glenn retorted, and Tess wasn't angry, "It's possible, I'll just say that anyway." ”

"However, I remember that the person who said this in the house at that time was the adjutant battalion general of the Central General, and I remember that it was a super fat man, and I have never seen such a fat soldier. He said at the time that the results of the investigation were very strange, and that the Grand Duke (Note 1) was still talking about whether to report it to the Adventurers' Guild. Didn't you just say that you belonged to some adventurer's guild?"

Hearing Tess say this, Glenn sat up with a spirit. "What? did he say that?" Tess nodded.

Glenn anxiously paced inside the room, "Actually, you don't know that in the past, there was an agreement between the countries of the mainland that all vicious and dark incidents should be handled by the Adventurer's Guild. It's just that after a long time, this agreement has gradually been ignored, and the Adventurer's Guild has completely become a vassal of the Business Alliance, especially the people of your Desik Empire, who generally don't believe in our Adventurer's Guild. ”

"You mean, since they think they should report to the Adventurer's Guild, it means that it has something to do with the dark events you talked about?"

Glenn rushed to Tess excitedly, raised her cheek and kissed her fiercely, then took out a dozen gold coins and threw them on the table, "It's really my good girl, take the gold coins to buy some beautiful clothes, I'll go back! ”

After listening to Gülen's narration, Green and Setie understood that a few years ago, there were people from the dark forces who caused trouble in Desik, and the matter involved Prince Ferdinand, which naturally could not help but arouse suspicion.

"You just said that the news was revealed by a battalion general? Do you know who it is, can we visit?" asked Greene.

"Oh, that's not going to work, I inquired on the way back, and the battalion general made a mistake last year and cut off the Kaiser's head. Gülen cautiously ducked away.

Green said angrily, "Then you talk about!"

Glenn still replied cautiously, "That, the person is gone, but I inquired that the place where the accident happened is not far from White Rock City, a small place called 'Rose Manor'. I heard that the manor, since the tragedy, has not been visited for a long time, and it has long been abandoned. ”

"Oh, that's a good clue. Setty said suddenly.

Green tilted his head to look at Setie, "What do you say?"

Setie went on to explain, "If no one has ever been there, if there has been a magical event there, even after a few years, there will still be traces, and that's when 'tracer magic' comes into play." ”

Green was excited, "Is that good? Without further ado, let's get going." ”

Setie nodded, yes, I'll call Pete and Angelina, let's go together.

"What about me!" Gülen on the side raised his right hand!

"You, you stay here, if someone comes to find out about our whereabouts, be careful not to expose it, understand?"

Glenn nodded like garlic, "Okay, okay, no problem!" While patting his chest, the manor, if it sounds good, it is broken, and if it is ugly, it is a haunted house, and Uncle Gülen doesn't want to go!

Note 1: Refers to Archduke Edward