"Staff Lord, do you know how to answer if the Lord of the City asks you why you let adventurers open shops outside the barracks?" The beautiful girl asked earnestly to the staff.

The staff thought for a while, and replied to the other party with the same seriousness: "I know the ...... of the city lord He never paid attention to these little things, Miss Lei Ruoya, you can rest assured, he will not ask. ”

But the girl slowly shook her head after hearing the answer: "No, he will ask." ”

"Oh?" The staff was a little surprised by the affirmative flavor in the other party's tone.

The girl looked at him, paused slightly, and then continued categorically, "Trust me, he will definitely ask. ”

……

The scene of the conversation with the strange adventurer a month ago suddenly came to the mind of the staff.

It was also at this time that the city lord questioned him word by word:

"Why did you let that adventurer of unknown origin open a shop outside the barracks?"

When the city lord really questioned him as Lei Ruoya said, his eyelids jumped, and an extremely strange feeling arose in his heart, but his face did not show a single thing.

He looked directly at the city lord who questioned him, his brow furrowed slightly, as if he was dissatisfied with the other party's distrust of him.

- "Remember, no matter how the lord of the castle doubts you at that time, you just need to be sure. ”

The rather pleasant voice of the young lady Lei Ruoya sounded in the ears of the staff, as if she were standing beside her at this moment.

He slowly opened his mouth, and according to Lei Ruoya's words at that time, he said to the city lord in front of him without moving:

"The adventurer who opened the shop...... But a fool. ”

"Fools?" The city lord's eyebrows furrowed, his cheeks flushed slightly, and he seemed to have some anger that could not be concealed, "This is a critical time...... When a large number of soldiers in the barracks disappeared inexplicably...... When they come back...... Why did such a fool suddenly pop up!? Why did he show up at such a time!? Why don't you want to open a shop outside the barracks!? There is such a coincidence in this world!? ”

The city lord gasped heavily as he said this: "...... And then you just agree to him opening the store. These things are strange enough even when they are separated, when put together...... You tell me, how can I not doubt you!? ”

After saying these words, the city lord looked at his staff with wide eyes.

In the impression of the staff, this is the first time that the city lord has made such a big fire.

The staff's brow was furrowed, and his face was gloomy, but as far as he was concerned, his face was as good as usual.

Because Lei Ruoya had already explained the follow-up answer: "That's just a fool who sells equipment for a few gold as twenty copper." ”

……

"Ahh Lei Yang, who was walking with a cart in the drizzle, suddenly sneezed loudly.

He thought he was catching a cold, so he hurriedly wrapped the rain on his body.

But when he really wrapped it up, he felt that the weather didn't seem to be as cold as he imagined.

He scratched his head in confusion, wondering why he was sneezing.

"I remember Ruoya, she seems to have said that it is possible that someone is scolding me when I sneeze......" Lei Yang said to himself, with some distress between his eyebrows.

He didn't just worry about such a trivial matter - there were so many things he couldn't figure out, and if he cared about everything, how could he live.

It's just that this incident made his distress a little more aggravated.

He leaned out and looked out, and saw that all around him were almost identical tents.

The huge barracks are not visible at all, but what does not match the huge area of the barracks is ......

The barracks were a bit deserted.

Many of the tents look empty, and there is no trace of inhabitation at all, and those tents that have a little bit of life and should be inhabited on weekdays do not even have a figure at the moment.

The road outside the barracks was muddy and wet, with potholes and puddles of various sizes, but there were not many pedestrians' footprints in sight.

"I don't know what those soldiers are doing...... Don't have time to lead the way? The soldiers guarding the gate only showed Lei Yang a general direction to the staff tent and let him into the barracks, saying that he could come in, and then asked the soldiers inside.

But after walking for a long time, Lei Yang didn't even see a figure.

This incident really made Lei Yang very distressed.

Because if you can't find someone to ask for directions, you are ......

He was lost.

Completely lost.

Not only did he fail to find the tent of his staff, but he also forgot the direction he had come from—he couldn't even go back the way he had come to ask for the help of the soldiers.

Lei Yang froze in place, not knowing what to do. Thin threads of rain poured down from the air, and a little of them avoided the hat on Lei Yang's head and drifted to his cheeks.

A few drops of rain drifted on Lei Yang's eyebrows, melting the dust on his face, but it couldn't untie his tightly knit brow.

"Alas...... It would be nice if Ruoya was here. ”

The matter of finding a way can always make a young man who is not smart feel distressed.

……

"That's it!? You just think he's a fool for that reason!? I see ......"

"You're taking me for a fool."

“…… If you explain it to the lord like this, he will probably respond like this. ”

When Lei Ruoya finished this paragraph with a thick voice and an excited expression, the staff smiled: "Miss Ruoya, you have learned the tone of the city lord's speech very similarly. ”

Speaking of this, the staff thought for a while, shook his head and said to Lei Ruoya: "But the city lord won't talk to me like this, you don't know our relationship." ”

"Oh?" Lei Ruoya raised her delicate brows when she heard this, and the expression on her face was slightly surprised.

But she quickly returned to her normal and spoke to the staff again: "I really don't know what kind of relationship you have with the city lord, but I'm pretty sure he will talk to you like this. ”

"How do you know?" The staff frowned.

He was a little dissatisfied with this Miss Lei Ruoya at the moment.

This Miss Leroya, after showing her the arm, came up and expressed her desire to help their brother and sister open a shop.

And now that I've agreed to her request, she's here again......

The staff thought that he was one of the people who knew the city lord best in the world, and he didn't think that the city lord would do this to him because of such a trivial matter.

To be honest, Lei Ruoya's performance is really a bit out of line and a little weird. If it weren't for the fact that the staff knew that she was indeed on the same path as him, and that he still needed the address of the cave in her mouth, he would have reprimanded her for being vexatious.

"I said now, Lord Staff, you are afraid and you won't believe it, but Lord Staff, you remember......" Lei Ruoya smiled softly, "There is no falsehood in what I said. ”

This sentence was spoken very slowly, and ...... It seems to have such an unquestionable smell!

……

"That's all!? You just think he's a fool for that reason!? I see ......"

"You're taking me for a fool." The city lord shouted loudly at the staff.

It's familiar......

The staff suddenly found that Lei Ruoya had already said almost the same thing to himself, and he was suddenly startled.

"You're reacting a little bit." He tried his best to keep his face normal.

"I don't want accidents," the lord said in a deep voice, "they're back...... You're not one of those ignorant civilians or adventurers, you know how terrible they can be, and even the slightest accident can wipe out Belial! ”

"And, if it's you...... That's probably not a small accident. ”

He didn't take Lei Ruoya's reminder seriously, but when everything really developed according to what Lei Ruoya said, he couldn't help but set off turbulent waves in his heart.

It's not that it's strange that the castle lord is angry with himself......

He had previously thought that the city lord would not be embarrassed by this matter, and he was thinking about it under normal circumstances.

If he had known that the situation would become as serious as it is now in a month's time, he could have judged that the castle lord would behave like this.

Therefore, it is not too bizarre to predict the performance of the city lord inexplicably.

But what's really scary is ......

She had already told herself all about it a month ago!

Even every word the city lord would say to himself, every emotion he showed when he spoke, was almost exactly the same!

She seemed to have known what was going to happen next, and she was fully prepared.

That wacky adventurer......

How did she know?

How could she have known this a month ago?

It feels ...... Base...... It's like ......

She's in control!

However, just when the staff was in a trance, the city lord had already continued to speak:

"Price the leather armor of the hardware for twenty copper...... The pricing of this adventurer is too deliberate. Even a three-year-old knew that business would close sooner or later, but this adventurer did just that—was he stupid enough to be inferior to a three-year-old? Do you think this is possible? How did such a person live to such an age? ”

"I inquired about the Jiangnan leather workshop, this adventurer, from the earliest days...... The propaganda of twenty bronze for each piece of leather armor was released. I've seen the leather armor produced in his workshop, hehe, it only sells for twenty copper...... He was afraid that others would not know that he was a fool. But the funny thing is that he really used this stupid means to spread his reputation as a fool in Belia. ”

"There's definitely something wrong with this adventurer, and no matter what those ordinary people think," the city lord stood up, his tall body almost obscuring all of his staff's vision, "I don't believe you can't see it." ”

It was still unusually dark, and the little light was absorbed by the tarpaulin that made the tent, and it was almost completely consumed when it fell into the tent.

The staff glanced at the cup of tea, which still exuded a faint white gas.

He suddenly felt a little thirsty and wanted to take a cup of tea.

But he immediately felt a little annoyed, because it was the first time he remembered that the city lord had spoken to him in such a tone.

He raised his head unhappily and glared back at the tall city lord - the staff was also very tall, but it was still far from the city lord, and he had to look up to see the city lord's face completely.

"Did you say enough?"

"Enough is enough." The city lord was stunned by the sudden rise of the staff.

"Then it's my turn," the staff took a step forward and was close to the city lord, "the adventurer, the adventurer you suspected, the adventurer who was suspected with me"

"Not only is he a fool, but he's also a waste who doesn't even have a first-level fighting spirit or magic."