17 A New Life?

After a brief shock, Night Sparrow, Snow Dog, and Melo all sat down in the chamber, and the three of them showed varying degrees of joy at the arrival of their old friend Wind Chimes, but they were not happy at the news of Risen Death, and only exchanged a few words of greeting.

"Erin Akayi? It's you. Milo asked suddenly.

"Milo Enteman? …… Are you here? Erin was also surprised.

"You know?" The Viscount asked the two.

"Well, when we were children, we knew each other because the two adults had a relationship with each other." Erin replied that seeing someone she knew, she no longer seemed to have stage fright.

"It's much more convenient to have people you know. Milo, Miss Akayi will take care of you, she wants to stay here, you help her get used to it. Viscount Lee humorously said that the atmosphere of the council chamber had recovered a little.

"Wait, we haven't figured out what's going on yet, Wind Chimes, can you tell us what's going on? How did Risen die? Mello was desperate to find out what had happened, especially since the news of Risen had shocked and surprised everyone.

"Let me explain," the wind chime continued, "and this is how it ......"

……

After listening to the description of the wind chimes, everyone had gloomy faces, as if they were pondering something.

"I've heard of this Sevia Anseson, whose origins were a mystery before the Djinn Crisis," said the Viscount, "Miss Akay, you are his fiancée, do you know what he was going through?" ”

Erin shook her head, but quickly added, "I'm not his fiancée anymore." ”

Nightfinch put her hand on Erin's shoulder and encouraged her with a look of encouragement, as if to say, "Be strong, kid." Then she turned to the wind chime and asked, "You mentioned that Sevia can use magic, can you find clues in this regard, such as checking the list of magic courts or magic schools in various places?" ”

"It works, but it doesn't work for him. When I fought Sevia, I found out that he was using fusion magic. Wind Chime said with a frown, as if recalling the magic duel that night.

"You mentioned it last time? The kind of 'fusion magic' that uses different kinds of magic at the same time? Night Sparrow suddenly became interested, and her tone became more excited than before.

"Yes, as I expected, he also released the exploration circle over Anseison City at that time." Wind Chimes replied with a nod.

"He made that circle?" Erin remembered the scene and hurriedly asked.

"Now that I think about it, it's definitely true. If several mages cast spells at the same time, the circle will appear little by little. But it's not the same when a person uses fusion magic, remember what we saw in the mine that day? The circle was formed too quickly, so I thought there must be someone in Anseson City who could fuse magic, but I didn't expect it to be Sevia in the end. ”

"That's when you started to get suspicious." Erin lamented that the wind chimes are experienced and can see the problem earlier, or they may not know how they died.

"Sevia is an unfathomable person, but what is his motivation? What good did assassinating Risen do him? Melo asked, in fact, Count Akayi had thought about a similar question, and had already denied the possibility of colluding with foreign enemies at that time.

"These are not for us to consider," Viscount Li didn't want to think meaninglessly, "The important thing is that now that the documents for Miss Akayi's wanted have been delivered to Butler City, it is estimated that the news will reach us in a day......"

"Sorry, it's been at least three or five days for Butler City to get here, right?" Erin wondered.

"Don't underestimate the speed of news spread among merchants, maybe the news is on the way now, and it will be here soon. So, Miss Akayi, please keep a low profile and try not to reveal your identity. Now the people in the house are my confidants, and I can absolutely guarantee your safety, and what we just said will not be passed on, please rest assured. ”

"Thank you very much, Viscount." Once again, Erin felt the warmth that Windwalk brought to her.

"Then I'll arrange your accommodation, please come with me." Nightfinch picks up Erin's baggage and tries to take her to find a place to live.

"Let Milo arrange it, they played together when they were kids, right?" The viscount said wittily again.

Milo sighed and took the initiative to take the burden, "Let's go, I'll take you there." Erin saluted the people in the room and left the chamber with Milo.

"What about you? What's next? Why don't you spend some time in Windwalk? Nightfinch asked about the wind chimes.

"Well, I'm staying here for a few days, and to be honest Irene, I'm not worried about her, and I've promised her adoptive parents to keep her safe. But I don't have to arrange my accommodation, I can figure it out myself. Wind Chimes replied.

"I'll arrange for trusted guards to protect her, and Milo will protect her." Viscount said.

……

"Thank you, Milo Enteman." Erin entered the room that already belonged to her, and said that this room was located on the second floor of the fortress, and that the next and opposite sides to the left and right were occupied by female servants or family members. The room is not big, but it will feel very spacious when living alone, the furniture is made of ordinary wood, the furnishings are simple, and the necessities of life are readily available. For Erin, such a "fugitive" life is already very superior.

"You must have been through a lot in the past two days, so get some rest first. It was dinner time, and when I heard the bell ringing, I went to the cafeteria on the first floor. Stuff for you here, if you need warm clothes just let us know. Milo said, and gave some instructions on matters in the fortress and the location of important places, and after seeing that Erin understood everything, he also left.

Erin cleaned up the room, but there was nothing to clean up, and made the bed. There was a stove in the fortress, it wasn't particularly cold, there was no need to change into thick clothes, and I had no plans to travel, so I sat down in my room and looked at the ceiling.

Take a deep breath –

"Father, Mother......"

The dinner bell rang, and the servants who worked in the town returned one after another. Viscount Lee, the Nightsparrow Snow Dog Couple, Milo, Wind Chime, and Irene all came to the dining room, and the servants served dinner, and everyone began to enjoy it. The Viscount told a lot of funny jokes, which livened up the atmosphere of the dining hall, and everyone didn't pay much attention to the newly integrated Erin and the wind chimes, and everyone relaxed and enjoyed it as if they were at home, and Erin finally relaxed a little and began to eat. And the wind chimes, as before, do not eat any food.

After dinner, Erin approached the Viscount and thanked him again for his help and acceptance, "I can't accept your help in vain, please let me do something here." Erin offered to find some work to do.

The Viscount thought hesitantly, he noticed that the wind chimes beside Erin nodded slightly, and said, "Since you say so, I really need someone here who can calculate accounts, would you like to be there?" Erin, of course, happily agreed.

On her first night in Windwalk, Erin slept very comfortably, and even though the experience of the previous few days had caused her to encounter a major change in her life, she felt at home here in Windwalk.

The wind chimes hadn't fallen asleep late at night, but she didn't need to sleep anymore and often used meditation instead of sleep. She sat on the towering watchtower on the fortress and looked at the lights of the southern seaside harbor.

"It's changed so much here...... All places have changed so much......" she couldn't help but sigh at the rapid development and earth-shaking changes in Fengxing Town in the past two years, "then...... Where the hell are you? ”

Also not sleeping was Milo, who sat beside the haystack he had leaned against with Heidi. Now the man and the haystack were gone, but the memory remained in Milo's mind forever, and he often thought about the past here, and fell asleep here when he thought about it, and saw in his dreams the girl who remained unchanged.

From the next day, Erin started to do bookkeeping in the warehouse in the town, and she did a good job, and she was very skilled in counting and co-ordinating, which had a lot to do with the training she received in the Wanyuan Sect army. After a lunch break, she didn't forget to go to the church in the town to pray, after all, she was also a member of the Wanyuan Sect army, and her faith was still preserved.

In the evening, at the end of the day's work, Erin began to feel that this life was not bad. There were a few crisp gunshots from the training ground in the distance, and Erin knew it was an arquebus, mixed with a flintlock pistol, and she missed her bolt-action rifle again, but it was lost in the castle of Anseson. "Maybe I'll lose my chance with muskets in the future." She kept feeling emotional.

"Big things are not good! Big things are not good! Agitation begins to rise in the town, and Erin feels a hint of unease and fear - news of Resson's death and her arrest has arrived.

Sure enough, the news spread through the town, and for a while, the merchants on the street began to sigh, curse, and be angry...... Duke Risson, as the hero of the human side of the Djinn Crisis, is very respectable in the eyes of everyone, and the news of his death has also caused an uproar here.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Erin hurried back to the fortress, and did not eat dinner well, so she hurried to sleep. In her sleep, Erin woke up several times, but found that she was scared of herself, and the night was very difficult.

The third day came, and Erin didn't even want to go to town for work, she was afraid that someone would recognize her, although it was unlikely, because Windwalk Town wouldn't post a wanted notice for the Spellet Empire, but she was still very nervous.

Erin still made it to the warehouse and started her day's work. To her surprise, for a whole day, there were very few people talking about Risen death, how should the businessmen do business, and still do the exchange of money and goods, and yesterday's "big event" was as if it had never happened......

"It's very simple, because the merchants themselves revolve around money." At dinner, Erin asked the viscount, to which the viscount replied. Nightfinch also comforted Erin not to think too much, and when the limelight passed, everyone would not care about it. As soon as dinner was over, the news came that Sevia had broken through the enemy siege with his troops, and the people of the town began to sing and dance again in celebration, completely devoid of the regret and pain of yesterday, and the merchants also took advantage of the opportunity to attract many people to start talking about business.

Erin finally understood how reasonable the Viscount's explanation was, and she had been worried for a long time.

"But let's keep a low profile, don't let people recognize it, there are still a lot of merchants from the Spallow Empire here." The Viscount reminded Erin again.

Over the next two days, the commotion in the town had completely subsided, the same as Erin's first day on the job. Erin began to rejoice in her fate, and she once again thanked the wind chimes for bringing her here, thanked the viscount and others for taking care of her, and she especially hoped that the god of all sources would bless these kind people when she prayed in the church.

And just like that, everything gradually calmed down until October 2nd.

Erin meets a secret agent from the Spellet Empire.