() The city of Madolu, as a sacred place for knights, not only accepted the wounded of the Templar Order, but also the nobles of secular countries who could afford to pay for their wounds could come here to heal their wounds, so wounded knights from hostile countries often appeared in the city at the same time. In order to prevent worldly feuds from polluting this peaceful holy place, the city of Maduolu forbade a form of private fighting, and violators would be driven away immediately, even if it was the royal family of a country. Of course, the best way is to prevent it from happening, and for this reason, the Central Church has built a total of seven large sanatoriums in the city of Madolu, three in the city and four in the mountainous suburbs, and if two knights come to recuperate at the same time, and they are from a hostile country, or have a personal enmity with each other, then the two will be placed in two sanatoriums that are far apart, so as to reduce the chance of them meeting.

"Rose of the Night Wind", this tavern is not large in scale, and the wine it sells is not very special, but its proximity to the Knight Sanatorium in the east of the city makes up for its innate shortcomings. The knight, who was recuperating from his injuries in a sanatorium, wanted to have a glass of wine when he had nothing to do, but didn't want to run too far, so he came to visit this shop. That's why the Night Wind Rose has endured for ten years.

The guests of the tavern were dressed in civilian clothes, but by their manners it was clear that most of them were knights, drinking leisurely and boasting of their heroic deeds, while in an inconspicuous corner sat a young guest, who did not seem very gregarious, and preferred to drink alone. It was not surprising that guests like him were like this, and most of the knights who had just arrived at the sanatorium were like this, and when they got acquainted with other people, they would naturally change.

Using the cover of the wine glass, Julien Rousseau repeatedly sneaked his eyes at the tavern owner, who was busy at the bar. Dante was a small man of thin stature, unsightly and forgetful at first glance, who seldom spoke, and was busy with bartending all day long, and his wife, a slightly obese woman, was in charge of entertaining guests, keeping accounts, and collecting money. Dante is supposed to be the kind of man who takes care of his family, Julian saw him scoop a towel to wipe his wife's sweat four times, his movements were skillful and natural, he must have been accustomed to it, the couple also had a son of 6 or 7 years old, Julian had seen the little boy once, at about 8 o'clock in the evening, he ran in from outside, said a few words to his parents, went to the back of the tavern, and never came out again. The little boy was working in the church choir because Julian saw him scooping a stack of hymn sheets in his hand.

Commoners did not have the right to education from birth, like the aristocracy, and those with money could spend money to study, but for the vast majority of the poor people, it was a distant luxury. Therefore, some ordinary parents would send their children to the nearest church and beg the priest to put their children in the choir, not so that the children would receive one or two copper coins a month, but that they would get a rare free opportunity to read, because in order for the children to read the lyrics of the music, the priest must give them some basic literacy education.

After observing all night, Julian came to a conclusion: Dante's family is an ordinary family, barely able to survive on a tavern, but basically has little savings, although the family is not very good, Dante and his wife and children seem to live in harmony and peace. Julian couldn't figure out how such an ordinary man could be a spy and a shameful renegade.

A few hours ago.

When Hagen and "Jack" (I don't know his real name, I can only call him that for the time being) are arrested, the middle-aged woman named Selena takes over Hagen's job and becomes Julian's new "protector". However, contrary to Hagen's style, Selena's attitude towards Julian is quite indifferent, after returning from the street, Selena did not say a word to Julian, and she deliberately avoided eye contact with Julian, as if she was hiding some extremely strong feelings of herself, but Julian, who was keenly sensitive, still noticed that Selena had an inexplicable dislike for herself. Julian didn't understand where his disgust came from after he had known Selena for less than half a day, and he felt an indescribable depression, perhaps he was used to getting along with Hagen and couldn't get used to it for a while.

Thankfully, this suffocating silence was finally broken at dusk. Selena tossed a sketch in front of Julian.

"He's?" said Julian, picking up the sketch and looking at the thin, middle-aged man suspiciously.

"Hagen told you that there are traitors within us. The traitor has been found, and it's this guy, Dante, the owner of the 'Rose of the Night Wind'. Selena spoke with her back to Julian.

"He's the one responsible for the arrest of Hagen and 'Jack'?"

"That's right, he has betrayed, and Hagen is used by him as a bargaining chip to win the trust of the Holy See. This guy also secretly made a roster of all the sleepers in Madolu City, hoping to make a bigger deal with the Central Church. If the Holy See gets the roster, we'll all be finished. Thankfully, he didn't know I was suspicious of him. ”

"Why are you suing me about this?"

"I want you to kill him. I don't know whether it is a request or an order, there is not the slightest emotion in Selena's tone.

"Kill him?" Julian frowned, "Am I suitable?"

"I don't take care of you like a baby like Hagen. Don't expect to eat, live or use me for nothing, you have to find some work to do. ”

Selena's words were very sharp, which made Julian extremely uncomfortable, but he still embraced this feeling, and said to Selena with a smile: "No problem, leave it to me." If I can do something for them in Hagen, I wish I had the opportunity to do so. ”

"Don't get carried away, there's another reason for letting you go: he doesn't know you. Our organization has strict rules that two members cannot meet casually except for the needs of the mission, and he knows every one of us, and if he appears in front of him, it will only make him suspicious, so this must be done by someone he does not know. ”

Thoughts come back to the present.

Could this small, ordinary, honest, and mun man be a renegade spy? Hagen was killed by him? The longer he observed, the more Julian doubted Selena's words. Did Selena recognize the wrong person? Or did the renegade make someone? Or was Selena lying from beginning to end? In any case, Julian never had a hard time killing a good father and husband.

"Another drink?" a warm greeting interrupted Julian's thoughts. When he came back to his senses, he saw Dante's wife, holding a tray in both hands, standing in front of him, looking at him with a smile on her face. Only then did Julian realize that the wine glass in his hand had already bottomed out.

"No, I'm leaving. Julian politely rebuffed the woman, then took out the money and placed it on the table, leaving the "Rose of the Night Wind" without looking back. At this point, the tavern was still half an hour away, and there were only 3 customers left in the store, and Julian did not want to be the last one to leave, lest he arouse suspicion. After walking out of the tavern, Julian found a hidden corner to hide, watched the situation of the "Night Wind Rose", and looked through his memories for the information and advice provided by Selena. Dent had been a very good swordsman, and although he had injured the tendon in his right hand and lost the ability to swing his sword, his left hand was still sound, and he would be scooping up the roster to the Holy See tonight, so it was necessary to strike before he arrived, and retrieve the roster from him, and the matter must be kept in the strictest secrecy, not to be seen by anyone, and if there were witnesses, it must be silenced.

Julian wanted Dent to stay in the tavern all night, so that Selena's information about Dent's deal with the Holy See tonight would be inaccurate, and the fact that Dent had become a renegade would be self-defeating, so there would be no need to kill him. For this reason, Julian had been waiting, and he watched the remaining two guests leave the tavern, watching the tavern feint, and after another hour, the lights inside gradually went out. Julian knew that the family of three living in the tavern had all fallen asleep. But Julian decided to stay until tomorrow morning to prove Dante's innocence.

But at about 3 o'clock in the morning, the door of the "Rose of the Night Wind" finally opened. Julian suddenly came to his senses, and he saw clearly that Dent had come out of the tavern, turned and closed the door, and walked in the direction of Westtown. But a few steps away, the door of the tavern opened again, and a little boy hurried out of it, and grabbed Dante's coat by the corner: "Daddy, where are you going? ”

Dante squatted down and stroked his son's head: "Baby, dad is not going to play, but has business, you go back to sleep." ”

"No! I'm going with my father!" said the little boy coquettishly.

"You have to be obedient. Go back to sleep immediately. Otherwise, Dad won't allow you to go to the choir in the future. "Dante showed his father's majesty.

The father's threat was very effective, and the little boy crossed his lips and returned to the tavern reluctantly and reluctantly.

The tribunal of arbitration of the Inquisition was located in the west of the city, and now Dante was walking in the direction of the west of the city, Julian followed about 20-30 meters from Dante, at this distance, even if he was discovered by Dante, Julian could swagger past him, the city of Madolu did not have a perverted curfew like the "City of Myths", and it was normal for people to walk on the streets late at night. After following him for more than half an hour, Julian noticed that something was wrong, because Dante did not go directly to the arbitration court, but changed direction on the way and headed north of the city. Eventually, Dante walked into a large, abandoned house.

"Is he trading with the people of the Holy See here?" Julian thought, standing outside the open door.

After a few seconds of hesitation, Julian finally walked in. But after stepping into the gate, he had just taken a few steps when suddenly there was a "bang" behind him! Julian was startled and turned around, only to see that the door had closed automatically.

At this time, a voice came from behind: "You haven't started after following for so long, you are so indecisive, you will not be a professional assassin." ”.