While Alan and Jean were drinking the strange-tasting porridge with fresh bamboo shoots, in the Papal Palace at Van Ston, Dece Hepburn was talking to Gutsian.

Gutsian had just returned from Triumph. After Alan escaped from prison, he went to Triumph City again, it turned out that when Des Hepburn learned that Eren had been captured, he immediately sent him to bring Eren out of the prison in Triumph City and send him directly to Winston, where Dece Hepburn wanted to interrogate him personally, but to his shock, Raphael told him that Eren had escaped from prison the night before his arrival, and had kidnapped the Holy Maiden. Gutsien, who knew what had happened, thought it was a little incredible, but he reluctantly accepted the result, and he rode the dragon Red Duoli to search around Triumph City twice, but found no trace of Allen, and then returned to Van Ston first. At this moment, he stood in front of Des Hepburn and reported to him how Allen had escaped.

"Raphael said he saw the shadow of the elf Pegasus?"

Hearing the news of Allen's escape, Dees Hepburn didn't react at all, until he heard that the elf Pegasus also appeared at that time, he frowned and asked.

"Yes, my lord, and there is more than one, the mystery of this young magician has become even heavier. There may even be elves standing behind him. ”

He didn't seem very surprised to see Des Hepburn, and Gutsian couldn't help but remind him of the seriousness of the problem.

"If you know a little about his history, you won't find it strange. ”

Des Hepburn was still very calm.

"Did the Lord know this man before he went up?"

Gutsian was a little surprised, he had always treated Allen as a mysterious figure, and thought that Allen's previous history was blank.

"These are the materials of this magician named Alan Kanter, you see. ”

Des Hepburn pulled out a few parchment rolls from his side and threw them on the table in front of Gutsien.

"It turns out that His Majesty has been collecting information about him for a long time. ”

Seeing the parchment scroll in front of him, Gutsian was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that Dece Hepburn already had so much information about Allen in his hands.

"I didn't collect it on purpose, but I kept it with me all along, and I didn't know they all pointed to the same person. The one you are holding is the result of the investigation that rescued the elven prince Kronis, at the time we thought it was just a simple mercenary rescue mission, but now it seems that it is definitely not that simple. ”

Tis Hepburn pointed to the parchment scroll that Gutsian was holding.

"No wonder the elves sent the Pegasus Knight to save him, it turned out that he was the elven prince, no, the elven king's savior. ”

Gutsian quickly read the contents of the parchment scroll, and then it dawned on him.

"This is the result of the investigation into the extermination of the Bolsma bandits, ostensibly Ford led the army to eliminate Pols, but the truth behind it is that Alan Kanter killed Pols and Emaar. And this one. ”

As he spoke, Hepburn picked up another parchment scroll and handed it to Gutsien.

"I've been wondering how Bols could have died at the hands of a waste, and now it seems that Alan Kantor did it, so he died unjustly. ”

After Pols became a horse bandit, although he did countless evils, Gutsian did not have any hatred for him, but thought that Bols was a tyrant and qualified to be an opponent of himself, and if such an opponent was really killed by Ford, he felt that he could not accept it.

"This is a report written by Gerald, the agent of the Hepburn family in the ancient city of Austria, also about Alan Kanter, who says that this man's alchemy has reached an unprecedented level. And the last one, you should have seen it too, he just went to the Cullen Mountains last year, and the eyes of the dragon Radduoli's younger brother Nigdouoli were blinded by him. ”

Des Hepburn took out two more parchment rolls, and the record of the major events that Allen has done in the past few years has been complete.

"I really didn't expect that in the corner that we have been ignoring, there has been a hidden master who is quietly demolishing our platform. Since the Lord has known for a long time that he is hiding in the shadows and is against us, why don't you strike first?"

As he saw more and more parchment rolls, Gutsien, who had always been unfocused, could no longer remain indifferent.

"Although these reports have been there for a long time, they have not been taken seriously enough by me, and I don't know what they have in common, until this incident of the execution site I connected them together. ”

"It's not too late to know now, do you want me to go north in person and take him down and hand him over to the Lord to deal with?"

By the time Gutsian read all the reports, his face was already full of murder.

"There's no need, in the past, we didn't know that he was hiding in the shadows, but now that he has gone to the light, there is not so much harm, and this person has done a lot of things, and he has indirectly helped us, for example, this time, if he hadn't made such a fuss in Lua City, maybe we wouldn't have found a chance to attack Higg's diehards. Moreover, this person and Holland are in a cooperative relationship, and we should not offend Holland until we clean up Juss. ”

Des Hepburn shook his head with a smile and dismissed Gutsien's murderous suggestion. After all, Gutsian is a soldier, and commanding thousands of troops to charge and kill the enemy is his strength, but he is not as good as himself in terms of political strategy, not to mention that Alan only sabotaged his plans a few times by chance, and he is far from being a real opponent, at least not at the moment, and it is not worth fighting for him.

"Now that the Lord has made a decision in his heart, I will not say more. ”

Gutsien stood up.

"What happened to your right hand?"

As Gutsien turned to leave, Des Hepburn suddenly looked at his hand and asked.

"You say this?" said with a smile on the slender scar on the back of his hand:

"I was a little injured during this operation, so I will keep a memorial, and I am afraid that there will not be many opportunities to be injured in the future. ”

Gutsian's tone returned to calm, but the meaning revealed in his words was extremely arrogant. However, after he said this, the scene in his mind suddenly appeared when Alan used the power of heaven and earth to cast the Thunder Tribulation magic on the wooden platoon.

"Don't be careless, besides Gracis, there are two swordsmen left on your level. ”

Although Des Hepburn has always admired Gutsien's undisguised arrogance, he still can't help but remind him.

"Ao Gucheng is not worthy of being my opponent. ”

Gutsian pouted.

"Where's the character in Boulder City?"

"That person!" Gutsien's eyes suddenly burst into brilliance, as if they were erupting volcanoes, "I can't wait to fight him and see who is the first person under the Paladin." ”

"It is said that since his debut, he has never been defeated, and even the teacher said that this person is extremely difficult to deal with, you have to be prepared, don't be careless. ”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. ”

Gutsian left a confident word and turned to leave.

"Overconfidence really doesn't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. ”

Looking at Gutesian's distant back, Des Hepburn muttered with a smile.