() January 27, 1687

Winter came later and spring came later, but for the city of Madolu on St. Papal Island, the difference in the seasons was not too great: at 6 o'clock in the morning, the city known as the mecca of knightly healing had not yet woken up from its lazy sleep

Bang bang bang bang...... The bald Hagen, who was sleeping soundly in bed, was woken up by a sharp knock on the door

Come on, Hagen replied in a long and impatient tone, and he knew who the door was without asking

I'm sorry I didn't mean to disturb your rest, but today is the fourth day, and as soon as the door opened, an anxious young man's voice came from outside

I know you don't need to remind me every day, Hagen yawned, draped his coat over his shoulders, and waved out the door

A man in a black cloth hat burst into the room, quickly turned and closed the door

Don't be so nervous, or everyone in the hotel will be able to see your thoughts, and Hagen sat down on a chair

I'm so sorry Julian came to Hagen's side and bowed slightly, Mr. Hagen, and I wonder what the point of wasting our time like this

Four days ago, Julian left the city of metaphors with the bakery owner Hagen, and now his identity is a distant relative of Jack Hagen who came from out of town to seek refuge in Hagen, and he dressed Julian in disguise, and he used some special paint to make a special treatment on Julian's face, covering up the iconic scar that revealed his identity at any time, and came to Madolu from Haiti, but after entering the city, Hagen told Julian to stay in the hotel every day, and the two of them ate and drank, and Lazar was all in the hotel, without setting foot on the street for half a step, and never mentioned the rescue of Frey, how could Julian not be anxious

The young man is just frizzy and can't wait in peace, looking at Julie's anxious look, Hagen frowned, what does the proverb say, 'Impatient birds can't eat bugs'

Now instead of talking about bugs and birds, I need to know when to save Freien, Julian roared in a voice that almost roared

Suddenly, Hagen's eyes were like sharp knives slashing at Julian, and with a slight anger between his eyebrows, Julian realized his gaffe and quickly apologized: I'm sorry, I was a little out of control just now

Looking at Julian's serious expression, Hagen couldn't help but laugh a little: You have already said three 'sorry' since you counted outside the door, instead of apologizing after doing something wrong, it is better to think before doing something wrong to prevent mistakes from happening, I have to suspect that in the Knights Templar, you have only learned the skill of killing, and you have not the slightest knowledge of a knight

Hagen's words made Julian embarrassed that he had not been like this before, but feelings were the easiest to knock people down, and his feelings with Frey made him go against the knightly way he swore to abide by again and again, seeing that Julian seemed to reflect on it, Hagen no longer taunted him, Hagen picked up a kettle on the table, unhurriedly poured water into a cup in front of him, and then took a sip of the cup, Julian watched his movements, although he was anxious, but did not ask again, but patiently waited for Hagen to finish drinking the water

Have you calmed down, Hagen put down the cup and smiled like nothing, you know, you shouted and shouted just now, you may call the people of the Holy See at any time, fortunately, this hotel is opened by us, otherwise now we would not sit here and drink water calmly, but pack our backpacks and flee out of the city in a panic before we are caught

You guys opened this hotel

That's right, this is an intelligence base in the city of Madolu, do you really think that I don't do anything these days, I am collecting and sorting out information every day

Julian, the intelligence stronghold, sat down opposite Hagen and sighed a little, what I saw was only the tip of the iceberg, you can plant such a hidden intelligence network in every city of the Papal Dominion, presumably the forces behind you are not simple, I can vaguely guess your identity, looking at the three continents of Olopa, there are only a few forces that have the courage and ability to engage in such organized espionage activities in the heart of the Central Church

You don't have to reveal our identity so quickly, or the favor we're going to ask you for won't be able to unfold

Help Julien Rousseau, knowing that these mysterious spies risked their lives to save him from torture and would certainly not work in vain - Julian had been prepared for a long time, but since Hagen offered to help him save Frey, Julian had always had a lingering anxiety in his heart

Do you need me alone to ask me for 'help', Julian asked

yes

Then why did you go to such lengths to get Frey out of her, it would have taken a lot of effort and risk, and it was not worth it

Hehe, is it worth it, it's not what you said, Hagen laughed and said, I won't make it up and tell you the truth, our boss is a person who pursues perfection, the boss knows that for an upright and emotional person like you, the person he loves deeply is your Achilles' heel, if not, how would you obey the Pope's orders, enter the Tower of Seven Sins, and do those things that have lost your conscience, if you just rescue you alone and leave your her in the enemy camp, you will not help us, as long as you rescue her, you will have no worries

Logically, Hagen's explanation is flawless, but Julian disagrees: what you say is nice, but perhaps for another purpose: like the Pope, you use Frey as a hostage

Oh, Hagen's eyes are in a line, what you say sounds hurtful at first, but looking back, if you stand in your position, there is some truth to this concern, but I promise you......

Guarantees: Huh, Julian interrupted Hagen, I have seen the hypocrisy of the Pope, and any guarantee from anyone is worthless to me, and along the way I have imagined the worst that could happen

Hagen tilted his head slightly and looked very interested: what do you imagine the 'worst-case scenario'?

Julian clenched his fists and raised his eyebrows: "Maybe you made another Tower of Seven Sins, and then used Frey as a bargaining chip like the Pope did to force me to become a butcher again, if that is the case, I can only regret to tell you that this time I will never give in, but die with Frey, and the jade will be burned."

Well, Julian's bold words of seeing death as if he were at home made Hagen involuntarily applaud, such courage is the hero we want to save at any cost, you can rest assured, the Tower of the Seven Sins hurts the heavens and reason, as a spy, although we live in the darkness every day, our souls have never fallen into the darkness

...... Julian was silent

In fact, although you still have doubts, you have already believed in us in your subconscious, otherwise you would not have shared your biggest worries and thoughts, right, Hagen smiled

Julian didn't speak, he went to the window and looked down

The morning haze had dissipated, and the city had awakened from its slumber, and the streets were noisy with more and more pedestrians, vendors, and soldiers.......