"We're here." Bertha said as the group arrived at Wharton's dock. It was getting late, and in front of the cobblestones, the sea was dark and undulating, and the masts of the old sailing boats on the docks were shaking. Above them were quacking seagulls, and the people around them were staggering from tavern to tavern, and the night was getting darker and the noise was everywhere.

Along the cobblestone road on the shore, they soon entered the alley next to the tavern, the alley was completely surrounded by tall houses and walls, Luna drew the dialog box with her hand, determined the official task document, and then chose the shortest house nearby and rushed up, Alice and Bertha followed.

After the three of them quickly climbed onto the roof, without the slightest hesitation, they quickly jumped onto the lower roof next to them, and then ran forward quickly.

As a novice, Luna is certainly not as skilled in climbing as Alice and the others, and in Luna's eyes, she sometimes has to grab the wooden frame that extends from the house and jump twice onto the roof opposite; Sometimes it's hard to grab onto the eaves and then pull up and go up, and these are all difficult. But these are not difficult things for Alice and Bertha, looking back at them, they jumped accurately, and every time they landed, they were steady.

It wasn't long before the three of them stopped on a rooftop and poked their heads out to look at the weapons shop below, which Charles's owned.

Then, like cats, the three of them quickly descended to the front of the shop. The three of them walked into the weapons shop and saw one of Charles's most trusted servants on the counter: Varess. Luckily, Luna hurriedly stepped forward.

"Hello, three, what are you doing?" Varess asked.

"May I ask Mr. Robert...... No......" said Luna, "is Sir Charles here?" ”

"What's the matter?" Varess asked cautiously, his hand slowly reaching for the pistol at his waist.

"Didn't he recognize me?" With that, Luna quickly pulled down her neckband, and when Vares saw her true colors, his expression relaxed, and he quickly walked out of the counter, smiling and saying, "Long time no see, Miss Luna." With that, he bent down and kissed Luna's hand.

"yes, Vares, long time no see."

"Miss, what's going on?" Varess asked, then smiled and said, "I don't think you're here to catch up on me." ”

"Yes, I'm here to find you something." Luna nimbly opened the conversation and passed the cipher of the email to Vares, saying, "I have a secret report about him here." ”

"What secret?"

"Looks like someone is trying to assassinate your husband." Luna said, "So we're going to ......"

"Wait a minute, miss." Vares gave a serious expression and spread his hands, "Sir has gone to Lord Pandoton's. ”

Luna hurriedly said, "Then we'll need to find him as soon as possible." ”

"Leave it to me, I'm familiar with where it is, I'll go and recall Mr.," said Varess confidently, "he's only been out for a few minutes, and if he's fast, he should be able to catch up." ”

"Well, be sure to inform Mr. as soon as possible and let him come back as soon as possible! The sooner the better! ”

"I will." Varess bowed, then walked through the door behind the counter, "Remember to close the door for me." Luna nodded to Vares before stepping out and closing the door.

"Where next?" Bertha asked.

"Let's wait for him in the high places nearby." "Find a hidden place and see if any other team can come over." With that, the three of them looked at the bell tower behind them.

"Then let's race, who gets to the top first?" Bertha suddenly suggested.

“……”

"Yes." Luna said.

"Then I'm going to time it now." With that, Bertha turned on the timer on the projection screen, and she gently turned the timer above the dial.

"Do you sound confident?" Luna said.

"Hey~" Bertha stuck out her tongue mischievously.

After Bertha set the time, the three of them walked side by side, in the middle of the open space in front of the store.

"Ready, go!" At the sound of the command, the three people quickly climbed up the house, and as the pace accelerated, the three of them slowly walked into the night.

Dark clouds blocked the moonlight, and although the alley was a little dark, some couples could still be faintly heard talking.

After nearly twenty minutes of running, the electronic notepad on Luna's wrist rang, she raised her wrist, looked at it, it was a text message from Carfrin, and quickly stopped.

Seeing Luna stop, Alice and Bertha also stopped and walked towards her, "What's wrong?" Bertha asked.

Luna opened the message, which contained only four short but terrifying words: "Come back quickly." ”

"We'd better hurry," Luna said, "something seems to have happened to Cavlin's side." ”

"What's wrong?" Bertha pouted, "The game isn't over yet." Luna ignored her and quickly ran forward.

Looking over the moonlit city to the docks not far away, Luna turned back to them and said, "It's time for us to get off the rooftops and go down the alley!" With that, she stopped, took a deep breath, and jumped onto the alleyway, then picked up speed and ran towards the docks.

After a while, the three stopped at an old house not far behind the docks, and when they found Mr. William there, they went down.

When I walked in, the old house was so broken that it was as if a huge fist of a god had smashed it from above, and the huge fist shattered the roof and the floor slab below, and carved a huge hole in the house, and the dilapidated old house did not look like a house anymore.

Through the broken windows, the trio could look directly into the foyer, and upwards: through the broken floors, to the hallway above the three stairs, all blackened by soot. Upon closer inspection, Luna was surprised to discover that it was another of his father's mansions in Whartont, with charred staircases scattered across the walls.

Luna was stunned for a moment, what was going on? How can it be ...... here? Before her mind could fully retract, the consciousness belt involuntarily ran towards the house with her feet.

"Luna! Dangerous! It was Caflin's voice, and she tried to stop Luna, but Luna insisted on running towards the ruined mansion.

Just as she was about to rush into the house, a dark shadow flashed in front of Luna, and a massive force struck her abdomen, causing Luna to lose her mobility and fall to her knees.

Luna endured the pain and opened her eyes, which were blurred by the pain, and looked up at the dark shadow. After a few moments, her eyesight gradually returned to normal, and it was Alice standing in front of her.

"I'm sorry......" Alice said, helping Luna to the side of the stool, and when she sat down, she stepped back.

Cavlyn ran up to Luna and said anxiously, "How many times have I told you not to, run away!" ”

"Right...... I'm sorry......" Luna quickly apologized, Cavlyn sighed, and at this time, Luna was rubbing her abdomen, which still had a residual pain, while looking around: Huang Xiu and Lucius set up a table in the aisle next to them, carefully they were playing chess, Alice spread the dagger on the ground, Bertha wiped them one by one with a handkerchief, Mr. Augustus did not come, and the other two, William and Carfrin, their faces were stiff, and they glared at Luna with angry eyes, as if they had come to collect debts.

At this moment, there was silence around them, and in addition to the glowing maglev oil lamps and the moon in the night sky, they also saw two places that glowed: Cavlyn and William had a raging fire burning in their eyes.

"How...... How...... Finish? Luna asked, slurring.

William sighed, and the atmosphere eased, and he put the water in his hand on the ground beside him, "It's nothing, you just remember not to enter dangerous places in the future." William said, "If something happens to you, we can't explain it to our father." Then he reached out and pulled a box out of his pocket. The box was covered with dust, and he held it flat in his left hand, and when he opened the lid with his right hand, he could clearly see that the switchblade was lying comfortably inside, and its surface was not as shiny as before.

William fastened the box and placed it in Luna's hand, and Luna said, "Thank you, sir. ”

"You don't have to thank me." William turned his head to the other side, and following his gaze, Lucius walked over, "What a beautiful knife, the prototype is perfectly blended* with the mold of a switchblade, the handle of rosewood and the perfect fit of the alloy alloy. I'm sure you'll cherish it, Miss Luna. ”

"I will, sir."

"So, I wonder when you're going to give it its first taste of blood?"

"I don't know, sir."

There was silence as Lucius crossed his hands tightly over his chest.

"But after I opened it, I didn't try to modify the inside of it, because I felt the need for you to look at this." With that, he opened the box, took out the switchblade and ejected it, and handed it to her.

The new alloy blade reflected the desolate moonlight, the rosewood of the hilt exuded a fresh fragrance, and near the end of the blade was an inscription: "May you be well all your life." Love your Father. ”

An inexplicable pang of grief welled up in Luna's heart, and this grief followed her hot blood, quickly gathering into her eyes, and after a moment, tears involuntarily flowed down her sockets. ”

After a long time, this was the first time Luna cried.

Luna's legs suddenly weakened, and she knelt on the ground, holding the knife in her hand, tears like a chain of pearls with broken threads, constantly smashing on the back of the blade, "Why ......"

"I don't know what kind of story you have, but. ......" Lucius crouched down, patting Luna on the shoulder, "when you encounter a puzzle that you can't solve, all you have to do is solve the mystery and show your strength." ”