CHAPTER XXXVIII
"That's the way it is, as soon as I wake up, I find out where it is." Harry and Festria said as they walked through the prison passageway.
After Harry was split by Festeria, he naturally took Harry away with them without going through Lauren's key to open and agree, and Lauren didn't say anything, so he walked out with Festeria.
"At first, I was chased by a low-level undead, and then I climbed down the vent, and when I came to an underground hall, I fainted inexplicably, and then I was teleported away, and I didn't even see the guy's face, but unfortunately there was no living person in the castle, and now there is no castle, and the clues are broken." Festeria said with a headache covering her forehead when she heard Harry's explanation.
"I'm so sorry, I was so reckless." Harry said apologetically.
"It's not your fault, it's thanks to you that you found their lair, although there are still many things I don't understand, but it's good that you're okay, but I've always had a question, why don't you wear pants? Where's your pants? Festeria turned the subject and asked suspiciously, looking at Harry's jacket tied up and his somewhat nondescript lower body.
"Well, I don't know, I woke up and found that my pants were gone..."Harry's voice suddenly became smaller, his cheeks turned a little crimson, and he looked shy.
"Haha, you kid is really unlucky, could it be that guy is a big pervert, and he molested you, it can't be..."Festeria smiled and patted Harry on the shoulder and said, suddenly stopped laughing, as if it was not impossible to do it, after all, most of these guys with evil aura are not normal people, to put it simply, they are perverts, and it is not without precedent to do this kind of thing.
"Harry, did you feel a little sick at that time, like you didn't have the strength to do it, and your butt hurt a little or something." Festeria asked solemnly.
"Yes, my body was still a little painful when I woke up at that time, and I had no strength and almost couldn't get up." Harry didn't notice any other meaning in Festria's words, and replied honestly.
Then Festeria inexplicably took Harry in her arms and said in a comforting tone, "Poor Harry, it's over, you don't have to be afraid, you have to live well, there is no hurdle in life that you can't overcome, you have to believe in yourself." ”
Ha?! Harry didn't understand what she was saying, and Harry looked at her red eyes with pity, which made Harry even more confused.
"I protest, who is this kid! How can you get a hug from Festeria! Let me go!! Lauren on the side said unhappily, in a posture of wanting to fight, the old housekeeper behind him was still trying to hold his arms and not let him pass, because he was afraid that the young master would be beaten, so it was better to hold him, "The young master is calm." ”
"What's the matter with you?" Festria, who was holding Harry, turned her head to him and said coldly.
"Could it be that this kid is your child, you look at his expression, no! It's not true, Festria, it's not true, you actually went behind my back to find a man, even have a child, I, I'm not alive anymore! Lauren covered her mouth in disbelief and said backwards, tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, and she was almost about to cry.
"What?! What are you talking about!! See that I don't kill you. Festria, who was holding Harry, turned crimson and charming, and she let go of Harry in her arms, clenched her fists, and walked over as if she was going to kill you, and she happened to be stopped by the knights who were following her, and she was not allowed to do anything.
Harry watched this farce, smiled bitterly, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, fortunately, it looked as if he had been fooled. It's thanks to the demon in my body.
When Harry was meditating, this demon would also give some useful advice from time to time, so that Harry could learn some knowledge that he didn't know, such as some strong people in this world, who can use their spiritual power to lock on a person and monitor it, as long as it is within a certain range, of course, if you have those powerful magic tools that can hide your breath, you can also, or you are stronger than him.
And the demon in Harry's body told Harry that he and Festria noticed each other, so he was about as strong as Festria, but when Harry thought about it, the demon in his body was a little unhappy, saying that in her heyday, she was nothing, she could be crushed to death with one finger, and Harry could only echo him, but in his heart he didn't believe it, you just blow it, Master Festria is amazing.
But the demon seemed to know Harry's thoughts, and he didn't speak in a sullen voice, which embarrassed Harry for a while, and Harry apologized before he forgave Harry, and Harry also realized at this time that he could read his own heart, and he couldn't think about it in the future.
Of course, knowing this is not enough, Harry must prove himself if he wants to get rid of suspicion, then he must fall into the net, the demon told Harry that as long as he acts well and lies well, he will leave the rest to him, and he will not let Festeria find out about him.
Sure enough, as expected by this demon, Festria used her mental power to check Harry's body, but found nothing, and the thin sword with the blessing of holy light did not detect the abnormality of Harry's body, the strength of this demon should not be underestimated, Harry thought so in his heart, and the demon in his body naturally heard it, and was slightly proud.
Fortunately, things went according to Harry's wishes, and Festeria seemed to have dispelled her suspicions, but she still had to be careful, after all, it was always right to be careful.
After Lauren's hard work, Festeria and they reluctantly agreed to live in that manor, and it was already late at night, and Kalia, who acted separately, they also came back, and they were naturally relieved to see that Harry was okay, which was the best, and that wave happily threw Harry, and everyone smiled happily.
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"And what about the other person?" A woman who hid her face and body under a fat black robe and couldn't see clearly said, looking at the empty seat.
"I don't know, she's not here yet."
"Every time it's like this, she's such a nasty woman."
"Since we are still waiting for her, who does she think she is?"
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Discontented discussions rang out on the huge round table, except for the unknown light at the top of the round table, and the surrounding darkness was full of mystery.
"Oops, you're really sorry for the delay." At this moment, the person who had not arrived for a long time came, and a black mist turned into a black curly-haired woman in a black robe and sat in her seat.
"Alright, now that everyone is here, the meeting can begin." The woman under the black robe who couldn't see her face clearly spoke, and the surrounding voices also stopped and became unusually quiet.
"Antisa, tell me about the situation on your side." The woman who couldn't see her face clearly looked at a sexy lady with curly blond hair and said, although the lady was also wearing a black robe, she didn't cover her face.
"One of my men was wiped out, the stronghold was destroyed, and the undead who had accumulated were also killed, in short, it was all over." The lady with curly blonde hair said as she played with her curly hair.
"Of course, the man who wiped out our stronghold is said to be the same guy who wiped out your stronghold before, Shaman." The golden-haired lady looked at the black-haired woman in a black robe and said.
"Oh, is that so? That's unfortunate, Antisa. The feminine woman with curly black hair said with a smile.
"Hehe, if you weren't from our side, I would have wondered if you had betrayed the information to cause everything." Antisa said as she stared at her.
"Oh, that's a real disappointment for you." Sha Manjiao replied with a smile.
"Okay, everyone knows the purpose of me calling you here, that is, I hope you will be careful recently, the Holy See and the Empire have begun to act in earnest, the destroyed strongholds are not only Antisa and Sharman, until now we don't know what method they used to find us, I hope you will find their method at all costs, and then destroy him, the thousand-year war is coming, we are running out of time, we can't let them break our plan." The woman who couldn't see her face clearly interrupted the two of them and said.
"Understood." Everyone's simple and clear answer came, it seemed that this woman's status seemed to be very high, and everyone respected her, and then everyone disappeared into the darkness behind them one by one.
"Sharman, you stay, I have something to ask you." The woman who couldn't see her face clearly said to Shaman, who was about to leave.
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"Harry, it's getting late, you can go back to bed first." Festria took Kalia and left the house, handing Harry over to the servants of the manor, who brought him to his room and thoughtfully prepared a suit of clothes and a rich supper.
Harry lay on his back on a large soft and comfortable bed, with a small cart parked next to the bed, on which a rich and tempting dinner was placed, and a set of gray clean clothes was placed on the lampstand, but Harry was in no mood to pay attention to these, his dark pupils silently looked at the white clean ceiling, and did not speak.
"Yo, what's wrong? It seems to be in a bad mood. A joking voice came to my head.
"I said, is it really good for me to do this? Although I have lied, this heavy feeling in my heart makes me very uncomfortable, and even I am a little disgusted with myself, hehe. Harry laughed at himself and saw the happy expressions of Master Festeria, Sister Kalia, and Uncle Nabo, who all trusted me and I lied, and the feeling of betraying everyone condemned Harry's conscience.
I said that I wouldn't be deceiving my companions, but now? I was full of lies and deceived everyone, this feeling is really sad, lying is actually a very easy thing, you can move your mouth.
"Hey, I said are you stupid, this little thing is annoying like this, you don't need me to repeat these things a second time, you chose to deceive your important companions in order to protect them, the safety of your companions' lives and a little lie, you say that is more important?" The voice said.
"I know all of this, and I'm just ashamed of what I did." Harry said excitedly.
"Okay, okay, okay, I really don't understand why you humans have such boring thoughts, forget it, you just need to remember that you lied to protect your friends, and everyone will understand your distress one day, don't worry." The voice said bitterly comfortingly.
He's right, I'm lying for everyone, I'm sacrificing to protect everyone, everyone will understand one day, there's no need to worry about it, Harry sat up from the bed, and suddenly thought to himself.
"It's good if you understand, eat well, then take a shower or something, don't treat your body badly." When the voice had said this, it fell silent.
Harry smiled slightly, thinking that maybe the demons weren't that scary, and that they cared about others.
And on the other side......
"Everyone should know that this is the territory under the jurisdiction of the Duke of Myron, and it is also an area close to the emperor, but it is only a territory away, but you should also understand the meaning." Festria spread out a map on the table, pointing to the corner of the map with her white-gloved fingers.
The map depicts the area where the empire is located, and the empire is bordered by the sea to the east and surrounded by its own countries, which is a veritable coastal state, and it is also one of the great powers with a large area and strong military power.
"In this way, their power is really everywhere, most of the strongholds that exterminated them were far away from the imperial capital, very remote places, but this time we found another stronghold of theirs here, which means ......" The long-haired Ibette pointed to the rest of the map, and finally to the point that Festria had also pointed to, looking at you with a solemn face.
"They have infiltrated the vicinity of the imperial capital." The wave of brown refined short hair said as he looked at Ibette with his hands on his chest.
"So, there may be people within the empire?! After all, the castle that was destroyed by Master Festeria this time was the place where an earl lived, and the problem became not easy. The bald-headed Punk said worriedly with his hands propped up on the table.
"This matter is already warning us, we must be careful in the future, but there are many doubts about this, Kalia, give them the information so far." Festeria said to Kalia on the side.
Kalia nodded, took out a stack of documents from the suitcase she was carrying, and handed them evenly.
"It is! Hey, hey, hey. It can't be. After a while, Nabo looked at the information in his hand and said in disbelief, cold sweat was already breaking out on his forehead.
"Lord Festeria, are they doing this for any purpose?" Ibert put down the information and looked at Festria.
"What are their intentions? It's hard to fathom. Punk touched his bald head and asked suspiciously.
"This is a document made by the people who destroyed their strongholds along the way, those who were bewitched by them, you should find a common denominator, that is, why most of the people who were bewitched by them, most of them were big businessmen or famous nobles in a certain place, why there were no ordinary commoners, this is also too strange, of course, and their purpose is to obtain a large number of means of wealth, not hesitating to do things that harm the people, just to collect money, all this makes us very puzzled." Festeria said, covering her forehead.
"If we're not mistaken, they must be doing something, but we don't know exactly what they're going to do." Festeria then looked at the people at the table and said.
"For now, we can only wait for news from the Knights of Heavenly Punishment and the Adventure Knights." Ibert said with a solemn face, because there was no other way for them to do it.
"What do you think of Harry?" Festeria suddenly burst into words.
"He? This kid, how to say it, is a very smart and sensible guy, and he is still a very affectionate and righteous person, I can see it from his eyes. Nabo didn't understand why Festria was asking, but he told the truth according to his impression of Harry.
"Judging by his words and deeds, he is a very honest child, very kind, and of course, very naïve." Ibert said lightly.
"What's wrong? Why did he suddenly ask about Harry? Punk touched his shiny head and said suspiciously.
"It's okay, just asking, don't worry, everyone is gone, it's late at night, and we still have a lot of things to do tomorrow." Festeria said with a smile and left the room with Kalia, leaving everyone at a loss.
In the corridor of the outer corridor in the dead of night, through the pillars of the corridor, the moon in the night sky was still so bright, and Festeria looked at the moon outside the pillar while walking, and then sighed, maybe I thought too much.
"What's wrong with you, Mistress Festeria?" Kalia behind her saw Festeria sigh and asked worriedly.
"It's nothing, Kalia, if you can bring me a glass of polya juice, maybe I'll be in a much better mood." Festeria stopped, turned her head back and smiled in a joking tone.
"Okay, you wait a minute." Kalia smiled and said respectfully, then left, leaving Festeria alone in the hallway.
"Harry, don't let me down." Festria looked at the moon in the night sky again and said lightly.