The next morning, when the gates of the City of Light were opened, Fid and Ayana stood behind some farmers who were about to enter the city to sell their fruits and vegetables. Fed's "black flash" had been glued to some gray dirt and needed to be cleaned to regain its shine, and the coat that Ayana was wearing was long gone, and she was now wearing a close-fitting short-sleeved dress that showed no signs of being wounded by a sword.

After a heavy rain last night, the farmers outside the city were the ones who suffered the most. Their fruits and vegetables were all soaked, but some of them looked like they had been trampled on. The streets of the City of Light were also potholed, and the ground that had not yet dried was very wet, and all the citizens who had not slept well by the storm last night looked listless.

Fid and Ayana didn't say a word along the way, and they hurried to the rented place where the Potato Mercenaries were renting. And when Avi, who got up early in the morning and was about to go out, saw the two, Fei De and Ayana exchanged a look, reaffirming that they would wait for the defense to be taken out together.

Rewind to earlier, when Ayana struggled to wake up in Fidel's arms. The first time she cried out was not because of the sharp pain in her chest, but because she was being held in the arms of a man. Fidel also woke up at this time, and he immediately covered Ayana's mouth with one hand, but Ayana directly went to her teeth and bit Feid's chainmail glove. Through the gloved hand, I felt the strength of the other person's teeth, and there was no sign of loosening.

"Stream... Hooligans!" Ayana felt a burning pain in her chest as she spoke, but she shouted anyway.

Feld explained to her quickly and softly, but after saying it again, he didn't let the other person loosen his teeth. Ayana touched her chest with one hand, the sword wound had just solidified, but the skin that had been burned was painful, as if a red-hot flint had been placed on her heart.

Ayana was only a fourteen-year-old girl after all, and she noticed that biting Fidel's hand only made her wound more painful, and Fidel didn't feel much at all.

Feder explained again, especially the details of how he handled Ayana's wounds twice, swearing to God that he hadn't done anything rude. Ayana noticed that her legs were a little numb, and she decided to go down first and deal with the rascal who untied her clothes.

Although some guards had entered the room last night, they had not found the two men hiding in the chimney pipes. Fidel also fell asleep in a daze, and he should have hugged each other tightly for a night to keep warm.

"Let's get out of here first. Phaedra opened the chimney's partition, then took the "black flash" hanging from the ladder and put it back on. Ayana then noticed that under the black plate armor, Fed was not a very muscular type, and compared to Nangus's figure, Fed was more refined.

The two of them climbed down the dark ladder, and although Ayana had a lot of injuries on her body, she didn't complain all the way, gritted her teeth and silently climbed to the bottom. Walking out along the passage at the bottom, I came to a confluence of sewage discharge, and some sunlight had already "run" in the distance ahead, and it was estimated that outside was the outside of the Holy Light City.

"You... Did you really use your clothes to bandage me?" Ayana touched her wrapped chest, which was covered with crimson blood.

Feder glanced at the frowning Ayana, the delicate and not tall girl looked a little less cold and a little more restrained, "That's right, I'll help you get some peasant clothes later, and change them for you before entering the city." ”

Ayana lowered her head, then shook her head, not saying another word to Fidel.

After buying a piece of clothing at a farmhouse outside the city, Fed consulted with Ayana and went back to explain to the others. Feder proposed, saying that Ayana couldn't sleep last night and slipped out of the city, and that she couldn't sleep and followed the other party to the forest to hunt.

"But you don't even have a pheasant in your hand. Ayana looked up at Fidel, her big round eyes with a little more tenderness.

"Hmm... Let's just say that we were swept away by the rain during the heavy rain, and then we hid in the forest for a night in the storm. Fei De didn't think that he and Ayana's explanation could fool everyone in the potato mercenary group, but as long as there was an explanation that sounded reasonable, his subordinates should not ask more.

Sure enough, when the two were brought into the house by Avila, those who had already gotten up didn't ask much, and everyone was glad that Fid and Ayana had returned safely.

"I'll just say it, how can Deputy Head Feder have something to do?" Avi was overjoyed to see that his predecessor was safe and sound, and that the other party's explanation did not involve the turmoil in the castle.

"You went hunting in the forest, so you don't know, did you?, something big happened inside and outside the city last night!" Leonard, the team leader, shouted from the side, as if everyone didn't know, "There are more than 100,000 imperial troops outside the city, and there are some spies in the Pope's castle who have been lurking in the city early in the morning and suddenly attack the Pope, and the sky almost changed!"

Fide and Ayana exchanged a look, of course they knew what was going on in the castle, but they had no idea about the army outside the city. As soon as Leonard said this, some details immediately came to Fidel's mind—that is, these attacks were not just aimed at the Pope or the Second Prince of Amlog, but the entire Papal States.

"Don't listen to his nonsense, we have every reason to believe that this attack inside the castle and the army outside the city are two gangs. Marcus One-Eyed stepped forward and told Fid and Ayana about the previous night's trip to the archbishop's tent and then to the underground palace and castle with the Knight Captain Kiro. Of course, the words of the Knight Chief Kiro - those who attacked the Pope were appointed by the head of the Church Order, Satnam.

"The contradiction between the archbishop and the pope has been revealed, and no one knows if there will be any turmoil in this religious city tonight or later..."Marcus shook his head when he said this, he just wanted to be the squadron leader or deputy head of a powerful mercenary group, and in his eyes, it was the stupidest choice for a mercenary to get involved in political contradictions.

Those who hadn't slept enough also got up one after another to see the deputy head of the regiment who had lost contact all night.

"Fey—" Coth hadn't slept enough, but as soon as she heard Greif say that Fed had returned, she jumped out of bed, rubbed her still sticky eyes, and ran out. But when she ran out and saw Fidel unharmed, she suddenly lost her previous courage, and the idea of rushing up and hugging the other party disappeared in an instant.

Fylde looked at the Duke's daughter in front of him, he didn't think how frightened the other party was last night, after all, even if there was any danger before, Fed would always be by Coss's side - but this time it was next to another woman.

Although Ayana was only fourteen years old, her breasts were flatter than her own, and she looked like a little boy. But in Kesi's eyes, this girl who disappeared with Feder all night is the real reason why she can't rush up and hug Fed. Keth just whispered a "hateful potato" to Fed, and then covered her eyes and mouth and "fled" back to her room.

"Although there are a lot of doubts, it's good to be able to come back, hurry up and make plans, deputy head of the regiment. The big-nosed fan teased on the side. After the squadron leaders left last night, he quickly fell asleep again, meddling in his business or something, so he didn't want to do it.

Both Noor and Hughes walked out of the room, and although they had a complaint or two, Fid and Ayana were relieved that they had survived a stormy night without incident. Patrick had already gone back to his house, and before leaving, he instructed Hughes to inform him of Fett's whereabouts as soon as he got him, so Hughes ran out before he could say a few words to his deputy head of the regiment.

The rest of the men were all recounting what had happened last night, but Ayana, who was standing behind Fed, didn't say a word. I don't know if she was still thinking about the enemy who almost killed her, or if she was feeling the pain in her chest, but Ayana was standing behind Feyder anyway, not mixing a word with the others.

Fidel: "Okay, since the Holy Light City has suffered such a change, maybe this place is no longer suitable for the development of our mercenary group. "Although he was elected as the chief head of the Church Alliance, he raised the popularity of his potato mercenary group in an instant. But the wrestling between the pope and the archbishop is too dangerous, and even the second prince of his own country has joined this internal dispute, and no one knows if there will be other forces mixed in the conflict between the two of them. Fidel remembered Andre and Eddie's reminder not to get involved in the internal contradictions of the Marvel Republic. Only then did he realize that every place has its own internal contradictions, and if the two sides who also hold real power face each other, it will undoubtedly be a huge disaster for ordinary people living in this country.

Thinking of this, Fei De was a little glad that the unity of the Kingdom of Salins - the eldest prince was willing to go to the border to lead the army and avoid power disputes; the second prince did his best and has been helping King Byron to govern the country; and the other dukes and marquis also kept their duties and never had a situation of self-respect.

At this moment, Hughes, the leader of the cavalry squad, hurried back from outside, and he said breathlessly, "Archbishop, he... He sent..."

"Deputy Master Fed, I heard you were very drunk last night, you should be sober by now, right?" Sathenam, the head of the Church Knights, appeared behind Hughes, and behind him there was a large group of Church Knights standing outside, fully armed.

"Drunk?" replied Fidel subconsciously. The others realized that they had forgotten to tell Fede the lie they had told last night. But the head of the Knights of the Church just smiled coldly, and put his head into Fidel's ear.

"Could it be that I got drunk and went out over the wall, right?" Satnam obviously knew that Fed had returned from outside the city this morning, "but it doesn't matter, the archbishop asked me to pick you up in person and move to the camp of the Knights of the Church immediately, because we are about to leave for the East Oguna Empire!" Satnam whispered in Field's ear with the previous words, and the latter words were loud enough for the knights outside to hear clearly.