On a pouring rainy night, a lonely teenager cried loudly in front of the burned courtyard.

The boy didn't even realize that someone was approaching him, and when the big hand landed on his shoulder, Arthur shivered.

Feeling that the hand on his shoulder was not exerting force, Arthur slowly turned his head, and the face of a chubby woman came into view.

"Aunt Nightingale. Arthur hurriedly wiped away a handful of tears.

"Come with me. The nightingale didn't say anything, picked up Arthur and left.

Arthur was dragged quickly through the streets and alleys, and the nightingale didn't say a word along the way, and Arthur couldn't help but ask several times, but the nightingale stopped him.

The nightingale led Arthur to the back door of a back alley before stopping.

Arthur remembered that it was the back door of the Nightingale's Bar.

Led Arthur into a large, warmly furnished and comfortable room, and plugged in the deadbolt, Nightingale hugged Arthur tightly, despite his wetness, "My child, great, you're still alive!"

Overwhelmed by the turbulence on Aunt Nightingale's chest, Arthur was a little embarrassed and turned his face to look at the room with his peripheral vision.

This is obviously Nightingale's boudoir, and even the gauze curtains on the bed are still pink, only the double swords hanging crosswise on the side walls hint at Nightingale's identity as a mercenary back then.

Although the nightingale has become a middle-aged woman, the layout in the room is still full of the atmosphere of a little woman, and it seems that it is not a rumor that the nightingale was pursued by countless men when she was young.

"Tell me about the big aunt, are they still alive in Keynes, and how did you survive?"

Although Nightingale is not a member of the mercenary group, he is very close to the mercenary of the Blue Enchantress, and he likes Arthur even more, and Arthur has always regarded Aunt Nightingale as half a relative, so he started from the encounter into the mountain range until he was ambushed in the canyon, and told Nightingale one by one.

When it was said that Keynes, Adeline, Angus and others had all died in the Sauron Gorge, the nightingale couldn't help but shed tears and sighed.

"Aunt Nightingale, Deputy Head Randall and Tony, are they still alive, and who burned our mercenary group?" was the question Arthur wanted to ask Nightingale several times along the way.

Nightingale sighed and said, "None of the people left behind by the mercenary group survived, and the charred corpses were finally collected by the City Lord's Mansion, and I think Randall should be inside." As for Tony, he never came back at all. The killers left no trace, but I'm guessing it's the same group of black-clad killers who ambushed you in Sauron Canyon. ”

Come to think of it, how could the killer organization secretly track the mercenary group all the way, how could Tony and the others be allowed to survive?

Arthur's emotions were immersed in grief, and he kept his head down and did not speak again.

"You haven't eaten yet, I'll go ahead and get you something to eat. The nightingale turned and went out, leaving the boy alone for a while, perhaps more effective than words of comfort.

It didn't take long for the nightingale to bring over a large plate of succulent potato beef, served with rye bread, and a large zaw of ale.

The tempting food has the effect of soothing grief, not to mention Arthur, who has been starving in the mountains for more than a month.

Sitting quietly watching Arthur gobble up, Nightingale smiled a little.

"Aunt Nightingale, how come you happen to be near our mercenary headquarters?" asked Arthur as he ate.

"Auntie runs a bar, as long as she is interested, she can get any information as soon as possible. Don't think you're smart, someone noticed your tracks as soon as you entered the city, so I guess you'll go back to the mercenary group first. ”

Speaking of this, Nightingale's face suddenly became serious, "You must leave immediately after eating, this place is too dangerous! If those who ambushed you know that the 'Blue Enchantress' still has someone alive, they will definitely not let you go!"

Arthur was stunned for a moment, then hung his head weakly, and said in a low voice: "But where can I go?"

"Go to the royal city, it's much safer there. The nightingale said as she pushed a small rectangular wooden box to Arthur.

"For me?"

"Randall left it to you. ”

Arthur stood up excitedly, "So Uncle Randall is still alive?"

Nightingale took Arthur's hand and sat him down, "It was placed with me before that incident, and he probably had a premonition that he put it here for me to store it in case of an emergency." It's been something like this before, so I didn't care about it. After that incident, I thought no one would survive, so I opened the box, and at least one of the things Randall left for you. ”

Arthur's hand trembled as he opened the box.

At the top is an envelope with gold trim, and below it are two ledgerbooks. Arthur has seen the ledger, which Randall uses for daily bookkeeping, recording all the daily financial income and expenditure of the mercenary group.

Underneath the ledger are several crystal cards the size of business cards, with a strange luster circulating on the surface of the cards, as if there is energy material flowing inside. Arthur counted them, and there were five of them.

"Is it because of these things in the box that those mysterious killers were attracted?" Arthur looked at the nightingale with a puzzled look.

Nightingale shook her head, "I went through the ledger, and nothing important was recorded. Those cards that you haven't seen are called crystal coins, each worth a thousand gold coins, which is a huge amount of money in our Huaorez, but in the eyes of those big forces, this little money is not worth mentioning at all. As for the letter above, open it yourself. ”

The letter was pulled out and a few lines of text were written on a pale cyan piece of paper.

This paper is called Huanhua paper, which is a precious paper used by the nobles and the rich.

Arthur has also learned a lot from Randall over the years, and knows that this is a letter of recommendation to the Isaac Kingdom Bloodshine Royal Academy, the recommended person is Arthur Shirlo, the referee is signed by Keno Patrick, and the family coat of arms of a buck's head is stamped on it.

After reading the letter, Arthur was still confused, "Who are these two people on the letter, and do they have anything to do with me?"

Nightingale couldn't help but laugh, "Silly boy, you're Arthur Shirlo. Sillow, that's Keynes's family name, and I think he gave it to you. ”

In the Beland Continent, whether it is a human race or an orc, only noble families with ancient heritage have surnames, and commoners only have first names, and they are never allowed to add their surnames without being given by the royal family or nobles.

"As for that Keno Patrick, I don't know who it is, but it's definitely a big shot, and the surname Patrick is one of the four great lords of the kingdom. ”

"Bloodshine Royal Academy!" Arthur repeated in a low voice......