"Oh, it's not easy for you, so why are you telling me these secrets now?"

"Haha, because I think you're a good master, and I'm essentially created to work for the Empire anyway. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Then I'll do my best not to disappoint you!"

"And my relationship has been completely transformed, and the shape and aura are completely different, so using me now won't attract other people's attention at all, and even the Emperor's Sword can't spot me!"

"That's true, but it doesn't matter if Imeches knows, right?!"

"No, I must not let him know about my existence, I can't tell you the specific reason now, it is also for this reason that he asked you to find another imperial treasure, you can look for that treasure, but you must not tell 'Imeches', this is related to the survival of our other artifacts!"

"Okay, I see, there was a factional dispute between your artifacts! Forget it, it has nothing to do with me anyway. ”

After Menihao's business was completed, Salian led the party on their way eastward, and they were to pass through the whole of Venria to reach the Archduchy of Aldenburg, the southeasternmost part of the empire, first through the fortress of Aichingburg to Veralburg, the last time Salian took Miss Witte and them was only a few hours away, and now they have not yet walked for a month. The urgency of reforming the traffic situation in the empire strengthened Salian's belief in becoming a powerful minister.

Along the way, Salian did not relax his training for his "little kitten", that is, Aphroa, and the orc girl herself worked very hard, so it can be said that she has some initial strength. In particular, the hammer chain technique that Salian taught him with all his strength is basically not going to hit himself when he wields it now.

"My little kitten, your responsibility will be heavy next!"

"Hmph, I'm not afraid!"

In this way, after entering the territory of the Grand Duchy of Altenburg, the figure of the mercenary "Meyer" appeared next to the lord wearing a full-covered plate armor and a long-tailed helmet. He carried the famous serrated two-handed sword, and apart from the ornate cut-out outfit, he wore only the most basic throat armor, and he looked heroic. The peasant girl and the tavern lady on the side of the road gave him a kind smile.

Like Wienria, Aldenburg was a powerful prince of the Empire, where the local administration was well organized, and Salian identified himself and had no difficulty entering the territory of the Grand Duke, where they did not meet Count Redhoff, who was guarding the place, and who, according to the Adjutant, had gone to Fort to organize the security of the tournament.

The Salian had made their way to take part in the joust, so they also went straight to Fort Veral, where they were to join Anna and Acherin.

The journey went well, and when the party reached Fort Veralburg, they met Anna, who brought with them two letters entrusted to her by Morrow.

One letter belonged to Miss Teresa, sent by her teacher from the Northern Buleimen Magician Association. In addition to being pleased that she could work for Salian, the letter also mentioned that she was asked to go to Pumpkin Town to attend the meeting, and it seems that her teacher also got the news, because of her retirement, she asked Teresa to participate in this summit, not only for Teresa herself, but also to represent her, as the successor of the founder of the summit, and maybe get some kind of authority at the meeting.

In the end, the old witch naturally did not understand, and of course these Teresa did not understand. It was all her good friend Lorana Ise who kindly told her after reading the letter, and it was also Salian's opinion, in his opinion, the higher Teresa's status in this secret organization, the better it was for him. They will spare no effort to support Teresa in her struggle for power.

The other letter was addressed to Sallian himself, sealed with fire paint. In a room in Anna's favorite "Green Corolla" tavern, Salian still had the magical advisor Miss Teresa set up an enchantment for him.

The letter asked Salian to go to the Litomyšl Palace in Vanoria, the emperor's residence, to meet the Holy Lord as soon as possible, but there was no other information. Salian pondered for a moment, ruling out the possibility of a trap, and the Assassin was not dead when the letter was sent. In any case, Hohenstlingen's current position was bestowed by Siggis I, and he was regarded as one of the emperor's cronies.

Thomas, the young brave man who had been following the team, said goodbye to Salian and went to his sister at this time, and at the end of the imperial sword "Imeches" did not forget to ask Salian to pay attention to the matter they had discussed, and Salian nodded and agreed without pretentiousness.

The joy of the friends coming together did not overwhelm Salian, the jousting tournament would take place in three days, and he still had a lot to do.

The next day, he again disguises himself as the Karakuri mercenary "Myer", and Yulia (Julia) and Teresa (Alaya) go to the Grand Duke's arsenal in the hope of meeting Makminus. Because it was the Berserker Master Oswald who was in charge of the security of the place now, it was easy for Salian to know where the young master was.

In the heat of the magic cannon test field, they meet the future emperor who is directing his soldiers to fire cannonballs, and his love of military technology has remained unchanged throughout his life.

"Oh, it's Big Brother Myer, and the two sisters, Alaya and Julia, why are you here!"

Max, who had jumped off the gun, happily came to Sarian's side.

"Dear little brother Max, I am here to accompany the Count of Hohenstringen and Miss Anna to the jousting tournament!"

"Oh, then I must go and see, Miss Anna's new armor doesn't know how it works, and the Earl of the Border District has always been known as a master of weapons, I also want to see it, hahaha!"

"Well, it just so happens that the Earl of the Frontier has told you that he will come to visit you tomorrow. ”

"Ah, yes, that's great, I have a lot of questions for him!"

"I think he will definitely answer you well, the Earl of the Border District is a very good person, I can guarantee it!"

The two girls on the side probably laughed merrily at the sight of something funny, but neither Max nor Salian paid much attention to it.

As they walked towards Max's office, they talked a lot, and Salian told him all about what he had seen and heard in the county and the interesting facts about the tournament.

"Brother Meyer, I really seem to be living like you!"

"Hahaha, there will definitely be a chance. ”

In his office, Meyer asked with great concern about the last attack. Of course, because of Meyer's request, there were only two of them in the room. Enchantments are also placed around it.

"Thank you big brother for your concern, didn't you see Master Krachner here, he is actually investigating this!"

Meier touched the relic that he had brought to his wrist and asked a little anxiously.

"But what's going on?"

"Well, judging from the news sent back by Master Krachner, the assassination was done by a mysterious assassin organization, called the 'Red Moon Society', they do everything, as long as someone can afford to pay!

"Hehe, this is also a way to reduce costs, this kind of high-end organization only needs to maintain some core personnel, and ordinary tasks rely on a few elites to complete enough. And when it comes to such an important business as assassinating the prince, it is enough to hire some helpers from other cooperative units that take the low-end manpower route, and they can benefit each other. ”

"Big brother, what you said is really reasonable, you are really a well-informed character!"

"Haha, these are just inferences. ”

This time it was not in vain, Makminus was indeed very talented, and Salian listened attentively as he continued.

"So according to your prompt at the time, I also secretly sent someone to the Republic of Westport to verify that these crossbowers did come from there, and they were hired by a Flanders from the United Province named Robin. After investigation, this person turned out to be a core figure in a branch of the Akatsuki Society. ”

"Now that you know the name, I think this person must have been caught by you a long time ago, right?!"

"Hehe, I can't hide anything from my eldest brother, but this person didn't explain much before he died, he was obviously trained in anti-torture, and in order to reduce the risk, the members of this organization will guard against each other, and everyone only knows a small part of the secret. ”

"What a high-level organization!" Salian thought that although he had learned about that organization in the cave of the Stone Spirit Clan that day, he didn't even know the name of the greatest enemy, the Sword Saint of the Long-Eared Clan.

"I really want to know the news of that leader, and I still have an account to settle with him!"

"Big brother, don't worry, I'm also investigating this long-eared clan, we will definitely know about the mirror collector behind the scenes!"

"Well, then please, little brother Max. ”

Then they turned the conversation to armor and weapons.

"Little Brother Max, I recently want to rebuild a weapon, I need some unicorn horns, I don't know if you have any here? I heard that Grand Duke Joseph's treasury has all kinds of rare treasures, of course the money will be paid according to the price, such things have no price, I have been looking for a long time!"

"Oh, no problem at all, is the unicorn horn such a precious thing? My mother made tea from it every day! I just asked her for some. I don't need my eldest brother to come out with the money, as long as you take me out for a wandering trip in the future!"

In the end, the three of them had a pleasant dinner before returning to the "Green Corolla" tavern, and the harvest for today was enough.

"Brother, your relationship with that little prince is really good!"

"Yes, someone who can put his heart into an ordinary mercenary is worthy of my support. ”

"Then why do you always use a false identity to associate with him?"

"There is no contradiction between the character of Corporal Jun Lixian and the character of suspicion and suspicion, I always have to keep one hand, haha!"

That night, Yulia and Lorana Ise were not with Salian, and he opened the sword case he had brought back from the city of Constance alone and admired it for a while, and he was really reluctant to bear such a thing tomorrow with a great historical responsibility. I finally understood how my grandfather and father felt when they endured the pain of parting love, but sometimes this pain had to be endured for the sake of themselves and the empire.