Innness River Street is the most prosperous commercial street in the imperial capital, but this does not mean that it is for the rich, in fact, the customers of Kinness River Street are all classes in the imperial capital, and it is the whole class of audiences that has created the prosperity of Kinness River Street. Similarly, Kinness River Avenue is lined with glittering buildings, but if you walk into the neighborhoods on either side, you'll find low, dilapidated buildings sandwiched between these beautiful facades and the lowest inhabitants of the imperial capital.

To Victoria's surprise, the two men in front of them did not turn from an inconspicuous corner of Kinness River Street into an alleyway, as in those stories, and through a dimly lit walkway into a dilapidated apartment complex, but went straight to the end of Kinness River Street, leading to the White Shield Bridge in the White Browning district, and crossed the bridge into the White Browning district.

Victoria followed Manfred and Artemis across the White Shield Bridge. Her tracking level is still good, and she is confident that she has not been noticed by the two in front of her. Moreover, she also saw the little tails that followed far behind her.

What are they going to do? Victoria came with her on a whim, and after walking so far, the excitement in her heart had slowly subsided, and Victoria, who had no idea the purpose of the two men, was also a little withdrawn at this time. No, how can you back down here, wouldn't it be a shame if you let those boys know, no, you must find a name for yourself and show those guys.

Victoria followed the two men all the way into the Upper River District. Although Victoria's home is also in the Browning district, she is not the kind of lady character, and she is not quite the right way for rich and noble children, so she rarely comes to the Upper River District. Gradually, Victoria noticed that the roads around her were not so familiar to her, and the time was slowly passing and it was getting late, after all, it was still early spring, and it was not too late to get dark.

Victoria's heart gradually became anxious. She followed the two people all the way from Innness River Street to here, and she was not willing to give up halfway, but it was almost evening, and it was estimated that her mother would be in a hurry at this time, and if these two people continued to walk like this, she was afraid that she would not be able to finish until dark.

No, those boys are following behind, if they give up, I'm afraid that they won't be able to teach them a lesson in the future. Glancing behind her without a trace, Victoria gritted her teeth and followed.

And just as she was determined to do so, the two people she had been following finally stopped in front of a mansion. Victoria finally breathed a sigh of relief, at least, now that things were finally showing some signs of an end.

However, things didn't quite go as Victoria had hoped, and this was not Manfred and Artmis' home. Manfred and Artemis handed out a note to the doorman at the gate. Although the servant guarding the door did hesitate to see Manfred's rich face, it was not up to him to let people in, so he had to report it first.

"This is the last one for the day. Artemis yawned, she was tired from walking so far today.

"That's right, only this time I have to treat it well, this Mr. Earl is not a small character. Manfred was still gentle, not at all displeased or annoyed by the way the servant looked at him.

"Anyway, it's just a routine announcement, if something really happens, it's going to give it to my dad for a headache. Atmiss didn't care much, and for her, the work that was carried out secretly today was really just a day's walk, and there was nothing worth keeping secret and paying attention to.

"Then I hope nothing happens, eldest miss, if something happens, the director is not the only one who has a headache, and the entire Ministry of the Interior will be turned upside down. ”

"Then why don't you take precautions first?" Atmiss glanced behind him, "Someone has followed us all the way. ”

"It's just a curious little girl. Manfred smiled and shook his head, "There's no need to scare a little girl. ”

"Are you really that Manfred?" Atmiss once again couldn't help but complain at Manfred's kindness.

And while the two of them were talking, Victoria also had a headache, and now that her little brothers were still clumsily following her behind, she couldn't back down here. However, the two men in front of them entered the mansion, and it would be fun if they broke in and were discovered. After a battle inside, the idea of saving face prevailed, and Victoria decided to take a gamble and sneak in without being detected.

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Not knowing that she had been discovered, Victoria quietly walked around the back of the mansion. After walking through this half circle, Victoria had a first-hand understanding of the size of this mansion, which was definitely several times larger than her home. The young lady lamented the inequality of society and thought about how to get in. She didn't know who the family was, and even if she did, she wouldn't be able to walk in through the main entrance, so she had to find a way to sneak in, and the easiest and most direct way was to climb over the wall. The fence here is made of shrubs close together, and it is not difficult to get into the yard, but how to get into the house. Such a large mansion must be a very wealthy family, and there will be no shortage of guards and servants in the house, and it is easy to be discovered if you want to sneak in. She went around in a half circle, just to find out if there was a tree close to the house, so that she could climb into it. And when she walked to the back of the house, she finally found a place where a ginkgo tree, much higher than the courtyard wall, poked out of the wall, and this side of the courtyard wall seemed to be very close to the house, and she should climb up the ginkgo tree to the window on the second floor.

Although Victoria is a girl, her ability to climb trees is as strong as her mobility. She first groped for a fence hidden under the bushes and foliage of the courtyard wall, climbed the wall with the fence, carefully poked her head out, and after making sure that there was no one inside, she climbed into it with a somersault. Then, as she had planned, she easily climbed the ginkgo tree.

And just as she put her hands on the windowsill in front of her, she heard a voice coming from the window. Damn, there's someone in there. Victoria's heart was so agitated that she could hardly move, and could only pray in her heart that no one would come to look out of the window.

"Miss, a guest has come to visit. "It sounds like the doorman at the door came to report, but this guy walked so slowly, I turned in, and he came to report. Victoria thought as she struggled to keep herself from falling.

There was the sound of a man getting up from the house. Victoria was just happy when she heard the voice of a young girl again. "I'm here to find my brother, hasn't my brother come back yet?"

"Sir hasn't come back yet, dinner is already ready in the kitchen, do you want to eat first?"

"No, wait for my brother to come back. Invite those two to the parlour, and I'll go see them first. ”

The footsteps faded away, and Victoria hurried in from the windowsill. This time her posture was not as chic as when she climbed over the courtyard wall, but she climbed in with her hands and feet in a very awkward way. By the time she rolled through the window, she couldn't maintain her balance, so she tried her best to keep her back down to avoid making too much noise.

"Pain......" Victoria cried out in low breath, her hands were almost numb, and if the people in the room had talked more, she would have been unable to support them.

Soothing the pain, Victoria looked up and looked around at the house's décor. Because of the sound coming from the house just now, Victoria knew that it was a girl's boudoir, but it didn't seem that there was much decoration inside, no portraits and ornaments, and it seemed that the owner didn't live here often, and didn't put too much effort into decorating the room.

Without much useful information in the room, Victoria prepares to go to the parlor to eavesdrop on the conversations of these people. Although there will be a lot of servants in the house, listening to the conversation just now, the male owner of this house seems to have gone out, as long as he is careful, it should not be so easy to be discovered.

By the time Victoria crept out of the room, Sophia had already arrived in the parlor to meet the two guests. At first, Sophia was really surprised when she saw the name post, because the name post was written "Manfred Schneider of the Thirteenth Lesson of the Ministry of the Interior", and the name of the Ministry of the Interior made Sophia nervous a lot, especially since these two people came to find Swain, Sophia was very worried about whether something would happen.

With trepidation, Sophia walked into the drawing room. And when she saw Manfred, she was taken aback again. Although she immediately restrained her surprised expression, the shock at that moment was still obvious.

"Hello, Miss Jerichault. Ignoring Sophia's rudeness just now, Manfred stood up and bowed to Sophia as soon as she came in, "I'm sorry to bother you." Please don't worry, our visit this time is just a routine matter, and we will provide some reference suggestions and precautions for special personnel who come to the imperial capital, and there is no other meaning. ”

Hearing this, Sophia's heart settled down a little. She slowly walked over to Manfred and Artemis and sat down, and smiled politely, "I'm very sorry, my brother is out, so I can only receive the two." I'm still young and don't know how to be polite, if there is any rudeness, I hope you two will forgive me. ”

"You're welcome. Manfred sat back on the couch and smiled gently, "It's rude to say that it's rude or that we rushed here without any prior notice." It's just that because the itinerary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs must be kept confidential, we cannot notify you in advance, so please forgive me. ”

"It doesn't matter, my brother and I are coming to the imperial capital for the first time, and if we want to come to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we won't trouble us, but we are just a little surprised. However, I was only a little curious, and I never seemed to have heard of the name of the Thirteenth Section of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After speaking, Sophia immediately added, "It doesn't matter if it's inconvenient to disclose, it's just that I'm a little abrupt." ”

"Thank you for your understanding, if you want to know, you can ask your brother, we are not in a position to say much due to the limitations of our duties. "In every word, Manfred was like a well-educated man of high class, and even had perfect manners like a courtier of the emperor's court. Of course, this is without looking at his looks and his position.

Sophia also felt Manfred's attitude, although there was no malice, but it was like an impregnable wall that could not test anything. So, she turned her gaze to the nonchalant looking girl beside Manfred.

"Is this also an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

"In fact, although the Thirteen Classes are subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior, they are directly responsible to His Majesty the Emperor, and have always been in charge of the Hecate family. This young lady is the daughter of Max Simian No. Hecate, the current director of Section 13, and the next head of the Hecate family. ”

Although I don't quite understand why Manfred changed his stern attitude just now, these words made Sophia understand the identity of this listless-looking girl.

"The inheritance of the family will probably end in my generation. Just as Sophia looked at Artmis, the girl, who had always seemed very bored, suddenly spoke, "It is difficult for the emperor to tolerate that the state organs are actually in the hands of a family, and this situation will probably change when I take over as the director." The Emperor could no longer tolerate an important organ of the Ministry of the Interior being inherited by a family generation, so he gave the cursed Earl of Glamorgan the title. ”

Such rebellious words made the scene suddenly embarrassing, and Manfred finally showed a displeased look, and scolded in a low voice with a straight face: "Miss, please pay attention to your identity, words and deeds." ”

Although Manfred's face became less pretty, Sophia and Artmis, as well as Victoria, who was hiding behind the door where Sophia had just entered, all felt that it was more pleasing to the eye like this.

Of course, the topic of "what you just said is the director ......" of course could not be continued, Sophia immediately pulled away from the topic, "Isn't it the thirteenth lesson?"

Manfred comprehended, did not continue the lesson to Artmis, and immediately changed his kind expression and answered for Sophia: "Yes, the thirteenth lesson is just a habitual name, in fact, the institutions under the Ministry of the Interior are all at the bureau level, so we all call the director, as for the actual name of the thirteenth lesson, due to confidentiality, I can't disclose it." ”

Sophia nodded in understanding. In fact, she didn't care what Lesson 13 was called, she just wanted to change the subject.

"It's almost time, Manfred. Artemis looked a little impatient, "Go back, the Count is not here anyway, we can't say anything, there's no need to waste time, let's go." As she spoke, she didn't care about the reactions of the people present, and stood up on her own, ready to go out.

Although she was telling the truth, and Sophia was not interested in such a conversation, Artemis inevitably made her unhappy when she said it. Manfred smiled apologetically at Sophia, then followed Artmis. Although Sophia maintained a polite smile on the surface, she was extremely disgusted with this girl who did not understand the world.

Hmph, when my brother comes back, I must make you look good.