Atmis, who was originally domineering and lazy, tired of family responsibilities, finally left behind his innocence and ideals after his father's death, and had to face up to reality and gradually let himself be swallowed up by society. The girl who was once called "cynical" by Manfred no longer exists.

But even so, even if she accepts her unescapable duties, Artemis is still too idealistic than Swain, she thinks that as long as she doesn't think, she can paralyze herself, but the truth is always what she has to face, and under Swin's merciless blows, Artemis has to pick up the problem she has been abandoning: her brother, the brother she wants to save, is an accomplice in her father's death.

Caught in a moral dilemma, Artemis is confused, which is what Swain wants to achieve, to prevent Artemis from participating in the affairs of the Thirteenth Lesson for a short time, so as to buy time for Thesthersso to find Young's whereabouts.

After arranging Artemis in a room in the castle and letting her be quiet for herself, Swain set about preparing to welcome Princess Celestia. According to the rules of Tiamat Palace, members of the royal family will inevitably send a notice to the place of visit the day before, so that the other party can be ready to greet them, of course, sometimes there are exceptions, such as the last time the eldest princess ran away directly from Tiamat Palace, Sir Willy did not inform Swain at all.

It seems that this princess is always impatient, and the last time she suddenly ran to Karin Castle, and this time, she was also unruly, and after giving notice in the morning, she was impatient to come to Karin Castle in the afternoon.

Swain was still a little puzzled about the Celestial Princess's intentions, and he wasn't sure what the reason would make the noble Highness put down his son and come - originally Sven really didn't plan to get involved with the Celestia anymore and completely end this cooperation.

Because it was summer, the daylight hours were quite long, and three o'clock in the afternoon was the time when the sun was at its peak, and in such a hot environment, Sven had to stand at the gate of the castle, waiting for the arrival of the princess.

Swain pulled his pocket watch out of his inner pocket, and it was already three and ten o'clock, beyond the time Franz had informed him.

Wiping the sweat on his forehead, even though Sven is a powerful magician who can make the body magical, but even if it is powerful, it is impossible to change a person's physiological characteristics in a normal state, in the final analysis, magic is similar to human hair and nails, both attached to the body, and can be cut off at any time, these powers are not a part of the body after all, at least it can't make people ignore the scorching temperature.

Swain took a deep breath, if it weren't for the appearance necessary to greet Celestia, he would have taken off his coat by now, ripped off the button on his neckline, and tried to cool himself down.

Just as Swain was waiting impatiently, Katerina's carriage finally appeared in Swain's field of vision. The carriage slowly drove into the castle gate and stopped in front of Sven.

Caterina stepped out of the carriage and saw the familiar Karin Castle again, and Swain's face that never seemed to change its expression, she inexplicably felt a little touched, in fact, it was not too long to part, but Caterina just felt that in this castle named after her eponymous empress, looking at Swain's unpleasant face, it was much more comfortable than enjoying the glory and wealth in the Tiamat Palace.

"Count Jericho," Caterina looked at Swain, her eyes still showing mixed colors, "for a long time...... Actually, it didn't take long, but it just felt strange inexplicably. ”

Swain also stared at Katarina, much more rude than the complicated eyes of Princess Celestia - he looked at Catalina with questioning eyes, almost as if he were examining a prisoner, as if asking, "Why are you here?"

Caterina sighed, she tried to put aside unnecessary thoughts and get down to business as quickly as possible.

"Recently I was investigating the case of the Pesa family seven years ago, which one Alans had entrusted to you, and I would like to see the report of the Thirteenth Lesson on this matter. ”

Sven turned his face slightly and raised his hand to make a "please" gesture, motioning for Princess Celestia to go in with him.

Caterina sighed again, perhaps because her words gave Swain a reason, and now Sven treated herself completely as the head of the thirteenth section, not even a word of greeting. Thinking about Swain in the past, no matter what the occasion, his etiquette is subtle, even with a cold face, and the words that come out of his mouth are always honorific.

With this feeling of loss and confusion, Caterina followed Swain into Karin Castle. The entourage she brought also seemed to want to follow the master in, after all, many of them had been staying in Karin Castle to serve the eldest princess during the civil war, so they didn't expect that today's Karin Castle has a different meaning.

Before they could follow the door, they were glared at by Sven's cold eyes.

"This is where the secret department is stationed," Swain glanced coldly at the men, and he even saw the female officer from the previous time, "No unrelated personnel are allowed to enter." ”

Katarina's entourage couldn't help but be stunned, as the royal attaché, how could they have been stopped by the officials of the empire, but thinking of Swain's power last time, these people didn't dare to directly object to Swain, but just set their eyes on Katarina.

"Wait here. Katerina knew that Swain would not let these people follow, not to mention, Lesson 13 did require strict secrecy, if it weren't for her experience in Pritown, Swain probably wouldn't have allowed herself to enter at this time, even if she was a member of the royal family.

Since the eldest princess had said so, these people had no position to raise objections, so they were led by some employees of the Thirteenth Division who were stationed at Karin Castle to wait for Caterina elsewhere.

Walking into Karin Castle, Caterina immediately found that there were many fewer people here than before, perhaps because it was now the residence of the Thirteenth Lesson, and it was necessary for Swain to clear some people's relationships, and the Jericho family had more than half fewer servants, and the whole castle became deserted.

Walking in the hallway, Caterina looked behind her, but she couldn't see anyone, only the sound of herself and Swin's footsteps.

"Why do you want to look into that case?" Swain suddenly stopped, "Mr. Pesa didn't ask you, did you?"

"The last time I visited Pesa's house, Alans had already asked me officially. Since Swain brought it up, Caterina didn't intend to avoid the topic, "He doesn't see hope in you, so he naturally asked me to help." ”

Sven turned around, and her unemotional eyes made Caterina a little flustered, even though she was used to Sven's expressionless face, but now Sven seemed to be even more indifferent.

"Looking for you?" Swain raised his eyebrows, although he didn't have a smile on his face, but Caterina just felt that Swain looked as if he was laughing at himself, "Can you help in any way? It should be very difficult for you to do something now, otherwise, why are you in such a hurry when you come to Karin Castle this time, the palace notice has just arrived, this is not in accordance with the rules." ”

Caterina knew that these details could not be concealed from Swain, and it could even be said that Swain would say those things to her at the dinner party, most likely because Swain had anticipated that she would inevitably be grounded by Alexander, and there would be no sufficient use value, so he planned to abandon her completely.

"Don't quarrel over this kind of thing anymore, I'm not here to quarrel with you this time. Caterina suddenly felt a little tired, although Swain always behaved indifferently, but he would always stand on a strong position, "I want to know, seven years ago, that case, is there any relevant investigation in the thirteenth class?"

Swain looked at Caterina for a moment, as if to make sure that the other party was serious.

"Seven years ago, the Thirteenth Lesson was in charge of Count Hecate, and now Count Hecate has passed away, and I have just taken over the Thirteenth Lesson, so I don't know much about these old files, so I have to find someone who is more familiar with these matters to ask. ”

"Are these files with you?" asked Caterina at once, "or in Govélenburg? ”

Sven's eyes drooped slightly, sometimes there were always some accidents that went beyond the plan, he didn't think at all, today Katerina would suddenly come over, and also have to look at the previous files of Lesson 13, which completely conflicted with Sven's plan, if Catalina found Artemis to find the previous files, then Artemis would soon be able to return to the work of Lesson 13, and Cesarthurso's action of looking for Yang could not escape Atmis's eyes.

"Seven years ago, how old was Atmis? If I'm not mistaken, she was born in the same year as you, right? ”

Caterina furrowed her brows, realizing what Swain meant.

"Although she shouldn't have been clear about the work of Lesson 13 at that time, she is the daughter of Count Hecate after all, so she knows more about it than you and me, at least, she always knows about the classification of Lesson 13, right?" Caterina didn't seem to be willing to give up, she was also a stubborn person, and in a way, she was a bit like Swain.

"Sadly, she didn't live up to your expectations. Swain stared at Caterina and said unquestioningly, "Miss Hecate has no interest in inheriting the family's business, and she has always neglected her work. Otherwise, she would not have recommended me to serve as the temporary director of the 13th Division, a position that has been passed down from generation to generation by the Hecate family. ”

Caterina was stunned, but she hadn't felt this in the few meetings she'd had seen with Artmis.

"Right now, some of the files of the thirteenth lesson have indeed been transferred to Karin Castle, but these files are so vast that they are not so easy to organize, I can take you to the archives to find them, but whether the files from seven years ago are here or not, I don't know. ”

Caterina looked at Sven suspiciously, as if trying to make a smile on her expressionless face.

"Don't you have one of you in charge of these things?

"Actually, there is. Swain replied calmly, "That man's name is Manfred." ”

Caterina was stunned for a moment, and immediately swallowed the words on her lips again.

"Come with me, if you can't find it here, you'll have to look for it in Govélenburg, if you have the time, of course. Swain turned around and led the way for Katarina, "Please don't take these files out of them, and don't copy them, the secrets of the Thirteen Lessons, and the rest of the departments are never at the same level, I hope you remember that." ”

Listening to Swain's formulaic tone, Katarina's face couldn't help but become more ugly, but she had no other way, facing Swain, she could only do what the other party said.

And in the corner where neither of them noticed, a pair of scarlet eyes slowly opened, revealing an extremely disturbing light. The owner of those eyes was well hidden, Swain was completely unaware, perhaps because Manfred had been defeated by him, and even lost most of his magic power, Sven let down his guard, in the imperial capital, where there were no more magicians, he was no longer as vigilant as before, and used his magic perception to pay attention to everything around him.

And this also gives the lurkers a great opportunity.