When she returned to the hotel, Weina was still wiping her wine glasses as usual, but for some reason, after Hodge and Tina had been away for such a long time, they still hadn't cleaned up their table, and the wooden glass from which Tina had been drinking was still on the table.

This was a bit unreasonable, he knew very well that there were no one else in the inn except for the four of them and Soxi, and there was no such thing as being too busy, so how could Weina not clean up this table?

Driven by curiosity, he walked over to the uncleaned table, picked up the wooden wine glass and sniffed it.

"Where is he?" Hodge asked, turning his head abruptly to Vena.

Weina tilted her head, her eyes full of doubt.

"Thorsi, the witcher. Hodge patiently explained, "Is the man who stayed in the hotel yesterday and who drank with me here?"

"Nope. Vina replied quickly.

Hodge looked her in the eye to tell if she was lying, and he could only try to judge with intuition and a modicum of experience when the dice couldn't be used.

But Vina's eyes were as clear as water, and she didn't dodge at all, and Hodge even wondered if his judgment had been wrong.

No, it shouldn't be that way.

He thought of a possibility, and when he asked Weina again, he changed the description slightly.

"Then have you ever seen a man with two swords on his back, very tall, and pupils like cat's eyes?"

Vena sighed, smiled and pointed in the direction of the kitchen behind her, "Below, the wine cellar." ”

"Thank you. ”

Hodge followed the position pointed by Weina, walked to the kitchen and pulled the wooden cover on the floor, climbed the wooden ladder and landed in the cellar, and when he landed, his eyes turned slightly, and he saw Suo Xi with a guarded face and a steel arrow, but he was a little surprised when he realized that it was him.

"It's you. ”

He said, "How do you know I'm here, or is it just a coincidence?"

"It's not a coincidence, it was something you left behind that told me. ”

Hodge shook his head: "You've drunk from the wooden cup on that unpacked table, and not cleaning up and not using a new cup will help you hide the traces of your visit to the hotel." ”

"In that case...... "Sothy asked, "and how did you find out I was here?"

"Because I left the uncleaned table. ”

"You?"

"And Lady Tina. ”

"Well, don't you even be more unaware of that? I don't even have the same place for the cups. ”

"First of all, it's a little suspicious that there are no guests who haven't put away their tables for such a long time. ”

Hodge told him, "But the most important thing is the smell. ”

"Smell?"

"The smell of the glass, Tina's wine was ale, but I could smell apples in the glass. ”

Suo Xi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed at himself: "Hey, who would have expected-"

"And how did you find me?"

"Asked Wina. ”

Hodge glanced at him, but there were no visible wounds, but there were traces of dirt on the cuffs and knees of his pants, and it seemed that the guy was rolling on the ground to avoid being pursued by the town hall.

"You said hello to Weina beforehand and told her not to tell anyone else, right? But you probably don't know that this girl is ...... Silly, I didn't tell me you were back when I asked her directly, but when I changed my description, she told me the truth right away. ”

"I could see that she was a little stupid, so I thought she would be more reliable, but I didn't expect this stupid girl to be too stupid. Soxi shook his head helplessly.

Hodge approached, half-crouched down, and his expression became serious: "Now can you tell me what happened." ”

"Roosevelt, was you really stabbed?"

"Do you think it's possible?" Thorthy pouted, "Beating him up is a trivial matter, but assassinating a City Lord is something like this, even Lord Dunbar wouldn't dare do it." ”

"Actually, I'm chasing a shapeshifter to the town hall. ”

"Shapeshifters?"

"I found it in an orphanage, and I happened to meet him in the form of a soldier, so I chased him, but I didn't expect to chase all the way to the top floor of the city hall, Roosevelt's room was pushed open, and as soon as I went in, I found that a dagger was inserted under his left rib, and then you all know what happened, the soldiers on patrol had an abnormality, and when they saw the seriously injured Roosevelt and me standing next to me, they began to arrest me, and it took a lot of time to avoid their tracking. ”

"You mean, the shapeshifter infiltrated and stabbed Roosevelt disguised as a soldier?"

"Mostly. ”

Suo Xi bared his teeth and looked up and asked, "How is the reaction from the town hall, how is Roosevelt, what is the reaction of that Mrs. Tina, did you mention my rehabilitation or something?"

"Roosevelt is not in danger for the time being, but he is seriously injured and in a coma, and as for the second half of what you said, I really think too much. Hodge scoffed, "If it had been someone else, maybe you'd have been dragging you to the town hall to collect your bounty by now, and the guards of Downwind Harbor are searching you all over the city." ”

"Well, it looks like I'm going to have to spend a moment and a half in this cellar. ”

Suo Xi glanced around: "It's good that there is a lot of wine, otherwise I would have gone crazy." ”

"Don't worry about Weina's wine anymore, do you have the money to drink? ”

Hodge patted Thorthi on the thigh, "You mentioned a monastery just now, then you can go there and continue to investigate to see if there are any traces of it, and I will have to go to Sagisan and lie down and see how he reacts to Roosevelt's assassination." ”

"I'm investigating the Abbey, have you forgotten that I'm now wanted by the whole city?" said Sothy incredulously.

"Yes, but with your skills, it shouldn't be difficult to avoid the soldiers, right?" my companion didn't know why he never returned, and you were the only one who could do the investigation now. ”

"Okay, okay. ”

Suo Xi sighed: "It's really born to work hard. ”

........................

"It doesn't matter if you believe it or not. Sagisan's face was calm, and he was calling out to the busy free slaves next to him, "The shapeshifter has nothing to do with me, and it won't be sent by me to assassinate him." But if I have to say, I am glad to witness the day Roosevelt was assassinated, but it is a pity to hear that he was only seriously wounded. ”

"What are you trying to do?"

Hodge watched as the wooden crates carrying swords, spears, and scimitars were unloaded, opened, and distributed by the slaves, and a premonition arose that it was not good.

"Attack the town hall. Sajisan said tepidly.

"You're going to attack City Hall?" Hodge blinked, "You're not a self-proclaimed pacifist, negotiating is the best option?"

"Naïve child, at certain times, war is also a way to achieve peace, although there will be bloodshed, but the damage can be minimized.

Sajisan's eyes were deep: "Without defeating the town hall, true freedom for us will never come." ”

He looked at Hodge: "Do you think I'm a madman who doesn't do what he does? Take it, boy, this is my old diary, and after reading this, you will understand why I hate Roosevelt so much, and why I think it is necessary to overthrow the ruling hierarchy under his leadership."

Hodge took it, and it was a small journal wrapped in a black leather case.

After Sagisan left, Hodge walked out on his own, turning the first few pages of the journal to a trivial, but in the middle of the book, he found the crux of the matter.

"The stuff in my head is starting to hurt again, but even so, I'm still happy to see that my beloved Tina is finally getting married, but I don't like that cold guy, and if it weren't for Tina's insistence, I wouldn't have let him enter my house at all!"

「......」

"Sure enough, there was something wrong with him, and I found out his secret, a dirty, sinful secret."

"Everything is in the northwest of the city, in that orphanage......