Yeyan praised Film's physical fitness after a whole summer of training. For the first time since the winter when His Majesty poisoned Film, he felt that he could use his limbs and strength to the fullest.

Firin's energetic hunting in the mornings and lingering with Ariana late at night are enough for any man, and these simple things are quite satisfying.

He wanted his life to be so simple and complete forever, and he tried to ignore what he knew was dangerous. Filin told himself that the continued fine weather would give Hermes a good start, but he didn't think about whether the Red Boat would raid people at the end of the season when they were so unprotected.

His Majesty and his followers suddenly sang in the halls, and I also managed to avoid the sudden excitement of social activity in the halls of Fort Stag.

Cadon and Rosen were more often seen in Fort Stag, and he felt like he was the target of his wrath everywhere he went, so I began to avoid all the public rooms at night, or Filmin would either run into them or see His Majesty's crowd of guests pouring into the winter court.

Less than two days after Hermes's departure, rumors spread that the real purpose of his visit was to search for the spirits, and that Filin did not blame His Majesty for this.

Hermes's hand-picked retinue already knew his true mission, and Borges himself didn't find out;

If even he can do it, it's hard to guarantee that others won't, and things will always spread ten, ten, hundred.

But when he heard from the two manservants in the pantry mocking "the foolishness of the wise king, the delusion of Prince Hermes", he had to suspect that it was a mockery by His Majesty.

People wondered what Hermes had been doing in the beacon for so long, that is, they knew he was whispering in code, but it was too boring to chew on it.

Lively talk of his preoccupied gaze and strange routine, as well as his ghostly shuttle through the castle while everyone was asleep, was the subject of much discussion, and one could not help but wonder if he had something wrong to carry out this madman-like task.

All kinds of speculation began to intensify, and His Majesty really contributed to this. He found all sorts of excuses and reasons to feast with his nobles, and King Creek, who was often unwell, rarely appeared on such occasions, and Floya did not like to hang out with the servants that His Majesty had cultivated.

I also shied away from these occasions, complaining only to Etro that His Majesty could spend a lot of money on these banquets while claiming that he had no money to finance Hermes' expeditions, but Etro only shook his head.

The old man had been silent lately, and he had been with me as well, making Filin feel uneasy that Etro seemed to be hiding a secret from Firin.

Secrets themselves are nothing new, and the old Assassin has a lot of them.

It's just that Fei Lin always feels that this secret is directly related to Fei Lin, although he can't ask him directly, he observes his every move from the side. He had apparently done a lot of things at his work desk while he wasn't there, but what was even stranger was that whenever he summoned Filin, the table was cleaned.

This was unusual, given that he had been cleaning up the table after he had "cooked" things for years, and now he was cleaning up himself, and it seemed that this was either a harsh rebuke to Film, or a concealment of what he had done.

Filin couldn't help but always keep an eye on him as much as possible. Although Filin had no way of knowing his secret, he was able to see what he had not been aware of before. Etro was getting older, and the cold weather made his joints stiff, and even staying by the warm fire at night did not help.

He is Creek's older half-brother, an illegitimate child like Film, and looks younger than Crick despite being a bit stiff.

But he now read the scroll farther from his nose, and avoided raising his hands above his head to pick up things, and seeing his transformations was as painful as learning that he was hiding a secret from Film.

Twenty-three days after Hermes left, he returned to the castle after a morning and night-eye hunt to find a tumult all around, feeling like a nest of energetic but aimless ants. Filmin asked the cook Sarah directly. The kitchen of any castle is the center of rumor brewing after the guardhouse, and the gossip in the kitchen is often more in line with the facts in Fort Buck.

"A knight came here and his horse was almost dead. He said that the town of Ferry was raided, and the entire town was almost burned to the ground by the smelters, and that 70 people were smelted, but the death toll is not yet known, and in any case, many more will be killed and displaced in such cold weather.

The man said that there were three ships of robbers, and that he had reported the matter directly to His Majesty's Prince.

His Majesty, the Prince, had brought him here to fill his stomach, and now he was asleep in the guardhouse. She lowered her voice, "This boy came here by himself, changed horses in the towns he passed through, and went straight here along the coastal road, and did not let anyone help him to carry the word.

He told Filin that he wanted to see the rescuers at all times during the journey, and he heard someone say that they had all the news, and that the battleship had sailed, but saw nothing. ”

"From Ferry Town, then, this must have happened at least five days ago, but why didn't the beacon signal come on?"

"And the carrier pigeons that fly to Gull Town and Seal Bay?"

Crown Prince Hermes had left a cruiser to guard the area, and the cruiser was supposed to see the signal from the town of Gulls or the town of Ferry.

There is also a member of the arcane spell team who wants to stay in the Red Tower, so it stands to reason that he should see these signal flames and pass the message to Kaidon here!

Why don't people get a word here, and why don't people know anything about it?"

The cook lowered her voice again, slamming the dough of flour she was kneading on the table. He said that both the ferry town and the ice town had signaled fires, and there were also carrier pigeons sent to Seal Bay, but the warships did not come at all. ”

"Well, why don't people know this?" said Film, breathing tremblingly, pushing away his futile anger. Fei Lin felt that Hermes in Fei Lin's heart aroused a trace of worry, but it was too faint. When he hoped for a strong arcane spell to hold it back, it faded.

Well, it was useless for him to ask now. What did His Majesty do? Send the Rox on a voyage? Filin really wanted to go with them. ”

The cook snorted contemptuously and stopped to pinch the dough. "Well, then, you go now, so you won't be late. His Majesty Prince did nothing, and he heard that he did not send anyone out. No one was sent and no one was ordered to go on the expedition, not at all. ”

"You know that Filin doesn't like to chew on the root of his tongue, Kaz, but people are talking to each other that His Majesty is aware of this calamity. When this boy comes, oh, the prince is so kind and full of compassion that it will melt the hearts of the ladies.

The prince rewarded him with a sumptuous meal and a new coat, and a small sum of money to thank him for coming all the way. However, he told the boy that it was too late, and that the robbers had already run away, so there was no point in sending warships or rescuers at this time. ”

"Maybe it's too late to fight the robbers, but what about the burned ferry town? At the very least, send a team of workers to help repair the house, and send a few convoys of food over......"

"He said he didn't have the money to do that. The cook gritted her teeth and uttered every word. She divides the dough into rolls and pats them to make them stand.

He said that the money in the treasury had been depleted by the construction of warships and the recruitment of crews, and that Hermes had used the little money he had left to go on an expedition to find the Spirits. Her tone was full of disdain when she mentioned "Gu Ling", and the cook stopped to wipe her hands with her apron. And then he said he was sorry, really sorry. ”

A cold anger rose in my heart. Film patted the cook on the shoulder and told her that she would be fine, and then left the kitchen like a trance and walked to Hermes's study.

Outside the study, he paused and fumbled in his mind, then clearly understood Hermes's intentions.

Behind a drawer, Filin would find an old emerald necklace encrusted with golden gems left by his grandmother, worth enough to recruit men and provide food supplies. So Filin pushed open the door to the study, and stopped.

Hermes was a raunchy man, and he packed up and left in a hurry before he set out;

Charin was unable to help him clean up his room because he was following him on his expedition. However, the situation in the room at this time was completely different from the style of the two of them, and perhaps others could not see that there was anything wrong, but at this moment, Filin looked at the scene in front of him as himself and Hermes, and knew that someone had searched the room, and this person either didn't care about being discovered, or didn't know Hermes.

Every drawer was well closed, every cupboard was closed, and the chairs were tucked away against the table.

Everything was so neat that Firin had to find the drawer and open it without any hope, and pull it out all the way to see the corner behind it, perhaps Hermes's own unkempt mess saved the necklace.

Filming saw a mess of things, including an old boot thorn and a torn belt buckle, as well as a small piece of antlers that had been slightly carved to make the hilt of a knife.

Filmin didn't expect to find an emerald necklace under the pile, but he did see it, and it was wrapped in a small piece of hand-woven cloth.

In addition to this, there are other precious trinkets that have to be taken with them.

And as he gathered up his belongings, he wondered what was the purpose of this search if the intruders had not taken the valuable things, and if they were of little value to the intruders, then why had they come here?