"It's a pity that when I was in the weeping cave, I only saw them through the eyes of the mage. Pannis sighed, shook his head and said: "If I could have seen them directly at that time, they would have reappeared this time, I would definitely have been able to recognize them, but through the eyes of the mage, the image is too blurry to be distinguishable, if it weren't for His Royal Highness the Prince helping us uncover their deception, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to connect the two things until now." ”

"It seems that the third conjecture has become more likely. Catherine clenched her fists tightly, in fact, the knight maiden's heart was not at peace, nor was she happy to guess the answer. While thinking of the third possibility, she had already considered that this massacre, which had killed more than 800 people, was most likely specially prepared for her own people, and was simply designed to turn the attention of the adventuring group to the border of a neutral place. Obviously, the other party had already calculated the reaction of the adventure group, and knew very well that once they heard about this incident, they would definitely rush to the scene of the incident to investigate, and leave the Bute Plateau far away. Therefore, the knight girl still has a vague self-blame in her anger in her heart, although she knows very well that she has done nothing wrong, but she knows that nearly a thousand people have died because of reasons related to herself, and no matter how strong her heart is, she will not be touched at all. Several moods were intertwined, and the knight girl's expression became very weird, and she said in a cold tone: "Moreover, according to the third possibility, the timeline can basically be matched." ”

"Four days ago, they created a massacre. Almost at the same time as the massacre, the misunderstanding was used to affect the bilateral trade between the two countries, so that His Royal Highness the prince had to hurry over. The time of the prince's arrival was three days ago. In other words, he left within a few hours after receiving the news, so the news of his arrival here should have been known to the magistrate here four days ago, so he ordered early to control the transportation of goods in advance, so as to ensure that no trucks would pile up outside the city after your arrival with His Royal Highness. Pannis took Freya's pen and drew a line on the paper, marking the time on the line. As he painted, he said, "The preparation of things has stalled for a while, and then it was two days ago. Two days ago, we arrived in the Third Flame City, the first time we've entered the city since we left Barrow City, and we've been wandering the swamps for a while. They were in a hurry, and they couldn't find an opportunity to get close to us. However, after we entered the city, their chance finally came. Just two days ago, news of the massacre began to spread to the surrounding forces, and then two nights ago, two pretenders passed the news to us. ”

"The next thing was a day ago, yesterday morning, after we confirmed the news. Leaving the Third Flame City. Catherine leaned over and sat shoulder to shoulder with Pannis, her head touching her head on the paper, "At the same time." Representatives sent by the two lords of Butna arrived at the fortress of Lookout Hill and began to deal with foreign affairs. Then last night, the misunderstanding between the two sides was resolved, the trade of goods could continue, and your Highness should have held a ball that night, I remember that this is the diplomatic tradition of the Farrar Empire. ”

"Yes. A dance party was held that night. Nicholas said: "This is already the practice of the Empire's foreign affairs activities, if it is carried out in the territory of the Empire. Then after the official business, a dance party is held, and a farewell ceremony is held the next day. ”

"Well, so it's easy to get into the plan, so this morning, Nicholas, you sent off two representatives of Bout's territory. Catherine sighed and said with a wry smile: "After sending off the territory representatives, theoretically, you should immediately leave for the capital to report the situation, and then rush from the capital to the place where the tragedy occurred, but the rest of the matter is out of their plan, you didn't leave immediately, and then we met." Well, so far, all the time points have been aligned, but there is one most critical time node that has not been aligned, and if this problem is not solved, maybe all our assumptions will be overturned. ”

"That node isn't a problem. Pannis shook his head and said, "Actually, it can be right." ”

"When she says the key point, is she referring to the time when they caused the tragedy?" Moore asked, "Indeed, four days ago, you hadn't even left the Third Flame City, and you hadn't even left the Whispering Swamp, no, you had already left the Whispering Swamp, and at that time you had just entered Bute's territory, and I am afraid that no one except yourself knew that your goal was the Third Flame City, but they had everything ready and were waiting for you to appear." ”

"Who said no one knew, didn't you know?" Pannis shrugged and said, "You can deduce our whereabouts and go to the Third Flame City in advance to wait for us to appear, why can't they?"

"I can guess it's based on what I know about you. Moore said, "But they ...... Well, since you're already enemies, they've certainly studied your past carefully, at least for the past few years, and it's not hard to guess that you're going to visit Master Fira. ”

"Yes, they can deduce it, and it's not hard to confirm our arrival time. Pannis said: "Do you remember what Felek said at that time, don't underestimate the master's ability to control their own territory, within their territory, it is easy to confirm the traces of several people, so basically, as soon as we stepped into Bute's territory, the tragedy happened, and the time connection was very clever." ”

"Well, now that there are concrete conjectures. Moore asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Everything is speculation, whether the real situation is like this, we can't be sure, even if the mastermind behind the two pretenders is really the sand of time, we can't be sure. "However, I have a principle when dealing with similar problems, the more the other party wants us to do something, the more we don't do it, and in the same way, the more the other party doesn't want us to do something, then we must do something." ”

"On the surface, they want us to get out of the Butt Plateau. Catherine continued, "So, let's set out tomorrow and return to Bout the same way we came, and no longer go to the scene of the tragedy." ”

"Aren't you worried?" Moore asked suspiciously, "What if it's the second possibility you guessed, and someone really wants to help you behind your back to inform you in this way?"

"It's simple. Catherine smiled faintly: "I can only live up to his kindness once, anyway, since a loophole has been found, there will be more and more things that need to be investigated in the future, I think, we will become very busy." (To be continued)