"La, la, la. Early in the morning, Lina walked in front of Pannis with her hands behind her back, jumping up and down like a child, occasionally looking back with a bright smile and a ridiculously good mood.

"What's wrong with you?" Pannis inexplicably expressed the question in his heart: "Since last night, you have been like picking up hundreds of magic stone coins for nothing, and you have not seen your mouth closed." You're not Catherine, and you shouldn't be like this even if you find money. ”

After reporting at the temple last night, the two did not stay overnight in the temple, but found a nearby hotel in the neighborhood near the temple. Although Cynthia was kind to stay, but in the end Pannis politely refused, after all, I didn't know that I would have to stay in Dirsallen for a while, and I had to go around to investigate work frequently, and the daily entry and exit times were very irregular, so it was very inconvenient to live in a temple with regular work and rest times, so it was better to live directly in the hotel from the beginning. Of course, this is only a superficial formulaic statement, and it is difficult to say whether Pannis is afraid that the house will collapse one night because the temple facilities are too old. I chatted with Cynthia all night, and it was already late when I found a hotel to settle down, and the fatigue of the journey made the two fall asleep quickly, and it was not until the next morning that they reluctantly got up and rushed to the venue.

However, Lina was in a very good mood along the way, humming an unknown song in her nose, and it seemed that everything was much more pleasing to the eye. Hearing Pannis's question, Lina smiled back and didn't answer, but her steps became more brisk.

"So, what the hell are you laughing at? Pannis scratched his head and said bitterly, "If you keep this weird state all the time, I'm afraid that Catherine will beat me to death when I take you back." ”

"I'm happy. Lina's face was full of joy and joy, and she said happily, "Of course you have to laugh when you're happy." ”

"Obviously, you must be happy, and if you have this expression when you are sad, it will be really wrong. Pannis pouted and said, "I know you're happy, but I don't find anything to be so happy about." ”

"I don't want to tell you, hehe, the mood of our women. You men will never understand. Lina stuck out her tongue mischievously, smiled and quickened her pace: "Lalala, let it be, lalala." ”

Pannis was stunned. His gaze slowly softened, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a hint of a smile. For a moment, Pannis felt that he had touched the happiness in Lina's heart, whether it was pain or pain. Whether it's sad or not, there's nothing more gratifying than having a friend understand the mood thoroughly.

Now that he understands the reason why Lina is happy, he always has to say something to make this happiness last, so Pannis spoke: "That's right, we men really don't understand women's hearts, especially women like you who are murderous and violent and take pleasure in beating me, even if you want to, you don't dare to understand, hey, what are you doing?"

"Nothing, it's a bit hot. I want to fan the wind for you. Lina casually withdrew the whip leg that had been dodged by Pannis, and replied casually, "Don't be grateful." ”

"I thank you, it's winter, and do you fan people with whip legs? Pannis exhaled heavily: "Forget it, let's go quickly, if you continue like this, I'm afraid the meeting will be late." ”

"I always feel that today's meeting will not be of much use. Lina said lazily: "It's nothing more than a group of people who don't know each other getting together to talk about meaningless topics, and then acting separately, after all, it is too difficult for people from several sects to coexist together." Hmm, since that doesn't make sense. Why don't I call the blood girl out for a meeting for me, it will be very lively. ”

"I beg you, don't. Pannis dissuaded in horror: "We are here to investigate the bloodshed, not to create the bloodshed." You must not swap her out. ”

"Of course not. Lina grinned, "I'm kidding." ”

"Haha, haha, this joke of yours is so funny. Pannis laughed dryly twice and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead: "I'm afraid of you, let's go." ”

Lina finally put away the laughter that had lasted all night, and said solemnly, "I don't know who the two people sent to us by the temple to help. Let's hope it won't be too difficult to get along with. ”

As Lina said, when chatting with Cynthia last night, the only useful news I got was that the main hall had already guessed that Lina would definitely accept this request for help, so the person who assisted had already been arranged, and even arrived half a day earlier than Lina, but Cynthia didn't meet these two helpers directly, so there was no way to introduce the two in advance. However, Lina didn't really care very much, because during this investigation, the main hall made it clear that everything was up to her to decide, whether she needed assistance, whether she needed to change the helper, and she was the final decision.

The meeting place was chosen in the administrative district of Dirsalen. Due to regional habits, Dirsalen, like most towns in the Neville Federation, is arranged in a circle. The innermost ring is the eternal commercial center, in addition to the large number of shops that must exist, including banks, credit, goods custody, transaction inquiries and other necessary commercial institutions of the city are also established in this area. The second ring area is divided into two halves, one for the government district and one for the magic district. The third ring is a small commercial ring with shops on both sides of the circular street. The Fourth Ring Road is home to a large number of dwellings, and nearly 100,000 city dwellers have made Dirsalen one of the largest cities in the eastern part of the Neville Federation, and the inn chosen by Pannis and Lina is located in this area. The outermost part is the Fifth Ring Road, which is relatively large, including the temple area and the artisan area, and the churches that have branch temples in the eastern part of Neville will gather in the temple area, although it is more than 15 kilometers away from the city center, there is still an endless stream of believers who come to pray every day.

As a commercial city, the traffic in the city is already busy at 8 o'clock in the morning, and the city residents living in the Fourth Ring Road are flocking inward or outward to their places of work to start a busy day's work. The various public carriages passed through the road in an orderly manner, and at each stop, a group of people with slightly sluggish expressions came out of the carriages, and the monotonous and busy days had worn down their spirits and made them lose the agility they once had.

"So I don't like it here, I don't like the Neville Federation. Lina looked at a pair of godless eyes with mixed feelings, and said softly: "The main hall of the church is in the capital of the Neville Federation, so I saw a lot of people with this kind of eyes when I was a child. They are all a group of ordinary people or relatively timid low-level professionals, who have no courage or ability to get rid of the shackles of life to meet the challenges of the outside world, and can only do monotonous and repetitive work, day by day, year by year, without any change, until they grow old. It is true that such a life can have a stable income and enjoy the safety and comfort of the city, but what is the difference between a year and a hundred years to live in such a dazed and numb way? Every big city in the Neville Federation is like this, lifeless and without vitality, compared to the fact that I still like the capital of knowledge, which is what a vibrant city should look like. ”

"There are people like this in the capital of knowledge, but you don't see it. Pannis shrugged his shoulders and looked around casually, "There are in every big city, not just the Neville Federation. ”

"But the proportion is highest here, and maybe that's a common problem in purely commercial cities. Lina said, "What are you looking for?"

"Breakfast. Pannis rubbed his stomach and said, "I'm hungry." ”

"Don't mess around, let's go. Lina grabbed Pannis's sleeve and walked forward: "It's good that the government district is not on the opposite side of the city, otherwise I would be tired to death." ”

"Actually, I was surprised from just now. Pannis asked, "Why don't we take the bus in a public carriage? ”

"I'll let you get acquainted with the city, although I haven't been here either. Lina pointed to the front and said: "Look, the front is the third ring area, according to the innkeeper said, through the government district, the security center we are going to is in the southeast corner of the government district, the obvious building." ”

"I think it's safer to find a local guide. Pannis smiled helplessly: "A person who has never been here has brought me to familiarize myself with the city, and I always feel full of insecurity. ”

Entering the third ring business district, the flow of people on the street is significantly lower than that of the fourth ring road, after all, the time is too early, most of the shops have not yet opened, and no customers will come to patronize so early, so it has become an island in the early morning when the crowd is surging.

"Huh, the bakery that's open. Pannis's eyes suddenly lit up, and before Lina could react, he quickly escaped from Lina's capture: "Go buy something to eat, I'm dying of hunger." ”

"You're really ......" Lina gritted her teeth and said, "You were the one who said you were going to be late, and now you are the one who is desperately wasting time, you guy is really a headache, no wonder the eldest sister always wants to cut you with a sword." ”

"Hehe, hunger is a normal physiological change in living things, and forcing yourself to endure hunger is distorting human nature. Pannis unconsciously made a very weak remark to the personnel of the religious circles, and pushed the door of the store open: "Boss, the guest has come to the door, wow, it smells so good, the freshly baked brioche bread, and a stove of meat floss bread, hey, no, let me smell it, you actually embedded rabbit tail fruit in the brioche bread, heresy, you are heretical." ”

"Hahahaha. The owner who was carrying a plate of fragrant bread was a bald man about forty years old, with a stout figure but a very hearty personality, although he was startled by Pannis, who suddenly came in and shouted, but after listening to Pannis's words, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Guest, you are from Rhea's side, the rabbit tail fruit dispute has lasted for two hundred years, and you haven't given up yet, hahahaha." ”

"Forget it, let's let you go this time as a heretic. Hunger overcame the determination to uphold orthodoxy: "I want to buy meat floss bread, eight." ”

"Does your weird sense of smell exist just to smell the smell of rabbit tail fruit?" Lina, who followed the door helplessly, wanted to kick Pannis: "And eight at a time, can two people eat?"

"You eat two, I eat six, just right. Huh?" Pannis, with a triumphant turn, suddenly stopped the noise in surprise.

In one corner of the small bakery, facing the window there was a row of long low tables and a row of chairs, and a heavily armed woman with a man-high sword on her back, completely ignoring the two intruders, was concentrating on the battle with the bread in her hand, and on the table in front of her, there were ten meat floss breads of the same size. (To be continued.) )