The two brothers squatted at the corner of the street and attracted the side eyes of many pedestrians, after all, Alphonse's armor shape was too conspicuous, and Edward, who had finished reading the list, snorted Hacher, as if it had been almost half an hour by now, why hadn't Tia come out yet.

"Hey~Al~Hasn't Tia come out yet?"

"Not yet, brother~"

Alphonse stared intently at the door of the shop, and Tia hadn't come out until now after entering, but a carriage pulled by a miscellaneous horse drove past the two of them.

An hour later, Edward was bored and began to use alchemy to make some trinkets and play

Three hours later, Edward was already sleepy and wanted to talk

Four hours later. Finally, Xiaodouzi fried his hair, pulled his younger brother, and Edward signaled to go shopping first, otherwise the store he frequented would be closed

"Wait, brother, Tia hasn't come out yet!" Alphonse looked worried when he didn't see Tia, and no matter how much Edward pulled it, he didn't move as if he had roots in his feet.

Edward, who couldn't pull or push Alphonse, had to 'plead' like an old woman: "Let's go, Al, if you don't leave, the store will be closed, maybe Tia was gone when we didn't notice it just now." ”

Alphonse disagrees with this, and has been intently observing the shop pù since just now, unless there is a back door in this shop, Tia will definitely be seen by himself as soon as she comes out. What kind of things can delay Tia for four hours? Judging from the situation just now, it seems that Tia is not going to go in and buy something.

Als, who had a good impression of Tia, thought for a while, ignoring his brother on the side, strode towards the store, and Edward, who was in a hurry, hurriedly pulled Alf to try to stop him, but the result was that Alphonse's huge force dragged him forward.

"What are you doing, if Miss Miriah finds out and we go to see the people of the Temple, we won't even think about getting any pocket money. ”

"I want to go and see ┉┉"

Turning a deaf ear to Edward's dissuasion, Alphonse walked to the outside of the shop and looked in, the store was not very large, and it seemed to have just opened, and the shelves were very scattered. And there was only one somewhat gloomy woman looking at the storefront, and there was no trace of Tia at all.

The female clerk looked a little panicked when she saw the tall man in armor walking in, and soon the clerk hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Sorry~ We are not open now, please come every other day." ”

"No, I'm not trying to buy anything. Al hurriedly waved his hand.

"Yes┉┉Please leave, we're not open right now. ”

The clerk's attitude of just wanting to kick Alphonse out made Edward, who followed behind, a little puzzled, and examined the shop. Edward felt that there was something wrong with the shop, not to mention the scarcity of goods on the shelves, not to mention the fact that many things seemed to be arranged irregularly at all, and it was impossible for any store to make such an unsightly arrangement, if it was to be described, it was simply placed so casually in order to cope with it.

At this time, Alphons, who was worried about Tia, was still talking to the clerk: "That's the case, just now a girl came into your shop, she is our friend, we have been waiting for her, but we didn't find out that she came out┉┉"

When she heard these words, a trace of fierceness flashed in the eyes of the female clerk, but she quickly covered it up: "I don't know, please leave and close the store soon." ”

"But┉┉We just saw her and another person come in here┉┉"

"Please hurry up and get out, I told you I don't know. The female clerk looked a little impatient. He began to speak in a urging tone.

Edward hurriedly apologized and pulled Al out of the shop. When the two brothers left, the female clerk seemed to be impatient to start closing the door of the store, completely with an attitude of turning people away.

Alphonse, who was pulled aside, scratched his head and looked at Edward in distress: "Brother~ I didn't find Tia, what should I do?"

"Really, Al is still talking about Tia at this time," Edward looked at his brother with an annoyed look and said, "Didn't you see that there was something wrong with that shop just now?"

"Why do you think so?"

Edward knocked on Alphonse's head and secretly stuck out his head to spy on the female clerk who was closing the store: "You really didn't see Tia come out after watching it for so long?"

Alphonse nodded affirmatively, for a few hours, Alphonse looked at the shop and definitely didn't relax for a second, and Tia definitely didn't come out after entering, and it was impossible for him to miss it.

After receiving Alphonse's affirmative answer, Edward pondered for a moment and whispered a few words in Alvon's ear, and then the two brothers snuck around to the back of the shop. After a closer look, the shop does not have a back door to a side door that connects to the stables. It's just that the side door is also connected to the street, and unless Tia climbs over the wall from behind, she will definitely be seen by Al, who is guarding the front door.

"Sure enough, there is something wrong with this store. ”

Edward pondered for a moment, looking tangled. Normally, it is better to go to the temple if this kind of thing happens, and if Tia has already returned, it will be better to let the temple priests know that their handmaiden is missing. However, if you run directly to the temple like this, if you are unfortunately discovered by Miria, then you and Albel will get pocket money, and you will be kicked back to the Arnold Mountains directly.

Edward, who was in a dilemma, suddenly heard a knock at the door, and hurriedly hid behind the stable with Alphonse when he noticed that the gloomy female clerk in the shop had come out. The woman looked around, pinched the things in her hand, and quickly walked out. And it was only after the woman left that Alphonse hurriedly pulled his brother.

"Brother~ That woman is holding a bracelet in Tia's hand!" The sharp-eyed Alphonse recognized at a glance that the woman just now was holding the only relic left to her by Tia's mother, although it was not a very expensive treasure, but it had extraordinary commemorative significance for Tia, and she usually wore it on her hand almost without leaving her body.

"Al~ Are you sure you read that right?"

Once, Tia showed the bracelet to Alphonse. Al nodded affirmatively.

Edward and Al almost unanimously came up with the idea, and then the two of them quietly followed the clerk. Before seeing Tia, the two didn't dare to startle the snake, and they cautiously followed the female clerk to a meat processing workshop in the southern district of the city. Seeing that the door was guarded, the two brothers made a detour, and when no one was around, they used alchemy to open a door in the wall and rushed in.

The workshop was not very large, Edward and Al-Al were prostrate on the ground to judge their position in the workshop from the footsteps of the female clerk, but fortunately the workshop seemed to be resting today, and there was no sound except for the footsteps of the female clerk. The two squirmed like caterpillars for some distance and noticed that the female clerk seemed to have entered a small room in the workshop, and Al became anxious when he could no longer hear a sound.

Worried about Tia Alphons, he couldn't help but want to use alchemy to open the way and rush in directly, but fortunately Edward grabbed Al, and after determining the location of the female clerk, Edward gently used alchemy to make a secret pipe on the wall, and the whole pipe kept extending through the guò wall and entered the room wall in the workshop before stopping.

Through this channel, the two of them put their ears together, and soon some intermittent conversations came to them.

There seemed to be a second person in the workshop talking, and the sound had become indistinct due to the distance, but it was good to be able to roughly tell what the person inside was talking to.

Hearing this, Edward and Al were already in a cold sweat, the other party actually kidnapped Tia, and from the dialogue inside, it seemed that he wanted to sacrifice Tia as a sacrifice to a certain master! Alphonse stood up violently as if he was stimulated, and instantly launched alchemy with his hands together, and before Edward could stop the light of alchemy, the wall collapsed like a pile of sand in an instant, and the smell of rancid meat in the processing workshop came out at once, and Edward subconsciously clenched his nose.

Completely ignoring the unpleasant smell, ignoring the minced flesh and blood all over the floor, Alphonse rushed to the small room in the workshop like an unstoppable heavy tank.

"Who is it?" said a woman's voice in the room.

But before they could get up and open the door, the two women in the room noticed that the door had been kicked open with a very rude kick. With a loud noise, the door almost filled the room, and the tall figure walked in. At this time, the female clerk in the room realized that the person who broke in was actually the man in armor who had just come to the store to inquire about the temple maid.

"Damn~ Tell me where you hid Tia!" Alphonse yelled as he looked at the two women in front of him angrily. (To be continued......)

PS: Sorry for being a little late