Lily, Coventry, and the subdued guard ascended the spiral staircase to the highest level of the mansion almost unhindered.

There's no way Lily can bring down everyone in the mansion. Their intrusion soon sparked a riot, but the mercenaries paid no attention to it. In her opinion, if there is something that money cannot solve, violence is the easiest and most feasible way to solve the problem.

In fact, it is. When she used only three swords and two punches to deal with the two mercenaries who dared to challenge her and were hired by the Chamber of Commerce, the rest of the guards were intimidated by her momentum and only dared to watch from afar, and no one planned to try the mercenary's iron fist and blade again.

When the rules of money are no longer viable, the city's peaceful scene is fragile and unusual, Lily thought.

The city may have enough power to overwhelm the two, but whether they are willing to act for the Bergst family is also unknown. Even if the Bergst family could pay enough for them, by the time they arrived on the scene, Lily would have already gotten what she wanted.

This is the flaw of the Federation - wealth can indeed buy protection, but those who seek the ultimate in power are hardly impressed by the sheer power of money.

She continued to run down the hallway, all the way to the end of the hallway. Her instinct as a hunter told her clearly that behind the closed door in front of her was the man she was looking for.

The mercenary took a light breath, tensed her muscles, and firmly grasped the greatsword made of Mithril in her right hand, and kicked the door open.

To her surprise, the people behind the door did not panic or get angry or attack her. He just sat quietly behind his desk, looked up, and looked at Lily with gentle eyes.

As the officials said, it was a young man who was obviously too young as the head of the chamber of commerce. He wore a supple gray velvet robe, as if as proof of his status as a wizard. A hood embroidered with silver thread sat on the left side of the table, and Lily was sure she had seen it before—in the half-plane of Count Stark, and in Femmer's memories of his youth.

The sunlight that poured into the room from the window shone on the young man's back, gilding his long tan hair with a halo of pale gold. The young man gently pursed the corners of his mouth, and the handsome face under the shadow faintly showed a sense of sacredness.

"You're here, September, I've been waiting for you." He whispered.

"Fermier...... Or should it be called Ruhuluman? Lily swallowed her saliva secretly, her right hand tightened, "What the hell are you doing here?" ”

Huruman ...... Oh, Son of Fear, that's a good name. The young man raised his hand and pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, like a Sven scholar, "As you can see, I just saved this chamber of commerce that was about to collapse, and at the same time used the money I got to use it in the right place." ”

Lily didn't believe a word of the other party's words. If she hadn't seen the memories of the other party, she might have a little affection for the gentle young man in front of her. But now, all she wants to know is what kind of conspiracy the other party has in mind.

"I don't care where you got all that money." The mercenary stared at Fermier coldly, trying to resist the desire to slash him with a sword, "We don't believe it, you really want to take over the Bergst Chamber of Commerce and get ahead here." Did you spend money to buy this patriarch's seat in order to find an opportunity to stir up hostility between the Federation and other countries? ”

"You happen to be wrong, September." Fermier smiled and shook his head, "I never intended the Federation to be hostile to any force. In fact, on the contrary, I persuaded the other senators to keep the Commonwealth at peace. Even if the whole continent is on the eve of unrest, I hope to ...... This can be the last promised land. ”

Fermir wasn't lying, and Lily stared at the young man closely, making such a judgment in her mind. But this is even more illogical, if this wizard of the White Tower is really willing to live here, then the memories she has seen, and even the name of "the mastermind of the war, the lich Huruman Stark", are all her delusions? Or is there some kind of implicit clue that can connect the youth in front of him with the future Huruman Stark-

"Let's ask you, is there any influence on the current tension on the mainland?" The mercenary pondered the connection between history and the future as she continued to ask the young man.

"You're thinking too highly of me, September." The young man smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I admit that I have done a lot of things that ordinary people can't achieve, but no one person can affect the situation on this continent and the impression between the country and the people alone. He still looked at Lily gently, but with a little more seriousness in his eyes, "Recall carefully." What you see now is actually already beginning to emerge when you leave the mainland, September. ”

The young man's tone was calm and persuasive. Lily remained on her guard, her mind involuntarily recalling the past—what she had seen and heard on her last trip around the El continent.

She remembered the clergy of the Church of San Leon and the commoners of the Empire that she had seen in the cities of the Empire, and that the civilians had only accidentally bumped into the clergy. As a result of the conflict, civilians were demanded to pay five Imperial Silver Coins—at the time, almost two months' income for the average citizen—simply because they represented the most powerful church on the continent.

She remembered the last time she returned to her hometown, she had quarreled with her "old friends". For the most part, the conversation still revolves around whether or not she should leave the forest – she is on the side and the vast majority of "old friends" are against it. She also vaguely remembered that Ryan had proudly said that even if they left the forest, they would not be able to get along with the 'mortal race' as equals. This was echoed by many, but at the time, the mercenary only used it as an excuse...... Or just angry talk.

She remembered what she had overheard about the Erna people's comments about the outside world when she and Leo returned to the Breeze Forest for a while. In addition to her usual 'rudeness' and 'short-sightedness', she heard words like 'self-indulgent' and 'defiled the forest'. At that time, Lily was still trapped in the displeasure of the previous quarrel with her "old friends", full of thoughts about leaving the continent as soon as possible to relax, and did not think about the meaning of those words at all.

Could it really be that she blamed Fermir, as Ariel said, that the young man was actually a good man? In this case, how did he come to be recognized by history as the "culprit" of the war, and in the end, he destroyed her hometown?

And, if all this is a coincidence, then the god in charge of fate must be a guy full of bad tastes, Lily thought to herself.