1219. Probe
The warrior was dressed in a suit of light armor and leaned against the bluestone wall, his eyes slightly open, but his pupils were dilated.
He looked very young, with a thick layer of fluff just growing on his chin and lips, and he looked like a young man serving in the military here.
According to the laws of the Green Empire, male citizens over the age of sixteen in the empire are obliged to serve for four years, but this rule does not say that young citizens are not allowed to join the lord's private army for military service, so many lords will have such a group of young warriors.
In order to ensure the effect of the charm, Aphrodite took off the Mithril mask, stared into the warrior's eyes, and asked him:
"Who are you?"
With an aura of mystery in his voice, the warrior replied with a confused expression, "Andy. Jenner. ”
Aphrodite asked again in an unusually steady voice:
"Where is this?"
The warrior did not hesitate, and immediately replied:
"This is the Jesipiath Manor."
"Who is the owner of this manor?" Aphrodite continued.
The warrior also replied calmly, "Lord Penny." ”
This is almost exactly the same information as the daytime.
"How many garrisons are there?" Aphrodite asked again.
"Five Hundred Swordsmen...... Three hundred cavalry...... Two hundred archers. The young warrior had a look of struggle and pain on his face, and after a moment he spoke slowly.
Aphrodite asked him, "Have you ever seen a dark mage here?" ”
The young warrior had a struggling expression on his face, as if he was about to wake up from his slumber, but after struggling for a while, he failed to open his heavy eyelids, and finally fell into a deep sleep.
"No ......"
The sleeping warrior replied quietly.
The huge eyeballs floating above Aphrodite's head dissipated as Aphrodite stood up and put the mask back on her face.
"That's all he knows......"
Aphrodite whispered.
Surdak nodded, and the three of them walked down the stairs inside the watchtower, there was also a rest room inside the watchtower, and the three of them cautiously passed by the doorless lounge, and found that there were people sleeping and playing cards inside, and almost no one noticed them.
Walking along the watchtower into the manor, there was a smooth street in front of them, the three of them walked forward two hundred meters in the shadow of the street, there were almost ordinary houses on both sides of the street, and there were no shops, and when they walked out of this street, they found that they had actually come to the gate of the garrison barracks, and there were two guards guarding the gate.
On the opposite side of the barracks, there is a dilapidated house, although the low houses are made of bluestone, but the roofs, doors and windows are all wooden, and very rough work, and even some wooden doors have some bark on them, and the roof is only covered with some branches and thatch.
Only a few rooms still had a little light, and the three of them walked into the dwelling, and occasionally heard chattering from the house.
Aphrodite picked a farmer's dwelling at random, pushed open the courtyard door and walked in, as a magic pattern circle appeared under her feet, and after a lengthy spell, a cloud of mist drifted around her body.
"Sleeping Clouds"
When the surroundings were completely quiet, Aphrodite gently pushed open the wooden door as if she had entered her own house, and entered the house.
The furnishings in the room are very simple, there is no living room and bedroom, kitchen, there is a set of wooden tables and chairs at the door, there are tableware and black iron pots on the shelves next to it, there are two beds in the innermost, one bed is lying two adults, it seems that it should be the man and the hostess of the house, and the other bed is two floors, the lower floor is a larger boy, and the upper floor is a smaller girl.
They slept soundly and breathed evenly, and the boy was probably tired from playing during the day and snoring slightly.
Aphrodite sat casually on the edge of the bed, woke up the man in the room, and for a moment seduced him, and after some questioning, the tanned farmer gave the exact same answer as the young warrior.
Looking at the sleeping farmer, Thea, who was sitting in a chair with a back in the room, whispered to Surdak, "It seems that there should be no dark magicians in this manor. ”
Surdak also felt that there was nothing wrong with the estate......
Aphrodite insisted and said: "Find another question, maybe these low-level people don't know the situation in the manor at all!" ”
With that, Aphrodite stepped out of the low hut and set her eyes on the buildings next to the barracks that looked like villas.
……
The sound of horses' hooves faded away, and Surdak and his party quickly walked into a villa from the shadow of the corner.
Through the glass window, you can see the soft glow of the wall lamps in the villa's room, and an officer is taking a bath in the washroom, the bathtub is a little small for him, and he is half-sitting in the bathtub washing his hair, his head covered with soap bubbles.
The woman was in another room, holding a book and telling a story to a blonde boy who was very well-behaved on the bed, occasionally asking the woman a tricky question.
Unbeknownst to them, Surdak, Aphrodite, and Thea had been standing in the courtyard for a long time.
Until the officer took a shower, changed into pajamas and lay in the bedroom, wiping the long sword at the head of the bed with a clean handkerchief.
The woman finally put the boy to sleep, then walked out of the boy's room, untied the tie that held up the long hair, let the long hair fall down like a waterfall, and went to clean up the bathtub in the bathroom, and then walked into the bedroom with two cups of hot milk tea......
At the moment when their minds were completely relaxed, Aphrodite released the 'Sleeping Cloud'.
After all, the other party was a middle-level officer, and once the spiritual consciousness sea was a little stronger, it was possible that he would not be affected by the sleeping cloud, so Aphrodite waited patiently until his spirit was completely relaxed before casting this group magic.
The three of them walked in through the main entrance, passed through the very clean living room, and came to the officer's bedroom.
The two hugged each other tightly, still maintaining the same awkward position they had before falling asleep......
Aphrodite walked to the bed, and once again cast a charm in front of the officer, and asked him about it, and the answer was exactly the same, the owner of this manor was Count Penny, and the officer was a squadron leader in the swordsman regiment, and had the strength of a swordsman at the peak of his life.
Sure enough, it's still a bit strong!
Putting the swordsman back on the bed, Aphrodite even covered them with a blanket before coming out of the bedroom.
The three of them were not in a hurry to leave, they sat on the sofa in the living room, and there was still milk tea on the coffee table.
"There shouldn't be any problems with this manor, and I'll expand the search area a little bit later." Surdak said.
Aphrodite took off her Mithril mask, shook her head, and said, "I always feel that something is wrong, let me try again......"
As she walked to the boy's room, Thea chased after Aphrodite and asked:
"What are you going to do?"
Aphrodite said bluntly: "I want to ask that child again......"
Thea was probably worried that Aphrodite's 'charm' would cause irreparable psychological trauma to the boy, after all, the charm is to conjure up the most feared or dreamed of things in dreams, and directly attack the weakness of the soul.
So Thea said:
"Let me go this time......"
Surdak asked suspiciously, "Thea, can you also ask?" ”
"Don't forget, I'm a weaver of the Naga clan, and in addition to water magic, I can also sing the Siren." Thea smiled at Surdak and whispered.
Surdak found that he really didn't know enough about the little assistant who followed him.
Thea pushed open the wooden door of the children's room, and the room was very warmly furnished, not to mention the thick carpet on the floor, there was a wooden horse next to the windowsill, and the shelves next to the desk were also full of various dolls, smaller wooden swords and shields.
Thea walked over to the bed and sat down on the leather round stool where women often sit.
The boy was already asleep in bed, he was a little dishonest, maybe the pajamas were a little too hot, the quilt was kicked off, and half rolled up on his body.
Thea stretched out a hand, picked up the handkerchief beside the bed, and wiped the sweat from the boy's forehead before singing a lullaby softly......
It is a very simple lullaby, she sits gently on the edge of the bed, singing softly, the song is like a melodious bel canto, although the voice is very soft, but it is very powerful, singing a lullaby like a small boat floating alone on the sea.
And the boy seemed to be lying on a small wooden boat, waking up in the moonlight......
At this time, the room also woke up with the boy, the ceiling was transformed into a starry sky, the wooden bed was a small wooden boat, and the room became an endless sea.
At this time, Thea also changed back to the appearance of a mermaid, lying on the side of the bed with her hands, staring at the boy with eyes as blue as the lake......
Thea's approach is completely different from Aphrodite's, who makes people fall into dreams, and then uses charm to guide them a little bit, which feels like hypnotism inspecting the other person's inner world.
Thea, on the other hand, wakes people up in a dream, and then uses illusion to change the surrounding environment into a dream scene, making people mistakenly think that they are still in a dream, but in fact they are already awake......
"Oh my God, I saw a mermaid sister, am I dreaming?" The boy said with some exaggeration, he looked around, the sea under the darkness of the night was quiet and vast, and he hurriedly grabbed the side of the ship.
"yes, I'm in your dreams." Thea said with a smile.
Then he stretched out a finger and quickly drew a colorful rainbow in the dark night, which looked very cool.