Chapter 182: Josa
"Haha, there's actually a solution to this problem." Victor smiled and said mysteriously: "When Fernando founded this country, he once selected a piece of land as a stronghold for the future unification of the continent, which is a plain, and it is rich in alfalfa for raising horses. ”
"Cassano?" Faras immediately guessed the answer, Victor nodded and said: "That's right, the ancestors of the three Cassano families were actually Fernando I's subordinates, but it's a pity that Fernando I died early, and his son was completely focused on how to grasp power after he succeeded to the throne, but since then there has never been a king who has worked hard, all immersed in power and enjoyment." ”
"Let's take the Magic Guild as an example, as a powerful group in the Empire, the Magician's monthly allowance is actually issued by the Magic Guild itself, and it has nothing to do with the Empire. Thinking about the Sunrise City Battle back then, the Mochizuki City Magic Guild dispatched at least three thousand high-level magicians, hum, now it would be very good to have one-tenth of the entire continent, right? Without the support of the national power, it is easy to support a huge system of selection, training, and promotion, and also to bear huge financial expenses? Mankind relied on holy knights and magicians to achieve that kind of glory back then, but the successor was constantly suppressed because he was worried that magicians would take the place of holy knights, hum, a group of idiots of the Fernando family!"
Although he heard Victor insulting the royal family in front of him, Faras did not feel angry, but felt a little disappointed, in fact, 200 years ago was the most glorious moment of human beings in thousands of years, and other biological races on the continent had recognized the dominance of human beings, and opponents, such as orcs, were ruthlessly expelled to the North Talon grassland, where the living environment was even harsher. It's a pity that humanity itself has lost this opportunity due to internal political struggles, and now it has even brought the entire human world to the brink of chaos because of the ambitions of some human beings.
"Okay, remember the past or wait until you are too old to move, let's talk about the third question just now. Victor brought the subject back to the subject: "Don't you think it's strange that a young woman would come to such a place at such a late hour?"
Under Victor's reminder, Faras immediately noticed that the neighborhood was full of drunken and bustling streets, and it was indeed a little strange that a commoner, still a beautiful girl, actually came here in the middle of the night. Thinking of this, Faras felt a little annoyed by his ability, for 3 years, he still couldn't be a completely competent superior, not to mention, this kind of sensitivity to things alone has always been very poor, and many things need Victor's guidance to think of the possible meaning behind it.
"Smack!" Faras tapped the carriage with her fingers, making a crisp sound, and then Faras said to herself, "Go and find out what the woman is, and remember not to alarm anyone else, and don't let her find out." ”
After saying this, the carriage moved slowly again, and the wooden wheels crushed against the bluestone street, making a creaking sound, and the girl who was holding the cloth and had just been harassed by the drunken young man looked indifferently at the carriage that was slowly moving away, and turned into a dark alley, but she did not notice that a shadow followed her from afar.
When Faras and Victor were enjoying their lunch at noon the next day, a complete report was placed in front of them, but Faras did not look at it, as she was holding a detailed description of the two competitive matches that Ryan had participated in this morning.
Unlike that one a few years ago, since Ryan is now the ambitious Cassano overlord, his methods in the game are quite direct and effective, often the referee has just announced the start of the game, and is about to announce the end of the game, and there are only a few levels 3 magic casting time in between.
"It seems that this Fabia is in good shape!" Although they already know Ryan's true identity, Farah still has to continue to pretend to be indifferent on the surface, so Farah naturally wants to use Ryan's current pseudonym.
"It's time to reach out to him. Victor cooperated with Faraz and said: "After all, it is a knockout round, and it is normal for the strength gap between the players to be large. But once he reaches the final, then the whole Cassano will be more famous because of him, and we will have to pay more to reach a deal with him. ”
"Alright then, I'll tell them to come up with the final plan by tomorrow morning, and we'll have to contact him by tomorrow night at the latest. Faras took a sip of wine and said softly, "Do you want me to go personally?" A small Cassano, with a population of only 100,000, seems unnecessary, right?"
Victor secretly laughed at Faras's excellent acting skills in his heart, and he shook his head and said, "No, we must go in person, this shows our sincerity." In addition, I will go with you, so that we can show the power in our hands, and let him understand that we are not indispensable to him, and that he will ask for too much money. ”
"Oh, well. Farass replied lightly, and then put down the information about Ryan, and a servant hurriedly picked up the flask and filled Faras's empty crystal glass with bright red wine, and then moved Faras's favorite fried veal steak in front of her.
Faras and Victor quickly enjoyed lunch, and when the servants serving them had cleared the place, Victor immediately activated the defensive magic array in the entire study, and at this time Faras said with relief: "Alas, it doesn't feel good to pretend." But, Mr. Victor, now that we know who Catherine's spy is, why don't we get rid of her?"
"Hehe, you drove away the first, there will be a second. Victor said, "Wouldn't it be nice to keep her and let her leak the news we need to leak?"
"Well, I'm just not used to the feeling of acting. Faras said a few words casually, and then picked up the information about the girl she asked her to investigate last night, although these materials were only placed here, but Faras attached great importance to the security of her study and intelligence system, so she was not worried about daring to sneak in here to peek at something.
The spy they left behind is just a subordinate, only when Faras is dining in the study, will she and a few other people come in to serve, that spy can only use this time to access Faras's core secrets, but she is just secretly listening, if she dares to look at the things here at will, the guards guarding here will remove her mercilessly, this is Victor's order.
"Josha?" Faras saw a name on this information that he had known him, and Victor heard Faras's tone of voice and asked, "What's wrong?"
Instead of answering Victor's question immediately, Faras carefully read the entire document from beginning to end before he sighed and placed a stack of information on the table.
"If this information is not wrong, this Josa is the girl that Ryan and I have been looking for since we fled back to the Imperial Capital from Thor's Fortress, but unfortunately the orcs followed behind at that time, and after winning the battle to defend the Imperial Capital, there was no way to find her again. Faras said.
Victor didn't know about this, he took the information that Faras had put down, only to find that after his investigation, the girl named Josa seemed to have become a spy of some kind of secret organization, and she was now a seamstress in a tailor's shop, and often took a lot of fabric to deliver to her door, or went to other people's homes to sew clothes for others. It's a pity that her actions are too obvious, and Faraz's intelligence system has already targeted her, but she still has to slowly dig out the organization behind her through her, so she is not arrested.
According to the information on this information and the author's speculation, this girl named Josa, her father used to be a tailor in a well-known tailor shop in the imperial capital, and when Fernando and Catherine got married, they were all recruited into the palace because they had to make a lot of clothes, but there was an assassination and ** that night, because the assassins were likely to enter the palace among them, so these people were all under house arrest.
According to the inference of the writer of this intelligence, this Josa and the people who were under house arrest at the time may have escaped while the orcs were attacking the city, and the secret organization behind her probably also took advantage of Josha's experience, using her own experience and the death of her lover Bart to stimulate her to take revenge on the imperial capital.
"I see. Victor nodded slightly, put the information on the table, if he is a magician full of power desire, I am afraid that he will not care about such a little person at all, just arrest and torture, if he refuses to confess, as a ** master, he can use some terrible magic to achieve his intentions. It's a pity that Victor himself is also a civilian, and he can't do it carelessly, so he can only wait for Faraz to come out.
Farass gently opened a drawer at the bottom of the desk, and found a box carefully carved out of mahogany from the innermost of the drawer, and when he opened the fist-sized box, there was a ring of up to 20 silver coins inside, and there were some blood stains on it, if you calculate the value, the box was worth a hundred times more than the ring.
This is the engagement ring of the new friend Ryan met in Thor's Fortress, Bart and his fiancée Josha, who later gave his life for his country and hoped that Ryan could find Yosa for him on his deathbed. Faras's tone was flat, but Victor could still hear a hint of sadness in the blandness.
"And what are you going to do with this Josha?" Victor hesitated for a moment, but finally asked the sentence that disgusted even himself.
"I don't know!" said Faras, shaking her head, "she is the martyr's fiancée and deserves our respect, but now she is a member of a secret organization against the Imperial Capital, a charge that warrants her secret arrest and execution." ”