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The part of the Onika post that was temporarily requisitioned by the Astrana Legation.

"How's it going?"

With a little drunkenness, Sun Chenghuan asked Suo Wan.

After all, this is not the place arranged for them by the post station before, each person has a room, so this night, Sun Chenghuan and Suo Wan shared a room.

In the room, Sun Chenghuan saw Suo Wan, who was supposed to have returned after talking with the envoys.

"What else? Tomorrow morning, escorted by the army, by water, along the artificial river across the desert, straight to the border of Astranna. Suowan had a helpless expression on his face, "Now Merce should be in a hurry to get rid of us, this road is the fastest." ”

"How many days will it take to get to the border in Astrana?"

"The waterway is not a land route, and there is no need to rest at night for boating. Suowan thought for a moment and said, "It takes about twelve days to walk normally, and about five days to reach the border by water." ”

That is to say...... We still have five days of peace?" Sun Chenghuan thought for a while and nodded.

"Well, should we talk to Jessica again?" Sovan suddenly felt a little lacking in confidence. "Let's see how we handle this trip. ”

"It's fine. Sun Chenghuan shook his head, "Tomorrow on the ship, there is time." ”

"It's too late to get on the boat, right?"

"It's as if we can't get on the boat. Sun Chenghuan smiled.

"Hmm...... Let's rest early......"

"I'm going to have to go see Erin. Sun Chenghuan smiled and shook his head at Suo Wan, "You can rest first." ”

“...... You've worked so hard!" Sovan smiled a little helplessly and shook his head.

......

This night, not only Sun Chenghuan was busy here, but there were many busy places.

Here is the city lord of Onica, the burden of the Astrana envoys who had been on his back for half a year has finally been shaken off, and he can finally relax a little.

It's just that there are many things that upset him......

"Or is she going to Astrana anyway?"

In a small study in the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord, whose face was unswerving, asked.

"Yes, I've advised her many times in the past two days, saying that this business will be very dangerous, but she won't listen to her anyway. ”

It was a woman who answered the lord of the city.

The one called Selena, the one he arranged for Erin to be a servant.

"The one called Degas, has you been looking for them lately?"

"No, I haven't seen it. ”

"Hmmm......"

The city lord replied noncommittally, and the expression on his face was still a little gloomy.

"Is there anything else you can do?"

In front of the city lord, Selena behaved very politely.

"No, it's going to be dangerous to go to Astrana this time, but if you don't have to, you just have to let those little kids fight in front. ”

"Yes...... I'll protect Miss Irene. ”

"Well, the verification is over, you can come back. The one called Degas, although he does things very safely, but he always feels that something is wrong with him, this person feels that the background is very deep, and it is not possible that he is an undercover agent sent by the Presbyterian Council. ”

"I will be back as soon as possible. Please take care of the castle lord. ”

"Hmmm......"

"Then I'll leave first. ”

Selena bowed to the city lord in a proper manner, then turned and left the study.

Only the city lord was left alone in the study.

"Is there any assignment for me?"

In the shadows, a voice suddenly sounded.

A nice male voice seems to have a kind of magic that makes people obsessed.

"Tomorrow you will quietly follow them into the territory of Astrana, and when the army on that side takes over, find an opportunity to kill all the children who passed with her. ”

The city lord said lightly.

"Well, then Erin......"

"If she's in the way, kill her together, and if it's not in the way, leave her alone. ”

“...... Be. ”

The voice in the shadows was clearly a little unexpected.

"Her appearance was an accident, and she can't delay the big thing because of her. The city lord's voice was firm.

"Okay. ”

The sound was gone.

Once again, the city lord was the only one left in the study.

"I hope ...... This time the teacher's decision was correct......"

The city lord was there, and said silently.

......

A corner of the inn.

Astrana Mission.

"These children, one by one, are rude! I really want to kill them all!"

"Bear with it! Anyway, even if we don't do it, some people will, we just need to watch the excitement, why bother to set ourselves on fire!"

"Kasiu, that kid, still won't budge?"

"Although his magic cultivation is average, far inferior to Duke Vortagen, but he is a person, but he is also as dead-eyed as the duke, and he will not let go of the truth. Although we strike first, it is equivalent to forcing him to comply, but he is still biased towards that group of conservatives in his bones. ”

"We forgot that there is a waterway here in Onika, and if we set off from the waterway tomorrow according to the plan discussed today, then when we arrive, the reinforcements on that side should not be able to gather, right?"

"There is no way to do this, who would have thought that the local tyrants of Merce would be able to build a city with a moat in the desert!

"yes...... If this mission fails...... The Marquis won't forgive us, will he?"

"So, you can only succeed, not fail!"

"Alas, it's thrilling when I think about that night!"

"yes!"

......

The other corner of the station.

"Where have you gone? I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

"Be quiet!"

Erin, who had just entered the door, glared at Sun Chenghuan who was sitting in the room a little annoyed, turned around and glanced out of the door, made sure that there was no one, closed the door, and then put her mind at ease.

A nervous look.

"What's wrong?"

Sun Chenghuan frowned slightly.

"Is there a kind of magic in the current Ace Continent that manipulates others to become their own puppets and then hides in the distance?"

Erin looked at Sun Chenghuan with a lingering expression.

"Manipulating golems? is not, this is a branch of life magic, only Astrana has it, and there are very few of them. Why did you suddenly remember to ask this...... Have you seen the puppeteer? at the envoys in Astrana?"

"It's not...... In the Castle Lord's Mansion. Irene's expression became extremely serious. "Are these kinds of people very powerful?"

"It's all amazing. Because it's very out of the way, people don't know how to deal with them. Sun Chenghuan nodded, "How can there be a ...... in the City Lord's Mansion?"

"Just now I found out that Selene went to the City Lord's Mansion, so I quietly followed her, and it turned out that she was a very powerful martial artist. Erin said with a little trepidation, "Although it is not as powerful as Eldraine, it is almost a level." ”

"So powerful?" Sun Chenghuan was stunned.

"Well, she seems to be ordered to protect me, and if necessary, she will catch me and escape. But that's not the point, the point is that after Selena left, I was going to leave, but I found out that there was a very strange person in the City Lord's Mansion......"

"Strange people?"

"Yes, it's obviously a very beautiful girl who is not tall, only fourteen or fifteen years old, but her voice is a very nice man's voice. And if his eyes are blank, he is not a living person at first glance. ”

"That's the corpse casting technique of death magic, right?"

"No, the girl doesn't look like a living person, but she doesn't look like a dead person, she feels like a lifeless puppet...... That's why I asked you......"

"Well, that must be the puppeteer's puppeteer. Sun Chenghuan nodded.

"Where did you see the puppeteer, I don't think I've ever heard anyone talk about it!"

"I don't remember...... Maybe it's in a book?" Sun Chenghuan shook his head, "Even if I heard about it, I only heard about it, and I haven't seen it." What's the matter? That girl attacked you?"

"No, how could she have found me in the barrier of light......! Ah, let's talk about the puppeteer. The puppeteer has received orders from the lord of the city that he will kill you, including Princess Jarro, as soon as we reach the borders of Astranna. ”

"Kill them all?" Sun Chenghuan was stunned.

"Yes, and it sounds like both the city lord and the puppeteer think he can do it. Erin nodded earnestly.

"Oh, is there anything else you can do besides this?"

"And yes, this afternoon, when you were negotiating with the envoys of Astrana, I was bored, so I walked around their quarters and heard a big thing. ”

"What?"

"The two men who were brought out to give you an account that day were not killed by the order of their regimental commander, but by two people in their envoy regiment themselves. ”

“...... What do you mean?" Sun Chenghuan was stunned.

"The head of the regiment seems to be biased towards inviting Princess Jarro back to China, but he has not had time to deal with it before he can deal with the day when he was forced into the palace by you and Sister Jessica, and as a result, the leader of that faction was killed by the people of the other faction, and the head of the regiment was forced to be helpless, so he could only plan the plan. ”

"Oh. Are you sure this news is reliable?"

"Sure, those two people are planning to kill the regiment commander and you together when you are negotiating today, but in fact, you don't have to worry too much, it's just two brave and unscrupulous people, I listened to it for a while, they can't come up with a reliable plan, as long as you pay attention, they are not a problem at all. The problem should still be on the puppeteer's side. ”

"Oh...... All right. Sun Chenghuan nodded, "Nothing else, right?"

"It's gone...... I'll come with you tomorrow, no problem, right?"

"No problem. Sun Chenghuan smiled and nodded, "Joey and Raven both like you very much." ”

"Of course, I have a sister's mouthful, and the two of them are happy. Erin lifted her chin. "Pretend to be an orphan again, and then tell me how good you are to me, big brother......"

"You call me a brother, aren't you?"

"Okay, I'm sleepy, you go back first! I'm going to sleep. Erin immediately began to yawn.

“...... Good night. ”

Smiling a little helplessly, Sun Chenghuan walked out of Erin's room.

"Leaving Ornica tomorrow?"

“...... Well. On the rest of the way, Erin will ask you to take care of her. ”

Sun Chenghuan nodded at the person who was talking to him.

Selena, the woman who was told by Erin that her martial arts skills were almost limited compared to Eldraine.

"Can't you convince Miss Erin not to come with you?" Selena's expression was still not good.

Just like every time she sees Sun Chenghuan.

"If only I could say it, I would listen!" Sun Chenghuan smiled, shook his head, and left without talking to Selena.

He is also a martial artist himself, although compared to Eldraine, he may be more than two streets away, but there are some things in common. For example, warriors have a surprising intuition about danger and threat.

Some defensive instincts will also come out.

These things don't make sense, but they exist.

Just like when facing Eldraine, he doesn't even use his brain, he instinctively uses all the blessing magic, as well as the best chaos magic he knows to protect it.

Even if Eldraine didn't have to do anything to him, these things would happen naturally.

But facing this woman, Sun Chenghuan didn't seem to feel any threat.

If she really was as powerful as Erin said, it would be far more terrifying than Eldraine.

Staying with her, Sun Chenghuan felt that the hairs on his back stood on end.

"escaped" from Erin, and Sun Chenghuan let out a long breath.

One good news, one bad news.

Today in Erin's place, Sun Chenghuan can be regarded as having gained a lot.

Compared to the bad news that might not turn into a threat until a few days later, it was obviously more important that the head of Astrana's envoys was not considered an "enemy".

This would at least reduce a lot of their defenses.

It's just that only Sun Chenghuan himself can know about this matter, and he doesn't know how to convince Jessica and Suowan by himself.

And that distant threat......

Even when Sun Chenghuan was thinking about what he should do with it, he walked towards the room where he was resting tonight, when suddenly, a voice sounded behind him.

Glutinous, like a little girl.

It's very nice.

"Big brother...... Sorry ......"

Sun Chenghuan was stunned for a moment.

I'm still in the inn of Onika City, is there such a child in this place?

Twist your head.

He saw a girl who was only about 1.5 meters tall and looked like she was about fifteen years old.

The delicate facial features seem to be carved out of jade.

It's beautiful.

"What's wrong?" replied Sun Chenghuan with a smile on his face.

"Can you help me find my father?"

"This ...... Great!"

Sun Chenghuan smiled.

He glanced into the girl's eyes and nodded.

Although the cat-like eyeball in the middle of the white eye is beautiful, it ...... Godless.

Are you here? Sun Chenghuan said silently in his heart.

Isn't it a little too fast?