Chapter 214: Project Rose (2)
Catherine quickly left the dinner scene under the pretext of being unwell, and this reason is quite widely used for ladies, such as touching up makeup, convenience, and even changing a set of clothes, so everyone did not feel any strange about Catherine's departure.
No matter where Catherine goes, she will be followed by more than a dozen guards, including holy knights from the Royal Knights, as well as several royal magicians, it can be said that her safety is quite secure, but in this way, Catherine can't get out, she has to excuse herself from being unwell, and plans to rest in the side hall.
Because of their status, of course, those guards could not have been with Her Majesty when she was resting, so everyone was far away outside the room, and only Christina, who had always been respectful of Catherine, followed into the room. Anyway, tonight's banquet will last at least a few hours, and it won't reach its climax until late at night, in other words, Her Majesty has a full 3 hours of rest, which should be restorative, right?
After a few minutes or so, Christina hurried out of Catherine's room, and after a few words of explanation to the rest of the guards, she left. Everyone knew that Christina was Catherine's confidant, and thought that Christina was on Catherine's order to go out on business, so naturally they wouldn't ask more, but they didn't find out that the pair wrapped under Christina's full-body armor belonged to Catherine's body.
After Catherine left the palace as Christina, she immediately found a hidden place to replace the heavy armor, and then changed into the clothes of ordinary people, and then put on a cloak, this kind of equipment was so ordinary for the imperial capital with a population of millions that no one noticed her at all.
Catherine quickly found the eyeliner she had arranged, and through understanding, Catherine found that Faras took a carriage to the north of the city immediately after leaving the palace, due to the difference in time, Faras probably set off nearly 20 minutes before Catherine, so Catherine could not grasp Faras's whereabouts at the first time, she could only use all her eyeliner and slowly follow behind according to the clues they provided.
Since Catherine still has plenty of time, she doesn't have to worry too much as she achieves her goal within 3 hours and returns quietly, as for Christina, who has left the palace, she doesn't use magic at all, who would doubt her?
Catherine sat on the carriage and drove slowly towards the north of the city, not because Catherine didn't want to run faster, but because the imperial capital was so lively tonight that the road that could have been traveled by several carriages side by side was actually very crowded, unless Catherine asked the coachman to press directly over the citizens, otherwise she would rest and increase her speed.
It took Lang almost an hour before Catherine arrived outside the Imperial Capital, and after repeatedly confirming the accuracy of the information from the eyeliners of her men, she quietly disappeared into the darkness. According to the information, Faras's carriage actually left the city directly, and the approximate destination she headed to was probably one of the three estates in her name.
Catherine knew very well about Farrath's estate, the largest estate in Faras's name was about ten kilometers north of the imperial capital, where grapes were mainly grown, and there was also a winery and several large cellars, which were originally the property of that Chad Reeves, but after the bloody night in the imperial capital, it became Luke's ancestral inheritance, and there were a large number of definite deeds and so on as evidence.
"Could it be that Ryan has hid on the orc's side in recent years?" Since there is no moon tonight, even the stars are few, so Catherine did not hesitate to use flying skills in order to catch up with Faraz, anyway, with her strength, even if she consumes some, it is enough to suppress the level of an intermediate magician like Faraz, as long as Faraz does not have Victor by her side, Catherine is absolutely sure that she will succeed in one blow and leave safely.
Catherine's body felt the biting cold wind blowing in her face, and her heart was also a little uneasy, she didn't know how much Faras knew, but from the expression of Faras when she left the banquet in a hurry tonight, she shouldn't know a lot, if Catherine was Lane, it was impossible to tell the big secret to Faras's subordinates directly, and she would definitely wait until she met with Faras in person to tell these things one by one, and what Catherine had to do was to find Faras and others before they spread the news, and to relieve this crisis physically in the most covert way。
Of course, the speed of the flight far exceeded the carriage, and Catherine soon came to the outskirts of Faras's manor, and with the help of the roaring bonfire in the manor, Catherine saw Faras jump out of a carriage that had just stopped, and then a servant who had been waiting for a long time hurriedly met him, whispered a few words in Faras's ear, and then Faras quickly ran towards a wine cellar not far away.
When Faras ran to the door of the cellar, she suddenly stopped, she turned her head and shouted a few words to the guards outside, because Catherine was far away, she didn't hear what Faras was saying, but judging from the actions of those guards, it seemed that she was activating a magic array.
Not long before Faras entered the cellar, a magical shield was shrouded in the outside of the cellar, and it was obvious that this was the order that Faras had just given, so it was clear that the people she was going to meet and the things she was going to talk about in the cellar were definitely not trivial.
"Boy, I didn't expect you to come back. Catherine said coldly, and she hid her body in the darkness as she slowly approached the manor. Since Faras could know Catherine's secret at any time and pass it on in some way, Catherine didn't have much time left, and she had to speed herself up.
But Catherine is unlikely to force her way in like this, because it will easily reveal her identity, as long as there is one person in this manor who does not kill her, then Catherine's late night attack on Faras Manor will be exposed, which is definitely a thing that outweighs the loss for Catherine.
With the help of the darkness of the night, Catherine had already infiltrated the manor of Faraz, but the wine cellar where Faraz was located was hundreds of meters away from flat ground, and the defense there was also quite tight, and it was quite difficult for Catherine to approach without exposing herself.
At this moment, a maid who was half a maid walked briskly with a large plate of food, and after some careful inspection, the maid entered the wine cellar. Catherine knew the maid because she was one of the closest servants to Faras, and the relationship between master and servant was quite close.
After a few minutes or so, the maid came out in a huff, with a pot of Bordeaux wine still on the plate she was carrying, and a guard who knew her asked strangely, "Hey, why didn't you leave this?"
The maid puffed up and said, "Hmph, don't mention it, the guest doesn't drink at all, and the young lady asked me to bring a new pot of water." ”
"Ah, how can I help you drive, why don't I find someone here to help you run. One of the guards said in a flattering tone.
"That's not going to work, it's the young lady's own orders. The maid walked away at a brisk pace.
"Hey, don't drink? That must be Ryan's boy. Catherine, a few hundred meters away, heard the conversation clearly, and she was even more sure of her guess. She believed that the man Faras had come to meet late at night was Ryan.
After about ten minutes, the personal maid of Faraz came back quickly with a large glass of water, because it had been closely checked before, so this time the guards outside the cellar were also much more relaxed, and after testing that the water was not poisonous, the maid was allowed to pass.
The maid pushed open the door of the cellar with a wooden tray and walked in, unaware that Catherine, who had been blessed with invisibility, had quietly followed her.
It wasn't dark inside the cellar, and the light from a few magic lamps was enough to illuminate everything here. Catherine was in this kind of place for the first time, and she looked around casually, and saw that it was divided into several areas, each with a large number of barrels, and all this was not much different from an ordinary wine cellar.
Faraz's valet seemed to be familiar with this place, and she hurried to the entrance of the basement and hurried down, and Catherine naturally followed closely behind her, but the cautious Catherine still kept an eye on every place where the maid landed, and watched her surroundings vigilantly, lest she touch the trap or step into the trap.
"Miss, the water has been delivered. The maid shouted as soon as she entered the basement, and Faraz's voice came from the innermost part of the basement: "Put it here." ”
Catherine felt at ease, she knew that she had finally found the target of tonight's operation, and after the maid put down her things and left quickly, Catherine carefully maintained her invisibility skills, carefully observing the spacious basement. It was much darker than the part above ground, and Catherine could barely see the two figures sitting side by side in the innermost corner of the basement, and the voice that one had just made had already made Catherine confirm that she was Faras, and the other, although Catherine couldn't see his face clearly, still knew that he was Ryan, who had been missing for three years.
Catherine's heart swelled up slightly, she didn't expect that she would finally see the boy again, but this mood fluctuation could not affect Catherine's mind, she had already planned everything in a moment, using the fastest means to physically solve these two people, and then imprison it their souls, as for leaving here, Catherine only needs to change into Faraz's clothes, and with advanced transfiguration, she can maintain the appearance of Faraz for a short period of time on the outside, and she can go calmly, although she can still find flaws if you look closely, but in the middle of the night, she is facing her female masterCatherine believed that the guards would never dare to look at her face blatantly.
"Since I didn't get it, then no one wants to get it. Catherine said to herself silently in her heart, and at the same time raised her hands to the couple who were sitting there and looked at me and Faras.