Walking out of the basement meeting room of the stronghold, Xingxi and Ali Ali followed Tim down the stairs all the way to the second floor of the stronghold where everyone's bedroom and lounge were located. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

“...... Ah~ Really, that mixed protein hair really makes people want to flatten him once!"

Ali Ali walked to Tim's left and turned Tim's left arm, complaining with indignation on his face, and Tim, who was unconsciously coquettish by Ali Ali, touched Ali Ali's hair with a warm and gentle smile, and spoke in a soothing tone.

"Ali, you can't say that, Mr. Silaire is our guest and ally, and he is very powerful. ”

"So what," Ali Ali pouted, "that guy was dressed in a weird way that made people uncomfortable to look at, and so rude, no, he was completely uneducated, he was like the scoundrels we occasionally met in town when we were still in Minos!"

"Ali. ”

Tim called the name of the glasses girl a little helplessly, this gentle woman never seemed to know what a tantrum was, Ali Ali and Xingxi, who grew up with Tim, knew that this slightly helpless tone could already be regarded as harsh for Tim.

After all, in addition to a few people from their Nolan tribe, that Silaire also lives on the second floor of the stronghold, and although the corridor they are in is not close to the person's room, Tim still stops Ali from being heard by the owner when she says bad things about others.

Ali Ali didn't want to upset Tim, at least he pouted and stopped denouncing Silaire, but he felt unwilling to think about it, so he spoke in a different way.

"Aunt Tim, do you know, obviously they are all subordinates of Lord Explorer, but Mr. Rogers and Miss Fran we met when we were in Lorris before are very good people, Mr. Rogers needless to say, when Xiaoxi and I go to welcome Mr. Rogers back tomorrow, you will know how gentleman that gentleman is, and Miss Fran Although her temper doesn't seem to be very good, her eyes sometimes look a little fierce, but at least as long as she doesn't make her angry, people will still greet us very kindly...... Isn't it?

Tim gave Ali Ali a reproachful look, but didn't go on to count her down, acquiescing in this disguised disparaging behavior towards Silaire, but soon the two of them diverted their attention from a certain "white-haired bastard".

"Xiaoshio?"

“...... Xiaoxi?"

Xingxi, who was silently walking to Tim's right and kept his head down without interjecting, turned his face and looked at Tim and Ali Ali with some blankness.

"Uh, what's wrong?"

"Really, Xiaoxi, you're not listening to me again, and recently I feel like Xiaoxi doesn't love me as much as before. ”

Ali Ali made a funny crying face, causing Xingxi to have a black line, and he didn't know how to answer, but Tim frowned slightly and looked at Xingxi with some concern.

"Xiaoxi, are you okay? I don't think your face is very good since the meeting just now, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Xingxi looked up at this and gave Tim a well-behaved smile.

"It's okay Aunt Tim, I'm not sick. ”

Ali Ali also put away his funny look and looked at Xingxi carefully.

"Xiaoxi, you do look a little listless, are you tired of going around the town every day these days to collect information? Otherwise, I'll go and talk to Uncle Vincent, I'll go and pick up Mr. Rogers' mission tomorrow, I'll just go by myself, and you can rest in the stronghold for a day." ”

"It's okay, it's really okay, Aunt Tim, A-chan," Xingxi shook his head vigorously, "I'm just thinking about the details of some of our plans this time, and there's nothing uncomfortable, really." ”

"So?" Tim looked at Xingxi carefully, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, if there is something in your body that doesn't feel good, don't be patient, tell me in time, oh Xiaoxi." ”

In the end, because there was nothing wrong with Xingxi's performance, Tim and Ali Ali didn't continue to care, and sent the two girls to the door of the room, and after telling the two of them to go to bed early, Tim left alone.

Ali Ali is obviously the kind of single-celled optimist, Xingxi and himself are very good, Aunt Tim is also doing well, the revenge plan is going well, there is nothing to worry about for this glasses lady, after simply washing, Ali Ali lay down on the bed and began to pester Xingxi to talk aimlessly for a while, and then fell asleep unconsciously.

Seeing Ali Ali's peaceful sleeping face on the bed next to him, Xingxi smiled, got out of bed and went to the side to tuck Ali Ali's feet, and then left the bedroom of the two of them lightly.

It was about 11 o'clock in the evening, Xingxi leaned against the bedroom door alone, closed his eyes and looked up for a quiet moment of thought, and then seemed to have decided something, opened his eyes again, walked along the corridor to the rest hall on the second floor, carefully confirmed that Tim was not here and would not find that she did not obediently "go to bed early", and then walked quickly into a corridor at the other end of the hall, and walked towards the room where the Great Elder was resting at the end of the corridor.

At this time, the Great Elder shouldn't have rested yet, right?

Creeping to the outside of the Great Elder's room, Xingxi raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door.

“...... Come in. ”

A familiar voice came from inside the door, and Xingxi took a deep breath, then pushed the door open and walked inside.

The Great Elder Wissinger was still not resting, and the old man was sitting at the desk in front of the window in the room, holding a rectangular flat spar in his hand, and was looking at some of the handwriting on it by the light of the magic guide lamp in the room.

"Oh, kid, why are you here?

A fleeting look of surprise flashed across Wissinger's face at the sight of Xingxi entering the room, but then he returned to his usual calm and depth.

Xingxi looked at the old man in front of the desk, this great elder was indeed not very kind, but he felt extremely reliable and trustworthy to every Nolan person.

"Well, Grand Elder, I'm sorry to disturb your rest so late. ”

"It's okay kids, sleep becomes less important when you're old, and as you can see, I'm still in good spirits. ”

Xingxi struggled to organize her words in her heart, and although she thought she had made up her mind when she came out of her bedroom and knocked on the door of the Great Elder, it was only at this moment that she suddenly realized that she didn't seem to be ready for anything other than determination.

What to do, what to say...... Although the Great Elder seemed to be a little unhappy with that one's breach of appointment at tonight's meeting, after all, the Great Elder and that one seemed to have been old friends since he could remember, would he be angry if he said something like that rashly?

The Great Elder looked at Xingxi's tangled appearance, and did not urge her, but picked up the kettle and an empty teacup from the saucer on the desk, poured a glass of water, and then put it on the opposite side of his table and motioned for Xingxi to take it.

"Although I personally prefer to drink tea, but considering the poor quality of sleep at night as an old man, I only have water here now, maybe this is exactly what you need now, child?"

Xingxi pursed his lips and reached out to take the water cup, although he didn't drink it, but after holding the water glass in his hand, Xingxi slowly spoke, as if he had suddenly gained some kind of courage or enlightenment.

"Great, Great Elder, I think what I want to say is about the Explorer's ......"

For a moment, Xingxi thought that she was hallucinating, because she suddenly felt that the momentum around the Great Elder, who had always been calm and indifferent, suddenly became very strange and terrifying, but in the blink of an eye, the Great Elder turned back to the original silent old man who patiently received the children of the clan in the middle of the night.

"Oh, Master Explorer, what's wrong with him?"

"Uh......" Xingxi struggled to get some of the distractions out of his mind, "That's right, Grand Elder, I, I don't mean anything else, it's just, I think, maybe we shouldn't rely too much on the Explorers for everything......"

"Oh?" the Great Elder seemed interested in Xingxi's idea, "Tell me, son, why do you think that? As far as I know, we don't seem to have relied on anyone too much. ”

"It's not excessive, but I think we do rely heavily on the role of Lord Explorer and his subordinates in some important projects," once the conversation box was opened, the next words easily came out of Hoshiti's mouth," I don't know what the rest of you think, but I think that in the last few important plans we have made, although the results have been to pave the way for our revenge, it doesn't really seem that the members of our Nolan clan have really played a key role in the plan......"

“...... For example?

"For example, the one in Loris half a year ago, although the assassination plan was planned and arranged by Uncle Vincent, in fact, whether it was to control the Mana family, the great nobles in Lorris, or to deal with the four law powerhouses in Lorris at that time, the most critical steps in these plans were not completed by us, but by Lord Explorer and Mr. Rogers. ”

"But," Wissinger looked into Xingxi's eyes, "these are just containment and preparation for the official plan, and it is still our people who actually carry out the assassination." ”

"However, without the smooth progress of these links, we would not have been able to complete the assassination plan at all, I participated in the whole operation, it can be said that our plan seems to be led by us, but except for the actual final assassination, all the important links are actually completed by the Explorers, they are actually helping us, this ...... It feels weird. ”

The Great Elder didn't interrupt Xingxi, but motioned for Xingxi to continue with his eyes.

"And this time the plan is the same...... The long-distance fixed-point space teleportation magic array from the Warcraft Forest to us is the technology and manpower provided by the Explorer, and the Warcraft Forest has the help of Lord Death's Hand and Mr. Ryson, although the Explorer did not come in person this time, we also sent Mr. Silaire and Mr. Rogers to help us, and it is with these two that we can be sure to kill the archbishop when we ambush the team of the Soran Sect in a few days...... There's nothing wrong with that, it's all us who benefit in the end anyway, it's just ......"

Xingxi gritted his teeth and decided to make it clear.

"...... just, Great Elder, I have no intention of offending the friendship between you and Lord Explorer, but I have also learned a lot of things from the experience of leaving Minos to help the clan in the past few years, Lord Explorer, he is nominally ally ally with us, but in fact, most of the time we are only unilaterally being helped and cared for, even if Lord Explorer, he has a blood feud with the Solan Sect like us and tries to retaliate, but with the strength of these strong men under that one, there is no need to join forces with us or insist on cooperating with our plan to do some foil assistance work...... I'm sorry, Grand Elder, but that's just my opinion. ”

Grand Elder Wissinger looked earnestly at Xingxi, who had calmed down as if she had put down some burden after expounding her opinion, and then unexpectedly smiled.

"Kid, you're really sharp. ”

Xingxi was surprised, she was even ready to be reprimanded in her heart, but she didn't expect to receive such a compliment.

"Actually, Long ago, Green and Vincent have mentioned similar opinions to me as you, but none of them are as specific and direct as you," said this, Wissinger restrained his smile, and Xingxi was even more surprised to see a trace of fatigue on the face of this always calm and steady old man, "That's right, you're right, many of our plans, especially some important ones, really rely on the strength of Master Explorer and his men. ”

"But kid, you must know that although our Nolan clan has a strong talent law, the constitution that cannot use fighting energy and magic has always restricted us, and we do not have a very reliable and effective way to deal with enemies above the seventh order law level, so we can only use external forces as much as possible. As for why Master Explorer and his men would assist us so recklessly......"

Wissinger paused meaningfully, and then spoke.

"There are indeed some implicit causes and effects in this, but child, this cannot be told to you for the time being, please forgive the old people for some unnecessary secrecy, and sometimes, we still don't want to put some unnecessary pressure on young people too early. ”

After the Great Elder's words were finished, Xingxi felt as if he had achieved his goal, but he felt as if he had not received any real explanations and answers, and even felt that the friendship between the Great Elder and the Explorer did not seem to be as deep as he had originally thought...... However, after seeing the Great Elder holding the teacup and drinking water, the girl also knew that the Great Elder did not want to continue the conversation, so she had to salute the Great Elder with a completely unrelieved doubt, and then said goodbye and left the room.

The door was closed by Xingxi, and Wissinger put down the teacup in his hand, squinted at the door for a while, and then picked up the communication magic stone in his hand again, and used his finger to draw on the surface of the spar.

Agree to lure the enemy, solve the hidden danger as soon as possible and start the second phase of the teleportation plan!

After writing it, the text of the message disappeared from the hedron surface, and Wissinger put down the communication stone and slowly began to talk to himself.

“...... What a smart kid...... It's a pity, poor Nolan's children, ......" (To be continued.) )