"Wait a minute!" Rogge stepped forward and reached out to grab Hunter who was about to turn away, but only caught a puff of black smoke, only to see Hunter's figure reappear on the windowsill from the black fog, and looked at Rogge curiously and asked, "Is there anything else you want to ask me?"

"You said Elizabeth was in Fort St. Peter?" Rogge stared at William's face with concern, only to see him smile slightly, and replied mysteriously: "Maybe, you don't know her whereabouts anyway, it doesn't hurt to go and see, right?" After saying that, he put on the hood of the black cloak and disappeared into the black mist.

Rogge looked down at Hunter's words, wondering if there was any trap hidden in them, when suddenly he heard the door open in the corridor behind him, and saw Catherine and Tali come out of the room, and immediately greeted him when they saw him.

"What are you doing here?" Catherine said, glancing curiously at the open window, "Did Lilith run out again?"

"No, that little villain is playing hide-and-seek with Gray in my room. Rog replied absentmindedly, and Catherine glanced at his pensive expression in confusion, and looked back at Tully, both of whom had puzzled expressions on their faces.

"Are you alright?" Catherine nudged Rogge, who suddenly came back to his senses and saw the surprised expressions on their faces, and said with a sigh of relief, "It's nothing, you guys go to the restaurant first, I'll call Antonio and Locke, and take Lilith and Gray down to find you." ”

The two girls had to part ways with him first, went to the restaurant on the first floor of the inn, found a table to sit down, and instructed the boss to bring the prepared dinner.

As soon as the boss left on the front foot, Rogge came to the front with the others, they sat down at the table, and Rogge said to everyone with a serious face: "I have something to tell you." ”

Everyone looked at him with curious eyes, and Rogge looked around at everyone and said, "Just now, I saw an old acquaintance at the staircase on the second floor, you must not think who he is, remember William's old subordinate Hunter?"

"The Void Hunter Leader?" Catherine asked, her eyes wide in surprise, "Didn't he fall into the lake of the Hydra's lair and die?"

"I thought so too, but he was standing in front of me alive. Rogge shrugged his shoulders at the surprised expressions of the crowd and said, "Not only that, but he also told me that William had asked him to help us and pointed us out where Elizabeth was going. ”

"How is this possible?" Antonio said with a suspicious frown, "William will send Hunter to help us, unless he hurts his brain when he is in the Hydra Lair, he must have some conspiracy!"

"I guess he's trying to take advantage of us," Tali said with certainty, "just like when she was in the Hydra's lair, didn't Elizabeth do the same?

"Tully is right," said Rog with a slow nod of approval, "that's exactly what I feared, but the problem we're facing now is that we don't know Elizabeth's whereabouts and whereabouts, and Hunt pointed me in the direction of Fort St. Peter, and I think we should probably go and see it." ”

"Fort St. Peter?" Antonio said thoughtfully, tapping his finger on the table as he tapped his finger on the table, "Fort St. Peter is not far from here, and it is the only way for us to go deep into the border of Erus, so it doesn't hurt to go and see it, but ......"

He paused for a moment, then turned his gaze to Rogge's face and asked, "However, Fort St. Peter is one of the main cities of Erus, and there are many towns around it, did Hunt say where Elizabeth is, is it in the city, or is it in a township on the outskirts of the city?"

He did not specify, except that if we wanted to know Elizabeth's whereabouts, we would go to Fort St. Peter. Rogge put his hand on the two owls that were playing on his shoulders, and said to the crowd, "If Hunt has any tricks, he will definitely contact us again at Fort St. Peter, and we may as well see each other when the time comes." ”

"Then it's settled, let's get a good night's sleep after dinner, settle all the rescued ladies to-morrow, and then go to Fort St. Peter, what's the problem?" Locke asked, combing through the results of the discussion, and then looked around at the table.

"I have a question...... "Little Furball asked anxiously as he kicked away Gray, the gray owl who had come to him, with his claws, "why hasn't the boss delivered the food yet?"

......

The next day, Rogge and Locke arranged a place to live for the women they had rescued in Dixon, and for the women who were not going to stay in Aldan, Rogge gave them some money to fend for themselves, and then the group left the inn and set off for Fort St. Peter.

Unlike the main city of Italy, the streets of Fort St. Peter are not lined with clanging workshops and factories, but the streets are full of farmers driving oxen and horses and wagons and hunters carrying prey.

At noon, several of the city's agricultural and livestock markets are crowded, many cattle are tied to stakes on both sides of the road, and freshly harvested grain and fresh game are piled up on both sides of the road, waiting to be picked and purchased by buyers.

Rogge and the others passed through the lively crowd, the sounds of people bargaining and the shrill cries of people echoing in their ears, and went straight down the main road to the inner city of Fort St. Peter, to meet the lord of the place, the Marquis of St. Peter.

When they were led by soldiers into the living room of the inner fort and met the Marquis of St. Peter, this young and weak nobleman was talking to a man with a slightly fat figure and wearing a uniform, and as soon as he saw them come in, the Marquis of St. Peter quickly got up and greeted him with a smile: "Lord Antonio, welcome to Fort St. Peter." ”

"Your Excellency, it is a pleasure to meet you. Antonio shook hands with the Marquis of St. Peter, then introduced Catherine and Tali to him, and when he introduced Dourog and Locke, he glanced at them and smiled, "These two are my friends, Knight Langaro and Mr. Locke." ”

"Welcome, let me introduce you, this is Alexey, the city's chief magistrate. The Marquis pointed to the chubby man beside him, and the sheriff bowed to Antonio and stood down beside the Marquis.

The Marquis invited everyone to sit down and let the butler serve them drinks and snacks, during which Rogge noticed that the Marquis's face was gloomy, and from time to time exchanged glances with the sheriff beside him, and he touched Antonio lightly, motioning for him to ask the Marquis what had happened.

Antonio then asked the Marquis if there was anything bothering him, and when the Marquis saw him asking, he could not help but sigh and say, "It is not a secret that your Excellency has seen it, and when you came in, I was telling Mr. Alexei about it, and this is really the strangest thing that has happened to me in such a big life." ”

Everyone looked at the worried expression on the marquis's face with curious eyes, and heard him say: "Originally, the day after tomorrow was the day of my wedding, but what I didn't expect was that just the day before yesterday, the diamond ring I prepared for my fiancée disappeared!"

"Is it a very expensive diamond ring?" said to the Marquis with a smile, "I think in your capacity it should not be a problem to buy a new diamond ring from a jeweler, so why bother?"

"It's a very expensive diamond ring, but if it's just a diamond ring, I wouldn't be so bothered. The Marquis of St. Peter sighed and shook his head: "The problem is that the day after the incident, my fiancée Angelina also disappeared, and there has been no whereabouts for a few days!"

Hearing the Marquis's words, the crowd looked at each other, and Antonio turned his gaze to the sheriff and asked, "Is there anything wrong with this Miss Angelina, and is she suspected of stealing the Marquis's diamond ring?"

"I think she's very suspicious," said the sheriff without hesitation, "it's very suspicious that she's known the Marquis for only two weeks, and she's not a local, and she disappeared the day after the diamond ring was lost!"

Speaking of this, the sheriff glanced at the Marquis beside him with some hesitation, and said to Antonio: "However, the Marquis has never believed that Angelina stole his diamond ring, and we have no evidence to prove it, and we have no clues about the disappearance of this young lady. ”

"I don't believe Angelina came to me to steal this ring!" said the Marquis, "if she really came for money, then why did she run away?

"Your Excellency the Marquis's words are indeed reasonable," Rogge, who had not spoken, smiled, "However, His Excellency the Marquis is so rash about the matter of marriage, and he is actually preparing to get married within two weeks of knowing a woman, isn't it?"

"Well," said the Marquis of St. Peter, whose pale face was even more sorrowful, and he sighed sadly, "I don't know what is wrong with me, I have never been so attracted to a woman before I met Angelina, and when I first met her, I was completely fascinated by her. ”

"Where did you first meet her?" asked Rogge, curiously looking at the marquis's melancholy face.

"It was two weeks ago that I was returning from a horse-drawn carriage trip, and on the way back the coachman saw her lying on the road, and I asked the coachman to pick her up and bring her back, and she was covered with injuries and looked like she had encountered a gangster. The Marquis replied as he recalled.

"Didn't you ask her about her origin and identity?" Rogge asked as he lowered his head and picked up a piece of cake from the coffee table in front of him, broke it in half, and gave it to the little furball and Gray who were busy playing on his shoulders.

"She only told me that she was Itali, that her father was a merchant, and that she had come here with her father's caravan. ”

The marquis patted his head bitterly, and said with some embarrassment: "I planned to wait for her to get better before asking, but then whenever I wanted to ask her, I couldn't ask anything when I looked at her face, and there was only one thought wandering in my mind, I must marry her." ”

"We all know what you mean, and it's not your fault. Rogge picked up the black tea on the coffee table and took a sip and said, "We know enough about your fiancée, let's not mention the missing bride, let's talk about diamonds." ”

He put down the teacup in his hand, crossed his fingers on his knees, stared at the marquis opposite and asked, "Is there anything strange that happened in your house besides this missing bride and that priceless diamond?"

Hearing this, the marquis lowered his head and rubbed his smooth chin, and said thoughtfully: "Speaking of which, it seems that there is indeed such a thing. ”