There is a palatial building in the depths of the aristocratic quarter, although it is slightly inferior to the castle on the top of the hill, but there is definitely no second such ornate mansion in the aristocratic quarter.

This is the headquarters of the Knights of Baifeng Town, and there is a huge black flag on the top of the building, which can be seen by almost everyone in the town, with the legendary immortal bird pattern painted on it, showing a bright red color, implying the immortality of chivalry and the rebirth of Nirvana, and this knight is called the Knights of the Immortal Bird.

There are more than 1,000 people in the entire Order, most of whom are on patrol missions around town, or in the field to investigate some complicated cases, and only a few will stay at the Order's headquarters to do some reception tasks.

This includes the regimental commander, the deputy regimental commander, and the ten knight captains under his command, except for the two captains who were directly recommended by their predecessors, the captains are generally selected from the knights at the bottom, and they can be said to be the elite of the knights.

Early in the morning, the knights began to get busy again, and in the square at the entrance of the headquarters, a knight captain was lecturing the knights below according to the daily rules, but Melissa did not participate, but walked directly into the headquarters hall with Nova.

In fact, Melissa could have handed over this matter to any knight captain to solve, after all, she only needed to be a hands-off shopkeeper like the head of the regiment Charles, and sit in the office to accept the report of her subordinates, but she still planned to solve it herself, on the one hand, she has always been a perfectionist, thinking that everything must be done to the best, not to mention that this matter is related to the reputation of the Knights, and it would be bad if it was handed over to someone else to mess up, on the other hand, this incident that happened to Nova made her very angry, She must bring those wicked to justice.

Not only does she have to solve this problem, but she also has to find a way to improve the knights' ability to do things.

The headquarters of the Order has three floors, the first floor is the office hall, where all the affairs of Baifeng Town are resolved, sometimes to accept requests for help from residents, and sometimes to settle some disputes.

And then there are special people to issue commissions, after all, Baifeng Town is too big, even if it is more than a thousand knights, they can't do everything, at this time, they have to recruit capable people to help through a bounty, and after the matter is completed, the knights will pay them a good reward.

Above the second floor is the office of the Knights' upper echelons, while the offices of the Captain and Deputy Commander are located on the third floor.

Melissa told Nova to wait on the first floor and go to meet the head of the regiment herself.

After a while, she knocked on the door of the regimental commander's office.

"Captain, it's me, Melissa."

"Oh, come in."

Melissa pushed the door open and found the regiment leader Charles lying leisurely on the sofa by the window, holding a wine glass while enjoying the scenery outside the window.

Melissa had seen such a discordant scene.

Of course, she was also surprised at first, this guy obviously didn't look like a regiment commander at all, why didn't Leonard directly replace him, after all, even some knight captains were better than him.

It wasn't until one day later that Melissa happened to see the tip of the iceberg of Charles's showing his strength, and she finally understood why this kind of hanging, no matter how you look at it, someone who feels unreliable will become the head of the regiment.

Melissa was thinking that the top paladins were just that, but strangely, Charles had never participated in knightly competitions and didn't seem interested in this kind of activity.

"Ahem, that, thank you for helping me run yesterday." Melissa talked about yesterday afternoon.

"Haha, don't say this kind of thing, I finally went out, but I couldn't do this little thing." Charles scratched his head and said embarrassedly.

At this time, Charles noticed Melissa's expression, although she had always been unsmiling and serious, but this time she was obviously more serious, and she must have something very important to say, so he put the wine glass on the table and returned to the desk.

"Well, it's none of your business, it's me who shouldn't count on you."

Melissa sighed, anyone could tell what she meant, but Charles only smiled slightly, because he admired Melissa very much, and had a good relationship with her, and didn't care about such trivial matters at all.

When the former deputy head of the regiment wanted to choose a successor because of his age, Charles strongly recommended her.

Not for anything else, just because she is very capable and very enthusiastic, and can help him with most of the affairs, so that he can fish with peace of mind.

After all, he also knew that he was not suitable to be the head of the regiment, but Leonard just wanted to catch the ducks on the shelves, even if he complained many times that he was incompetent and made a mess of the town's security, he did not have the idea of replacing him.

He was worried that he couldn't change the status quo, but as a result, Melissa came, and there were a lot fewer disputes and crimes in the entire Baifeng Town.

"You can sit down as you please." Charles made a gesture of please.

"Oh, it's okay, I'll leave right away, but there's something about the reputation of the Knights, and I have to explain it to you." Melissa looked serious.

However, Charles's expression remained relaxed.

"Melissa, don't you understand? Do whatever you want to do, I will help you solve any difficulties, and I will bear the problem if there is a problem, although everyone knows that I am unreliable, but only this one, I have the ability to do it. ”

“…… However, I want you to understand the current problems of the Knights, and you have the bottom of your heart. ”

"No, you don't need me to understand," Charles smiled and shook his head, "Actually, with your current status, you are the head of the regiment, and you can give orders to the knights at will, as for me, I am just Leonard's messenger, and I will not interfere in any decisions you make." ”

Having said all this, Melissa would not know how to read words and emotions if she insisted on continuing to speak.

"Well, well, I'll take care of that." Melissa bowed to Charles.

However, Charles stopped her this time.

"Wait, this matter can be completely left to the subordinates, I'm bored, why don't you have a drink with me?"

Melissa was stunned for a moment, and then said solemnly, "I'm sorry, Captain, forgive me, as a knight, I don't go to work early in the morning, but drink or something, this is too unusual, to be honest, no matter how irresponsible you are, you can't do anything that damages the face of the Knights, and ......"

"Okay, okay, can't I be wrong?" Charles quickly smiled wryly and begged for mercy.

"Hmph, that's pretty much it, I'll take my leave first." Melissa turned and went out the door.

After a while, Charles opened the door and looked outside, and after confirming that Melissa was downstairs, he quickly snuggled up on the couch, humming a song and drinking.

……

On the first floor of the headquarters, Nova sat on a bench in the corner and watched the people in the hall busy.

An old woman came in tremblingly, and immediately a knight ran over to help her, according to her, her only son had been missing for many days, and she wanted to ask the Knights to help find her, otherwise she would be alone and would not know how to live.

There was also a man in his twenties, he wanted to pursue a girl from a noble family, but his confession was rejected, and he wanted to come here to seek comfort, and then a young female knight happened to entertain him, and the man saw that she was good-looking and very gentle, so he hurriedly asked if he could make a friend.

There were also two middle-aged men who rushed in noisily, fighting each other as they walked, and the two knights quickly separated them, and after asking the reason, they realized that they were originally two brothers, and their father died suddenly but they didn't have time to make a will, so they were arguing over the inheritance.

After that, Nova witnessed all kinds of things, and he looked at those people, and he couldn't help but fall into sadness, he couldn't understand why human beings always had so many troubles, and so did himself, who didn't need much, just to have a family, but couldn't even get this little bit of warmth.

After a while, Melissa returned.

Seeing Nova's frustration, she guessed that the incident had hit him too hard, and she didn't know if the Knights would be able to get justice for him.

"Don't worry, Nova, I'm the most efficient knight here, and I'll definitely help you, wait and see."

Melissa patted him on the shoulder and forced a smile to say, but unfortunately she was not good at comforting others, and she rarely smiled, so her expression should look strange now.

But Nova looked at her face and felt the power between her words, so he nodded solemnly.

"Well, please."

Then, according to the location indicated by Nova, Melissa arranged for a carriage to carry the two to their destination.

The first thing they went to was Nova Adoptive's Hospitalium, which Melissa retrieved, which stated that there had been a fire in the Hospitalium, and that by the time the Knights arrived, all that was left was charred ruins.

Since there were no casualties, and the nobles who suffered losses did not investigate deeply, the matter was treated as an ordinary accident.

Now it seems that the hospital hall is likely to be set on fire, but Melissa can't fully believe Nova's words, and must investigate it clearly.

Half an hour later, the two arrived at the scene.

Because it happened a year ago, the site has been processed, and now there is only an empty lot left, on which some building materials are piled up, and it seems that a new shop is being built.

Melissa looked at the sky, then looked around, as if waiting for someone to come.

"Miss Melissa, do you still have to wait?" Nova asked quietly.

"Oh, that's right, I can only be in charge of this matter, but the investigation is not my specialty, so I asked an investigator to help in advance, he is a supernumerary member of the Knights, but unfortunately he is too busy, so he should be late at this time, but don't worry, he has always been very obedient."

"That's right."

The two continued to wait in place, and Nova looked at the clearing, and his mind couldn't help but go back to the time when he lived happily with his adoptive parents.

Until half an hour passed, Melissa pointed to the corner of the street.

"Look, he's coming."

Nova looked at it with a shocked look, for the so-called investigator was none other than his adoptive father's brother and his enemy.

"This, how is this possible!"