"What's the situation? I still want to ask you, you lost my sister, now it's up to you to pay me. Ophelia was not to be outdone.

“…… Oh, this, I can't be blamed for this," Charles looked embarrassed, "No one up and down the Knights doesn't know, I don't have the ability to take care of things at all, I don't even know what Melissa is doing." ”

"Well, too, you've always been a hands-off shopkeeper anyway."

Ophelia sighed, it was better to say, she didn't expect this useless regimental commander, she just came to confirm whether Melissa really hadn't returned to the headquarters.

Now that she has the answer, she doesn't want to stay here any longer.

"Okay, you don't have to worry, we'll go get her back."

"That's wonderful," said Charles, smiling, and then solemnly, "if you need help, just tell the Knights, these fellows adore you, and they will appreciate it if you let them help." ”

"No, no, no, it's better to be free, I'm going to find someone, not to accompany these children to play at home." Ophelia waved her hand inside.

At this time, the emir muttered in his heart, you are about the same age as those knights, and you actually said that they are children.

"Ah, by the way, don't you have a secret passage here?" Ophelia asked suddenly after turning around.

"Huh? What secret passage? ”

"Well, I'll tell you the truth, I don't want to have anything to do with the knights down there, if only there was another way to get out."

"Hehe, there's no way around it, we're not a nobleman's mansion here, and we won't leave a secret road." Charles spread his hands.

"There it is."

Ophelia ran to the window and looked down.

Emir immediately understood what she wanted to do, but this is more than ten meters high, is it really not possible to get hurt if you jump like this?

"Émile, they don't know you, you can go down the stairs." Ophelia turned and said.

"Oh, then you ......"

"Hehe, don't worry, I'm very good." Ophelia laughed, and then she rolled over and disappeared out the window.

Fearing that she had fallen, Emile said goodbye to Charles and ran out.

After a while, he found Ophelia at the back of the headquarters building, and it seemed that she was really fine.

At this time, Ophelia was staring at the ground, her expression serious, not knowing what she was looking at.

"What's wrong?"

"Look here." Ophelia pointed to the ground.

The emir, of course, noticed that there was a circular manhole cover on the ground, about a meter in diameter, in the style of a fence in order to facilitate the leakage of stagnant water.

"It's just a manhole cover, it's all over town, it's nothing special."

"No," Ophelia looked at him, frowned, and said, "I have a sense of magic, so I can detect a huge trace of magic power underneath, I don't know if you have noticed it, it is rare to see magicians in Baifeng Town, but there is such a huge amount of magic power here, which is extremely unusual." ”

When Emile heard her say this, she also remembered Anne's previous words, when they were in the prison car, Anne said that she could not perceive the traces of other magicians, and at that time thought it was because of the handcuffs.

Later, they were rescued from prison, and they didn't care about it, but now that I think about it, there is something really strange.

"But it's time for us to go to Melissa now." The emir reminded her.

After all, Melissa's whereabouts are unknown, and no matter how strange things are, they can't compare to the safety of their sisters.

Ophelia, however, shook her head.

"There's no way Melissa doesn't know about this, because there is also a supernumerary member of the Knights, the magician Clevy, and he will definitely notice the anomaly, so according to Melissa's character, he should start investigating this matter."

"Really?" The emir will be skeptical.

"Of course, you haven't gotten along with her, she's a very smart and enthusiastic guy, always full of energy, although most of the time she has a straight face and a serious look, but she is actually cold on the outside and hot on the inside, when you were in contact with her before, you should have felt it more or less."

Ophelia looked quite proud when she talked about her sister.

"Yes, indeed." The emir agreed.

He finally agreed with Ophelia's opinion, a person like Melissa, if something strange happened in the town, she would never sit idly by, and in order to avoid the people around her from getting involved, she was likely to face this matter alone, so she didn't go home.

"Then let's go down." Ophelia said, removing the manhole cover.

“…… There's a lot of water down there, but I can't swim. Emile looked at the darkness below, and hesitated.

"No, it's dry down there."

"How do you know?" The emir did not know what to do.

"Didn't I tell you that I grew up in Baifeng Town? This is the highest place in the entire town of Baifeng...... Oh, except for Leonard's castle, in short, the stagnant water has long since flowed to the low-lying ground. ”

"I see." The emir nodded.

Ophelia then took the lead, descending the improvised staircase, followed by Emile.

It was pitch black, and in order to see her surroundings, Ophelia took out a crystal ball for lighting.

After a few minutes, they finally came to the end, and as Ophelia said, the ground was dry.

By the light of the crystal ball, the emir was able to see everything around him, a huge cylindrical sewer with a cross-section of almost three meters in diameter, the walls and the floor were made of bricks, and in the middle there was a ditch through which the stagnant water could flow, which had dried up due to the lack of rain recently.

On both sides of the ditch there was a place for the workers who were unclogging the sewer to pass, and the two of them could just walk on it.

Because it was a straight road, Ophelia took the crystal ball and explored the path in front, and Emile followed.

After walking for a long time, the two finally came to a fork in the road, and the other road was perpendicular to the road they had walked on, showing the appearance of a crossroads.

This should be a relatively low place, and there is water flowing in the ditch of the fork in the road, and the emir smells the peculiar smell of the sewer, and he quickly covers his nose.

"Ophelia, can you still feel traces of magic now?" He couldn't help but ask, if he didn't go out again, he would definitely be stunned.

"Well, it's getting stronger, and it feels like the target is not far ahead."

"Huh? What the hell is this place up there? The emir looked up, but all he could see was the bricks, "Why don't we go up and breathe some breath first, and then come down later to continue our investigation." ”

“…… I'm sorry, it was my negligence, you shouldn't have come," Ophelia couldn't bear to see his uncomfortable look, "Well, you go back the way you came, and then I'll go by myself." ”

"But don't you really care?" The emir is still worried.

"Well, that's why I've been telling you to exercise, and you'll see I'm fine," Ophelia looked disapprehensive, and continued, "Anyway, don't worry, if you have nothing to do, you can go to Anne or Nova and guess they're going to have some problems." ”

“…… Well, you have to take care. The emir looked at her reluctantly.

At this time, Ophelia took off her helmet, and the impeccable face came into Emile's eyes again, and she looked at Emile with a gentle expression, and then waved her hand.

"You too, let's meet at Melissa's house later."

After this, the emir watched Ophelia go away, and then set out on his own way home.

On the way back, the emir looked melancholy, for he suddenly felt useless.

In fact, he has a good impression of Ophelia, of course, it's not that he likes it, but he regards Ophelia as a very important friend, but having said that, he can't do anything practically.

From time to time he turned to look behind him, hoping that Ophelia would go back with him, for he had a premonition that some danger awaited Ophelia, even if a knight as powerful as her might might have been lucky.

However, I don't know how many times I turned around, but there was still darkness behind me, and there was not even the slightest sound.

He couldn't go back, so he had to take the crystal ball Ophelia gave him to light the way back, and walk with his head down.

After a while, he thought that it was about the same as when he came, and that he should be under the Knights' headquarters.

However, he was still greeted by the long sewers and the bottomless darkness.

The crystal ball could only illuminate the distance of two meters in front of him, but it shouldn't make him miss the ladder he climbed up.

To make sure he hadn't walked, he walked back for a while, keeping his eyes on the top of the sewer, and finally found no ladder.

All he could think was that he hadn't gotten to where he had come before, so he kept walking.

He concentrated, and as he walked, he observed the walls around him, lest he miss the ladder.

However, he clearly felt that the distance he had traveled was significantly longer than when he came, but he still could not find a ladder to go up.

"What the hell is going on?" The emir scratched his head, puzzled.

And this situation is very strange, he had noticed before that there were many manhole covers in Baifeng Town, which meant that there were just as many entrances and exits in the sewers, but now no matter how far he went, he couldn't find an upward exit.

Still, he refused to give up, and continued on his way, thinking that even if he couldn't get out of the well behind the Knights' headquarters, he would be able to find another exit.

In this way, I don't know how long I walked, but with the light of the crystal ball, he suddenly found that there was a fork in the road in front of him.

This was different from the fork in the road he had encountered before, and there were actually three ditches in front of him, which together with the road he was on, which meant that he had to choose one of the three roads if he wanted to move on.

It was only now that he finally realized that he had missed the exit from the Knights' headquarters.

He thought of going back the way he came, and since he missed it, it meant that if he went back, he would always come across the exit he had before.

However, just as he was about to do so, his eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar object on the ground.

He hurriedly took the crystal ball to take a photo, only to see a wreath made of thorns fall at the foot of the wall, he picked it up and looked at it carefully for a while, and sure enough, it was exactly the same as the one on Anne's head.

"Do you mean ......?"

Emile looked at the bottomless darkness ahead and couldn't help but think about it.