"Lava Heart..."

Seeing the title, Martin began to comb through his recent encounters, trying to find out where he had heard about it.

Plantagenet? Stanley didn't mention the name...

Belisarius would only talk about not touching the poison and the girl named "Philia".

Juncker didn't mention it either.

Haines?

Martin thought about it carefully, and he didn't think of the relevant content.

City... Atlantis... There's also the title of Lava Heart......

The experiences of these days crossed Martin's mind like a marquee, and he didn't remember all of them, just some of the more peculiar scenes.

【Sunflower Carriage】... Auction on the first floor... Mirage mirror on the second floor... Hihian... Little Prophet Card... And then there's the imaginary mother and child constructed by Maria...

Wait a minute!

Maria, the auctioneer in the purple Buster dress!

Martin substituted her voice into the words Atlantis and Lava Heart, and immediately realized that he had heard this woman mention the name!

Where... She auctioned a total of three items... Which introduction mentions the city?

Martin closed his eyes and began to carefully recall what the auctioneer had said.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and he remembered!

It's time to auction the Little Prophet card!

She mentions in her introduction to the Prophet card, which once predicted that "the legendary city of Lava Heart, Atlantis, will disappear in the Skyfire".

Martin thought back to the scene when she was making the introduction, and then he realized that something was wrong.

Is Atlantis gone?

So what does the queen mean by "the capital of the country" and "[Lava Heart] welcomes anyone talented"?

Martin's hairs stood on end.

Could it be that the Queen is lying? She is not at all in this city that has disappeared?

But this lie is meaningless.

Martin thought of this, and a strange feeling welled up in his heart, as if he had been chatting with the ghost.

He steadied himself and began to sort out the ins and outs of the whole thing.

"The mailbox was obtained by the [Hand of Glory] given to me by an old-fashioned man, and this queen did help me escape from the Plantagenet, and she just wants to hear some stories... Well, plus you want to see me..."

Thinking along this line of thought, it sounds more and more like a ghost, too lonely, wanting to listen to the story and then pulling the storyteller to another world to be her company...

"But her description of the bar, of her actions, was so true... I've also seen her roughly through [Time Slicing], she doesn't look like a ghost at all, and it's still a question of whether there are ghosts in this world..."

The more Martin speculated, the more he couldn't figure it out, he took a deep breath, picked up the round-bellied pen again, and spread out the letter paper, which had become blank again.

He decided to ask the queen directly.

Since you can't figure it out, give the question to the other party and see how she reacts.

She doesn't suddenly pop out of the mailbox after receiving the letter and laugh and say, "You've found out"...

Martin shook his head at the outlandish thought and began to write:

"Thank you very much for having me, Your Majesty."

"But I am puzzled by the contradiction between your description and a recent message I heard about your capital, Atlantis."

"That message says that Atlantis has vanished in the Skyfire."

"And it sounds like it's not something that's been happening recently."

"It's completely contrary to your description, and I can't think of a reason, so I wanted to ask you about it."

"Of course, I'm not entirely sure of the veracity of this news."

"I'll continue to check it out, but I still feel the need to talk to you."

Martin wrote this, not knowing what to say next, so he simply put down the pen and put it in the mailbox when the ink was dry.

Martin had planned to take advantage of the wait to read the Savage Creature Cookbook again to see if there were any other magical herbs in it that were available here in case he needed them.

Just as he was flipping through the recipe, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Martin! Martin! Open the door! ”

It was Juncker's voice, and he banged on the door anxiously.

When Martin heard this, he jumped to his feet, put the Queen's mailbox back in the corner of the beam, put it away, jumped lightly, and opened the door.

When Juncker saw Martin open the door, he said to Martin in a panic:

"The people of the Turner family came to collect the rent in advance, and the business has not been good recently, so the teacher wants to discuss with them if they can delay it, who knows that they will immediately drive us away after hearing this, and the teacher asked me to tell you to go out and hide first."

"Turner? Was it the family of Sir May Turner last time? ”

"Yes, this family is very powerful in the Red Church District, and many shops here belong to them."

Juncker looked uneasily into the antechamber and spoke eagerly to Martin:

"The teacher said he would try to delay those people, and the last time you saved Miss Anne, you made Mae Turner laugh at everyone, and they may have come to deal with you."

"Hurry up and bring something important to go out and hide first, and I'll go to the front to help the teacher."

Juncker was about to run to the front hall after these few words, and it was obvious that he was very worried about what had happened to the old man with the white beard.

"Wait."

Martin called out to him.

"I'll go with you."

Faced with Juncker's surprised and puzzled gaze, Martin comforted:

"Don't forget that I've got a job in the Sunflower Carriage now, and I'm no longer the little gardener I used to be hiding and hiding."

Belisarius was Martin's first friend in Cavides, the old man who kindly took him in when he needed help the most, and now even kindly let himself run first, how could Martin leave alone in this case?

With that, he took Juncker and ran to the front hall, locking the door as he left.

When they came to the antechamber, they saw a butler-like man standing proudly in front of Belisarius, the old man guarding the medicine cabinet behind him, and several thugs in overalls pushing him.

Martin saw this sight and stepped up to Belisarius in a few steps, and then struck with a swift strike, forcing back all the thugs who were pushing him.

Belisarius heard Martin's voice, and a look of solemnity appeared on his face.

When the butler saw Martin appear, the corners of his mouth curled into an imperceptible arc, and then he shouted to the thugs:

"Let's go together, teach this kid who dares to offend Sir a lesson!"

The thugs heard his command and drew various weapons such as axes, clubs, and other weapons from their waists, and then rushed forward, all aiming at Martin.

Seeing this, Martin leapt away from Belisarius, and when he heard the butler's words, he understood that the goal of these men was probably him from the beginning, and that the driving away and pushing Belisarius was only to lure him out.

So it was safer for him to leave Belisarius now.

Sure enough, the thugs saw Martin jump away and chased after him, ignoring the blind old man guarding the medicine cabinet.

Martin jumped to the side, finally having room to do it.

With his body strengthened by the Virgin's Body, he easily dodged all the attacks, and then fought back against the thugs one by one.

He deliberately controlled his strength, these were just ordinary people, not strong creatures like werewolves, and he was afraid to shoot too hard.

He tossed and turned nimbly, striking precisely at the thugs' ears, ribs, joints and other places, and with just a face-to-face effort, they all fell to the ground and groaned in pain.

The butler, who was watching not far away, had a cloudy face, and Martin came to his side after dealing with them.

The middle-aged man who looked like a butler was about to open his mouth to scold something, and Martin took out an item first, which lit up in front of his eyes.

It was the Iron Lamb badge given by Pleis.

This means that Martin is already a full member of the Shepherd's Club, a "shepherd".

Martin didn't know if the badge would be useful, but it was better to try than to keep making a big deal out of it.

"It's... Shepherd's badge! ”

The butler was quite knowledgeable, and he immediately recognized the badge when he saw it.

"I'm quite knowledgeable."

Martin quipped.

"You're a member of the Shepherds' Club..."

The butler couldn't believe how a passer-by who offended Sir could become a notorious bounty hunter?

Martin was more than satisfied with the butler's performance, and he continued:

"You have no right to drive out Belisarius in advance before the time has come to collect the rent."

"Hah!"

The butler let out a strange laugh.

"With the business of this broken medicine shop, I can't afford to pay the next rent, so it's better to close it early!"

The butler mocked wantonly.

"It's not something you have to worry about, when it's time to collect the rent, we'll naturally hand over the rent to you."

Martin replied calmly.

The butler wanted to continue the mockery, but looked at the lamb badge in Martin's hand and fell silent for a moment.

"If there is nothing else, please leave and don't disturb our normal business."

Although there was no crowd at the entrance of the Mercury Spring, passers-by were looking in curiously.

"After all, if we have more business, we will have gold coins handed over to you."

Martin looked directly at the butler with a sense of oppression in his eyes.

After the middle-aged housekeeper's face changed twice, he shouted to the thugs who had just gotten up: "Go!" ”

Only then did the group turn and leave.

"You're too reckless."

Belissa was helped by Juncker to Martin's side, his wrinkled face now full of worry and a hint of reproach in his tone.

"Don't worry, old Bailey."

Martin tried to soothe the old man's emotions in a relaxed tone.

"I'm now a regular employee of [Sunflower Carriage], and as you can see, even the Turner family has to think about whether or not to deal with me."

"But they're gone today, and they'll come another day."

Belisarius said with a heavy sigh.

"Everyone is becoming more and more addicted to the elixir of [Tom's Hut], and the [Mercury Spring] may really not be able to sustain itself."

Saying this, the old man's body fell stiff, as if he had aged a little in an instant.

"You don't have to worry about that."

Martin grabbed Belisarius' arm.

"I haven't told you yet, in addition to being a gardener, I also have some research on the therapeutic effects of various herbs."