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P.S. went through the most difficult period, and the road ahead was difficult...... I hope you're still here.

"Today's weather ......"

The city of Adrian, which has always been prosperous in the Anglo region, exudes a long-lost gloom.

Katie Maggie paused abruptly on the side of the deserted street, looking up at the mist-shimmering sky.

I heard that the small island in the far southwest was being ravaged by a sudden storm, but it did not rain. Katie looked at the clouds as if some prophecy were constantly changing in a puzzling pattern, the sun was obscured behind the clouds, and not a single bird was moving under the sky.

“...... I don't know if it's going to rain. Katie nodded to herself, and said in a conclusive tone, as if her chest was full of thick clouds.

Adrian City is well informed.

Katie, as a clerk at the Adrian City, South and Magic Alliance Office, has received so much jaw-dropping news in the past few days, and she has not collapsed, which can be regarded as strong enough. The other clerks had already tensed their nerves, and the entire office, nay, the entire city of Adrian, was enveloped in an atmosphere of horror that made people feel like they were going to befall them at any moment.

It's not too bad, though.

Doesn't it mean that the demons in the north of the Anglo region have retreated? This land, with the protection of the Demon Mentor Alliance, there is no need to worry so much, right? It's just that, I don't know why, Katie just can't feel relaxed.

She sighed silently and walked with light steps towards the hotel where she was staying. She's been so busy lately that she hasn't had a break for two days.

Someone knocked her on the shoulder from behind. Subconsciously, Katie let out a "huh" and turned her head back with her big tired chocolate-colored eyes.

"Hello, Miss Clerk. I'd like to ask you something......"

The strange woman whispered with a vague smile on her face.

The woman hung her head down, her long red curly hair tied up in a ponytail and draped over her shoulders. Carrying a leather travel bag. She wears a slightly faded veiled woven hat and a long gray dress with a small amount of lace. It seems that she was once a rich lady from a wealthy family, but she encountered an accident and had to come out alone to earn a living.

Katie suddenly felt sad, and always felt that the woman's shallow smile hid a sorrow that was as cold as a cold rain.

"There's something you should definitely take a look at, it could be something special. The woman mysteriously lowered her voice and reached out to cover the back of Katie's hand. On a summer morning, her fingers oozed a cold breath, and she even shivered slightly.

There was not a single figure on the street.

Katie's mind has never been very flexible. She didn't think about the danger for a moment, and although she had been kidnapped before for thinking too simply, she didn't seem to have learned her lesson. Perhaps it was the woman's pale and haggard face that made her feel sympathetic, and she nodded at once.

"Okay. What is it?"

"Please come over here. ”

The woman pursed her lips and made a gesture of please, and without thinking about it, Katie followed the stranger into the narrow alley beside the road. It was dark, and the alleys were as dark as night was approaching. At that moment, the woman turned sharply.

"Where's Joan?" she instantly pushed in front of Katie.

The "poor rich lady" immediately seemed to be a different person. The cold fingers clasped around Katie's neck without hesitation, "Take me to her, don't let anyone know!"

Katie opened her mouth blankly, stunned.

The woman's threatening voice was cold and resolute, but. Perhaps because she was so sleepy that she was slow to react, Katie hadn't figured out what was going on.

"Sister Xiulin......" she replied naturally, "Sister Xiulin is not here, she went to the Yellin area, and went with Ivan and them, um...... Why don't I put you in touch with the office over there?"

The woman froze.

The look of surprise lasted for a short time, and soon, as if she couldn't control her feelings, her face showed obvious disappointment. Katie is often said to be an unreliable clerk, sometimes others can't guess what is going on in her head, and sometimes, she will do things that are completely unexpected.

It was nearly half a minute before Katie felt a hint of panic.

"Who are you?"

Katie's eyes widened as she looked at the woman who threatened her, and at last, she realized that what she thought was the "poor rich lady" might not be an ordinary person. Does she know Xiulin?

"What's your name?" the woman asked rhetorically, raising her chin slightly, her tone as unquestionable as that of a superior person.

After a moment of silence, Kattina uttered her name. Although the woman was threatening her, Katie still felt that she was different from the people who had kidnapped her before. In the past, when she was kidnapped by the Crystal Thieves, the greedy faces of those people were exposed, and before that, an illegal magician who broke into the office also made it clear that he was here to rob. This woman just wants to see Xiulin.

Maybe she really has some problems. Katie thought, her eyes clearly hiding a helpless hesitation.

"Katie Maggie, you're the clerk Ivan saved this spring?" the woman's pupils lit up slightly, her voice raised unconsciously, and her fingers retracted, "It's you! Did you invite him and Elsa to Sapphire Town for a vacation?"

"Uh-huh, yes, that's me!" Katie immediately showed a look of surprise.

This spring, as she prepares to go home for her vacation, Katie encounters a gang of Crystal thieves, and if it weren't for the thieves' unexpectation that there is a very young executor in Adrian City, Katie would have died long ago. The person who saved her was the youngest executor of the Wizard Alliance, Ivan Yafir.

As a token of appreciation, Katie invites Ivan and Asha to take Xiulin, Carlo, and Nalle on vacation to her hometown of Sapphire Town. But......

This man actually knows about vacations!

"I've been familiar with Sister Xiulin for a long time, and I've been very familiar with Ivan and Aisha, we're all good friends, and they often come to the office for tea!" Katie said cheerfully, folding her hands over her chest. The atmosphere of unease in recent days had made Adrian City surprisingly quiet, and no one had ever passed by, so no one heard her except the woman.

"You know Ivan and Esya, too! But I don't know you, can you tell me your name?"

The corners of the strange woman's mouth suddenly curled up in a meaningful arc. Her fingers paused in the air for a few seconds, and she slowly lowered her hand.

"Okay, so be it. Miss Maggie, I decide, trust you. The woman lowered her head, her keen gaze looking straight into Katie's eyes from under the brim of her hat, "There's something in my travel bag, I've handed it over to you for safekeeping." I can't go to the Yellin area right now, so please keep this thing safe, don't open it, and don't give it to anyone else—"

"I know, I can only give it to Sister Xiulin, right?" Katie's eyes flashed with seriousness. She could tell that the woman's tone had softened and become much less guarded. This man is not a kidnapper. Katie secretly came to a conclusion, she knew Xiulin, and she also knew Ivan and Aisha, and she should be a good person.

"Not to Joan. I thought Joan was still here, but I didn't know she had gone to Yellin with her...... This was given to Ivan. ”

The woman stared intently at Katie, as if by magic, and a box wrapped in black velvet appeared in her hand, "Give this to him." Remember, don't do superfluous things. ”

"yes, I understand!"

Maybe she's a great person!

Such a thought suddenly flashed through Katie's mind, and before she knew it, she was shocked by her stern gaze, and even her sleepiness was swept away. Katie solemnly took the box, and underneath the velvet seemed to be a small metal box with a pattern.

"Please. ”

The woman waved her hand and politely motioned for her to leave first.

......

In a dark alley, Caterina Serin, wearing a knitted hat and a long gray dress, watched Katie's back in the distance.

She took a deep breath, and gradually, a maze of chaotic thoughts engulfed her again.

Is that all there is to it......

Katie's white-clad figure quickly disappeared around the corner of the street, and Selin's heart was less burdened, but more complicated. The clerk named "Katie Maggie" seems to be quite simple, and it is unlikely that she will lie, and Selin's hometown is also in the southern sapphire town of the Kingdom of France, and she has an inexplicable affinity for Katie. What's more, no one would have imagined that she would get in touch with an ordinary clerk in Adrian City who had never met before.

What's next?

Things changed so suddenly, and although she had been prepared for a long time, she was still a little overwhelmed. Memories resurfaced of Laxis's recent request.