Chapter 52: An Unexpected Fit
The accident came so quickly that the two children were at a loss and didn't even know what to do for a while.
At the same time, they discovered that the Knights' acquaintances were hiding near the door of the house surrounded by flames.
The two of them were condescending, and they could see the figures covered by the firelight, and the sharp-eyed Will directly recognized a few people - they were all regulars of the Knights, standing nearby with serious expressions in armor.
When Will wanted to ask for advice, he and his sister went to the Knights for protection, but got the opposite opinion.
“…… Wrong. Connor tried to keep her voice down, "They're defending against a strong enemy. Our recklessness may have interfered with their plans. ”
Their home is located in the middle of the city, and it is also the safest place in the city. If it was just an ordinary fire, there would be no need for such fanfare and dispatch so many elite knights.
Connor knew very well how the Knights acted, and Will wouldn't dare to act rashly if she had her.
"So what are we going to do?"
"I went around the back door to see what was different." Connor gestured to the building next to her, "Be careful, don't run too far, wait until I come back to meet you." If there is really a danger that cannot be handled, don't worry about anything, just call for help! ”
Will nodded in agreement, and after his sister walked away, he also quietly got out of the room and approached in the direction where the Knights and others were stationed.
He didn't want to attract attention casually, and he didn't want to do nothing but wait for his sister to take charge of the news.
There are also people from the Order here, and the figures often move and overlap, and the silhouettes seem to communicate with each other, which means that if you are close to them, you may be able to get information.
Information on the current situation.
Will approached the fence of the house next door, holding his breath and eavesdropping on the conversation between the two knights.
“…… People haven't been found yet? ”
"The captain seems to have said before that Connay trains outside the city every day and wants to join the Knights."
"What about Will?"
While squatting nearby, they are also sending people to find Connor and themselves?
Will continued to digest the information contained in these conversations, but before he could make up his mind, the other conversation froze him in place.
"Maybe it's a good thing that you can't find it now......"
The knight who spoke at first moved, revealing most of his body.
Even though he didn't often deal with the people of the Knights, and the voice under the armor was dull, Will could recognize it by his body, this was a knight who had a good personal relationship with his father, and his father's deputy, who often came to the house to eat.
According to his father, this person's strength is not much different from him.
"How can you say that?" Another rebuked.
The deputy team leaned against the wall, a little gloomy, "In this situation, even if they stay in the Knights all the time, they are not sure that they can be saved." If they can fly away, maybe they will go to the royal capital......"
"Aren't there still everyone......"
Although he tried to argue, the people he was talking to gradually lost their confidence.
Will found the imaginary state of affairs more and more embarrassed, and his heart beat like a drum. But he didn't dare to slack off, and was ready to return to the place agreed with his sister as soon as possible.
Connor had come back earlier than he had expected, and was even waiting under the roof of the house they had climbed before.
As soon as Will, who heard the news, wanted to organize the language and say something, he saw that his sister's face was pale, and there was no blood in the distant fire, as if she was in a dead end.
"What's wrong?"
"We need to get out right away." Seeing that her brother seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, Connor rushed over in a few steps and grabbed his shoulders, "Get out of the city, right now!" ”
My sister's strength was unexpectedly great, and the sudden lack of light and weight in her hand made it difficult for Will to breathe for a while, and if it wasn't for the wall behind her, she would even fall to the ground, but she still nodded desperately.
He also observed that Connor seemed to be deliberately suppressing some emotions, and while the two of them left in a hurry, they would glance at him from time to time halfway, as if they wanted to stop talking.
Two men took the swords they had gotten from the Knights and left the middle of nowhere.
When they reached the city gates, Will and Connor heard the sound and hid in the corner of the city wall, where they saw a troop of cavalry that they had never seen before.
Dressed in black, they covered their eyes with black cloths, and rode dark horses into the unguarded city gate like a ghostly one - I don't know when it began, and the original guards of the gate disappeared.
And after witnessing the communication between the black-clothed cavalry, it seemed that they were ready to separate their men and horses to climb the city wall, and the two had no time to hesitate and entangle.
And in the direction of going out of the city to the royal capital, there are exactly two avenues.
They didn't know where the black-clad cavalry from outside came from or which path to choose.
"Sister, let's go separately!" Will did not have time to relay what he heard, and urgently proposed, "As long as one man goes straight to the royal capital and finds Her Majesty to inform him of this, the Knights will be able to get support." The other can also run away without burden, and finally meet in the royal capital! ”
As the sons of dutiful knight captains, both children have a sense of responsibility for the safety of the city.
The nurturing of the governess and parents also gave them unconditional worship and trust in the queen.
"Okay."
Connor didn't ask for much explanation, but just took a deep look at her brother and said a few words before leaving.
Will chose a relatively distant path, but it was sparsely populated and should be safer.
He traveled to the royal capital on foot for two days, and used the sword of the local knights he carried with him and engraved with the seal of the kingdom to find the royal knight who could communicate directly with him, and also met the queen.
"Nova City."
Mogan looked attentive, tapped his fingertips on the window edge, and slowly said the last place name.
"You're Will Mirandi from Nova City, the son of the Cavaliers captain. This is exactly the full story you tell yourself to Her Majesty, so, Frank...... Or Will, why did you leave the Earl's Mansion, which the Queen had arranged for you, and go to such a remote place? ”
"I ......"
Will opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"The Earl treats you badly, or is it impossible to adapt to the countryside?" Mogan looked him in the eye, "If I didn't know anything, I might choose one of the two." But you're different, 'Frank' is a hard-working, considerate child, I can see it. ”
"Neither!" Will hurriedly denied, "The Earl is very good to me, and the environment is also very nice and safe. I just, just wanted to come out on my own......"
Mogan raised an eyebrow, "Honestly. ”
The child's expression of wanting to lie was clear to him at a glance.
Connor said something before parting. Will took a deep breath, "'If Her Majesty can't solve the problem, we'll meet at the Miracle Flower Sea, where we may have the answers we need. ’”
Mogan was stunned for a moment.
This sentence is really not suitable for retelling the mouth, after all, opening the mouth puts the queen in the failed position of "unable to solve the problem". And the two didn't have time to exchange experiences, and Will naturally didn't know the true meaning of the words, so he could only go down literally.
Is it simply questioning the Queen's abilities, or is it a more extreme result – doubting the Queen's position?
Will spent a long time in the Earl's Cottage in the countryside with the retired Earl, who was quietly retiring, but he never waited for his sister's arrival or related clues, and this sentence also intensified in his mind.
So he took some of the bounty that Her Majesty had given him and went on his way.
But having grown up in the city, Will obviously did not know much about the sophistication of some people during the journey, and after more than ten days, the money on his body was deceived under the increasing vigilance, and finally he crossed Litesmann Hill in a poor state and came to the vicinity of Saint-Lun Harbor.
He almost became a thief who he usually didn't want to be because of his dizziness and daze. Looking back on those days, Will wondered if he had fallen for some strange spell.
The port is a place where people gather, and everyone has to borrow here.
With the queen asking him to remain incognito and change his name to "Frank" first, Will did not dare to reveal his true name and identity at will, but he always looked forward to waiting for his sister to meet him here.
Until the day before yesterday.
After listening to the causes and consequences of these things, Mogan still had something to ask.
"You're the son of the Captain of the Knights of Nova City, so do you know the name Albert Talanik?"
Not only did he undertake the task of helping Her Majesty find the two siblings, but this extremely subtle, completely unexpected and strange connection was also the most important reason why Mogan became more and more involved in the investigation of the whole story.
Duke Albert Talanik is exactly what he wants to do.
Nova City is that unlucky city, one of the most prosperous cities in the Kingdom of Cole, but it has been played by the people behind the puppet duke, infiltrating an unknown number of high-level dignitaries.
Compared to the other dignitaries who were completely wiped out and no one survived, the Mirandi siblings may be counted as a group of lucky and unfortunate victims.