"We were attacked. Algernon was telling the same information that Ivan had received from the wizard this morning, "As we sat in the spacious living room of the Bard house, discussing the trouble we had gotten into, the assailants broke into the courtyard. The black, crossbow bolts, and ancient magic are the same as the 'assassins' described by Miss Windling. ”

Algernon paused deliberately for a few seconds, neither Bard nor Sally had any intention of adding anything, and Ivan looked at the stern face of the wizard elder in a daze.

"You don't seem surprised. Algernon said slowly.

"Ah, that, I've heard of it before. Ivan suddenly understood what Algernon meant. The wizards didn't fully trust him, and there was a tentative purpose in his words just now, "Because Miss Xue Ling has never returned, she said that she went to the city lord, and I think it may be that the city lord found out...... Something. ”

Ivan glanced at Freya quickly, and the young lady of the Feather Clan, who was noisy yesterday, just looked at him silently, her slender brow twisted awkwardly.

"I want to explain it to you. Ivan exhaled helplessly, his gaze unconsciously moving to the floor beneath his feet, "I saw those Feather Clan guards, called 'Silver-Faced Guards', they are inquiring about the whereabouts of Mr. and Mrs. Blanche. ”

Ivan gave Sally another quick glance, and then he looked up.

"They asked me if I was a wizard from Takamo, and if I knew you. ”

"I think you should have given the right answer. The corners of Algernon's mouth lifted.

"I just said I didn't know. Ivan shrugged his shoulders.

The tense atmosphere eased slightly, and Elder Algernon's face became a little less wary.

"Did you go to my house?" said Sallyst, turning. Her eyes widened and she looked anxious. Ivan immediately shook his head.

"It's not...... I didn't dare to look over, there were guards everywhere. I took a detour and went out, and I knew you were being attacked because—"

He looked solemnly at Elder Algernon.

"--I happened to meet a wizard on the way, I don't remember his name, I have seen him in the town of Takamo before, he told me, and he said that you were taken away by the guards. ”

"Is it Bill?" Bard's eyes lit up and he lightly struck his palm with his fist. He turned his head. They looked at their elders as if asking for advice. Algernon seemed to be lost in thought.

"Good, good. After a long moment, Algernon nodded slowly, "It seems." You've got a pretty good idea of what we're talking about. Ivan Yafir. As I've always insisted on, you have more talent than you ever imagined. I don't ask you how you got the wizard's trust. I'm going to say that after that. I'm sure you haven't figured it out yet. ”

"Hmm...... The wizard said he didn't know what happened after that. Ivan felt that there was not just praise and acknowledgment behind Algernon's tone, and he probably guessed that his encounter with the wizard would be a little bumpy, and it was not time to elaborate.

Ivan really wanted to know what happened after Algernon and the others were taken away by the Yu guards.

"Unbelievable, we've been attacked again!" Algernon took a sharp breath, "an incomprehensible attack, as if the attackers knew which way we were going!

"What do you mean, Elder—" Ivan immediately noticed something strange from Algernon's account, "--the silver-faced guard of the Feather Clan?"

"Woo ......" Freya, who had been waiting quietly, suddenly let out a low sound. Ivan was startled, he was so attentive just now that he ignored this troublesome young lady who could make trouble.

"I don't dare say that I know the Feather Clan, let alone every guard of the Feather Clan, but last night, they should have arrived earlier, didn't they? Oh, I don't think Miss Wind Spirit can accept that I imagine her kindred as a fellow of the 'Assassins', please forgive me for my presumptuousness, Miss Wind Spirit can't guarantee that she knows every one of her kindred, every Silver Guard, right?" Algernon turned to Freya sternly.

"Woo, woo......" Freya twisted her neck vigorously, her brow twisted into a lump.

"It's okay to untie it for a while. Ivan looked at Freya with little convincing, and raised it with uncertainty. Suddenly, Sally also frowned, and her body subconsciously ducked back, looking at Freya's eyes, as if she was looking at a beast about to be released from the cage. Bard looked almost reflexively in the direction of the trapdoor - the trapdoor was unusual, and as long as Freya wasn't upside down, no one outside should notice it.

"You have a point, Ivan Yafir. Maybe we'll be able to calm down and have a good talk, Miss Freya Windling. Algernon stared at Freya intently, his expression almost solemn, as if it was a very important matter whether or not to let Freya go.

"I apologize to you for having to take such an excessive measure to guard against your impulses, but I must mention in passing that this kind of precaution is not too much for an old wizard like me, who is not merciful or kind, and I do not treat you as a dangerous person, my dear miss. ”

"......" Ivan turned his head silently. He remembered how he had been locked up in Algernon's storage room, and Freya had been tied hand and foot compared to the magic and precautions that Algernon had laid at the time.

The so-called dangerous person should be him, a magician with weapons, right?

Algernon raised his hand to remove the silk scarf that had hindered Freya's speech, and Ivan noticed that Bard had retreated to the door, staff in hand, seemingly ready to do anything if Freya shouted. However, to his surprise again, Freya didn't immediately shout at the top of her voice.

"I didn't mean that! I know what you're thinking, cunning old wizard! You mean there's a spy in the silver-faced guards! I didn't say it couldn't be!"

"Ah, what?" Ivan froze. When did she learn to think about things?

"Don't think of me as a savage madman!" Freya gritted her teeth, "Bi, after all, I've read many, many books in Kadolissa, and you think I've never heard of such a thing!, though, although the Feather Clan is not as ...... as you humans" Freya blushed, as if racking her brains to find a suitable vicious word to describe humanity, perhaps because she was not very proficient in the lingua franca, she didn't seem to come up with it in the end.

“...... In short, I'm not saying that there are absolutely no bad people in the Yu Clan! I've thought about it, I've thought about it, if, I mean if...... If there are spies among the silver-faced guards, then, then I was attacked by those people on the road, and it makes sense...... Maybe I had a spy when I went to the starry neighborhood...... I have to go back to the Sky Mansion, and I have to tell the acting city lord about this! You rude fellows! Hurry up and let me go!"