When Ivan and Esher returned to the first floor of the hotel, they saw Mr. Grand, carrying a basket of medicine that he had too late to put down, and struggling to the stairs. John struggled to his feet with his arms propped up on the wooden table, and he looked straight at the girl who was lying at the bottom of the stairs, her long light brown hair scattered to the ground, and her crutches thrown aside.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" cried out Mr. Grand, in a hoarse voice, and Angel moved her arms as if she couldn't support herself. But her ten fingers were bent like bird's claws, and her nails were digging into the cracks in the floor.

Two blocks away from this hotel, a young man in black suddenly broke into another hotel.

He lowered his head, his black hood covering half of his face, and the middle-aged man behind the counter wearing the Holy Flame badge of the Augustus Chamber of Commerce glanced at him in surprise, feeling like a gust of wind, and rushed upstairs without paying attention to anyone.

The middle-aged man opened his mouth in astonishment, and the young man's body seemed to carry a sad wind.

"Hey, where have you been?"

In the open space in the center of the second floor stood a young girl dressed in a light green hunting suit. In this small inn called "Cedar Grove House", the first floor is a tavern, and on the second floor there are only four rooms and a storage room around the open space with no windows visible, and on the side of the open space near the storage room is a small table and three chairs, where guests can usually sit and drink tea and chat, and on the table there is a rusty copper candlestick, the flickering candle flame reflects the girl's tense face quite terrifyingly.

“...... You don't care. The boy slowed his pace and squeezed out dry words from the depths of his throat, and the girl raised her eyebrows.

"I don't care about you, just an uneducated wild bird like you, even if you kneel on the ground and beg me, I don't bother to look at you. The girl rushed forward in one step, raised her head viciously and glared at the young man's face, "Who told you to act without permission......?"

The girl's words stopped, and her navy blue eyes shrank in surprise, and then she suddenly raised her hand and pulled down the boy's hood.

The boy sat down on the ground limp at his feet, his hands trembling and raised, as if he had some strange disease, and his trembling hands slowly covered his face.

"Angel ......"

A weak voice came from under the palm of his hand, "Angel...... Angel is back......"

For the next minute, he sat on the floor, muttering the words like a dream. The girl looked down at him condescendingly, and finally, the girl's eyebrows twisted together anxiously, and she crouched down and grabbed the boy by the collar, and raised her right hand.

Syllable!

The boy stopped dreaming and slapped his face firmly.

"Sober up, aren't you?" cried the girl through gritted teeth, "don't put on such a useless appearance for me, Raven!

The raven watched the girl's face in silence. Her expression was so irritated, but there was a glint of extreme worry in her round eyes.

“...... Let me think about it for myself. The crow shook off the girl's left hand that was holding him by the collar, and stood up, trying to bypass the girl to the door of the room, and the girl turned to look at him.

"You may not be able to sue me, Xing is also there, don't you want to talk to him?"

The raven stopped, hesitated for a moment, and shook his head.

The door to the guest room was closed.

The girl stared silently at the closed hardwood door, her eyes narrowed, and then her brow furrowed.

She turned and walked towards the guest room opposite, and was about to raise her hand to knock on the door when it creaked open. Xing walked out of the room and raised his hand to gesture to the wooden table in the clearing.

"I've heard you, come and talk, Christina. ”

The candle flame swayed with her rapid breathing, and Christina propped up half of her cheek, her dark green boots matching her hunting suit and slapping against the floor. Xing crossed his fingers and rested his chin against his fingers.

"I think the Duke should know who Angel is. ”

There was a faint smile in Xing's eyes. Christine Martil Villiers, Duke of Lorraine in the Kingdom of Frankland, lowered her arm and exhaled vigorously.

"Princess Angel Victoria Eliclex, isn't she long dead?"

"Well, that's what it says. The star lowered his gaze and watched the crooked light cast by the candlestick, "However, the princess's body was not found, in fact, someone took the princess out of the palace, and whether the princess was already dead at that time—"

"What?"

Christina raised an eyebrow, surprised for a second, she quickly calmed down and let out a dry laugh.

"I see, Vincent probably deliberately released the news that Angel had been burned to death, and it would be very bad for him if others knew that Charles's daughter was still alive in the world. However, he didn't kill Charles's daughter. ”

"The princess was really hurt badly at that time. The corners of Xing's mouth curled with a hint of meaning, "Even if she can escape, she shouldn't be able to find a place to take her in." ”

Christina's gaze became complicated, as if she was pondering some incomprehensible question. Xing continued.

"You probably know a lot about what happened at the time. ”

"I only know a little bit more than the other Fötland nobles. Christina breathed a sigh of relief and folded her arms together, explaining impatiently.

"Vincent was originally a priest in the Yellin region, giving up his royal status in the kingdom of Ora, but just three years ago, that is, ...... At the beginning of 1917, he returned to the kingdom of Ola as an itinerant priest. He raised his army very suddenly, and there was still an internal response in the palace, which was obviously premeditated. King Charles was assassinated by the Assassins he had arranged for him in the palace before he could conquer the city, and the city soon fell into chaos, so he took the city of Oder and replaced his brother as the new king.

"As a Fadryan, I'm grateful to him. If it weren't for him, Charles's army would have attacked our kingdom of Farland. I don't have a bad impression of Vincent, and although he is a little harsher in his methods of eliminating dissidents, I think he is quite merciful compared to his brother. Even if he doesn't carry out a coup d'état, Charles will probably find a way to get rid of him sooner or later. ”

"Hmm...... What should I say, Duke Lorraine, you are really powerful. ”

After listening to Christina's words, Xing's eyes were crooked with a smile, "However, the Duke shouldn't know who the assassin is in the palace arranged by King Vincent, right?"

"How can I know this? I am not Vincent's confidant, and with Vincent's style, he will never let people know who the assassin is, and I am also a nobleman from another country. Christina stared at the star in a depressed state, and suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she looked away.

"But there's a good chance the thief bird knows. ”

"Yes, Rey told me. Hoshi closed his eyes as he spoke, pausing for a few seconds, and when he opened his eyes again, the smile on his face swept away.

"Listen well, Christina. The assassin who killed Charles Aubrey Electrics was Rey. ”

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P.S. was surprised to see the 6,000-word reminder ticket, which ...... It's a bit difficult, I average more than an hour for a thousand words, which is really slow. But thank you in advance for the kind spur of this reader, I can only say do your best......