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Victorious in the battle against the invaders, the lord and his party left Brown Bear Town and drove north in a wagon. Leon had previously made Brown Bear Town the last stop of his tour, but now he wanted to go to the plain land in the north to observe it on the ground and make a preliminary site for the trade area. He also had a secret idea - if he had the chance, he might be able to stop by his grandfather's mansion further north to see what was going on in the secret room.

But the carriage had just set off for more than ten miles, when a diminutive rider galloped from the northeast.

"Your Excellency!" shouted the rider as he waved his arms, and the voice should have been a boy in his teens.

"It looks like little Joey from the manor," Sophia said his name at once, seeing the man through the window.

"Could it be something urgent happening at the manor!" Caterina immediately guessed. There is a saying that "if you care, you will be chaotic", and this female knight is like this, as long as it involves Leon, she will always be too worried.

Without saying a word, Leon turned the carriage and stopped, waiting for the rider who was already very close.

"Lord Lord!" the rider spotted Leon sitting in the front of the car, and immediately shouted happily again, "It's me, I'm Joey!"

I have to say that the priest girl's ability in this area is indeed outstanding, but after staying in the manor for a few days, she can already remember the appearance and name of almost any person in it.

And Joey's expression also put many people at ease, and it shouldn't be anything too strict.

Soon a man and a man rode near, and Joey quickly flipped off his horse, and endured a violent gasp and bowed deeply to Leon. It can be seen that he should be chasing him at full speed.

"Joey?" Leon struggled to recall, he knew that he was not good at memorizing other people's names and looks, so he had been repeatedly reinforcing the impression of some people in his mind that he needed to be in constant contact with for a while, and soon, he finally recalled, "You are Hank's grandson?"

Hank was one of the few old men who stayed in the manor, and Leon had already appointed him as the deputy butler of the manor, so he still had some impressions

"Yes!" Joey's breath finally eased a little, and when he heard that the lord had an impression of him, he immediately admitted excitedly and loudly.

"You're in such a hurry...... Is there something going on in the manor?"

"Ahh

"There was an injured man at the manor last night, and Master Jeff received him, and then asked me to come to you, saying that you have a friend who is in danger outside, and that you should go back as soon as you have time!"

"Friends?" Li Ang's heart moved, in addition to these companions around him, there were very few people who could be called friends, and more of them were partners under the intertwining of interests. So when Joey finished saying this, a rough figure immediately flashed in his mind - Red, the leader of the "Flame Soul".

"What does that man look like?" asked Leon immediately.

"No, I don't know," Joey saw that the lord's expression was very strict, and a layer of sweat immediately oozed from his head, he thought about it vigorously, and said, "It seems to be a tall and thin man!"

"It's not Red...... Leon frowned, but the person who could make Jeff say this shouldn't be anyone other than Red, or is this person a member of Red's team?

During the last chat with Red before leaving the City of Chaos, the gruff man once invited Leon to join him on a "special mission", which Leon refused for various reasons. Red thinks that it doesn't matter if Leon goes or not, anyway, the mission location is not far from Campbell, and he can take the opportunity to come over to Leon for a drink after the mission is over.

This matter is actually not a long time ago, it is only a little more than ten days, and Leon has been thinking about when Red will come, could it be that something happened to him when he was on a special mission this time?

Leon looked up to the north, in the direction of his destination.

"Let's go, go back to the manor," Leon made a decision almost without hesitation, whether it is the trade area or the secret room, they can be put away, and they will not run away, but if it is really Red's accident, unpredictable things may happen if it is delayed for a day, and it will be too late to regret it.

The carriage set off again and headed straight for the manor, and Joey rode along, keeping the closest distance.

Erin muttered a few words to Sophia in the carriage, and then she pushed open one of the side windows, seeming to take some interest in Joey.

"Joey, it's not easy for you to be so young and yet so skilled at horseback riding. ”

The boy was taken aback when he didn't expect someone to take the initiative to talk to him, and he glanced back only to turn back - the big black-haired sister was too pretty for him to have the courage to look at her.

"Yes, yes, I've loved horses since I was a kid, so I've been helping people on the ranch, and those horses got along with me later, and I never got angry when I rode them!"

Speaking of this, the boy's eyes were full of memories, and at the same time, he was very sad to see.

"Unfortunately, they either died or ran away......

"Oh......" Erin nodded, "where did you come from?" and I'm lucky to be able to catch up here." ”

"Hehe...... Joey scratched his hair and said with some embarrassment, "I know where I am!" It was Lord Jeff who asked me to come directly to Brown Bear Town, and he said that Lord Lordship should still be near Brown Bear Town at this time. ”

"And ......" the boy seemed to remember something, and immediately his face became stern, "I met the residents of Brown Bear Town halfway, and I only knew that such a strict thing happened here......"

He looked back in the direction of Brown Bear Town, and then secretly glanced at his eldest sister who was looking at him with interest, and quickly lowered his head, "When I got here, I found that the town was empty, but fortunately, I found the car marks left by the carriage on the ground behind the town, and I caught up with the lord." ”

"You can find this carriage among so many wheel prints, Joey, you really are not easy!

Joey smiled, and seemed to be happy with the female mage's compliment, "Lord Lord's carriage is huge, so the wheel print is very wide, I checked it several times to find this direction!"

Erin and Leon, who had turned around, exchanged glances, and then she nodded slightly and stopped talking. At the same time, Leon turned his head and focused on driving the carriage towards the manor.

When Erin first asked a question, Leon knew that the girl was testing Joey, because with her character, she would hardly say a word in the face of a relatively strange person, let alone ask this and that as familiar as Sophia.

However, Leon did not stop it, but was pleased to see the mage girl's caution, because he was now more vigilant against some unexpected situations.

When he received the scrap of paper that Melissa had found from the dead archmage, he had been thinking about it several times when he was alone, and although he could not draw any valuable conclusions based on the current clues, it was a certainty that Campbell had been targeted—or rather, the kingdom of Sver had been targeted, because Leon wisely knew that he and Campbell did not have anything important that was worth devising a conspiracy by a covert force who could drive the archmage at will.

It can be said that this piece of paper was discovered in a timely manner, and I really have to thank the careful Melissa for this, otherwise I might not have known that the conspiracy had started. And now, although Li Ang's strength is not strong, he can at least increase his vigilance and make some targeted arrangements.

Just like just now, in fact, Leon was also suspicious of Joey's sudden appearance on his route, but after hearing about Red's matter, he felt credible, so he relaxed his vigilance.

Erin's caution must have been a habit she had developed over the years of walking alone in several countries, and because she didn't know about the relationship between Leon and Red, she tested Joey for that reason.

Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with this teenager, and the two of them were relieved at the same time.

As for the ignorant teenager, he didn't feel anything wrong, and Sophia didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and chatted with him about some trivial matters in the manor, completely eliminating the already small aftermath of this matter, even if Roy was a multi-minded person, he would not have thought that he had been noticed by two people.

"It's a perfect fit," Leon thought to himself with satisfaction as Sophia lay on the edge of the window of the carriage and chirp to Joey.