Chapter 44: The Undercurrent
Ye Fan looked around the hall and didn't see Theo Leburney. The old man seemed to leave the hall after saying those words to him.
What a strange old man! Why did you run away without even saying something clearly?! How can you casually hand over the burden to someone else?!
Ye Fan kept slandering.
When Ye Fan found Mr. Chang'an, he was dancing with an old lady who was over seventy years old but wearing heavy makeup, and it seemed that if he was pulled away a little later, he would faint directly at the banquet.
"Mr. Chang'an!"
Regardless of why he became the old lady's dance partner (although he also cared about it), Ye Fan asked directly, "Have you seen Mr. Earl?" β
"Huh?" Chang'an came back to his senses: "Where have you gone?" β
ββ¦β¦ Do you know where he's going? β
Chang'an scratched his head, completely clueless.
Seeing that he also looked unaware, Ye asked about another thing, he took out the photo given by the earl, and showed the address on the back to Chang'an.
"Look, are you familiar with this address?"
Sure enough, Chang'an's face became fast, and this reaction was also expected by him.
"Isn't that Miss Mia's current address?" Chang'an: "Mr. Ye, how did you have this address??? β
Is that really the case...... Ye remembered the old man's words, "Please...... Be sure to hand over the noon of the sky to its true owner. β
Damn. This old man! It's embarrassing to treat him as a messenger!
Chang'an was still shocked over there: "Mr. Ye, where did you get this photo?" For the time being, this address is only known to me and the Earl. β
ββ¦β¦ It's the old man...... Monsieur Earl gave it to me. β
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"He also gave me the key. Do you know what this is on? β
Chang'an carefully looked at the appearance of the key: "What an old style, does anyone still use this kind of lock now?" I don't know if there's anything else in the house...... If so, it is also in the main building of the family, and the earl's study should have this kind of lock, right? β
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"Mr. Ye, why did the Earl give these thingsβhuh? Mr. Ye! β
Ye Er left the hall without saying a word. He had to go to the old man, for what he was facing, what the old man had entrusted him with in the most subtle way...... It's all extraordinary.
But the Earl's Court is so big, where can I find such a person?
He remembered the study he had been to yesterday, could it be that Leburney would be there? Either way, he's going to have to try his luck. So he walked quickly all the way to the main building that no one cared about.
And on the upper floor of the hall, there were a pair of eyes staring at him all the time. After someone next to her approached her and said something, her eyes turned from resentment to shock.
"What?" Girl: "The Visioner has been cleaned up by someone else?" β
She asked who did it, and the answer was someone wearing the dragon-breaking armor.
She sneered: "I didn't expect that group of people to come too, it's interesting now." β
The dwarf beside him said happily: "Hahaha, we don't need to make a move now, it's really effortless." β
"Don't think too pretty." Girl: "People are also here to ask for the soul of Wang Ma!" Don't take them lightly! Now there are more uninvited guests, don't even mess up the game we set up then! β
"Oh, too...... So what should I do?? β
"Let's see what they do first" The girl: "It would be better if we could use their strength to clean up the assassination team...... Anyway, the soul must have ended up in my hands. β
Svia, are you really that confident...... The dwarf looked back and forth between the crowd and the maiden below, "Svea, are you sure you want to do this...... This is where you grew up, after all. β
There was only indifference in the girl's eyes: "What, do you have a problem?" β
The dwarf didn't dare to speak anymore.
"I've been fantasizing about this day for a long time...... Look at these people being scattered, and the untouchables outside wailing in the sea of fire. When I think about this image, I can't help but tremble with excitement...... Hehehehehehe. β
After saying that, the girl also hugged her body that was trembling with excitement with both hands, as she described in her words.
The dwarf of "......" felt that sometimes Svea was really scary.
"Go follow that kid." The maiden called to him again.
He felt aggrieved, obviously he was on an equal footing with her according to his status, why was he called back and forth by her like a person? But he didn't dare to disobey her.
didn't dare to say anything, he immediately sneaked into the crowd and followed the kid Svia said, that is, Ye Fan.
And below the hall.
A noble woman: "Look at that. β
"Oh? How dare wild seeds come to the banquet? What a blasphemy against the Lybernis! β
"The son of Menzzek doesn't care about this wild species! It's the big day of the Earl's Court, how can you let the elven wild seeds wander around! β
"That's it! It's unlucky! I don't know what the eldest prince and Mr. Earl think! β
Every sentence is inseparable from the word "wild seed", and it is hard to believe that it came from the mouths of several noble women. In this way, an individual's moral character has little to do with their origin. And Luo Ding and Pera heard it clearly next to them, and couldn't help but be interested in the "elven wild seed" in their words.
If you follow their line of sight, you can see the person they are talking about, Stishak Lebney. The girl standing in the upper echelon is what they call a "wild seed".
A human-elf hybrid alien? The Duchy of Lorraine is actually quite an exclusive and prejudiced country. Such an elven hybrid, growing up in this country, must have experienced a lot of ups and downs.
But what they noticed at this time was not an elven hybrid, it was just an inconsequential identity...... What they couldn't ignore the most was that in their sight was a girl with danger signals all over her body.
Years of conquest have allowed them to see at a glance which ones are easy to mess with and which are not easy to mess with. And this girl obviously belongs to the latter.
How cold, contemptuous she looked down at the eyes below. It is difficult for them not to notice such dangers.
Luo Xiang said to Pera on the side: "Hey, what do you think? β
It took little explanation for Pera to understand what he meant. She said, "Well, it's dangerous...... However, what does this have to do with the old lady? My lady is the most beautiful in the audience today, and she wants to threaten my status? Dream on! β
After saying that, she posed again, and after a while, she crossed her waist and flew into the sky, and there were many flashes around her at some point, which was like really taking a photo in the studio.
"......" Luo Ding was completely speechless: I still can't stand this mother-in-law......
But what she said does have a point, and what does it have to do with them? In less than two days, they will be leaving here, and the danger here will be left to the people here.
Eyes returned to the banquet, and the partners were getting more and more crazy, dancing in the corners of the crowd.
He sighed and raised the corners of his mouth quietly.
What a joy...... If only there weren't so many dangers in this world.
On the other side, Ye Fan had already found the vicinity of the study of the deep house according to his impression. As he passed through the deep corridor, he glanced at the portrait of Mia Leburney on the wall.
On closer inspection, Mia Leburney in the portrait looks no more than 15 years old, but when he first saw the portrait, he had the illusion that it was an adult lady.
Her eyes were melancholy, but full of determination. At this time, Ye Fan seemed to see the appearance of the girl leaving the city of Lyberne one day many years ago, and her eyes were looking ahead all the way, and she never looked back at the city.
Civita's moonlight illuminated her countenance, and her eyes were so melancholy and determined.
He didn't delay any longer, and walked straight to the study. But it didn't take long for him to come out, and what appeared in front of him made his hair stand on end.
There was a pool of blood on the ground.
Around the corner, the bodies of two guards fell to the ground.
What's going on???
What's going on here? Are there any assassins?
He was instantly on guard, and changed to a mentality of being ready to fight.
Suddenly he remembered that Theo Leburney might be there...... Oops, Monsieur Earl, it won't be killed.
He cautiously walked over to look. In the darkness, his pupils widened. There were two men dressed in black in the study, rummaging through boxes and cabinets looking for something, and the room was a mess, apparently rummaging through them for a long time.
Isn't that good...... How could there be assassins here......
Luckily, there was no Leburney in the room, and it didn't seem like he had been here.
"Damn, where is the thing hidden??" One of the men in black said, looking impatient.
"A little later, Svea will lose her temper at us again."
ββ¦β¦ Don't talk about it, it may not be a matter of temper at that time, you and I will have to save our lives. β
Putting aside the question of how these people entered the Earl's Palace, the first thought that came to Ye Fan's heart at this time was that this group of people came to find the real hairpin, that is, the soul of Wang Ma.
And that's exactly what happened.
While he was still speculating about the origin of these people, they had already turned up the Rubik's Cube that Leburney showed him yesterday, the one where many treasures were placed. He was in a hurry, because he felt that it was possible to put the real hairpin here. If it were true, it wouldn't be good in the hands of these people!
Thinking of this, he had already quietly taken out the hidden weapon and sword, ready to attack at any time.
Fortunately, after the Rubik's Cube was rudely destroyed, the treasure hairpin did not appear inside. Ye Fan was also relieved when he saw it, so he didn't go any further, but just quietly watched the people in the room get angry and threw the Rubik's Cube out.
The mutilated Rubik's Cube rolls on the ground, unbiasedly at the feet of a pair of people in the doorway.
They froze, turned their heads to look at the door, and found a man in broken dragon armor standing there.
is also stunned, as well as Ye Fan, who is perceiving everything in the dark.
The armor man appeared there out of nowhere, without warning. Ye Fan didn't see his movements at all, like a body born out of thin air from the darkness.
In the end, it was discovered that it was completely deliberate. This made Ye Fan, who had been performing agent tasks for a long time and had reached the top of both his five senses and intuition, feel extremely frightened.
"Who-" Before the two men in black could finish speaking, a crack appeared on their heads, and their heads slid down the neat facets.
The human head soon fell to the ground, like a half-cut melon growing on the ground.
At that moment, Ye Fan felt that the blood in his whole body had dropped below zero.
It was as if his head had been cut open.
He suddenly remembered who this armor man was, it was the one who singled out the four of them on the day of the jungle battle.
Why is he here?!
Although he was a little blushing when he saw the enemy, the scene just now really made him unable to raise any murderous energy...... He couldn't beat this man, and he didn't want to give away someone's head for nothing.
At this moment, reason and fear prevailed over hatred.
He had to flee, and he had to hurry to inform his friends of what was happening here...... As for how to defeat this person, that's Luo Ding and Pera's business.
Fortunately, the other party has not found him yet, because he is looking for what he wants in the study. If he had been discovered, he would have been killed a long time ago...... Thank you, the merciful Civita! How lucky you are...... Fortunately, I didn't rush to approach just now, otherwise...... It's the same fate as the two people on the ground.