"That's good, that's good."

Nock replied a little dejectedly, and he couldn't help but see the little Jasmine in Tarn's village, and Leo remembered Magina's voice and smile, and Magina's care and care for him.

"Still, I want to know the whereabouts of Magina's mother and daughter."

Nock asked Lady Freya.

"They're now, ah, what do you say?"

Madame Freya was a little embarrassed, as if the news was cruel to her.

"What the hell is going on?

Lady Freya, just say it! ”

The protagonist said anxiously.

"They, they're probably all dead."

Lady Freya replied heavily.

"What!?"

Nock and Leo both looked at her in surprise, "It's not that it's just missing!" ”

"No, it's not."

Madame Freya said with some hesitation: "I don't know the specifics, I just heard from others, saying that someone ransacked the tavern, and when he escaped, he set the Makina tavern on fire, and after the villagers put out the fire, they found fatal wounds on the charred body of the waiter." Apparently killed first and then set fire.

Viscount Fred and Ron of the village decided that there were bad people who coveted the wealth of the tavern, so they killed and set it on fire. There is no clue to hesitate, and the matter is over.

However, a few days later, a female corpse was found not far from the Viscount's castle, rumored to resemble Magina.

Some people speculate that Viscount Fred may have set his sights on Magina's wealth because of financial pressure, so he united with Ron in the village and made a move against the tavern.

But what the truth is, I don't know. ”

"That's it?"

Nock asked, a little surprised.

"That's all."

Madame Freya replied faintly.

Nock didn't say anything more, but silently glanced at Leo.

Leo was calm, at least on the surface.

He didn't shake the hand holding the teacup, and calmly sent it to his mouth, not moved by the news at all.

If Nock hadn't found out that the handle of the teacup had been pinched out by Leo, Nock would have thought that Leo was really hard-hearted!

Seeing Leo's performance, he couldn't help but be stimulated again, and quickly ended the topic.

"Thank you, Madame, for bringing us this news, but the matter of Tarn Village is none of our business anymore. Don't be afraid of your jokes when you say it, we're being driven away.

We deeply sympathize with the plight of Ms. Magina and her daughter, but we have nothing to do with it. Before we left, we had already left behind compensation to keep them fed and clothed. ”

Nock's words seemed a little heartless, but they made sense.

At least Lady Freya was pleased with Nock's approach.

Father Lane couldn't have thought so. I was very angry when I learned that you had been expelled. If it weren't for Fred's domain, I'd have sent someone to pacify those ungrateful untouchables. ”

There was a hint of resentment on Lady Freya's face, but she didn't feel that her words were cruel.

Because that's how the nobility behaves.

What the nobles give is a gift. Civilians should be grateful to Dade for thanking them.

If the aristocracy does not give it, anyone who covets the wealth of the nobility should be cut with a thousand cuts.

Although Madame Freya was a woman, she was also a qualified nobleman.

"Okay, let's not talk about this kind of disappointment, how could Madame come to such a remote town?"

Nock casually asked about Lady Freya's purpose.

This behavior was somewhat rude, but Madame Freya did not care.

With a playful smile on her face, she didn't care that Leo was on the side, and teased Nock, "If you want to know why I came to Maple Town, you can come to me at night, we can talk at night."

By the way, I stayed at a hot spring inn in the town and chartered a small courtyard with a hot spring, called [Onka-in]. Welcome Ryan, to me. ”

After speaking, she stood up and said goodbye: "I still have something to visit Mr. Mayor, the appointment time is three o'clock, and now the time should be almost up, so I will take my leave first." ”

Unable to give Nock a chance to stay, Lady Freya, accompanied by Lady Charlotte, left the teahouse.

Nock turned his gaze to Leo and asked, "Leo, do you have any plans now?" ”

"Intended?"

Leo smiled helplessly: "What can I plan."

Let's take one step at a time. ”

"Since you don't have a plan, help me watch a little bit at night and hide my traces."

Nock said.

"What? Are you going to an appointment? Madame Freya is indeed good, and her mature body does have a fatal temptation for a young man like you, and I can't resist it if it were me. ”

Leo smiled: "However, isn't it strange that you can meet your old friend here this time?" ”

"It's just weird, so I'd like to go tonight and find out for myself what she's really trying to do."

Nock's expression became playful.

"You don't believe it's a chance encounter?"

Leo asked, playfully.

Nock's face darkened: "Too many coincidences, then it is not a coincidence, but a well-planned arrangement." ”

"How?"

Leo was in the mood.

Nock looked around, it was a box, it seemed quiet, but he wasn't sure the walls had ears.

Therefore, he unsafely released a probing technique, and took the scene of the entire teahouse into his eyes, and found that the boss and the waiter were at the counter downstairs, and the second floor was empty except for the two of them, only there was a table of guests downstairs, but it was two rich ladies.

Come to think of it, tea is a luxury, and it is rare for a teahouse to appear in this kind of town, so why can so many people afford to consume it.

After noticing that no one was eavesdropping, Nock explained, "If we meet Lady Freya on the street, how do you explain that she is not at all surprised by the way I look?" ”

Hearing this, Leo put down the teacup in his hand that had been pinched off, tapped his fingers on the table, and muttered:

"Indeed, you are now many years younger than you were in the village of Tarn, and though a little less mature, the sense of youth is more in line with the appetite of such a seasoned woman. It's a bit of an anomaly that she doesn't immediately express her affection to you. ”

Nock looked at Leo speechlessly, this guy still had the heart to make a joke about him!

"Besides, as soon as she opened her mouth, she told us about the Markina Tavern, don't you think it's strange? If she inquired about the news, there was no reason not to know that the two of us were scolded by Magina, and then cut off contact, which is a completely broken relationship.

But she's pretty sure we'll be interested in this news and care about the life and death of Magina's mother and daughter, don't you think it's strange? ”

"It's weird." Wren gave a pertinent reply, waiting for Nock to continue.

Nock gave up the idea of letting Leo use his brain, and analyzed directly: "A well-planned chance encounter, and then opened his mouth to attract our attention with the news of the suspected death of Markina's mother and daughter, and then brought us here, probably to delay the time to arrange something."

When the time was over, he didn't forget to send me an invitation, when the aristocratic circle was so open, he actually sent an invitation to another man for a date in front of other men. ”

Nock's analysis made Leo fall into deep thought.

"Indeed, our encounter with her was too coincidental. I saw her as soon as I went out, as if her carriage had deliberately stopped there waiting for us. ”

"Bingo! That's it! ”

Nock glanced at Leo appreciatively and said, "Since the invitation has been issued, I will naturally go to find out what is going on in the evening." ”

"Find her loopholes, probe her depths!"

Leo's eyes lit up, and he said a little excitedly.

"That's right, grasp her key point, when the time comes, whether it is round or flat, let us knead it, and see if she dares to calculate us."

Nock looked like he was winning, full of confidence.

But Leo suddenly worried: "But since she dares to invite you to go, will it be a trap, if she catches your handle, won't you be subject to her!" ”

"Don't worry, it's impossible! I've always been very careful to watch out for these aristocratic women. As the saying goes: eat a trench and grow a wisdom. I've met a woman like Anna, do I dare to be careless! ”

Nock's words made Leo put his worries at ease.

"It's you, you're in church, be careful what people do to you. Especially the old man Molière's attitude is unknown, you should be careful. You're my protective force on the surface, and if there's a trap, maybe they'll do it to you first. ”

"I have Ucao to protect me, and even if Aldolf and Molière join forces, I can be sure that I will leave safely. You don't have to worry about me. ”

"That's fine!"

With their decision in mind, the two got up and left the box to prepare for the church.

Unexpectedly, when I left, I was asked to check out!

Madame Freya didn't even pay the bill!

This made Nock depressed, how could anyone treat someone else to settle the bill.

The other party is a lady, well, there is no reason for a lady to have a treat to settle the bill, it is not a gentleman at all.

So, Nock gritted his teeth and paid twenty gold coins for tea!

Then in the evening, I went to the appointment in a huff.

At the hot spring inn where Nock had stayed, Nok saw Jon, the guard, standing outside the door.

Led by Jon, Nok enters the hot spring inn.

"Huh? Why is it that today's inn is so quiet? ”

Nock asked, confused.

Jon smiled ambiguously: "Our lady has chartered the hotel today, please Father Lane enjoy this night with confidence." ”

Nock smiled knowingly: "That's natural, you can't live up to Madame's good intentions, right?" ”

Jon took Nock out of a courtyard and stopped.

"Father Lane, this is the [Wenxiang Courtyard], you can go in by yourself, I'll leave first, and I'll be on guard tonight."

"Walk slowly!"

Nock watched Jon leave in a hurry, his eyes shining with thought.

It is recorded in ancient books that the other party has an old saying: "If you come, you will be safe." ”

Nock decided to improvise.

Immediately walked into the hospital by himself.

The courtyard is not as big as expected, there is no small bridge and flowing water, but there is a pool of warm soup.

The rising mist, looming in the moonlight, adds a bit of mystery.

The house in the courtyard is not lit, is it true that the lady has already slept?

Or is this invitation just a trap from beginning to end?

"Ma'am, Ryan was invited."

Nock stood at the gate of the courtyard and shouted loudly to the dark house.

Unexpectedly, in the diffuse mist, there was a lazy laughter.

"Hey, Father Ryan is so informal! There will also be husbands and wives who come, and they are so high-profile. ”

Nock followed the prestige, but saw a graceful figure in the mist-filled warm soup pool in the courtyard, and listening to the voice, it seemed to be Mrs. Freya.

Nock probed, "Lady Freya? You're here ......."

"If you come to a hot spring hotel, you will naturally soak in the hot springs. Father Ryan, don't be so polite, come and talk, people are not as high-profile as you, and it's embarrassing to shout around. ”

Hearing this, Nock hesitated for a moment and walked towards the hot spring pool.

As they approached the pool, Nock noticed that Freya had pulled her hair up and tied it back with a silver hairpin.

With a fair face and a slender neck, it exudes an alluring luster in the mist.

The smooth shoulders and two arms paddled the water in the pool at will, stirring up ripples, like ripples beating in Nock's heart.

As for the scenery that made Nock's imagination flutter, it was all hidden underwater, and the mist rising from the hot springs made him unable to feast his eyes, and he felt regret in his heart.

Nock stood by the pool with an embarrassed expression, not daring to look into his wife's eyes.

"Ahem, I didn't expect Mrs. to be so Yaxing, am I not here at the right time?"

Freya said with a resentful expression, "How come? Although I am a lady, my life is a bit lonely. My husband always had endless entertainment, and every day he came back late at night and fell asleep.

Over time, people could only live in separate rooms with him. In their own way, they look glamorous on the surface, but in fact they are just a poor and lonely lonely woman.

Therefore, Brother Ryan should not say these uninteresting words, and accompany them tonight, drink and listen to their complaints! ”

"This ......," Nock hesitated, "It's not good, a lonely man, and a ...... drinking"

"Alas! I knew that Brother Ryan disliked me and didn't want to talk to others. Also, I'm almost forty, and I really can't compare to those little girls. ”

"What! Madame are forty?! I thought you were twenty-seven or eighteen! ”

On the proposition of a woman's age, even if Nock doesn't have much experience, he knows that he can't take a woman's words seriously, so he quickly and strongly survives!

Sure enough, hearing Nock's "sincere" compliment, Lady Freya laughed and trembled, and the water was turbulent.

"Giggles, Brother Ryan can really speak. It's a joy to behold. It's better to go down to soak in the hot springs together, and I heard that it can relieve fatigue, improve spirits, and make people energetic! ”

Freya's pun invitation made Nock a little in a dilemma, and he didn't move for a while.

"Oh, I know that my brother doesn't dislike it, but his body dislikes it. Fortunately, I was prepared. Come out! Serve us Father Lane to change clothes. ”

As Freya complained, a figure stepped out of the dark door, caressed by the moonlight, slowly thinking of Nok.

Nock looked at the woman with the flask and glass, his expression startled.

It was actually Mrs. Charlotte, the housekeeper.

At this time, she lacked a capable momentum on her body, with a touch of shyness on her face, wearing a light veil of the moon, and walking towards Nok in her most primitive form.

With every step she took, Nock felt as if he had been slapped in the chest by the waves, and his heart raced, as if he was about to jump out of his chest.

"Father Lane, but do you need Charlotte to help you change your clothes?"

The beauty of the warm nephrite jade burrowed into her arms, and her voice as thin as a mosquito was a little shy, making Nock completely lose herself.

When he came back to his senses, he was already soaking in the hot spring, holding a wine glass in his hand, and the beauties were in his arms.

It is also thanks to his distraction just now that he can sit still and not make a fool of himself.

"Ahem, ma'am, can you tell me why you came to Maple Town now?"

Nock held his glass, remembering his purpose.

"Oh, it's time to drink, can you stop talking about these unpleasant things. If you have to have a reason, just think that people are guided by the Holy Lord, and come here to meet your brother! ”

"That's it, Mr. Lane, let's have a drink together! After drinking, we can do activities together! I've heard that there is a special experience in the hot springs! ”

Sherlock was drunk, and his eyes exuded the scent of spring.

Nock felt his arm sink into a monstrous wave, trying to struggle but losing the ability to resist.

In the end, you can only sink in this stormy sea.

Waves crashed on the shore, but they couldn't stop Nock from wanting to conquer the waves.

So, he roared, roared, and vented his unwillingness, but in the end he couldn't withstand the continuous stamina of the waves.

Eventually, exhausted, he collapsed into the waves.