After a moment of silence, Morris scratched his chin and looked at Tails with a strange look.

"So you've come all the way here just to teach me a political lesson?"

"You want answers," Tails dropped his fist and replied confidently, "and I'm giving it to you." ”

Morris looked around him, thought for a moment, and then looked up again:

If so, then the answer is too far away from us to be realistic. ”

Tails smiled.

On the other side of the pharmacy, Yanny and Grove whispered tremblingly, while Croof tried to calm Cohen as he rushed to take Lejok.

But it was like an invisible wall in the center, and everyone obeyed the tacit agreement, not daring to cross and intrude into the conversation between the Star Prince and the giants of the Brotherhood.

"Yes, 'politics is too far away for me,' 'politics is too unrealistic for me,' these are the most common misconceptions in our lives. ”

Tails' eyes changed:

"Whether it is the gentleman who thinks it is too far away and dismisses it, pretends to be high-minded, and avoids public politics like a deadly plague, or the pedants who feel too far away so they are cynical, and who believe that there is everything in knowledge, or they think it is too far away so they break the pot and are insensitive, thinking that firewood, rice, oil and salt are cynics who return to life, or they feel too far away and have no scruples, rhetoric, and words to point out the general trend of the country. ”

"It's still like you're a gangster, drunk and dreaming of dying one day is a day. ”

Morris curled one of his lips, revealing his clenched teeth.

But Tyersley ignored him either:

"Consciously or unconsciously, consciously or unconsciously, they are all expressing the attitude of 'politics is too far away'. ”

"But with all due respect, they either have a misunderstanding of 'politics' or they have a misunderstanding of 'far'. ”

Morris was silent.

"Look at the present, I am standing in front of you. Speaking of this, Tails' voice was cold:

"And you think that on the way to the rise of the Brotherhood, the relevant authorities have really been indifferent to you and let it go?"

Morris narrowed his eyes:

"The authorities?"

"Ha, do you mean the most mysterious 'relevant departments' that are always nowhere to be seen when benefiting the people and benefiting the people, and only do their duty when they are patriotic and serve the country?"

Morris snorted, his face disdainful, and his words were sarcastic:

"We have our own way of dealing with them - they are like shit, every time the pit is finished, I have to stand up and wipe my butt, so that I can see them in the shit pit taking advantage of the heat, showing their teeth and claws. ”

But Tails shook his head, ignoring his emotions:

"Then why did you order the retreat just now? Why didn't you listen to the words of the man named Oschu, and according to the original plan, gather people to kill the Blood Vial Gang to collect debts, and no matter who is responsible for his kidnapping, the Brotherhood only needs to kill people and establish power. ”

Morris rolled his eyes and did not speak.

Tails turned and walked to the next row of shelves, occasionally picking up a pill bottle to play with.

"Politics is not far from you, Boss Maurice, even those like you, who treat the kingdom as nothing and trample on the boundaries of the law—the walls are impenetrable, not only for those who are willing to be in the cage, but also for those who think they are outside. ”

"It is an invisible net, blocking every inch of color in sight, blocking every gap in the air, and we are in it, with our gestures, words and breaths, all in it, from which we cannot escape. ”

Tails looked at the medicine bottle in his hand, feeling its hard walls, silently distracted.

Morris was silent for several seconds before snorting.

"Maybe I should let Lancer listen," the fat boss of the Brotherhood narrowed:

"He knows this best. ”

But Tails sneered.

"So do you, Morris. ”

The prince raised his head and glanced at Maurice:

"After all, you're the one who settles accounts and manages money. ”

At that moment, Morris's eyes flashed fiercely.

But in just a few seconds, the boss of the Brotherhood sneered and shook his hand nonchalantly:

"Come on, what you said about these Raush don't have it, we rough guys on the street don't understand it, and we don't like it-"

But Tails abruptly raised his voice and interrupted him:

"If you're really not interested, Maurice!"

"Then you and Black Sword, as well as the mercenary group called the 'Giants' at that time, would not have traveled thousands of miles to the royal capital. ”

His voice slowly narrowed, and the speed of his speech slowed down, but the power contained in it made Morris frown.

"And if you're not interested......"

Tails took a step forward.

"I won't accept Prince Horace's employment. ”

At that moment, Morris's eyes changed!

"I won't even take root in Eternal Star City after he is defeated and died, and he will be lurking and enterprising," Tails gently turned the medicine bottle in his hand and said slowly:

"Intentions. ”

Silence enveloped the two men in the conversation.

Until Morris came back from the shock, adjusted his cheeks, and exhaled:

"Who did you just say?"

Having achieved his goal, Tails smiled indifferently and turned to put down the vial.

"Miss Yanni!"

The prince suddenly raised his voice, breaking the boundary between the two conversations, attracting the rest of the people in the pharmacy to look sideways:

"Have you thought about it?"

Yanni shuddered violently when her name was called.

She looked up in confusion and looked mechanically in the direction of Tails:

"What, what?"

Grove, the owner, looked anxiously at his wife, and nervously looked at Morris.

Tails was not in a hurry or annoyed, and smiled gently:

"An opportunity. ”

"I said, I want to give you a chance to find a new way out, to get a new life. ”

Tails glanced at Grove next to her, and the chill in his eyes almost made the latter's legs go limp:

"At least it's better than it is now. ”

Yanni stood in place in a daze, unconsciously wiping her hands on her apron.

Cohen frowned and tried to speak, but as he went back and forth, it was clear that Gallover had a knack for holding him back.

Lejock cast an inquiring look at Morris, but the fat man himself was only deep in thought and did not react.

Only Grove looked pained and pleading, shaking his wife's arm.

Yanni was in a trance for a long time, she turned her head blankly, her eyes swept over the pharmacy where she had been in for more than ten years, and then swept over Grove, who was once the boss and now her husband.

Then, she slowly turned her head and looked at the delicate and gentle aristocratic young man.

Tails didn't rush, he just waited quietly.

Finally, more than a long time later, Yanni took a deep breath and slowly but decisively pulled her arm out of her husband's fingers.

She wiped her hands and took two gentle steps forward, standing in front of Tails.

Tails smiled.

Grove was suddenly shocked, his body shook, and his face turned pale.

Morris frowned violently in confusion, Cohen's eyes widened in disbelief, Gorofo remained expressionless, and Lejock was still leaning against the corner, watching coldly.

I saw Yanni clear her throat and speak:

"This ...... Young master, I am very, very grateful for your favor. ”

"But I figured it out. ”

Tails raised an eyebrow.

I saw Yanni say firmly:

"Nope. ”

"I don't need the new life you gave me. ”

As soon as these words came out, the entire pharmacy fell silent.

Even Grove was amazed.

Tails frowned slightly:

"What?"

Yanni tried her best to squeeze out a smile:

"I mean, my life is the best choice for me. ”

"The best option?"

Tails groaned for a while, and nodded his chin at the trembling Grove:

"Is that him?"

Grove shook again.

But Yanni glanced back at her husband, and then said to Tails with certainty:

"Yes, he. ”

Tails was silent for a few moments.

He lowered his head and laughed:

"Tell me, your old husband, is Boss Grove going to beat you up?"

Yanni shuddered slightly.

Morris snorted on the other side, and Grove's face turned pale as if struck by lightning.

Tails raised his eyes, trying to get into Yanni's heart:

"Tell me, Miss Yanny, or Mrs. Grove, are you happy here?"

Yanni's brow twitched, pondering the question between pain and hesitation.

Maybe it's because the two bodyguards of the young man are too strong, maybe it's because the aura he invisibly reveals has its own majesty, maybe it's Morris's presence is of great significance, at this moment, the entire pharmacy is silent, and everyone is waiting quietly.

Finally, half a minute passed, and Yanni's brow furrowed.

She slowly looked up, brushed her hair, and showed a clear smile to Tails, oozing a few traces of the vicissitudes of life that should not be present at this age.

"I really appreciate you, young master. ”

But you may not know. ”

Yanni looked at Tails earnestly, her words revealing a rare relief and tiredness.

"I'm from the town of Likenan in the Western Wilderness, and more than ten years ago, when the war took my father and brothers away, my mother and I had to leave our homeland to fend for ourselves. ”

Tails' eyes darkened.

"And Yongxing City, although it is the most prosperous and prosperous royal capital in the rumors, but this big city, in fact, is not so, not so much, welcomes outsiders. ”

Yanni took a deep breath and glanced at the shop where she had been in for half her life.

"The street looks chaotic, barbaric, unsafe, and the shop looks shabby, old-fashioned, and dilapidated......"

"But this is already the most home-like place in the royal capital. ”

The most home-like place.

Tails clenched his fists.

On the other side, Croover frowned, Morris snorted, and Lejock buried his face deeper in the shadows.

Yanni sighed and smiled wryly:

"And Mr. Grove...... I mean, my husband. ”

Yanni turned her head to look at Grove, her eyes were complicated, and the latter looked at this side with anxiety:

"Yes, he's older than me, he's a little fat, he's a little irritable. ”

"He is usually a little stingy, calculating, impatient, selfish and short-sighted, and snoring when he sleeps at night, with a loud voice. ”

Yanni took a deep breath and said with difficulty:

"And, yes, if I pull him when he's too drunk, he'll hit me. ”

Tails gave Grove a cold look, and the latter was horrified, then flattering and repentant.

Cohen frowned, raised his index finger and was about to speak, but was forced back by Croover for the third time with a fierce gaze and solid hand of "If you dare to intervene in the prince's words, I will kill you".

Yanni slowly turned her head and said softly:

"But he took me in, took care of me, gave me a job, gave me a place to get medicine, and treated my mother, who had typhoid fever. ”

"Just when I was at my most depressed and desperate, I almost had to give up everything to find a job on Hongfang Street. ”

Grove's eyes lit up with joy.

"He's not kind, and he's not love. ”

Tails snorted coldly:

"Just for your looks and youth. ”

Yanni trembled slightly, and suddenly raised her head:

"Yes!"

Tails was taken aback.

I don't know when, Yanni's eyes were already red, and I saw her aggrieved and excited to speak:

"Of course I know!" He thought I was pretty, and he saw that I was young and hardworking, so he ......."

She burst into tears and raised her voice:

"But who isn't!"

Yanni's sudden outburst startled everyone.

The young woman took a breath and wiped the corners of her eyes.

"You are young, young master, from a wealthy background, and you live a worry-free life, and you may not know what it is like when a person is so hungry that he loses his mind, and for a bite of bread, he can not even care if a man comes to take off your skirt. ”

Tails stared at her in amazement.

"But I know. ”

Yanni's hands clenched into fists on her apron.

"I know. ”

She glanced back at Grove, and there was a bleak smile in her eyes.

"Yes, my husband is full of faults and shortcomings, and in some places is unbearable—he is certainly not the ideal man in every girl's heart. ”

Grove gave his wife an ugly smile.

Yanni snorted, but the laughter was bitter, and her voice was low:

"But the reality is, what woman in the world has a husband who is as good as in the story?"

"Especially here. ”

Tails was silent.

"That's right, I may still be a little more beautiful, and I am younger than him, so he took a fancy to me because of his wealth and business, and asked me to work under him, and let me marry him, voluntarily or involuntarily, half-pushed, half-pushed, and confused. ”

Yanni sniffed and said sadly:

"But men and women are good-looking, isn't this the truth recognized in the world, men and women are paired, and a happy marriage is true?"

The young woman turned her head in panic and looked at the others in the drugstore: Cohen, Glover, Morris, Lejock......

But no one responded to her questioning.

Under the pressure, Yanni's emotions were a little out of control, and she sobbed:

"It's like singing in "Isabel Looking for a Husband": Men only exchange merit and wealth for women's age and beauty, and people with red makeup and tears are gone, so they can hope for love and affection - down to the common people, up to the princes and nobles, who is not like this?"

"Who's not?"

Yanni rubbed her red nose, brushed her hair that had become dry and discolorated after getting married, and sneered, indifferently:

"As long as a man has fame and wealth, he can cover everything else, regardless of his flaws and shortcomings. ”

"And for the girls, being young and beautiful, virtuous and capable is the only value, who cares if you are happy or not. ”

Tails felt the other party's emotions stirred, and couldn't help but feel remorse:

"Yanni ......"

But Yanni ignored his reminder.

In the repertoire, Princess Isabelle's criteria for choosing a husband are always so few: fame, prestige, and talent. And there are only a few things she can use to attract candidates: beauty, virtue, ice and snow intelligence...... That's the only pairing. ”

Yanni lost her mind and said:

"As for the specific husband she chooses, whether it is the handsome and dashing knight of light Needham, the light and elegant elf Cahill, the world-famous general Ruhr, the powerful ruling prime minister Moral, the infatuated Duke of Maidel, the noble imperial prince Jules, the sinister and vicious Master Vita, or the evil and radical Black Knight Yussel, does it really matter?"

"I took off my skirt in exchange for his bread. ”

Yanni's eyes were blank:

"That's what everyone recognizes about trading and matching. ”

Tails looked at her faintly, and suddenly realized that the person in front of him was no longer the familiar kind-hearted Yanni.

Six years later, that reserved and shy girl has experienced too much and seen too much in this neighborhood where people eat people and don't spit out bones.

He suddenly felt a heavy heart.

He began to doubt his choice of coming to Downtown.

"It's like this scale," Yanni smiled sadly, reaching out to remove one of the scales and flicking its weights:

"Everyone only recognizes the left thing and the right code, one side of the drug, and the other side of the weight. ”

"The left and right cannot be confused, and the content cannot be changed. ”

Yanni stared blankly at Grove, who was also stunned.

"And my husband and I, we just follow the rules of the scales. ”

On the other side, Morris was a little caught off guard by this scene, and he didn't listen carefully to something else in his mind, but waved his hand impatiently: "That Grove, your family affairs ......"

But Tails suddenly raised his hand and made a silent gesture to him!

Morriston choked.

I saw Tails sigh, and tried his best to say to Yanni in the gentlest tone:

"But, Yanny, I just want to ......"

Yanni came back to her senses and sneered, completely forgetting the status and energy that the mysterious young man in front of her, who was a brother and sister to Morris, might have.

"And what's the difference between you?"

"Whether it is coercion or seduction, you can use it—it should be a certain nobleman's—status and power, wealth and achievement, and put it on the scale of medicine that everyone recognizes, in exchange for my body and appearance, obedience and service, and perhaps the glory of passing on to future generations, and then everyone will still see it as a good deal, as if it were a normal thing, as if it were the only fair trade in the world. ”

Tails' breathing suddenly became out of rhythm.

"Yes, you may be better, more handsome, richer, younger, and even kinder than my husband, little master,"

"But even if you're the king......"

"For me, it's just a matter of taking off my skirt and changing my bread. ”

Yanni shook her head indifferently, her tears were already thirsty, revealing the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes after all these years of hard work:

"The skirt is still made of cloth, and the bread is still milled...... When weighing, it was still the same medicine scale, nothing changed. ”

Tails only felt his heart skip a beat.

Nothing has changed.

This is the sorrow of being a woman: all our lives we have to and can only try to dye our own skirts, so that we can choose between poor and not so bad bread in the way you take off your skirts, even if you think a certain bread is the most delicious and the king of bread. ”

Yanni glanced at Tails and sneered:

"You are inferior to my husband in this respect, even if he is old and ugly. ”

Grove was happy at first, and then when he saw Tails' face, his heart was bitter.

"At least, I've lived with him for years, I know him and I know how to deal with him. ”

"At least I know that I can be a pharmacy proprietress here, ordinary, worry-free, no matter how unhappy it is, I will not be poor and destitute, and I will have to rely on coolie pulp washing and even selling myself to make a living. ”

"And this is better than hooking up with a powerful aristocratic young master, eating fine clothes and jade for a while, and then being abandoned in a mess for no apparent reason. ”

Tails was speechless and could only clench his fists.

All his eloquent words were overshadowed by the moment when Yanni poured out her heart in despair.

"Because of the medicine scales of this world, I am only allowed to exchange my skirt for bread, and the gap between them is so strict that I cannot cross it. ”

"So it's the same as every man, bread to fill hunger. ”

Yanni shook her head and sneered sadly:

"There is never a better choice, a better life. ”

Tails was silent, and only Yanni's low sobs remained in the air.

Morris sighed softly, Lejok's eyes were sharp, Glover looked down in thought, and even Cohen looked sad.

"It's not your fault, Yanny," after a while, Tails adjusted himself and shook his head, "It's because this scale is too old to be worthy of you." ”

"But you do deserve better. ”

But Yanni remained unmoved, she stared at Tails vigilantly, and the stubbornness in her eyes did not diminish a little.

Tails looked at her as she was now, remembering the past, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

He grinned weakly and smiled fragilely:

"Good girl, Yanni. ”

Good girl Yanni.

At that moment, Yanni was stunned.

She stared blankly into Tails' painless eyes, stunned for a long time.

Good girl Yanni.

This is called......

A memory from a long, long time ago—when she was a girl—came flooding back.

[Take it, brunette boy, this is typhoid medicine, remember, children can only use it at half the dose......]

[Thank you, now Coria will be fine, oh, is this money enough?]

[Alas, it's not enough, the price of the potion has risen...... It's okay, I'll make up a little more, fill in the accounts, and hope Mr. Grove doesn't find out. 】

[Don't worry, didn't you say that there are many rich people in Hongfang Street, I'll try my luck there, maybe I can get the money back to you...... If the boss hits you, I'll go and smash his precious sign!]

[But that's the territory of the Blood Vials...... Okay, you go quickly, or he's going to find out - eh, wait, these are the leftover clothes, take them, it's cold this winter......]

[Thanks, thank you, Sinti will be very happy.] Then I'm leaving—hey, good girl Yanni!]

[I said don't call me that!, what's the matter with you?]

[Do you know, a good girl like you will definitely be happy!]

[Poof-that-there are so many things, you can't please anymore!]

[No, I'm serious, I'll let the whole of Downtown know that there's a good girl here, Yanni! Good men will be vying to marry you!]

[Poof, hahahaha, okay, get out of here, flamboy!]

"Trust me, girl like you," Tails said, turning his head and sighing:

"Good men will scramble to marry you. ”

Yanni stared at the young man in front of her in a daze.

Tails took a deep breath, his voice trembling slightly:

"But...... Sorry, maybe they're just bread for skirts. ”

Yanni and the boy both stood in the pharmacy, silently opposite each other.

Finally, after some time, Yanni's eyes became gentle.

"Maybe," Yanni smiled, "but I've long understood." ”

"That's good enough. ”

She whispered:

"Flim tongue boy. ”

Flim tongue brat.

Tails took a deep breath and lowered his head to press the bridge of his nose.

"Yes. ”

Tails rubbed the bridge of his nose, turned his head unnaturally, and walked between the shelves:

"Then forget about my proposal. ”

"Good girl. ”

Yanni watched in amazement as Tails turned back.

Grove behind her let out a big sigh, and then was startled by the killer Leyoke, who was staring at him coldly.

After this farce, Cohen bowed his head in contemplation, and Croover looked left and right vigilantly, for fear that the brotherhood would suddenly turn his face and deny people, and second, that the vigilante would make trouble with another sense of justice.

Only Morris frowned and followed the prince into the shelves.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Hearing a voice behind him, Tails looked up.

What do you want to do?

By the time Tails turned his head and re-met Maurice's gaze, he had returned to his normal state, the natural and indifferent prince he was.

"As you can see, molesting women. The young man laughed.

But his heart was not so calm.

I only felt an uneven breath, rolling and stirring in my chest.

"No, I don't care which wife you have a crush on, you want to flirt with her or just use force - what I want to ask is ......"

Morris snorted angrily, approached Tails, gritted his teeth, and said:

"What exactly do you want from us?"

"What do you want?"

"The heir of a dignified country, will he persuade us to pay attention to the politics of the kingdom just because of an encounter with the Black Sword in Exeter, under the guise of visiting the streets of Red Fang and molesting women?"

Tails' eyes were dark.

What do I want?

"As I said, winter is on, and it will snow again," the prince raised his eyes, turning the resentment in his chest into a motivating force for thought:

"Get ready for the cold. ”

Morris was puzzled:

"I don't know—"

But Tails' voice was scolded:

"Horace. ”

Morris paused.

"Former Second Prince, Sword of Light, Horace Bright Star. ”

The young man suddenly raised his head and looked at Morris coldly:

"What did he ask you for in the year of blood?"

Maurice's eyes widened.

One second, two seconds, the fat man's eyes changed, and he was cold and insidious, decisive and fierce.

But Tails was unmoved, just silently met his gaze.

After a moment, Morris in the shelves had a hideous expression and lowered his voice:

"That's a little too much. ”

It's too dangerous.

The fat man is cold in his heart.

Looking at Morris's expression, Tails already had the answer in his heart.

"Then let's not be in a hurry, take our time," the young man was not in a hurry, confident:

"First of all, I want to know what you know. ”

Morris frowned:

"We know?"

Tails nodded, trying to forget the sense of loss that he had found Yanni but failed to repay him:

"Although politics is omnipresent and affects all sides. ”

"But I don't think that each side is self-aware, especially in the light of Horace's gap with you, and I do not think or expect him to tell you the whole plan. ”

"Especially the year of blood. ”

Speaking of this, Tails' gaze condensed:

"So I just want to know how you met Horace. ”

"I want to know what Black Sword has to do with him. ”

Every word the prince said, Maurice's eyelids jumped.

Until Tails' voice turned completely cold,

"And you, in addition to infiltrating the Fuxing Palace, carrying out the administrative mutiny, and killing the crown prince...... What else was done for him. ”

At that moment, Morris was almost transformed into a sculpture, rooted in place like a thousand-year-old tree.

He stared at Tails, his face changing back and forth.

The shelves were quiet again, except for Yanni cleaning the shop outside, and Cohen angrily scolding Leyoke.

After a moment, the fat man of the Brotherhood had a grim expression and looked down at Tails like a falcon:

"I see...... Another star who has something to desire, through the actions of the secret department, has inquired about our details and energy ......"

Tails frowned slightly.

Morris smiled slyly:

"Then what can you give us, Your Highness?"

Hearing this, Tails sneered:

"Survival. ”

While Morris was stunned, Tails suddenly turned around.

"Yanni?"

The prince raises his voice, drawing everyone's eyes back (Grove collapses on the counter again in fright).

"I need some typhoid medicine. ”

Yanni looked back, although her current flush was still there, she was no longer afraid and in pain.

The young woman smiled slightly, and her tone was gentle.

"Okay, little master, I'll pack it for you, how much ...... do you want?"

[Take it, brunette boy, this is a typhoid medicine ......]

Memories of the past slowly come back to life.

"All," Tails rubbed the bridge of his nose with his head down, keeping his eyes from seeing:

"I want all the typhoid medicine in the store today. ”

Grove on the counter was stunned.

All, all wanted?

He was startled at first, then overjoyed, and hurriedly opened the ledger and began to count the numbers.

Cohen and Croover were equally stunned.

Tails turned back and returned to the conversation with Morris.

"After more than a decade of victories, the situation has changed again. ”

"The disagreement you have had with the Blood Vials is just the tip of the iceberg of the secret department's next plan. ”

Like a fierce and sensitive hound, Maurice asked hurriedly:

"What changes, what plans?"

Tails gently hooked the corners of his lips:

"Me. ”

"I'm back. He said softly.

Morris was slightly puzzled, but after a few seconds, his eyes became clear again.

"Because...... You have returned from the north and returned to the royal capital?"

Tails' eyes lit up.

He nodded.

"Everyone said that under the black sword, the most capable of fighting in the Brotherhood is Qincha, the most difficult is Fesseau, the most mysterious is Lancer, the most domineering is Rodda, and the most vicious is Anton. ”

"But they missed," the prince sincerely lamented:

"The person in charge of the accounts is Morris. ”

Morris gave a malicious smile.

"That's right. ”

Tails stopped selling the off, and said happily:

"Just as six years ago, I fell from the sky and changed the political situation of the stars—and now, I'm back. ”

"The whole kingdom will once again change its offensive and defensive positions. ”

Morris asked, puzzled:

"What do you say?

Tails smiled.

At that moment, his eyes flashed to Falkenhause, Prime Minister Cullen, the young Duke of Iris, the one-eyed dragon Gouster, and the emaciated Duke of the North, Val Arend......

The picture in front of me was finally fixed in the council chamber, at the other end of the deep corridor, the supreme throne.

Tails' smile vanished.

"You don't need to know the details. ”

The prince put away his emotions and looked directly at Maurice:

"You just need to know ......"

"The Kingdom Secret Department is directly under the Supreme Throne, and has always been far-sighted, and has great plans, and never does useless work. ”

Tails couldn't help frowning when he remembered what he had seen and heard in the secret department, and Morris also had a solemn expression.

"All their actions are to think about one thing, say one thing, do one thing, report one thing, hide another thing, and maybe lock another set in the safe...... But they are not in order to give a certain person or a certain gang a disadvantage, so they threaten and kidnap, arrest and rectify, and make so many miscellaneous things between the two gangs that affect the bottom of the kingdom, and it seems that there is nothing involved. ”

Morris listened intently.

"According to my estimates, they are preparing for a big operation," Tails said coldly.

"What happened to the Blood Vials and the Brotherhood is just a prelude to them, and they are sharpening their swords. ”

Morris looked puzzled:

"What's the matter, they want to have another 'one-night war'? Let's fight the Red Turbans again?"

"I don't know," Tails shook his head, thinking about what he knew:

"But I'm guessing that there are probably three directions that the secret department is looking at. ”

Morris raised an eyebrow:

"Which three?"

But this time, Tails didn't answer as simply as before, but looked at Morris coldly.

As if waiting for something.

"What's the matter," Morris urged, puzzled, "say?"

Tails stared at him silently, and suddenly smiled, "yes." ”

He stared into Maurice's little eyes:

"Say?"

Morris was stunned for a moment, but he quickly understood that he had been the boss of the territory for a long time, and looked back at Tails gloomily.

"Your choice," Tails shrugged, unhurried like the most seasoned businessman:

"Anyway, they're not in my business, and they're not kidnapping my people. ”

Morris stared at him, as if incredulous.

Tails blinked, friendly and well-behaved.

After a while, Morris let out a resigned breath and snorted unpleasantly.

"One mission. ”

Tails frowned, "What?"

Morris raised his head, looked out the window at the muddy and messy streets, and said quietly:

"The answer you want comes from one of our missions. ”

"A long time ago, not long after the establishment of our 'Big Nine', we took on a task with a sky-high bounty. ”

Tails asked:

"What task?"

Morris snorted lightly, clasped his arms tightly, and his eyes showed nostalgia:

"Searching for someone. ”

Tails was puzzled, and urged him to continue.

Maurice shook his head with a snort, as if he had turned back into some stingy, money-eyed mercenary.

"The bounty giver is incognito but generous, as long as they are willing to participate, there will be a reward, and the final bounty is enough for us to expand into a group of 100 people......"

"To be honest, we were just one of the hired people, and we had to compete with countless peers along the way in order to get the bounty, many of which were famous mercenary teams, bounty hunters, and even nobles' private soldiers - but who told us that we were young at that time, and we didn't care about anything, Lech was open-eyed when he saw money, Keels was arrogant, Kuhl only had meat to eat, and even the black sword, which was not much better than that stupid vigilante at that time. ”

Morris said to be in a daze, shook his head and sighed:

"Of course, the biggest trouble is not the other ......"

He snorted disdainfully, then smiled, as if turning a page on the most interesting story.

"In short, from the Central Territory to the Western Wilderness, from the Great Desert to the Dragon's Kiss, from the Three Kingdoms of Mist to the South Shore Territory, we have almost run all over the Western Continent, chasing and fleeing all the way, fighting and killing all the way, doing all the way and being fucked all the way, in short, it is a chicken, a dog jumping and a mess. ”

"If you were to choreograph the encounter into a bard, you would not be tired of singing it in 'My Tavern' for twenty years. ”

Tails listened to his energetic narration, his mind drifted back to the former Bladetooth camp, and he couldn't help but be distracted by the "golden age of mercenaries" told by his boss Tampa.

"And when the task was finally completed and we went back to receive the reward, we realized that it was not an ordinary task. ”

Tails' eyes moved:

"You mean ......"

Morris sighed:

"Matching its sky-high price, we were asked to go to the military camp of the Broken Dragon Fortress to resume our lives. ”

"Because of the bounty of this mission, his status is unspeakably precious. ”

Tails' eyes moved.

Barrack......

It's expensive......

Morris looked out the window at the street, and his words were mixed with strange feelings such as jealousy, disdain, and regret.

"That's right. ”

"That was the first time we met Prince Horace. ”

Morris said disdainfully and indignantly:

"Just when that bastard raised his glass and generously handed us boxes of bounties......"

"I don't care about giving orders to kill us all. ”

Tails was shocked.

Horace......

He suddenly remembered the nickname given to him by the Northlanders.

Butcher of the Stars.

"Kill the mouth," Tails frowned, "and what are you ......?"

"Black sword," Morris sighed:

He and Horace were old acquaintances—especially when he put the blade of the sword on the prince's neck, and their relationship was even better. ”

Tails silently chewed on this dusty old thing.

So, this is where the Big Nine meet Horace.

The ups and downs are thrilling.

Tails suddenly remembered something:

"So, the task. ”

"What is the assignment you took from Horace?"

Morris's eyes trembled slightly.

At that moment, he came out of his solemnity and jealousy, and a smile reappeared on his face:

"It was also the first time we met her. ”

"She?" Tails' heart moved.

Maurice nodded:

"A noble lady has been kidnapped, and her name is at stake, and we have to rescue her in a low-key and secret way, and bring her back intact. ”

Maurice patted his arm and grinned:

"But, we only found out later, paralyzed, there's a fart kidnapping!"

He snorted helplessly:

"In order to escape marriage, from pretending to be a prostitute to drilling the toilet, that girl can do everything - she is our biggest trouble!"

"Running away?" Tails remembered something.

"That's right. ”

Morris exhaled and looked into the distance, smiling:

"Beautiful and sexy, intelligent but domineering Princess Constance - nicknamed 'Little Scourge'. ”

He spoke softly, as if he was afraid of waking someone up.

Constance.

Scourge ......

A small urn of ashes suddenly appeared in front of Tails' eyes.

At that moment, his mood fluctuated.

"But you know, we've been together for so long, and we, the 'Big Nine', have given her another nickname. ”

At that moment, Maurice's eyes showed remembrance and sentimentality:

"The Big Ten. ”