Chapter 23: The Gibbous Moon
Slow music echoed through the hall, some people were enjoying the music, and some people were enjoying the feast. This is the current situation of the aristocracy of the Avein Empire, everyone knows that the church controls the country, and the nobles no longer have much money, and they are crushed to death in all aspects.
Only this social ritual can remind you that you are a nobleman, and today's protagonist has not yet appeared, and the Pope himself is in front of everyone today for the second time since he ascended the throne.
"The dance steps are very standard, where did you learn them?" Rocona and Fren were dancing.
"I didn't learn any dance, but I also came from an aristocratic family, and this is just one of my usual fighting steps. Fren replied, following Rocona's steps.
"No wonder you have come in and behaved like a real nobleman, not as a soldier. She thought he was just a soldier, and he didn't talk much along the way, and now he may have more options for topics.
"I'm a little brutal in combat, but I'm also a human being, and I know when to do something. Fren sensed Rocona's misunderstanding, and the atmosphere between them had been awkward, causing her to seem isolated, while he and Robert kept talking.
Speaking of Robert, Flon had him stand by outside the city, waiting for the moment to strike, and his magic range was the largest of them all.
Accidents always happen quickly, they dance as if they bumped into a waiter, very bad, the wine spills, Fren reluctantly controls the flow of the wine, but this makes him the center of attention, no one knows him here, and he will probably be kicked out.
In fact, it's been a long time since the last big party, and everyone has blurred their memories of each other, except for some big people from the past, who thought that Flon might be a squire from a nearby village, or an upstart who came here. But everyone doesn't look down on it, if it's a nouveau riche, it means that he may be making war money. If it's a squire, he's definitely at the wrong time.
"You don't have to worry about the wine spilling on me, and it's not a dangerous thing, knight. Rocona put her hands on Fren's shoulders and stood on tiptoe and whispered in his ear, "Have you forgotten what kind of witch I am?"
Hearing this, Fren instantly sensed that something was wrong, the crisis never gave up and still chose to linger around them, he was positioned, and he usually raised his mental guard. Fren thought, this feeling is not Anna, it should be the little girl named Ruby, who felt this way when he arrived in Melo, and felt a little relaxed when he temporarily entered Alama territory. Fren continued to play in front of Rokona: "Beloved Witch, I think more dangerous items are coming, you go first, my palace will follow." ”
Suddenly waking up, Ruby dreamed of a scene in which he felt the boy's regret and despair, the feeling of living with guilt but unscrupulously after the entire village had been sacrificed by himself. And this sense of guilt can make you continue to feel that the present, it has not stopped, what is going on, what is happening? Why didn't this person contain his thoughts? The one who hit them hard in Mero.
He stood in front of a picture in a daze, it was just an imitation, and he understood this very well, the real thing would not be shown here, and an old man came to him. The old man could feel the despair in the young man in front of him, but as the Pope, he didn't want to let every lost soul fall for granted. But the young man was the first to speak, and the sense of depravity just now was gone, "Is there something wrong? ”
Hold back your thoughts, cover Rocona's retreat, and let Ruby and Raphael sense themselves and let them only come to them. There's only so much that Fren can do in a short period of time, as long as she doesn't take the initiative to bump into Raphael......
"It's okay, it's okay, it's probably too old to be useful, and I can't cope with such an occasion a few times. The Pope said this, thinking in his heart that the feeling of despair that had been felt by him just now, but now it was gone.
Facing the old man in front of him, Fren didn't feel any magic that could hurt him, only the peaceful breath, which made his heart slowly become peaceful, and his feelings were contained completely because of his existence. After thinking about it for too long, maybe I should retreat, I am afraid that it will cause a big panic here, and it will cause even more trouble in the next few days, and it may be difficult for Liu and Nana to enter the city.
As he was about to leave, the old man grabbed Furren and stared at him tightly, with sympathy in his eyes, which was Furren's first feeling...... He wanted to shake off the old man's tiny arm.
"Get out of the way! search!" The sudden search made all the nobles present panic a little, and Furren took advantage of the flow of people to leave the old man's side, and the old man had to let go of his hand.
It was Ruby, and although the Knights of Lockfa were the first to be incorporated by the Church, they also had the ability to act independently, even if the Pope was here now, although most people didn't know what the Pope looked like now.
Ruby himself came over in his pajamas, and after seeing that scene, he was immediately looking for the location of the Kelly fan, and Lord Raphael didn't know what he was doing at this time, so he didn't appear here. He couldn't have sensed such a strong emotional fluctuation.
"Please, guys, let me see. ”
A withered hand pushed through the crowd, and his voice was full of spirit.
"Miss Ruby, what are you doing here, everyone is enjoying it!" the old man's voice was full of doubt.
Looking at the source of the voice, although he was dressed in ordinary clothes, in order not to let ordinary people recognize the difference in his identity, Ruby also fought on various occasions, although the public is rare, but part of the Knights of Lofa is the Pope's secret army. I have had the pleasure of meeting the Pope a few times. "Pope, I know you're here to come, and the power I felt in Mero has reappeared. It's not convenient to say here, please come with me. ”
It was a person who had annihilated his own team, and no nobles knew about it at the moment, and if they did, some forces would be ready to move again, and now they had no extra energy to deal with those people.
It's a mess, Ruby finally got a few hours of sleep, and now that person is here again, he can sense him again, and he is in this position, so he must be responsible for it.
The crowd all looked at the thin old man, looking at each other with some doubts, and many people thought that their memory was wrong, and it didn't seem to be like this when they saw the Pope last time. "Since Miss Ruby you said so, I will follow you, I hope you will give me a reasonable explanation, everyone continue, disturb everyone's pleasant time. ”
"Whew, it's really a squeeze to death. Fren came out without attracting the attention of the knights at the door.
"Whew, it's not very annoying," Rocona sat on the stone seat of the fountain and propped her face with one hand, "It was harder for us to infiltrate the castle of that vampire monster than this." ”
"You don't understand, I'm an old expert in stealth after all. ”
"Pretend to be old in front of me, and don't look at how long I've lived. ”
Both of them are stealth masters of each other, and the difference in experience and talent is just a difference in style.
Fren pursues speed to solve things, while Rocona cares about being noticed and quiet. This leads to Furlen coming out and saying that it is difficult.
Now they're going to have to talk about it for a while.
"Mr. Liu, may I ask ......?"
Liu continued to take care of this John, the situation was very bad, the appearance of the angel was a blow to their team, maybe Robert and Flen would be under more pressure next. It can be said that he said goodbye to this operation completely. But it's a good thing to be able to survive for a while, and Liu doesn't want to see his teammates disappear anymore.
Seeing that Mr. Liu didn't pay attention to himself, he could only remove the cloth that blocked the window and look at the scenery of the imperial capital, this was the first time since he grew up, Swana saw this scenery and didn't want to forget it, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to see it again.
"It's really a good choice to come out, our family's blood is all from the adventure clan. She looked excited. Sur and Talaon have already arranged for the nearby natural environment, and they can hunt freely, probably not excessively, so that they will not be detected by the Knights. I don't know how much Talaon eats, I didn't expect Sur to be able to travel at such a fast speed, although I didn't see much of the scenery along the way, but John's life is a little more important, this is Nana asked for herself.
It's not been a long time since I met this Mr. Liu, as Miss Nana calculated, he also came to the city today, how well they know each other. Such a tacit understanding......
"Uh, who's that..."Liu and Swana didn't officially introduce themselves, but they saw her little girl carrying the charred John behind her back, because it wasn't the first time they had seen him like this, so they chased after him with some familiarity from the back.
"Swana, well, whatever you want to call it. "I've had an "adventure" with his two friends, so I can get acquainted with it.
"There's nothing left for you here, you can leave, I'm grateful about John, but what we're going to do next may be even more dangerous than the one you saw John fight. Liu didn't mean to keep her, he really didn't want to pull unrelated people into this fight.
"Hah...... , you don't have to drive me away too much, I'm not an outsider anymore, I thought a lot along the way, Mr. Liu, don't look at me young and fool me, I know you want to send someone to my hometown to repay me after the matter is over. "She is indeed smart, but also because of the embodiment of the magic of the Trinity, the wisdom of the creatures of hell, can no longer be called wisdom, it is the memory engraved in the blood, this is the characteristic of the creatures of hell, if you don't cut the grass and eradicate the roots, they will hunt you down forever, this is what Swana has learned, and she knows how many human enemies there are in hell, and she doesn't know if she can suppress the power of Talarn when she meets their descendants.
"Alright, Ms. Swana, everything is your choice, it has nothing to do with me, you have your own free will. "At present, there is indeed a lack of combat power, it is outrageous for this girl to be able to carry John, an adult man, Nana didn't care about John and let her send it back, it's also a kind of trust, I trust that Nana won't be easy like this.
Recently, the weather today is also weird, the sky is clear during the day, and the night begins to be hazy and light rain. What is coming, or is Raphael doing something, anyway, normal stargazing knowledge can't be used in the imperial capital Beto, at least for now.
"Tsk, it's farther than I imagined, how many years have I not had this big energy consumption, and it can be regarded as weight loss. "Youyang travels with a lot of weapons on his back, in fact, it is already a normal body proportion, and he has been trying to recover since he left, and when he walked for a long time with a large number of weapons on his back, there was at least half the way to Beto, and he remembered that there was a space belt made by Alama that he had never used. Every witch has it, and Rocona is no exception, and when she first met her, she saw her hanging from her waist, and she asked Alama to sew a beautiful pattern. Each bag was made by Alama with a stitch and a thread, a total of 13, although most of the sisters are no longer together, come to think of it, Alama doesn't seem to sew for that person.
"Lazy cancer pushed me to lose weight one step closer. "She could indeed go back and get the space bag and get here at a much faster pace. However, it is lazy enough.