"Huh..." The old man put down the document in his hand and leaned on the back of the chair with both hands. His somewhat cloudy eyes looked at the hanging candle on the ceiling for a while, and then he slowly said: "I know in advance,

Yasiqi’s matter... is very complicated.”

"It may take a long time to figure this out. And the most important thing is..."

"You must also know the current internal affairs of the principality. Yasiqi's matter has been rumored in the towns before. Many townspeople have their own opinions on this matter. So... even if

I think Nina's father is innocent, and they probably don't think so either."

Rama put the glasses he had put down back on the bridge of his nose, then raised his head and looked at the two adventurers in front of him: "So, if you want to protect Nina's safety... you have a very heavy task.

"

Duan Qing looked at the old man who still maintained an aristocratic smile, and after a while he finally nodded.

"Also, since Nina is with you, then..." the old man raised his glasses with his hand: "If there is anything I need to ask, I will send someone to find you, so...

During this period of time, you'd better not..."

He took out a document from the pile next to him: "Running around."

"......we know."

"Well, if there's nothing else... would you like to have dinner together later, friends of Master Gustan?"

"We won't disturb your work, Mr. Mayor."

Duan Qing signaled to Mengzhu, who quickly bowed his head to the old man: "We say goodbye."

It wasn't until the two of them walked out of the town hall that the girl's excited voice rang out: "The mayor finally agreed, okay okay..."

"No, I think things... are becoming more and more serious."

Frowning tightly, Duan Qing led Mengzhu towards the Adventurers Association.

"What's wrong? Isn't everything going smoothly?"

"Can't you see this?" In the still cool night wind, Duan Qing's voice became a little fluttering: "The hidden meaning of Rama's words... is that there are people in this town who don't want to see

When it comes to Nina, they... want to do her harm."

"Ah? Why? Nina, then she must be innocent..."

"We all know, Rama must also know, so..." Duan Qing's voice became deeper: "There should be something in this, we don't know yet, this is our mayor...

...The reason why they don’t want us to get involved in this matter.”

"In his heart...he hopes to take Nina into his own hands."

"What!" Mengzhu was shocked: "Did that old man..."

"A pedophile?......Ugh!"

"What are you thinking about?" The sound of pain when her head was hit spread into the night sky. The girl covered her head and looked at the man who was still walking with tears in her eyes. The latter took back his fingers and didn't even look up.

Hui Di: "Although I don't know how much that old man knows, but... he definitely knows more than we know."

"Well what does that mean......"

"Do you have any idea of ​​the hostility shown by the townspeople towards Nina?"

"Uh, I don't know..."

"Of course people who don't take Nina out will not know. Because...that girl hardly goes out. A person who doesn't appear in front of other people, how many people know about her, and how many people know about her.

What about other people’s attitudes towards her?”

"I'll feel guilty if you do this..." The girl lowered her head in embarrassment.

"But he knew."

"Ah?" The girl didn't react for a moment.

"I have reason to believe that our mayor has been paying close attention to that girl who is almost isolated from the world, for... some unknown purpose."

"This also explains why the City Guards showed up so quickly for a mere theft... They almost caught up with us."

Looking at the scene in front of him, the man with a deep voice suddenly stopped. The girl who didn't notice accidentally bumped into Duan Qing's back and stopped holding her nose with an "ah" sound.

"Just don't brake suddenly... Huh? What's going on..."

"What a...dark day."

In the darkness, the two of them stood in front of the second floor of the Adventurers Association, looking at the dozen or so shadowy figures surrounding the dilapidated old door.

Several of them seemed to have noticed the situation here, and shouted to their companions behind them. A man sitting on the steps at the door suddenly stood up, then took three steps and two steps at a time, and rushed to their side in an instant.

before.
Chapter completed!