It was already evening when Roland returned from the cemetery to the Wild Horse Tavern.
Because the Queen's kidnapping incident has passed and the curfew has been lifted, even though it is almost night, there are still many vendors and pedestrians on the streets, and there seem to be more drunkards in the Wild Horse Tavern.
It’s also noisier.
Roland went up to the second floor and entered the room under the watchful eyes of a large group of people.
Hussere had already returned to the room. He was bragging with a group of friends. When he saw Roland, he patted the chair next to him and said, "Sit down and have a glass of wine first. I have something to tell you."
After a glass of sweet wine, Roland's dry throat felt much better: "Okay, let's talk."
At this time, the voices of other gay friends chatting and talking were subconsciously lowered, not wanting to disturb the two of them.
Hussere's temperament is getting more and more gloomy, and his speaking voice is also the kind of plain special line with a vague coldness, already a bit like a poisonous snake: "According to what our Thieves Guild has collected before According to the information, the reason why the queen was kidnapped is because the Magic Association has a demand for the royal family. They are using this method to tell the king that we can kidnap the queen and threaten your safety. The conditions we propose, you are the best So I promise."
Roland frowned: "Is the Magic Association so arrogant?"
"It must be arrogant!" Hussere spread his hands and said: "Seventy percent of the members of the Magic Association are nobles. This is a feudal society. Although the royal family is the largest and most powerful noble family, the lords everywhere are not much worse than it, and The most important thing is that the magic association's 'grouping' joint effect is too strong. They may not be as good as the royal family in terms of pure combat effectiveness. After all, they have no military power, but the various intricate relationships are like a big net, netting the entire Hollevan Kingdom. , even the royal family is very afraid of it, and now it’s a bit too big to lose.”
"So, what is the appeal of the Magic Association?"
Hussere shook his head: "I don't know. Even our Thieves Guild didn't find out. I only know that the president and the king personally talked about it."
Roland listened carefully and subconsciously took a sip of fruit wine.
"The queen was not abused. It is said that the Magic Association even deliberately threw the queen's clothes to the river to be discovered." Hussere thought for a while and said: "And why was the Bader family used as a sacrifice, except for two Boss, no one knows the reason. Kaka’s fate was doomed from the beginning, after all, the queen was kidnapped while he was patrolling.”
"In other words, I want to avenge Kaka, but now I can't find the murderer?" Roland said unhappily: "Do I have to go to the president or the king to ask them?"
Hussere smiled and said, "Not necessarily, we can ask another person involved."
Roland couldn't figure out who it was.
"queen!"
Roland was a little surprised.
Three hours later, Hussere took Roland to a relatively remote manor west of the palace.
The manor was surrounded by dense forest belts, and there was a path at the main entrance that could only accommodate a carriage. Hussere took Roland through the forest, and the noise of the royal city seemed to be isolated by this forest belt.
The two came to the door of the manor and saw a white mansion bathed in the moonlight.
But the mansion in the manor was very quiet, no human voice could be heard, only a candle was lit on the balcony on the second floor.
The candle was blown by the slight night wind, flickering on and off, as if it would be extinguished if not careful.
There was a guard at the gate of the manor. Hussere went over and handed the guard a white strange scroll.
The guard showed a strange smile and opened the door of the manor.
Then Hussere pointed inside and said, "Only one person can go in."
Roland nodded. After he entered the manor, the guard immediately closed the door.
He was a little surprised why meeting the queen gave people a sneaky feeling.
But he didn't think too much and followed the green stone path to the door of the mansion.
When you look up, you can see a beautiful woman sitting on the balcony on the second floor. She is wearing a thin silk dress. Under the moonlight, some special parts are faintly visible.
Roland frowned, feeling something was wrong.
Then an elderly housekeeper came out of the door, bent slightly and said, "Dear Master, please follow me."
Even if I come, I don’t think about it that much. Roland took a breath and followed the old housekeeper to the second floor, and then to the balcony entrance.
The old housekeeper bowed and left silently.
Roland walked into the balcony and saw a beauty with long brown hair sitting on a chair.
Her clothes are very cool. Silk is a fabric with high visibility. The higher the quality of silk, the higher the visibility.
The silk clothes this beauty is wearing should be of the highest quality and are usually used as ceremonial outerwear.
For a moment, Roland felt that he had nowhere to put his eyes. In the end, he could only look at the woman's face, and then sat down opposite her.
"Is this your Royal Highness the Queen?"
The beauty who had been looking outside turned back. She looked Roland up and down, and was a little surprised: "He is actually a young and promising magician? I thought he was an old man with a fat head and a fat brain. From this point of view, I am also It’s not too bad.”
Roland seemed to understand something.
"Before we begin, I want to know your name." The queen's expression looked troubled.
There is a kind of helplessness and a kind of resignation.
Roland shook his head slightly: "I'm here to ask you something."
"Huh? You asked me about something. Just because of this, you spent a very valuable atonement scroll?"
It turns out that what Hussere gave to the guard was a 'scroll of atonement'? Very valuable
The queen kept looking at Roland's expression. Seeing the confusion on his face, she became curious: "You didn't know what was going on before you came?"
"I don't know, I really just wanted to ask you some questions."
"Ask. If we chat, we will become more familiar with each other. When we start doing things later, my resistance may be less strong."
The wind suddenly became stronger and blew out the candles.
Under the moonlight, the queen's smooth face reflects the bright luster. There is a sad smell on her face, which makes her look very charming.
Roland took a deep breath and felt a little unbelievable: "You are the queen, how could you be in such a miserable state?"
"Queen?" She chuckled, her voice was clear and mixed with a sense of resentment: "After tonight, I will no longer be the queen. How can a woman whose reputation has been damaged and who has to sleep with other men exist?" You are qualified to be the queen again.”
Roland became more and more puzzled.
"It seems you don't know anything." The queen looked at Roland again for a while and asked, "Who gave you the atonement scroll?"
"My good friend."
"Then he is really willing."
Roland's expression was quite strange: "I still don't understand why the king would let you do this... thing?"