"..."
Delicious Wind Goose stared at the old man who had been dead for many days.
His body was as thin as a stick, but his abdomen was slightly bulging.
It's cold here and underground, so you don't hear the buzzing of flies, but you can still see gray moths covering the old man's face.
Delicious Wind Goose felt like his throat was blocked by something.
Is that sad? Or fear
He didn't think too much, and turned around as if nothing had happened.
"...yes, I've thought about it. I don't need to waste my time here."
He turned around and replied respectfully and humbly to Klaus: "I will tell you everything you want to know."
"very good."
Klaus nodded slightly in satisfaction.
There was still vigilance in his eyes.
Staying outside the cell, he asked, "What do you know?"
"The 'Don Juan Geraint' in Frozen Water Harbor, our lord, is not the real Don Juan Geraint."
Delicious Wind Goose quickly replied: "This is what the Viscount of Roseburg said personally."
"Alvin Barber?"
Klaus frowned slightly, and called the deceased by name: "What did he say?"
"He addressed 'Don Juan' as 'His Highness Annan'."
Delicious Wind Goose lowered his voice, and replied seriously: "And I have investigated... There is only one His Royal Highness Annan—
"And I have seen Don Juan Geraint use Frost Sword Technique. I am a swordsmanship instructor, and I can recognize that it is definitely Frost Sword Technique. Although there is no more evidence, I think this is enough to prove that the 'Don Juan' is actually 'Annan Coldwinter'."
"...Annan Coldwinter."
Klaus frowned slightly, and murmured in a low voice: "No wonder... Well, this can also explain that..."
He was silent for a while, then raised his head and said seriously: "Can you be responsible for what you said?"
"Go to the Wizard of the Order. I'll swear on anything it says."
Delicious Wind Goose replied very positively: "Because I have no reason to lie at all."
He had indeed seen Viscount Alvin address Annan as "His Royal Highness"; he had indeed seen Annan use the Frost Sword Technique. Even if he was looking for the Order Wizard, he would answer like this.
Klaus frowned slightly.
Feeling the full confidence of the delicious wind goose, he also hesitated a little.
"... You are quite straightforward. Why didn't you say that before?"
"It's not that I don't want to say it."
Delicious Wind Goose replied frankly: "To tell you the truth, I want to sell this information for a higher price... You are leaving me alone, so why am I lying to you? After all, this information is of no value to me." No value, but it may affect His Royal Highness Philip's decision-making.
"His Royal Highness Annan is not the real 'Don Juan Geraint' after all, he is a person from Winter... and I am Noah's supernatural being. His affection for me and my loyalty to him are of no value. Unless you have to, Otherwise I would not be able to serve him."
Yes.
Klaus nodded reluctantly.
—he was right.
Because if Annan's identity is exposed, the delicious wind goose will not be able to leave Noah alone.
Extraordinary people who want to cross the border can only use the Theocracy's steam airship or underground railway.
This means that even if he has been serving Annan and giving all his loyalty... If Annan completes his secret mission and evacuates, it will definitely be more convenient not to take him with him; and if Annan's identity is exposed, he will inevitably be wanted together.
It is impossible for the wanted Transcendent to leave Noah by any means. Even if the authorities don't hunt him down, he still has to live in hiding in the country while guarding against hunters.
on the other hand…
After all, His Royal Highness Philip is currently one of the few heirs to the royal family, and he still has a considerable advantage. If he becomes the new king, then he can ascend to the sky immediately; taking a step back, even if His Royal Highness Philip fails, as long as he can advance to silver or even gold, he will still be recruited by the new king.
The moment he surrendered, he had already received a better treatment than before.
Klaus couldn't help but look at Delicious Wind Goose more.
I knew this guy had a good mind before... Now it seems that he is really good. I'm afraid all this had been considered when he was captured, or even before that.
It is easy for smart people to advance, because they can attack nightmares more quickly and perfectly.
But ordinary smart people like to play tricks to make themselves appear smarter than they really are.
And Delicious Wind Goose didn't hide his plan at all-he even told Klaus his plan directly.
He could see the value of the intelligence in him, and he also knew his value to His Royal Highness Philip as a calm and composed young Transcendent. So even if he was left alone for two days, he didn't have the slightest fear; he told himself the key information directly, and he didn't worry that Klaus would kill him to silence him...
Because the delicious wind goose knows that it is impossible for him to die here.
He could guess that Klaus must have reported this information to His Royal Highness Philip—so, no matter what he said, Klaus could not kill him, or even use violence against him.
Otherwise Klaus himself would be under suspicion.
That's why Klaus stood at the door from the very beginning, not getting close to Delicious Wind Goose at all.
He was worried that the delicious wind goose would suddenly attack him, and he would be forced to subdue him—not to mention the hatred left behind, this injury alone might make His Royal Highness Philip doubt him.
certainly.
The premise of all this analysis is that...
—If Delicious Wind Goose is really a Noah.
"I take your word for it."
Klaus's tone was much gentler: "You are really smart... This is really great. After you join us, His Royal Highness Philip will surely reduce a lot of distress."
"Does His Royal Highness Philip have no staff?"
"Of course there is, but not everything can be said to the staff. Ordinary people's brains are not fortified at all, and they don't even have the right to learn about slightly deeper secrets."
Klaus approached Delicious Goose's cell, opened the cell door, pulled Delicious Goose up from the ground, and flicked the ashes for him himself.
He said very earnestly: "You may be our colleague in the future. But just to be on the safe side—really just to be on the safe side, I can't return your load to you for the time being. After all, His Royal Highness Philip has to personally verify your Intelligence and capabilities... But I think you must be fine."
"Thank you for your kind words, senior."
Delicious Wind Goose responded politely.
After he walked out of the cell, he glanced at the cell next door as if nothing had happened, and asked casually: "Speaking of which, who is this old man? I don't think this is an ordinary prison, right?"
"Of course not. Don't look at there are only two prison cells here. There are barriers here—if someone tries to break through the walls and escape from the prison, he will be killed by an electric current. All the detainees here are superhumans... Oh, that old man is not."
This is not a secret, so Klaus replied straightforwardly: "He is a ritual master."
"Ritualist? What crime did he commit?"
Delicious Wind Goose asked: "Can you tell me, I'm a little curious."
After all, after looking at his corpse for several days, it is normal to be a little confused.
Klaus nodded and explained: "Actually, he doesn't seem to have committed a crime."
"No crime?"
"Yes, he was sent by the patrol team. According to the law, ceremonial masters can be arrested without committing a crime—because they possess dangerous knowledge. They can be disarmed if they possess weapons, but what if they possess knowledge?"
Klaus shrugged: "If you don't want to be purged of this knowledge, you can only go to jail. Of course, hiring soul shamans also requires money, so under normal circumstances they are locked up. Food and drink are served superior.
"Maybe one day, one of the ceremonial masters in the prison will be needed."
"But he didn't collect the corpse..."
Meimeifeng's face showed a thoughtful expression: "Is it to cause me psychological pressure?"
"Oh, that's not it."
Klaus couldn't help smiling, and replied casually: "I only noticed that he was dead when I asked you that day. I thought in my mind that I would deal with his body after I went out, but because I had to remember There are too many things, I forget after I go out, it’s really not intentional.”
"Well, I think so."
Delicious Wind Goose smiled: "Who can this scare?"
"Yeah, everyone is a transcendent, not a mortal. No one has killed a few people. Putting a corpse here is meaningless except for disgusting people."
Klaus responded casually.
Delicious Wind Goose glanced at the old man's body.
… something always feels wrong.
forget
A silver-level transcendent... His personal abilities have long since undergone transformation. Whether it is memory or logical thinking ability, they are completely different from the mortal stage.
Does he easily forget one thing
Rather, his thinking has been reversed, right
And this old man knows so many rituals, even if he is imprisoned, he shouldn't be imprisoned here, right? Why is there no trace of torture on his body
I was reminded by myself, why hasn't Klaus realized that there is something wrong here
Didn't he see the five apples? What about the bowl? Why didn't the food delivery person see the old man, but didn't drag the body away
No matter how you look at it, it's unnatural...
But the delicious wind goose just took a deep look at the old man's body, then turned and left.
Shortly after he left.
The old man, who had been dead for a long time and whose body had rotted, opened his eyes calmly with a slight movement of his body.
"… Well."
He reached out and picked up the fresh apple on the top, took a bite and chewed slowly.
After eating the apples, the old man got up.
The long-dead traces on his body disappeared without a trace. And his face melted silently, turned into another person in the blink of an eye, and then changed again, and his dry and emaciated body became plump again.
His face was still flowing, just frowning and thinking, muttering to himself: "Annan? When did he come to Noah
"...why didn't you write me a letter?"