Estee followed her mentor's advice and brought two trusted maids to look for durians. The chef was not surprised at the fact that "the princess looked for durians herself". Princess Talina also came to look for durians in person yesterday and was stunned. . But the durians were no longer in the kitchen. An hour ago, Prince Lanto brought a few people to take away all the durians from the scene, not even letting go of the similar-looking pineapple*.
The prince not only took away the durian, but also temporarily summoned several merchants and fruit farmers who were responsible for delivering the fruit. The prince suspected that the durian was smeared with poison, so he wanted to interrogate the delivery man quietly. Estee vaguely felt something was wrong. The fruits used in the banquet have been transported into the palace one after another a few days ago. According to the length of the guarantee period, the delivery time is one after another. Even the latest batch has already been delivered yesterday, otherwise it will be neglected until today's tea time The first guests to arrive. Fruit farmers and merchants are not among the guests. They can only enter the outer wall of the Acropolis, not even the imperial palace, so they usually return home immediately after delivering the goods and getting the final payment. The queen’s birthday is not a big festival, and the king will not There is no point in staying for any carnival celebrations, so they might as well hurry up and do more business.
If Prince Lanto found the businessman who delivered the durian so quickly, it means that this group of people did not return home, and they still haven't left the capital after a day and a night.
All this was told by a soldier to Estee. Just in time, Estee asked him to lead the way, and found a place that was temporarily used as an interrogation room—a row of servants behind the grape arbor in the Acropolis of the Imperial Palace. At this time, the servants were all at their posts, and the row house was empty. Estee was a little puzzled, why did uncle interrogate the suspect in such a secluded place
She hid in the shadow under the grape trellis, and saw seven people standing outside the row of houses from a distance. Two heavily armed soldiers, five men dressed as civilians, and Prince Lanto and his staff were talking alone with a businessman indoors.
"Your Highness, go back," the soldier following Esther whispered, "You shouldn't bother with this matter, and what if there are really bad people who poisoned among those few people?"
Estee said: "My cousin Talina is only thirteen years old... I want to see with my own eyes who is so wicked to poison her."
Tarina's coma had nothing to do with the poison, Estee knew this better than anyone else. But the situation in front of her was indescribably weird, and she always felt that there would be variables in it.
It was inconvenient for Estee to cast spells, so she only took out a monocle crystal glasses. This was given to her by Burris, and all magic items, shadowy ghosts, invisible objects, and creatures can be identified by looking at the outside world through the lens.
At first glance, Estee was taken aback. Of course there are no ghosts and invisible creatures, but there are many enchanted weapons on the "merchants and fruit farmers" in front of the row house! There is a soft sword disguised as a belt on the waist of the man in the round cap, sleeve arrows as long as the forearm are hidden in the left and right sleeves of the tall and strong man, the man in the boots hides two daggers in the boots, and the blond coachman There are several bomb bottles hidden, and the aura of magical burning fire is faintly exuded in it... Only a fat little man has no trace of magic, but Estee believes that he must have hidden weapons too, but it has not been enchanted Enhanced only.
Ordinary people could wear a dagger for self-defense, but with so many enchanted weapons in their possession, they must be assassins. Estee called one of the maids softly, wanting to tell her to report the message quietly, but before the maid answered, the soldier took the initiative to come up: "Your Highness! Hush!"
Prince Lanto's angry reprimand was heard from afar in the house. His staff officer summoned another businessman loudly, as if to tell him to go in and confront the first person. When the two soldiers at the door dodged to give way, the blond coachman made a move. He threw two flat bottles at the same time, hitting the breastplates of the soldiers on the left and right. After the bottles were broken, the liquid in them exploded instantly. The spherical flame engulfed the soldier's body and exploded. The impact was silent. At the same time, there was the sound of weapons clashing in the room, and several "merchants and fruit farmers" outside drew out their hidden weapons one after another.
Estee stood up, she was about to raise her hand to cast a spell, but the soldiers behind her pushed her down to the ground. She didn't struggle because a cold dagger was pressed against her neck.
The moment she was pushed down, she thought the soldiers were trying to "stop the princess's reckless behavior", but now it seems that this is not the case. The soldier who followed along was also an accomplice of the assassin. The maid didn't make a sound for a long time, and Estee's heart hung in her throat, wondering if the two girls were still alive.
Estee didn't want to waste words with this "soldier". She maintained a terrified expression, and grabbed the soldier's wrist with one hand. The soldier didn't notice the light gray smoke from Estee's fingertips, and by the time he felt discomfort, he couldn't even hold the dagger.
A cold force invaded his body, froze his strength and will, and brought him great invisible pain. His dagger fell and slightly scratched the side of Esther's neck. Esther quickly turned over to avoid being crushed by the absent-minded fake soldiers.
She walked towards the row house, and a spell sounded in her mouth, and a dark blue electric current condensed in her right hand. After walking a few steps, she stopped.
Several strong men in black jumped out from behind the bushes and grape trellises, and swarmed towards the row houses. Although they were unarmed, they successfully subdued the assassins with their excellent fighting skills.
It was only then that Estee saw clearly that these people wore a holy emblem composed of a bright moon and spiked white orchids on their chests. They are the knights of the Temple of Otarot. Armor is inappropriate at royal ceremonies, so they wore ceremonial black sacrificial robes.
Commander among the knights was none other than Sir Naylor. The knights were busy confirming the prince's safety and rescuing the wounded soldiers, while Sir Naylor looked back at Estee.
He saw the wound on her neck, but he didn't go forward to inquire for a long time.
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Lot left the palace and hired a carriage. Since he couldn't name the destination, he just told the driver to turn left and right. Within a moment, they stopped in front of a tavern called Lucky Bird. Lott gave the driver an expedited fee and a waiting fee, and told him to stay where he was and pick him up later to return to the palace.
He felt a familiar breath. Odile is in the Lucky Bird Tavern. He has an extraordinary connection with these creatures, as long as the distance is not too far, he can directly sense their location.
Lotter walked up to the second floor of the tavern. A waitress had just delivered fruit and milk tea to the room by the stairs, and was coming out with an empty tray. After the maid left, Lott stood by the door of the room. A man and a woman in the room were laughing and chatting happily, clinking glasses with milk tea as wine.
They talked about the special mineral grinding powder from the legendary bloody castles, and the man would personally apply the lip color of "dark purple red metallic luster death breath" to the woman...
After a while, the girl's voice in the room gradually weakened, and the man asked her what was wrong, and she said she wanted to leave for a while and asked him to wait for her in the room.
Odile opened the door sideways, then quickly closed it, trying not to let the people in the room see the outside. Lotte pointed to her at the end of the corridor, and she followed obediently with her head down.
"That's right, Ogilia," the Skeletal Monarch sighed, "It seems that you are also enjoying your life in time? Your mobility is quite amazing."
The girl was still wearing the disturbing black robe, but her gloomy and pale face had changed slightly: the original very light eyebrows became curved black lines, the upper eyelids had a purple-green polar light like a beetle shell, and the light-colored lips became There were two black and red blood marks.
Odile stared at her toes, not daring to raise her head: "Master... I've been looking for clues... it's just... it takes time..."
Maharaja patted her on the shoulder: "I don't blame you, you are already a complete independent living body, of course you can have your own life, I'm praising you for having fun in life. You were talking about the castle just now? "
"Yes," Ogilia said, "I'm paying attention to those ancient castles and ruins with visions. There are often magic disturbances in such places, and magic disturbances often indicate that the plane is thinner..."
"Well, the idea is good. You look up, don't look like you've been caught, I don't object to your makeup, I don't object to your boyfriend, and I'm not here to reprimand you. That's it, I got some interesting clues recently , I need you to help me continue the investigation."
Odile finally raised her head, waiting for the master to speak.
"There are two places that are very suspicious. The first one is in the territory of Prince Lanto. There is a place called Luoyue Mountains over there. Humans and other races fought there many years ago. After the war, a human The Warlock gradually became insane for some reason, and that Warlock was called the Red Vulture. The second place was the Gem Forest, next to the Free City State named Fesisit, which was once ruled by the Necromancer Yriel, and people called it For the Cursed Forest, and now it's just an ordinary forest."
"I remember. Do you suspect that these two places have thinner planes?"
"It's just possible, I'm not sure. You can ask for information from many sources first, and don't investigate too deeply. I will go there in person if necessary. Let me think about it... You should give priority to exploring the gem forest. The magical context of that place seems to be very clear. Where the veins of the divine art are clearer, the thinner points of the plane are more likely to exist."
"Okay, I'll remember." The girl nodded in greeting, "Master, to tell you the truth, I have also heard many rumors about the Forest of the Curse."
Lord Skeleton touched his chin and nodded: "Well, that's it. By the way, who is talking to you about the cursed forest?"
"Just... some mages."
"An elf mage?"
"Um… "
"Male elf necromancer?"
"yes… "
"A male elf necromancer with a fair face, black nails, and good looks?"
Odile pursed her lips and nodded. The Lord of Bones sighed in disappointment: "Ogilia, you really disappointed me. I told you not to hurt Burris and the people around him, and not to let them know of your existence, but you ended up living with his apprentice gone?"
"I'm sorry, master...it's all an accident...a coincidence..." Odilea stared at the ground aggrievedly, but she did manage not to hurt the elf, "Master, don't worry, he doesn't remember me at all. He doesn't know my My identity, I thought I was a wandering mage... "
Lord Skeleton continued to scold her: "Let's not talk about anything else, first of all... what's the matter with your taste? You are still not my creation? How can you treat that kind of..."
Suddenly, he remembered the appearance of Boris when he persuaded the princess and the knight to break up. He felt that this was not good, so he didn't finish talking. "Forget it. As long as you keep your head clear." He waved his hand at the girl, "You wait downstairs first, I'll talk to Heisong."
Ogilia's face turned even paler: "Master! He really doesn't know my identity!"
Lord Skeleton laughed angrily: "You beat him half to death, and I brought him back to life. Don't worry, I won't move a finger of him. I just want to talk to him about something else."
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Note: Wood pineapple is actually jackfruit. I don’t know if there is this saying everywhere, so please note... Because wood pineapple sounds more suitable for writing than jackfruit, I used wood pineapple...