In his long-awaited dream, he felt as if he had returned to that strange and dazzling world.
There, the girl with a blurry face but a gentle voice hugged him from behind, which was a rare sight. She whispered,
"Why? Are you sad?"
He closed the laptop and smiled bitterly. "No, this result was expected … Maybe I'm not good enough."
He lowered his head, feeling a little dejected. "You know, they have high expectations …"
"It's okay." The gentle voice breathed into his ear. "I have a way to make this less sad."
He raised his eyebrows and shrugged. "Oh?"
"Because there's something even sadder waiting for you."
He blinked, feeling a little confused.
She said gently,
"Let's break up."
He shuddered.
The girl behind him did not say anything.
He turned his head stiffly. "What?"
"Yes, you heard me right. Because you're a failure now," she said flatly, "So, I want to break up with you."
His brain stopped working. He just stared blankly at her blurry face, feeling lost.
"Wh … Why?"
The voice behind him sighed. "Alright, it's a deal."
He breathed absentmindedly. He could not accept it. He wanted to explain, but he felt that it was unnecessary.
'She …'
At this moment …
"Okay!"
The voice snickered and rang happily.
"Now, ten seconds after we broke up, I announce that we're back together!"
"Ta-da! Let me introduce you to my new boyfriend, Wu Qiren! "
He could not think straight.
'What?'
But a few seconds later, his heart started beating again.
He panted and looked at her in surprise. "You …"
"How is it? Compared to the pain of being dumped just now, is it less sad now?"
"When you encounter a setback, you have to cherish your crotch!" The voice giggled and blew into his ear, making him feel a little itchy. "My name is Lei Feng. You don't have to thank me."
He was a little speechless.
The voice said happily, "Very good. If you're a tragedy again in the future, I'll continue to comfort you like this!"
He took a deep breath and shouted angrily, "Damn woman!"
"Can you not break up and get back together in such a serious manner? Are you joking about breaking up and getting back together?!
"I'll take it seriously, okay?"
He felt as if someone's chin was smashing into his back.
"Oh, this is nothing," the owner of the voice poked Zhang Heng's back with his chin and said loudly, "You don't know this, but there's a serial author on the internet. Every time the plot reaches its climax, he would write 'the book is over' and say that he's done with the book. Then, he would update the next chapter without saying a word, insisting that he's writing a new book. That's the peak of perfection!"
"Then don't learn from him, okay …"
In his memory, that voice laughed happily.
His voice was full of exasperation and relief.
Finally, the noise stopped.
She lay lazily on his back and wrapped her arms around his chest.
"Hey, Qiren, don't be afraid," she said in a low voice, "no matter what happens."
"I'm here for you."
He bowed his head and closed his eyes.
"Ah, I know."
"I have you to protect me."
The voice did not speak, but the arms around him tightened.
But in the next second, everything in the dream was shattered by a sudden wave, like a reflection on the water's surface!
The girl disappeared before his eyes.
While he was puzzled, he heard a cold and unhappy female voice. The tone was low and contained an inexplicable emotion, making his hair stand on end.
"I'm watching you."
"I warned you!"
The next moment, Thales woke up with a start.
He gasped for air. That voice ….
'That voice!'
At this moment, a hand was placed on his shoulder.
Thales turned his head, still in shock.
It was Gu.
The man who had just shaken him up from his sleep.
The Far Easterner squatted beside him and looked at him with a displeased expression. Little Rascal stood beside him with a sleepy face.
"Wake up, Prince of Constellation," the butcher said flatly, "The person you're looking for is here."
"So fast?" Thales forced himself to stay awake and temporarily suppressed the scenes in his dream. He rubbed his eyes and got up from the cold ground.
"He has a lot of connections, so it didn't take much time." Gu stood up and shook his head. "Besides, he's here to pick you up."
Thales was stunned.
He shook his head and woke up from his sleepiness.
"He's here to pick me up?"
Thales and Little Rascal followed Gu out of the butcher's shop after he gestured.
A two-wheeled carriage with a carriage was parked on the empty street. The carriage was made of cheap transparent glass.
The coachman on the carriage bowed respectfully. Beside the carriage stood a middle-aged noble with a golden ponytail. The latter exhaled.
"Your Highness, thank God!"
"Thank you for your help." Thales nodded.
"Time is of the essence. Please get on the carriage immediately." The middle-aged noble was obviously relieved when he saw Thales. He took off his hat and bowed to Thales. "After we entered Armor District, we were interrogated by a patrol team. Although they acted very well, I can swear that they were definitely not from the city. They were not even locals …"
Thales nodded with a solemn expression. "Of course, they are from Black Sand Region. Lampard has been planning this for a long time."
While the middle-aged noble was stunned, Thales looked at the carriage.
"It's too conspicuous." Thales frowned. "A carriage? Transparent glass? Can we get out? And we have to return to Heroic Spirit Palace … "
The middle-aged noble digested Thales' information and then raised his head to answer the prince's question.
"I used the name of Good Flow City's caravan to urgently unload important goods from Armor District. In addition, His Majesty gave me a special permit …"
The nobleman raised his cane and knocked on the wheel of the carriage. "And I happen to know a disciplinary officer who takes bribes. I've got some connections. He'll turn a blind eye if you leave through the blockade line he's in charge of. No news will get out …"
"As for the glass, please don't worry. This is a custom-made carriage. You can only see me from the glass outside. You can hide in the dark compartment if necessary."
Thales looked at the carriage and exhaled.
"Then let's go." He raised his head and looked at the blond noble from Camus Union.
"Marquis Shiles Bamra."
Shiles nodded. He opened the carriage door and his gaze lingered on Little Rascal who was hiding behind Thales.
"And this is?" He narrowed his eyes.
Little Rascal shrank back in fear.
"My maid. She saved my life on the way. I can't leave her behind," Thales said calmly.
"Very well, then let's talk on the way." Shiles did not ask any more questions. "I also need to hear your explanation of what happened."
Thales and Little Rascal boarded Shiles' carriage. Shiles sat in front while they hid in the space behind him. They could not be seen from outside the carriage at all.
Just as the carriage door closed, Thales poked his head out. "No matter what, thank you, Mister Gu."
The Far Easterner tilted his head and looked at him with a strange expression. He flashed an inexplicable smile.
"No need to thank me." Gu rubbed his hands and smiled mysteriously. "Go thank Kaslan. Thank him for the six and a half loaves of bread he gave me back then …
"That's enough."
Gu turned around and walked to his butcher shop.
'Six and a half loaves.
'I see.'
Thales smiled.
The carriage door closed and started moving.
Shiles watched Gu's figure disappear behind the door. He frowned and said, "How did you get involved with the famous intelligence peddler in Dragon Clouds City?"
"An accident."
Thales said briefly, "A lucky accident."
'Now, it's time to get down to business.'
The carriage drove through a stretch of streets.
He raised his head and looked at Marquis Shiles in front of him.
"Please tell me, are Heroic Spirit Palace and the other districts still in Dragon Clouds City and under the control of the Walton Family?"
Marquis Shiles frowned. "Before I entered Armor District, the White Blade Guards, the palace guards, the patrols, and even the officials were all normal.
"Of course, when the king led his team away from the palace, the ravaging calamities and the return of the Great Dragon, some of the guests, including the archdukes, were emotionally unstable. But Prime Minister Lisban tried his best to calm them down.
"But …" He changed the topic and said in a low voice, "My informants in the Disciplinary Hall and the channels of my peers told me that His Majesty has not shown up, nor has he given any orders. Only a few White Blade Guards have appeared after resisting the calamities, but they have found nothing …
"Everyone from the Chief Garrison Officer to the Disciplinary Hall is anxious. Not long ago, the prime minister was still discussing whether to ignore the king's ban and send a large number of patrols into Shield District."
Thales breathed a sigh of relief.
"So, Heroic Spirit Palace and Dragon Clouds City are generally safe?"
"Safe? After we met the patrols who interrogated us, I expressed my doubts about this. "Shiles shook his head and said worriedly," First of all, you have to tell me, what happened to Shield District after the calamities ravaged it? What about His Majesty?
"And how did you appear here?"
Thales took a deep breath. He looked at Marquis Shiles, who had turned his head around, and enunciated each word clearly.
He enunciated each word clearly, "King Nuven was assassinated. He died."
Shiles froze on the spot. His expression changed subtly, rising and falling along with the bumpy carriage.
"The murderer is a man with the surname Charleton, and the person who hired him is Lampard," Thales finished his sentence quietly.
Little Rascal looked at them timidly.
"So, it seems that this is true." After a while, Shiles came back to his senses. He caressed his gloves and staff and said subconsciously, "The king is dead.
Eckstedt … is going to be in chaos.
"The Crystal Drop Mine contract …" Marquis Shiles stared at his staff in a daze, as if he was urgently calculating the gains and losses.
Thales remained silent and did not speak.
Soon, the carriage drove out of the boundaries of Armor District. In the winding streets of Dragon Clouds City, they entered a roadblock formed by soldiers from the patrols and barricades. They had arrived at the cordon of martial law.
Thales watched nervously as the coachman conversed with the disciplinary officer who was the leader. The coachman stuffed a letter and a pouch of money into the disciplinary officer's hand.
The disciplinary officer glanced at the window of the carriage. Marquis Shiles waved at him in a friendly manner.
The carriage was let through without a hitch.
Thales, who was lying flat on the ground with Little Rascal, heaved a sigh of relief.
"Don't worry." Shiles smiled stiffly. "The merchants have a lot of connections, and they are very useful. It's not a problem to deal with these people at the bottom of the hierarchy."
The people around the carriage began to increase.
Everywhere were the citizens of the capital who were whispering to each other. They were either disheveled or dressed in rags as they stayed on the streets. Quite a number of kind-hearted people brought out food supplies and gave them to these pitiful people living on the streets.
"These are the evacuated citizens. They have been homeless for a few hours, at least not before the king's ban expires." Marquis Shiles looked outside the window and shook his head. "Of course, I heard that compared to the people in Shield District …"
But at this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from outside the window!
A man ran over from the street with an anxious look on his face. As he ran, he shouted loudly.
Thales and Shiles frowned and looked at each other in bewilderment.
The crowd began to gather in one spot and followed the man's figure forward.
The discussions around them became louder and louder. Soon, it became a clamor that filled the air.
Immediately, the crowd's emotions began to go out of control. Some of them roared in grief and indignation, some were hysterical, and some were cursing angrily.
Their carriage had no choice but to slow down as well.
Soon, the man disappeared into the crowd.
But the people did not disperse. They still gathered in circles and discussed enthusiastically in twos and threes with their loud voices. There was no lack of people who were so excited that they even started fighting.
The Northlanders' personalities could be seen clearly.
"What's wrong?" An ominous feeling rose in Thales' heart.
"I don't know," Marquis Shiles answered solemnly. "But we will find out."
Hence, at the next street corner, Marquis Shiles deliberately stopped the carriage.
Under his signal, a patrol soldier who was maintaining order but was arguing with his colleague in an agitated manner was invited by the coachman to the carriage.
Marquis Shiles opened the carriage door halfway and stuck his head out.
"I am from Camus Union, King Nuven's business partner." The blonde, ponytailed noble handed over a silver coin and flashed a friendly smile. "May I ask what happened just now?"
The soldier seemed to have just experienced an intense argument. He panted and stared at the silver coin in his hand. He was slightly stunned.
He raised his head again and saw the golden wheat ears and the dagger symbol on the carriage.
"Sir, it's such an important matter." The soldier calmed down his agitated emotions. After he came back to his senses, he seemed to be a little reserved and stuttered, "You, you still don't know …"
Marquis Shiles took out another silver coin and said gently, "So I need you to clear up my doubts. Just tell me what you know."
The soldier looked at the silver coin in his hand again and subconsciously put it into his pocket.
"It's like this." The soldier straightened his armor, shook his head and exhaled. His expression became a little unpleasant. "His Majesty, King Nuven was assassinated!"
Shiles' expression changed at the same time.
"What happened? How did you know? "
Thales hid behind the marquis. He gritted his teeth and listened quietly.
"I heard it from someone." The soldier looked at the marquis' reaction and seemed to have received encouragement. His words began to flow smoothly. "The whole of Dragon Clouds City is saying that the murderer, the murderer …"
Thales was shocked.
Marquis Shiles frowned. "Who is the murderer?"
"It's those people from the Empire!" The soldier raised his head and shouted angrily, "They want to cause civil strife in Eckstedt!"
The soldier's words became more and more indignant. There was anger and hatred in his tone. "Those damned remnants of the Empire, that Prince of Constellation from the south … They colluded with the calamities, and even secretly ambushed people and assassins …
"They murdered the great Born King in Shield District!
"Those Constellatiate b * stards!"
Shiles sighed in silence.
Behind him, under Little Rascal's terrified gaze, Thales leaned against the carriage in a daze and panted absentmindedly.
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