Yorko suddenly sighed in his heart.
"Damn it, didn't we agree not to see each other again? It was just a polite saying to find the ambassador if there was trouble. Don't take it seriously! "
He looked at Otto and hesitated for a while before saying, "Bring her in."
If the sponsor of the exhibition was not here, he would have directly used the excuse that the ambassador was not in the mansion at the moment and asked her to come again.
No. 76 quickly took her hand and walked into the room. It was Amy, the tenth item of the "Black Money" auction.
The witch anxiously grabbed Yorko's arm as soon as she saw him. "Sir, please help us. Annie and the others are in danger!"
"In danger?" This was probably the most difficult kind of help. "Sit down and tell me what happened." He patted her shoulder and said, "What happened?"
"Our... hiding place has been discovered!" Ai Mi took a few breaths and said intermittently, "A large number of … patrols surrounded the orphanage and blocked the nearby streets. I saw more than one team of knights … searching for witches street by street, the others are still trapped inside … I beg you to save them! "
"Are there other witches besides you and Annie?"
"There are also Hero and Broken Sword. Hero has lost her legs and can only be carried by Annie."
"It's troublesome enough to hide one, but there are four?" He sucked in a breath of cold air. "How did you escape?"
"The food in the house is running out, so I went to buy some food nearby. When I came back... when I came back, I found them everywhere!" She sounded like she was about to cry.
Yorko was in a dilemma. The ambassador of Graycastle was just an empty title without any real power. How could he stop those patrols? Moreover, this arrest was ordered by the King of Dawn. He had just offended the King in the palace. If he stood up to protect the witches now, the result would probably be more than just banishment from the palace.
"Don't worry, they'll be fine." No. 76 comforted Amy while stroking her back. "Sir Yorko must have a way to bring them back safely."
"No way! Everything will be fine if they listen to me and submit to His Majesty as soon as possible. "
"What about Mr. Hill?" Otto asked.
"I don't know. He never reports to me about his actions, and I often don't see him for a long time." Yorko frowned. "If you want to see him, I'm afraid you'll have to wait until after dinner."
"How about this … I'll go find Earl Quinn first. He's the King's Prime Minister and is in charge of the patrols. Maybe he can give them a chance to escape."
"Wait, he will listen to you?"
"I don't know, but I have to try." Otto showed a complicated look. "Do you remember the witch friend I told you about? Her name is Andrea Quinn, and she is Earl Quinn's biological daughter. "
…
As time passed, Yorko could do nothing but stand by the window and look into the distance.
No. 76 showed her amazing ability to comfort Amy. She coaxed the frightened Amy to sleep on the bench. It could be seen that this guy had been running all the way and was too anxious, so he was very tired. But even so, to be able to fall asleep in such a place, it could only be said that she was indeed … too trusting of others.
In the evening, Hill Fawkes finally returned to the ambassador's residence.
"Where have you been —" Yorko found three people following him as soon as he asked.
No, to be exact, there were two and a half people.
One of them was half a head taller than Hill, with some blood on her face and a vigilant look in her bright eyes. It was Annie who had sneaked into "Black Money" to save Hill. She was carrying a purple-haired woman on her back. The woman was tied to Annie by two belts from her waist to her shoulders, probably for the convenience of movement.
Based on the empty trouser legs, she should be the hero who had lost her legs.
The last person was about the same height as No. 76. Her shoulder-length hair was almost silver, and she looked a little listless. She was holding her waist and swaying as if she had been seriously injured.
"You all escaped... That's great!" Amy, who was awakened by the noise, was stunned at first, and then she threw herself into Annie's arms excitedly. "Was anyone hurt by the Knight?"
"I'm okay, only Broken Sword... Her magic power is a little exhausted."
"I was so worried about you..." Amy finally could not hold back her emotions and sobbed softly.
"Sister Annie is here. Don't be afraid." Hero comforted her.
"How did you meet them?" Yorko opened his mouth wide.
"It's a long story. They have to leave here as soon as possible." Hill grabbed the ambassador's hand and led him to the bedroom alone. "Listen, before the city gate closes, you have to leave the City of Glow tonight. I've already prepared five carriages, a total of five. The first two are for transporting wheat and fruits, and the last three are for transporting people... "
"Wait a minute," Yorko interrupted. "Did you just say... 'you'?"
"It's you and the witches, not me," Hill said word by word. "In order not to hinder His Majesty's plan, we can't lose the news of the Kingdom of Dawn."
"But I'm the ambassador!"
"You have to leave because you're the ambassador." Hill's voice became more and more steady at times like this. "Listen, I didn't save these three witches."
"What?" Yorko could not help but be stunned. "Not you?"
"I've set up spies around the Knight's martial arts field. If you can't find the witches, you might as well see how the opponents find them. So I received the news as soon as they moved out. But when they arrived, the block had been surrounded, and only the Black Street Rats could enter. "
"So you bribed the Rats?"
"Since I arrived in the Kingdom of Dawn, I've been keeping in touch with the local Rats. Although it costs me a lot, it can always be useful at critical moments." Hill said in a low voice, "But when I used the Rats I bribed to track them down, the three witches had already escaped the encirclement."
"Isn't that good? I'll ask Denise to send them away and pretend that nothing happened... "
"But it's not normal." Hill shook his head. "The King of Dawn obviously knows exactly where the witches are hiding, and the people he mobilized are enough to turn the besieged block upside down. How did they escape? There's only one explanation — the witches were deliberately released. Perhaps Appen wants to use this method to catch more witches in hiding... or find out the people who support the witches. "
Yorko swallowed hard.
"If that's the case, it's too dangerous for you to stay in the City of Glow. The safest choice is to leave as soon as possible." Hill continued, "If you can bring back four witches for His Majesty, the credit will be much more than an ambassador's position."
"What about you..." He hesitated. "If you're caught..."
"They can only catch a famous person, but I'm a nameless person hiding in the dark. In their eyes, I don't exist at all." Hill chuckled. "No one will notice that a guard is missing from the team of ambassadors, and Lord Otto will cover for me. Do you remember what I mentioned to you? I'm just an ordinary acrobat. The next time you come to the Kingdom of Dawn with His Majesty, you may see a brand-new acrobatic troupe in this prosperous City of Glow. "
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