After Roland fell asleep, Nightingale slipped into the Mist and quietly left the castle.
Her destination was the Foreign Affairs Building.
The dark ground shrouded in the night showed distinct black and white colors in the misty world. Using the twisted contour lines, she leaped several meters and crossed the garden wall in a few steps.
Roland called this method of movement "Flash" and said it was a magic skill with no cooldown time. Nightingale immediately fell in love with this name — moving like lightning, quiet like a shadow, suddenly appearing and disappearing, impossible to guard against, this was called the Flash.
However, she did not quite understand what the latter part of the phrase "cooldown time" meant.
But this was also an old habit of His Majesty. After staying with him for a long time, she would always hear some incomprehensible words.
After leaving the Castle District, Nightingale did not go down the slope as usual. Instead, she directly leaped from the hillside and walked in the air along the lines that appeared in the sky. After a few steps, she directly landed on the top floor of the Foreign Affairs Building.
This building was built in the area between the Castle District and the residential area. It was four stories high, which happened to be level with the small highland where the castle was located. It was also the second concrete building after the Witches' Building.
The original purpose of its construction was to house some of the more important prisoners, such as Duke Ryan's wife and daughter, who were detained in the basement. Although they were prisoners, the environment of the new residence was much better than the previous dungeon, and they also had time to take a walk every day. In her opinion, this was simply too good for the nobles.
Perhaps His Majesty felt that he might not have so many enemies to house, so the aboveground area became the first place for the distinguished guests who came to Neverwinter for the first time. For example, the sages of the Alchemist Society of King's City, the Astrology Association, and the sea merchants of the Fjords had lived here for a while.
Since the rooms in the Foreign Affairs Building were empty most of the time, and it was far from the heating system of the residential area, only running water was available. Because the identity of the residents was more complicated, His Majesty also added a team of personal guards here, which not only showed the importance of the guests, but also served as a watchdog.
Of course, Nightingale did not want to alert the guards by taking the stairs. She went straight through the top floor and entered the bedroom where the witches lived.
The afternoon inspection did not find anything unusual. The four witches' Magic Cyclones were very stable, and their capacity was not outstanding. They could be regarded as the most common kind. As for the content of the questions and answers, there were basically no lies, only some ambiguities when it came to talking about their past experiences. Her branch ability had keenly captured the subtle insinuations — but this was very normal. Along the way, she had suffered hardships, hunted, and even more unspeakable treatment, which would become a shadow in the witch's heart that she was unwilling to mention, so it was normal for ordinary people to want to hide it.
If only these four witches came to Neverwinter, then she would probably have four more sisters.
However, what caught Nightingale's attention was the ordinary girl called No. 76.
There was no magic radiance on his body, and his demeanor was no different from an ordinary person, but she still felt that something was wrong. Later, when she thought about it, she found that what made her feel strange was No. 76's honest answer.
Nightingale had seen many people pour out everything they knew until they were facing death. However, it was rare for a former maid of the underground chamber of commerce to be honest with a stranger without any threat.
But she could not judge the identity of No. 76 because of this reason.
After all, No. 76 did not lie.
The fact that she did not lie meant that the experience and origin she talked about so far were credible. In addition, what Yorko, Amy, and Annie said could also be corroborated — No. 76 was indeed a guide of the "Black Money" exhibition. She was bought by Yorko because she was involved in the witch auction.
Therefore, Nightingale decided to sneak into the Foreign Affairs Building at night and observe No. 76's behavior in the Mist.
If No. 76 was really up to no good, this would also be the moment when she was most likely to show her flaws.
She walked through the bedrooms one by one and soon found the room where No. 76 was.
The other witches had basically fallen asleep, but No. 76's room was still lit up. She was sitting on the bed, playing with the ring in her hand by candlelight. Her eyes were full of joy and intoxication.
"Is it because of the beautiful gemstone inlaid on the ring?"
Nightingale walked to the bed and quietly watched No. 76's every move.
Except for admiring the ring over and over, No. 76 did not do anything suspicious. She was like a lucky person who was too excited to sleep with a treasure in her hand.
Although the ring was shining with a tiny magic radiance, it was not surprising that there was such a Magic Stone in the exhibition, considering that some relics were often auctioned in the exhibition.
After an hour, No. 76 was tired of admiring the ring, dropped her arms and closed her eyes. Nightingale sighed softly.
"It seems that I worry too much."
She glanced at No. 76 for the last time, reached out to extinguish the candlelight, turned around and walked through the wall into the howling wind and snow.
*****
The heat of the colorful Magic Stone subsided, which proved that the person who used the magic power had left the bedroom.
No. 76 was a little relieved.
Even if they could get almost unlimited life through the soul transfer, it did not mean that they could stay up all night. It was just that after disconnecting the connection between the soul and the body, the efficiency of resting was much higher than sleeping. Therefore, in a day, she only needed to rest for two to four hours to recover.
Usually, she fell asleep much later than the witches.
She didn't expect that it was this difference that allowed her to observe such an incredible scene.
No. 76 opened her eyes and looked at the empty bedside. Just now, a column of bright orange light appeared in the room. The light column was as thick as a torso and went straight to the ceiling, reflecting the other side of the ring into a golden color! This level of "key" had surpassed the remaining Senior Witch of Taquila, Pasha, and was only second to the Three Chiefs of the Union. Although she could not see the figure of the visitor, she knew that it was not a simple invisibility spell, but a much more complicated ability!
"Is the visitor Anna or Leaf who Nana mentioned?"
Although there was still a certain gap between the requirements of the Chosen One and the orange light, No. 76 was excited to see such an orange light.
The activation method of the colorful Magic Stone ring was very simple. As long as someone nearby was using the ability, the Magic Stone could absorb a small part of the surging magic power, thus showing the complexity of the ability. The specific manifestation was the light columns observed through the Magic Stone. The thicker the light column, the more complicated the key was.
No. 76 became more excited as she thought about it. She simply walked out of the room and went to the top floor of the building.
The wind and snow assaulted her face, yet she didn't feel the slightest bit of cold. If it was any other time, this feeling of emptiness and powerlessness would only make her feel tired. But now, she instead felt incomparably excited. She had a bold and unrestrained feeling of standing against the wind and chasing the last ray of light in the darkness.
She raised the ring and pointed it in the direction of the castle. According to Vendy, the castle was where the witches lived. Now that the first Senior Witch had appeared, would the Witch Union give her more surprises?
She was full of expectations.
However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred.
The ring in her hand suddenly trembled as if it was resonating with something.
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