In the hazy night, the Roasted Fish Hotel was as old and cold as ever. It did not seem to have changed at all, but Fernando did not dare to approach it anymore. After leaving a secret mark at the agreed location, he turned into the slum nearby and hid on a dense tree, looking down at the shabby houses below in silence.
When the silver moon rose to its highest point, a figure stepped on the ground full of light and quickly approached the broken house.
After checking that nobody was following him, Fernando floated down from the tree and said in a low voice, "Old man, you're not dead yet!"
"I'll still be alive even if you're dead!" The shadow was exactly Old Grimm.
According to President Arnold's order, he would continue to stay in the "Roasted Fish Hotel" and contact "Blue Grace" Sharp, but he would no longer be involved in the communication of the sorcerers of the Union.
Fernando sniffed and changed the topic. "Old man, tell Sharp that we've decided to accept the mission to assassinate Alfonsol. We hope that he can provide all the files about Alfonsol."
"What? You've really decided to assassinate Alfonsol? You've infected the president with your madness? " Old Grimm couldn't have been more surprised. In his eyes, such a thing would be completely infuriating the Church without any possibility of success. Instead, the entire Union would be involved!
Fernando looked at Old Grimm in mockery. "Cowards can't understand the meaning of risks."
"You seem to be confident." Having lived almost two hundred years, Old Grimm had seen a lot of things. He sensed the change of the problem from Fernando's mockery.
"Cowards are indeed sensitive." Fernando did not have the noble virtue of respecting the old at all. His main feature was his foul mouth. However, as a sorcerer who walked out of death and blood, he had been through too many dangers. So, he did not forget to remind Old Grimm. "Don't let Sharp know that we're confident."
He emphasized the word "confident". He did not tell the whole truth even though he was facing Old Grimm.
Old Grimm chuckled. "Am I as reckless as you? However, why did you ask Sharp to provide the information? Aren't you afraid that he will set you up or secretly inform the Church? "
"By the time we lure Alfonsol out, Sharp will certainly realize that we have accepted the 'mission' and taken action. If he notifies the Church, we can do the same. So, we might as well trust him right now. It will be the foundation of our cooperation. Also, it will save us a lot of time to collect intelligence." At first, Fernando had been hesitating about it himself, but he decided to come because President Arnold and Douglas both agreed. However, after careful consideration, he vaguely grasped the key point, although he was not as certain as the old fox.
Perhaps the old fox was hiding something else, which was why he believed in Sharp's sincerity?
Old Grimm nodded. "Sharp has been staying in the Roasted Fish Hotel for the past two days. He seems to be waiting for your reply. I'll pass on your message to him now."
"Right. There are also these mathematical books and notes. They're gifts to Hathaway from me and Douglas." Fernando gave a dozen books with black covers to Old Grimm.
"Do you really want Hathaway to embark on the dangerous path of magic?" Old Grimm had never agreed to it because of Hathaway's father.
Fernando smiled and said, "Heh, can we force this kind of thing? Old man, just let go of your worries. It's time for you to find a lady and have a child of your own before you die. Don't give unnecessary love to people who don't need it. "
He hid his vague concern in mockery.
Old Green was silent at first, then he heaved a long sigh. "I remember what a lovely child you were when you first came to the Magic Tower. You were full of vigor, stubbornness, and delicate. You would secretly cry when your teacher scolded you. When did your mouth become so stinky?"
Fernando blushed when his dark history was exposed. A terrifying "storm" was brewing in his eyes, but before he roared, Old Grimm had already disappeared into the darkness and returned to the Roasted Fish Hotel.
"That wretched old man!" In the end, Fernando could only curse in a low voice, fearing that the people nearby would be alerted.
About ten minutes later, Old Grimm returned and said to Fernando solemnly, "Sharp promised to provide Alfonsol's files. They will be delivered to you at this time tomorrow."
"What was his reaction after he learned that we accepted the mission? How did his face and air change? "Fernando asked cautiously.
Old Grimm certainly paid attention to the details. Without thinking, he replied, "He was slightly stunned. Then, he maintained a casual smile. Well, he even cursed, 'Arrogant rats who don't know how weak you are. Let's see how you'll be killed!'"
Fernando pictured the scene in his heart multiple times and did not notice anything unusual about Sharp. So, he nodded his head. "I'll hide in the hotel tomorrow and observe how he gives you the files in secret."
At such a moment, the more careful he was, the better. Fernando was not an inexperienced young man.
"Right, here is a letter from Hathaway to you and Douglas. She must've written it two days ago. Sharp has been carrying it with him." Old Grimm took out a thick letter from his pocket.
"A letter for us? What did she write? " Fernando did not believe that he and Douglas had established a deep friendship with Hathaway after only two meetings. He was rather stunned.
After examining it with magic, he opened it carefully, only to discover that the handwriting on the letter was clean and neat, but there was not a single extra word except for the mathematical questions that were copied!
"Hehe …" Fernando could only chuckle about that.
… …
The next day, before the sun set, Fernando snuck into the Roasted Fish Hotel and hid in the kitchen behind the counter.
About an hour after dinner time, Sharp, who seemed to have a tumor on his nose, came alone and threw a pile of crumpled paper to Old Grimm. "All the details that I know are on it."
He was no stranger to assassination and knew what files were useful. After all, when the Church rose at the beginning, it was common for Knights to cooperate with clerics to assassinate sorcerers.
Seeing that Old Grimm was staring at him without saying anything, he snorted heavily. "If you doubt the authenticity of the files, you can verify them yourself. I'm just a customer, not a servant."
After that, he opened his hands. "Where's the letter?"
"What letter?" Old Grimm was briefly stunned.
"The letter to Hathaway. The chances of their operation failing are very high. If there is no reply in the next couple of days, I'm afraid that there will never be a reply." Sharp still looked down on the strength of Fernando and the others. Fernando, who was peeking in the kitchen, was so angry that he clenched his fists.
Old Grimm took out the letter that was full of answers and handed it to Sharp solemnly. "Do you really want to assassinate Alfonsol?"
He keenly sensed the anxiety and carelessness in Sharp's attitude. It was the tacit understanding of years of cooperation. Fernando could not see it at all.
"What do you think?" Sharp did not give a straight answer but asked back with a casual smile. Then, he took out another letter from his pocket. "This is Hathaway's question after she studied it yesterday."
Fernando didn't need to read it to guess what kind of content it was.
After Sharp drank a cup of liquor and was about to leave after eating a roasted fish, he suddenly smiled at the wall of the kitchen and winked.
"He found me …" After a while, Fernando walked out of the kitchen and looked at the darkness where Sharp disappeared.
Old Grimm chuckled. "When we were on adventures before, he was always best at discovering spies. Perhaps he has some special skills. I forgot to remind you."
Having no time to roar at him, Fernando read the intelligence that Sharp provided carefully.
… …
"According to Sharp's files and other intelligence, it is obvious that Alfonsol is a tough man who hates sorcerers. He is brutal enough to be called brutal, and he is good at fighting. There are many instances where he actively chases after sorcerers. He is very unfriendly to the nobles. It is exactly because of the conflict with the Orvarit family that the pope sent him to us …" Two days later, in the relic at the bottom of the lake, Fernando briefly described Alfonsol's situation to President Arnold.
In the heavily protected secret chamber, Douglas was the only one other than them. Ramon and Veronica, who were not involved, were excluded because of confidentiality.
Arnold browsed through the files and listened to Fernando's report. In the end, he nodded and said, "Very valuable intelligence. The operation will probably begin in a couple of days. Don't go out. Adjust yourself and wait for my message."
"Okay. Nothing wrong with Sharp so far." Fernando had also observed and followed Sharp in the past two days. He was proud that he was not discovered.
In the next two days, Douglas and Fernando exchanged magic and items with other people at the bottom of the lake like other sorcerers. They did not seem to be about to take part in an important operation at all. However, in their spare time, they did not discuss any issues that would consume their energy and attention. Instead, they kept themselves ready for battle.
At the dawn of the third day, Fernando and Douglas received Arnold's order through Wind Message. They left the relic in silence and entered the black forest nearby.
"The president is here." Douglas discovered Arnold before Fernando did.
Hardly had he concluded his sentence when Arnold, with his white hair, walked out of the darkness solemnly instead of his usual smile. "Alfonsol has left Renstadt with at least seven senior-rank red robes and saint Knight. He did not ask for the cooperation of the nobles."
Douglas nodded his head at first, but his face suddenly changed. "Who is this?"
It was not until then that he noticed a man covered in a black cloak in the shadow next to Arnold. He was surrounded by a vague black fog, and he was holding a long scythe in his hands. He had not sensed him earlier!
Fernando was even more surprised. It was not until Douglas reminded him that he noticed the mysterious man who was full of the air of death!
"My Servant of Death is equivalent to a rank-nine extraordinary creature. He's best at hiding. To be honest, I barely used him before. Almost nobody in the Union knows about him. However, this operation is very important, so I can only reveal my trump card and try to kill Alfonsol in one strike …" Arnold's solemnity was gone as he introduced the Servant of Death with a smile. He also told Douglas how to cooperate with him and the Servant of Death to attack.
Douglas and Fernando nodded in relief, agreeing with their president's decision to go all out.
"Then, let's go to Xavier County in the north." Arnold looked at the north.
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