Austin's place to buy wine was 'Beauty and Wine' on Granton Street, considering that he really needed to get drunk, and Velote was so big that he knew that he had a lot of wine, so he simply moved a whole barrel of ten liters of ale, and then bought a lot of meat and bread in the store to take away.
Passing by a pastry shop on the street, Austin thought of Irene and thought that the little girl would have a sweet tooth, so she went inside and spent a silver coin to buy her a cake with a red strawberry on the top.
They soon arrived at Kelly's door, and Austin knocked on the door: "Irena, it's me, open the door." "
With a bang, the door was opened, and Irene was standing behind the door, she looked out expectantly, but except for Austin and another strange man, there was no familiar figure of her sister, her heart couldn't help but sink, and tears began to roll in her eyes again.
Seeing this, Austin hurriedly stepped forward to hug her, and persuaded in a panic: "Irina, don't cry yet, although my brother hasn't found your sister for the time being, it's not without harvest today, at least I already have some clues, and I also found a powerful helper in the Adventurer's Guild, which is this handsome Mr. Holy Warrior beside me." I think with his help, I'll be able to find Kelly soon. Don't cry, okay?"
"Yes, little girl, we already have clues about your sister's disappearance, tomorrow, tomorrow we can start a search, I believe there will be results in a few days. Velot also stepped forward in time to help Austin persuade Irina.
"Woo... Really?" Of course Irena wanted to believe that it was true, and hoped it was true, but how could she be relieved until she saw her sister return safely?
Austin and Velot looked at each other and nodded at the same time, "Really!"
Irina's tears finally stopped, and then she also saw the barrel of wine standing at Austin's feet and the bag of fragrant food, and the little belly that had not eaten all day screamed, which made her blush and dare not look up.
Austen was not slow, and quickly took out the strawberry cake that she had bought especially for her, and took it out as if offering a treasure: "Here, I guess you'll like it." "
"Huh, it's a cake!"
As Austin thought, Irena loves sweets, and the moment she takes the cake, she immediately jumps up happily and imprints an unexpected sweet kiss on Austin's cheek. After all, she is just the daughter of a poor family, and in the past, she almost never had the opportunity to eat such extravagant sweets except for birthdays.
Irina's joy was also contagious to Austin, temporarily dispelling the clouds in his heart, and he couldn't help but fantasize that when he rescued Kelly, with his current ability, whether he was going to be an adventurer and make money by doing tasks, or being a guard for those nobles or wealthy merchants in the city, it would not be easy to earn dozens of gold coins a month, and when the time came, let alone buy cakes for them to eat every day, even if he bought a big house, it was not impossible to hire a servant.
But if Austin's fantasy was known to Mage Jersey who guided him to the path of a special mage, he would definitely be severely reprimanded, just with his bloodline talent, as long as he is willing to work hard and practice hard, it is possible to grow into a high-level special mage within ten years, and he even dreams of being a guard for others? This is definitely and absolutely embarrassing the face of the spellcasters.
However, people's dreams are always limited by their own vision, once Austen goes higher and higher, and sees farther and farther, one day he will naturally feel funny because of his current fantasy, but now, it is Austen's dream to live a leisurely life like the middle class in the city.
"Come on, brother, we still have such a big barrel of ale to deal with. "
Velot gently patted the lid of the barrel, waking Austin out of her fantasy. The paladin, who had been traveling in the wilderness for several days in a row, had not drunk for a long time, and his stomach had long been hungry.
"Haha, look at me, I actually left the guest out of the door. Quick, come in, I'll go clean up the table and put everything on the table. After Austin came back to his senses, he held his forehead in annoyance, he was indeed too rude, he patronized his beauty, and forgot about Velote, that is the biggest help for himself to find Kelly, how can he not be entertained?
"I'm here to help, too. Irina, who was taking a small bite of cake, quickly put down the delicious food in her hand and jumped over to help Austin.
Two people working together was naturally more efficient, and in a short time, all kinds of meat had been cut and put on the table, and the bread was also placed in a basket made of rattan.
"Bang~"
When the two wooden cups full of ale finally touched each other and made a muffled sound, both Austin and Velott poured the entire cup of ale in one gulp without hesitation, and in an instant, the hot sensation burned from the tongue to the stomach.
"Vellot, I'll tell you the truth, I'm on the verge of despair today, and if I hadn't met you, I don't know if I'd have dared to continue the investigation. "
After a few more drinks together, with the strength of alcohol, Austin could finally confide in some hidden words in his heart, he had to admit that although he cared about Kelly very much, and vowed to find her desperately, he could really do this, he didn't dare to guarantee, it is human nature to be afraid of power, maybe just a cowardly thought flashed in his heart, and the fearless courage in his chest could be like a punctured balloon.
Although they had only just met, Velott felt that Austen was not the kind of person who would give up at the slightest setback, and after listening to Austin's frustrating words, he was silent for a while, and then raised his head and drank a glass of wine before asking, "Brother, have you found something?"
"Hey. Austin sighed, put down his glass, and replied truthfully: "It's not a find, it's inferred from some information I know, I don't know if you want to believe it, I think this is Count Haniri of Oni City behind his back!"
"Count Haniri, isn't he a local lord?"
Although Velott is a foreigner, he also knows who the owner of Oni City is, not to mention that he has made a special trip to visit the Earl today.
"Yes! It's the lord of Oni City!"
After saying categorically, Austin subconsciously looked around, criticizing the ruler of the city, if someone heard about it, he would be imprisoned or even sentenced to hanging.
"Can you explain it to me?" the paladin now had a feeling that what Austin said next was likely to be the key to completing the mission.
Austen drank another glass of wine before he began to slowly tell his recent experience, from entering the sewers to pursue the female thief, and continuing to talk about today's conversation with Ritter, he did not let go of a single detail about the Kelberlot blade, and finally added his own inference.
"In this case, I am afraid that this matter is really inseparable from the earl. "
Velout couldn't understand why bandits were rampant outside Oni City, but no one took care of them, but after listening to Austin's explanation, he suddenly figured out that if the Count was really interfering behind his back, or if he was simply sending someone to pretend to be robbers and raiders, then everything would make sense. However, if this inference is true, then the nature of the matter will escalate, and it will no longer be an ordinary disappearance of a girl, but a collusion between lords and nobles to the devil!
Anyone who has conclusive evidence of his involvement with the devil will immediately become the enemy of all the gods of Kassamem and a heretic to be judged.
"So what do we do next?"
Austin knew that his vision was very narrow now, and when he encountered this kind of matter that had already involved the city lord, he would definitely not be thoughtful enough, so he expected Velot to come up with a well-thought-out and feasible plan.
"What should I do..."
Velot groaned, as a paladin, he would never be afraid of power, and he would never be restrained just because the other party was an earl, he was a paladin of Tyre, who was born to do justice!
The other party is the master of Oni City, as long as there is a little mishandling on his side, it may implicate many innocent people, so he needs to be cautious and cautious!
Austin knew that he was thinking seriously, so he didn't rush him, and took a sip of wine on his own, thinking about what would be the best thing to do.
"Let's just do it. Velout finally spoke again, "You and I were still focused on directly arresting the criminals at the beginning, and I estimate that they will continue to fight in the next few days, as long as one or two of them can be caught, they will naturally be able to torture the place where they hid the missing girls, and there, direct evidence of the Count's collusion with the devil will definitely be found." "
"You mean to avoid the Count for a moment and go around him?"
"Yes. The paladin nodded, "But it's only for the time being, if we can't catch the direct murderer in the next few days, we will have to bite the bullet and attack him." "
"So tomorrow shall we start from outside the city, or from inside the city?"
"Outside the city, during the day, they should be outside the city, I met them in the suburbs the day before yesterday, but unfortunately I don't have a horse, I can't catch up with him, I can only watch him take a girl who is herding sheep. With that, Velott slapped the table heavily, looking extremely annoyed.
"Hehe, aren't there two of us now? I'm also a special mage who knows a few spells, and I happen to have a long-range attack spell 'Acid Missile', which should come in handy. Austin patted his chest proudly, looking extremely confident in his abilities.
"Oh, what other spells do you have other spells besides this one?" Velott looked a little happy, if he really had strong ranged spell support, he would definitely not let the enemy run away on horseback.
"Well... I have a total of 3 first-level spells, namely 'Enchanting Humans', 'Secondary Fire Shield', and a missile spell that even Jersey Master outside the city can't identify, and I don't know the effect, while there are more zero-level spells, including the 'Acid Missile' just mentioned, as well as 'Tired Touch', 'Flash', and 'Mage's Hand', the first two of which can be used twice. "
Austin replied truthfully. He understood that Velot had to formulate a battle plan suitable for the two of them, so he would inquire in such detail.
"Great, I didn't expect you to have so many spells to work with. "Although Velot is not a spellcaster, he also knows that a level 1 special mage should normally have several available spells, like Austin, there are so many spell slots, and all the spells he knows are very practical, which is really rare.
"Hey, hey. "
"I'll also talk about my abilities and the way I fight. You know, I'm a paladin, and I'm naturally best at frontal combat, direct hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and my level in this respect is about the same as a level 4 warrior, but the god of justice I believe in, Tyr, has generously given me the ability to use up to level 3 magic, I can strengthen my shield, sharpen my sword, so that I can fight against non-casters of about level 5, and I can also heal simple injuries. Velot also slowly confided in his situation, only when two people understand each other can they cooperate tacitly in the face of the enemy.
"It's really.. You're amazing!V. Lot, you're so powerful!" Austin couldn't help but smack his tongue, he didn't expect that the paladin he met by chance in the Adventurer's Guild would be so powerful, comparable to a level 5 professional, then wouldn't his level be about the same as the female thief in the sewers!
"It's okay, in fact, I'm just a trained paladin..."Velote said in a very low-key manner.
"Training?"
"Well, yes, if you want to become a holy warrior of the Tyre Church, in addition to meeting the strength requirements, you must also pass three years of training, and only if you have not violated the doctrine for three years, you will be awarded the silver guardian badge of the god of justice. And I'm in my last year, but thanks to these two years of experience, my strength has grown to the point where I am now. "
"Tsk, it's not easy to become a holy warrior. If it were me, I wouldn't have been able to hold on for a day. Come, let me toast you, to the noble qualities of the holy warriors!" Austin raised his glass and stood up, "and wish us all the best tomorrow!"
Velot also stood up, raised his glass, and shouted, "I wish us all the best tomorrow!"
"Cheers!"
"Cheers!"