"Liz..."

"Polly..."

The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was this familiar little face. I reached out and touched her face. It was still so soft, but she felt thinner than it had been more than a month ago.

I stood up and hugged her, and then apologized to her with great self-reproach, while Polly asked lightly without knowing why.

"Liz...Nancy is really gone?"

"...Yes, she is gone."

"She... also went to Burhels?"

"……Yes."

"She doesn't want us either?"

"No, no. She's just tired and went there to rest first. She will be reunited with her father and mother there."

"Then... when will we go there?"

"One day there will be a day, and one day in the future, we will also pass..."

I let go of Polly and looked around the room. This was a very high-end hotel room, but there were only two of us in the room, and I didn't see the elf and her companions.

Now, I know very well that the elf's previous behavior was to help me get out of my confusion, and the identity of her companion's so-called "female killer" was probably made up. After all, if you think about what Polly said before, you can understand

, that woman saved Polly, so she couldn't be as ruthless as imagined.

"Polly, where are those two people?"

"Erica and Agil went out shopping, and they asked us to wait here. And they prepared delicious food for us... I wanted to wait for you to eat together, but I was too hungry, so

I just ate it with them first. I’m sorry..."

I looked where Polly pointed, and there was a lunch on the table. I walked over with Polly, and when I opened the lid, there was a very exquisite steak lunch. I estimated

This lunch must be worth at least 5 silver coins, and usually even Nancy and I can't afford it outside.

When I was looking at this lunch in a daze, I suddenly saw Polly twirling her lips with her little hands. This was a bad habit she had developed when she was young, such as eating food when she saw something she wanted to eat.

She would do this. Although Nancy and I often accused her of this bad habit in the past, there was never any good way to help her correct it. But now, after seeing this little action of hers, not only did I not feel angry, but I felt extremely angry.

I missed it, and unconsciously my eyes started to get a little wet, but I had decided not to cry in front of Polly in the future, so I was determined not to let her see me in this embarrassing state, so I quickly pretended to rub my eyes and changed the topic.

.

"What did you have for lunch?"

"Ah?...Same."

"Oh, do you still want to eat?"

"I...don't...don't eat..."

"It doesn't matter. I can't eat all this meat by myself. Come and share some with me."

"But, Liz, aren't you hungry?"

"No, you know, I've always had a small appetite. Let's come together."

I carried Polly onto the chair next to me, then pushed the plate to the middle and piled the sliced ​​meat in front of her.

"By the way, Polly, tell me what happened over the past month. How have you and Uncle Gallo been doing?"

"Oh, it's good... My uncle and aunt also take good care of me. After you went to the Baron's place, my uncle asked someone to ask for news about you..."

"Is it……"

Sure enough, the city of Wilsk has changed a lot in the past few days. Now I can hardly recognize the streets in my original memory.

The original plan was to go shopping with Erica. The main reason was to see if we could find a place to buy ingredients here. If we found it, we wouldn’t have to go to Patz. After all, it was so far and there were so many people on the road.

, I believe the journey will definitely be slower than usual.

And another thing is that I need to see if there is a suitable messenger bird in the new market here. Because of what I did before, I now need a way to communicate with Chris quickly. I can’t be unable to communicate with Chris after I get home.

She contacted her, but this would delay a lot of things. For example, if someone from the library arrived while resting at home, and Chris couldn't send someone to notify me in time, that would be a bad thing.

But it's a pity that we walked two streets and didn't find any merchants selling letter birds. Although many new shops have been expanded here, they have just opened, so no one has put some expensive goods on the shelves.

However, it seems to me that everyone is still very cautious, at least until the peace talks between the Principality and Merigil are successful, the major chambers of commerce are still unwilling to invest too much in advance.

At the moment we are resting in a pub that has just opened. We did find a shop selling ingredients before. After paying the deposit for the ingredients we planned to purchase, we left. After all, we have no plans to go home immediately, so we bought fresh ingredients.

After coming down, there was no effective storage method, so I had to wait to pick up the goods from the store before leaving.

Erica was drinking cider gloomily at this time, because she had fallen in love with a cowhide whip before, but the price was too high and I didn't agree to buy it for her, so she was so unhappy. But in my opinion, she

Now it's a bit ridiculous to be like a child having a tantrum, but I don't know the specific reason why she is upset. After all, I don't think she is really as childish as a child, so I plan to try to ask.

"You want that whip that bad?"

"In no mood."

"Then why are you so unhappy?"

"I'm just unhappy that I met a profiteer here! A broken whip actually costs two gold coins?! It's 200 euros. Do you know how many bullets I can buy?"

"This is just my estimated value..."

"That's pretty scary too."

Only then did I understand the real reason for her unhappiness, which was actually because of the price. Indeed, the whip looked exquisite in workmanship but was not practical. In my opinion, I could get it for 20 silver coins, but the price quoted by the other party

It is indeed outrageous. As for the exchange rate between Solis gold coins and euros, I estimated it based on the consumption levels of some later European regions that I learned from her before. In the 21st century Europe where she lived, there was a huge price gap.

In some high-consumption countries, 100 euros can buy up to two kilograms of beef, but in some countries with lower prices, 100 euros can buy ten kilograms of beef of the same quality. This gap is too big, so I originally

When I first heard it, I almost thought she was joking.

"You really want to imitate that Dr. Jones?"

"I used to think that it was a classic of an era after all. But... now I'm not interested at all."

"That's fine. If there are monsters there, they will probably be very dangerous. It's always safer to use a gun than a whip."

"What kind of monster do you expect there to be?"

"Maybe there will be cavemen or goblins or something."

"Goblin?"

"Yes, it's the little green monster that appeared in some legends in the past. It also exists in this world, and it's more dangerous than the one in the legend."

"Is it very powerful?"

"Individual abilities are not strong, but they appear in groups. They have low intelligence and some relatively primitive civilization structures. They are good at using some crude weapons and poisons. They are agile and fast, and they also breed some other

Animal type monsters.”

"Yeah... It sounds very dangerous. The key is the large number... Well, it looks like it needs some heavy firepower."

Erica suddenly became a little excited. It seemed that she wanted to bring her heavy machine guns to the stage. But unfortunately, I personally do not recommend this, not because of the bad memories of my past, but purely because of the bad memories in my past.

It is believed that fighting in underground space is not suitable for using such heavy weapons.

"You'd better use other weapons. For example, the automatic rifle we are using now is good. The heavy machine gun is too big and difficult to move. But you can bring more ammunition. After all, you will be prepared."

"Hmm... I guess you don't need to bring too much explosive equipment for underground fighting. By the way, don't you know teleportation magic? Can you try teleporting the weapons at home into my hands?"

"Theoretically, it might be possible. I've seen the former Chosen Ones do something similar in the library before, but I don't know how to do it. I'm sorry."

"it's a pity."

"It's almost time to go back. I think it's time for Liz to wake up."

"How are you going to face her?"

"Let nature take its course, I can't think of any good solution."

I got up and left the lively bar, heading back towards the hotel.

At the same time, in the Baron's mansion, Chris returned to the living room happily but Diana and Erica were nowhere to be seen. After asking the ladies, she hurriedly called Marco over. After some careful examination

After questioning, Chris asked Marco very displeasedly.

"Just because she is from the Thieves Guild, you let them leave?"

"Miss Michael, things are a little complicated."

"Tell me."

"We interrogated those assassins before... They are indeed slaves from the west, but it was the Thieves Guild that brought them into the principality... and it was the 'Moraka Brotherhood' in the principality that secretly supported them."

"Really...wait, you mean..."

"That Lizzie and her sister Nancy were from the Moracca fraternity."

"What's the connection between the two things?"

"Regarding this, we need to capture some live people from there to ask. But we have secretly sent people to monitor the thief named Liz. If she is involved in this matter, she will probably come into contact with other thieves.

By the time……"

"Okay, but don't hinder Diana and the others."

"I can only do my best..."

"I don't need you as much as you can, I just want you to do it."

"……yes."

Chris walked to the window very dissatisfied and looked at the scenery outside and fell into deep thought. But Marco did not leave because he had not yet received the owner's permission, so he could only continue to stand where he was. After a while,

Chris sighed softly and asked.

"Where are they now?"

"It's still the same guest room in the hotel 'Silver Leaf Tree and Golden Horned Deer'. However, the spies reported that the two ladies were shopping and only Liz and her sister were in the room."

"...Continue to monitor, but don't get the wrong target. Go down."
To be continued...