Mystery: Paradox Path

Returning home from Viscount Grelint's mansion in Queens, Fors immediately threw himself on the sofa. Although he didn't run much today, Fors still felt that he had exhausted all the fatigue of the previous ten days in one breath. The desire to slow down.

But soon, as if she noticed something, she turned her head with a slightly awkward posture, looked at Xio who was looking at the books borrowed from Viscount Grelint, and asked in surprise:

"Aren't you going to get paid?"

Yes, the reward, I finally completed the strike task today. Shouldn't Huo rush to get the information about his father?

Judging from the attitude she usually shows, even if she is half tired, it is impossible for her to have the idea of ​​"waiting for tomorrow"! Not to mention that she still has the energy to read miscellaneous books now.

Or... Hugh was actually lying to himself?

"You said the information, I already got it. The other party first told me the information before assigning the task." Xio seemed to casually flip through the "History of the Loen Kingdom Nobility" in his hand, without raising his head. But soon she seemed to remember something, and said strangely:

"Speaking of which, didn't you have a writer's circle party tonight?"

"Is changing the subject? How can such important information be shipped first and then paid?" Forsi was a little wary, but did not make a sound, but deliberately turned her head and glanced at the wall clock on the wall, and then said:

"One more has disappeared, let me rest for a while."

"Oh, then go to sleep, I'll call you later." Xio nodded and continued to read.

Forsi was a little surprised that Xiu, who was usually reckless, could be so calm, knowing that she would not be able to wait for any flaws if she stayed there, so she simply closed her eyes and rested for a while, until Xio's call came, and she tidied up her clothes. , stay out of the door with the items that you usually attend a party.

However, Forsi did not go far, but just stayed in the dark corner and waited quietly. In her opinion, Xio should come out soon.

...

Forsi didn't know that this time Xio really didn't lie, because she received Miss Audrey's generous remuneration today, and she planned to go to Mr. Snow to write off the bill after she was promoted to sheriff first.

She didn't know that her best friend was waiting for her to go out in the cool breeze of early autumn, so she just leaned on the sofa, with the gas lamp on, enjoying the first leisure time that she hadn't enjoyed in a long time.

This lasted for more than ten minutes, and Xio suddenly felt that the hard cover was a little strange, so he carefully checked it, found the interlayer, and pulled out the old piece of paper that Audrey had prepared for her.

The front of the paper was covered with those special symbols created by Emperor Roselle, and a passage of ancient Hermes was written on the back.

...

"Why isn't Hugh coming out? Could it be that I think too much?" Forsi, who had been frozen for a while in the slightly cold fog of Backlund, finally had a bit of a temper. She considered the possibility that she thought too much, While secretly using his extraordinary ability to return home.

Then, she saw Hugh who looked like she was about to cry, and took deep breaths to adjust her emotions.

"What's wrong? Could it be that she used some so-called messenger to communicate with someone before and got a very bad answer?"

The sharp-eyed Forsi saw that there was still an old piece of paper in front of Xio that could not be read clearly, and immediately made a guess in his heart, and immediately walked up to comfort this roommate who seemed to be vulnerable like never before, but...

"Ow!"

A familiar scream spread through the room, followed by the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground. Xio immediately stopped his subconscious aggressive behavior, and rarely looked down at his best friend—the Buddha who was rolling on the ground with his stomach in his arms. Erth.

"Fors, why are you back?" The corner of Xio's mouth twitched slightly, and then he asked, but the tearful Fors didn't answer immediately, but after a while, he was hit by the elbow. take it easy,

In a cold sweat, he said:

"I just... just came back, Xio, are you crazy? You do it without seeing it clearly? It's still so hard!"

"Didn't you go to the party? How did I know you were coming back so soon?" Xio asked awkwardly, but Fors frowned, realizing that things were not easy, because Xio didn't seem to realize that he was not leaving. The door came in?

"How could such a mistake be made?" Fors muttered in disbelief, then frowned and said:

"Even if I scared you, your reaction was too intense, right?"

But to Forsi's surprise, Xio actually forcibly argued: "This is just a normal reaction!"

In the past, Forsi would basically choose to preserve Xiu's privacy when faced with such a situation, but recently Xiu is really not right, so she didn't take it with her, but took advantage of her lying on the ground to quickly take it. The piece of paper that fell in front of Xio said:

"what is this?"

"Don't look!" Xio let out an unprecedented scream, startling Fors, and at the same time grabbing the piece of paper back, he immediately wanted to tear it up, but he seemed to have some scruples. I didn't start, just like a child, stuffed it in vain behind my back, as if I felt that I could hide it this way.

"Xiu, you are very wrong!" Forsi saw Xio's abnormal behavior, and her expression immediately became serious. In her impression, since she met this best friend, even when she was most vulnerable, she didn't Such a disgrace.

Forsi knew that this matter was not trivial, and endured the dull pain still coming from her abdomen, she quickly got up, and looked at Xio with solemn and concerned eyes:

"What on earth happened?"

"It's really nothing..." Xiu muttered weakly, but seeing Forsi's serious expression, he knew he couldn't hide it, but he still folded the old piece of paper a few times, and completely folded the old piece of paper. The ancient Hermes language was hidden, and then he told Fors that he had thoughtlessly recited the honorable name written in the ancient Hermes language before.

"You, where's your brain?" Forsi's head was getting bigger, but she also knew that she should be comforted at this time, so she sighed and said in the calmest tone possible: "Yes, there should be nothing wrong. The ceremony is not complete, and who knows if it's true or not... By the way, do you have an impression of that honorable name? As long as it's not those well-known evil gods or hidden existences, it shouldn't be a problem... For example, I hear it every full moon Some strange babble, isn't it okay now? Uh, why are you crying?"