Quadruple split

Game time AM10:24

Violet Empire, Royal Capital Salamun, Crimson Garden

Futaba, who was enjoying the sunshine on the lounge chair in the center of the courtyard, stretched his body slightly, opened his eyes lazily like a kitten just waking up from a nap, and blew on his glasses while wiping them with the hem of his robe. whistle.

"You can actually call me in a more normal way..."

Cassie's figure slowly emerged from under the red maple tree in the courtyard, walked behind the girl and asked in a low voice: "What are your orders?"

"The royal messenger is here, go out and tell him to wait for me for a while."

Futaba put on the pair of round flat glasses again, slowly slid off the chair, turned around and walked towards his room: "I was the first one to arrive last time, this time since I knew I was going It’s a disadvantage, so just ask them to wait for me for a while and just say I’m touching up my makeup.”

Levin, who had just walked out of the study, opened his mouth in an exaggerated manner: "To be honest, you are pretty enough now, this excuse is really poor."

"What nonsense, I am naturally beautiful."

Futaba shook her head without looking back, and then muttered angrily, 'So what's wrong with being less than 1.6 meters tall? ’, ‘I’m less than 1.6 meters tall and can eat your rice! ? ’ He quickly walked into the room and slammed the door.

Levin scratched his hair awkwardly and shrugged to Cassie: "Is our eldest lady in a bad mood?"

"If you don't know, I don't know even more." Cassie sighed, then pointed to the door, winked at Levin, and said in a low voice: "People are here, you better go and tell them Well, I’m not good at dealing with this kind of thing.”

Levin laughed at his old friend, patted Cassie's shoulder hard when he walked past him, shook his head and said, "Didn't Miss Futaba comfort you about what happened before, so don't think too hard about it."

Cassie just nodded slightly, without saying anything more, and then walked back to the tree she was leaning on before and disappeared.

Five minutes later, the girl who had just sent a large number of garbled codes to someone in the room walked out, briefly greeted Levin and left with the Bauhinia envoy.

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Game time AM10:58

Royal District, Three Color Courtyard, Purple Nine Hall

When Futaba arrived belatedly, everyone else, including Emperor Clairvaux, had already arrived. However, the girl just said "I'm sorry" lightly and walked to her seat and sat there carelessly. He didn't show any embarrassment at all.

However, no one else present seemed to be unhappy. Even Archduke Scorpius Hussein, who had always been at odds with Futaba from the beginning until now, just hugged his arms and laughed twice. After all, in principle, This should be the last supreme meeting regarding the slave crisis. Under the premise that the Marshalls and the Fire Claws have reached a basic 'reconciliation', Hussein, who is firmly on the side of the former, cannot continue to target Futaba.

As the initiator of this turmoil, the winner on the negotiation table, and the party that has not achieved any substantive purpose, it doesn't matter what Futaba's attitude is now. Who loses and wins in this matter? At least he has a close personal relationship with Buffy Marshall. Archduke Scorpius was quite aware of this, especially after the secret conversation with the former last night.

"Everyone is here, Your Majesty."

Archduke Simon, who was always so meticulous, turned his head slightly after Futaba sat down and asked softly to the old man sitting in the middle of the long table: "Then, let me summarize?"

The old emperor Clave Bresne nodded slightly: "That's it."

"Then, in order to save everyone's time, please allow me to get straight to the point..."

Grand Duke Simon of Ximu stood up, looked around at the other people present with his dark elf-specific red eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Three days ago, after carefully studying the transaction account book found in Mercury City, Marshall A joint investigation team composed of the Territory, the Crystal Wolf Territory, the Baroka Territory, the Simon Territory and the royal family secretly sneaked into the eastern border of the Mirk Forest and conducted a raid on the wood processing factory that was affiliated with the 'Silver Cake' Chamber of Commerce and was suspected of being a slave trading stronghold. According to feedback from several high-level personnel from various territories who went with the team, the processing plant did have abnormal precautions. At the same time, fifteen seconds after the large force triggered the early warning magic, the top person in charge of the wood processing plant The mansion where Sacfrith was sitting suddenly exploded..."

"Wait a moment, dear Xi Mu."

The white-haired Grand Duke Dantès knocked on the table lightly and asked in confusion: "Who is that Sacfrith?"

"On the surface, as I said just now, he is the person in charge of the wood processing factory under the Silver Cake Chamber of Commerce. At least that's what the workers we caught said." Archduke Simon did not send the troops to Xiang because the territory was too far away. Grand Duke Dantès, who was involved in this operation, explained, and then said without any waves: "But his true identity is probably not simple. First of all, we found several hidden crypts under the lumber factory, where there are The most basic life-support equipment, the environment is very harsh, even the workers do not know its existence and purpose, it is most likely a place used to temporarily house slaves; secondly, the two most senior among the workers are only processing They have been working in the factory for three months, and they have all received transfer orders and will soon leave there. Some evidence we found also shows that the only permanent resident of the processing factory is the person in charge, Sack Frith, and he Have you been working there for more than ten years, Grand Duke Dantès?”

"I want to know if there is any more tangible evidence, although the two things you just mentioned are strange enough."

The old Duke, who was only a few years younger than Clairvaux, blinked and laughed to himself: "Sorry, it seems my curiosity is too obvious."

Simon shook his head: "I was about to get to the third point. It was still the two most senior workers. One of them claimed that he saw several black carriages appearing in the processing plant one night and faintly heard them. Scolding and whipping, he is just an ordinary civilian and there should be no reason to lie."

"It seems the conclusion is obvious."

Duke Fernando leaned on the chair and muttered something. After realizing that he was suddenly noticed, he said in a panic: "Ah, at least... at least that's what I thought. After all, what Xi Mu said just now The content is very...obvious."

"No one said you were wrong." Grand Duke Baroka slapped himself on the forehead and sighed helplessly: "You are also a Grand Duke after all. Although it is not appropriate for me to say this, we are talking. Can it be a little more in line with your own temperament?"

Archduke Fernando shrank his neck: "Well, you are right."

Baroka rolled his eyes: "No, just pretend I didn't say anything. It's so embarrassing."

Emmeline laughed infatuatedly, and then lowered her head in embarrassment. After all, although Mercury Core Fernan's character was a little different, he was still her elder after all.

"Okay, Vernon, we're not here to discuss aristocracy today."

Archduke Simon glanced at Archduke Baroka, and then sat back in his seat: "That's all. My point of view is the same as that of Mercury Core. Whether it is the wood processing factory or its director Sakfris, has a problem."

"Where are the workers?"

Scorpius narrowed his slender eyes slightly and asked softly: "Are you sure you are innocent?"

"It should be possible." Archduke Simon nodded and replied: "They are all innocent ordinary people. They were basically recruited by recruitment revelations. Such revelations are posted in many cities."

Emmeline frowned, raised her head and said in a deep voice: "As for the Silver Cake Chamber of Commerce, I asked Uncle Deku to do a little investigation, but nothing was found. Its headquarters is in Pamela Liberty on the other side of the continent. In the trade area, the only industry around the empire is that one lumber factory..."

"There is only one industry in the eastern part of the Dark Forest near the Empire in the Southeast Continent, but the headquarters is in the Southwest Continent, which is very suspicious in itself." Archduke Buffy Marshall sighed and said with a gloomy expression: "My investigation results here is also like this."

Futaba chuckled: "In other words, our clues were completely cut off by the person in charge named Sakfris."

"Yes." The Grand Duke of Marshall did not laugh along. Instead, he knocked on the table in distress: "Being the person in charge of such a place for such a long time, he must know a lot of inside information..."

"But he exploded on the spot, so I don't know anything now. It's a pity that I don't have any close friends as a necromancer. No, even if I do, it probably won't work. That guy seems to have no bones left." Futaba He smacked his lips, shook his head and said, "What a pity."

Her tone and demeanor were normal, and she didn't seem to be implying anything. However, everyone here was used to this girl's targeting of the Grand Duke of Marshall. They always felt that Futaba's words were slightly thorny, so they all began to think more about it. got up.

And this is exactly what Futaba wants...

"Speaking of which, that Sackfrith is really decisive."

Emmeline glanced at the Archduke Marshall thoughtfully and said softly: "You committed suicide as soon as you saw our people invading. You are very loyal."

"Now I just hope that the object of his loyalty will be crushed to ashes."

The Grand Duke of Marshall snorted coldly, his eyes extremely sharp: "Let those things hiding in the shadows figure out their position."

Futaba clapped her hands absentmindedly, then turned to Clairvaux: "Then, Your Majesty, are you ready to announce the conclusion now?"

The old emperor smiled, shook his head slightly and said: "There is no conclusion now, but I think both the royal family and the lords will pay considerable attention to this matter. It is said that there has been some progress on Buffy's side."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the results of my investigation have also come out."

Archduke Marshall nodded and said sternly to everyone: "Although I can't confirm whether it is really related, Bockberg, the former deputy leader of the Buffy Sword Knights under my command, has been temporarily placed under house arrest in the mansion until I return. A detailed investigation will be carried out later. In addition, Supervisor Fudge, who also participated in the investigation of the wood processing factory the day before yesterday, also sent people to investigate Banyklaw's residence before his disappearance and found some clues and some letters that may be useful. Then The name of Sakfrith also appeared in the letter, you can send someone to accompany me to Mercury City for identification and investigation."

"No need." Duke Scorpius Hussein shook his head and spread his hands and said: "I believe Buffy, if you need any help anyway, just say hello. Well, there is also the little girl Futaba. Regarding what happened to the Fire Claw Leader, I personally sympathize deeply, and if necessary, the Hussein family can provide you with some interest-free loans~"

Futaba smiled and said, "Okay, let me give you a hundred thousand gold coins first."

Scorpius smiled: "Okay, let's talk in a more relaxed setting another day, but right now, I just want to go home and spend time with my wife and children."

"Grand Duke Hussein is right, we have indeed been away from our territory for a long time."

Mercury core Fernan also nodded, and said to the old emperor with a grimace: "Look..."

Clairvaux nodded slightly, looked around the crowd and was silent for a moment, then said slowly: "In that case, I hope you will pay attention to those clues as much as possible after you go back. Since you are already prepared, don't let this happen. If it happens again in the land of Violet, especially Buffy, you must pay more attention. Regarding the compensation of the Fire Claw Territory, the royal family will supervise it. And Scorpius, what you just said to Ms. Futaba should be Does it count?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Of course, Your Majesty."

The two princes nodded immediately.

"I will arrange for the elite of the Bauhinia Guard to go to the Marshall Territory in a while." Clairvaux leaned back in his chair and glanced at it intentionally or unintentionally: "Carry out a detailed investigation again, you'd better send some Once the manpower has passed, whether it is the missing Beneclaw or the clues that may be related to that Sack, the investigation must not stop until the truth comes out. No matter what, the victim needs an explanation..."

All the lords nodded in agreement.

[It seems that this is the only way this time...]

Futaba didn't say much, even though she knew very well that letting Buffy Marshall return to Mercury City to take charge of the overall situation would very likely lead to the situation becoming irreversible, but when things got to this point, even she couldn't say anything more. .

[Although it is a bad decision after all, I have made some preparations at least. If I can seize the opportunity in a while, I may not be able to trick him again, although the possibility of directly tricking him to death is smaller than now... Phew, Instigating the Fire Claws to start a war has no chance of winning. They really lost completely this time... It's too careless...]

Even though she had already guessed the outcome before she came, the girl was still extremely agitated at this moment, and it just happened that at this moment, that infuriating bastard actually sent a message again...

"do you miss me?"

Futaba simply ignored him.

Then……

"If you don't reply, I'll take it as your acquiescence. Tsk tsk. You're so embarrassed that I can't even stand it anymore. The poor tablet is only 1.5 meters tall~"

Another message flashed through

Futaba gritted her teeth viciously and was about to say something ugly and send it to her, but unexpectedly...

Crunch~

The door of Zijiu Hall opened by itself!

No, he was pushed away from the outside.

"Hi~ I'd like to excuse you, it's a great honor to have the opportunity to meet all of you. By the way, can I add two more seats?"

A young half-elf wearing a white robe and an evil smile stood at the door and bowed to everyone, then strode in holding a blue-scaled lizardman with an ashen face...

The pair of jade green eyes flashing with amusement blinked slightly at Futaba, and then after looking around, they stopped at the livid-faced Grand Duke of Marshall.

The smile on the uninvited guest's face suddenly grew stronger...

"This Mr. Sackfrith seems to have something to say to everyone~"

Chapter 343: End