Path of The Dragonborn

"...The above is all about it." "Not moving" Kim Vasek sighed and took a swig of beer in front of him. Sitting across from him was a handsome long-haired man with a scar on his face, the "Sword of Wind" Arios Marklein. Both of them are A-level guerrillas of the Guerrilla Association, and they are also considered by their peers to be the most likely to succeed the "S-level" vacancy left by Cassius Bright. However, Jin is very clear that his colleague has decided to accept the nomination from the headquarters of the Leman Autonomous Prefecture, but there is no commendation yet.

Generally speaking, two high-ranking guerrillas meet here, and the things that require their joint efforts to resolve are generally quite serious incidents. However, these two people did not have the unique sense of urgency when facing major events, but relaxed like a vacation. Arios quietly listened to Jin's explanation of the cause and effect, while looking at Jin's back with melancholy eyes—there were two young girls there, and he didn't seem to feel the content of the two adult men talking. The amount is huge, just playing there.

"I see... the little girl with pink hair is to be taken care of by me temporarily, and then sent to the Empire..." Arios seemed to be thinking about whether there was anything wrong with Kim's approach, "then. Where is the girl's father?"

"When I tried to negotiate, I thought I would encounter a lot of obstacles." Jin grinned bitterly. "But I didn't expect that the other party would directly think that I was here to buy his daughter... Seeing the price I offered him, my eyes were all right. Straight. He said to himself that his son didn't sell such a high price at the beginning, and he has nothing to complain about."

"..." Obviously, this fact makes Arios, a good father, quite uncomfortable. His always indifferent face showed a clear disgusting expression-obviously, in his opinion, an alcoholic and gambler. His father sold one of his sons and one daughter to pay off his debts. He was absolutely incompetent and unqualified. However, he also knew that he shouldn't judge these things too much, so he had to hold back his emotions and continued to ask: "So...according to what Heliga told you, this matter was asked by her brother to do it...because He is a traitor of the killer organization, so once he leaves the border of the empire, he will be overtaken by the organized chasing soldiers, so he had to send his sister over through the hands of a trusted third person?"

"Yeah. I originally planned to go personally... But recently some instability factors are brewing in the Republic, and I am not very comfortable withdrawing and leaving, so I wanted to take advantage of your time here and ask you to help." Jin had no idea. He scratched his head embarrassedly, "I'm so sorry... Obviously you still have so many bad things to deal with at Crossbell..."

"On this point... I don’t know what agreement Heliga and Prime Minister Osborne have reached... At least so far, Governor Rufas seems to really have no intention of attacking the Guerrilla Association. At present, it is nothing more than just some tasks. The conflict must be resolved by the Governor’s Mansion.” Arios said, facing the sympathetic gaze cast by Jin, “So, although I am a bit concerned about the assassin organization behind this, I’ll forget it so far. According to your statement, the underworld of the Republic basically respects "Black Moon" as its leader. Will it break the underground world order dominated by "Black Moon"? "

"Well... Originally, "Black Moon" was a fairly large underground organization. After last year, it took a step further, and now it has almost become the underground emperor of Kalvard. "Jin drank the beer in one sip, then licked his lips, and picked up the other bundle that the waiter had placed next to him. "

"But "Black Moon" seems to be very difficult to keep in Crossbell's branch. "Arios also took a sip of the drink in front of him. Unlike Jin, what he saw in front of him was not beer, but some kind of bitter green tea. "I also heard the news recently... I heard Yuan Yuan Lu Governor Fass wanted to keep them as a channel for private communication between the Governor's Mansion and the Republic, but "Black Moon" seemed not to follow the instructions of the Governor's Mansion. So now the two sides have opened up their stance, planning to fight for a lose-lose situation. "

"The situation in Krossberg is really worrying now...but anyway, it wouldn't be too bad if the association can continue to run." Jin looked at his watch, some reluctantly glanced at the remaining half. Beer, stand up, "I will also provide information on the Republic side through the association's channels. Come on your side, too."

"So urgent, is there anything to do?" Arios also stood up, "Is it the work of the association?"

"It's about time for the woman in Wuxiang to contact me." Jin said with a tangled expression, "This Altai now really has everyone... Hearing her said it seems that she has received a subordinate that she had previously focused on training. What’s the news about the news, and I’m also a little interested in what I did before. I don’t know exactly what she thinks...but at least she didn’t intend to interfere with this, so you shouldn’t worry too much.”

"So that's the case...then you just go over. It just so happened that the matter on my side has come to an end, so I can bring the girl back." Arios nodded.

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While the two senior guerrillas were exchanging information on recent events, the two girls at another table not far away were in a very jovial atmosphere. The older guerrilla girl Elein was telling Nadia in front of her about her embarrassment in the quasi-guerrilla period, and the latter was amused by these things. After the two of them frolicked for a while, Nadia, who seemed to be a little tired of noisy, lay on the table and said with a little envy, "Sister Elei, you are so amazing. You are such a young, a guerrilla, long It has to be pretty... the film agent who was changing to the airship at Lamport was not a scout at all, right?"

"...Hey, he often came to pester me when I was still in school." Ai Lein looked at Nadia's sly eyes, knowing that the lie she had made up had been seen through, "Always wanted me to join in. His film company, but I have shied away many times."

"But Sister Elein, you are indeed very beautiful, and you have a good temperament." Nadia teased sweetly, "The Guerrilla Association did not require active-duty guerrillas not to make movies, right?"

"I don't have much confidence... Besides, there are some more beautiful women in Carlvard's film industry. In this case, I always feel that I will be treated as a gimmick like "female guerrilla x movie actor"..." Ai Lein sees Looking at the latter's eyes, "Um, Nadia..."

"Haha... Sister Ai Leiyin, needless to say, I understand." Seeing Ai Leiyin's hesitation, Nadia suddenly put away that soft look, and said solemnly, "I'm afraid of being caught by you. Did the missing childhood sweetheart laugh after seeing it?"

"It has nothing to do with him! Besides, Nadia, don’t always mention it..." Obviously, Nadia’s prank has achieved the desired effect: since I overheard a conversation between Elean and Kim. After a certain childhood sweetheart of the former, Nadia always took it to the point, and the good-tempered Elei was quite ridiculous about it, "I just don’t have the confidence to take care of both sides... you think. Whether it’s because of the work of the guerrillas that delayed the time of the film, or because the filming of the guerrillas delayed the work of the guerrillas, it would be very irresponsible to any party, right?"

"Really, don't look for such a high-sounding reason~" Nadia's voice became lazy again; Seeing her mouth can't be beaten, the frustrated Alein had to resort to assassin, and she was the only one to Nadia so far. Diya's effective method-tickling attack. Although Nadia is an eccentric, clever girl with ice and snow, she is still an ordinary person after all. It is naturally impossible to beat the active guerrilla Alain in physical strength—so she quickly gave in to Nadia in laughter. And ended. However, the details of the bar lights being blocked by a huge shadow suddenly made Elein realize that doing so is tantamount to making a big noise in the bar, otherwise Senior Jin would not stand behind him with a black line.

"Yes... I'm sorry, senior..." Seeing Jin's eyes, Elei quickly let go of Nadia, who was already out of breath, apologizing, and looking around, it seemed that there was no one, so she relaxed slightly. Minded.

"Really...too lack of consciousness." Seeing that the younger generation apologized sincerely, Jin, who has always been a good man, didn't say much, but turned his gaze to Nadia, and then turned slightly to allow the latter to see behind Jin. The long-haired man, "Nadia... Well, let's part ways here. I still have a lot of things to do in Kalvard. Then he will find the opportunity to take you to the Empire."

"This uncle is so handsome." Nadia thought like this in her heart when she saw Arios's face-this time she accidentally said it. However, this sentence slightly alleviated the tight expressions of Kim and Arios; the former is because the Republic’s internal situation has become complicated recently, and Arios has to keep repeating the Governor’s House of Closberg. Be mentally prepared for impermanence. However, these people's thoughts on Nadia's performance in this way are not exactly the same; Jin and Elei's thoughts are more consistent, just lamenting the childishness of the girl in the cardamom age, and Arios thought of it. My daughter often shows off to others outside, saying that her father is very handsome, and she can't help but smile.

"Ah... he's Arios Marklein, from Closbell, he is also from the Association... A-level guerrilla." Jin almost missed the hidden identity of "S-level", "and his skills Stronger than me. Although the situation in Closbell has been a bit messy recently, nothing will happen if you are with him. It won’t be long before you will be able to reconcile with your brother."

"Will your brother come to Clos Bell?" Nadia asked curiously and expectantly after hearing the words.

"It's hard to say...Although Crossbell is currently controlled by the empire, compared to other territories in the empire, the control is not too strong. Various activities in the dark also exist, so your brother may not take risks." Arios thought for a while, and considered his words, "But having said that, it is almost impossible for me to enter the hinterland of Ereponia. The imperial government currently treats me... it seems that... In short, I think I will pass other The channel sent you to the Empire. Before that, you can only work hard for a while at Crossbell."

"It's getting late...A little later, you may not be able to catch up with the next airship." Jin subconsciously looked at his watch again, "Alain, go get Nadia's things from the room."

"I've already taken it down before... Seeing you meet the "Sword Saint of Wind", I guessed what would happen next. "Erein pointed to the table under the two of them, where there were two small boxes.

"That's it?" Arios looked at the two pitiful boxes in surprise-it seems that these are all the girl's belongings? But also, considering her father's financial situation, probably she really has nothing to take with him.

"It's some gadgets that she might need, and some changes of clothes." Jin whispered in Arios's ear, with sympathy in his tone, "I got it by Alain and I. . Her father didn't let us take anything when we were leaving."

Obviously, this incident further caused Arios to reduce his sympathy for the father who had lost his child. However, in front of Nadia, he restrained his expression and did not show his emotions, "I see...then let's set off now."

"Please wait a minute." Nadia said to Arios solemnly, who looked at the color in the girl's eyes and nodded naturally.

"Thank you, Mr. Jin, and Sister Alein." Nadia walked to the two of them, bending over and bowing, "Although I know that my brother's commission is behind this matter, you have also helped me along the way. Many...but you don’t need to feel guilty. For me, leaving that home to be with my brother is already the best gift in itself... You don’t know that when I was at that home, my only spiritual sustenance was my brother regularly Letter from..."

At this time, Jin and Ai Leiyin discovered that Nadia had already discovered their entanglement-after all, in their opinion, no matter what the reason, this seemed to be playing some association rules. Nadia was telling them not to feel guilty.

Jin wanted to say something, but found that the words had reached his lips, but he couldn't say it. Elene on the side seemed to be a little moved. She stepped forward and hugged Nadia tightly.

"I'll write to you, Sister Alein. Just send it to the headquarters of the Guerrilla Association of Edis." After separation, Nadia wiped the corners of her red eyes and said happily.

"Well...what happened, remember to tell me in the letter." Ai Lein touched Nadia's head with pity, just like her sister to her sister.

The two adult men didn't say anything, they just watched the scene quietly. Although they each carry a heavy burden... but it doesn't seem to prevent them from experiencing this innocent atmosphere for a while, doesn't it?