Path of The Dragonborn

In the middle of the night, Harold Hayvas, who returned home, felt a little physically and mentally exhausted today.

Because of something that happened in the village of Almorica in the morning, he was out of state all day, in other words, he was a little absent-minded. To be precise, it was the photo that accidentally dropped when the young man from the Empire took out his business card, which deeply shocked Harold's mood.

This incident directly caused him to be muddled for the whole day afterwards. First, when he went to mention the guided car that he carefully selected, he forgot where he put the check, and finally he hurriedly searched for a long time and let the follow-up wait. The people who followed the same procedures were impatient for a while; then they were too drunk at dinner with those tycoon friends in the business circle and almost lost their spirits.

Had it not been for Harold himself, who had always enjoyed a certain fame and reputation in the Crossbell business circle for his kindness and kindness-the performance at the table that day was enough to make some irritable businessmen write him as a refusal to deal. Blacklisted. However, this appearance of Harold itself is also very rare, and everyone only considers that he has recently encountered some unsatisfactory things, and he has not been investigated for his gaffes too much, which makes him very grateful.

However, all this was not as good as Harold was shocked when he recalled the content of the morning picture.

The violet color that flashes by in that photo, and the smiley face that feels friendly how you look at it—that is clearly, it is clearly—

"Honey?" Sophia looked worriedly at her husband, who had been sitting on the sofa and said nothing since returning home. "What's wrong with you?"

His wife's words of concern caused Harold to wake up from his obsession. However, this return of reason not only did not calm him down, but also caused his gaffe. Harold twitched tightly and grasped his wife's hands tightly, his lips wriggling to say something, only to find that he could not speak.

"Sophia, my dear, I..." Harold said slowly, word by word, "You...today..."

"...Did you drink too much?" Sophia smelled the unique smell of alcohol on Harold-it stands to reason that her husband's alcohol volume is not bad, and he came back by himself today. It shouldn't have been drinking consciously. Qing look.

"I..." Harold spoke again, a dry feeling in his throat. But for some reason, looking at his wife's concern with doubts in his eyes, he suddenly found that he could speak normally.

"I... saw a picture today."

"A picture?" Sophia didn't understand what her husband was talking about. "A picture, is there anything weird?"

"The person in the photo... always feels... looks a lot like... Ling."

"!!!"

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"In short, that's the case. It seems that our previous inferences were not wrong. When I let Harold see the picture of Ling on purpose, his eyes were straight."

"Really..." Fei sighed slightly, "So, what should I do next?"

"Wait." Heliga took a leisurely sip of tea, "This matter can only wait... until Harold takes the initiative to find the door. If he really cares about his daughter and the truth of the matter, he will inevitably take the initiative to look for his place. I care about the owner of the photo, which is me. Before, I deliberately imitated those business tycoons who printed a business card-like thing, and created an opportunity to pass it to him naturally. If nothing else, he should I will come here."

"Really... Then, do you want Ling to know?"

"...Let's leave it to Levi over there. He knows better than me when to explain to Ling." Heliga sighed softly, "Ling might think I'm nosy when I say it now. "

"...That's true."

"Anyway, let's go to Arios first-I remember he seemed to say that there will be a special dinner made by Mrs. Ayasa today."

"Really..." Fei's eyes lit up, "You can't miss it."

"Well, let's go." As he said, Heliga put down the tea set and got up to pack his clothes.

"Ah... wait a minute." Fei seemed to think of something suddenly, "Then, how did you finally round out your lie to the villagers?"

"It's very simple... Just let him forget that I was here." Heliga shrugged indifferently. "After he took me around the Big Bee Garden, he gave me a little hint. In short, don't worry. But the various honeys he tried for me are really sweet..."

"...I don't know why, I suddenly want to hit you."

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"Ah... this is really delicious. I don't seem to have seen you make it before." Heliga said vaguely while spitting out the bone residue in his mouth. The peculiar meat on the table that he had never seen before aroused his curiosity, and then he was addicted to it.

"Ah, that." Ayasa smiled, "It is a breeding beast that has been fed and grown up by specific fungi. It seems to be a specific good thing for the nobles in the western part of the empire. But thanks to my friends, I also I got some of them-I originally planned to use it after Xiaodi's birthday..."

"It doesn't matter, Mom. Brother Heliga and Sister Fei are more happy to be a guest than their birthday." Xiaodi said seriously, "Furthermore, the teacher in Sunday school said that fresh meat cannot be preserved too much. old."

"The teacher is right." Compared to Heliga, Arios's eating image is much more elegant. Although he also thinks that the meat that has never appeared on the table is delicious, he can't hold it anyway. Face and a teenager who was younger than him grabbed the meat, "Guess Xiaodi, what method does your mother use to extend the shelf life of the meat."

"Um... let me think about it." Xiaodi entered into a state of thinking very seriously. "Meat will spoil because of the growth of bacteria in the air... and the way to prevent spoilage... should be to prevent the growth of bacteria. In the refrigerator. The cold air will slow the growth of bacteria, but it is not enough to kill bacteria."

"The idea is correct. The method of elimination is used." Heliga and Fei looked at each other with a smile, "Xiaodi is studying very seriously."

"So... what kind of method my mother used to sterilize, right?" After thinking about it for a long time, Xiaodi couldn't think of a reason, so she could not but give such a conclusive conclusion.

"Speaking of... the marching food carried by the regiment, the meat products are all dehydrated, smoked and roasted and processed with spices." Fei kindly reminded, "One can reduce the packaging space occupied by meat food, and two It can be stored for a longer time without corruption."

"It turned out to be like this... Ah, yes, the teacher also said that using treatment methods such as air drying can prevent the meat from spoiling." Xiaodi's eyes lit up.

"It's smart." Ayasa touched Xiaodi's head with a smile. "Mum used a compound spice bought from Oriental Street for treatment...It not only prolongs the shelf life, but also harmonizes its taste."

"...I don't know why, I am a little emotional when I see this scene." Heliga's emotions are from the sincerity-if it wasn't by coincidence that she had saved the mother and daughter, then there would never be the warmth of today. .

"Yes." For that matter, Arios will always only be grateful, and this situation at this moment also made him deeply moved. If his wife and daughter were both killed that day, I don't know what it would be like-maybe I killed those domineering spies on the spot, and then my life trajectory would definitely change completely. At least it's not possible as it is now.

"Let's talk." After the meal, Fei coaxed Xiaodi to fall asleep, and when Aya was cleaning up the dishes, Heliga saw Arios alone facing the papers in front of the desk with a frown, "You have been busy recently. What? I heard from Sister Lin and the others that you have stayed on standby in the association for no more than half an hour in the last day."

"It's hard to say... Heliga, you don't know. In the past few years of becoming a guerrilla, while dealing with all kinds of miscellaneous things, I gradually noticed from the perspective of a guerrilla that the police could not Dark corners. But the guerrillas are also an absolutely neutral organization. These things must not be mixed with them unless necessary-the kind of pain that you have to worry about the position of the big power and cannot do anything when you watch the culprits do evil in front of you. Can you understand?"

"...The situation is so complicated?" Heliga was also a little confused now. "I think the headquarters of the association also understands the particularity of this place. It is said that in addition to the headquarters, Krossbel is often The branch with the most guerrillas."

"Yeah... If you count me, there are a total of seven regular guerrillas, all of which are above grade C, and there are also a large number of low-level guerrillas who are responsible for basic miscellaneous things. If you say the number, we can come up with more than 20 people here. , It is indeed second only to the headquarters-but even so, our daily schedule is full when the staff is well organized. This city is really messy."

"It's miserable..." Heliga curled his lips, "You are all like this, then Guy Guy and the police station he belongs to..."

"Yes. From the standpoint of a bystander, I know the reasons for the inaction of some government officials...but that is not an excuse for them to escape sanctions." Arios opened a document casually. "Look at this, the bribery certificate of the Republican officials...This is the intelligence and testimony that I finally got. According to the process, I need to submit it to the government's anti-corruption department and give it to them for processing. , There is nothing to do with the guerrillas. This is a commission issued by Guy in the name of assisting in the "search of a branch." "

"But the operation of the anti-corruption department has been hampered by the forces from the Republic, right?" Heliga knew what Arios was going to say. "Whether it's buying tokens at a big price to make him go back, or simply direct Killing the future troubles can achieve the effect of "the dead can't speak." "

"No... if they kill people, they will give us a valid reason for the action... So in the beginning some idiots did this, as a warning, the rest of the people changed their strategies." Arios shook his head. "At the earliest, these bribes were made using bank checks issued by "IBC". The president of "IBC", Mr. Dita Kulloys, is a man with a sense of justice. He has always been very supportive of our actions to combat corruption in Clos Bell, so he never conceals the evidence on the books. So later, when those people found out that President Dita was unwilling to cooperate with their money laundering operations, they switched to other autonomous prefectures or domestic banks. Otherwise, it is to use a large piece of shining stone for on-site trading. This matter is also very complicated to say... In short, I now really have a sense of powerlessness of "the way is one foot high, the magic is high." "

"It's not surprising... the creed of the guerrillas has already determined these. You do what you should do, it is actually enough, and the extra things are not something you can worry about as a guerrilla."

"What do you mean?" Arios heard something in Heliga's words.

"It's nothing." Heliga stopped there. "Senior brother is a wise man. Doesn't it need me to talk."

"...You are pushing me into the fire pit..." Arios was taken aback, and then he understood what Helija meant-if the methods on the bright side are not working, you can only play the dark ones, but, "Is this a classic part of a cliché novel? Arios Marklein, who works hard during the day, puts on a cloak and a mask at night, and sanctions those hidden under the brightly lit city in the name of justice. Dark and dirty...like this?"

"Puff..." Heliga couldn't help but laugh, and she just said casually. He didn't expect that Arios was actually a hidden second soul, and his brain made up so many twists and turns." I didn't mean that... but it's similar."

"Then you are..."

"Brother, you have such a rich imagination, why not just quit your position as a guerrilla and become a full-time writer?" Heliga smiled slyly, "When you earn a lot of royalties, you will be rich-- At that time, you could even use money to "bribere" those dignitaries and ask them to be good officials. "

"...You guy." Arios was stunned for a moment to realize that the boy was using him to shake him up, and couldn't help feeling a little ashamed-so, taking advantage of the situation where Ayasha and others were not paying attention, Ya Lios was like a child, "squabbling" with Heliga. Although there are all kinds of magical powers to protect, but in the case of not using it, Heliga is nothing more than an ordinary person with better health, and soon defeated after the scuffle.

"Well, sometimes letting go of that cold look occasionally, isn't it good to make a fool of yourself?" Heliga said while rubbing the painful area on her body.

"Yeah... Although it is unbelievable, it is indeed a lot better." Arios really feels that the pressure on his body has been reduced a bit. I don't know if it is a psychological effect. "But you came here specifically to fight me. Come on..."

"Hehe, of course not. It's just that you look a little bit overwhelmed by the look of your frowning face... Anyway, brother, since you asked, I'll just say it straightforwardly."

"Ok?"

"The case you are investigating now is probably also intertwined with my plan..."