"rock-paper-scissors!"

After confirming that the count showed no signs of waking up, they started a new round of duel.After who knows how many rounds, someone was finally selected.

Unfortunately, the one chosen was Alice.

Alice looked at her hand holding out the stone in annoyance, while the other two winners were paying attention to her.

"Sorry, Miss Alice." This was Caschia.

"Go well, my companion." Needless to say, this was naturally Visian.

Alice looked at the determined expressions of her companions and could only accept her fate and walked towards the bed. She vowed to wash her hands well when she went back.

The count smacked his mouth several times while he was sleeping, and a line of saliva left the corner of his unclosed mouth and extended all the way to his neck.

Alice was extremely disgusted, but she had to extend her hand.She carefully touched the rope now in the flesh of her neck, and pulled out the key.

Now just cut the rope and get the key, Alice can say goodbye to the count.

Unfortunately, God's calculations are not as good as those of humans, and Alice made a mistake in this last step.

She used too much force, and the rope hanging the key strangled the earl's neck. The earl woke up while Alice was in a hurry.

The count's chaotic eyes were still a little sleepy, but he immediately woke up when he saw Visian hiding by the door.

"It's you! Here comes the guard! Where is the guard? Catch him!"

Because of the earl's roar, the guards downstairs were alerted, and the sound of chaotic footsteps could be heard in the courtyard.

"Get the key quickly!"

Caschia emerged from the cabinet, ran to the bed and held down the Count's waving hands.

"Tsk."

Visian opened the door and rushed out with a dagger in hand. He planned to confront the guards head-on in order to buy some time for the two people in the bedroom.

The sound of fighting and high-pitched alarms woke the entire mansion from its sleep, causing chaos throughout the mansion.

Alice was very nervous. In her panic, she could only rely on Caschia's instructions and hurriedly took the key off the rope.

"retreat!"

Caschia shouted out the door, giving instructions to retreat to Vician, who was dealing with the guards downstairs.

After confirming that Vician had jumped out of the window and escaped, Caschia and Alice also began to plan to retreat.

Alice, who was in the room, had already left the bed. Earl Albert was unable to move quickly due to his size. He struggled to get back the key and rolled off the bed.

The Count stood up holding on to the bedpost. He was only wearing a pair of underwear, and the fat on his body was exposed to the air. The fat rose and fell up and down with the Count's heavy breathing.

After seeing everything, Alice said she didn't want to eat meat in the past few days, and she couldn't physically accept it.

Alice decided not to care about the count. She went straight to the window to open it, and then she could no longer move away.

The Earl who was beside the bed didn't know where the strength came from. He suddenly burst out and grabbed Alice with a speed that didn't match his size.He tightly held the girl's slender wrist with his vein-covered hands, leaving bruises on the skin.

Alice was startled and tried to pull her hand away from Albert, but the harder she tried, the tighter the count's grip became.

The postures of the two of them were very strange. Caschia had already opened the window. When he turned around to greet Alice, he saw this scene.

A lively drama of a wretched old man snatching a young girl was going on in the bedroom.

"Alice!"

Caschia tried to break away Count Albert's hand holding Alice, and he protected Alice behind him, but this series of actions still failed to make the count stop.

The guards' shouts were already lingering at the top of the stairs. In less than a minute, they might break into the bedroom.

Alice glanced at the door, and then at the Earl who showed madness in his eyes. She gritted her teeth and could only choose the most extreme method.

She kicked the Earl's lower body violently, and the sudden pain made the Earl loosen his grip. Then Alice chanted a spell, and the furnishings in the room were attracted to the Earl's body like a magnet.

The count was completely invisible. He was buried in the furniture by Alice's magic.Alice consumes more magic power when casting spells than other magicians, and she is already a little tired after completing a series of actions.

But she still has the ability to escape.

"Run!"

Alice picked up the stunned Caschia and jumped out of the window.The place they were on was the third floor. Unless they were as skilled as Wei Xi'an, few people could jump down safely.

But who is Alice?She is a magician.

【Blessing of Wind】

This is a small magic with the wind attribute. The magic will form air currents around the caster to buffer it. This is also the magic Alice is using to land now.

"thanks……"

Caschia was still in a daze. He didn't expect Alice to suddenly explode. When he saw the count's painful face, he immediately felt the same.Alice's heels are still a bit high. Being kicked in a weak point like this will probably leave a long-lasting physical and mental shadow.

Also, when he was escaping, he was carried down by Alice in a princess hug. This must never be known to Visian, otherwise he would have to bathe in his laughter for a long time.

Caschia vaguely promised Alice's words of concern, but his mind had completely wandered elsewhere.

While Alice was wondering about Caschia's strange behavior, support from the Thieves Guild had arrived, and the guild members escorted them to the carriage parked near the field.She opened the curtain at the back of the carriage and saw Vician sitting there. Vician was slightly injured. His cloak was torn off by him and used as a bandage to wrap around the wound. Without the cover of the cloak, he could only be forced to accept Alice's words. Examine.

Visian's face was cut several times by the blade. His upright face looked embarrassed, and his dark blue eyes showed embarrassment. He felt uncomfortable being stared at by Alice.

"Ahem, what about that? I got the box, what about you?"

Visian knocked on the box he placed next to him and asked the two people who escaped from the bedroom.

Alice remembered the alarm that suddenly sounded in the mansion. Was it caused by Visian forcibly taking out the box?

"Well, we got the key."

After saying that, Alice took out the key from her pocket. There was still a little warmth on the key because it had been held tightly.

They aimed the key at the keyhole on the box and turned it a few times. After the sound of the mechanism being unlocked, the box automatically opened upwards; on the goose-yellow silk cloth, the so-called treasure was placed there, and the crystal was placed there at night. The made orb exuded a circle of light. Alice picked up the orb's base and brought it close to the light. In the place wrapped in patterns, they found the three words "Ander".

Exactly as described by Visian, this is the treasure of this city, a sacred object called "The Treasure of the Sky".

——TBC——

Chapter 13: About the past and future

"The Jewel of the Sky" is a sacred object spread in the imperial capital of Ander. I don't know when, but every three years in the spring, the imperial capital will use it to hold festivals.

Light Festival, the king said.People only thought that this festival was held to offer blessings to the gods who looked down on the world, but only a handful of people in the country knew the meaning behind it.

Wei Xi'an was one of them, but how did he know about this?He never talked about it, and no one knew about it.

He sat in the corner of the carport, watching the two companions who were talking around Baoyu, deep in thought. He didn't know when to share his secret with them, and he wasn't sure about the consequences of doing so.

All Wei Xi'an can do now is to remove their wanted notices first.

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"In other words, during the ceremony, the king will place this jade in front of the statue and let people start praying?"

"To put it simply, it's like this."

Alice is actually quite interested in the Light Festival. The only activities she has participated in since she was a child are the academy's opening ceremonies.She was both excited and worried about the upcoming festival in the imperial capital.

If he had not regained his freedom before the festival started, he would have completely missed this grand ceremony celebrated by the whole country.If this really happened, she would be troubled for the rest of her life.

"The next step is to go to the king, right? What are you going to do? Is it really possible to go to the king to cancel the wanted order?"

Caschia did not answer Alice's words. He just took a deep look at Vician sitting in the corner, as if he should answer this question.

Vician noticed two eyes fixed on him. He looked up and saw Alice and Caschia looking at him. It took him a moment to realize what they were waiting for.

"As for the king, I can go alone."

Vician leaned back. The carriage they were riding in was still running in the fields. The noise caused by the bumps was mixed with the shouts of the guards outside, and his words were almost covered up and disappeared.Alice blinked. She just found Vician's voice among the noise, but what the other person said was not what she wanted to hear.

"We should go together, this is not your business alone."

Alice heard herself say this, and her instinct told her that she couldn't let Vician go alone.

"No, I can't take you with me, it's too dangerous."

"Isn't it dangerous for us to go to the Earl's Mansion just now?"

"What we are discussing now is going to talk to the king. We can't go to him from the main entrance."

"Then you should take me with you. At least I can use magic to let us fly in from outside the high wall!"

Alice and Vician had an argument. They stood up from their seats as they were talking. Seeing that they were about to quarrel, the bump caused by the carriage crossing the ditch made them both fall to the ground.

"That's enough, you two, calm down."

"Weian, there is no way you can act alone."

Vician stood up from the floor. He wanted to refute Caschia, but he couldn't say anything else when he heard the word "Vian" from the other party's mouth.

When Caschia called Vician by his real name, it meant that the matter was serious, and Vician could only sit on the floor and reluctantly compromise.

"I'll take you to the head office, right? But I have to talk to the king alone, and you can't stop me."

After a long while, Visian struggled to squeeze out these words. This was his maximum concession. Alice originally wanted to say something, but after seeing Visian really starting to look embarrassed, she reluctantly compromised.

"He is indeed hiding something, do you know?"

After the agreement with Vician was reached, Alice approached Caschia and asked the elder for advice. She needed to know something.

"It's hard to say. He's... done some very bad things before. He's afraid that others will know about his past, so he doesn't want others to get involved."

It was like a charade; Caschia told a few facts, but left most of the story to Alice to guess.

"Does this have anything to do with the king?"

"It has something to do with the emperor."

Alice raised her eyebrows, this answer was unexpected.

"I heard the members of Perged say that you have only been in the emperor for two years. What happened? As a future companion, I have to know something."

Caschia took a deep breath. He was not sure what telling Alice about their past would bring. Alice might just run away from them, which was a result he didn't want.Compared to the long-gone past, the future is indeed more important, right?Caschia thought for a moment and finally said he would tell Alice everything, but not now.

"Okay, it's agreed. Tonight?"

"tonight."

While Vician was busy giving instructions to his men, the deal between Alice and Caschia was quietly reached, and a story meeting was about to take place in the Thieves Guild at night.

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