Shut up, I don't want to have children with you anymore.

Victor's eyes rolled around, his weathered face expressionless, but he hesitated for a moment before replying,

"As I recall, they had a pretty good relationship. He even gave his stepmother a piece of jewelry that was worth a lot of money."

Leon let out a long "Oh" and then glanced at Rebecca.

The crazy girl had stood behind Leon without knowing when, her cute little face was cold. She responded to Leon's gaze without saying a word.

Leon didn't say anything, and looked at Victor again, "This news is very timely, Victor, then we will go to the banquet in two days."

"No problem. Oh, by the way, what will you do after you find Martin? How do you plan to identify the mole who framed you at that time?" Victor asked.

Leon smiled mysteriously, “I’ve already thought of a way.”

Victor was startled, then he smiled and said, "Ah, I am also under suspicion, so I won't ask any more questions."

"Thanks for understanding."

After a pause, Leon added, "Oh and, since you mentioned this, let me be frank. For safety reasons, please stay in the bar for the next two days. Do you understand what I mean?"

Victor is not stupid. As someone who can be a deputy in the army, he can naturally understand Leon's intention at this time.

The so-called "safety first" was not for Victor's safety, but for the safety of Leon and his companions.

If Victor is really a spy within the empire, then once he gets the chance to tip off Leon and the others, they will be in trouble.

If they let him stay in the bar and Leon and his men monitor him from outside, they can cut off his contact with the empire.

As for why Leon didn't worry about whether there were people from the empire outside who were eyeing them covetously at this moment -

The role of the master!

If the Empire was really lying in ambush nearby, the master would have rushed in to inform Leon long ago.

Everyone in the group of old, weak, sick and disabled plays a vital role.

Play in a three-person team to rank up and quickly run through the Empire Insider dungeon.

After Victor figured out Leon's intention, he nodded, "Okay, I know."

"Well, thank you for your hard work. We will come in to see you again in two nights."

"it is good."

Leon didn't stay for long, he stood up and walked towards the door of the room.

Rebecca walked in front of him and went out the door first.

As he passed the table at the door, Leon looked at the guitar on the table.

He suddenly stopped and said, "You've been using this guitar for many years, haven't you changed it?"

Victor laughed bitterly in the back and said, "Life is tight, so I've been using it as long as I can."

Leon said "oh" lightly, and his eyes fell on the pick next to the guitar.

Crystal clear milky white.

Victor always likes to pursue refinement and taste in small items like this, Leon thought, and walked out of the room.

After closing the door, the two men left the backstage, walked through the brightly lit dance floor and the smoky corridor, and came to the outside of the bar.

The cool, fresh air blew towards her. Rebecca took a greedy breath and stretched lazily, showing off her flat figure to the fullest.

"Well, do you think it was him?" Rebecca asked.

Leon frowned and thought, then shook his head. “It’s hard to say. I can’t make any judgments before I see Martin.”

Rebecca snorted and fiddled with her ponytail, then skipped over to Leon's side, "You're still as cautious as ever, Captain."

"It's always better to be cautious."

"Then you were backstabbed by a traitor."

"..."

Wow, even though this girl can’t communicate with Leon in the team like Rossweisse, her talking skills are on par with that dragoness.

He specifically hit Leon in the heart.

"But back to the point, Captain. What if this birthday party Victor mentioned is a trap? He deliberately lured you in and then killed you to silence you. Should we still go to the appointment?"

What Rebecca thought of, Leon had naturally thought of long ago.

"This is a good opportunity to contact Martin. If I miss it, I don't know how long I have to wait, so I must keep the appointment. It's just that..."

Leon snorted and laughed, "We don't have to be on time."

Rebecca's little head could barely keep up with Leon's thoughts, "No need to be on time? Should I go a little later?"

Leon shook his head. "No, on the contrary, we... go ahead."

xx neighbor

I have been staying up late to write recently, and my heart is a little uncomfortable. I will present an update first, and will make up for it later. I will wait for the author to adjust his body.

Chapter 186: 188 Planning

Rebecca found out the location of the hotel where Martin's stepmother was holding her birthday party through the local bounty hunter black market in the empire.

This cost Rebecca half a month's salary, and she asked to have it deducted from Leon's account after the matter was over.

Leon said it was no problem if you could withdraw money from the dead person's account.

Rebecca smiled proudly and said, "If you don't have money, I'll take it from my father's pension. Anyway, I don't do business at a loss!"

Dad touched his wallet, which was cleaner than his face, and wondered whether he should sell the donkey to raise money for Rebecca.

Two days later in the afternoon, there were still six hours before the banquet officially started.

Leon and Rebecca mixed in with the hotel staff and helped them set up the banquet scene.

Tiger stayed outside Victor's bar and continued to monitor him.

In the hotel lobby, staff in uniform were busy running around, not daring to be careless.

After all, it is the birthday of the wife of a royal minister. If there is any slackness, it will be a disaster for his job.

What's more, they heard that the minister's wife was quite mean, which could be seen from the sad reaction of the young man in charge of preparing the birthday party.

The young man was called Martin, the minister's youngest son.

In fact, he was not responsible for this task, but his stepmother had always been at odds with him and asked him to be responsible for preparing the banquet in order to take the opportunity to cause trouble for Martin.

Martin, however, was a weak character and did not dare to break up with his stepmother, so he could only bite the bullet and complete the task.

Even though he knew that no matter how well he did, his stepmother would still find fault with him.

But what can be done?

After the incident three years ago, Martin not only withdrew from the Dragon Slayer Army, but also became more and more introverted and cowardly.

Over the past three years, every time Martin was ostracized and looked down upon by his stepmother or others, he could not help but wonder, if the captain had not died three years ago and their team had not been disbanded, would he be braver and resist the unfair treatment he was suffering now?

But, there is no if in reality.

After the defeat in the Silver Dragon Battle, they said the captain was a traitor and the sinner who killed countless comrades.

How could Martin believe it?

He originally wanted to use his father's power in the royal family to clear the captain's name, but was rejected by his father.

He also wanted to use his own abilities to clear the captain's name and prove that the captain was not that kind of person.

But it was not until then that Rebecca contacted him and told him not to think about helping the captain get rid of the crime.

At that time, Rebecca was already wearing the patrol uniform.

At this point, there was no one or anything in the Dragon Slayer Army worth Martin's staying.

He chose to quit and returned home to be his own little master, occasionally reminiscing about the days he spent with the captain and Rebecca, as well as the brave self he had become.

Martin shook his head as his thoughts raced, and continued to direct the staff to set up the banquet hall.

Suddenly, Martin felt something hard and cold pressing against his waist.

He wanted to look down, but the girl next to him in work uniform warned him.

"Stay natural, little Martin, don't be nervous. If you get nervous, I'll get nervous too. If I get nervous, the gun in my hand will go off accidentally~"

Martin immediately recognized whose voice it was, "Rebecca?! Why are you here......"

"It's your stepmother's birthday, and we're here to join in the fun," said Rebecca.

"'We'? Who else is coming? Victor?"

"No, the big singer is very busy right now. I'm talking about... someone else."

"The other person... is——"

Before Martin could ask, an arm was placed on his shoulder, as intimately as if they were good friends in school.

Martin didn't dare look back to see who had the person on his shoulder, because Rebecca's gun was still against his waist.

He could only glance sideways at the hand in front of his face.

It is broad and heavy, with scars all over the back of the hand.

"Long time no see, Martin."

Hearing the sound, Martin felt as if an electric current passed through his spine and went straight to his whole body.

His eyes widened in astonishment, and he couldn't believe that he could still hear this voice after three years.

Martin will never forget the owner of this voice.

It was he who taught me to be brave, to discover the true meaning of courage, and to face my real self.

If it weren't for him, Martin would never have made up his mind to go to the Dragon Slayer Academy.

Although after his 'death', Martin's courage gradually faded away.

But now that he could hear his voice again, Martin was not only extremely shocked, but he could also feel the flame of courage in his heart that had not yet been completely extinguished, struggling to burn again.

"Captain...Captain!——"

"Shh~ There is no captain. It's just two hotel staff members who have a good relationship with you and come to chat with you." Leon whispered.

Martin suppressed the shock and countless questions in his heart and took more than ten seconds to calm down.

His hands holding the railing trembled slightly and he swallowed several times.

Seeing Martin gradually calm down, Leon briefly stated the purpose of his return to the empire.

"I've said the same thing three times in the past two days. It feels like I'm just naming a dish."

At the end, Leon did not forget to make a complaint to ease the tense atmosphere.

Martin tried to digest what Leon had just said. After a while, he said,

"So, Captain, how can I cooperate with you in investigating the traitor? Just tell me."

"Huh? I thought you would clear yourself off right away." Leon said.

Because that’s what Victor did.

Martin gave a slightly forced smile and sighed, "Captain, you are not the kind of person who would rather kill the wrong person than let him go. I believe you will make the right decision in the end, so there is no need for me to defend myself now. I will just answer whatever you ask."

Just like in the previous wars, Martin trusted Leon unconditionally and obeyed his orders.

This kid joined the Dragon Slayer Army because he admired Leon. After graduating from the Dragon Slayer Academy with excellent grades, he was directly assigned to Leon's team.

He is a fan who has successfully chased his idol.

Leon patted Martin on the shoulder and said, “In that case, I want to know, today is indeed your stepmother’s birthday, right?”

Martin nodded, "Yes."

Oh, then it seems that it is not a trap, but just a pure coincidence.

But even so, Leon will not let his guard down.

He had already thought of arrangements for tonight, enough to ensure that he, his master, and Rebecca could escape safely even if they failed to catch the traitor.

"Also, how is your relationship with your stepmother?"

"Uh..." Martin hesitated.

"Oh, if it involves privacy, I won't force you to answer." Leon said.