They recognized their feelings, but the knight had been reincarnated as a fox cub

"Hey, young lady, don't do it, don't do it! I don't mean any harm to you." Seeing the blonde girl holding a sword and her eyes full of hostility towards him, the man in the cloak quickly waved his hands.

"No harm?" Fate stared at the cloaked man. "No harm, you hid behind the rock and watched the whole thing?"

"Uh uh........." The man in the cloak was a little embarrassed for a moment. He didn't want to be discovered from the beginning.

"Did you summon these demons?"

"No, no, no! I don't have that ability, sister!" The man in the cloak quickly waved his hands to deny it.

"Then you were sent by the instigator to urge these demons to destroy me?"

“Not really!”

"So you are here with orders to guide these demons to retreat?"

"I...Miss, do I have to have something to do with the demons today? I have no ill will towards you. I am on your side." The man was a little helpless.

"Your appearance at this point is very suspicious."

"Miss, think about it, if I was on the same side with these demons, why didn't they take a weakling like me with them when they escape? I am not good at fighting at all." The man sounded innocent.

"I can't imagine any unrelated person appearing in the back hills of Batti City at this time."

"But I'm really not an outsider. Uh, not really an outsider."

"Unrelated? You're not going to claim that you're a woodcutter who happened to pass by while chopping wood in the mountains?" Fate glanced at the barren mountain where there wasn't even a dead tree.

"No, of course I'm not just passing by to cut wood. In fact, my purpose is the same as yours. We are both here to investigate these demons."

"You don't look like someone from the Inquisition."

"Miss, you are so humorous. Of course I am not from the Inquisition." The man smiled. "If I were from the Inquisition, would I have traveled all the way here to investigate the demons?"

"So, you were sent by the nobles?"

"Well, you can understand it that way. Anyway, someone hired me."

"Is there anyone?" Fate frowned and stared at the man for a long time.

Even she only recently found out that this plague incident was related to the demons. Does anyone else know? ?

Who is that person? Is there such a powerful noble in the entire empire?

But that's not entirely true. It has been a long time since he left the empire, and the empire has a new generation of people. It is inevitable that some very capable and smart young nobles will emerge in this generation.

"Miss, I know I'm very handsome, but there's no need for you to keep looking at me like this, right?" Seeing that Fate's eyes were always on him, the man even brushed his hair and posed.

........This guy really doesn't look like a cultist who is in collusion with the demons.

"You said you're not good at fighting?"

"Yeah, I really don't like fighting."

"Then the person who sent you was a fool." Fate raised his head. "Sending someone who is not good at fighting to investigate the demons, you have offended your master or your master is not so smart. You have to choose one."

"Uh uh..." Hearing this, the man scratched his head and muttered something that Fate couldn't hear.

"How did you find your way to this mountain?"

"Well, it's a business secret. If I let people know my methods, how can I survive in the future?" The man spread his hands.

This man certainly doesn't look like a cultist, but you can't tell whether a person is a cultist or not just by looking at them.

"Hey hey..." Seeing that Fate still didn't believe him, the man had to take off his robe, roll up his sleeves, and show the pattern on his arm.

"This is..." The golden cross with wings is a sacred oath.

Fate recognized the magic array at a glance.

The magic array engraved on the body in the form of a tattoo can greatly extend its service life, but the effect of most magic arrays engraved on human skin is minimal, and most of the effects they can provide are some DEBUFF effects.

For example, with the Holy Oath, people with this spell engraved on their bodies cannot use the powers of the cultists, such as derivative magic and mental spells, otherwise it will cause backlash and cause the body to explode and die.

This engraved spell array is rarely used. After all, only a very small number of people would seek refuge with a madman. However, no matter how low the probability is, it cannot be completely ruled out.

In the past, the knights who were responsible for exterminating the cultists and demons each held one, and would engrave a sacred oath on it to show their loyalty to the court of gods.

Fate sheathed his sword.

"Now Miss, you should believe me. I have nothing to do with these demons."

"Don't call me Miss." Fate turned around, her cold tone carrying a hint of warning.

"Ah? Isn't it?" The man looked Fate up and down.

She has long, slightly curly platinum hair that falls like silk, beautiful blue eyes like gemstones, a charming figure with curves in all the right places, fair and flawless translucent skin, and a beautiful appearance.

From her appearance, one can tell that she is the pampered daughter of some wealthy businessman, or the eldest daughter of some noble family, otherwise how could her skin and hair be so well maintained, and her development would not be so complete.

However, this young lady was a bit strange. She was wearing an old leather armor that didn't fit her body well.

But the man didn't care about these things. Although these noble ladies seemed virtuous and decent on the surface, they were actually having fun behind the scenes. It was normal for them to have some strange hobbies. In comparison, the hobbies of this lady were really a breath of fresh air.

Ignoring this funny man, Fate prepared to go down the mountain as this trip was not without gain.

"Hey, Miss, don't leave in such a hurry. Can we have a chat?"

"Swish!" Before the man could get close, the sharp tip of the sword was across his eyes, just inches away from his neck.

"Don't follow me." Fate said coldly and put away his sword.

The suspicion of being a cultist can be ruled out, but this man is still very suspicious.

"......Alas, it's still a rose with thorns."

"But Miss, are you sure you don't need to exchange information with me?"

"Maybe I have information you don't know about?"

“………” The girl stopped.

Chapter 89: 87~Maybe there is more than one fish

"What's up, Miss? You are here to investigate the demons, and so am I. We have the same goals and interests, so why can't we cooperate?" The cloaked man walked up to them in a friendly manner.

"Because everything about you is suspicious." Fate didn't know why he engraved the magic array of the Holy Oath, but both this man and the employer behind him were suspicious.

How did they know that the demons were active in Batti City? And what was their real purpose?

When he went up the mountain to confirm whether the Dream Marrow Stone had been taken away, he happened to appear at this point in time.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Andrew, and I'm a mercenary." Seeing that Fate was thinking, the man introduced himself in a very familiar manner.

"Why do mercenaries specifically engrave the magic array of the Holy Oath?" Fate glanced at Andrew.

"Isn't this following the trend? It seems that you, young lady, know nothing about the current mercenary market. That's normal. A young lady like you really doesn't need to know all this. Business is not good now, and the mercenary industry is very inward-looking. More engraved spell arrays mean more trust and competitiveness. Why not do it?" Andrew spread his hands.

Do ordinary mercenaries really need to get this tattoo? In Fate's impression, those who deliberately get "anti-cult certification" on themselves are usually working in the palace, and they must get it tattooed for safety reasons.

Fate stared at Andrew's face, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't remember seeing this face before.

Forget it, the other party’s identity has nothing to do with her. No one recognizes her now anyway.

Fate touched his hair. His helmet was broken and could not be retrieved.

"You said you had information that I said I didn't know. Why should I believe you?"

"If you don't believe me, Miss, you should have left the mountain immediately. Why did you stay here to listen to my explanation?"

“………” The girl stared at Andrew, her blue eyes as blue as the sky seemed to be telling something silently.

"Miss, you seem to be investigating who summoned these demons. What if I tell you I know about this?" Andrew smiled, took out a cigarette from his pouch, and lit it with his fingertips.

"...You know?"

"That's right. It seems like you really want to know who summoned these demons." Andrew took a puff of cigarette in a mysterious way. "This matter is a secret among secrets, but it's not impossible to tell you, but..."

Fate silently lowered his head and looked at himself from his feet to his chest. Oh no, he couldn't see his toes, so he could only see his chest.

Then he put his hands in his pockets and took out the inner part of his purse. Except for a few scattered copper coins, the purse was empty.

Obviously, she didn't have anything worth the other party's attention.

"Miss, you cannot use things like money to exchange information with me." Seeing Fate's intention, Andrew blew out a smoke ring and said in a long voice.

"Oh? Then what are you interested in about me?" Fate was puzzled.

If it was an exchange of information, Fate didn't understand what this man wanted to know about her.

"Miss, may I have the honor to know which family you are from?"

"I told you, don't call me Miss." Fate glared at him. "I'm not a Miss either."

"Okay, it doesn't matter if you don't want to say it, but..."

"The Heart Technique you just released was really powerful." Andrew mentioned casually. "Can you tell me what that Heart Technique is called? Which family's bloodline Heart Technique is it?"

"........."

"Hey, don't look at me like that. Didn't I just say that it's information exchange, how can there be any reward without giving?" Seeing that Fate's eyes changed when he looked at him, Andrew waved his hand.

"Could it be that the Heart Technique is a secret technique that cannot be passed on and is very important to you, young lady, so I can't tell you? If that's the case, then just ignore what I said."

"Why do you want to know this?"

"Don't be so nervous, I'm just curious. After all, there are not many heart spells that can pose a threat to the demons."

"Or is this decision really a secret that you cannot reveal?"

"...Boring." Fate rolled his eyes at Andrew and decided to ignore the man.

She didn't expect to be able to get any useful information out of this suspicious man.

"Hey, Miss." Andrew called Fate, but this time Fate didn't intend to pay attention to him.

"The person who summoned the demons and the plague may be more complicated than you think. Be careful, anything can happen in this world."

Fate didn't respond. Her figure was getting farther and farther away. It was unknown whether she heard him or not.

"Heh." Andrew laughed suddenly, threw the burnt cigarette on the ground and stepped on it to put it out.

"Things in Border Town seem to be more interesting than I thought."

“Maybe we can catch more than one fish this time.”

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"Mr. Fate, where did you go yesterday?" The next day, seeing Fate returning from outside, the anxious Rowling immediately went to greet him.

Now she has become very insecure and a little confused from time to time. Fate went out last night and never came back, which made her extremely anxious.

Then, Rowling noticed that there were some cracks on Fate's sword and his helmet was missing.

"You, went to fight with someone?"

"Fortunately."

"What do you mean 'okay'?" Rowling asked quickly, "Did you encounter any danger outside? Was it those monsters?"

"Yeah." Fate was vague and didn't intend to tell Rowling what exactly happened.

There was no point in telling Rowling, it would only increase her anxiety.

"Where did you meet him? Should we report it to the Inquisition?"

"No need." Fate shook his head. He now had a deeper understanding of the Tribunal of Batti City and would not report it to the Tribunal rashly.

He was wondering if there was a traitor in the Tribunal of Batti City. Had the batch of Dream Marrow Stones been sent to the Tribunal, or had the stones been taken away by the demons who arrived later?

Why do those demons have a special liking for the Dreamstone? What can that thing be used for? Fate really can't figure it out.

That thing can only be used to synchronize magic magnetic fields. The scope of this magic magnetic field is not wide, and not all magic magnetic fields can be synchronized by the Dream Marrow Stone.

The Dreamstone should be used for other cult activities and has nothing to do with spreading the plague. The plague must be spread in other ways.

But, what methods did the cultists use...?

"Mr. Fate, are you out investigating the plague?"

"Hmm?..." Fate turned around and saw Rowling's big cat-like eyes staring at him.

"Ah."