Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

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10. Not a buddy

In order to confirm that Emperor Victoria did not deceive Celine, Charles decided to go with Joseph to find the intelligence dealer who provided him with the information.

Information dealers are an important part of this adventurer's city.

In Kangkel, a well-informed intelligence dealer is as important as a top adventurer, and the one who provided information to Joseph was such an intelligence dealer...

In other words, an intelligence merchant.

If Charles wanted to cause trouble for someone, Lacele would definitely follow.

She is Charles' good helper. When Charles wants to chop someone, she hands him the knife. When Charles wants to tie someone up, she hands him the rope. They have a tacit understanding and cooperate with each other seamlessly. Even dealing with Lentiheim's crazy mother is no problem for them, let alone a mere intelligence dealer.

Although the person who showed up was not her or Charles, but Joseph.

After leading them into a tavern, Joseph walked straight to the bar and shouted loudly without any courtesy:

"Where's Charles? Call Charles out to me!"

After he made such a fuss, many guests who were drinking turned their heads and looked at him.

Then someone immediately recognized him:

"Is it Joseph?"

Then, the guests turned their heads back at the same time.

Due to the invisibility spell, they could not see Charles and Rachel beside Joseph, so they could only look at Joseph secretly and talk in low voices:

"Why did he suddenly appear here? After Miss Rachel passed away, didn't the entire brave team not show up for a long time?"

"Who knows... Anyway, I heard that the hero himself has done a lot of earth-shattering things outside, and... "

"And what?"

"Besides, I heard, I heard that the hero seems to have a new love."

"Ah? Really?"

"Who knows? Anyway, the adventurer who came back from outside said that there was another woman by his side, but it definitely didn't look like Miss Rachel..."

"Bah! You can never judge a person by his appearance! Miss Lacier was so good to that BYD hero, and she just... it hasn't been long since she passed away! That BYD hero actually found a new lover! Damn it!"

"He really deserves to die! He actually let Miss Lacier down! What a scumbag!"

The crowd was furious for a while.

It was as if if the brave man appeared in front of them, they would skin this unfaithful man alive.

But in fact, the brave are among them.

Lacie stood next to Charles, listening to the adventurers around her fiercely criticizing the hero, and she could hardly hold back.

She showed the same expression as Hercules, raised her head and looked at Charles' face.

Charles's face was even more unsettled than hers, as if he had eaten a bursting American cockroach. Although he was trying his best to endure it, he still had a weird expression on his face.

Finally, Lacie couldn't hold it anymore.

She tugged at Charles's clothes and said in a sarcastic tone:

"That's right, the hero is really a scumbag. He found a new love so quickly."

She could feel Charles' blood pressure spike.

Then, Ciel tapped her head gently.

"If you continue to cause trouble, I will unleash the forbidden spell," he warned in a low voice.

Only then did Lacie say "Oh", and stood obediently beside Charles, not making any more trouble.

If Ciel activated the forbidden spell, the concealment spell she had cast on the two of them would be ineffective, and the adventurers in the tavern would be aware of their presence.

To the group of adventurers in front of them, the priest Rachel and the hero Charles had almost the same high reputation. At most, they only praised the hero verbally, but when the hero and she really appeared in front of them...

The one who suffered hostility and disgust was undoubtedly her, the witch.

Unless she is willing to appear as a priest.

Well... let's just forget it.

Thinking of this, she glanced at Charles out of the corner of her eye.

There were so many people who liked Pastor Rachel. She knew that in this adventurer's city alone, there were no less than a hundred adventurers who liked her.

Men, on the other hand, are more or less possessive. She herself is a man, and she knows too well how to be hot - although Charles would never say it out loud, he would probably be secretly jealous.

In that case, just consider the priest dead. From now on, she will only be a witch.

There are many people who like the priest, but only Ciel likes the witch.

hum!

Good.

Lacie's lips curled up silently.

……

The adventurers' gossip had no effect on Joseph or the guy behind the bar.

After hearing Joseph's voice, he showed an impeccable smile and said to Joseph in an almost flattering tone:

"Mr. Joseph, would you like a glass of fine mead first? It just so happens that a batch of good goods has just arrived in our tavern..."

Joseph, however, acted as if he hadn't heard what was said. He swung his muscular arms and slammed the table with a loud bang.

"Stop talking nonsense and call your boss - Charles out to me!"

The guy was stunned, but still answered humbly:

"It's the same if you tell me directly. Mr. Joseph, what do you want to talk to the boss about?"

Joseph stood in front of the waiter and shook his head:

"You can't. Go and call Charles out. If I can't see him right away, I'll tear down your tavern today."

As he spoke, he took off the giant battle axe from his back, but did not make any threat. Instead, he placed it flat on the counter politely.

The guy's eyes rolled around, his gaze briefly glanced at the giant battle axe, and finally fell on Joseph's face, which looked quite elegant and easy-going.

Gudong.

His Adam's apple rolled and his expression became ugly:

"Mr. Joseph, what do you mean? You are a member of the Brave Team. If you want to smash our tavern for no reason, how will everyone view the Brave Team? Please calm down first. If you have anything to say, you can tell me first, and I will convey it to Lord Charles..."

Joseph seemed to understand something, so he reached out and grasped the handle of the battle axe.

"You mean, Charles isn't here?"

"Lord Charles is indeed not here. Some time ago he said that he had some urgent matters to deal with and would leave Kangkel for a while, so..."

Joseph didn't intend to interrupt the guy, but he didn't intend to waste his time listening to this nonsense either.

So he turned his head and looked to the side.

"Boss," he whispered, "is what he said true?"

Under the gazes of dozens of people in the bar, the invisibility spell was triggered, and the brave man and his wife, the silver-haired, blue-eyed Witch of Dawn and Dusk, who had been away from the adventurer's city for several months, appeared beside Joseph.

"Your sister should be the one to identify lies," the hero replied calmly, "I can only tell you that I 'feel' that there is someone hiding behind that."

He raised his hand and pointed to the wall behind the counter.

Then he bowed his head and asked for his wife's advice:

"what do you think?"

The witch suddenly felt that she should say "what can I say" at this moment, but no one in this place could understand these words, so she had to put away this wonderful idea and answered seriously:

"Well, he's hiding behind that."

After confirming the guesses from the hero and the witch, Joseph did not rush to settle accounts with the waiters. Instead, he turned around and announced to the adventurers who were still in the bar:

"Please leave first, otherwise..."

He picked up the giant battle axe and carried it on his shoulder, smiling brightly:

"Otherwise, if we start fighting later, it would be bad if we accidentally hurt you guys."

The adventurers looked at each other in bewilderment.

Obviously, most of them wanted to stay and watch the fun, but soon reason overcame their curiosity.

What's more, they have to spread the explosive news of "The Return of the Hero".

So the adventurers left the tavern in a hurry one after another, and soon the originally bustling tavern became deserted with only the brave man, the witch, Joseph and a few waiters left.

Lamenting that she had lost the best opportunity to say, "Kids, I'm back," Rachel looked at the guy behind the counter with interest.

He was so frightened that he didn't know what to say or what to do.

But it doesn't matter. Since he is at a loss, let them make the choice for him.

"Go! Joseph!" Rachel commanded.

"okay!"

Joseph responded, his smile growing brighter.

He stretched out his hand, and across the counter, he lifted up the clerk inside like a chick and put him aside. Then he gripped the battle axe with both hands, took a deep breath, and poured all his strength into the battle axe.

He took a step forward and there was a loud bang.

The counter and the wall behind it were split open easily, as if they were made of paper. The dust that should have been floating around was suppressed by Lacier's magic. They could then see very clearly that behind the wall with a large hole cut out, there was a secret room hidden.

"I heard that when Charles receives distinguished guests, he will invite them to the secret room to discuss business," Joseph explained casually, "but I have never been there once."

"Huh?" Lacie blinked. "What do you mean? In Charles' eyes, are our brave team not noble enough?"

"How could that be?" Joseph smiled and put away his battle axe for the time being. "I guess it's because I almost never come to see him. It's usually him who comes to see me."

After saying this, he lowered his body first and went into the cave:

"Let's go - I want to see what Charles is planning to do. He actually dared to provide false information to our brave team."

Rachel and Charles responded and followed Joseph into the cave together.

The secret room is not big.

Soon, they found a door that looked quite sturdy.

Joseph knocked on the door politely:

"Charles, I know you're in there."

A hoarse laugh came from inside:

"Really? Joseph, I am here now, but later..."

Lacie suddenly heard a tiny, almost unnoticeable fluctuation of magic power coming from the room, and a slight sound of tearing a scroll.

——She could tell that it was the sound of a spell scroll being used.

Her expression couldn't help but become strange, and then she looked up at Charles.

"No buddy," she almost felt sorry for the guy inside, "How could someone use a spell scroll in front of a hero?"

[To be continued]

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11. What is the point of not opening the pot?

As soon as he confirmed that there was someone hiding in the secret room, Charles activated the forbidden spell and covered the entire secret room.

This can prevent people hiding in the secret room from escaping using the warp spell or other similar spells or even scrolls.

Of course, even if Charles didn't do this, Lacie would also set up the anti-warp spell.