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But Rast's past experience as a cowherd, which had always been successful, suffered a Waterloo this time.

He felt a pull on his left hand which was holding Helen's.

The queen with long ice-blue hair had her eyes glued to a roadside sign, unable to move at all... She turned a deaf ear to Last's suggestion to go to the women's clothing store first.

Following Helen's gaze, Last saw only an advertisement sign carved into the wood.

Circus sign.

It was a wandering circus that performed in various cities and towns on the continent. It had no fixed place to live and now it was performing in the royal city of the paradise.

The long, winding line behind the temporary tent set up by the circus shows how popular it is.

Psychological profiling is initiated.

Then, in a flash, Rast understood the source of Her Majesty the Queen's deep interest in this circus.

In "Silver Wing Chronicles".

The first encounter between the male protagonist Lyle and the female protagonist, the Plague Witch who was in a state of amnesia, was at a circus where a lion was jumping through a fire ring.

In that story, the hero and heroine also bought a parrot from the circus owner that was about to be abandoned because it could not learn to speak... This parrot was actually a high elf that was cursed, and later joined the hero and heroine's team.

At this moment, the circus's billboard clearly showed the parrot's slogan.

Combined with the excitement clearly flashing in Helen's beautiful dark purple eyes at this moment...it is self-evident what she is looking forward to.

"So, Your Majesty, do you want to go and see if that parrot is a High Elf?"

"Then let's go there first."

Feeling the stubbornness coming from the soft, boneless little hand in his palm, Rast finally nodded and walked towards the circus together.

At the same time, looking at the three long lines at the back of the circus, he silently gestured in an empty direction.

It's time for teammates to assist.

Chapter 111 Gray: Why did it become like this!

"I received the captain's signal. Combined with the real-time movement information from the gaseous familiar—"

"The planned first target location has been temporarily changed from the women's clothing store to the wandering circus on Black Lily Street."

"The captain's request for help is probably because the waiting time for the Wandering Circus is too long... Based on the current number of people in line, the wait will be at least two hours longer."

……

Above the royal city, a hundred meters above the ground.

A gaseous familiar was hiding in the surging clouds. The detection core condensed by the gas was focused downwards, observing the every move of two figures in the inner city of the royal city.

At the same time, real-time information was transmitted to the wooden house on the outskirts of the city through the soul circuit between the gaseous familiar and its master.

Inside the wooden house, the members of the shore guard team were paying close attention to the information transmitted back by the gaseous familiar and were busy as hell.

"How about using money to pave the way and directly bribe the owner of the wandering circus to clear out the circus?"

"Negative. Queen Helen may lack common sense and be inexperienced in worldly matters, but she's definitely not a fool... Clearing the area directly seems overly deliberate and might alarm the target, making them wary that their actions are orchestrated by external forces."

"So what's the new plan? The captain is deliberately slowing down, but we'll be at the circus entrance in ten minutes at most. We must solve the problem within that time."

"If the files are correct, the third sentry we've placed near the circus has a senior rank of 'Shadow', the same as the deputy captain, and possesses the 'Whisperer' ability."

"Can we use the Whisperer's ability to deceive people and spread rumors among the spectators in line that the circus performances are quite boring, thus quickly reducing the number of circus visitors?"

"Accepted. Quickly notify the third sentry post using the resonance crystal. Complete the diversion within five minutes."

"As ordered."

In the command center on the outskirts of the city, suggestions were put forward, questioned, iterated, optimized, and rejected.

Once the final plan was finalized, the order was quickly transmitted with the help of the resonance crystal, from the command center established on the outskirts of the city, and quickly reached the shore guard post inside the royal city.

All I can say is that the shore guards are indeed worthy of the title of the strongest force on the side of order on the current continent.

Although he was used to fighting against beast tides, the Iron Cross, and evil cults... when he first heard the Shadow Servant's plan of "date her and make her shy", he seemed a little confused because it was beyond his knowledge.

However, when the plan was actually implemented, this team of shore guards still demonstrated extremely excellent professional qualities.

As a team highly valued by the leader of Sissel, the extraordinary resource library and reserve personnel of the Watchtower headquarters are allowed to be mobilized without restrictions.

Although this era did not have convenient technological equipment such as walkie-talkies and reconnaissance drones like in the modern world, this group of shore guards were able to achieve similar effects using extraordinary props, superpowers, and sequence abilities.

A gaseous familiar hovering in the clouds, monitoring the movements below like a drone or a spy hot air balloon...

Each team member has a resonant crystal that can transmit secret codes in real time according to the internal code book of the shore guardians...

All necessary configurations are available.

Under the leadership of Vice Captain Shadow Servant, the Shore Guards still possess extremely high execution capabilities even for the somewhat ridiculous mission goal of "assisting Captain Last in seducing Her Majesty the Queen."

"Clearance complete. Judging by the intelligence relayed by the gaseous familiar, Queen Helen herself likely didn't notice the unusual decrease in customer traffic."

"Captain Last and the target have entered the wandering circus... If they tour the circus and watch all the performances, they should be out in an hour and a half."

"The captain has sent a new signal. All subsequent preset target locations must be cancelled and reset according to Her Majesty the Queen's preferences: the circus, the opera house, the adventurer's tavern, the detective agency, and the divination club."

"Besides, today's schedule is so full, they may not have time to go to the restaurant for dinner."

"Although the Captain and Queen Helen, given their status, don't need to eat to maintain their energy, sharing food between couples is an essential part of a date..."

"Arrange for me to have mobile food stalls selling pancakes, grilled fish balls, and so on!"

"Yes!"

"Report!" someone interrupted.

"According to our previous investigation in the Royal City... there are quite a few taverns in the Royal City, but there are no adventurers in the taverns."

"The profession of adventurer, as well as detective agencies and fortune-telling clubs, are all products unique to the Golden Age before the Cataclysm. Today, they only remain in a few prosperous cities... They don't exist in Paradise Royal City."

"Isn't this difficult to handle?"

The shadow servant looked at his subordinate with disdain and said, "Since there are no adventurers in the tavern, we will do it ourselves."

"We shore keepers travel far and wide, aren't we the best adventurers?"

"Who doesn't know how to brag in a tavern? All you need to do is kill a giant lizard with a tiny bit of dragon blood and you can brag about being a dragon slayer."

"The same goes for the detective agency and the fortune-telling club, even though they no longer exist in reality."

"But since Queen Helen, our target, likes it, we'll build it even if it means we have to build a club right here."

"We still have a few hours left. Act quickly. This plan must succeed and not fail! Don't let Captain Last's sacrifice of character and dignity go to waste!"

"As ordered!"

The team member nodded vigorously in agreement and left.

……

Inside the wooden house that serves as the command center, there is a bustling scene of activity, and every shore guard can find his or her own post.

Inside the cabin, Grey sat at a wooden table, listening to the arguments in the meeting on the other side, while the pen in her hand wrote rapidly on the paper, recording the details of the operation.

Lines of beautiful handwriting were written on the parchment used by the shore keepers for internal records, but there was a clear hint of irritability between the lines.

pat-

Gray's pen paused slightly on the paper, and she found that she had accidentally made a typo.

"Little Grey~"

"Why do you seem a little listless since you learned the details of this mission?"

"When you first joined this team, weren't you always full of energy?"

A clear female voice rang in Gray's ears.

This is a girl about the same age as Grey, with a long ponytail.

She moved closer to Gray, her eyes gleaming with concern.

"You always got full marks in the cultural courses during your training as a new shore guard. I've never seen you make a typo."

Gray glanced at the ponytailed girl beside her and sighed softly, "I'm fine, Janice."

Like Grey, Janice was also one of the new shore guards. She had known her since the initial rookie training, and they had always had a good relationship.

Janice's special ability is "demonization", which allows her to build her own soul circuits on various materials and refine them into demons that obey her orders.

Because the ability of "demonization" is highly applicable in the field of reconnaissance, Janice was also chosen by the Shadow Servant and, together with Gray, became the only two newcomers in the shore guard team that implemented the "Lost Paradise" plan.

The gaseous familiar that floats above the city and monitors the whereabouts of Last and Helen in real time was created by Janice.

Since she and Gray are new shore guardians, their ranks are not high.

Therefore, in order to protect the newcomers, Shadow Servant chose to let them all stay in the command center.

Janice was in charge of controlling the gaseous familiar, while Grey was in charge of recording the documents of the operation so that they could be archived when returning to headquarters.

At this moment, Janice seemed to notice that Gray was different from usual and seemed a little depressed, so she came over with concern.

"My physical condition is fine... I just don't know why, but I've been feeling very irritable lately."

Gray sighed again, and her pen tip turned on the parchment, erasing the previous typo and continuing to write new words.

"There's nothing wrong with the body, but the mind is abnormal?"

"Little Gray, according to the Shore Keeper's Manual, this could be a sign of you being tainted by the evil god and your soul being corrupted... This must be taken seriously."

Janice's expression became serious: "I'll go inform the vice-captain right away."

"No, that's not the case."

Gray quickly reached out and grabbed Janice: "I'm really fine..."

"only--"

Her gaze involuntarily drifted to the window of the command center, in the direction of the inner city of the royal city.

"I've been feeling a bit distracted lately, and I can't concentrate."

Even Gray herself couldn't explain this feeling.

But after the deputy captain announced the details of the operation to her and learned that Brother Rast had to seduce the Queen of the Underworld by using a beauty trap for the sake of the justice of the shore defenders, Grey's heart has been somewhat empty.

It was as if...something important had been taken away from me.

"He was absent-minded and listless. Even when he was talking to me, he would be dazed and his mind wandered from time to time..."

Gray felt Janice's suspicious gaze lingering on her face for a long time.

Suddenly, Janice clapped her hands: "I remember now! Little Grey!"

"That's how it was written in all the romance novels I read before."

"When a teenage girl feels the stirrings of love but can't get the person she desires, she'll have this look on her face."

"It's so similar, that's right! You look so much like the description in the book!"

Janice circled around Gray curiously, "Who is that person?"

"John? Powell? They're the only two handsome guys among our newcomers."

"But during the new recruit training, you, Little Grey, clearly didn't treat them well..."

"Agnese, what are you talking about!"

A fiery blush suddenly appeared on Gray's delicate white cheeks, and she turned into a steam queen on the spot.

"Hahaha, just kidding, just kidding!" Janice giggled.

After a while of playfulness between the girls, Janice seemed to have finally given up the idea of ​​teasing Gray.

"Alas... So, little Gray, you're still too inexperienced to be easily moved."

"I mean, what's the point of little boys like John and Powell who haven't even grown a full beard?"

"Compared to them, I still prefer mature men like Leader Cecil. They are more stable and more secure than those little boys."

Janice held her chin with her hands, lost in thought.

Gray: ...

You are so awesome, does Chief Sissel himself know?