Reborn as a beautiful girl, I want to be the best in the world

"Isn't the connection with the traitor enough?"

Huangfu Wenning sighed. Although she liked dealing with smart people, she sometimes hated their excessive intelligence.

If there wasn't definite evidence, Ye Qing certainly wouldn't have brought Huangfu Wen Ning to the door like this.

"...Miss Samurai, there are things we cannot control, and we don't know who will betray the empire."

Shiro sighed deeply. This tavern was originally funded and established by a big shot for the purpose of collecting intelligence.

Even though Hiro seems to be the boss, he is actually only responsible for management and the transmission of information.

She had no way of knowing anything further, nor was she qualified to know.

"If you want to settle accounts, please let my family go. He is innocent and has no idea what happened in the tavern..."

Just when Xi Luo was about to continue speaking, Huangfu Wenning interrupted her.

"If you have anything else to say, tell her all at once."

After more than ten minutes, the pub finally quieted down.

Ye Qing, holding justice in his hand, stood in place. When the body of the last player disappeared from his sight, there were no more enemies in the entire tavern.

"You really won't give up until you die... Sister Huangfu, are you done?"

Looking at his ID that had turned red with some helplessness, Ye Qing sighed.

She had experienced such things in the past, but they were also large-scale missions where everyone was fighting for their lives.

As a result, now I am just doing a small task and a group of players come to besiege me, and this is when there is no conflict among them.

"I'm here, just tell me what you want to say."

When the battle in the center of the tavern ended, the two men also walked out of the small compartment behind the bar.

Xi Luo did not do anything extreme, she just walked calmly in front of Ye Qing.

"Since you two are not coming here to arrest me today, why don't you take a seat here and talk slowly?"

Anyway, she couldn't run away even if she wanted to, and she couldn't beat him even if she fought. This time, she could see that Ye Qing didn't come here just for the matter of the treason.

Otherwise, she would have been beheaded by now, or she would have been tied up by Huangfu Wenning just now.

"Of course, Miss Hero, how would you like to talk?"

Ye Qing smiled. Her main purpose was to investigate the fragments of the magic circle. It would be best if she could avoid taking any action.

Seeing Ye Qing nod, Xi Luo was somewhat relieved.

She walked straight to the bar, took down the undamaged bottles of wine from the wine cabinet, and placed them on the table.

"What would you like to drink, both of you? I don't think there's much to order."

Shiro smiled bitterly and put his hands on the table, with a bit of helplessness in his eyes.

"Just do what you are good at, Miss Hiro."

"I just want to be like her."

Ye Qing and Huangfu Wenning also pulled over chairs and sat down at the bar.

The drunks around the bar were lying in all directions, and none of the NPCs who had been beaten by Ye Qing could get up at this moment.

On the contrary, the two "outsiders" were sitting calmly at the bar like guests.

Watching Hiro pour out the wine skillfully and start mixing and shaking it in the pot, Ye Qing asked Hiro directly.

"Miss Hiro, do you have any impression of these fragments of the Demon King's magic circle?"

Ye Qing took out a few portraits and placed them directly in front of Xi Luo.

These were things obtained from Yin An's basement. Fortunately, Ye Qing had sharp eyes and recognized that this was the summoning array belonging to the Demon King.

If an ordinary player came here, he might not be able to recognize what it is.

"...Yes, but to be exact, this thing has nothing to do with me."

Hiro held the wine jug in his skilled hands, shaking it by his side.

The two were not surprised to hear Heero give an affirmative answer.

Yin An said at the time that he got the information from the tavern, but he did not specify from whom he got it.

"Tell me more about it?"

"certainly......"

Hiro sighed deeply, and the wine jug in his hand stopped shaking immediately.

The simple ice magic created two ice balls in the cup, and then she poured the beeswax-like wine into the cup.

Light a match and run it across the side of the cup, instantly igniting a layer of deep blue flame.

"Please try the Senluo Flame first."

Ye Qing and Huangfu Wenning did not hesitate. They picked up the wine glass and took a sip each.

After seeing the two men drink the wine, Hiro slowly told the story.

Chapter 34: Overt and covert attacks

"Those fragments of the magic circle were all created by my useless brother, so if you want to hold me accountable, I can't escape."

Hiro's face was filled with mixed emotions, and his hands rested on the bar with some uneasiness.

Now that Ye Qing and others have directly traced her back, she can no longer hide it even if she wants to.

"Your brother? Has he ever come into contact with the Abyss Demon?"

Ye Qing looked at Xi Luo seriously, and now he finally got to the point.

Those fragments used to summon the demon king's magic circle are not considered advanced, and can even be said to be relatively crude stuff.

But for Ye Qing who knew the later plot, she had to be prepared for this possibility.

"I don't know the details, but he started to become like this after those adventurers returned from the island."

Shiloh sighed helplessly. She actually hoped to figure out what was going on.

But ever since her younger brother started staying at home, she felt uneasy every day when she returned home, let alone trying to figure it out.

"After returning from the island... could it be that a player completed the mission ahead of time and caused this?"

Ye Qing looked at Huangfu Wen Ning and spoke to her in the team channel.

If this is the case, it does make sense. The players returning from the Novice Village took on some special mission, and as a result, it was Hero's brother's turn to be unlucky.

"It's hard to say. The only mission we encountered on the island that was related to the Demon King was the one involving Beelzebub, right?"

Huangfu Wen Ning also frowned slightly. The influence of players on NPCs is the most difficult to judge.

Especially in various branching plots, other players are likely to cause irreversible impacts.

"That's right. As far as I know, Astra shouldn't have any more missions related to the Demon King, unless we run into that Knight Sandro..."

Ye Qing was also a little hesitant. From her point of view, it was more likely that the influence was caused by the Demon King in the Imperial Capital.

Moreover, the special name "Hiro" is one of the reasons why Ye Qing was deeply impressed by her.

Her brother didn't play an important role in the past, but her sister is a heavyweight.

"Ye Zi, you said it yourself, isn't that mission of super-standard level? It basically won't appear in the Novice Village. The greater possibility is the Demon King in the city..."

"Um... two of you?"

Just as the two were discussing in the team channel, Hiro interrupted their conversation.

After all, in her sight, the two knights sent by the empire suddenly fell silent.

"Sorry, we were lost in thought. Please continue."

Ye Qing smiled a little embarrassedly, then motioned for Xi Luo to continue.

"Another thing is that there have been some rumors recently that there seems to be some kind of monster in the imperial capital that is hunting civilians everywhere, and the cult has already sent out paladins to hunt it down."

When Hiro mentioned this, he also pointed to the Holy Cross pendant hanging next to the bar.

If she hadn't reminded him, Ye Qing would have almost not noticed this thing.

"This is a pendant given to us by the cult for free. They said that if we encounter a problem that we cannot handle, we can just break the pendant off..."

After listening to Hero's explanation, both of them looked serious.

"Leaf, if I remember correctly, this should be an epic item, right?"

Huangfu Wenning looked at the pendant and recalled the props he had used before.

Ye Qing directly threw out the brief information of the props, and at the same time felt that things were a bit troublesome.

According to the plot progress, the cult will only distribute this kind of prop to the people when there is a drastic change.

"That cult..."

"elder sister!!"

Just when Ye Qing wanted to ask further questions, a figure suddenly broke open the door of the tavern.

He was a young man wearing a cloak. Although his face was blocked by the hood, he still attracted the attention of both of them.

"Roland?! Why are you here?!"

Obviously, Hiro was also quite surprised by his brother's appearance.

What made her feel even more dangerous was the paper bag in Roland's hand.

"I, I heard that my sister was in trouble, so I rushed over."

Roland was panting and he was out of breath when he spoke.

But after entering the tavern, his purple eyes stared at Ye Qing and Huangfu Wen Ning vigilantly.

Looking at the mess in the tavern again, Roland couldn't tell for a moment whether the two people in front of the bar were good or bad.

"Miss Hiro, he is..."

Ye Qing turned his back to the bar, leaned back slightly and asked Xi Luo quietly.

Huangfu Wen Ning also leaned against the bar with his back, but his left hand had already quietly rested on the hilt of the knife.

The identification skill had already been secretly activated, but the result of the identification was that there was nothing wrong with Roland.

Judging from the numbers and status bar, Roland is just an ordinary human being.

Hiro nodded quietly, then shouted to Roland who had just walked into the tavern.

Her face remained calm, but her hands hidden under the bar had quietly clenched.

"These two are the knights who dealt with the trouble for my sister. Why don't you come over and say hello?"

"Ah...Is that so?"

Roland, who was holding the paper bag, seemed to be relieved, and his purple eyes no longer stared at the two of them.

He took off his hood and put on an embarrassed smile.

Roland then put down the paper bag and walked forward quickly.

"I'm really sorry, my two knight sisters. My attitude just now was not very good. I apologize to you."

Roland politely walked up to the two of them and bowed deeply to them.

At this moment, Roland looked nothing special. Except for his gray hair, he looked no different from an ordinary young man.

But Ye Qing and Huangfu Wenning were not the kind of people who judged people by their appearance, let alone someone who was suspicious.

"Ah... That's nothing. You don't have to call us knights. We are just adventurers who just came back from Astra."

Ye Qing smiled and waved his hands, actively communicating with Roland.

She was also worried that Roland would suddenly lose control and start a fight here.

After all, in Ye Qing's impression, the devil's followers are not good people, and most of them are even crazy.

Don't even think about communicating with these people. If you meet them in a dungeon, you will most likely have to kill them.

However, after a period of communication, Roland's condition could be said to be quite normal.