After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"Oh, are we going back now?"

"Well, go back!"

According to the original arrangement, Aize and Alicia were responsible for three workshops in the heavily infected area.

But in the final analysis, it's just like running around like a headless fly, and you can't expect any results.

Now that we suddenly have a clue, of course we have to give it priority.

After leaving the workshop littered with corpses, the two returned to the safe zone as quickly as possible amid the roars of monsters.

He handed the body to the guards and asked them to take it to the workshop and analyze it after Villian woke up.

Aize himself rushed straight to the palace.

The reason why he came back so anxiously was because he remembered something.

Before officially intervening in this incident, during an intelligence handover in Tafia, Aize learned that the top leaders of the Kingdom Adventurer's Guild still remained in the royal capital and had not left.

He felt that this was not normal at the time.

After all, organizations like guilds have always been able to play both sides among the major forces.

It also has a deep relationship with the Duke Alliance.

As long as they want to leave, the dukes will definitely let them go. There is no need for them to stay here and suffer.

But in fact, they stayed.

At that time, Aize felt that the Adventurer's Guild must have been involved in this incident in some form.

Considering the recent discovery, Aize naturally had a direction.

But things are not that simple.

As a transnational organization, the association's branches in various countries are relatively independent.

The head of the Adventurer's Guild in the royal capital could basically be considered the leader of the organization, and was not on the same level as Tafia, who was just a branch chief at the time.

For Aize, who had just arrived and was unfamiliar with the place, it was a bit difficult to deal with this kind of guy.

Therefore, we still have to rely on the power of the royal family.

Therefore, he did not go to the study where he was before, but relied on his memory of the layout of the kingdom and went straight to the door of a room next to the throne.

This is an office.

Belongs to the Kingdom's Regent, Arthur Art.

Although he is called regent, considering the current situation of the royal family, he is actually more like a butler.

But when it comes to dealing with the local forces in the royal capital, he is indeed a more suitable candidate than Heidi, who has been away from home for a long time.

dong dong dong-

"Please come in."

After knocking on the ornate door in front of him, Arthur's voice came from inside.

I opened the door and found Arthur sitting behind his desk.

Surprisingly, Heidi was also here, sitting opposite Arthur, chatting about something.

The moment he saw Aize, Arthur's smiling face obviously froze.

He seemed very reluctant to see Aize.

Coincidentally, if the situation hadn't forced him, Aize would not have been willing to come and see him.

Because although he is quite capable, this guy is a die-hard supporter of the theory of aristocratic bloodline, and is even more hopeless than Heidi before.

Aize also once suspected that Heidi's previous obsession might have something to do with this guy.

In short, the two of them are incompatible in all aspects, from their attributes to their values.

When Heidi wanted to get engaged to Aize, it was this guy who strongly opposed and obstructed it.

And now, the two people's eyes passed over Heidi and collided violently in the air.

The unfriendly stare lasted for several seconds.

Finally, Arthur relaxed first, forced a fake friendly smile, walked around the table and came forward, extending his hand while greeting.

"Lord Aize, it's been a long time since we last met. I was busy with royal affairs last night and was unable to receive you in person. I'm truly sorry."

Then, the subject changed:

"But Lord Aize probably doesn't care. After all, Lord Aize, who was born a commoner in another world, seems to have never been accustomed to aristocratic banquets and related etiquette."

The truth is this.

But when this guy says words like "civilians from another world" they can basically be considered swear words.

"Arthur, what are you talking about!?"

Heidi, who was sitting over there, suddenly changed her expression, stood up, and looked at Aize nervously.

And Aize, of course, had long guessed that this guy would do such a lousy thing.

So I didn't get too angry, I just shook the other person's hand generously.

He said with a smile:

"That's not true. Mr. Arthur must have had a very difficult time these past few days, right? After all, with your noble bloodline and slick complexion, you must be attracting a lot of blood slaves, right?"

"Tsk——"

"whispering sound--"

The two stared at each other, but their smiles never broke.

The scene looked quite strange.

So much so that Alicia, who was following behind, could sense that something was wrong, and she tilted her head and looked at the two of them with curiosity.

The inexplicable stalemate lasted for a while, and finally Arthur gave in first.

"Please take a seat."

He let go of his hand, turned sideways, and made a gesture of waiting for the cleaning.

The three people, including Heidi, took their seats, while Alicia stood behind Aize.

Arthur glanced at the pink-haired girl dressed as a maid, sneered and shook his head, with the contempt in his eyes revealed without any concealment.

Moreover, he was still dissatisfied with the previous exchange of insults, so he continued to fire back:

"Brave Lord Aize, why are you traveling with servants? If you want to learn the elegance and etiquette of this world's nobles, this is probably far from enough. It would be better to start by changing your own behavior."

It never ends.

If it weren't for the consideration of the remaining people in this safe zone, who the hell would care about this guy's thoughts and life or death?

But it doesn’t matter, it’s just trash talk, right?

In the original world, Aize was a generation of trolls whose parents were both alive in Zaun for ten years.

Will be afraid of you?

"Etiquette and elegance? That's not right. Why do I feel that the nobles of this world are best at being despicable and taking human lives lightly? Otherwise, who is blocking the door and not letting you out right now?"

As Aize said this, he made some space and waved to Alicia, indicating that she should sit next to Zhen.

The pink-haired girl did as she was told, looking confused, and the two of them leaned against each other.

"Also, this child is not a servant, she just likes to wear maid clothes. Please don't use such impolite words to describe others."

On the one hand, this was a response to the contemptuous look he had just given Alicia.

On the other hand, for people who are obsessed with this kind of class mentality, it is a great insult that a "servant" like Alicia can be on an equal footing with them.

Aize also slapped the other person in the face.

Of course, as a result, Heidi's face also turned worse because of this situation - although in a different direction from Arthur's.

After several rounds of confrontation, Arthur realized that continuing to talk would only lead to boredom.

After his expression changed from gloomy to cheerful, he finally swallowed the humiliation of his failed provocation and got down to business:

"So, Master Aize is visiting today. I wonder why?"

Aize let out a breath and didn't mention what had just happened.

Said:

"I hope the Lord Regent will come forward and negotiate with the high-ranking officials of the Adventurer's Guild, asking them to hand over all personnel, commissions, and financial transaction records for inspection."

Objectively speaking, this requirement is indeed quite excessive.

Heidi frowned slightly, and Arthur sneered directly.

"Lord Aize, the guild's adventurers have been fighting alongside the guards and the knights over the past few days, and many have suffered casualties."

"Under such circumstances, you actually want to conduct such an excessive investigation on them. Don't you feel that this is too rude?"

There was nothing wrong with this statement itself, and it was within Aize's expectations.

But what really caught Aize's attention at this moment was his attitude.

Another immature inference gradually became clear.

Aize put his hands on his knees and pressed the button gently.

The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he looked at Arthur with a slightly sarcastic smile.

Naturally, this made him very uncomfortable, so he retorted:

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I said?"

"No, no, no, there's nothing wrong with what you said. But you haven't even asked me why I'm raiding the guild, yet you're so eager to defend them."

"I……"

"Also, Mr. Arthur is truly remarkable for his composure. Even with the situation at this point, he's still able to remain calm. Haha, even I'm ashamed of myself for that."

Aize looked at Heidi and then at Arthur.

The former had been through so many days of continuous torture that he looked haggard and pale, and even the protection of the hero could not withstand it.

Arthur, on the contrary, still had the same rosy complexion as usual.

Moreover, as a smart man, he should understand that it is impossible to resolve the current situation relying solely on the current royal family.

No matter how much you hate Aize, you should understand that his efforts at this moment are directly related to the fate of your family.

In this situation, instead of anxiously discussing the issue when they met, they could actually start by arguing with each other like they used to.

Should we say that he is too thick-skinned or that he has too strong a mental capacity?

Or is it that he is very comfortable with the current situation and has everything under control?

Extremely suspicious.

Now that these words have been spoken, their meaning is self-evident.

Heidi looked at Arthur, her face full of disbelief.

Arthur's face changed drastically, and he broke out in a huge amount of cold sweat at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He stood up almost subconsciously, stretched out his hand tremblingly, pointed at Aize and said:

"What do you mean? Are you saying that I betrayed Her Highness the Princess and my family?"

He was anxious, anxious.

I haven't said much yet, but you're already starting to identify with the person you're in.

How do you say that?

If you throw a stone at a pile of dogs, the one that gets hit will bark the loudest.

Once Aize was sure that the opponent had entered his rhythm, he no longer had to worry.

Just increase it a little bit.