"However, since you have been seen through, it should be useless." Eva did not continue to listen to the conversation between Catherine and Nicholas. She lowered her head and thought for a while, and then slapped in Pannis's ear and muttered: "I don't think Catherine looks like she didn't see it. Wouldn't that prince be in vain?"

"How could that happen?" Panis said with a strange smile: "If the listener cannot see Nicholas's purpose, he will waste his efforts. It is useless to be seen through. Conspiracy can never be exposed to the sun. However, the nobles have to live in the sun, so they don't use conspiracy easily. The means they use are to make you understand everything, but they will still do what they imagined. Just like this time, Catherine cannot see his thoughts, but even so, she still has to accept his favors, so they are not in a hurry at all. Look at the legendary bodyguard, who is obviously eavesdropping on our conversation, and can hear us clearly in every sentence, but he doesn't look worried at all, just because he is very clear in his heart."

"Bang", Panis was pressing into Eva's ear and whispering to Nicholas's awkward teacher and bodyguard. He suddenly suffered a heavy blow to the head. A thick hard leather book directly hit him on the head, interrupting the strange smile on his face. Lina put her hands on her hips, slowly retracting the weapon of mass destruction, turning her head and pretending to be doing nothing.

"Why hit me?" Panis covered his head, glared at Lina with tears in his eyes, and said sadly: "I didn't do anything."

"Hmph." Lina, or Isabella, snorted coldly, raised her head and said, "Lina asked me to hit her, it has nothing to do with me. She saw that you were so happy about chatting, so she wanted to be happy as well. There was no way, you just sacrifice it."

"Why do I have to sacrifice if she wants to be happy?" Panis said innocently: "I am not a dummy for practicing swordsmanship, I just put it there to make people happy."

"A dull fool." Vivian completely ignored Panis's sad gaze. He moved the chair to distance himself from Panis, as if he was afraid of his IQ being lowered: "In some ways, you are no longer saved."

"Have you made enough trouble?" Obviously, the fight between several people had affected Catherine's conversation. Catherine glared at the few people and said, "Now we are talking about serious things, so you guys shut up."

So the world became quiet, and only Nicholas's voice continued, "This is the basic situation, and the four villages were eventually destroyed. The death toll was 846, including 102 minors. Of course, it was no longer possible to see whether they were minors at the scene, so they could only count them from the population record."

"I understand." Catherine looked gentle, as if the person who roared at her teammates just now was not her. She said softly: "I think you should have received the information. So far, the number of people who died in these people is unknown, but at least more than 4,000 people have been. Including those who have not been recorded, perhaps this number will double. This is only a number within two years. And the closer the time, the higher the frequency of their actions. If they are allowed to develop, no one can estimate how many people will be taken away from time and life."

"You have been following this matter. Are there any clues?" Nicholas asked: "If it is convenient, can you briefly introduce it to me, so that the Empire can also help you pay attention to it later."

"Sandy, legendary wizard Sandy," said Catherine. "Their organization is called Sands of Time. Sandy is the only known member. As for his information, there should be a detailed introduction in the wanted information added last year."

"I know that for more than a year, all parts of the empire have been wary of his appearance." Nicholas said: "However, due to the particularity of the mage, if he wants to hide, it will be difficult to find it. Even if local officials discover it, with the power of a certain place, they will not be able to fight against a legendary mage."

"I understand, but there will always be loopholes after hiding for a long time." Catherine said: "As long as you pay more attention, it is not that there is no chance to expose his disguise. But what you are right is that it is best to notify those local officials. If you find someone, don't disturb the other party casually. You must notify several guilds as soon as possible, otherwise unnecessary casualties may occur. You must know that the other party is at least a few golden magists, or even a few legendary magists. Even the headquarters of several guilds need to be cautious. Therefore, I hope that your local officials will not act out of their way after finding out the problem in order to find you."

"Don't worry, I will tell them myself that if I find the problem, I will deal with it myself. Even if the result is good, I will not only not receive the reward, but will also be severely punished." Nicholas is very familiar with the habits of the nobles of his country, and is also familiar with how to control and guide them: "In this way, no one will take risks without authorization. However, has it been confirmed that Sandy was involved in this tragedy?"

"It's not confirmed, it's just possible." Catherine shook her head and said, "Mr. Moore has been following Sandy before, but suddenly lost his whereabouts. Then the tragedy happened a few days later. It seems that the possibility of his participation is still very high."

"Okay, then I understand." Nicholas nodded, "This time we go to the border together. I will emphasize to the local officials that when pursuing suspicious people, pay special attention to Mr. Sandy's."

"Thank you, Nicholas." Catherine said with a smile: "This time the incident happened suddenly, and all preparations were too hasty. If you didn't have the assistance of you, it would probably take several times the effort."

"No, no, intuitively speaking, this is actually the business of the empire. It is you who come to help the empire deal with problems. It is me who should say thank you." Nicholas said: "But you also surprised me. You have arrived here less than four days after the tragedy happened. It can be seen that the sensitivity of the information networks of several major guilds really make me envious."

"I think you misunderstood." Catherine shook her head and said, "It's not as exaggerated as you think. Everything is just a coincidence."

"A coincidence?" Nicholas was still a young man. The unique curiosity of the young man made him look at the timer and said: "It's not too late. If you don't rush to rest, can you tell me the specific situation? Of course, this is not an urgent matter. If you are tired, it's not too late to rest tonight, and it's not too late to talk about it on the way to the border tomorrow."

"Well, it's not complicated. At that time, we were visiting Master Feila in the Third Flame City led by Butkamigala." Catherine explained: "In fact, the purpose of the visit is to investigate this matter. There are some questions that need to be asked for advice from Master Feila. As a result, in the Tavern of the Third Flame City, we met two mage lords who also handled official duties in the Third Flame City in the Tavern. It happened that their territory was adjacent to the empire, so we received the news earlier. Later, during the chat, they told us the news."

"That's a coincidence. I thought the information transmission speed of the Mage Guild was so fast." Nicholas said: "But, the lords adjacent to the territory? Could it be the lords of the Trikes and the Orlandin?"

"Ha, that's them." Catherine recalled two simple and cute mages and said with a laugh: "Samoel and Jonnas, two fat and thin golden-level mages, have very distinctive images."

"No wonder, I said that there were some problems with trade goods. In fact, it was the territory of their two. We have actually cooperated with them many times in trade, and we are considered old friends." Nicholas said suddenly: "But when I arrived here yesterday, the news I got was that they had a temporary urgent matter and went to Butt's hinterland to deal with it, leaving only the deputy to negotiate with me. In the end, I found it was just a misunderstanding. I originally thought that they had just discovered it in advance and were embarrassed to explain to me in person, so they hid in advance and refused to see me and pushed the deputy out. Unexpectedly, they really ran to the Third Flame City."

"Haha, in fact, what you said is not impossible." Until now, the conversation between the two has faded away the taste of negotiations between the nobles. After Nicholas wisely put down his mind, Catherine also regained her attitude towards him when she was studying in the Knights Academy a long time ago. At this time, she talked about irrelevant issues, and the atmosphere became much more harmonious: "The two lords are two very interesting people. Lord Jonnas is not familiar with the world. Although Lord Samoel is a little more worldly than him, he is also very introverted. Seeing them, it seems that he saw the academic wizards who are immersed in their own world and hiding in the laboratory for many years. He has a very friendly feeling. But if it were the two of them, they might be able to hide and refuse to see you. After all, when we met, they didn't know how to get along with us, and finally ran away in a panic."

"Indeed, Jonas is sometimes naive like a child." Nicholas also smiled on his calm face: "But they can't do such a thing. Samuel is actually very talkative and has great diplomatic experience. Every time he meets, he comes out to communicate with us. The lord has seen many big scenes, and he shouldn't be so introverted and shy."

A "click" sounded from Panis's position. Several people looked over at the same time and found that Panis had unconsciously broken a corner of the thick table in front of him. However, Panis did not seem to be aware of it at all. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Nicholas and said, "Wait, Your Highness, can you please repeat the words just now?"
Chapter completed!