Chapter 410: Edward's Persistence

In front of Briggs Fortress, the Elric brothers stood in the wind and snow, surrounded by several soldiers pointing guns at them.

"I am a State Alchemist, not a spy."

Edward explained again, sighing with helplessness.

"Don't move, raise your hands above your head."

A soldier tightened his finger on the trigger, ready to fire at any time.

"Brother, what now?"

Although Alphonse wasn't afraid of firearms, he didn't act rashly.

"Wait a bit, their superior should be coming out soon."

The Elric brothers were somewhat helpless. The northern soldiers didn't give them a chance to explain at all. Even taking out the State Alchemist's pocket watch was useless; without the approval document from Central, these people didn't believe their identities at all.

This situation was normal. As a key border area, "Briggs Fortress" had spies intending to infiltrate every year, and there were countless people pretending to be alchemists.

Olivier Mira walked out of the fortress. The female general stood high up, scrutinizing the two brothers.

"Who are you?"

Olivier Mira's tone wasn't very good, the same as her current mood.

After verification, Olivier discovered that what that man said might be the truth. If that were really the case, war wouldn't be far off, and she wouldn't sit and wait for death.

Hearing Olivier's questioning from above the fortress, Edward looked up.

"I am the Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric. Major Armstrong from Central introduced me to see the Major General. Please withdraw the guards."

The Major Armstrong in Edward's mouth was Olivier Mira's younger brother.

"Search them."

Hearing it was introduced by her younger brother, Olivier Mira didn't show any courtesy either.

"We aren't bad people."

"Who knows? Anyone can pretend to be a celebrity, and more importantly, a 'devil' has come to my territory recently. Who knows if you are accomplices?"

"Devil?"

Edward Elric was somewhat confused.

After being searched, a silver pocket watch and a letter were handed to Olivier.

"This is the introduction letter from the Major, which can prove we aren't bad people."

Olivier Mira looked at the envelope in her hand. Just by looking at the handwriting on the envelope, she knew this was indeed written by her younger brother.

"Heh~, it's indeed that idiot."

While speaking, Olivier Mira tore the letter in her hand to shreds, not reading the content inside at all.

"Hey, why not read it? It has the information about me and my brother."

"The introduction letter is meaningless to me. I don't need evaluations made by others; I only judge others with my own eyes."

While speaking, Olivier Mira had already torn the letter into powder.

"Let them in."

The cold wind howled. Just as they were about to enter the fortress, the Elric brothers couldn't help but look up, and they were immediately awed by this magnificent fortress.

A hundred-meter-high steel wall, with traces of ice and snow on the wall.

"Amazing, so high~, so big!"

Hearing Edward Elric's loud shout, Olivier Mira lowered her eyelids, her expression somewhat gloomy.

"Scum, hurry up and walk. Be careful I pull the antenna on your head."

The antenna in Olivier's mouth was the ahoge on Edward's head and a strand of hair on Alphonse's armor.

"Yes!"

Edward felt the ferocity of the Northern Queen firsthand.

Entering the fortress, the Elric brothers didn't gain freedom; what greeted them was the second round of "interrogation."

Olivier Mira sat opposite the two brothers, with hot tea in front of them.

"Do you recognize the Explosion Alchemist?"

Hearing Olivier's question, the two brothers were stunned.

Edward nodded and then shook his head.

"Only met once. That guy is simply an explosion maniac. Last time he blew up many buildings in Central City, and I was the one who repaired them in the end. But for some reason, he was wanted a few days ago, charged with killing important military personnel."

Hearing Edward's description, Olivier Mira lowered her head and pondered.

The information she obtained was the same as Edward's. Su Xiao killed important military personnel and was eventually wanted.

If she remembered correctly, that so-called important personnel was just a colonel without real power, and had nothing to do with the Explosion Alchemist.

The news provided by the military was full of doubts, plus the many behaviors of Central City in recent years, Olivier Mira clearly felt something was wrong.

"Let's not talk about this. I need you two to explain why you came to find me without going through the headquarters, and the secret of your brother's hollow armor."

The Elric brothers looked at each other.

"This~, if it's known, it might go to a military court..."

Before Edward could finish speaking, Olivier suddenly interrupted.

"Is it Philosopher's Stone and Homunculus?"

Olivier only said two keywords; she didn't say Philosopher's Stone and Homunculus, so as not to leave any handle.

"How did you know!"

Edward stood up with a whoosh.

"Looks like that guy didn't lie. Not good, very not good."

Seeing Olivier's reaction, the Elric brothers were somewhat stunned.

"Little dwarf, spit out everything you know immediately!"

Olivier looked at Edward coldly.

"Who are you calling a little dwarf!"

"It's you, the little dwarf with an antenna on your head. Give you five minutes to state your case, and by the way, tell you, the laws of Central City are invalid here."

A group of soldiers rushed into the room, dozens of gun barrels aimed at the two brothers.

"You..."

"Don't think I'm bluffing. This is the northwest, where death is a common occurrence. Even State Alchemists are the same. For the lives of my tens of thousands of subordinates, I can take this responsibility."

"The lives of tens of thousands of subordinates?"

Edward was somewhat confused. He suddenly had a feeling that this female general might know more than he did.

Hesitating for a moment, Edward said everything he could say.

Ten minutes later, Olivier looked at the ground under her feet, and the soldiers in the room retreated one after another.

"What evidence do you have that what you said is the truth?"

Olivier's questioning left the two brothers speechless.

"Temporarily none, but Philosopher's Stone and Homunculus do exist. I've seen them with my own eyes."

"I believe in Philosopher's Stone, because I have indeed seen it. As for Homunculus..."

Su Xiao had once taken out a small piece of Philosopher's Stone and given it to Olivier; that was a piece smaller than a grain of rice.

Olivier took out the Philosopher's Stone. When the Elric brothers saw the Philosopher's Stone, their scalps felt somewhat numb.

"Did you transmute this?"

Edward had already assumed a fighting stance.

"No, someone else gave it to me."

"Where is that person?"

Edward's breathing was clearly heavy. He didn't know how many people had to be sacrificed for this small piece of Philosopher's Stone.

"You don't need to know. You just need to confirm now, is this a Philosopher's Stone? Does this thing really have such magic?"

"This is a Philosopher's Stone."

Getting Edward's clear answer, Olivier took a deep breath.

"Demonstrate it, let me see how it ignores equivalent exchange."

"No! I won't use this thing. The manufacturing material for this thing is humans; I will never use it." ===== CHAPTER 411 =====