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Chapter 2619

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The closer the target perceived by the acorn was to Xia De, the more clearly Xia De could know the other party's location, so the cat kept asking the owl to adjust the direction in the sky, and finally the owl landed on a low-key four-story building not far from the Accordion Hotel.

The witch knew this place:

"Philharmonic Club, the most high-end club in the area. It adopts a membership system, and only musicians who can board the Golden Music Hall and the great nobles of Wilandale are qualified to enter."

Xia De knew she must have been here without asking:

"Wait a moment, let me perceive it again... That's right, the destination is here, in the big room on the left on the fourth floor."

The cat jumped lightly on the roof and came to the position above the room, and the owl also landed on the messy metal steam pipes on the roof. Because it had just rained yesterday, there were large areas of stagnant water on the roof, which made it look even dirtier:

"It's quite clever to have such a beautiful cat standing in such a dirty place, but won't you feel sorry for your fur?"

She looked down at it from a high position.

"I'm not a real cat, why would I consider such a problem?"

"That's true... Are you sure it's this location? This room is reserved for members of the Anjou royal family. There are not even ten people in the whole Karsenrik qualified to use this room."

Miss Owl said with slight surprise, just because she didn't know what the situation was inside, it was not convenient for Xia De to enter directly using "Lagley's Jump". But the witch didn't worry about this problem, because she was really just an owl.

So she flew down generously, circled around the window, and flew back, still standing on the steam pipe in front of the silver cat:

"There are four people inside, I don't know which one is your target. Two are maids of the club, these two are definitely not, they have always been in the club and did not come from outside.

The remaining two, one is the young second lieutenant you asked about who appeared beside Linda Bennett, the third daughter of the Bennett family, when we went to listen to the concert on Sunday."

"York Bront?"

This is also the name provided by Eric Follen. The Bront family, like the Bennett family, are aboriginal nobles of Creekwood Town. The current Baron Bront is a staff officer in the First Legion of the Army, and York Bront is the second son in the family.

"The other person I know is a bit surprising."

Miss Owl flapped her wings:

"William Anjou, didn't expect him to be here."

The silver cat was also very surprised:

"The second prince of the Anjou royal family?"

The witch was not surprised at all that Xia De knew who this was; after all, the royal descendants of the Southern Kingdom were not as many as those of the Northern Kingdom:

"He handled the affairs of the Randall Valley Stonemason Association unfavorably earlier this year and was suppressed by Princess Margaret Anjou. I heard people say that he has been trying to repair his image in front of the king in the past six months, wanting to do something big.

But he has neither the wrist and connections of his eldest brother, nor can his schemes fight his sister Margaret. He didn't even get the errand of visiting the Moon Bay area in the summer. How could he appear in Vesta City?"

Margaret has five brothers and sisters in total. Except for the three mentioned by Miss Winslet, the eldest princess has long been married and no longer intervenes in politics, and the youngest prince is not yet an adult and has no power. Therefore, the eldest prince Samuel Anjou, the second prince William Anjou, and Margaret are the actual throne competitors of the next generation.

Xia De met William Anjou during his time in Randall Valley, but his deepest impression of him was that he was assassinated by an old stonemason of the Stonemason Association at a banquet.

At least at the beginning of this year, William Anjou was not a ring warlock. As for Second Lieutenant York Bront, the distance was too far and there were too many people when he was at the concert last time, so Xia De was not sure if the other party was a ring warlock:

"Since it involves a time traveler, let's put safety first. I'll confirm with my own eyes which one used the tree hole when they leave... What are they doing inside? They can't be drinking afternoon tea, right?"

"Talking. When I flew over, the two maids were preparing to leave the room. It should be a very private conversation."

So the silver cat also jumped onto the pipe where the owl was standing and squatted beside it. The owl carefully moved a little closer to the cat, letting its wings almost stick to it.

"Is there a way to hear the conversation between York Bront and that prince? The sound insulation effect of this room is too good."

"There is a way."

As she spoke, the owl activated her miracle, then opened her left wing and hugged the cat to the side of her body, so Xia De also heard the sound coming from downstairs.

The sound of the maids closing the door completely turned the room downstairs into a "secret room", and then William Anjou and York Bront began to talk. This was the first time Xia De heard the latter speak. Although he was from Creekwood Town, his accent was a very authentic Wilandale accent.

The cat and the owl listened carefully. The two first exchanged a few pleasantries; it sounded like they were very familiar with each other before.

Then the prince mentioned the business:

"My trip here is not a secret visit to Vesta City. I received a secret order from my father. Now people who know my whereabouts think that I ran here secretly to relax and find fun, but in fact, I brought elite agents of the Grey Gloves."

The young second lieutenant exclaimed:

"Your Highness, are you here to investigate spies?"

"The specific purpose cannot be told to you, but York, you are my friend, and a very capable friend, I need some of your help. My purpose this time is the 'Twilight Forest Outpost' and 'Aronson River Camp'. Although there are many good hands in the Grey Gloves, I still have to rely on local officers like you."

"Of course, Your Highness, willing to serve you."

William Anjou was quite cautious. Next, he asked York Bront about the private affairs of some local nobles and the general situation of the two military camps in the forest, but he just didn't say what kind of secret order he had received.

York Bront, who came from a noble family, of course also introduced the places to "find fun" in the area to the prince while talking. And when the two talked about the young second lieutenant's private life, William Anjou also joked:

"I don't understand why your father insists on you finding a local girl in Vesta City to marry. I don't have regional discrimination, but compared with the girls in Wilandale, the girls in Vesta City are really just country girls.

Girls in big cities are still a bit different from country girls, you understand what I mean."

"Of course, Your Highness. However, although country girls don't have the etiquette models of royal capital girls, at least some of them look quite good."

William Anjou then asked curiously:

"Why, your father specially arranged for you to go to the military camp in Vesta City, it seems his expectation has been realized?"

"It's the daughter of the Bennett family, I think she looks quite pretty. Although the girl is a bit rude and lacks upbringing, at least she is very simple and can be considered a very good marriage object."

"Does she know what you did in Wilandale?"

"Oh, Your Highness, we don't need to tell women everything, do we?"

The cat, covered by the owl's half wing, felt that the owl turned its head to look at itself, so the cat, which misunderstood, explained:

"I heard that York Bront is generous, hangs out in the Rod card casino, and his private life also has some problems. He should be the kind of dissolute noble son in people's traditional impression. It seems that the marriage object Mrs. Bennett chose for her third daughter is not very good."

The two downstairs talked for a while longer. Because the prince had things to do in the afternoon, they agreed to go to a wedding of an acquaintance together tomorrow evening, and then left separately.

The two did not go downstairs together, but William Anjou left by carriage from the back door first, and then York Bront walked out generously from the front door of the club.

The silver cat leaned out from the roof to look down, and it was simple to find the target under visual observation:

"It's not William Anjou... Well, the target perceived by the acorn is York Bront."

The owl standing behind the cat's tail then asked:

"Should we follow?"

"Of course. Eh? This person is actually a ring warlock? No, don't worry, it's just a low ring. Things seem to be getting more and more interesting."

The owl grabbed the cat and took off from the top of the club again, while York Bront on the ground took a carriage towards the north of the city.

Seeing him alone in the city, Xia De originally thought he would go for some secret activities, but didn't expect that the carriage finally stopped at the entrance of a remote alley in the old city area in the north of the city, and then entered an ordinary building in a low-key manner.

So the owl went to the window to circle again:

"Illegal Rod card casino, I don't know the specific situation, but it should be operated by local gangs."

The two waited outside the casino for a full four hours until four o'clock in the afternoon, when the young officer with a bad face walked out of here cursing. But at least he still had money to continue taking the carriage, and then took the carriage to the northwest of the city, arriving at the entrance of the Creekwood Town Music Academy.

This is the first school in this city and also the best music academy in the south of the Old Continent at present. After he got off the carriage, he first went to buy a bouquet of flowers, and it didn't take long for him to wait for the third daughter of the Bennett family.

That beautiful Miss Linda Bennett walked out of the castle with her friends. They saw the young officer holding flowers looking this way, and they all giggled. Then Linda Bennett walked over very shyly and took the flowers from York Bront's hands.

"That young girl seems to be moved."

Above the corridor bridge high in the castle, the owl said to the cat, and Xia De was also watching this scene:

"Maybe we should remind that girl, of course, after this matter is resolved."

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