Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

After hearing this, Lacie almost couldn't help but applaud and praise.

What a clever and calm answer! Almost flawless. Even she couldn't find any fault with it.

Fuwenna was almost convinced by Charles.

The alertness on her face was reduced a lot, and her expression was much more relaxed, but after all, this lady consul who was responsible for the entire city-state still remained wary of Charles.

"Who commissioned you?" She asked in a serious tone, "What are the specific contents of the commission?"

Then, perhaps thinking of the "mistress" that Charles had just mentioned, Fuwenna reacted quickly and asked:

"Is the specific content of the commission related to the 'mistress' you mentioned?"

Charles nodded.

"You guessed it right. The person who issued the commission to us asked us to help solve... or in other words, to kill the mistress of Lentiheim."

Lacey thought to herself, okay, okay, are you really a genius?

Then, she carefully observed the changes in Fuvenna's expression, trying to catch some strangeness on the face of the lady consul - if the Fuvenna in front of her was really the Fuvenna they knew, she should have revealed some flaws after hearing what Charles said.

But the Archon lady did not reveal any flaws.

She just frowned naturally, as if she had heard something incredible, and whispered:

"...This is really absurd. Not to mention that we have never had any so-called mistresses in Lentiheim, even if there were, no elves would do such...such absurd things."

Having said this, Fuwenna paused, and then asked in confusion:

"After all, who would be so cruel and sick as to want to kill their own mother?"

"..."

Charles fell silent.

Laceier's expression also became strange.

They all seemed to want to say something, but in the end they all chose precious silence.

Then, under the puzzled gaze of the Archon, the hero and the witch smiled awkwardly at the same time in tacit understanding.

At times like this, maybe all you need to do is smile.

The Archon didn't understand why the two people in front of her suddenly showed her such a strange expression, so she couldn't help asking:

"Is there something wrong with what I said?"

"..."

Rachel really wanted to tell her that of course there was a problem, and it was a very serious problem - but she couldn't say that. She could only try to keep her expression straight and at least not laugh.

Charles quickly thought about the saddest thing in his life and successfully calmed himself down by thinking about his deceased lover.

Then, he nodded to Fuwenna and said stiffly:

"……no problem."

Fortunately, their acting skills were good, and Fuwenna didn't notice anything unusual.

She continued:

"Although I don't know who issued the commission to you two in my name, I can be sure that there has never been a so-called mistress in Lentiheim, and there is no abnormality that we elves cannot solve on our own..."

The Archon suddenly stopped talking here, then looked into Ciel's eyes and ordered him to leave with a slightly hostile attitude:

"So, please leave Lentiheim. I will find out who pretended to be me and issued the commission to you two."

Lacey thought, as expected.

Even though Charles had performed above his standard and his speech was almost flawless, it was still difficult for him to gain Fuvenna's trust. After all, Fuvenna was the governor of the city-state of Lentiheim. How could she easily believe Charles's words?

I'm afraid that in her eyes, Charles has been labeled as a "person with bad intentions".

Therefore, she was quite polite by not asking Charles directly "Who sent you and what is your purpose?"

But no matter what, Rachel didn't want to leave the city before she found out the truth about the anomaly in Lentiheim.

She had to admit, her curiosity was completely aroused.

So she walked straight past Charles, who was trying to organize his words to respond to Fuvenna, with a harmless and well-behaved expression.

"Sister Fuwenna, do you still remember me?"

Upon hearing this, Fuwenna subconsciously looked at Lacier and then showed a hesitant expression:

"you are?"

Lacey immediately realized that Fuvenna did not recognize her, but it didn't matter, it was not important.

She immediately put on a perfect expression of disappointment and grievance, and then muttered softly:

"You really didn't recognize me - have you forgotten? I am the student of the Lord of the White Tower, the Witch of Twilight and Dawn. The last time my teacher brought me to Lentiheim, I traded a few bottles of aged wine with you."

This time, Fuwenna seemed to have finally recognized her, and finally gave her and Charles a relatively kind smile:

"I remember now, it's you, Lei..."

As soon as the Archon uttered a short syllable, Lacie knew that she really recognized her.

——But it would be better if I hadn’t recognized it!

Fortunately, Lacey's reaction was quick. Before Fuwenna could finish pronouncing the first syllable, she quickly interrupted Fuwenna:

"Great! You still remember me!"

Then, without waiting for Fuwenna to say anything else, she began to change the subject:

"Charles and I received that strange commission together, so we came to Lentiheim. I can testify for him that everything he told you is true."

The Archon didn't really trust the hero, but she couldn't ignore what Laciel said.

Because Laciel is the only student of the Lord of the White Tower.

So, after a brief silence, Fuwenna glanced at Charles and whispered:

"Since you are willing to testify for him, I believe that he is a true hero, not a liar who intends to gain benefits in Lentiheim."

Although she had guessed that Fuvenna was likely suspicious of Ciel, after hearing Fuvenna say that, Lacier couldn't help but ask:

"You didn't recognize him as this generation's hero, Ciel?"

Fuwenna shook her head:

"Lendiheim rarely communicates with the outside world. Although I have heard that the hero of this generation is called Charles, I don't know what he looks like..."

Lacey thought, really?

Now Fuvenna said that she didn't even know what Charles looked like, but before... when the thick fog had not yet dissipated, the lady governor who greeted them clearly remembered that she had given Charles a coffin.

If the Fuvenna in front of her was not lying, then there were probably two Fuvennas in this world.

One gave the Share a coffin and commissioned the Share to kill the Elves' mistress; the other claimed that he had never seen the Share and denied the existence of the commission.

So, who is real and who is fake?

For some reason, Lacele suddenly thought of the thick fog that enveloped the entire Lentiheim when she and Charles first arrived there.

Under the cover of thick fog, the huge city-state was quiet and gloomy, the streets were always empty, and no elves could be seen. In the fog, something calling itself the Archon commissioned them to kill the so-called "Mistress" who did not exist for him.

Soon after, the thick fog dissipated, and Lentiheim returned to its former prosperity and peace. No one remembered the thick fog, as if it had never existed. Then, another guy who called himself the Archon jumped out and denied the existence of the Madam, and even claimed that she had never seen Charles.

Lentiheim in the thick fog made Lacie feel strange, but the familiar Lentiheim in front of her made Lacie feel even colder.

"if……"

she thinks:

"If the current Lentiheim and Fuvenna are real, then the Fuvenna who sent the coffin to Charles and issued a commission to Charles, asking him to help kill the mistress..."

"What on earth is He?"

[To be continued]

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9. Is it a misunderstanding?

Lacie couldn't tell whether the executive officer in front of her was real or fake.

Of course, there may be other possibilities - both madam executives are real, or both madam executives are fake.

However, it is meaningless to make blind guesses. Without sufficient reliable intelligence to support it, any conjecture is futile and will only waste energy.

Do not add entities unless necessary.

To put it bluntly, Lacie doesn't want to scare herself.

So she put away her wild imagination and smiled at Fuwenna:

"Sister Fuwenna, since you have confirmed that the commission is fake, then we don't have to waste our efforts, but..."

She paused, and her smile became sweeter:

"But I haven't been to Lentiheim for a long time. I discussed this with Charles before coming here. I plan to walk around the city after completing the commission, enjoy the scenery, and see if there are any fun places."

"But I didn't expect that the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and the commission inexplicably became a fake..."

At this point, the smile on Lacie's face had almost disappeared, leaving only a slight melancholy.

But at the same time, she deliberately looked into Fuwenna's eyes and revealed a little bit of expectation, just like hanging bait on the hook when fishing, she showed just the right amount of pitifulness.

Fuwenna knew exactly what Rachel wanted to do, so after briefly weighing the pros and cons, the executive smiled kindly at Rachel:

"In fact, even if the commission turns out to be fake, you can still go around the city."

Rachel was "very surprised" when she heard this:

"Really? Thank you, Sister Fuwenna!"

She even rushed forward cheering, opened her arms, and hugged Fuvenna with joy.

Fuvenna seemed to be unaccustomed to such intimate physical contact with others, but she did not push Lacie away and rejected the witch's intimacy.

Rachel was smart enough not to argue any further. She quickly let go of Fuwenna, raised her face, looked at Fuwenna with sparkling eyes, and begged:

"Sister Fuwenna, Charles and I are not familiar with Lentiheim. If you don't have anything else to deal with, can you be our tour guide for a day?"

Fuwenna subconsciously wanted to refuse.

But she suddenly thought that she could use this opportunity to monitor the witch and the hero to prevent them from doing anything out of line in the city.

So she put on her smile again, nodded and said:

"Okay, it just so happens that I don't have anything to deal with today, so I'll accompany you around the city."

"Great!" Lacie let out a small cheer.

In fact, the witch really thought this was a good idea - Fuvenna agreed very quickly, saving her a lot of trouble.

She originally thought that if Fuwenna refused, or hesitated whether to let them tour Lentiheim, she would directly ask Fuwenna to be their tour guide - with the relationship with Lao Deng, her request was reasonable, and it would be difficult for Fuwenna to refuse, not to mention that she also gave Fuwenna the opportunity to monitor them.

The witch, who knew human nature well, had planned everything long ago, and in the plan, Fuvenna would most likely agree to her request and serve as a tour guide for her and Charles for free.

And that's exactly what happened.

In order to monitor Rachel and Charles, Fuvenna took the initiative to jump into the witch's trap, and even asked Rachel and Charles where they wanted to go first in a very professional manner.

After hearing this, Lacier hesitated for a moment, took out her wand, and said to Fuwenna:

"It's been a long time since I last came to Lentiheim. After so much time, Lentiheim should have changed a lot, so it doesn't matter where I go. In this case, let's just leave it to fate. I'll throw the wand up, and when it falls to the ground, we'll go to where the tip of the wand points. What do you think?"

Fuwenna actually thought this method was quite interesting, so she nodded:

"can."

Laceier threw her wand high into the air.

The slender mistletoe branch spun a few times in the air and then slowly fell down to the ground, bouncing lightly before settling down.

Rachel bent over to pick up the wand, turned around, pointed in the direction the tip of the wand had just pointed, and said:

"It's decided, let's go there!"

Charles beside her seemed to understand something - if he remembered correctly, Lacie was pointing in the direction of the breeding room.