Although the time written on Wendel's invitation letter was more than ten days later, it was better to investigate the situation as soon as possible. If something really happened, one day's delay would increase the variable.
Gu Shi's movements were very quick. After spending some time packing his belongings, he was teleported from the teleportation tower to the royal city.
Although he had never been to Wendel's home in person, Gu Shi quickly found the place with the detailed address in hand.
"Hello sir, what can I do for you?"
Gu Shi stood in front of the Wendel family's manor and was soon asked by the guard at the door about his purpose.
Gu Shi said, "Hello, my name is Gu Shi. I'm here to look for Wendell Brest. I'm his roommate at Congleton School of Magic. Could you please let him know for me?"
After hearing Gu Shi's words, the guard nodded and said, "Please wait a moment. I will go and inform Master Wendel."
The guard said a few words to his companions and left in a hurry.
Not long after, the guard returned to the gate with a servant dressed as a maid.
The maid came forward and bowed to Gu Shi. "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Please come with me. Master Wendel is already waiting for you."
Gu Shi followed the maid into the manor, and was then led by her to an open-air garden.
"We're here, Master Wendell is over there."
Gu Shi looked up and saw Wendel sitting in a stone pavilion not far away, waving at him.
Gu Shi walked over, and the maid who led him over quietly retreated.
Before he could even sit down, Wendell asked, "Gu Shi, why did you come here so suddenly? You scared me."
Gu Shi didn't answer immediately. Instead, he carefully observed Wendel and confirmed that he was fine before he said, "I saw the letter you sent, so I thought of coming over to take a look."
Wendell laughed and said, "Haha, my birthday is still a while away. I didn't expect you to be so impatient."
Then he picked up the teapot beside him and poured a cup of tea for Gu Shi. "Here, I just bought some tea recently. It tastes pretty good. Let's drink and talk."
Gu Shi did not refuse Wendel's invitation and sat with him in the stone pavilion for a while.
As they were chatting, Wendell suddenly seemed to think of something, "Oh, by the way, I've found the book you mentioned to me last time. It's a good thing you're here today, so I don't have to make another trip.
Come on, I'll take you to the study."
"Okay, thank you for your help."
Gu Shi followed Wendel to the study.
As soon as he closed the study door, Wendell breathed a sigh of relief. Gu Shi stood by and observed his expression, asking, "So, what problem did you encounter?"
Seeing Wendel's cautious behavior, even going to the study to talk in his own home, Gu Shi felt that something was wrong.
Wendell sighed deeply, "Well, this is a long story."
Gu Shi found a random seat and sat down. "It's okay, we can talk slowly."
Wendell said, "The story all started during our last exchange activity."
Gu Shi immediately understood, "Are you talking about the Ferguson incident? Didn't it end successfully?"
Wendell spread his hands. "It did end successfully. We have the evidence firmly in our hands, and the Ferguson family has been arrested and imprisoned. However, the culprit has not yet been brought to justice."
Gu Shi frowned. "Could it be that the Ativi Empire has already extended its hand to the capital of Igrit? This shouldn't be possible."
"How should I put it? This matter is a bit complicated. In short, it's a game between two empires.
The relationship between the Atiwi Empire and the Igrit Empire is quite tense, but due to various considerations, both sides are not prepared to launch a large-scale war, so other means are emerging one after another."
"What do you mean by other means?"
Wendel explained, "In the last incident, the Atiwi Empire was ultimately in the wrong, and their military strength was inferior to that of the Igrit Empire, so they sent a team of envoys with gifts to apologize."
Gu Shi said, "Could it be that there is something wrong with these messengers?"
Wendell nodded. "Although these people don't seem to be very powerful, I suspect some of them are deliberately concealing their level."
Gu Shi was a little confused. "But what does this have to do with you? Even if those envoys had some hidden agenda, they should have been targeting the royal family. How did you get implicated?"
Wendell was also helpless. "I didn't know why at first, but after being attacked a while ago, I learned from those people that they already knew about the secret medicine. It was because of me that the secret medicine was exposed, so they wanted to retaliate against me and make me pay the price."
Gu Shi sensed something was wrong. Wendel didn't seem like such a careless person. "Didn't you use your father's men to plan this? I remember you never showed up in person. How did those people know it was you who did it?"
Wendell sighed again. "Two possibilities. Either I was careless and gave myself away, or... there's a traitor in our family."
"Now you know why I'm so cautious. I haven't even slept well recently."
“This is really…”
Gu Shi didn't know what to say. Who would have thought that even though everything had ended smoothly, Wendel might fall into trouble because of his own people.
At this moment, he couldn't help but feel a little fortunate that he had wisely chosen not to get involved. Otherwise, there might be another Gu Shi on the wanted list.
Gu Shi asked again, "Since you've already learned the reason from those who are hunting you, why don't you expose the envoys from the Ativi Empire so you can arrest them or send them back."
“I wanted to, but the people who were captured were all trained assassins. When they realized their mission had failed, they immediately committed suicide, leaving no clues.
I had to use special methods to find out the information above, and there's no way to confirm that it was a conspiracy by the envoys."
Both of them fell into silence.
After a while, Gu Shi finally remembered why he came to see Wendel.
He took out the letter, put it on the table, and asked, "What about this?"
Wendell took a look and said, "This birthday party you mentioned was planned by my father. He wanted to use this party to catch some people who were trying to take advantage of the situation."
"Why is the letter you sent along with the invitation so strangely written? I sensed something was wrong with it, so I came to see you."
"I was afraid of implicating you, so I wrote to you in the tone I would use when addressing an ordinary friend. Who knew you would come to me like this?"
Wendel was really surprised by Gu Shi's sudden visit today. At first, he thought that Gu Shi had come here because he had been attacked just like him.
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