Dawn (2)

In short, this guy went to the Southwest Territory for a trip, drank too much, was drugged, and was captured and locked up. He was almost sold overseas as a slave. Fortunately, his three white tigers followed the smell and smashed the cage to rescue him. Then he captured these slave traders and prepared to take them back for trial.

After knowing the cause and effect of the incident, Alex quickly ended his uncle mode and started strict father mode.

"It's too dangerous! How old are you? You're already imitating others in traveling! Your godmother will never allow it!"

Iva was silent immediately.

Inger sneered: "He must have sneaked out."

Alex held his forehead.

Yihua bared his teeth at Inger, "Who the hell are you!"

Alex looked over at him coldly: "Who taught you to talk like that?"

Yihua immediately shut up and looked at him aggrievedly.

Alex looked at the three slave traders.

"Where are they going to sell you to?"

"I don't know. I originally had dinner at the foot of Daqiusha Mountain, but I have been walking west for a long time these days."

Inger pondered and said, "Logically, we should go west and sell it to the Red Rock countries through the delta or send it to Levitra through the seaport. There is no market for transporting it inland..."

Alex also turned his gaze to the three people pretending to be dead.

He walked over and stepped on the calf of one of them, speaking calmly and exerting force with his feet.

“Aaaaaaaaaaah!”

The other two were frightened by their companion's shouting and opened their eyes.

A man more ferocious than the little bully stood in front of them.

Such a beautiful face.

The aura that permeated their entire body seemed to be peeling off their skin and pulling out their tendons.

"Ahhhhhhh I said I said I said everything!"

"Ask questions first! The rest will follow!"

Let's call the bad guy who spoke first Vendor A. This is the second wave of vendors they have encountered. The first wave was drug vendors, and this wave is human vendors.

Merchant A trembled and confessed everything: "We, we, we are human. We heard that if we kidnap a few people here, we can sell them for a good price in the Zhongxi territory. Some people have been buying them at high prices. It is best to buy them with children, women, and vagrants without families. It's not just us, there are many people doing this! We only started when someone really got the money! We just need to hand it over to a dedicated person! We don't contact the buyers!"

Alex and Inger looked at each other with gloomy expressions.

The slavery system has now been eradicated from all over Chunie. No noble is allowed to buy or sell slaves. They can only hire servants from the job market and pay them wages.

Generally speaking, if someone buys slaves privately, it must be out of some perverted interest that cannot be disclosed.

"When you say there are many people, how many do you mean?"

"According to, according to, according to my understanding, there are at least a dozen contact points in the Central and Western Territories, and the number we received is 16..."

"What's the exact address?"

"Well, the contact point is different every time. We got the location, and then we went to the local Chamber of Commerce to look at the booklet to find out where we should go this time!"

Alex frowned and his expression changed slightly.

"It's too complicated and there are too many people," said Inger.

"How many years has it been since it started?"

"…We found out about this two years ago…"

Such an obvious large-scale organized human trafficking has been going on for two years without being caught. Where did all the bought people go?

Inger noted their use of words: "Children, women and homeless people without families?"

Merchant B continued, nodding his head, “So there are people who specifically target mental hospitals and orphanages. The management of these places is not strict…”

"And we definitely don't want children from noble families... Ah! Young Master! We are blind!"

[No wonder it’s so hard to find. ]

"Why? What do we need so many people for?" Alex pinched his eyebrows and asked himself in a low voice.

"It's basically certain that it was done by a group of people. They were very vigilant and secretive." Inger said softly.

Alex said slowly: "I don't believe that Duke Amiel doesn't know that so many people are missing in the territory..."

"Unless he acquiesces..." Inger took over his unfinished words.

Yihua could understand every word the two people said, but he couldn't understand when they formed sentences. He felt that his brain was not enough.

"Gu~~"

The two looked over and saw Yihua sitting on the ground holding his stomach.

Alex tapped him on the head and said, "Let's go back to the hotel and have something to eat."

They stayed in the hotel for one night and drove back to the capital of Mond the next day to report the incident to the Duke of Mond.

Duke Leon treated the matter very seriously. "I have received similar reports before, but the traffickers were quickly arrested. I thought it was just a few individual crimes. If it is organized, we must conduct a thorough investigation. How dare you engage in human trafficking in my territory?"

Three Population Traders were handed over to Mondstadt.

Iva will be escorted back to the territory by a knight sent by the Duke of Leon.

"Brother! I can go home by myself! Aren't you going home?"

"Yihua, don't run outside casually in the future. Mom will be worried. Be careful that she breaks your legs and locks you in the house."

Yi Hua: “…”

Inger was also speechless. Is the conversation between you brothers so horrible?

Yi Hua asked: "When will you come back... We all miss you..."

Alex opened his mouth and smiled: "Soon, I will have to go back when the time comes, so you should stay at home, in case I don't see you when I go back."

This time, Yihua nodded obediently, hugged him, and left.

Before leaving, he turned his back to Alex and made a face at Inger.

Inger looked at Alex and asked, "Is this kid really only one year younger than you?"

Alex said helplessly: "How can you compare him with me?"

Inger thought about it and realized that sometimes they were indeed childish of different kinds.

The two of them stayed in the Duke's palace for another two days, entertained by Madame Danshu, Duke of Leon.

Alex mainly watched the riders train.

Inger was concerned about the wizards and internal affairs.

In addition to the knights guarding the border, the castle also houses several regiments of knights, some of whom are knights in training.

Official knights are basically above level 2.

There are also many knights from level 3 to 5.

Duke Leon himself is also a level 7 knight.

"What do you think? Prince, do you want to have a try?" Duke Leon suddenly spoke up while watching the knights' training.

Alex asked in surprise: "Me? With whom?"

Duke Leon said calmly, "Of course it's me. None of these knights are worthy of fighting with His Royal Highness."

"You are joking, sir. You are the elder." Alex smiled and shook his head to refuse.

“There shouldn’t be too few level 7 sparring partners, right?” Duke Leon said with a half-smile.

In their previous lives, both of them had grown into level 8 knights, but Duke Leon's swordsmanship had not improved after the incident, while Alex had been through many battles. If we only talk about skills, Alex is probably better than Duke Leon now.

Inger felt a subtle sense of pleasure as he watched their conversation.

Is this the male protagonist who pretends to be a pig to eat the tiger?

Alex smiled and said, "Let's talk privately. I'm afraid I'll make a fool of myself in public."

So they found an underground training room and locked the two of them in there to have a fight.

No one knew what the result was, but when the two of them walked out, Duke Leon had a relaxed smile on his face, while Alex didn't even breathe.

It's like going for a walk in the woods together.

Alex wiped the rusty sword with a cloth and sheathed it.

Inger whispered, "Did you win?"

Alex blinked and said, "I didn't realize you were curious about this?"

Inger stepped on his foot expressionlessly.

Alex dodged and whispered in his ear, "We really just exchanged sword skills, but I think Duke Leon should have seen that his sword skills are better than what I have seen before. Very impressive."

[I don’t quite understand what’s so fun about you high-end knights sparring with each other…]

"Where is the wizard you're looking at?"

Inger thought for a moment and said, "Xilia is very enthusiastic about research, but he lacks basic knowledge. I suggest that he go to the capital to study. He is currently in the process of handling the formalities. The level of other wizards is also very good, but most of them are also mainly focused on detection and treatment. However, management is managed together with knights, and they are very mobile and disciplined."

"Well, that's a good idea."

Inger held out his hand: "Just don't put this on me."

“Hahahahahahaha!”

Inger was very upset.

"This isn't funny at all. I don't want to be a wizard and have to serve in the military at the same time."

[But it seems that this is a necessary system for training combat wizards and auxiliary wizards. ]

【Well, it’s none of my business. 】

Anyway, he won't be going to the front line anymore, so I can just let someone else go, he thought coldly.

After dealing with many matters, they were ready to say goodbye.

Duke Leon, Madame Danshu, Sicilyan and Celia came out together to see them off.

Duke Leon still talked about official business first. "In the previous slave trade case, there are clues pointing to the central government, but it is cut off if we go deeper. I can thoroughly investigate my own territory, but I can't do anything about the central government. Please be sure to tell Her Royal Highness the Princess about this."

Alex was amazed at his efficiency and nodded solemnly, "We will not give up the investigation."

Inger took out a newly made mirror and gave it to Mrs. Danshu.

"I think this will come in handy someday. Please read the instructions for its use."

Because the distance was far and communication was inconvenient, and a letter would take a long time to arrive, so he spent money to have this printed.

Madam Dan Shu is currently his most important source of key information, and she is worthy of it.

"You even have a gift. I don't know how to thank you." Mrs. Dan Shu did not refuse.

"I am the one who received the precious Tree of Life and Death and some great stories."

Mrs. Danshu smiled and said, "If I remember anything else, I will write to you and tell you."

Inger pointed at the mirror and said, "This is the communication tool I left behind. It's a magic-driven item. Please use it well."

Xilia's eyes instantly glowed green like a hungry wolf.

They left Mondstadt in late June of 1891, still travelling east on the new train.

At this time, the capital is Nantes, the goddess Vatican, and the cathedral.

The door of the oracle room, which had been tightly closed for three years, opened.

A noble lady with silver hair walked out.

Judging from her appearance, she was over fifty years old. Her hair was neatly combed into rose shapes. She was dressed in a purple and gold dress. She stood straight, a head taller than the 1.70 cm golden scepter. The wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were full of majesty.

Archbishop Bisi was originally treating patients, but upon hearing the news, he immediately handed the mildly ill patients over to his subordinates and rushed back to the church.

As a result, the headlines of the entire Nantes evening paper that day were filled with several of the same words.

The Pope is out.