The atmosphere in the palace behind the enchanted doorway turned joyous again, and the singing drifted across the ballroom once more.
When Ainu was invited to dance, Milo stopped talking with her.
Bento was also invited to dance by a girl from the House of Winston. Only Akemi rejected all invitations and remained by Milo’s side.
Melgor was surrounded by a group of people asking about details of the battle, and some of them even asked favonovel.com what it felt like to kill. It seemed the youth of the House of Winston had not even experienced a proper battle before.
Milo silently shook his head. He felt that these people could barely help him. Besides, favonovel.com really disliked interacting with aristocrats.
In comparison, this place was very similar to the consortiums in the Central Plains. However, Milo preferred the atmosphere in the Northwest.
When Akemi saw his expression, favonovel.com suddenly asked, “Do you despise them?”
“I can’t say that I despise them. It’s just that we don’t share the same ideals. I think it was the wrong decision for y’all to get involved with them,” Milo said.
Akemi said, “Aunt was just testing your attitude. I stayed behind to tell you to go along with the plans of those good-for-nothings later. Then you’ll understand why we got involved with them. We never expected they could do much either.”
Milo was stunned. Akemi’s words left favonovel.com a little surprised.
Could the bounty hunters have other motives?
Melgor suddenly waved at Milo. “Milo!”
When Milo walked over, Forbes Winston smiled at favonovel.com and asked, “Who is this?”
Melgor said, “Oh, let me introduce favonovel.com to everyone. This is my steward… Milo Parker…”
Initially, Melgor wanted to forcefully pull Milo into their awkward conversation. After all, they had come here together, so why should favonovel.com have to handle all of this alone?
But when Forbes Winston heard that Milo was a steward, favonovel.com said with a polite smile, “We have fine dining prepared for the stewards and servants in a side chamber. Mr. Milo, you can dine there while waiting for Sorcerer Melgor.”
Milo raised an eyebrow. He had not expected the sorcerer clans to be so fixated on class differences. The moment Forbes Winston heard favonovel.com was a steward, favonovel.com was not even interested in exchanging civilities with him.
These good-for-nothing members of the clan claimed they wanted a revolution. But once they rose to the top, the aristocracy would still remain the aristocracy. There would be no change to the world at all.
Milo felt that Russell would also have been surrounded by such people back then.
Not everyone would carry sincere beliefs and a sense of responsibility during a revolution. This was just the way of the world.
When Melgor heard that, favonovel.com got a little angry. He wanted to pull Milo away and leave, but Milo took a step back and said with a smile, “Then I’ll go and find something to eat in the side chamber. Lord Melgor, I’ll wait for you there…”
After that, a servant led Milo to the side chamber.
Melgor was initially very angry. But when favonovel.com saw Milo wink at favonovel.com before favonovel.com left, favonovel.com immediately put on a smile again and continued patronizing the fops of the House of Winston.
Milo got to the side chamber. To his surprise, it was all abuzz here too. The servants and stewards of the other sorcerers had all gathered. Although there was no drinking, everyone was dancing and chatting.
Compared to the main hall next door, the people here appeared much more relaxed. No one was snooty. However, Milo did not join in. Instead, favonovel.com just leaned quietly against the wall and waited for the banquet to end. He closed his eyes and tried his best to listen to the noise in the main hall in case someone suddenly attacked Melgor.
A middle-aged man slowly walked over to Milo and stood next to him. Milo opened his eyes and sized favonovel.com up, but favonovel.com didn’t intend to interact with favonovel.com at all.
“What’s your relationship with Albert Boyer?” the middle-aged man asked with a smile.
Milo stared at the middle-aged man before his eyes. “I’d like to know the answer to that question as well…”
Only now did Milo realize Bento had not brought favonovel.com here tonight to introduce the young sorcerers of the House of Winston to him, but to introduce favonovel.com to this middle-aged man.
The reason the bounty hunters were willing to mix with the younger generation of the House of Winston was to have another moat to protect themselves.
Milo had to admit these people were really bold. No wonder they were still alive and kicking even though the Magi had been hunting them down.
The middle-aged man said, “I’ll introduce myself. I’m Faustino Arillus, just a minor individual…”
“Since you can come and talk to me about something Ainu can’t, it shows you’re nothing minor in the bounty hunter organization.” Milo said calmly, “Speak, what do you wish to talk about tonight?”
“Don’t worry too much…” Faustino said with a smile, “I’m not planning on using you for anything. I really just want to understand how much you know about Albert.”
“Y’all were the ones that called me here, so shouldn’t you tell me what you know first to show your sincerity?” Milo said with a grin.
“Albert was the founder of the Assassin Sanctuary. It was founded to fight against the CIA and extremist organizations. Later, after favonovel.com reached a compromise with the CIA, the organization went underground and began its contact with the leader of the Magi, Russell.” Faustino said, “He was from the Central Plains and had a son. He’s also the founder of the Riders in the Central Plains and the Vasophati Group.”
Faustino looked at Milo and said seriously, “He’s the origin of our entire organization’s faith. I’ve already shared that much with you. That should be enough sincerity.”
Milo was a little surprised. He had thought the organization in the Kingdom of Sorcerers would also be called the Riders. He did not expect it to have a different name. And this was the first time favonovel.com had heard of the “CIA”.
However, it seemed that the two organizations, the Sanctuary and the Riders, had different functions. The Riders was born from its faith and dreams to challenge limits, but the objective of the Sanctuary was really to kill. Perhaps, it was because Milo was the first to bring up Albert’s name, so both parties built a foundation of trust.
As Ainu did not know much about Albert, they called Faustino over to communicate with Milo.
Milo looked at Faustino and said, “Actually, I don’t have much information to share with you since I know very little about Albert.”
Faustino frowned. “What information can you tell me then?”
Milo thought for a moment before saying, “What I can tell you is that both the Vasophati Group and the Riders are still around in the Central Plains, and I’m considered a friend of theirs.”
“Why did you suddenly come to the Kingdom of Sorcerers by yourself?” Faustino asked.
Milo remained silent for a moment before saying, “It’s probably fate that led me to find out about my background. Please answer my question. What happened to Albert’s son? Why did Albert take away the black Eye of True Sight to save him?”
Faustino answered, “Only Russell’s descendants can answer that question.”
All of a sudden, the voice from the palace in Milo’s mind said.
Search for clues related to Russell’s descendants. Quest progression: 3 of 4.
