There is a magnificent building deep in the aristocratic district. Although it is slightly inferior to the castle on the top of the mountain, there is absolutely no second such gorgeous mansion in the aristocratic district.

This is the headquarters of the Knights of White Peak Town. There is a huge black flag on the top of the building, which can be seen by almost everyone in the town. It has the legendary phoenix pattern painted on it, showing a bright red color, which symbolizes the spirit of chivalry.

The immortality and rebirth of Nirvana, and this knighthood is called the Phoenix Knights.

There are more than a thousand people in the entire Knights Order, and most of them perform patrol missions in various parts of the town, or go out in the field to investigate some complex cases. Only a few will stay at the Knights Headquarters and do some reception tasks.

This includes the captain, deputy captain, and ten knight captains under his command. Except for the two captains who were directly recommended by their predecessors, the captains are generally selected from the lower-level knights. It can be said that

The elite among knights.

Early in the morning, the Knights started to get busy again. In the square in front of the headquarters, a knight captain was lecturing the knights below according to daily rules. Melissa did not participate, but walked in directly with Nova.

into the headquarters hall.

In fact, Melissa could have left this matter to any knight captain to solve it. After all, she only needed to be a hands-off shopkeeper like Captain Charles, sitting in the office and receiving reports from her subordinates, but she still planned to

Solve it personally. On the one hand, she has always been a perfectionist and wants to do the best in everything. Not to mention that this matter is related to the reputation of the Knights. It would be bad if it is left to others to mess it up. On the other hand,

On the one hand, what happened to Nova made her very angry, and she must bring those evildoers to justice.

Not only did she have to solve this problem, she also had to find ways to improve the knights' ability to do things.

The headquarters of the Knights has three floors. The first floor is the office hall, where all the affairs of Baifeng Town are resolved. Sometimes they receive help from residents, and sometimes they resolve some disputes.

Then there are specialized people who issue commissions. After all, Baifeng Town is too big. Even more than a thousand knights cannot cover everything. At this time, you have to recruit capable people and strangers to help through bounties. After the task is completed, the knights will

Pay them a handsome reward.

The second floor and above are where the senior management of the Knights have their offices, while the offices of the leader and deputy leader are located on the third floor.

Melissa asked Nova to wait on the first floor while she went to meet the group leader.

After a while, she knocked on the door of the group leader's office.

"Master, it's me, Melissa."

"Oh, come in."

Melissa pushed the door open and found the group leader, Charles, lying leisurely on the sofa by the window, holding a wine glass and admiring the scenery outside the window.

Melissa had seen such an unconventional sight and was no longer surprised.

Of course, she was surprised at first. This guy obviously didn't look like a captain at all. Why didn't Leonard just replace him? After all, even some knight captains were better than him.

It wasn't until one day later that Melissa accidentally saw the tip of the iceberg when Charles showed off his own strength, and she finally understood why such a careless and unreliable person would become the leader.

Melissa was thinking at the time that those top-ranked paladins were nothing more than this, but the strange thing was that Charles had never participated in a knightly competition and seemed not interested in such activities.

"Ahem, um, thank you for running a trip for me yesterday." Melissa said about what happened yesterday afternoon.

"Haha, stop saying such things. I finally went out for a trip, but I couldn't handle such a small thing." Charles scratched his head and said embarrassedly.

At this time, Charles noticed Melissa's expression. Although she was always serious and serious, she was obviously more serious this time. She must have something very important to say, so he put the wine glass on the table.

Returned to the desk.

"Oh, it's none of your business. I shouldn't count on you."

Melissa sighed, and anyone could hear what she meant, but Charles just smiled slightly, because he admired Melissa very much and had a good relationship with her, so he didn't care about these trivial things at all.

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When the former deputy leader had to choose a successor because of his old age, it was Charles who strongly recommended her.

It's not for anything else, just because she has a strong ability to do things and is very enthusiastic. She can help him share most of the affairs, so that he can fish with peace of mind.

After all, he also knew that he was not suitable to be the leader, but Leonard just wanted to catch up. Even though he complained many times about his incompetence and messed up the security of the town, he had no idea of ​​replacing him.

He was worried that he could not change the status quo, but Melissa came and the disputes and crimes in the entire Baifeng Town were reduced a lot.

"You can sit wherever you like." Charles made a gesture of invitation.

"Oh, it's okay, I'll leave right away, but there is something related to the reputation of the Knights, and I need to explain it to you." Melissa looked serious.

However, Charles' expression remained relaxed.

"Melissa, don't you understand? Just do whatever you want to do. I will help you solve any difficulties. If there is a problem, I will take care of it, even though everyone knows that I can't be relied upon.

But this is the only thing I have the ability to do."

"...But, I want you to understand the current problems of the Knights, and you have a clear understanding of them."

"No, you don't need to make me understand," Charles smiled and shook his head, "Actually, with your current status, you are the leader of the regiment. You can give orders to the knights at will. As for me, I am just the leader.

I'm just Leonard's envoy, I won't interfere with any decision you make."

After all the words have been said, if Melissa insists on talking, she will be very ignorant of the meaning of words.

"Oh, okay, I'll deal with this matter right away." Melissa lowered her head and bowed to Charles.

However, Charles stopped her this time.

"Wait a minute, this matter can be completely left to my subordinates. I'm feeling bored. How about you have a drink with me?"

Melissa was stunned for a moment, and then said solemnly, "I'm sorry, Captain, I have to accept my order. As a knight, it's outrageous to not go to work early in the morning and drink instead.

To be honest, no matter how irresponsible you are, you cannot do anything that will bring disgrace to the Knights, and..."

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, isn't it okay?" Charles quickly smiled bitterly and begged for mercy.

"Humph, that's pretty much it. I'll take my leave now." Melissa turned around and went out.

After a while, Charles opened the door and took a look outside. After confirming that Melissa had come downstairs, he hurriedly sat on the sofa, humming and drinking.

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On the first floor of the headquarters, Nova sat on a bench in the corner, watching the people in the hall busy.

An old woman walked in tremblingly, and a knight immediately ran over to help her. According to her, her only son had been missing for many days, and she wanted to ask the knights to help find her. Otherwise, she would be alone and not know what to do.

Survive.

There is also a man in his twenties. He wanted to pursue a girl from a noble family, but was rejected when he confessed his love. He wanted to come here to seek comfort, and then a young female knight happened to entertain him. The man thought she was good-looking and very nice.

Gentle, quickly asked if he could make a friend.

Two middle-aged men also rushed in noisily, fighting each other as they walked. The two knights quickly separated them. After asking the reason, they realized that they were two brothers. Their father died suddenly without having time to make a will.

So we are arguing about inheritance.

After that, Nova witnessed various things. He looked at those people and couldn't help but fall into sadness. He didn't understand why human beings always have so many troubles, and he himself was the same. He obviously didn't need more.

Many people just want to have a family, but they can't even get this little warmth.

After a while, Melissa came back.

Seeing Nova's depressed face, she guessed that this incident had hit him too hard, and she didn't know if the Knights could seek justice for him.

"Don't worry, Nova, I am the most efficient knight here. I will definitely help you. Just wait and see."

Melissa patted his shoulder and forced a smile. Unfortunately, she was not good at comforting others and rarely smiled, so her expression should look strange now.

But Nova looked at her face and felt the power of her words, so he nodded solemnly.

"Yeah, please."

Later, according to the location indicated by Nova, Melissa arranged for a carriage to drive the two of them to their destination.

The first place they went to was Nova's adoptive father's hospital. Melissa retrieved the file, which said that there was a fire in the hospital at that time. When the Knights members arrived, only charred ruins were left.

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Since there were no casualties and the nobles who suffered losses did not investigate further, the matter was treated as an ordinary accident.

Now it seems that the medical center was probably set on fire maliciously, but Melissa couldn't completely believe Nova's words and had to investigate clearly.

Half an hour later, the two arrived at the scene.

Because it happened a year ago, the site has been dealt with, and now there is only an open space with some building materials piled on it. It seems that a new store is being built.

Melissa looked at the sky, then looked around, as if waiting for someone to come.

"Miss Melissa, are you still waiting for someone?" Nova asked quietly.

"Oh, it's like this. I can only be responsible for this matter, but investigation is not my specialty, so I made an appointment in advance with an investigator to help. He is a non-staff member of the Knights. Unfortunately, he is too busy, so this

He should be late by now, but don’t worry, he always abides by his promises."

"That's it."

The two of them continued to wait where they were. Nova looked at the empty space in trance, and his thoughts couldn't help but go back to the time when he lived happily with his adoptive parents.

Until half an hour passed, Melissa pointed to the corner of the street.

"Look, he's coming."

Nova looked intently and immediately showed a shocked look, because the so-called investigator was none other than his adoptive father's brother and his enemy.
Chapter completed!