"Erica! Where are you?" Diana asked on the intercom with a frown.

"Huh? Have you reached the intersection over there? Walk along and there is a large barbecue restaurant. We are inside." Erica replied while chewing the barbecue.

But when Diana looked up at the street in front of her, she sighed, because when she followed the route suggested by Erica and walked to the intersection of the restaurant where they ate, not only did she not see anything that smelled of barbecue,

Instead, the store saw a group of prostitutes standing on the porch of their respective stores with beautiful flowers. Many prostitutes even happily thought of waving or even inviting after seeing Diana as an elf, so Diana was in a terrible mood at the moment.

However, Diana still led Thea calmly to the other end of the street with a cold face, and Diana's heart was full of thoughts about how to vent her dissatisfaction to Erica later.

And just when Diana was entertaining the restaurant and planning to walk over, she accidentally noticed a group of sneaky guys near the restaurant trying to peek inside the store. Of course, these people naturally turned around after seeing Diana coming.

Attention was turned to her, and many people blatantly whistled at Diana or made some very indecent gestures and expressions.

This group of people seemed to be local gangsters, but what surprised Diana was that they seemed to be very organized and scattered around the restaurant, and they seemed very hidden before she appeared.

They looked like someone from the Watcher restaurant. Judging from their action plan, they were obviously not ordinary hooligans, but more like an underground gang. However, since Diana knew nothing about the affairs of Mary Castle,

I don't know, so I don't know what these gang members are doing here, but Diana doesn't think they are out for dinner.

With a hint of vigilance and suspicion, Diana quickly walked into the restaurant, but when she came in, she found that for some reason, there were not many people dining inside this bustling restaurant, except for a few people near the door.

Outside the two or two sparse seats, there were only one table of diners, Erica and her friends, gathered at the end. While outside, Diana saw very thick smoke at the back of the restaurant, and it was obvious that a lot of food was being grilled in the back kitchen.

The food was good, which was obviously in stark contrast to the desertedness in the restaurant. However, after seeing the messy scene on the table of Erica and the three of them, Diana somewhat understood this phenomenon, because this table

There are two big appetites among the three of them, not to mention Erica, but even Selanier may be able to eat up the entire restaurant's food reserve.

Diana glanced at Erica who was waving to her and did not rush over. Instead, she quietly glanced at the other customers in the store. After all, the group of gang members outside the store just now made her notice something.

Weird, and then after taking a look at the other diners at Erica's table in the store, she became more alert.

Although the customers in the store looked nothing special, when Diana, a beautiful elf woman, walked in, everyone couldn't help but look up. But just this glance made Diana notice that there was something wrong with this group of people. Although they

They were all dressed in different attires, but their eyes and aura were all filled with the aura of a villain in the market. Especially a guy in gorgeous business clothes looked at him with a look of desire and a virtuous look on his face.

It is extremely embarrassing that he once tried to capture his own slave merchant.

The Principality of Michael officially prohibits the slave trade, but it only prohibits trade but does not prohibit the entry of slave merchants. After all, the corrupt nobles in the central part of the principality had private contacts with the slave merchants in the west, and even

Seeing that after the founding of the principality, the Grand Duke Alubeg also sent people to secretly purchase some slave workers to build the new city. Otherwise, how could the civilians under Michael's rule alone build so many buildings in such a short period of time?

City?

Of course, the Principality did not continue to treat slaves as slaves after they bought them. Most of the slaves were issued citizenship and then became residents of the Principality. However, in terms of the laws and systems of the Principality, as long as they paid enough taxes

Slave traders can still stay in the principality, which is why Diana was captured by slave traders in the eastern city of Gatz.

But now this slave trader doesn't look like he came from the west. Whether it's appearance or clothing, he is obviously a local of the principality. And for some reason, Diana feels that the people sitting opposite him seem to be the same as those outside the door.

Those gang members should be accomplices.

At the moment, Diana made a rough analysis and stopped paying attention. After all, although she didn't know the situation in Maryborough, she still had some contact with underground gangs. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Diana just continued to keep it up.

With a trace of vigilance, he led Gia into the restaurant.

"You look very unhappy." Erica carelessly pulled Diana to sit next to her and asked, "Did Mr. Earl make you angry?"

Diana did not reply, but used an "electric shock massage" on Erica's lower abdomen very skillfully. However, Erica's reaction was much milder than before. Even Diana subconsciously thought that she was

It’s not that you have a certain level of resistance.

"Who is this?" Aurora asked, looking at Thea who was sitting very reservedly on the side.

"People from the Council of Sages." Diana paused for a moment after finishing speaking, and then added: "They are considered friends."

Aurora nodded and then greeted Thea very politely. After all, from Aurora's point of view, the organization of the Council of Sages is really difficult to get along with. Although there is no conflict between Algasburg and the Council,

However, their consciousness and philosophy are absolutely neutral and even somewhat exclusive, so Algasburg has never had any communication with this reincarnated organization in the past.

Just after Diana and the others took their seats, several restaurant waiters carried several huge plates and brought a large amount of barbecue to Erica and the others. Although it looked like the waiters were working very hard and sweating, they

Their faces were filled with heartfelt smiles and joy. However, it is not difficult to understand their appearance. Just imagine that such a deserted restaurant suddenly came to such a group of unrestrained diners.

Anyone who is a businessman will serve him with sincerity and respect. After all, the meal expenses for Erica and the others can probably match the income of this restaurant for one day or several days.

Diana looked at Selenir, who was sitting on the other side of Erica. The young crystal dragon stood up impatiently before the waiter put down the dinner plate, took off a large piece with a meat fork and returned it.

After devouring the scalding steak, the waiters seemed to have gotten used to the amazing appearance and appetite of this little girl Seranier, so they did not show much panic, and even took the initiative before leaving.

He poured a large glass of berry juice for the little girl.

Diana then looked at the empty plates brought by the waiters. If there was no miscalculation, Selenir had already delayed food for at least ten people. If calculated based on the food intake of the previous few days, this would be

She should have been full a long time ago, but the fact is that Selanier has no intention of being full at all, and still stuffs various hot meats into her small mouth.

Diana stood up and sat next to Thranil and tried to teach her how to eat slowly, because the way she looked when she was eating was like a consuming beast, which was a bit unsettling. Of course, Diana also knew that her young crystal giant

How much can a dragon eat, but I don’t ask her to eat less, but at least she must chew slowly and slowly like a normal person, and at least not attract other people’s attention when she is outside.

However, Diana also knew that this idea was somewhat reluctant, because at this moment, those sitting elsewhere were paying attention to Selenir, who was feasting. Of course, others looked just curious, but the slave trader's eyes

But it made Diana feel a little uncomfortable... After all, the identity of the other party was revealed, and even if Diana miscalculated the identity of the other party, at least that person was definitely not a good person.

"Hmm...this barbecue restaurant tastes pretty good..." Diana cut off a piece of tender roasted tenderloin with a table knife, dipped it in the sauce and tasted it, then commented: "Tender and juicy, delicious and smooth...the sauce

Slightly sweet and mellow..."

"Yeah..." Erica took a stick bone and chewed off the meat on it, then threw it away and said, "I want to spend money to hire a chef from this store."

"Oh, do you mean that my cooking is not good?" Diana gently tapped the heavy wooden dinner plate with her dining knife and said, "You dislike my craftsmanship?"

"How is that possible?" Erica panicked and swallowed a large piece of barbecue and said with a playful smile: "It's just... changing the taste occasionally... is also a good choice..."

Diana looked at the panicked Erica and didn't say anything. Instead, she forked a sausage full of spices from the plate with a little force, looked up at Aurora and asked: "What's wrong with this shop?"

So deserted?"

"I don't know." Aurora turned to look at the restaurant behind her and then came back to her senses and said, "It feels like the store has expanded a lot in the past few years, and the taste of the barbecue has not gotten worse. I don't know why.

so."

"Really..." Diana glanced at the diners who were looking here again and then said no more, but she inadvertently gave Aurora a look, and Aurora also paid very keen attention.

Got her tip.

Aurora didn't say much, but she obviously knew that Diana was reminding her that the table of diners by the window behind her was the table with the people whom Diana identified as slave merchants.

It was obvious that when Diana took her seat, she noticed that the people at the table had been peeking here from time to time, but apart from occasionally paying attention to themselves, most of their attention was focused on Sera.

Neil, but Diana didn't think they were surprised by the little girl's amazing appetite, because the look in his eyes was somewhat similar to the slave traders who tried to capture Diana, so Diana noticed it intentionally or unintentionally.

them.

Of course, the big meal at noon did not last too long, because although Erica and Thrannier ate an amazing amount of food, they did not eat slowly. Later, everyone took a short rest in the restaurant and planned to return to the hotel.

Rest. It’s just that Diana didn’t plan to go back before leaving, because Erica talked about the incident on the front line during the meal. Diana also thought that it would be better to go over there and take a look, but since Erica was too lazy to go there

If so, just go there by yourself. Anyway, she wanted to go out and relax now, and she also felt that it was necessary to have more exchanges with Thea, or let her see those evil things.

The threat of the Star Familiar cult is too serious, and as a qualified cult organization, they will not do things openly, especially because some crazy people will join them under certain temptations, so Diana

I feel that it is necessary to use the mouth of West Asia to bring information about this cult to other people in the council. Although I do not expect the members of the council to really understand the threat of this cult, at least they can indeed do so after seeing that kind of monster.

Give them some warnings. In addition, Diana also plans to take this opportunity to ask the divine servant Elena to do a small favor for herself. Because this divine servant is proficient in elemental magic, she may be able to help adjust Thea's body.

Extremely chaotic magic system.

Speaking of which, Thea's magic was not taught to her by people in the council, but the result of her self-learning from the council's huge collection of books. However, due to her extremely high talent, she did not have a step-by-step approach, which resulted in her mastering the magic.

The magic system is chaotic and abnormal. If her magic adaptability was not higher than that of ordinary people, she would not live to be 10 years old.

Magic abilities also require strict foundations before they can be used. For example, in elemental magic, if you learn the control of different elements, you can successfully use certain elemental magics. However, the magic elements in the world of Hiltia are not

There are only four categories in the traditional sense, but there are still obvious conflicts among the elements.

For example, the two elements of water and fire are completely incompatible in theory, so people who know water element magic cannot use fire element magic. But in fact, it does not mean that it cannot be used at all, except for those who are very elementary.

Except for entry-level magic or some specific systems of magic, in most cases, when the basic systems of these two elemental magics are activated at the same time in the human body, they will be limited by various factors and cannot be used normally. In serious cases, they will also

Directly killing people.

This problem is not just for humans, but for most races, including humans, and of course the elves, who have almost perfect adaptability to magic. But this restriction is not suitable for people like Diana.

It has almost no effect in terms of existence, because in addition to being a reincarnation, she is also the chosen one of Severna. However, a strong person like Aurora still cannot escape the influence of this restriction.

As she continued to learn more, Diane discovered that Thea Kruger, a little girl, was probably the most unusual human being she had ever seen, because the magic system in her body had at least 7 different types of magic systems, and among them

Not only elemental magic, but also natural magic that humans cannot use at all has left indelible traces in her body. This is simply impossible in Diana's opinion.

Such a complex and chaotic magic system was constantly causing various conflicts in her body. Fortunately, she was a good child who didn't use magic very much, so the impact of this conflict on her body was minimal.

However, since the last time she went to Adrian to provide him with magical support, the almost silent chaotic conflict in her body broke out again. Diana really had no way to help her adjust, so the only thing she could do was

I can hope that Elena, a servant of God, will come to help.

According to the message Elaina left yesterday, she should be returning here this afternoon, so it would be better to go over there early and have a look, and if possible, Diana would like to ask her to help with some other personal matters, so

As for Selenir, he could only let the bored Erica take care of him again, and Aurora said that she would continue to do some weapon research when she went back in the afternoon.

After Erica and her group left the restaurant and split up again, the slave merchant who had been staying in the restaurant and eating slowly gave a wink to the person sitting opposite, and then the person quickly left the table and came outside.

Contacted the gang members who had been concerned by Diana before. The two parties came to the street corner and had a secret discussion. Then they followed Erica and the others and started to act separately, and because they were locals, they were familiar with the surroundings.

As a result, Erica, who was wandering around after dinner, completely ignored the several very professional people following her. The man who just met with the gang members later walked through a long, secluded alley and came back.
To be continued...