Gilbert looked at him with both relief and regret in his eyes:

"Your Highness, with all due respect, finding their whereabouts is very simple - as long as we make a big enough move."

Thales raised his head.

"But what about after we find it?"

Gilbert's face turned serious:

"Have you ever thought about the impact your rewards, repayments, or even just secret observations might have on them?"

"It's easy to do one thing, but it's extremely difficult to perfectly handle the countless consequences it brings."

Thales wanted to say something, but was speechless for a moment.

Gilbert said solemnly:

"Especially after your much-anticipated return, if this continues, sooner or later someone will notice your actions - and we cannot count on their kindness and principles."

"This is not a good thing for either party."

Thales closed his eyes in pain.

"Perhaps the day you find them," the Foreign Secretary said nervously:

"The day you killed them."

Find them.

Kill them.

Just listen to Gilbert's heartbroken words:

"So I sincerely suggest that you, Your Highness, give up for your own sake and for their sake."

"Don't pursue it any further."

give up?

give up.

After a while, Thales opened his eyes.

He looked at the ground under the horse's hooves slowly retreating, and couldn't help but feel a little sluggish.

"Gilbert."

Thales spoke slowly, his voice hoarse:

"You knew that from the beginning, right?"

Gilbert wondered:

"what do you know?"

Thales sighed.

"Six years ago, when we were in Mindis Hall...you told me that when the door lock was unlocked, I could go find my friend..."

Gilbert's expression changed slightly.

"And after I became a prince, you said that I had to wait until the limelight passed before I could find my friends..."

The Foreign Secretary was silent.

"When I arrived in the North, you wrote to me. You said that you had found several useful clues and were pursuing them..."

Thales took a deep breath.

"At that time, I believed you, but now..."

The Duke of Star Lake raised his head, looked straight at the silent Gilbert, and affirmed:

"You already knew."

With emotions that Thales himself didn't know, the prince said hoarsely and plainly:

"From the very beginning, from the moment I came to Mindis Hall, you knew I couldn't go to them."

"So at that time, you were just... just..."

Thales choked up for a moment and did not continue speaking.

At that moment, six years ago, everything in Mindis Hall suddenly became unfamiliar.

Gilbert closed his eyes and turned his head.

No answer.

Thales also lowered his head and did not ask any further questions.

But he knows.

Yongxing City.

Abandoned house.

Mindis Hall.

Those familiar hometowns...

he already……
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