Chapter 553

"On the contrary, what we need to pay attention to are those black markets that have been closed."

"Huh? Why?"

Mu En was puzzled.

"It's very simple. It's impossible to completely close the black market. At most, it will be moved to another place and change the situation. After all, there are so many people in this city, and there will always be some shady needs. Although the higher-ups will clean up these things regularly, they will turn a blind eye most of the time."

"But..."

Cecilia's tone suddenly became heavier:

"If a place that used to be a black market has been closed, but there are still materials being put into it, what do you think...then why?"

"This..."

Mu En was stunned, and then his expression suddenly became gloomy:

"Is there anything more shameful than the black market?"

"Yes, something more shameful. In this city, the two most powerful groups are nothing more than the royal family and those great nobles. Therefore, if even I, a princess of the royal family, don't know what those shameful things are, then they can only belong to the other side."

"It can't even be one, but some."

Cecilia stopped and didn't look back this time. Instead, she slowly put away the umbrella in her hand and pointed upward with the umbrella.

"It's here."

"It's here?"

"Well, this is a food processing factory. I accidentally discovered something unusual when I was researching the cakes produced by this factory."

"Oh...eh? Wait, why would you, a princess, personally research the cakes of a food processing factory? This doesn't sound at all..."

"Shut up."

"Oh."

"During the research, I accidentally discovered that the quantity of goods purchased by this processing factory does not match the quantity of goods they produce. Even the purchase is strange. Even I can't figure out the source of some of its purchase channels."

"I see. It doesn't sound like an ordinary food processing factory."

Mu En couldn't speak, so he could only express this with his eyes.

Cecilia also used her eyes to express her intention to keep silent, and continued:

"Unfortunately, I was placed under house arrest by my father after that, and I had no chance to conduct a detailed investigation."

"Until you came to me a few days ago, I asked Wei'er to find the construction drawings of the entire Belland sewer from the Royal Library, and compared them with the internal records of the Royal Knights, and then I found that right below this processing plant..."

Cecilia turned her umbrella upside down, and the tip of the umbrella suddenly hit the ground:

"It happened to be a former black market that had been cleaned and completely abandoned."

90. Go deeper

"Let's go."

After determining the location, Cecilia did not say anything more, and took the lead to walk into the depths of the pipe.

The sewer pipe was dark and dilapidated, but Cecilia's steps were still steady and light, like a mountain snow lotus swaying in the wind.

After a while, the pipe suddenly bent in front, and a downward hole appeared in front of the two.

Mu En looked around. Since Cecilia said that the two of them entered the scope of the food processing plant, there was no water in the entire sewer, as if the water that was supposed to flow here had to choose another direction for some reason.

"Will we not be discovered if we go down like this?"

Mu En looked down at the cave entrance. This seemed to be the main pipeline designed to collect water, but it had been abandoned. The dark passage was about two meters in diameter. Since he did not dare to use lighting to search at will, he did not know how deep it was.

But the wisps of cold wind blowing from below made people feel that this place was like a path to the underworld.

He remembered his previous two experiences in the black market. As an underground trading place that could not be seen in the light, its guards would naturally be extremely strict, not to mention that it was very likely that this place was not just a simple black market.

"Of course we will be discovered."

Cecilia nodded gently:

"So use your cherry-sized brain to think about it. Do you think we will just jump down openly like this?"

"... Makes sense, but why is it a cherry?"

Mu En looked at Cecilia's ripe cherry-like red lips.

Cecilia continued to cast a cold look.

"..."

"Okay, okay, I'll just ask casually."

Mu En shrugged his shoulders as if admitting defeat.

As for the fact that cherries may be the fruit that appears most frequently on cakes, and that Cecilia is cute for comparing cherries to cherries, just pretend that they don't exist.

"But when it comes to disguise... I'm good at it."

Mu En held his head high and snapped his fingers confidently.

Ding.

As the blades collided, a faint arc flashed, and the alchemical field that fit his body dispersed, and his breath instantly disappeared from Cecilia's perception.

Cecilia raised her eyebrows slightly.

However, this was not over yet. With a twist of light, Mu En actually disappeared slowly in front of Cecilia.

"This is..."

Cecilia stroked her white chin, looked left and right, and made sure that Mu En had completely disappeared, both visually and perceptually.

It was a very powerful and practical move. The most amazing thing was that she noticed that the magic that made her invisible was based on the simplest illumination technique, which was said to be something that even the professor's cat could learn in three days.

After thinking for a moment, she nodded seriously:

"So, this is the method you use to secretly enter the women's bathroom and peek? It seems that you need to be more careful in the future."

"No...wait a minute...why am I just showing off my moves casually, and you're just thinking about peeping!"

Mu En suddenly appeared, with the grief and indignation of a wronged gentleman appearing on his face.

"Am I that kind of person?"

"Isn't it? A normal person would practice lighting to this extent?"

"That's not because I only know how to use lighting... Celcia, Thea, Your Highness Princess, we have to have a good chat. Obviously I think your stereotype of me has been eliminated, but you seem to have a good understanding of me. Staying in a very crooked place, do you think I am just a thief who only thinks about women? "

"Isn't it?" Celcia's pretty face suddenly turned cold.

"Or do you need me to find a witness for you, your senior? A maid? Or your saintly lady?"

"I'm very sorry, but I'm probably a third of a pervert."

Mu En admitted tearfully.

Facing Celecia, who seemed to have a bit of a bad temper recently, Mu En felt that her apology level had improved rapidly in just a few days.

If he had been at this level back then, maybe when he first entered school, he could have shaken hands with Ariel, the protagonist of Feng Aotian, and made peace, regardless of the past grudges.

No... This doesn't seem possible, because poaching someone who has worked hard for ten years cannot be solved by apologizing.

But apologizing is not a bad thing, at least the long black stocking legs seen from this angle have a different flavor.

After thinking wildly for a while, Mu En raised her head and secretly looked at Celecia.

Found out she wasn't really angry.

Although her expression was always cold, like frozen ice, she could not see any joy.

But if you get along with her for a long time, you can probably tell the difference between her coldness being minus ten degrees below zero, minus fifty degrees below zero, and minus one hundred degrees.

It's about minus 30 degrees now, which is a normal level where you won't give him a knee or directly kick his butt hard for the time being.

"Since you have no problem, let's go down."

Celecia gently turned the umbrella in her hand in a circle, and instantly, in Mu En's perception, her breath disappeared directly.

Then, before Mu En could say anything, Celcia jumped directly into the vertical downward pipe.

What a resolute and resolute Lord.

Mu En chuckled and jumped down.

Dots of light followed Celicia like an elf, illuminating the passage. Celicia gracefully held an umbrella in her hands. The umbrella was made of an unknown material, but it did not deform during the fall.

Therefore, Celcia is not so much falling as falling.

Mu En, who does not know magic, naturally has no means to levitate himself. He can only insert the short knife into the wall of the passage to slow down, and at the same time use the alchemical field to hide the sound.

Soon, the two landed.

There was nothing unusual.

Shadows flickered.

After temporarily removing their disguise, the two looked forward.

On one side of the passage, huge fan blades are hidden behind a metal network, spinning lazily.

Through the light of the illumination technique, faint dust can be seen flying.

This seemed to be a device similar to an exhaust fan. The breeze the two people felt before should have come from here.

The two looked at each other and saw a trace of solemnity in each other's eyes.

Since this device is still running, it means they are in the right place.

This black market place, which is supposed to have been abandoned long ago... is actually not abandoned.

Celcia gave Moon a look.

Mu En shrugged and walked obediently to the huge fan blade.

The blade flashed slightly.

The metal fence in front of the fan blade was cut open silently. Mu En held it with both hands and slowly put the fence aside.

Mu En glanced at the rotating fan blades. Although it looked a little lazy and the speed was not fast, the fan blades were extremely sharp, presumably to prevent rats from the sewer from getting stuck here.

But this naturally couldn't stop Mu En at this time. He only saw his figure flashing slightly and he had already appeared on the other side of the fan blades.

The whole process was very smooth. If there were ordinary people here, they would applaud and praise this wonderful magic.

After passing through, Mu En turned back and extended her hand warmly, like a polite gentleman helping a lady. :

"Do you need my help?"

Celecia raised her eyes and glanced at Mu En with the same cold expression.

Then he waved his hand gently.

With a click, the rotating fan blades were frozen directly, but Celcia still held the small umbrella, without even lowering her head. She just turned slightly sideways and gracefully passed through the gap between the fan blades.

After passing, she turned around again and looked at Mu En quietly.

Mu En: "..."

Dating Rule 57: Never act cool in front of someone who is more handsome than you, otherwise you will only bring humiliation to yourself.

Damn, she's so handsome.

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Keep moving forward.

As the two of them went deeper and deeper, the sounds coming from further away gradually fell into their ears.

"Is this...the sound of mechanical operation?"

Mu En listened for a while and frowned.

"seems like it."

"Unfortunately, it was covered by the sound of water flow, so I couldn't hear it clearly."

"Just go a little further."

Mu En extinguished the star points of illumination.