Chess Mage of Faerûn

Chapter 137 The Story of Neverwinter
This minor emotional outburst was like a gentle breeze to someone, causing no pain or discomfort. He spread his hands innocently and said, "You can't blame me for this. After all, if an unidentified thief suddenly broke into your room, wouldn't you have done the same?"

"Besides, I haven't handed you over to Ska and the others yet."

When the two phrases "unidentified" and "Ska" came up, the cunning person deliberately emphasized them, and Nancy, who understood the implication, had no choice but to back down.

"Fine, I won't hold this against you. Goodbye!" Nancy said angrily, turning around to jump out the window and run away.

"Aren't you going to tell me about your time in Neverwinter?"

With just a few words, Nancy, who had one leg sticking out of the window, pulled it back in, sat down opposite Zhang Yuan, and slapped her forehead, saying:

"I was so angry with you that I forgot all about it. I was going to tell you this afternoon when I saw you, but you, this rebellious disciple, actually attacked your teacher. I was so angry that I forgot about it."

The female thief naturally shifted all the blame onto her cheap apprentice.

Zhang Yuan twitched his lips and didn't bother to argue, letting the other party vent their frustrations.

Nancy gave her good disciple a good scolding for a while, fabricating all sorts of accusations, such as: lacking martial ethics, disrespecting teachers, launching sneak attacks, and so on, and pinning them all on the person's head.

Having finally vented her emotions, Nancy said seriously, "I found almost no useful clues in Neverwinter. Just like before, all the traces were buried in the shadows."

“However, perhaps because so much time has passed, some people think that everything has been forgotten. It’s a pity,” Nancy said, raising her head, her eyes seemingly reflecting the light of a magic spell.

"Too bad I still managed to catch them off guard, hmph~"

"You found it out? You did it all by yourself?" Zhang Yuan asked, somewhat incredulous.

While the opponent was skilled with dual swords as a wandering swordsman, his thief skills were indeed far inferior to those spies lurking in the shadows.

Take tonight's incident, for example. If it were a professional who was skilled in moving services visiting me, there would be no way they would be fooled by a magical disguise trap. In that case, the unlucky one would probably be a certain mage who was choked half to death.

Seeing the blatant disbelief on Zhang Yuan's face, which clearly said "You think you're so great?", Nancy was furious.

Who are you looking down on?

"No, how could that be? I'm wondering how you managed to navigate the situation on your own, dealing with forces that could threaten a noble family and even conceal the truth to this day, and still manage to find some clues."

As he spoke, Zhang Yuan clicked his tongue and said in an extremely admiring tone, "Such an extraordinary Shadow Walker should really be written into those legendary poems and spread throughout the Sword Bay by wandering poets. No, that's not enough. I want to ask a scholar to write a biography of you and publish it. How about the title 'The Infiltrating Investigator'?"

Nancy's expression changed drastically across the table; it was quite a spectacle.

At first, she thought the other person was praising her and smiled. But as the other person's flattery became more and more exaggerated, the smile on her face gradually disappeared. Instead, she felt embarrassed and a little annoyed. Especially the title of "investigator". Although she did not understand its meaning, she felt that the malice in it was almost real.

Nancy, her cheeks flushed red, interrupted her cheap apprentice's malicious flattery.

"That's enough. I didn't say it was all my doing. I did have some connections in Neverwinter Nights back then."

"Okay, so what exactly did you find?"

Nancy calmed herself down, put on a serious face, and asked in return:
"The people and forces involved behind this are not easy to deal with. You can choose to stay out of it now, but if you insist on..." "Then I'll withdraw."

"Okay, I knew it... Wait, what did you say? Quit!?"

"Yes, since you've given me this much advice, I can't just ignore it, can I?"

Zhang Yuan, who said these words as if it were the most natural thing in the world, was not embarrassed at all. Instead, he comfortably threw himself onto the bed, rolled over, and waved to Nancy that she could get out of the window.

Nancy was stunned and stood there dumbfounded. She really didn't expect her cheap apprentice to be so lazy. Logically speaking, shouldn't he be showing an attitude of not being afraid of any difficulties in uncovering the truth, or fulfilling the promises he made no matter what?

What the hell is going on right now? It's a pity Nancy didn't receive the influence of the internet from her previous life, otherwise she could summarize it in one sentence:

Director, you've got the wrong script!

Lying on the bed, Zhang Yuan looked at the frozen expression on the other person's face and laughed without giving them any face.

"Ha~, what are you thinking? You think the two of us can deal with the forces that plotted against Count Iltan back then? Why don't you report to the Grand Duke? Aren't his and Flame Fist's forces far stronger than ours?"

"That being said, however, Grand Duke Iltan's influence cannot openly enter the territory of Neverwinter. Since that incident, the relationship between Baldur's Gate, especially between Grand Duke Iltan and Neverwinter, has become very delicate, which is exactly what those damned guys are after."

"That's not your place to take the lead. Doesn't the Grand Duke have people under his command to do this kind of clandestine work?"

"What do you mean by 'underground dealings'? These are called wanderers! I am, after all, from Neverwinter, so it's easier for me to do these things. As for the other people, if they could really get it done, the problem would have been solved long ago. Why drag it out until today?"

Zhang Yuan scratched his head. What the other party said made sense. The main members of the Flame Fist were warriors, knights, and priests, while the Thieves Guild of Baldur's Gate was controlled by Grand Duke Belte.

Even if the cooperation between the dukes far outweighs their differences, Bert might not be willing to send people deep into such a distant city just to avenge Iltan.

"So you plan to go to Neverwinter alone to continue your investigation?"

"Oh dear, I had a companion who was supposed to go with me, but that shameless guy abandoned his teacher who had worked so hard to teach him and ran away. Why is my life so miserable?"

Nancy faked non-existent tears by wiping them from the corners of her eyes, her manner as affected as could be.

Zhang Yuan's face darkened. Although he knew the other party was acting, he couldn't help but sit up and try to reason with her.

"You, and your unknown ally? Yes, we have an agreement, but that doesn't mean I'm going to die with you in Neverwinter."

“It’s not as pessimistic as you say. My allies in Neverwinter won’t stand idly by, and their abilities shouldn’t be underestimated,” the female thief argued.

"Them? Could it be Moonstone Masks?" Zhang Yuan said casually, after all, what left a deep impression on him during the Winterless Night was this place that was ostensibly a brothel but secretly a den of thieves.

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