Chapter 1754 - 149: That Game
"You mean Chief Heidlin? Please come this way, she should be resting at her residence now?"
Above, the Wutong Tree was still immersed in the joy of the successful Cardinal Test, and Fisher hadn’t yet seen what the finished cardinal looked like, but he had already informed Valentina of the situation in Nali. Valentina said she would have Fisher meet with the leaders of the Six Clans to discuss matters later, and Schwali’s delegation would also attend.
But during the meeting preparations, Fisher still intended to first check on what Emhardt had said about Helair.
He found a Grey Bird Species guard from Valentina to guide him to Heidlin’s residence, and along the way, Fisher could also inquire about Heidlin.
"Has Heidlin always been at the Wutong Tree recently?"
"Not just recently, it seems she has been helping the leaders rebuild the Wutong Tree ever since Lord Phoenix fell asleep. Moreover, Lord Phoenix trusts her greatly, and the internal affairs are managed by Chief Heidlin."
"I see..."
In other words, Heidlin had been at the Wutong Tree for four and a half years. Back then, when he descended from the Snow Mountain under the Wutong Tree, he relied on the Slime Species’ teleportation, and he still didn’t know what the situation was like within the Snow Fox settlement.
In fact, if Emhardt hadn’t said he personally saw Heidlin transform into Helair, Heidlin’s traces would seem quite reasonable. That’s why no one at the Wutong Tree, including Valentina, ever found it odd.
Thinking of this, Fisher couldn’t help but glance at Emhardt, who was looking nervous on his shoulder, and asked him,
"Are you sure you didn’t see it wrong?"
Hearing this, Emhardt’s eyes widened, and he almost jumped in anger,
"You doubt me? I would never see that scourge’s face wrong, even if I were dead. Not to mention that at the time, she broke the seal of Elliog on your body in front of me and stamped hers, how could that be fake?!"
"At that time? Wait, then why have you never told me?"
Faced with Fisher’s questioning, Emhardt shivered, realizing he let something slip, then his gaze dodged as he feebly defended,
"Well... that... back then... it’s all Paimon’s fault! She wouldn’t let me tell you, otherwise... otherwise we’d all be in big trouble! I did it to protect you, Fisher, I’m definitely not like her wanting to see what happens when Elliog finds the Paimon seal on you!"
Alright, alright, that’s your explanation, is it?
Fisher’s face darkened; this guy not only hid it before Rafael and Moli met but also didn’t tell him his seal had been swapped by Helair, just waiting for chaos to erupt on him.
"Here we are, this is it."
The Grey Bird Species guard skillfully led Fisher to a room, which had a nameplate on it reading "Heidlin," and like Valentina, it didn’t bear the Turand family name.
"Knock, knock, knock..."
"Chief Heidlin, you have a visitor."
The guard knocked several times, but inside it was extremely quiet, with no response whatsoever.
"Strange, could the Chief still be outside? Today’s breakfast is still outside untouched."
Fisher exchanged a look with the guilty-looking Emhardt beside him, then walked to the door and softly said,
"Let’s go in and take a look."
"This... okay."
The Grey Bird Species guard hesitated but, thinking of Lord Phoenix’s relations, said nothing more.
Fisher twisted the handle, feeling the latch was locked, and applied a bit more force to remove the entire door, leaving the guard dumbfounded.
Emhardt flew up and hid behind him, cautiously peeking out with one eye as he watched Fisher break and open the door, revealing the neat and tidy bedroom inside.
"No one?"
"What, Chief Heidlin isn’t here? This is... no good, I must hurry back to report to Lord Phoenix; she hasn’t shown up since yesterday, it seems."
The Grey Bird Species behind him watched the empty room with an instantly panicked expression, knowing that Heidlin was also a leader at the Wutong Tree, and disappearing without a trace was indeed a big deal.
The Grey Bird Species flapped its wings and hurriedly flew away, while Emhardt, who had hidden behind Fisher’s head, flew back energetically, as if saying, "Speak! Is there something spooky?!"
Fisher ignored him, frowning as he walked into the room that seemed to have left no trace.
Heidlin’s chief robe still hung neatly on the clothes rack beside, yet the room hadn’t retained a single scent, even Fisher’s nose, strengthened by the life chaos, couldn’t pick up anything.
But in the corner of Fisher’s vision, he suddenly saw a piece of white letter paper on the table by the head of the bed.
Fisher quickly walked over to pick up the letter, and at the top, an ornate script read in Nali text,
"To Fisher, personally."
"Don’t look, don’t look, it must be her excuse, all lies, don’t believe any of it!!"
Emhardt stayed far away from the letter, as if it were poisonous.
Fisher remained silent for a moment, but still opened the letter, revealing contents inside consisting of just two lines,
"Dear, don’t forget the game we agreed on earlier."