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Kadi shrugged. He still trusted Igor very much. Since Igor said there was no problem with the letter, he had no more doubts.

"Then let’s go." At this moment, Kadi urged them. He felt that since things had come to this point, they needed to believe that Lord Popovich could lead them to find Bern.

Both Igor and Kadi had read the content of the letter. Although it was short, the things mentioned in it were closely related to what they needed to do.

When he first saw the letter, Lord Popovich found it unbelievable. He was unwilling to believe that his old friend Bern was the mastermind behind the Circus’s safety issues. Dean Hoffman’s letter briefly described the situation and also brought greetings from Luona.

Since that letter, the communication between Luona and Lord Popovich had clearly become more frequent. Much of it was to validate the concerns mentioned in the letter as being truly happening.

Initially, Popovich didn’t pay much attention to the Circus because he did not entirely oppose the blurring of boundaries between Adventurers with Class and Non-Adventurers. Although the current development seemed a bit immature, the overall direction was still good. Xinbal’s Enthronement Ceremony made Popovich feel the terrifying power of the new forces. These maintainers of the old factions were constantly pondering if it was time to step down, yet many occurrences made him hesitate.

Many times, these things are interconnected. Lord Popovich never imagined that the famous Circus was controlled by the people of Bistal. This level of secrecy was beyond his expectations, especially since the entire intelligence system of Bistal was pressed down by him. If it could evade their eyes, it meant the hidden force was very familiar with him.

So, when his old friend Hoffman sent new findings, he couldn’t bring himself to accept this fact.

He always felt that it was the Alchemy Workshop causing trouble behind the scenes.

Until today, he saw these two youths.

The youths mentioned in Dean Hoffman’s letter.

These two youths would come to his Bistal, he thought to himself, saying that as long as they could find the answer, they would spare no effort to explore.

And Lord Bern of Bistal was the person they were looking for behind the scenes.

Lord Popovich felt comforted, at least his previous idea of retiring could still be implemented. Not all new forces were incomprehensible like Kuyi Tulan. There were still some determined people present.

These two young men were just like that. Unexpectedly, the long-absent Adventurers could appear again in Bistal.

"Let’s head to Bern’s residence now. I suppose you’ve been looking forward to this moment for a long time." Lord Popovich said gently, realizing after all that time that he was still running in circles. Growing old does that, making it easier to get distracted.

"Okay, with you leading the way, we’ve saved a lot of time." The continuously urging Kadi became polite at the moment.

"I think our companions..." Igor scratched his head looking at the Circus members.

"Don’t worry, I’ll let Est arrange accommodations for them. They should all be pure performers by now, right?" Popovich looked at Igor.

"Some are still just apprentices. It depends on their own efforts." Igor scratched his head, repeating what Kruz had once told him, remembering that he had asked Kruz the same question back then.

"Oh. Hahaha, it’s surprising that after such a long time, the Craftsman Spirit would appear again. It seems the world is indeed changing!" Lord Popovich began to reflect once more, apparently having not thought about such matters for a long time.

"Should we set off now?" Kadi interrupted Igor and Lord Popovich’s reflections at an inappropriate moment. In his view, those reflections were a waste of time, and meeting Bern sooner was the main task.

"Let’s go now, ride on my carriage!" Popovich came back to his senses and pointed to his spacious carriage.

"My lord, we will clear the way for you!" Bruto immediately arranged it as the League Guard captain, demonstrating his competence by staying by Lord Popovich’s side all this time.

"No need, we’ll just go ourselves, you stay here. Meeting Bern doesn’t have to be so grandiose." Popovich rejected Bruto’s protection.

"But my lord, you must consider the safety of the entire Bistal!" Bruto was obviously concerned about Lord Popovich’s safety.

"There’s no need, with these two young fellows, I don’t need protection!" Lord Popovich refused again.

Bruto was not convinced, his main concern being those two youths. Letting them be with Lord Popovich made him uneasy.

That letter from Dean Hoffman had once made Lord Popovich anxious, but when he saw youths like Igor and Kadi, that anxiety vanished completely. It’s as if he was reliving his younger days, fearlessly exploring forward, exploring forward regardless of anything...

Lord Popovich felt that this letter from Dean Hoffman was of great significance. It was a letter to make him rethink.

The content of the letter was very brief, but that was just a brief start. These two young people were the true content of the letter.

The exploration of these two young men made his long-standing anxiety vanish. These two youths seemed to have taken him back to his younger years.

Now old, he has too many concerns, but when he was young, he would not have been so cautious and timid.

Many things require adventurous exploration to attain. Being stuck in one’s ways only makes one more obstinate.

With the Adventurers, there is nothing to worry about, he recalled those bygone years once more.

Lord Popovich led Igor and the others onto the carriage. This time, he personally drove the carriage. It had been a long time since he felt this relaxed, and now his mood was very cheerful.

"You don’t need to follow us, don’t worry. Being with them, I won’t run into any issues." Popovich said to Est and Bruto, whose faces were filled with worry.

"Rest assured, we won’t let anyone harm this lord!" Kadi said impatiently to the guards and League Guards below.

Est and Bruto cast questioning glances at Igor and Kadi.

"Rest assured, we won’t do anything to harm Lord Popovich. He is a senior, and we will take good care of him." Igor said to Est and Bruto.

For some reason, Igor’s words seemed to put both Bruto and Est at ease...