Chapter 813 Sigrid's Expectations for Her Younger Sister

Amidst the boisterous jeers of the students in the distance, Rand felt certain that the situation had escalated beyond his control. What started as mere rumors was about to explode.

The cat boss, dropped on the ground, was dumbfounded, looking up at the three of them.

It burrowed back into Rand's shadow.

Rand’s embrace would probably cause just as much gossip as if Loren had openly embraced two women at the Ikeryte Academy.

“……”

Rand had never encountered such a scene before.

The key was that Sigrid and Talia seemed to be enjoying it.

“Chief Nikola, you know why I try to keep a bit of distance from them at school… and can you get me to the Operations Division quickly?”

Rand glared at the students, who were making his scalp tingle, and said through gritted teeth to Red Falcon Nikola.

He didn't want to stay on campus for a moment longer and had never found Red Falcon Nikola so difficult to deal with.

“It seems I misunderstood, Professor Landry.”

Red Falcon Nikola suppressed a smile, his face expressionless as he raised his hand, a touch of perfunctory apology in his voice.

“Men, escort Professor Landry and his two wives to the Operations Division.”

He signaled his subordinates to open the car door for Professor Landry and his two wives, so the Countermeasures Section could take Professor Landry to the Imperial Special Operations Division headquarters.

In a short time, the black magic-powered vehicle parked on the other side of the plaza road moved forward a bit, and the door was opened by an imperial agent.

Rand said nothing and got into the car with Talia and Sigrid.

It was naturally best if the Operations Division was willing to give them a ride.

Nikola opened the front passenger door with one hand, signaled his subordinate to get out, and personally sat in the driver's seat before starting the engine.

With a slight hum, the vehicle left the Eliot Building of St. Krye Monastery and headed towards the central area of the capital, Brieda.

“Nikola, are you driving yourself?”

Rand asked Nikola, who was in the front seat, from the back.

Logically speaking, Nikola's rank was higher than his because Nikola was a formal military officer, while he was just an outside consultant.

“You are likely to be appointed as the chairman of the Imperial New Energy Agency Committee now. If something goes wrong with a subordinate escorting you, the Countermeasures Section can't afford the responsibility.”

Nikola glanced at the rearview mirror and answered nonchalantly.

“……”

Rand stopped talking and leaned back silently in the rear seat.

Sigrid and Talia were always sitting close to Rand, dutifully playing the roles of intimate newlywed wives.

Rand couldn't understand where the sense of relaxation on these two came from.

They were going to the Imperial Special Operations Division headquarters next, located at the Holworth Crossroads in the center of Brieda, known as the "Holworth Cross Claws."

The history of the Krye Special Operations Division can be traced back more than a hundred years. It was initially organized to deal with the demonic spies during the Holy War. Because it played an important role in the Holy War, it gradually transformed into intelligence activities against neighboring countries and the Kingdom Alliance Council.

Its missions include secretly collecting secrets inside and outside the Empire to protect the national security interests of the Krye Empire, to guard against terrorism, organized crime, regional conflicts, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and so on. There are at least three thousand well-trained agents, with multiple regional special service stations and professional divisions. It is independent of, but also cooperates with, the Imperial Military Staff and Headquarters, which is led by First Army God Jacinto.

Rand didn't want to explain the situation on the Empire's side to Sigrid, who had just arrived.

But then Rand thought about it, Sigrid and Talia seemed to be simply acting like women who hadn't seen much of the world, just wanting to be by their husband's side, which was actually quite reasonable.

“Does the professor seem a bit more nervous than usual today? I thought you never had emotional changes.”

Perhaps it was too quiet along the way, Red Falcon Nikola changed gears and took the initiative to talk to Rand.

Even in the driver's seat, he sat as upright as a chess piece.

“Guess why I'm nervous.”

Rand almost suspected that Nikola was deliberately trying to mess with him.

As long as Nikola glanced in the rearview mirror,

Talia and Sigrid would naturally hug Rand tightly, nestling in his arms.

Even though it was the November winter in the Krye Empire, he didn't feel any cold, it was too warm.

In the back seat, Rand silently waited for the journey to the Imperial Special Operations Division headquarters.

The fragrance of flowers, the wind, and the midday sun filled the carriage, adding a bit of laziness to Rand's face. He seemed a bit tired after getting in the car at naptime.

“Sleep if you want.”

Talia's voice sounded in his left ear.

“We'll wake you when we get there, just sleep peacefully.”

Sigrid leaned close to his right ear and murmured as if lulling him to sleep.

He only felt a tingle in his scalp, with only the sound of breathing and the sound of Talia and Sigrid's hot heartbeats left in his ears.

Unknowingly, he gradually fell asleep, overwhelmed by the tide of drowsiness.

When Rand regained consciousness, the magic-powered vehicle had gradually slowed down and entered a large mechanical courtyard. Rand understood that they had arrived at the Imperial Special Operations Division with just half-open eyes.

“Sorry, I fell asleep again.”

Rand shook his head lightly.

“Professor Landry, although you have come to the Imperial Special Operations Division many times, this is the first time you have brought your family. Please follow me later and don't wander off.”

Red Falcon Nikola rarely reminded him.

“Don't worry, Chief Nikola, we're not directionally challenged, we won't take the liberty of leading the way.”

Talia leaned back in her seat and chuckled in response.

“……”

Sigrid pouted and glanced at Talia, then stared at Rand resentfully.

Tata might have been unintentional, but Sigrid suspected that Rand had said it, so he corrupted Tata.

“My wives are very well-behaved.”

Rand echoed Talia's words, suppressing the smile at the corner of his mouth, and looked out the window.

The towering spires cast long, slanted shadows in the empty square, and the Krye Empire's flag reflected the Empire's unshakable and majestic authority. Looking up, one could see the towering figure of the Special Operations Division building standing majestically under the clear sky.

The vehicle stopped in front of the long steps in front of the building.

The scene in front of Talia and Sigrid also stopped.

Two seconds later, the car door was pulled open by the military guards of the Operations Division.

The solemn feeling unique to special agencies came over them.

The headquarters building is located in the heart of the capital, Brieda, not far from the magnificent Imperial Palace, with only a few streets between them.

“We're here.”

Red Falcon Nikola's words made the three people in the back seat turn their gazes to the window.

“Are you here to see Director Dex today, or to see the suspect caught by Captain Maguire?”

After getting out of the car, Red Falcon Nikola's military coat became straight again with a light pat. He adjusted his hat brim and asked.

In his opinion, there were only two possibilities for Landry's visit to the Imperial Special Operations Division today.

But unfortunately, Director Dex was not in today.

“I want to see that suspect. I'm worried that my friend was accidentally caught.”

Rand replied, and Red Falcon Nikola turned around to lead the way.

Rand, Talia, and Sigrid followed Red Falcon Nikola on the road to the Imperial Special Operations Division.

They walked up the steps. The entire building was built of off-white granite, and the ivy climbing on it was dyed golden. From time to time, tender yellow maple leaves gently brushed the thick metal door, which was several meters high.

Two jet-black stone lion sculptures stood at the entrance, silently warning all visitors.

After entering the hall, most people in the Imperial Special Operations Division would simply salute Nikola.

Occasionally, agents in ink-black trench coats would walk by quickly. There was not a trace of emotion on their chiseled faces, and the crisp sound of military boots stepping on the marble floor disappeared into the corridor at the end of the play of light and shadow in a few seconds.

“During the time I was away, did the conflict between Chief Nikola and Captain Maguire become more and more intense?”

Rand asked Nikola casually.

Nikola was the chief of the Countermeasures Section, and his relationship with Captain Maguire of the Operations Team seemed to be not very good. This could be seen from the attitude of the subordinates of the Operations Team.

“It's okay, I'm actually not in the mood to fight with him. I just think that this kind of idiot is really not suitable to be the next director.”

Red Falcon Nikola said this.

However, recently, the situation of the Countermeasures Section and the Operations Team grabbing credit or tripping each other had become more and more obvious. The two sides were not pretending to be at odds with each other anymore.

Following Red Falcon Nikola's lead, Rand entered the core area of the Imperial Special Operations Division.

Passing through the deep and tortuous internal corridor of the building, Nikola led the three of Landry to a hidden transfer elevator.

Red Falcon Nikola took out a crystal card from the inside of his coat and swiped it, pressing several seemingly random floor buttons in a complex rhythm.

“I really have never been to the basement of the headquarters.”

Rand smiled.

“Under normal circumstances, Professor, you don't need to come to the interrogation center in the basement.”

Red Falcon Nikola replied.

Along with a faint buzzing sound, the elevator began to run downwards, as fast as if it were heading towards the center of the earth.

The exterior of the Imperial Special Operations Division was filled with hundreds of layers of forbidden barrier enchantments that had been reinforced from ancient times to the present.

Even an eighth-order expert would find it difficult to break into the Imperial Special Operations Division's mechanisms by force. Correspondingly, once inside, one could forget about breaking out by force.

“Relax, Professor. You’re too tense today.”

Perhaps sensing Landry's tension, Nikola reminded him in a slightly teasing tone.

He really didn't come to make trouble for Landry today.

“If there was more trust between us, the campus wouldn't be so noisy.”

Rand shook his head.

When the elevator door slowly opened, two cold, magic-forbidden steel doors slid silently to both sides.

The pale fluorescent lights on the ceiling of the narrow and dark cement corridor flickered rhythmically, making a crackling sound of magic flow.

Red Falcon Nikola took the lead in stepping out of the elevator car, and the agents on both sides greeted him and followed.

Neatly arranged metal doors lined both sides of the corridor. Each door had a number painted on the outside in white paint. From time to time, faint groans and the sound of chains colliding could be heard from the door seams.

Being in the basement of this Operations Division, all the noise was isolated, leaving only the sound of footsteps and breathing.

Red Falcon Nikola continued to lead Landry and Landry's two wives forward, passing through several circles along the corridor, and finally arrived at the deep center of this floor.

At the end was a double-opening magic-forbidden steel hinged door.

Red Falcon Nikola walked straight to it. He took out his access card and waved it in front of the sensor. The door lock made a short buzzing sound, and the door opened silently.

A huge atrium-like room appeared in front of them, with a metal table and two chairs in the center.

In the underground interrogation room of the Imperial Special Operations Division—

Toriado was sitting on one side of the table with handcuffs on, and the chains of the handcuffs were embedded in the metal table.

“Officer, I'm really a law-abiding citizen. I just wanted to see if my friend Landry was home. Is that against the law?”

His voice was trembling, and he was trying his best to defend himself in fright.

The man opposite him was wearing a beret, a black leather jacket, and was well-built, about thirty or forty years old. He had the aura of a police officer and a bandit, and he was tapping the table lightly.

Rand recognized at a glance that this was Colonel Maguire, the captain of their Imperial Special Operations Division's Operations Team.

Captain Maguire would not wear a military uniform when performing tasks, but would wear plain clothes and lead a team to launch surprise attacks at any time.

The Countermeasures Section might still negotiate at the scene. Nikola of the Domestic Countermeasures First Section was mainly responsible for the first scene investigation. In most cases, Chief Nikola would not actively launch a large-scale battle.

Direct conflict and arrests would more often be carried out by Captain Maguire of the Operations Team.

The moment Red Falcon Nikola brought people in, the Operations Team members in the interrogation room were ready for battle.

“Brother, brother!”

Toriado also saw a savior when he saw Rand.

“……”

Rand's eyes were full of helplessness, and Talia and Sigrid's expressions were very speechless.

If they didn't know Toriado's background, no one would believe that such a seemingly cowardly guy was a cardinal of the Rebirth Church. He was really too good at putting down his face.

“Maguire, is this how your people welcome me?”

Red Falcon Nikola glanced around the Operations Team members and said.

“Hmph, misunderstanding, I didn't expect it to be our own people.”

Operations Team Captain Maguire turned his head, shook his head, and signaled his subordinates that there was no need to be vigilant.

“But Chief Nikola, what are you doing visiting the interrogation room I'm using?”

Maguire retorted Nikola.

Red Falcon Nikola didn't answer, just looked at Professor Landry behind him.

“Captain Maguire, Mr. Cido is my friend, you may have misunderstood.”

Rand understood what Nikola meant, stepped forward, and explained the problem to Maguire.

“Professor Landry… good afternoon.”

Operations Team Captain Maguire's gaze lingered on the two women beside Rand for a moment, then stopped staring at other people's wives and greeted Professor Landry.

He couldn't help but feel a little jealous, Rand actually married two exceptionally outstanding beauties.

“You're finally here to save me, Landry!”

Toriado said excitedly.

“……”

Maguire looked back and forth at the two, the man they brought back was indeed called Cido.

It seemed they were indeed acquaintances.

“This is really a bit bad.”

Maguire muttered to himself.

Originally, he was thinking that even if he used torture to force a confession, he would convict this guy and at least count it as a merit. He didn't expect Nikola to bring Landry to spoil his affairs so quickly.

This kid Nikola was really damned, a cheapskate as always.

“Captain Maguire, thank you for your hard work in protecting my safety. I'm sorry for making you mobilize your valuable forces. This is all my mistake. I will definitely apologize to you in the future. Please feel free to tell me if there's anything I can help you with.”

Rand said sincerely to Maguire.

Sigrid didn't have a comment. Rand's words were always so smooth, giving his colleagues a way out, praising them, and ensuring that he would thank them. It seemed like he had been mixing in these institutions for a long time.

If she didn't know that the Holy Son was actually a South Mantina from the Herton Kingdom, she would have suspected that he was actually an Empire citizen.

Maguire didn't hesitate any longer and stood up.

“I have to give Professor Landry face.”

Maguire agreed readily, knowing that there was no need to offend Landry.

Nikola might be wishing that he and Landry could have a conflict.

And Rand just happened to be able to become the weight that would tilt the balance at this critical juncture of him and Nikola succeeding as director.

“Hurry up and release Mr. Cido.”

Maguire turned his head and glared at his subordinates, ordering.

Immediately, the Operations Team members began to loosen the handcuffs on Cido and released him from his restraints.

But Red Falcon Nikola's attitude towards Maguire was not as friendly as Rand's.

“Captain Maguire, I advise you not to waste our Operations Division's valuable manpower. With this effort, you might as well strengthen your protection of Mr. Landry.”

Nikola said to Maguire with a slightly teasing meaning.

The best result today would of course be for Maguire and Landry to become enemies, but it was not bad that Maguire could not add another achievement.

“I say, are you so distrustful of Professor Landry? You like to put your energy on infighting all day long, fighting with me or fighting with Professor Landry. It really affects the work efficiency of our Operations Division.”

Maguire glanced at Professor Landry as he spoke.

He was saying this to Landry.

Maguire believed that Landry had long had opinions on Nikola.

Even a clay figure should have some anger, but Landry had not had the opportunity to knock down this annoying falcon Nikola in one fell swoop.

“Don't forget our work principle - suspect anyone, but trust no one. You and I are fighting, but don't forget your loyalty to the Empire.”

Nikola put his hands behind his military coat, his back always straight, and replied to Maguire.

“There's no need to teach me how to do things, Lieutenant Colonel Nikola.”

Maguire snorted coldly, didn't want to pay attention to Nikola anymore, and walked past Nikola with his team.

He came alone to Rand, who was standing in the distance.

“Professor Landry, if Nikola is overly bothering you, you can contact me at any time.”

Maguire took off his beret, placed it on his chest, greeted Landry and briefly explained.

He believed that Rand had received his invitation. This was not only an opportunity for them to unite, but also a good opportunity to bring down Nikola.

According to his observations at the Imperial Special Operations Division some time ago, Landry had obviously endured Nikola for a long time, and every day he was fighting openly and secretly in his words.

And he, Maguire, never offended Professor Landry, giving him face when he needed it, and there were no conflicts of interest. Maybe he could make a lot of money together in the future and achieve in-depth cooperation.

“Thank you, Captain Maguire.”

Rand nodded with a smile and said goodbye to Maguire.

Nikola turned a blind eye to Maguire and Landry's conversation and did not back down or fear because the two might unite, raising his hand and ordering the Countermeasures Section people to return upstairs.

When he reached the corner, Nikola did not forget to take another look at Landry.

Until he completely disappeared.

“Okay, I've rescued you, let's go to the opera house to see a show, we might still make it.”

Rand said to Toriado.

He couldn't open a court session with Toriado, after all, Toriado was helping him, and he did help.

“Let's go, let's go.”

Toriado understood what Rand meant.

Now he had to save Ifatia. He had to go to a place with a spatial barrier before he could confidently use eighth-order teleportation magic to avoid Brieda's detection.

After saying that, Rand followed the Countermeasures Section members left by Red Falcon Nikola and took the elevator to the first floor.

Passing through layers of barriers.

They returned to the bustling main hall of the Imperial Special Operations Division again.

Stepping out of the door, what came into view was the magnificent steps. The wide steps extended to the end of the square. The few people walked down the steps slowly.

A brand-new magic-powered vehicle was parked in front of them. The Countermeasures Section member opened the car door for the professor. Rand nodded slightly to the member and got into the car with his two wives.

Toriado sat in the front passenger seat.

The door closed, and the magic-powered vehicle started smoothly and gradually disappeared into the streets of downtown Brieda, blending into the busy traffic.

In the car, the Countermeasures Section officer sitting in the front driver's seat did not dare to talk to the professor in the back seat without permission.

The Countermeasures Section officers had been warned by Red Falcon Nikola not to talk to this Landry no matter what, except for polite greetings.

Rand didn't mind sitting in the back seat. Every time Nikola asked someone to send him back, it was like this. He quietly looked out the window to pass the time.

They would not talk about anything under the eyes of the Imperial Special Operations Division.

Only Toriado observed the three people in the back seat with great interest through the rearview mirror.

The micro-expressions on Rand, Talia, and Sigrid's faces all wrote a bit of a story.

Although Toriado was arrested halfway today, just by seeing the state of their three getting along, Toriado could roughly guess that there was a bit of a twist.

Not long after, the magic vehicle slowly stopped on the side of the street opposite a large building inside St. Krye Monastery.

The Brieda Opera House also belongs to the city center.

Located in the Manhott central district of Brieda, 33rd Street, Broadway, it is adjacent to famous art institutions such as the Brieda Voice Orchestra and the Brieda City Royal Dance Company.

They got out of the car and walked quickly as if they were rushing to the opening of a performance.

After a few steps, they saw the Brieda Opera House with its large area of ​​米黄色 sandstone exterior wall. Through a circle of glass curtain walls, they could see the magnificent hall inside.

“I didn’t expect to leave here at noon and come back again in the afternoon.”

Sigrid exclaimed.

Brieda was so fun.

She checked in at several special attractions in just one noon, had a delicious meal, and enjoyed playing with the big gray cat.

“……”

Talia silently looked at Sigrid.

She seemed to read some impolite thoughts.

They stepped over the heavy and exquisitely carved double doors, and in the next instant, they stepped into another time and space under Toriado's magic.

As long as it was inside the opera house, even on the first floor, Toriado could freely control the connection of the doors, so that they seemed to be coming to find the performance hall to watch a show, and came to the corridor leading to the inside of the second floor through the door.

Here, they could finally speak freely, just like returning home.

“How could Nikola be so accurate in seeing people?”

Talia complained gloomily, walking on this familiar opera house corridor.

Since arriving in Brieda, Talia had been staying on Rand, and she knew very well how persistent Nikola was towards Rand.

Red Falcon Nikola seemed to be convinced that there was something wrong with this Landry, only lacking a piece of evidence to catch Rand, and no matter what Rand did, he could not dispel Nikola's suspicion of him.

“Should we get rid of that Red Falcon?”

Sigrid turned her head to ask Rand as a matter of course.

She was used to acting domineeringly.

And she didn't like anyone staring at her Rand.

“Don't, don't.”

Rand shook his head repeatedly.

“First of all, it's not good to use force in the city. At most, we can only do it in the gray area without the central city defense barrier. Secondly, assassinating the director of the Imperial Special Operations Division, the seriousness of the problem is difficult to describe in words. Even if we dig three feet into the ground, the Imperial military will find the murderer in Brieda.”

Toriado explained as he walked.

Red Falcon Nikola was very smart as the head of the Empire's secret agents, and his alertness was also very high. It was very difficult to kill him, and once he failed, he would be caught by Nikola and counterattacked.

Compared with these three, Toriado was more like a local Brieda resident, with a clearer understanding of Brieda's city defense strength.

If you really wanted to let go and fight in a super-large city-state, it would be a large-scale riot similar to the Flower Capital Incident, which required a large-scale armed force rebellion to resist the suppression of the central city defense barrier, overloading it and making it almost ineffective for a certain period of time, thereby transforming the entire "town mode" into a "battlefield mode".

“By the way, you call him Cido? Is he Cido, the associate professor of the history department at the Protos Royal Magic Academy in the Northern Continent?”

Sigrid suddenly thought of something and asked Rand.

Just now she had a lot of questions she wanted to ask this Dimensional Bishop Toriado in the basement of the Imperial Special Operations Division, and now she remembered the most confusing place.

If Rand and Toriado had known each other, it could explain why Rand and Toriado would cooperate, and the relationship seemed so good.

“That's right, I was beaten half to death and escaped to the Northern Continent, and then worked as a teacher in the school to get by.”

Toriado replied proudly.

“Toriado, let me tell you, we could have won the border battle in the north. If you were there, it would have been just a little bit.”

Sigrid caught the dimensional bishop and began to replay it, a little excited.

At that time, she really didn't think that there was a hidden combat force around them.

The loss was so unwilling.

“At that time, I was seriously injured by Ivanovos and ran to the Northern Continent to take refuge and recuperate. I can’t even be sure to win against a seventh-order opponent.”

Toriado understood what Sigrid was thinking, completely the same as Rand's brain circuit!

If he, Toriado, was there, maybe they could have defeated the lurking Askesan and Morodian on the northern border.

Rand had already replayed it with him once.

“The actual situation is that I, who was not fully recovered from my injuries, was not Morodian's opponent at all.”

Toriado's scalp was tingling from being replayed, and he was talking about the situation at that time.

He could only hide from Morodian and play hide-and-seek with Morodian.

“No, what are you talking about…”

Talia was walking next to them. The more she listened to them, the more she felt like she had lost a season.

What she couldn't understand was that she knew these three guys in front of her, and she knew them in different ways, but the three of them could chat enthusiastically without her, making her feel a little redundant.

It was as if the three of them were a small group in a society, and she was the only outsider.

“This is a long story. I'll tell you when I have a chance in the future. It will take at least hundreds of episodes to tell it now.”

Rand comforted Talia.

They did have a super cool party in the Protos Empire in the Northern Continent, but one person was not invited.

“I don't care, I don't care, tell me!”

Talia said noisily.

“Tata, I'll tell you slowly before going to bed tonight. I'll save Ifatia first.”

Sigrid let Talia shake her and said enthusiastically.

Tata was so cute, so the younger sister was even more unimaginable. Since she was under twenty-five, maybe she was a little sister in her teens.

Now she only had a younger sister with a strong motherly feeling and an older sister with a strong younger sister feeling, but no younger sister with a real younger sister feeling.

Sigrid was full of expectations for this new adopted sister.