Colin's voice was not loud, it could be considered soft.
Even the residents who were eavesdropping through a door found it somewhat hard to hear clearly.
However, to the two wizards shrouded by the Knight Aura, Colin's voice seemed so grand and mysterious that it almost immediately shattered their psychological defenses.
"Spare... spare our lives!"
The wizard with the hoarse voice was the first to speak out, but it was just some frightened, rambling plea.
The remnants of reason told him that he had clearly fallen prey to some sort of witchcraft.
This awareness did not make him feel any better; instead, it frightened him even more—this youth, who did not look very old, was actually an Official Wizard!
As he looked at them, Colin slightly frowned and reduced the intensity of the Knight Aura, while also casting Silent to muffle their voices.
"Were you sent by Yasi Hidosh?" After doing this, he continued to ask.
It was only upon closer inspection that these two wizards seemed less like pureblood wizards from the Hidosh Family and more like ordinary wizards.
Aside from the mismatched crests representing the Hidosh Family on their clothing, they lacked any air of being from a great Family.
Nor did they seem like specially trained subordinates; their manners and knowledge were too poor, they didn't even recognize the Tin Saint crest on his chest indicating a First Rank Wizard.
As for strength, from the hyper-aware state, they were nothing more than two Advanced Wizard Apprentices...
As the intensity of the Knight Aura weakened, the two wizards simultaneously shivered, then gasped for air violently for a moment.
The hoarse-voiced wizard hurriedly exclaimed:
"My lord, we are just hired hands, we don't know any Yasi Hidosh!"
The wizard next to him finally came to his senses and hastily echoed:
"We had no ill intentions, we were simply following the client's instructions to interrogate every person who had been to this room."
His body was still trembling slightly, filled with intense regret!
If he had known that an apprentice living in such cheap housing knew an Official Wizard, he would never have taken this job!
Curse the Hidosh Family for being so domineering, and for offering so many Magic Stones!
'Hired wizards?'
"Tell me everything you know in detail," Colin asked again.
"My lord, we truly do not know anything. We only know that the wizard who contacted us was indeed from the Hidosh Family, he proved his identity with his crest.
But he did not reveal his name, and even his face was hidden."
"Our task was to capture Marjorie Alist."
"However, he only gave us this location and told us to stake it out.
If Marjorie returned, we were to capture him, and if anyone else came by, we were also to stop and interrogate them."
Saying up to here, the apprentice with the hoarse voice said with grievance, "My lord, as you know, Pureblood Families are the nobles among wizards.
They offered many Magic Stones and even gave us two crests of the Hidosh Family especially, and the task was just to deal with an ordinary Advanced Wizard Apprentice."
"Think about it—with the prestige of a Pureblood Wizard Family, it's just about catching an ordinary Wizard Apprentice, what's the difference between that and giving us Magic Stones, so..."
Both apprentices tried to force out a smile and laughed sheepishly.
For these past few days, they had not been shy about bullying the residents of this floor with the prestige of the Hidosh Family.
The strange atmosphere in the building now was due to this—the residents were all waiting to see which unlucky one would provoke these two.
Would it be the newspaper boy delivering papers, or some unlucky person who walked into the wrong room?
Unfortunately, this time the two apprentices had kicked an especially hard iron plate.
Colin listened but did not respond for the moment.
The identities of the two apprentices in front of him were now very clear—both of them were foolish individuals who were pressured by the reputation of the Hidosh Family and could not resist their own greed.
If a lavish reward corresponded to a simple task, then there certainly was a hidden price to pay.
Colin wondered why Yasi had chosen these two apprentices to come after Marjorie Senior.
Could it be... there was no suitable person available?
Colin pondered silently.
He didn't know much about the feud between Atbolde and the Hidosh Family.
On one hand, he hadn't inquired carefully; on the other, it was because those grudges were all old matters now.
Who was right and who was wrong didn't matter; he only needed to know that the Hidosh Family, or rather Yasi Hidosh, was now the enemy.
That said, he still learned some things after exchanging information with Marjorie before leaving Neustadt.
Marjorie had told him—
The grudge between the Hidosh Family and Atbolde had, in fact, been settled decades ago following the fall of Pulan, the Golden Feather.
The Tin Saint School had specifically intervened to mediate the conflict between the two.
Though he said he wasn't very clear on the specifics, after that event, the hostility between them had essentially dissipated.
With the exception of one person—Yasi Hidosh.
While the rest of the Hidosh Family had largely forgotten about Atbolde, and forgotten about the mere Second Rank Wizard who was confined to the estate due to injuries.
Yasi Hidosh never let go of his grudge.
In the first decade or two decades, it was still calm; Atbolde stayed in his estate, living a retired life.
However, afterwards, it seemed that Yasi did something.
At that time Marjorie had not yet joined the master's Faction, the only thing he knew was that the Faction led by Atbolde had rapidly shrunk in size, with membership numbers dropping quickly.