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Robin glanced at it and removed the bracelet from his left wrist.

– Take this, any door will open when you touch it.

The falcon grabbed the thing and flew out into the corridor, not noticing that his friends followed him.

At the door to the basement, a clerk was waiting with a magic caller ID and two warriors, one of whom was the head of the royal guard.

Unable to withstand the touch of the bracelet, the heavy door opened, and stale air escaped from the basement. Edward lit the torches in the room and knocked over a heavy stone slab that lay on the floor. Groping in the cache he found, he pulled out a yellowed stack of papers. Opening the envelopes one by one, the Falcon handed them to the clerk, who checked the sheets and put them in a neat pile.

When the work was finished, the clerk said firmly:

– All submitted letters are authentic and correspond to the claimed authorship.

The gleam in Edward's green eyes became feverish. He nodded to the security chief, who came closer.

– Baron Ellard, Count Lees, and Count Terron are to be arrested immediately and brought to the palace. If they try to escape, execute them on the spot.