Suddenly, the muscles in Wendel's back tensed completely, showing a state of imminent explosion.

He was shocked and suspicious, and several speculations flashed through his mind uncontrollably:

"The inhabitants of Utopia are monsters in human skin, who usually look normal, but whenever they encounter logical blind spots, they will show a different side from ordinary people, ignoring obvious problems?

"Or maybe the station worker had already found out that I was lying, but he didn't want to deal with me, so he deliberately pretended not to see me and let me go?

"Well, carrying a suitcase to the platform bathroom can be explained by the fear of losing your luggage, but the entire platform is covered, and there is no need to take out an umbrella in advance, and besides, the rain has already stopped......"

Wendel's gaze subconsciously turned out of the window, only to see the sun shining brightly on the current platform, one passenger after another waiting behind the cordon in a fairly orderly manner, which was completely different from the gloomy and dim feeling of utopia.

Call...... He exhaled, and his body suddenly relaxed.

It's not a utopia here...... I'm gone...... Wendell muttered to himself as he raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

When he recalled his omission just now, it was as if he had fallen into a nightmare that he couldn't wake up from.

After a while, Wendell stood up and decided to go to the platform for a cigarette to soothe his mood.

Tobacco reassures him and reminds him of his experiences in utopia.

In the process, he had an inspiration for what happened to him:

"Maybe it's because I genuinely helped Tracey that the station staff deliberately ignored my problem and let me go?"

Wendel is more than willing to accept this explanation than the entire inhabitants of Utopia are monsters in human skin.

Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the conductor talking to a group of people in the corner.

Wendell leaned in a few steps without a mark, trying to hear what they were saying.

With the help of hearing beyond normal people, he faintly heard a conversation from a distance that did not arouse suspicion:

"We ...... last night Platform...... Utopia ......"

"Kingdom...... There is no ......"

"Please keep ...... confidential"

Wendel's eyebrows moved slightly, combined with the description of Huai's Chinese part, he probably understood what the group of people were saying to the conductor.

They are saying that there is no such station as Utopia in the territory of the kingdom, and the state of the steam train last night is "missing"!

At this moment, Wendel once again felt a strong fear in his heart, and he felt that it was the greatest luck to be able to leave the utopia alive.

............

It took Alfred almost a week to get back to Beckland from Port Escoson.

This was because along the way he visited the families of his deceased comrades, former friends, elders who had returned to the fiefdom for vacation, and some of his family's partners.

"It's more exhausting than being in combat. Alfred complained to his father, Earl Hall.

Count Hall smiled and pointed to the staircase:

"Let's go back to my room and rest for a while, and we'll talk in the study later. ”

He was quite satisfied with his second son's mental state and growth progress.

Alfred looked around and asked with a smile:

"What about Beckland's brightest jewel?"

He paused and added:

"And, what about Hibbert?"

Count Hall smiled and said:

"Audrey went to her foundation and only came back in the afternoon, and she kept complaining that you couldn't provide a definite itinerary and that she had no way of knowing exactly when you would arrive.

"Hibbert is now a cabinet secretary and is very busy. ”

Alfred nodded, didn't say anything more, went back to his room to take a shower, and changed into his shirt, waistcoat, and formal clothes.

"I prefer the casualness of East Bailang. He looked in the mirror and said to his lieutenant with a smile.

"This way you are more aristocratic. His adjutant handed over the document in his hand as he spoke, "General, this is for you from MI9." ”

"MI9?" Alfred thoughtfully broke the seal on the file bag, "Utopia findings so soon?"

Before he finished speaking, he had already pulled out the document and flipped through it.

In the process, Alfred's movements became slower and slower, and at the end, he went straight back to the beginning and read it again.

The main content of the survey report is divided into two parts:

The first is that the members of MI9 escorting the Alfred report strayed into Utopia, witnessed a murder, and forcibly broke away in the middle of the night and returned to the steam train;

Neither of these circumstances was beyond Alfred's tolerance, and to his surprise and amazement was the culprit of the homicide:

Her name is Tracey, she is the owner of a hotel, has a secondary education, graduated from a grammar school, and after that, she becomes the mistress of a certain merchant, and has recently been trying to get rid of this status.

This is quite consistent with the harbor innkeeper Tracey that Alfred met, and every detail is in line with it.

So, Alfred judged that the murderer was the Tracy, the educated beauty who played melancholy music at night.

"Is that the story behind her?" Alfred muttered to himself.

This made the inhabitants of that utopia seem very real, not just illusions as Alfred had hoped.

That is to say, when the outsiders leave, the inhabitants of Utopia still have their own lives, their own loves, hatreds, pains and sorrows, and all kinds of experiences.

Except that Utopia doesn't seem to exist in the real world, it's pretty much like a normal town in the Kingdom of Rune.

Perhaps, utopia is real, and everyone there is real, but in order to enter it, you have to be in the right place at the right time...... Alfred nodded imperceptibly, and put away the investigation report from MI9 with emotion.

As far as he was concerned, this was the end of the matter, and he had no intention of investigating it in depth.

You must know that in the Southern Continent, there are countless strange things and phenomena, and if you are too curious, you will only bring danger beyond your imagination.

Having set up his clothes and mood, Alfred went to the outside of his father's study and knocked on the embossed door.

"Please come in. Earl Hall's voice rang out.

Alfred straightened his blonde hair, pushed the door open, and found a place to sit.

Earl Hall looked at him with a smile and said:

"It's already a man. ”

"No one would say such a thing to a man. Alfred replied without any inhibitions.

"In my heart, you're still that somewhat rebellious teenager. Earl Hall smiled and said, "You're already a Sequence 5 Extraordinary?"

Alfred replied with a pun:

"Yes, I'm already a true knight. ”

Count Hall nodded, and suddenly sighed and said:

"You should have been through a lot of pain.

"As far as I know, whether it's potions, or war, it can cause serious damage to people, both physical and psychological. ”

"Everybody has a lot of pain in their life. Alfred said with some embarrassment.

He used Rune euphemism.

After a pause, he added:

"I'm in a better place now than I was when I left Beckland. As long as I master the method, at my level, I don't need to worry too much about the impact of madness. ”

Count Hall no longer mentioned the matter, and instead said:

"Your sister has also become extraordinary. ”

"Huh?" said Alfred, startled, then remembered something, and said with a little chagrin, "I thought she had really just changed her hobbies. ”

"It seems that Audrey's adventure has your help. "I want you to talk to her and tell her how dangerous, crazy, and painful the path of Sequence Potions is, so that she stays at the current level." ”

Alfred did not hesitate to respond:

"I'll do it. ”

In the evening, it belongs to Audrey's small study.

"Alfred, what do you want me to do?" Audrey, who had changed into her home clothes, led Susie and opened the door for her brother.

She had been waiting for her brother here for several minutes.

"There's something I want to remind you of. Alfred stepped into the study and pulled a chair and sat down.

Audrey smiled and pointed to the golden retriever dog and said:

"Need to let Susie out?"

Looking at the big golden retriever dog who was already squatting next to him obediently, his eyes were full of humanity, Alfred couldn't help but laugh:

"No, I don't think it should eavesdrop on our conversations. ”

"She. Audrey corrected casually.

It wasn't until the aristocratic girl sat down opposite that Alfred sighed in his heart:

I haven't seen her for a few years, and my sister has completely departed from immaturity, both in appearance and temperament, to the extent of admiration, and she is no longer the little girl in the past.

Alfred withdrew his gaze and asked casually:

"I heard you've become extraordinary?"

"Hmm. Audrey nodded calmly.

Alfred was going to ask how many sequences he had, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was too direct and easy to cause rebellion, so he considered the language and said:

"You should be an extraordinary person in the 'audience' path, right? The Rainbow Lizard Dragon has similar abilities. ”

The colorful dragon was Alfred's gift to his sister.

When Audrey replied in the affirmative, Alfred asked in a joking tone:

"Can you do psychiatric therapy right now? The vast majority of extraordinary people, including me, need help with this. Well, I forgot to tell you that I'm already a Sequence 5 'Knight of Punishment' for the 'Arbiter' pathway. ”

Audrey pursed her lips and smiled slightly:

"I'm a qualified psychologist and trained professionally, and you can ask my mom and dad to confirm that. ”

It's already sequence 7...... Alfred's expression gradually became serious:

"Audrey, there are some things I need to remind you of, potions bring more than just power. ”

At this point, he paused to observe his sister's reaction, and found that Audrey was not impatient at all and listened very seriously.

"There's madness in every potion that can lead to a loss of control...... I've seen similar situations before, more than once...... They happen to my enemies, and they happen to my friends, and no group is immune......" Alfred elaborated on the dangers of potions, drawing on his own experiences in East Bailang.

In the process, he found that not only his sister Audrey listened attentively, but also Susie, the golden retriever, was very quiet.