Gulping down a large sip of honey water from the attendant, Todd rubbed his temples vigorously. Last night's banquet lasted until late at night, and he had to drink a few glasses of red wine. As a result, when he woke up early in the morning, his head was full of chimes.

Pulling himself together, Todd looked at the hundreds of blueprints on the table, picked out a sketch of a women's dress, and looked at it again and again.

Different from the monotonous and dull women's dress design in the Middle Ages, Mary's clothing is obviously mixed with the concept of the silver ring court and the ancient style of Tairo, with lively and bright colors, chic and generous style, which is very in line with the concept of "Renaissance".

Todd doesn't know much about fashion, but from a man's point of view, these clothes should work well when worn on a woman.

"You drew these?"

Looking at Mary, who was lying on the table and carefully sorting out the manuscript, Todd put down the drawings in his hand and asked her.

Mary picked out a drawing of a "women's wide-brimmed hat", made a mark on the lower right with a pencil, and said: "I drew them all, most of them in the past, and there are many samples that have been made, but unfortunately they all fell into the palace......"

Hearing Mary's voice getting lower and lower, Todd sighed and changed the subject: "I've already found someone to contact the textile mill and shop grounds, the notice for recruiting workers, the royal clerk is drafting, and the funding ...... for the 'Twilight West Cooperative'."

Mary raised her head and asked a little nervously, "What's the matter?"

"There is enough money, but I have some plans for the future disposal of the Twilight West Cooperative, and it is not appropriate to allocate funds from them now. Todd tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest of the chair and said slowly, "Regarding the construction and operation of the garment factory, I intend to draw funds from the Holy Treasury. ”

Mary stopped, her long eyelashes fluttering slightly: "Your Majesty, the Holy Treasury is your private property, but I am in charge. If I take the money out of it and use it to fund my career, will it be criticized by others?"

"You mean, you have to be in charge of the Holy Treasury and use the money in it, and you will be suspected by others of having the opportunity to keep accounts and take advantage of the opportunity to make money?" Todd waved his hand, his face full of distraction: "Don't worry, I will instruct the monks to conduct regular audits and reports on the finances of the textile mill, and this is not a problem." ”

Mary opened her mouth, but didn't make a sound.

She knew that the king had misunderstood what she meant.

The money in the Holy Treasury belonged to the King of Dusk, and the management should have belonged to the royal governor or the Minister of the Interior, and now it was unreasonable to let himself, the "former queen of the enemy country", take charge of it, which has attracted a lot of rumors.

If the money in the holy treasury is allocated to himself and squandered, those people outside the palace will definitely spread all kinds of embarrassing rumors about the relationship between the two.

Mary glanced at Todd, and she knew that the king had always adhered to the principle of "employing people according to their talents", and that he had activated himself because of the ability of "super memory". But whether there was the slightest lustful reason for this trust, or whether the king did not take into account these obscure relationships between men and women, Mary could not assert, let alone ask.

"In the next two days, I am going to hold a meeting of the 'Twilight West Cooperative', which all holders of the Holy Bone can attend. Before I do that, I need you to take stock of the stock of funds in the Twilight Cooperative. ”

Mary nodded yes.

After a few more discussions, and after the two had finalized some details of the meeting, Mary gathered the drawings on the table, bowed to Todd, pushed the door open and left the room.

She had just taken a step out of the door, and before the door behind her had yet closed, an unexpected figure appeared in Mary's sight.

Richel, dressed in an emerald green robe, sat on the sofa with her hands on her chest, looking at the woman who walked out of the room, her eyes cold.

Mary kept a smile on her face as if she didn't notice it, and continued down the corridor.

Rachel got up from the couch and walked towards the kings.

The two of them staggered by, their eyes met in an instant, the air seemed to freeze, and the surrounding space seemed to be filled with cold air.

Todd, who was unaware of this, was sitting in his room thinking about what to eat at noon, and while touching his stomach, he said to himself, "What is good to eat?" Originally, the 'Sister Hotel' was a good choice, but the incident last time made everyone unable to even meet......

Speaking of the Devil......

"Your Majesty, Miss Rachel is here. ”

The shouts of the attendants outside the door caught Todd off guard, and the latter nearly knocked over the wooden frame behind him.

Standing firm, dressing up, and calming down, Todd spoke, "Please let her in." ”

The squire led Rachel in, saluted Todd, and then withdrew, and soon only men and women were left in the room.

This is the first time Todd and Rachel have met alone since the Covenant Incident.

Looking into the eyes of the woman in the green clothes, Todd didn't know what to say for a moment.

In contrast, Rachel was calm, and she took a report from her bosom and handed it to Todd.

"What is this?"

Rachel replied, "Jemmro's ability test report." ”

Todd, who was quite surprised, opened a thick stack of reports, which not only contained various physical data indicators, the types and contents of microorganisms in the body, but also attached an electron microscope observation map.

"How did you do that?"

"I convinced him. Rachel deliberately accentuated the word "persuasion."

Todd shrugged noncommittally.

Rachel found a chair and sat down, and said to Todd, "Through live slices and sample cultures, we've discovered something special about Jemelo's 'Split' ability. ”

Todd flipped directly to the conclusion part of the report, looked at it a few times, and said in surprise: "The 'lytic' bacteria and the 'weak' bacteria are extremely similar in function and structure?!"

"That's right. Functionally, the "weak" ability releases corrosive chemicals and the "Split" ability releases chemicals that break down matter, and structurally, microscopic "weak" bacteria and "lysed" bacteria are 90% similar in the nuclear region. ”

Todd was dumbfounded, if it weren't for the furniture and décor around him, suggesting that this was the Middle Ages, he would really think that he was facing a student in microbiology from a previous life.

But on second thought, he had taught all of these concepts in his microbiology class at Twilight College, and the fact that Rachel was able to say them showed that she was a bright and hardworking student.

Richel continued with the report: "We suspect that the 'lytic' bacteria may have evolved from 'weak' bacteria, and that something has enhanced or even evolved the 'weak' bacteria to become 'lysed' bacteria. In addition, the 'Sutherland bacteria' in Jemro's body are not the same as ordinary 'inheritors', they have also been enhanced or evolved by something......"

"Wait a minute!" Todd interrupted Reichell, "Why do I feel familiar with all this you said?"

Rachel unraveled Todd's doubts: "North Island Valkyrie." ”

It dawned on Todd that both Valkyrie and Jemuro were 'new heirs', and the 'Sutherland bacteria' and supernatural bacteria in their bodies had been strengthened by something.

"So, what exactly is the thing that caused the evolution of abnormal bacteria?"

Rachel shook her head and said, "I don't know. We extracted "Enhanced Sutherland Bacteria" and "Enhanced Abnormal Bacteria" respectively and conducted experiments on mice. After transplantation, the test subject will gain the enhanced ability for a short period of time, but eventually the "Successor" will mutate and die of bleeding in the body. ”

Todd scratched his head: "In other words, the enhanced bacteria on Jemro and the Valkyries can only be used by themselves and cannot be transplanted to others?"

Rachel also looked a little frustrated: "Theoretically correct, but judging from the experience of Valkyrie and Jemuro, they were originally ordinary people, the former because of the ruins of the North Island, and the latter because of Theodore's treatment." So we believe that we can still find a way to evolve abnormal bacteria. ”

Todd pondered for a moment before letting out a long sigh: "The ruins of the North Island are no longer accessible due to the radioactive elements underground, and as for Theodore, the whereabouts of his manuscript are unknown after his murder. As for the study of the "new heir", I am afraid that we have reached a dead end. ”