Volume II: Chapter 62: The Little Kingdom
Augustine had already mapped the entire underground castle of Stangdo, and Queen Elizabeth had a terrible handwriting, but she had the heart of a romantic poet, and she took it upon herself to give the 9 floors quite sensual names, from 1 to 9 they were Sheep's Horn, Cat's Eye, Pan's Labyrinth, Garden of Eden, Tulip, Paradise Lost, Red Nest, Honey, and Cemetery.
On the basement floor is the home of the Sheep's Horn Laboratory, or Sheep's Horn for short, and appropriately, Augustine has no objection.
Because there is a hall on the second floor that looks up to the bottom of the Black Swan Lake, like a huge bright cat's eye, Augustine agrees.
The third floor is a real labyrinth, a natural barrier in the underground kingdom of Poetry, but unfortunately there is no golden fleece treasure of the real Pan God Labyrinth on the epic. On the fourth floor, there is a self-contained botanical garden, which fits perfectly with Augustine's original vision of the "Garden of Eden", which is also his tacit understanding with the little shaman. In the future, it will become a museum full of heretical species.
Originally, Augustine wanted to concentrate the girl mage group on the 4th floor, but the private butler changed it to the 5th floor without authorization, and named it Tulip, which is nothing more than the good wish that all the chess pieces can become Tulip Badge magicians and high-level arcanists, 6 Paradise Lost and 7 Red Lair are prisons and heresy concentration camps respectively.
Honey on the 8th floor is undoubtedly the softest nickname among the 9 names, and for the simple reason that this is the boudoir of Lady Elizabeth.
The last level of the "cemetery" , The most appropriate, in addition to the prince-level lecch servant Dimeter who has two saint hearts in the holy hibernation, there are also 4 blood tablets for the lecch above the marquis level to sleep, for the lecch family, they must go through 3 hibernations and three transformations in their lives, and choosing the place to live is extremely critical to the promotion of strength, such as the Setus family, which was strangled by the conspiracy of the 12 families and the Pope's Hall, the only two remaining prince-level elders, the reason why they were able to escape the catastrophe was because they slept at the apex of the dragon vein and the abyss of the trench respectively, and now it is a pity that Augustine has no treasure, but he can't find a suitable powerful lecch to share。
The Holy Empire is different from the loose Plantagenet Dynasty and the Titan Empire, which is naturally close to Lecch, and has always been the greatest hostile to the kings of the former underground world, 12 families only the Grace Hughes family is located within the empire, and the situation is also very embarrassing, and has been reduced to the dark revenge transaction object under the table of the imperial human aristocracy, far less than the Plantagenet and the dark families who control part of the dynastic politics, no wonder the young generation of the Wonderland family Lecch radically expressed that they want to move out of the Holy Empire and stay away from this heresy that has become more and more control over the dark world for 50 years, the Vatican only occupies a dominant position in the religious field in one country, but the Inquisition to which it belongs has been narrowing the gap with the Pope Hall for half a century, the Pope Hall is like a giant, but after all, it is scattered in three-quarters of the territory of the epic continent, in the "Pink Card Secret Treaty" After the signing, the two parties were generally at peace, winning a rare honeymoon period for Lecch, so the life of the 11 family has been comfortable and nourishing, and it is rumored that every time the Judah Ma Council, the powerful members of the 11 families will mock the fate of the Gondehuus family, if it were not for the existence of a deputy speaker in this family who is responsible for signing the "Pink Card Secret Treaty", the true ancestor monarch, Prince Quinn, Gundehues would have lost his precious voice in Judahma.
According to secret information, there happened to be a marquis in Gundehuus who needed to hibernate, but unfortunately Demeter was imprisoned and tortured by this family for two hundred years, a dead knot that could not be untied. It is believed that the marquis, even the most beloved "child" of Prince Quinn the "Contemplative", does not have the courage to hibernate in the "tomb" of Sytarus with a prince-level enemy from Setus.
Augustine became the young king of this small kingdom.
Youth, in addition to the lack of heritage, can also represent a huge upside.
Augustine liked to inspect his territory alone.
Augustine came to the rose laboratory in Sheep's Horn, Professor Shirley, the person in charge who was like a delicate rose, was discussing problems with the researchers, the research direction of the three laboratories had deviated, and the purple lily led by the chief research officer, Miss Philip, was relatively orthodox, and was currently focusing on the field of summoning, presumably it was the Holy Descent of St. Urban that gave her great inspiration. After joining Rose in Hall, Assistant Coach Kim has made great strides in the field of necromancy, White Gamma and the Irish Book of the Dead, and is currently devoting himself to the study of efficient soul filling. Professor Shirley ranked last in both assessments and received the fewest [Thought Points], so he made a desperate bet hoping to make a breakthrough in the artificial weight, as this was what Lord Augustine was most interested in.
After Augustine walked into the Rose Laboratory, an assistant tried to remind Professor Shirley, but Augustine shook his head to stop him and walked behind him to listen to her discussion with his subordinates. is also a mature woman, Professor Shirley is different from Mrs. Quentin, Mrs. Quentin has an angel baby face, but Professor Shirley's face is very in line with the general sense of young woman's style, with charming eyebrows and teasing eyes, because of wearing scholar's glasses, there is also an intellectual temperament of an aristocratic lady, there is no suspense, she has a very hot devil body, maybe because of the nervous tension and high work, Augustine looked at Professor Shirley's back and felt that her waist was more slender, so her hips became more spectacular, round, and full of seductive curves。
This sister whose IQ is directly proportional to her appearance, even in the imperial capital salon, at the upper-class dinner, after wearing the evening dress, she is a beautiful rose, plus a little bit of just the right hand, the thorny rose is the most attractive.
There are such moving subordinates.
Augustine, who was called a handsome consul by the clever little girl Agatha, was pleased.
From start to finish, Augustine did not disturb Professor Shirley and left quietly.
As soon as he walked out of the test hall, Augustine was thinking about how to squeeze the horns and increase the overall added value of the team, and the heresy ruled that all the vast library materials could be used as a reference for the experimenters, but Brother Shi couldn't, even his own library was just a framework, should he "borrow" some books from the magic union in Marceau County? Private auction houses or locations like Champs-Elysées Witches also sell relatively high-end books, but Augustine was obviously not as wealthy as an upstart to burn money, and just when Augustine had a headache, Professor Shirley trotted out with her skirt and called out to him, her voice like a specially trained court aria, melodious and seductive. If she were a nun in charge of the confessional, she would have easily led the lambs into the right path.
Professor Shirley looked straight at Augustine's face unreservedly, the corners of his mouth hooked, and he smiled, "I'm sorry, I didn't realize your arrival just now, please forgive the archon for the unintentional mistake of a busy lady." ”
"It doesn't matter, the professor's dedication is the best compensation. Augustine smiled similarly, with aristocratic manners and monkly restraint.
"Can I take the liberty of inviting you to a cup of black tea that I brewed myself?" Professor Shirley graciously invited, those beautiful taupe eyes were always affectionate when the master was talking to someone.
"Of course, it's an honor. Augustine nodded.
Professor Shirley's room is not spacious, compact and dense, in the style of the Cuimei Gallery, which is rare in the Holy Empire, no more grand than the Baroque, and pursues an almost morbid delicacy of slenderness, which is called "the last insistence of old classicism" by aesthetes, and lacks the mainstream romantic feelings of the epic continent. The tea set is a set of precious porcelain from the Caucasus, and the tea is the famous Ceylon black tea, all of which are in line with Professor Shirley's quality of life.
Augustine drank a rich and fragrant black tea, and sat facing a woman who matched his taste, pleasing to the eye. The only fly in the ointment is the lack of warm sunshine.
"May I ask you a question?" Professor Shirley did not have the rigidity of orthodox research officers like Miss Philip or Assistant Professor Kim, and enjoyed life, had a refined temperament, and was good at sociability. So Augustine gave Professor Shirley a higher score for his private assessment. Seeing that Augustine did not refuse, she asked, "You have accumulated 622 faith points in the Night's Watch and have not used them, this is an exaggerated number, can I know where these points end up?"
Faith Points, the great invention of the shield of the Holy Spear, are the cornerstone of the Inquisition.
The institutions and rules involved are far more macro and complex than the ideas of Cosmo.
The Faith Points of the Inquisition can be exchanged for power, money, gold and even dark gold equipment, women's bodies, high-level pets, and all the items that can be obtained by the Sacramental Ministry, can be exchanged for faith points, and the Earl Wilde, the Archon of the Night's Watch No. 3, has accumulated more than 900 faith points in more than 20 years, and the exchange he pursues is even more absurd than horror points - hoping to sleep with the Mother of Black Sheep, Lord Haige. As a result, when the Earl solemnly made a request at the meeting of giants, and it was rumored that Lord Haihime, who was drowsy at the conference table, just stretched and turned her head to ask the same Teutonic giant how many points she had left, the old man replied that 3101, the "naughty" Lord Haige then canceled out all the faith points of Earl Wilde, and then took out a thousand points and asked the Earl to have a one-night stand with a female half-orc judge of the Sacramental Ministry, as for whether Count Wilde, who was recognized as second only to the Big Three in combat effectiveness, was really a tragedy.
"The question is like the age of the professor. Augustine laughed.
Professor Shirley covered her mouth and smiled coquettishly, and asked no more questions.
The conversation came to an end. The two drank tea quietly.
After Augustine left, Professor Shirley picked up the teacup he had used, poured a cup of black tea, and tasted it slowly, licking it along the rim with his soft and dexterous tongue, squinting his eyes and looking intoxicated.
The lonely mature woman who was full of heart and body muttered, "Is there a sweeter and more delicious concoction than the taste of the superior?"