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The Fenerport man stumbled away.

Edward reopened the newspaper in his hand, and there was a small page on it about the previous news of "Fenneport peasants beating the pastor of the Thunder Church to death", almost the whole story of how innocent the priest who died tragically, the photo showed a crying woman and an ignorant child, and a small page briefly summarized the chaos that took place in the East End, and a relatively large part of the page was a notice from the Church of Mother Earth God:

"From the 10th of this month, normal trade with Rune will be resumed."

In other words, the free bread at the church relief site is about to disappear, and the low-priced, high-quality food in the major grain stores will soon return to the original price when it was imported.

This news has just been reported, and it seems that there will be some coaxing next...... But the resumption of normal trade can at least give some Fenepoters some comfort, and can divert the contradictions to a certain extent.

"Do you want to let the demon family take the opportunity to sell some food and go out?"

“…… Forget it, intervening so early will change the opposing sides, and it should be better for them to do it themselves. ”

In the evening.

After the last believer left, Emlyn was about to close the church, when suddenly, he felt a sight behind him, and he looked in that direction and saw that the man who had left angrily two hours earlier had reappeared near the church.

He was already discouraged, thinking that he was a demigod who didn't need to be angry about such a trivial matter, he still had a lot of things to do.

But seeing the other party coming, Emlyn still asked:

"The church is not open tonight, if you want to stay overnight, I can arrange a place for you."

The Fenerport man looked at him, his expression softening. But then he became serious again, and he stepped forward and asked earnestly:

"Father, I've found the murderer who killed my neighbor with extraordinary powers, and he's a priest of the Thunder Church."

Emlyn's eyebrows furrowed:

"You don't do impulsive things."

“…… No, I won't. Fenerport whispered, a hint of hesitation that he didn't even notice, and then he looked at Emlyn expectantly, "Father, I won't do anything stupid, but I want to take him to court, I want him to get the punishment he deserves, can you help me?" ”

It's useless to go to court...... Emlyn opened his mouth, and in the face of these eager eyes, he could hardly say anything serious:

"If you have proof, I can really help you figure it out...... But the point is, did your friend get involved innocently and lose his life by mistake, or did he take the initiative and end up being killed by the clergy of the Church of Thunder in a chaotic brawl? ”

"He- he went to reclaim the land outside the city, he was deducted from his salary, and he wanted it back, so he joined the march—"

"That's not a parade at all, it's just a simple dispute, and why is he being deducted from his salary?"

"Because he had a quarrel with a priest...... Just a few quarrels! Not at all! Our salary is not much! ”

"Well, don't get excited, is it a person who had a quarrel and killed him?"

"I—I don't know."

“…… If that's the case, then I'm afraid I won't be able to help you. Emlin said regretfully, "This is not going to be a lawsuit at all, and it is impossible to win it, and I am afraid that your neighbor will only get some subsidies from the church, which is a pity, but you should give up this idea." ”

"Really?" The people of Fenerport cried, "Please, Father! ”

“…… You can also ask at the Church of the Flowers, and the Church of the Earth, which is being renovated, which may be the headquarters of the future, and if the priests there are willing to help you, there may be a way to call out the Extraordinary One and apologize to you. "There's no other way for me to do that...... Also, there are a lot of injured people and people who want to be healed come to the Harvest Church every day, I'm very busy, you should be able to see that I really can't help you with similar things, don't ask again in the future. ”

Emlyn's eyes darkened for a moment when he saw the other man, and he turned his face away and closed the main door of the church.

Therefore, he did not see another surging and crazy emotion that suddenly rose in the other party's eyes.

……

By the time Alan returned to his room, it was completely dark.

The Krees chatted in their room for a while, Ms. Verma bathed the children, and Alan stopped by to discuss ordering a few bottles of beer to be shipped by train to Beckland's own home, which was not difficult to save now that it was cold.

After negotiating the matter, Alan went back to take a bath, thinking that he would have to get up at half past six tomorrow, and the family turned off the lights early and went to bed.

I don't know how long it took, but Alan suddenly woke up in a daze.

He barely opened his eyes a slit and saw a long railroad track ahead.

He looked down in confusion and found himself already dressed, tie-in, and suitcase-carrying standing on the platform of the train station.

Velma was also standing beside him, and Alan really couldn't raise his head to look at the other party's face, only knowing that the other party was also there, and was also pushing the child's stroller, and Will who was lying in the stroller was wrapped in a small silver-white silk quilt. The family stood on the platform so well, and there seemed to be vague figures moving around, but when Alan tried to look, the figures disappeared.

It seemed to be crowded with people, the voices of various languages were noisy, and it seemed to be a dead silence, and there were only three of them in the huge station.

Alan felt as if he was separated from everything around him by a layer of frosted glass, unable to see or hear clearly.

The feeling of doubt that had just risen in his heart calmed down again in this grotesque and strange scene...... Yes, the family of three is going on a trip, to a far away place, to a strange city, a ...... They are now waiting for the train to start.

Eren couldn't lift his head, his eyes could only be opened a little, and everything around him became a blurry patch of color in his field of vision. After waiting for a while, a voice rang in Alan's ears, echoing intermittently around him:

"Utopia...... Limited Express Train...... Already...... Pit stop ......"

"Ladies and gentlemen...... Traveler...... Waiting...... Orderly...... ...... as soon as possible"

The voice was somewhat familiar, as if it had been heard somewhere. Alan looked at the empty railroad tracks in front of him, and his subconscious had a trace of doubt, and he turned his vision left and right, looking for the location of the train.

At this time, he saw a pair of boots.

The reason why he saw only one pair of boots was because the tall leather boots were just at eye level with him, and the tall conductor was hanging in the air with his head down, his body shaking slightly, his mouth open and closed, and his voice came from the "horn" on the side of the pillar, echoing mechanically over and over again in the station.

The rest of the station staff were suspended in mid-air like this, and Alan looked inside the station and saw the conductor behind the glass also hanging from the ceiling, which is probably the characteristic of the Utopia train. Their heads were blocked by the eaves, and they could only see their drooping legs some distance from the tabletop, on which were bills and notebooks, and a steaming cup of coffee.

Alan nodded slowly and greeted the conductor in mid-air.

Utopia...... Yes, after hearing that voice, Alan remembered that he and Velma, and Will were going to Utopia.

But where exactly is the train?

Before Alan could figure it out, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Velma was moving, and Velma pushed the stroller towards a pillar in the station, with the silver stroller at the front, looking like Will was guiding his parents. Alan didn't think much of it, and almost instinctively followed his wife and children, and the station had a total of four pillars, and the three of them walked together to the third.

The silver stroller crashed directly into the load-bearing pillar and then "crashed in", followed by Velma, and then Allen walked into the pillar.

In an instant, a brand new station appeared in front of Allen's eyes, and the track in front of him was no longer empty, but a long black and white "train" was already parked.

The train lit up, and with the orange glow illuminating Allen's vision, the doors opened, and the surrounding blurred passengers began to board the train. Alan naturally followed, and as he passed the hanging ticket inspector, he reached into the pocket of his jacket and pulled out a somewhat familiar postcard and a brightly colored poster.

A corner of the poster fell out of thin air, and then the ticket inspector's body shook slightly, and he let go of the door.

A family of three got into the train and sat down in an empty seat.

After a few moments, the train seemed to move, and the scenery outside the window was rapidly receding, and cities, plains, rivers, and mountains flashed one by one, and finally drove into a heavy snowfall.

Alan turned his head to see the train speeding across a snowy field with no end in sight, and the towering mountains could be faintly seen in the distance.

Some of the passengers sat quietly, some hung out. A small metal cart without a flight attendant staggered smoothly down the aisle in the middle of the seat, with cups of steaming cocoa and coffee on it.

The interior of the car was very warm, and there was no unpleasant smell that was inevitable on the steam train, and Alan did not see the gas pipe, but he could see a small circular outlet overhead spewing hot air.

In this comfortable and comfortable environment, Eren closed his eyes, and his consciousness became blurry again, falling into a deep sleep.

The dining cart stopped beside him, as if an unseen attendant was standing nearby, and then a cup of hot cocoa flew out of the second floor of the dining cart and landed on the small table in front of the silver stroller, along with a small box of ice cream.

The food truck moved on.

Will sat up from the stroller, picked up the white porcelain teacup in both hands, blew on the hot cocoa inside, and took a small sip.

"The city has a spiritual counterpart...... Sure enough, it doesn't just exist in reality, and it's not just real means to get there. ”

Dreams, spiritual wanderings, trains, and other ways should all be able to reach utopia.

Will wasn't going to go to Utopia right away, but that didn't stop him from seeing how dangerous the city really was for him before he went. Urorius could lay a big net to catch him, and he could find a way to avoid the capture of the other party, and their fates would indeed have a moment when they would meet in the future, but if it wasn't inevitable, Will still wanted to delay it a little longer.

It was obviously safer to go from the dream, and there were not many people who went to Utopia at the same time, so Will used the "Dice of Probability" to cover up his fate a little and get into it, and it was not impossible to hide it from Ulorius's eyes.

After a while, the sky outside the train gradually brightened, the snow gradually lightened, and on the plain ahead, a not-so-small city appeared in the view of the train window.

Will's spirit was suddenly touched, and he looked out the window at the city, and was immediately struck by everything in sight.

"Made of glass...... House? ”

He saw buildings that were more than five stories high, and the style and style were particularly strange, not only did they look like cuboids, but the outer walls also seemed to be all glass, reflecting the light in the snow uncanably, and a human figure could be faintly seen inside.

But that only surprised him that some special buildings were nothing, and then he realized that there was no spiritual brilliance in the whole city.

There is not a single extraordinary secret puppet in it?

A city made entirely of ordinary people?

If there are only ordinary secret puppets in the whole city, then the only extraordinary one is Ulorius! Will's heart suddenly developed a subtle emotion, if that was the case, they would be as striking as torches in the middle of the night, and Ulorius must have hidden himself tightly, waiting for fate to guide them to meet by some coincidence.

As the train roared into Utopia's station, Will took a closer look at the station once more.

The station has a high glass dome, suspended staff wearing similar but different uniforms to Rune, and there are no gas pipes everywhere, but you can clearly feel the constant influx of heat.

Just as the car door opened, the alarm clock rang at half past six in the morning.

Alan woke up from his dream and let out a long yawn.

The memories in the dream faded away, and Alan looked at the ceiling of the hotel, and after a moment of dazedness, he remembered his itinerary.

"How do I feel like I'm in the car......"

He muttered to his feet and began rummaging through his razor and toothbrush. At this moment, he found that the poster that he had placed on the table was missing a corner from the young man who had given him last night, as if it had been torn off.

It may have been accidentally torn...... Alan didn't think much of it, he woke up his sleeping wife and children, and the two got up to wash up, and wiped Will's face and body. After packing up their things, the family entered the dining room at seven o'clock and had a brief bite to eat.

They then left the hotel after settling their bills, got into a carriage, and arrived at Thorn Station at 7:40.

His own train had already started, and Alan habitually turned his head to find that the train to that utopia that was parked on the opposite side was gone.

"Leaving so early?"

Alan muttered to himself and stepped into the train to Decey Bay.

……

The central open space of the Cathedral of Light with its beautiful garden.

In the midday sun, the sunflowers are in full bloom. Audrey had just entered, and before she could take a closer look at the garden, she saw a horse-drawn carriage approaching, and the driver was an ordinary middle-aged man in an old top hat and a dark jacket.

However, in Audrey's eyes, the coachman did not exist at all, because he had no corresponding mental island and consciousness activity.

In other words, the coachman is just an illusion, a dummy, and the carriage is dominated by the horses themselves. Even, while driving, the wheels of this carriage did not leave ruts in the garden path, and it seemed to be an illusion from beginning to end.

Seconds later, the carriage stopped in front of Audrey, and the door creaked open.

"Please come in." A deep male voice came from within.

Audrey lifted the hem of her skirt, boarded the carriage, and saw old Mr. Hermes, who was already sitting in his seat, with a white beard.

He had a slight smile on his face, as always, and he looked old and kind. With his hair neatly combed back and a slight wrinkle on his forehead, he greeted Audrey and invited her to get in the car.

"His Highness Hermes."

Audrey saluted, then lifted her skirt and got into the car.

"I thought you were going to question me about catching a car in the garden." Hermes winked at Audrey, as playful as ever. He moved back, but there was actually a lot of space in the carriage, and Audrey could sit down directly across from him, "Don't worry, no one else can see this carriage, and they can't see the two of us." Good afternoon – I know you want to ask me why I changed the matter of the visit to this afternoon, because I intend to drop you off somewhere. ”

"What is it?" Audrey asked with a very cultured look as she watched the car door close automatically out of the corner of her eye.

Since Hermes didn't get straight to the point or ask herself about the Tarot Society and Mr. "Fool", Audrey was not in a hurry to speak, she also wanted to see how Hermes would treat her, a new demigod who had already confirmed her conversion.

The old angel reached out to pull away the silk that blocked the window, and Audrey felt the carriage begin to move forward:

"A place you need to know later, you can understand it as, the base camp of the Psychological Alchemy Society."

"Well, to be honest, for the sake of heaven, we are discussing changing the name of this place."

Rechristen?

Audrey bowed her head slightly, without too many doubts, and sat down calmly.

Then, without concealing it, she looked out the window, and was slightly stunned to find that in the blink of an eye, the park had become a strange city, a city shrouded in night.

In the middle of the city, there are magnificent buildings with a mysterious and dark atmosphere, and there are gentlemen in top hats and trench coats and women in intricate and gloomy dresses.

Audrey's eyes swept and she saw a gentleman beside the carriage with short black hair on his face and sharp canine teeth in his mouth.

It's a werewolf.

"What is this place?" Audrey asked without much change in her expression, as if she was asking about the location of tonight's ball.

Hermes seemed to have been waiting for the question, and when he heard it, he smiled and said:

"It's the city in everyone's heart.

"Where there are people, there is it."

Audrey nodded thoughtfully: "In other words, you can enter here from any corner of human society?" ”

"That's right."

He didn't explain much, but instead pointed to the sidewalks outside the carriage window:

"Everything here has a corresponding psychological symbol, and they call it 'animal desire.'"

Bestiality...... Audrey repeated the word silently, looking further away while maintaining a dignified sitting position.

TBC

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It's dawn.

The Fenerport man mentally recited the address over and over again, and walked vaguely to the second street of Joewood.

When he arrived, he looked up at the beautiful townhouse in front of him, and his Adam's apple rolled a little. His face stiffened by the cold wind of the early morning, and he rolled up his sleeves, plucked up his courage, and entered the small building. (End of chapter)