Chapter 6 Dungeon: The Nexus Pelican Bar
Early the next morning, Inspector Haina went to Moriarty Manor with a warrant from the Inspectorate.
This time she had clearly learned the lesson of yesterday.
After a brief breakfast, Haina immediately rushed over. It wasn't even seven o'clock when I arrived.
At this point, Ivas hadn't gotten up yet. So the butler Oswald had no choice but to place her in the parlor first, and let the maids bring some tea and snacks to serve.
It wasn't until Ivas got up, washed, and had eaten breakfast that Oswald told him that Inspector Haina was already waiting in the drawing room.
“…… You're here so early this time, senior sister. Isn't the appointment time half past nine? ”
Ivas sat in a wheelchair and was slowly pushed into the parlor by Oswald.
As soon as he entered, he saw Hayna in "formal dress".
Dressed completely differently from yesterday, Haina was wearing a split two-piece leather armor at this moment.
However, this leather armor is closer to a uniform than armor. It doesn't cover all the skin, and even then it can be somewhat protective, but I'm afraid it's more about its ritual.
"Armor" is sacred in the kingdom of Avalon.
In the kingdom of Avalon, the main power classes were divided between "knights" and "civil servants" in the civil service. In addition to the hereditary knightly families that can enter the Senate, the former also includes the Overseer, the Arbiter, and the entire cavalry system. Only "knights" can wear armor, and parliamentarians must also wear full armor when entering the Senate, and entering the Senate in regular clothes is seen as a challenge to the authority of the Round Table.
Anyone other than a knight who wears or even holds armor can be sentenced to severe punishment, which is the highest death penalty. Even in the case of knight families, the children of the head of the family are not allowed to wear their parents' armor without the authorization of the queen.
Because of this, as long as you see a person in armor on the street, you can directly recognize the identity of the other party. Even the level of the opponent can be recognized from the specifications of the armor - the more inconvenient it is, the stronger the material, the more majestic the appearance, and the closer the color is to the silver-white, the higher its status.
It's not from in-game experience...... After all, the kingdom of Avalon was destroyed too soon. The knowledge of this aspect comes entirely from the memory and common sense of little Ivus.
Ivas could tell that Hayna's leather armor was brand new. You can even smell a little oily.
Because of this, Haina didn't dare to sit on Moriarty's sofa. She sat cautiously on the corner of the couch, sitting upright. I'm afraid that if I accidentally get it dirty, it will be disgusted.
"It's better to be early than late."
When Haina saw Ivas coming, she breathed a sigh of relief and got up from the soft sofa: "It's okay, Mr. Evas. I can act at a time that is convenient for you—that's what the institute has given me. ”
Ivus raised an eyebrow.
Two and a half hours late last time, three hours early this time......
"I feel like you're a little too extreme."
"What?" Haina was a little confused.
"It's nothing," Ivus smiled slightly, "the leather armor is beautiful. ”
"This is specially approved for me by the institute!"
Hearing this, Haina suddenly became energetic: "Although my equipment and griffin have been approved, they are still on the way to be deployed. The director said it might be another two months before he got it.
"But, because I reported your incident, the director thinks that if something happens to you, the inspectorate will get in trouble, but if you don't agree, you will get in trouble. And send a lot of people to follow you, and you may be unhappy; But if I let something happen to you, it's even more problematic. So the director made an exception and gave me the armor and sword first! ”
As she spoke, Haina happily patted the sword she had placed on the table.
Ivus followed her gaze.
It was a leaf-shaped dagger with a silver glow on its scabbard. It is about twenty-four inches long, or sixty centimeters. The scabbard is etched with beautiful thorn patterns, and red, green, and blue broken glass the size of grains of sand are inlaid in the middle of the thorns, which looks dazzling under the reflection of the sunlight outside the window. At first glance, you can see that it is very typical of the elf style - easy to use or not, at least it looks good.
Because the shape of this sword is too beautiful, it is really different from the somewhat simple leather armor painting style on Hayna's body. On the contrary, it blends very naturally with the elven-style ornaments in Aihuas's house.
At first time, Aihuasi thought it was his own art ornament.
It turned out that you brought it. That's fine.
"I'll definitely protect you!"
Haina said with great firmness.
Her calloused fingers carefully brushed the thorn lines across the scabbard. After holding the sword in her hand, the confident aura on her body suddenly stimulated.
Unlike last night's timidity, clumsiness, and caution, the whole person's temperament has become different. Even the eyes brightened.
To use an analogy, it's like the difference between a horror gamer who doesn't have a gun and a horror gamer who gets a gun.
Ivas looked deeply into Hayna's eyes, and fell into silence and thought.
He could notice that she had apparently not slept well last night—she was so excited, so to speak.
Of course, there are reasons to come into contact with your own saber in advance. But what makes her more excited is that she thinks she can finally "show her talents".
After yesterday's tests, today's contact, and her background investigation, Ivas is now able to roughly figure out Hayna's thought circuits.
She's obviously not very smart, and once things get complicated, she doesn't bother to think about logic. At the same time, she should have been born in poverty, but she had a supernatural talent in her own field, such as swordsmanship, which she could be proud of. As a result, her personality tends to become stubborn, willing to trust her intuitive judgments rather than hesitating, reflective, and complex analysis.
To put it simply, it is a kind of "martial idiot".
Because her background is really average, as a village girl who never dresses up, her appearance is naturally not as good as those delicate ladies in the royal capital. Therefore, she will have a shallow inferiority complex that she is not aware of.
This inferiority complex can turn into aggression and hostility towards people who are "more powerful than themselves". But at the same time, she is afraid of causing trouble to herself without a background, so it will not become a definite word or action. But it can still be expressed in the attitude under pressure and the instinctive reaction when making a decision.
Because of her straightforward character, easier access to origin, and extremely excellent grades, and the survival wisdom that does not easily offend people. Therefore, she will be very popular in the school environment, especially among students with relatively simple thoughts - but when she first comes into contact with society, she will easily become confused, even manipulated, and even go astray in life.
Now is the moment when she feels lost.
This kind of person is completely exploitable.
The weakness and helplessness that Ivas had seen her yesterday was the gesture that he had carefully selected after consulting Hayna's information beforehand that was most likely to attract her in the first place.
The act of "reading a book of poetry" can give people a subconscious suggestion that the person is inactive. The wheelchair under him further reinforces this intention to "stand still", thus avoiding the confrontation of Haina, who has self-confidence in the fields of "sports", "physical fitness", and "swordsmanship", and preventing herself from arousing the opponent's competitiveness or attention in the first place.
Ivas had looked in the mirror, and was aesthetically normal. Of course, he knew that the appearance of his current body was quite capable of fighting.
So on this basis, Ivus hired a personal maid to put on his own makeup in advance, creating a face that seemed to be weak and pale due to blood loss. Adjust the fireplace just right, the temperature will give a sense of relaxation, and the fire light will provide a warm filter for the Ivas.
In this way, the image of Ivas would arouse Hayna's desire to protect, at least not arouse her hostility because of her origin. A "weak", "injured", and "handsome" superior is completely under her control at this moment, which will make her "hope" that Ivas is good. In this way, he will not become his own enemy.
At this point, Haina's instinct would have told her not to investigate any further. Her work experience is not rich enough, and her behavior is easily guided by emotions. In the case that she has already given herself an answer, she is really just looking for evidence for this answer.
However, when a person's impression is too strong, his image is easy to be abstracted and one-sided in memory.
If Haina has a high opinion of Eivus, she will be "disappointed" when Eivus does something that she doesn't expect.
Because of this, Ivas needs to do something in advance to make his first impression not so good and perfect. So he took advantage of Haina's late arrival to tell the truth that she didn't want to believe, so that she felt that he was attacking her.
In fact, she was at fault in the first place, expecting Ivas to attack her. That way she can relax a little more.
After she understood Ivus's strange words as attacks, she subconsciously ruled them out. And when Ivas proposes a possibility that she can accept, she immediately clings to the past, so as to reduce her guilt and relieve psychological pressure.
So today and in the future, she can become her very reliable bodyguard.
After yesterday's contact, Haina thought the two were friends. And she desperately needs to show her proud strengths - her swordsmanship in front of this noble and innocent, gentle and literary, weak and handsome new friend.
If she could really do that, she would think "she's shown what she's proud of." So as to hope to get the affirmation of Aihuas.
If Ivas had affirmed this and indicated that he really needed her help, the request would have greatly satisfied her social needs.
In that case, Ehuas, who was obviously a suspect and was wary and wary of her before contact, could become her good friend in turn after just one day of contact. This naturally pulls Ivas into her social circle at school.
Even though bullying a young girl who had just graduated in this way made Ivas feel a little bad.
This is what he owes.
And Ivas has never liked to owe favors. Once you owe a favor, you must find a way to pay it off immediately.
Otherwise, it will be easy to get close to others when you come and go. Having a "friend" is a very dangerous thing, often dragging yourself into a dangerous situation in order to help your friend, and it is easy to be betrayed miserably because you let your guard down on your friend.
Ivas has always disliked getting too close to others.
— it only made him nervous and uncomfortable.
It is better for both sides to remain in a state of helping each other and using each other. Staying in a healthy, efficient, and renewable business relationship will not be sad because of the betrayal of the other party, and there will be no resentment because the other party has abandoned you...... Nor do you feel hesitant or guilty when you are ready to betray someone.
The current predecessor of Ivas is an example of this.
Because he was too enthusiastic and simple, he believed his pen pals and regarded them as his friends, and he paid a terrible price.
But it's also very simple for him to return the favor.
In Aihuas's memory, there is no name "Hayna" in the game. If nothing else, she would have been killed in the first version of the game when Avalon was invaded.
Aivas didn't save Avalon for her, he did it for the stability of his own life. Therefore, by the way, she was rescued together, which is not a return of favor.
But with Hayna's character, knowledge, and ability, there must be many villains in the school who are as ill-intentioned as herself who will try to become her fake friends. Eivas was able to easily identify those people, and then help her distinguish between true friends who were trustworthy and not so easily betrayed.
He is very good at analyzing others.
If you really want to say it, the HR profession is somewhat of an East Factory nature.
Not only does it require a vicious eye and an objective attitude, but it must also be ruthless enough to be ruthless. Just a light tick can mean that someone is "eliminated", losing their job, and having their salary reduced...... And that's exactly what Ivus does.
The point of the factory is that ordinary employees cannot easily offend HR.
In fact, HR in different companies in the same industry is usually in the same group and circle. Someone in someone's company has committed something stupid, offended someone, and has had a black history, everyone will know when they ask in the group. It's not a secret at all.
As long as you are still a social animal and are still changing jobs in the same industry, you can't offend HR.
At least don't offend the first two - because the back survey will only investigate the first two.
Not long ago, Ivers experienced three full years of unemployment. I had just found a job, and before I had yet officially taken up a job, I came to a world where the future was at stake.
Even though his attitude was calm and his expression was calm, he had already psychoanalyzed himself—he was now feeling strongly unsettled.
He was satisfied with his present life, but he knew the calamities to come.
He desperately wanted a stable life, and did not want to become a citizen of the country, homeless and scattered.
In order to fight the fear of the future of this world, he must climb up as quickly as he can. In this way, he grasped a part of the power of the kingdom of Avalon. At least, at least, he must not allow himself to be alone against the world's great enemy, while his teammates behind him are holding him back.
That's not a delusion of victimization.
Ivus is sure.
He has a long-term vision than the vast majority of people in this world, and their decisions based on known information must be imperfect and incomplete. And Ivus couldn't easily announce the future prophecies he had received - he wasn't a saint. This prophetic information could be a valuable asset to him.
Because of this, Ivers needs to be sufficiently influential.
Not the name of the adoptive father's "knight". That kind of thing can only be regarded as a nominal status, and even if you enter the Senate, it is just a battle of wits with a bunch of old things. Anything you want to do will become slimy and you can't do it.
That feeling of life drifting with the flow and not controlling one's fate...... It's very uncomfortable.
What Ivas wanted was for those in power to come and ask him for his opinion before making a decision. He can't be one of them, it's better not to get close to any of them. Nor can they fall victim to internal power struggles...... but to become a higher being than they are.
Not to control others, but to keep yourself out of control.
So that I don't have to be sacrificed, and I don't have to sacrifice others.
Ivus vaguely remembered that this incident would eventually involve a certain minister.
In the original history, it was the player who gained high prestige by solving this event.
And there is no player character in this world, so he must join the investigation of this incident.
Thankfully, Yulia's blessing - although Ivas still skipped the episodic animation, he still remembers some details. For example, where is the most critical information, such as which enemies are in the last dungeon, and how high the level is.
Because after a messy investigation, the first copy of this game will be opened:
Level 10 dungeon, "Sin's Hub Pelican Bar".