"Master, you look good today."

Richardson, Crane's personal valet, looked at Crane's own complexion and said to Crane. Crane, who heard Richardson's words, smiled:

"I seem to have contracted a little bit of a cold two days ago, and now I am in much better shape than before."

Two days ago, he took the form of Gelman Sparrow and set out to sea to hunt the "sick girl" Tracy as a secret puppet, and in the case of the "magician" lady who can use her extraordinary ability to slip the door, to regularly collect the food brought to Monsieur Dantès by the servant.

Because two days ago, Crane had left the Dontès secret puppet in the room where he was, and only received the food that the servants regularly delivered.

And when Klein returned to Beckland to give Miss "The Magician" a certain payment, Miss "The Magician" politely declined Mr. "World's" payment. Klein probably guessed the reason, after all, in the past few days, Miss "Magician" has gained a lot of weight around her waist.

And Crane also made an excuse to use the ability of the "Faceling" to slightly fine-tune the appearance of his Tracy secret puppet, and pretended this secret puppet as Daunne Dantès's personal maid.

And Klein himself has been hiding behind the scenes, controlling several secret puppets and staging a secret puppet show.

With all his time spent playing, and his active role of going out to hunt pirates and causing panic to some criminals, Crane estimated that he would only be able to fully digest the "Sorcerer's" potion within three months.

At that point, he will be able to try his hand at becoming an "ancient scholar" and add a little insurance to his investigation into George III's actions.

At that time, Crane couldn't help but feel a little excited when he thought about being able to pull out the historical projections of "The True Creator", "The Goddess of the Night", "Azik", "Russell" and "High-Dimensional Overlooker".

Based on the results of his prayer to the Goddess of the Night, he now knows that the Goddess has been in contact with Russell, who was rescued by Gao Wei, and that Rosell has figured out Klein's fellow countryman, saying that he can meet in Intis if he has the opportunity in the future.

"Outside the nickname, the sea generals are reduced again! The most likely 'Admiral of Disease' Tracy has been slain by the 'Lord of Aurora' Gelman Sparrow! ”

"Shocked! Is this infighting between pirates or a love-hate relationship between two pirates?! ”

Crane's brow, who heard the newsboy's shouting in the distance, raised his brow slightly, he didn't expect that so soon, the news of Tracy's killing had already reached Beckland.

Richardson, who was next to him, noticed his master's eyes, and hurriedly started a servant next to him to buy a newspaper. Tracy Secret Couple next to Crane took the newspaper from the servant and respectfully handed it to Crane.

Klein sighed silently in his heart as he opened the newspaper.

Well, there are still some strange experiences of serving yourself...... It's like I'm in control of myself putting on a play on stage. The director is me, the actor is me, and the most terrifying thing is that the audience may be me too......

This is worthy of the name of "one-man show", and sure enough, the extraordinary person of the "fool" path is still suitable for a person to act, because a high-level "soothsayer", a person is an army!

I can't even imagine what strange things those higher-order extraordinaries could have come up with when they were able to control an exaggerated number of secret puppets?

Perhaps, a kingdom made entirely of secret puppets?

Klein thought for a moment, and suddenly felt a little creepy. This kind of scene seems to be tantamount to having an audience watching you behind you at all times, treating your every move as if it were his script; It's like when you strayed into a place, only to find that the pedestrians and residents here are all "dolls" controlled by others.

He seemed to realize in an instant why the gods at the top of his path were so hated that they would arouse the hatred of the gods in the sky.

Well, I have to remember that I'm just playing the "sophist" who brings fear to others, but I'm not a "sophist" myself. If I forget this, I'm likely to wake up and turn everyone around me into an ignorant secret puppet, which would be terrible......

After becoming a demigod, the urge to turn the people around me into secret puppets will basically spring up in my heart after a while......

Klein unfolded the newspaper in his hand and looked at the headlines. In addition to the newsboy selling the newspaper just now, there was a large paragraph of Rune written under the headline.

"Its remnants were discovered in the maritime territory of the Rune Empire, and were completely wiped out by our navy yesterday!"

A short passage was written underneath: "Praise to His Majesty the Emperor, who will put the trophies of the Navy on display in Beckland in seven days." ”

Is this a preparation for war? I remember I killed it cleanly, where are the pirates left...... Klein was stunned for a moment, thinking of many possibilities. He immediately raised his head, looked at the queue that had just stopped because he was reading the newspaper, and showed a smile:

"Ha, the strength of the empire has become stronger and stronger. At such times, we only need to praise His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Hearing Crane's voice, the servants around him replied. Crane's people, on the other hand, didn't react much, just smiled, but thought about something else.

Perhaps, George III put these things on the table to make the people think that they have a strong national power and a great increase in military strength, or maybe this idea can react to the gods and make the "red priests" who have gained strength from the war more powerful?

But if Gao Wei is behind George III, then why is he in control of the Intis Empire now? So which country can the Rune Empire go to war with now?

Gao Wei, I can't see through your real thoughts at all...... Klein thought as he asked the Walter butler beside him:

"Walter, what do I do today? How many courses are there? ”

"Mr. Dantès, today is Sunday, and you have the most free time at your disposal. Note, however, that you have a dinner party at Mr. Councillor's house tonight, which Mr. Asnia will tell you about. ”

Walter said respectfully to Dwayne Dantès in front of him, and Asnia, the butler on the side, took Walter's words at the right time and told Klein about tonight's arrangements. Klein, on the other hand, nodded frequently, and after patiently listening to Asnia's explanation of all the problems, he said gently:

"I see, please tell the councillor that I'll be there."

Crane smiled softly and stepped into the carriage that went out.

……

At night, Audrey sat at her desk, brushing her wet hair and looking intently at the letters and documents piled up on Audrey's shoulders. After a long time, Audrey exhaled a sigh of relief, with a slightly thoughtful look on her face.

The light was cast from the side, illuminating Audrey's side face. Audrey writes and draws on the table, as if she is deducing something from the information in these materials.

It wasn't long before a door opened beside Audrey. Furth stepped out of it, a visibly tired look on his face.

Audrey hurriedly got up and asked her friend:

"Forthth, you're back? How's that, have the results of the investigation been? ”

"Again, as Hugh had previously investigated, there were a considerable number of demons and witches among Beckland. In the past few days, there has even been a rumor that many mercenaries and adventurers have claimed to have dreamed of witches in their dreams and have had certain ...... with them Well, the communication of the soul. ”

Furth yawned, shrugged his shoulders, and said to Audrey helplessly:

"Perhaps, as we thought, the last thing we wanted happened, the demons chose Beckland as their next gathering place, and they didn't know what to do here."

"Whether the Emperor personally introduced these demons to Beckland, or whether these demons wanted to do something to Beckland and took the initiative to come, it is not good news for us."

"And, as far as I know, witches who haven't devoured the extraordinary properties of their neighboring paths don't have the ability to 'fall into dreams', and it's hard to tell if the adventurers' claims are due to a desire to brag about it, or if they actually encountered something dirty in their dreams."

Dreams are also part of the spirit world, and Fers, thanks to the high-dimensional overlooker, learned a lot about spirit creatures in the process of having fun and teaching, and even memorized a complete illustrated book of spirit creatures.

"Perhaps......" Audrey's lips quirmed, conjecture to a possible conjecture made by Forth:

"Firth, could it be that these demons were looking for something in Beckland to gather here?"

"You're right, it's not impossible, it reminds me of a rumor."

Forth's expression lit up, and she added to Audrey in front of her:

"I've heard before that there were traces of demon worship among some nobles before the destruction of Old Beckland, and there are even rumors that a nobleman with a polluted brain tried to form a ritual that summoned the abyss to earth (Note 1)."

Audrey, who heard the news, rubbed her temples and took a deep breath: "This is indeed not very good news. ”

"That's right." Furth also spoke in a somewhat low tone: "For Mr. 'Fool' who is willing to shelter Beckland, whether these demons are in the same position as the Emperor or not, they will inevitably be Mr. 'Fool's enemies. ”

“…… We need to share a certain amount of sorrow for Mr. Fool. Audrey thought for a moment and said with determination. She took out a towel from the side and carefully wiped her hair clean, and at the same time proposed a solution to Forth:

"Tomorrow afternoon's tarot meeting, we must talk to Mr. 'World' about this matter, and ask if you have any other speculations. At that point, Mr. 'Fool' may also be involved in our discussions, so that we don't have to worry too much about what might happen next. ”

Audrey thought about it as she said slowly, "Even some of the Tarot members who did not participate in our operation can provide us with some inspiration, for example, Mr. 'Hanged Man', Mr. 'Sun' and so on. They also know many secrets from different times and places. ”

"At the same time, I will officially join the ranks of the Night Watch of the Church of the Night tomorrow morning, and I will be in charge of negotiating with a former member of the Red Glove, who is now in charge of investigating the recent extraordinary events in Beckland."

Audrey added:

"He also seems to be investigating matters related to George III, and there have been a lot of vicious and extraordinary cases lately, and the church's night watchman has had a lot to deal with lately. Well...... At least in my experience these days, that's true. Although, I haven't officially joined them yet. ”

Wait until tomorrow, Monday, Audrey to officially meet with her team. Unlike Tingen's team, this team of Night Watchers, formed by former members of the "Red Glove", specializes in investigating the recent extraordinary events in Beckland, and is ostensibly a clergy member of the Church of the Night.

"Are there more extraordinary events...... Well, I always felt like Beckland was like that, a big stage where all the forces were brought together. This will inevitably be the center of the stage in any book, and it is the kind that the author will focus on describing and using many times. ”

After listening to Audrey's words, Furth couldn't help but follow his own writer's experience. Audrey listened to Firth's description, first stunned for a moment, and then smiled:

"It's a really good description, and I find it surprisingly apt. When there is an extraordinary being between the true god and the king of angels, it is bound to be the center of the stage because of the nature of the extraordinary path of aggregation. Other extraordinary beings who have various associations with George III will naturally be drawn to Bakeland."

“…… I don't know why, but I always felt that this was a very good setting to push the script forward, and this setting could explain many of the coincidences in the script. It's a pity that I can't borrow this to write a new one, or I might be invited to tea by the church......" Firth muttered quietly to Audrey:

"Well, then, I'll wait until tomorrow morning when I'll come back to you. Hugh also went to investigate the demon today, and I don't know if she got any new gains from there. Yawn...... It's time for me to go back, too. ”

"Okay, I'm sorry for you, Forth." Audrey stood up. He placed a large box beside him in the hands of Forth.

"I've asked my cook at home to leave some of the meals, Forth, you haven't eaten dinner yet, do you take it back, and tell Hugh that it's a little bit of my care."

"This ......" Furth was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously brought a little smile on his face:

"What's so embarrassing......"

"And in that case, huh...... I'm going to get fat ......"

Note 1: Gao Wei: Thinking about me?

(End of chapter)