Chapter 38: Before You Leave
When she returned to the hotel, Angel was surprised to find that Pierre was still there.
At this time, it had been more than three hours since she left in the morning, and it was almost lunch time, I thought that this college student with the intention of hunting for beauty had already left, but I didn't expect him to have perseverance.
Angel simply went upstairs to change her clothes, took off the "Ring of Madness" and returned to the door as "Angelica".
"Beautiful Miss Angelica, I happened to be passing by here, and it occurred to me that you might need a guide to show you around Trier, so I stopped by to have a look."
He said in a flat tone, as if it was just a casual encounter.
If it weren't for the fact that he saw the other party's anxious appearance when he entered and exited the hotel in the morning as a different person, Angel would have almost believed him.
"Thank you, Monsieur Pierre, I came here from Rune to have a good look at the city where Russell the Great once ruled," she smiled so brightly that Pierre almost froze, "Do you know where the Emperor's life objects are exhibited?" Like notes? ”
Disguised as a traveler who admired the culture of Intis and wanted to learn more about Russell's life, Angel quickly got a lot of news from Pierre, and finally asked him to pat his chest and promise that he could get a lot of Russell's notes from his classmates.
Following the somewhat excited college student, Angel arrives at one of his classmates' quarters.
"Laura! Laura! ”
Pierre knocked on the door in front of a small two-story building, shouting loudly.
A moment later, the door opened, and a short woman poked her head out, with her shaggy brown hair, and looked at Pierre suspiciously.
"Pierre, aren't you in class today? The...... Who is it? ”
Only then did she see that there was a guest standing next to her, and her eyes lit up.
Angel took the initiative to introduce her identity as a "traveler", and with the dual advantages of her appearance and the instigator's eloquence, she quickly dispelled the doubts of the schoolgirl named Laura and entered her home.
"Laura, show her Russell's notes, she came to travel from Rune, and she admires the 'Julius Caesar'."
With a "sure enough" expression, Laura returned to her study and took out a thick notebook a moment later.
"As I said, this is a diary, not a notebook," complained Laura, thrust the notebook into Pierre's hand, "I have deciphered a part of the numerals and determined its basic format, and I believe that with enough templates, the contents of the diary can be translated according to the various things done in the life of the Emperor." ”
Looking at the talkative girl, Angel remembered the old Neil he had seen on his first day in Tingen, who was so confident that he could decipher the Emperor's secrets, but died under the contamination of the "hidden sage" before his wish could be granted.
In order to hide her emotions, she hurriedly took the notebook that Pierre forwarded, opened it and spread it on the coffee table.
Originally, Angel thought that this thick notebook was all written by Russell, but soon found that the actual "Russell Diary" was only five pages, and the rest of the parts were full of analysis written in red and black pens, all in Intius script, which made Angel a little dizzy.
"This is my analysis based on word frequency and corresponding format, you see, these individual phrases are actually dates, and they also appear in small quantities in the body of the diary, so I can analyze the rest of it."
Speaking of her interest, Laura became a little excited, squeezed Pierre, who wanted to sit next to Angel, and leaned over to her notebook to point.
"It's a pity that many of the diaries of the Great Emperor that I have collected are fabricated by later generations, and many of the deeds related to the Great Emperor in various historical books are exaggerated or even fictional, which has led to various difficulties in my translation, not only to extract the fine needles from the ocean, but also to distinguish their authenticity...... Well, this sentence was also said by the Emperor. ”
Seeing that the girl had a tendency to chatter, Angel hurriedly interrupted her:
"I'm also very interested in the Emperor's diary, can you sell me these pages of the original text?"
Hearing her words, the excitement in Laura's eyes subsided a little, as if she realized that the woman in front of her was just trying to collect Russell's related items, and not have the same interest in studying them as she did.
"No problem, these are just rubbings, the originals are in the museum of the Steam Church, but they shouldn't be sold."
She opened the notebook, tore off the five pages with Chinese with a few "bangs", and handed them to Angel:
"This doesn't charge money, so that more people can see this, maybe there will be more hope for cracking."
It's a pity that someone has already cracked it, and he is even a god......
Angel thought regretfully, and put away the hard-won diary of the Emperor.
After achieving the purpose of this trip, she was ready to leave, although it seems that Laura's home still has a lot of Russell the Great-related collections, but if she continues to talk to this bright-eyed girl, I am afraid that she will have to spend the whole day here.
Of course, as a token of her appreciation, Angel generously invited the two to a delicious meal at a nearby restaurant, which, of course, is only local in Trier, the capital of Intis.
“…… But it cost me a full ten pounds, well, the corresponding currency here is called 'Golden Louis', and it is worth 20 filkins each, but it can be exchanged for five pages of the Emperor's diary, which is also very cost-effective......"
Holding her bulging belly, Angel thought distressed and relieved.
After a lunch that was very different from Rune's "Intis", Angel and Pierre said goodbye to Laura and returned to their hotel, where Pierre apparently had plans for the afternoon or even the evening, but Angel did not give him such a chance.
Looking at the slightly depressed college student, Angel chuckled lightly, and was about to say something comforting, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a man in a trench coat who looked at the door from time to time across the door of the hotel.
The other party was obviously looking for someone, and would carefully look at every passenger entering and leaving, especially women, for a few seconds, and then quickly look away, never staying longer.
"I'm looking for a woman, I know what it looks like, but I don't know where I live, otherwise I should go straight to the door...... Heh, you can't be looking for me, are you? ”
Angel was a little speechless, less than 24 hours after arriving in Trier, it felt like a few groups of people already knew about their arrival.
She quickly sent away Pierre, who was still reluctant to leave, and returned to her room, took out the magic mirror, stroked the surface, and read:
"The Magic Mirror tells me, who is the male stalking at the door of the hotel for?"
A picture soon appeared in the mirror, a black-painted carriage followed another mercenary carriage, and then several men in trench coats got out of the carriage and entered the underground area along the stone stairs, and after the black-haired and brown-eyed Severia disappeared, the soldiers divided into two paths, all the way to track "Irene", all the way back to the car, and continued to track the mercenary carriage.
Really...... It's the one who has her eyes on Sevelia, and because of her contact with me, even I'm eyeing ...... Angel put down the magic mirror and thought silently.
"Unlike the people of the Witch Sect, they will come into direct contact with Severia...... It seems that it should be the official Intis people, the 'Mechanical Heart' of the Church of Steam, or the 'Purifier' of the Church of the Eternal Sun......
"Whoever it is, I'm being targeted by them because of Severia...... This stupid witch was discovered as soon as she entered Trier, and she really lost the face of the witch sect. ”
Quite a master helped the Witch Sect teach Severia a lesson in his heart, and Angel began to revise the follow-up arrangements.
She first packed up all her belongings, put on the "Ring of Madness", and without checking out, went straight to the street, found a hired carriage and left the hotel.
Soon, Angel noticed that there was an extra black carriage behind her, which confirmed that "Irene" was their target.
Then she disappeared from the mercenary carriage on its way to the market district, jumped out of the carriage as she turned a slow down, and quickly hid in the side alley, calmly watching the black carriage pass in front of her, chasing the unoccupied mercenary carriage.
She herself took advantage of the extraordinary properties of the "Faceling" to change to a face that was seven or eight points similar to the one she had seen today, put on a cloak that covered her hair, left in the opposite direction, hired another carriage to the observatory area, and found a hotel at the entrance to the catacombs, next to the Purgatory Square.
It was close to the catacombs she would be entering in two days, so she could escape directly into them in case of danger.
"The other party's tracking doesn't seem to be very professional, especially the lack of response to the relevant abilities of the extraordinary, isn't it the official extraordinary, but the military of Intis?"
Sitting at her desk in her suite, Angel thought as she sorted out her weapons and magical items.
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On Friday evening, the White Onyx finally arrived at its destination, Baiam, the capital of the Rorsted Islands and the "City of Generosity".
Outside the window, the dark clouds rolled and the sky was dark, and it seemed that a rainstorm was coming soon, and in room 310, Crane had already packed his luggage, took one last look at the suite that had accompanied him for a whole week, and then left here, boarded the deck, and prepared to line up to disembark.
Daniz "Blaze" wore a black wig and somehow got a cap to cover his head, hiding part of his face, and followed Crane with his head down.
He always felt that there were a few lines of sight that had been lingering on him, there were tears on his face, Donna who had just secretly said goodbye to Angel in a no-man's corner, there was Erlan who stood by the gangway with his hand pressed on the grip of the firearm, and there was the person who was cold in front and behind him...... of crazy adventurers.
Crane had a brief exchange with Donna, Denton's father, Mr. Ulddy, Cleves' employer, and after leaving a one-way contact under the other party's plea, he looked back with a cold face, and the moment his gaze staggered, Daniz looked away.
This guy didn't really hear anything that day, did he...... Crane struggled to hold on, pacing past the pirate, standing still in front of the pirate.
"You can go."
He said in a flat tone.
"What?"
Daniz's first reaction was not joy, but confusion and horror.
He's not going to do any weird tricks, is he? Just like Tuesday night!
It wasn't until the two disembarked one after the other, some distance away from the gangway, that Angel emerged from invisibility and threw a glass vial containing the ritual-magically treated blood that Daniz was sure he had escaped from the clutches of the two.
Looking at the two people who left one after the other, he couldn't help but speak:
"Where's my hair?"
Crane didn't look back, throwing a clump of blond hair, and Daniz scrambled to pick it up, but accidentally let the glass bottle slip out of his hand and shatter on the dock, the faint smell of blood wafting around, attracting the attention of several passengers and sailors.
Shit! This guy did it on purpose!
His lips quirmed, and he was about to instinctively blurt out a few indecent words, but in the end, the forbearance he had cultivated after four days of hard life worked, and Daniz obediently lifted the shard of glass into the sea with his foot, and then followed the crowd out of this sad place.
The next time you meet, I, Lord Daniz, "Blazing", will make you look good!
He glared angrily at the departing backs of Crane and Angel, lowered the brim of his hat, looked around, and walked in the other direction.
He's going to find the Golden Dream's point of contact in Byam and tell them that two madmen are here!
Two Xiao An, how about pyroxene?
(End of chapter)