Mystery: Mr. Witch and Miss Hunter

Chapter 291 The Stranger

Early in the morning, when Venata woke up from the bed, she found that it was snowing outside the window again.

Puerto Indo, located in the sub-frigid zone, has an average temperature in January between -1°C and -4°C, and the precipitation is even throughout the year.Although it is already late January, there is still light snow falling from time to time.

Venata picked up Adele's nightcap from the ground.In the past few days, she has tried to wear this thing on her head while sleeping, but she is always not used to wearing it, and in the end, she will usually tear it off when she is half asleep and half awake.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"

The crisp sound of knocking on the glass sounded, and Venata rubbed her sleepy eyes, patted the folds on the cotton pajamas, and walked towards the direction of the sound.

Downstairs was a man named Zao Gong who was carrying a slender wooden pole with iron wires. He opened his mouth and greeted Venata, with white steam coming out of his mouth.

"Good morning, Miss Sevens." The man named Zao Gong took the pole back and waved to Venata. "Looks like you're awake."

"Not long after I got up." Venata replied, "How is the business this morning?"

"Thanks to you." Zao Gong, with gray temples, nodded gratefully to Venata, "You are the last one, and you have received eighteen kopecks so far."

Originally, the tavern rooms of the Esco family did not have similar services. After Venata took over the management, similar practitioners were allowed to enter the courtyard through the back door to provide morning service for tavern guests, one kopeck at a time.

"Here, here you are, so you have two fulmins."

Venata casually took out two kopeks from the change thrown on the windowsill, flicked her wrist, and threw it directly on the relatively clean ground in front of the opponent's feet.

"Thank you for your generosity!" Ming Zao Gong hurriedly thanked him, and hurriedly picked up the two kopecks from the ground.

Venata smiled, stopped answering, and closed the window again.

She changed her clothes, washed her face hastily, gathered her wheat-colored wavy hair behind her, and walked out of the bedroom to the dining room.

Sophie wasn't awake yet, and Venata didn't call her.After the little girl who was used to the climate of Loen came to Feysac, her will to get up early gradually failed in the face of the sub-frigid climate, and she got up later and later.

When she came to the restaurant alone, Venata took a large order of poutine with salmon and sausage, a piece of tenderloin baked with pea flour, and a serving of saskatoon berries from the self-service counter. fruit pie and a bowl of creamy pea soup.

According to the schedule, the three new ships dispatched by Adele's boss should arrive in Yinduo today...

Venata took a bite of the oily pea bacon, flipping through her memo.

Even though she is now the leader of the largest gang in the east of Feysac, she behaves more like an ordinary middle-class working-class Fusac in her daily life.

In the middle of Venata's breakfast, Annie sat across from her with a plate.

Although both she and Venata are believers in the earth, Anne who grew up in Feynepot has a very different eating habit from Venata who grew up in Feysac.Annie's dinner plate is not only seafood but also vegetables, which is in stark contrast to the high-sugar and high-oil combination of meat and starch on Venata's plate, which makes people want to switch their bodies. .

"What's the plan for today?"

Annie sat up straight, which made her already taller than 1.8 meters tall, and the maid outfit on her body seemed to be on the verge of being cracked.

"Go to the port to pick up the ship and go to Sonia in the afternoon. She said that she will call the members of the Gnosis Society here."

Venata started to deal with the berry pie in front of her, "Adele is going to sea now, and I have to get things done here, and I can't delay it because of this kind of thing."

"It's good that you know it in your heart." Annie nodded, "There is no news from the captain."

Since she was appointed here by Tracy, it was the first time she hadn't heard from Tracy for such a long time, which made her a little worried, but facing Venata, she didn't want to appear weak, so she would inevitably be ridiculed by the other party A few words.

Venata ate the sweets in her hand in threes and fives, and freed her hands to drink soup and read the newspaper.

Reading the "Sea News" every morning to learn about the route information in the nearest sea area is one of her pastimes during this time.

"Shock! Bloody infighting in the extreme northern seas? A new pirate general is born!"

Venata raised her eyebrows slightly, which made her feel that something bad was about to happen.

She hastily put down the spoon in her other hand, grabbed the newspaper and read it quickly.

"According to valid news, recently, in the intersea region in the northern part of the Loen Kingdom, a bloody pirate infighting took place on the flagship 'Black Death' of Vice Admiral Tracy the Disease."

"After a fierce fight, the pirates killed the 'Vice Admiral of the Disease' Tracy, and the second officer of the 'Black Death', Limanu King, became the new captain. He named himself the 'Vice Admiral of the Shadow' , renamed the flagship 'The Truth', became the new pirate general, and plundered a fisherman city in the northern part of the kingdom."

Below the report is an unclear photo, which seems to be a sneak shot in a residential building.

In the photo, the city is burning, and the "Verity" above the port in the distance has distinct features and can be recognized at a glance.It was seriously damaged, the hull was slightly deformed, one of the three masts was broken, and there were faint pirates coming down from above to carry out bloody plundering of the port.

"Hold……"

Venata shook her head, unable to accept this fact for a while.Then she thought of something, and turned her gaze to Annie who was opposite.

"What's wrong?" Sensing Venata's gaze, Annie raised her head in doubt.

Venata didn't speak, and pushed the newspaper towards Anne.

Annie glanced at it casually, just as she saw the eye-catching headline, her eyes sharpened, she grabbed the newspaper and began to read it quickly.

After a while, she murmured in a low voice: "This is impossible, absolutely impossible."

"Captain, she acted with her mother this time, so Limanu's idiot can kill the captain?"

"Yeah, I think so too."

Venata leaned forward slightly.Originally, she thought that Annie would have a big reaction, so she moved the chair back in advance.Seeing that Annie was still sensible now, she leaned forward again.

"However, the ownership of the ship will not be faked." Annie frowned, "The captain wants to use Miss Searcy's ship, it is very likely that Limanu took advantage of the pirates when the captain and Ms. Pellet were not on board. mutiny, and seized the Black Death."

"You sound quite calm, but that was the first ship you bought at that time."

Venata clicked her tongue, "I'll try to contact the 'Empress Honeysuckle' by telegram, and hope they don't drive too far."

As the crystallization of the kingdom's most advanced technology, it is of course impossible for the "Empress Honeysuckle" to lack such equipment as a radio transmitter.If the operation is normal, the telegram can be transmitted as far as Minsk Cape several times, and finally transferred to Indo Port on the east coast of Fusac.

"Of course, the captain can't be killed by that idiot. As for the ship...it's just a ship after all. I can give up my property to buy this ship, and I can also abandon this ship."

Annie said frankly, "By the way, when sending the telegram, help me urge the captain, saying that if she needs to take back the fleet, I will always be ready."

"Okay." Venata didn't say anything more, wiped her mouth with a napkin, got up quickly and came to the radio transmitter in the living room, and started to operate it.

The provocateur's "good at provocation" does not mean provocation regardless of the occasion or time. Seeing the other party's serious attitude, Venata will naturally not find it boring.

After some operations, Venata spread her hands to Annie.

"We have to go through several telegraph offices in the middle, so we have to wait for a while."

"Let me know if you have any news." Annie nodded and packed the tableware. "By the way, Sophie's potion is almost digested."

"When did it happen?" Venata asked with some surprise. During this time, she has been busy managing gangsters, and she didn't spend much time with Sophie.

Fortunately, after getting to know Sonia initially and telling her about her relationship with the Gnosis Society, she can safely hand over Sophie to her, so that even if Anne and herself have things to do, Sophie will be taken care of.

"She told me last night." Annie replied, "I asked Sonia to confirm again, and the result of her divination is also the same."

"Yeah, that's really... great."

Venata admired, but felt a faint uneasiness in her heart.

Sophie's promotion was faster than she thought. According to Adele, before Sophie's promotion to Sequence 8 "Cold-Blooded", the demigod lady should be asked to pull her emotions out, and in the promotion sequence After 7, enter it back, so as to ensure that her humanity is not damaged.

However, the contact information between Adele and that organization has always been a mystery. Although Venata has also seen Adele pray to a certain great being, hold a similar ceremony and indeed get a response, she absolutely dare not follow suit of.

Digesting the potion did slow down Sophie's body's symptoms of demonization, but it was only a stopgap measure after all.If Adele never came back, then Venata would have no choice but to promote Sophie.

According to Adele's estimated time, after Sophie's Sequence 9 potion is completely digested, if she cannot advance to Sequence 8 within two months, Matafari's soul may irreversibly wake up.

Adele, Adele, even if it's for Sophie, you have to come back soon... Venata prayed secretly in her heart.

……

Port of Indo, wharf.

Due to the trade sanctions imposed by Feysac after the war, this place has long since lost its former prosperity.After the Basque captain's whaling team was almost wiped out, there was only one ship left in the huge port, the Queen Honeysuckle, which was still going to sea frequently.The rest of the ships either have no business and have been rotten in the port, or they have been dismantled and sold at raw material prices.

However, today, the first group of people who came to Feysac as official tourists after the war was welcomed here.

Eight brand-new Karak galleons are parked at the port of Indo Port. These large ships named after the natural shipbuilders - the Karak people have strong characteristics belonging to this era. The chimneys and sails stand side by side, and there are ten on each side of the ship. Cannons and corresponding emplacements.

On the hull, the name of the ship is recorded in golden characters of the Three Kingdoms.They are named after chivalry, like knights surrounding the queen.

Humility, Honor, Sacrifice, Valor, Mercy, Honesty, Justice, Spirituality...

They were originally manufactured as warships to make up for the shortage of ironclad warships. Under Audrey's operation, they were legally sold to the Queen's Island Shipping Company and became passenger ships or freighters.

Passengers dressed in decent or shabby clothes stepped off the boat. They were surrounded by servants or others;

Some of their targets are the port of Indor, some of them are just transiting here, and they will take an inland boat to San Miron, and some will continue to sail to Tilis in Intis.

The expressions on their faces are varied, including excitement, confusion, perplexity, and reluctance; however, there is also one thing in common, that is, hope.

Their arrival means that one year after the end of the war, the economic blockade and sea ban in the Jianhai area have finally been abolished, and it also symbolizes the official launch of the Jianhai County economic recovery plan.

They are strangers, pioneers, a part of history, and poetry.

……

Among these people was a middle-aged gentleman with a dark face.

He has bronze skin, a medium build, black hair and brown pupils, soft facial features, no beard, and there is always an indescribable sense of vicissitudes in his eyes. Under his right ear is a small black little one that cannot be found without looking carefully. mole.

Wearing a black top hat that had been washed white, and a long dress of the same color, with a cane in one hand and a brown suitcase in the other, he walked steadily down the gangway.

A small wave hit, and the gangway shook slightly. The old woman in front of the middle-aged gentleman was caught off guard, her feet were unstable, and she was about to fall to the shore.Fortunately, the middle-aged gentleman had quick eyesight and quick hands, he grabbed her arm and lifted her up gently.

"Thank you, kind gentleman."

After the old lady got off the gangway, she thanked the middle-aged gentleman.Her Loen language has an accent from the Southern Continent, which sounds a bit weird.

Hearing the other party's thanks, the middle-aged gentleman's expression was a little dazed, but he quickly realized that he nodded slightly to the old woman, signaling that the other party should not care, and then took off his top hat and gave a slight signal until the thin figure of the other party disappeared In the crowd at the pier.

Afterwards, the middle-aged gentleman declined the dock worker's request to help him with his luggage, and walked steadily towards the hotel on the dock.

When the hotel clerk saw someone coming in, he agreed quickly, then came to the front desk, dipped a pen in the emerald green ink unique to Feysac, and said to the middle-aged gentleman without raising his head:
"Name? What room do you want?"

The middle-aged gentleman was stunned for a moment, and then said in a recognizable vicissitudes of life voice:
"Adzik... Azik Eggers, a single room, please," he looked at the snow-capped peaks outside the window in the distance, "the one where you can see the snow-capped mountains."

(End of this chapter)