Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 853 Windfall
After nightfall, Angel finished his dinner and took a carriage accompanied by his maid to St. Samuel's Church in the North District.

She did not stop the carriage at the square, but stopped it halfway across the street. Then, Angel left the maid and the coachman behind, disguised herself a little, and used the "hypocrisy" ring under her cloak to transform herself into a young woman with black hair and a round face, who looked a bit like Triss. Then she swaggered into the prayer hall of the church.

After listening to a mass, she went to the offering box and dropped five pounds, accepting thanks from a strange priest. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she was about to walk towards the secret door in the corner of the prayer hall, but she found two figures coming out from there, one in front and one behind, blocking Angel's way.

It's Dunn Smith and Daley Simone!

Angel subconsciously wanted to dodge sideways, but then he changed his mind and realized that he had not had a good chat with these two companions since they parted in Tingen. Even when they joined forces to deal with Ins Zangwill in Kukwa City in Northern State, they only had a few superficial chats. So he just turned his face to one side, and when he turned back, his blond hair and purple eyes had returned to their original state, and his appearance was closer to that of the Tingen period.

"Angel!"

Daley had just taken her eyes off Dunn, who was wearing a black silk hat and a windbreaker, when she noticed the familiar figure in front of her and exclaimed softly.

"It's me, Ms. Daly."

Angel smiled and nodded, took two steps forward, and hugged the lady who was not much older than him but looked a little old.

Of course, compared to when she was in Tingen and Enmat, Daly no longer used that exaggerated, dark makeup to cover up her beauty as a way of protecting herself. Instead, she wore light makeup like the average woman in Backlund, and sprinkled on a little perfume to make herself clean and cool, which made Angel couldn't help but sniff in her arms.

"Okay, Daly, Angel should be going downstairs to see His Excellency the Archbishop. Let's not delay her."

Dunn on the side said, also with a smile on his face, looking at the former team member he personally recruited into the Nighthawks.

According to Angel's memory, the "psychic" who behaved a little rebelliously should have made a few jokes instead of directly following Dunn's opinion, but Daly just said "hmm" lightly, let Angel go, and opened the secret door leading to the basement of the church.

This made her look at the two of them in surprise, especially Captain Dunn. She couldn't help but wonder if the development of their relationship during this period had exceeded her expectations.

"Well, I remembered one more thing." Dunn, who felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by her, coughed lightly and said as if he remembered something, "Next Tuesday, which is August 8, I would like to invite you and Klein to get together at the Old Weir Restaurant on Alka Street in the North District. There won't be many people. It will be me, Daly, you guys, and Leonard."

They are all people who know that he is "still alive"... Angel thought secretly and asked doubtfully:

"Backlund also has an Old Weir restaurant?"

She still remembered where she had her first dinner with her fellow Night Watchmen in Tingen, and the taste of the ice cream after the meal.

"It's just the same name, but I think this makes it more, um, in Daly's words, a sense of ceremony," Dunn chuckled and glanced at Daly who was beside him, who was correcting him in a low voice, "It was Emperor Roselle who said that," "That day was my birthday."

So that's it. He wouldn't want to take that opportunity to be with Ms. Daly... Angel thought to himself, nodded, and said:

"I'll inform Klein."

After saying goodbye to the two, Angel continued to go down along the passage behind the secret door, passed two checkpoints by showing the holy emblem, and turned out of the stairwell on the second underground floor. Instead of continuing to go deeper into the residences of the "Night Watchers" and "Red Gloves", he walked towards the office of the Archbishop.

In front of Anthony Stevenson's office, she ran into another acquaintance: Leonard Mitchell.

The latter had just walked out of Anthony's office and closed the door respectfully. When he turned around, he noticed that Angel's appearance had recovered due to the conversation with Daly and Dunn just now. He took two steps back as if he had seen a ghost and almost went into the archbishop's office again.

"what happened to you?"

Angel asked curiously as he was staring at her with a half-horrified, half-scrutinizing look.

"It's okay," Leonard immediately shook his head and stood up straight, but his posture against the door was a little weird. "Are you looking for His Excellency the Archbishop?"

"Well, after the promotion, I think I should inform him."

Promotion... Hearing this word, Leonard's expression changed again and again. After a moment, he stabilized his emotions, nodded, and opened the door behind him.

Watching the "ageless" witch walk into Archbishop Anthony's office with an elegant gait that involuntarily exuded a hint of charm, Leonard's mouth twitched, and he quickly turned around and left this floor.

Only after he walked out of the church and stepped into the crimson-lit, star-studded square did he tilt his head and whisper:
"Old man, how about it, did you see anything?"

After a while, the old voice finally sounded in his ears:

"It's strange. This time, it seems that she really looks like the 'ageless' witch I saw before... At least that kind of temperament is hard to disguise... But it wasn't like this when I saw her before." I knew He wouldn't admit his mistakes... Leonard curled his lips, used his feet to drive away the pigeons that were gradually surrounding him, and continued to ask:
"What about the talisman? The talisman I got from her, made using the 'worm of time', does it really have the power to severely damage a demigod as she said?"

"If it hits directly, it can even kill a saint, but it has little effect on an angel, and it will drain all your spiritual power in one blow... This is your trump card, so keep it close to you."

Pales Zoroast in his mind spoke slowly, and then sighed:
"Strange, these symbols, I have seen them in the war that affected the entire continent in the Fourth Epoch..."

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Pushing open the door of the Archbishop's office, Angel entered and saw the old man who looked extremely clean and even the Archbishop's robe had very few wrinkles.

"Your Excellency the Archbishop," Angel found a chair and sat down, and said straight to the point, "Thank you for your help. I have successfully promoted myself by using the extraordinary characteristic of 'immortality'."

"Congratulations, Miss Angel, the 'Shadow of the Goddess'," Anthony said calmly, as if he already knew the outcome. "In this matter, the Goddess should be praised."

Of course, I know this is a gift from the Goddess, and I have praised it at home... Angel muttered in his heart, and together with the archbishop, he pointed the scarlet moon on his chest and prayed devoutly to the Goddess.

She then told Anthony the general process of her exploration of the "Fountain of Youth", but, just like in the Tarot Club, she concealed some details.

As for the extraordinary characteristics of the harvest, Angel didn't mention it at all, and Anthony didn't ask either. The two of them tacitly avoided this topic.

In addition to this matter, she also asked the archbishop about the situation of the Church of the Dormition on the island of Dainos, where the mermaid Ariel originally belonged. According to Anthony, the church released a group of sirens who had been tamed to become believers of the Goddess of Night three months ago and let them return to the sea. Ariel might belong to this group.

"But the Church of Sleep will always monitor the movements of these sirens, especially to prevent them from being hunted or used as materials for certain sequence promotions... I will inquire about the matter you mentioned about an entire tribe being wiped out due to internal strife."

Anthony flipped through the files on the bookshelf nearby and said to Angel after a moment.

It seems that this was not intentional by the church... I had been "arranged" so many times before that I almost thought Ariel was sent by the church or even by the goddess... Angel muttered and changed the topic:
"What were the results of your search for the ruins around Backlund, Master Sword of the Goddess?"

"We have not found any substantial results. We suspect that the ruins are located deep underground and can only be entered through some special method. With the completion of the internal construction and certain preparations, this passage has been sealed... Of course, Cecima will continue to lead the search to confuse those in the dark. The remaining exploration may have to be done within the royal family."

Anthony replied.

"Does it mean the royal power represented by Duchess Georgina?"

Angel asked thoughtfully.

After meeting Georgina, she wrote a secret letter to report the matter to Archbishop Anthony. When she saw him mention the issue of the royal family, she naturally thought of this demigod.

"That's right. The royal family is now divided into three different factions due to their different inclinations towards war and political views. The faction to which the Duchess belongs tends to be conservative and has many followers of the Goddess... Compared to the pro-war faction and King George III, who has an ambiguous attitude, the Holy Church prefers her."

Anthony looked calm, and spoke of the church's stance on political differences as if it were the selection of a bishop to preside over mass tomorrow.

I really don't want to get involved in this kind of thing... But after all, after becoming a Sequence 3 Saint, it's impossible for me not to take sides. What's more, this is the decision of the Holy Temple, which is equivalent to the will of the Goddess... Angel sighed and nodded, indicating that he understood what the other party meant.

With the help of one of the three major factions within the royal family, they might be able to obtain the information they need and find out the truth behind the great smog and the purpose of the mysterious ruins hidden outside Backlund.

"One last thing, regarding your salary." Archbishop Anthony saw Angel still thinking with his head down, so he spoke again to attract his attention. "The allowance of the 'Goddess Troops' is not based on the potion sequence, so there will be no change after your promotion... But the properties owned by Viscountess Sylvia Langdon, which were seized by the church after the Great Smog, including the villa in the West End and several other properties, and the land and properties in East Chester County, will be handed over to her niece Irene Watson in accordance with her designation."

"These lands and properties are currently under public management, waiting for their owners to return to Backlund. If it is inconvenient for you to appear again in this identity, the church can handle it at a discount for you. According to the latest valuation, it is about... 12 pounds."

Wait, aren’t these so-called properties left behind by that fleeing witch Severia to disgust me, her fake niece?

Angel's thoughts were a little confused, but under the temptation of money, he immediately grasped the key point:

Sylvia thought that I would either die in the smog or would not dare to publicly accept this gift as "Eileen", but I am now a member of the Church of Evernight and do not need to worry about this at all. I can accept the 12 pounds of assets to avoid letting others get a bargain!

Thinking of this, she quickly put on a bright smile and asked:

"So, how do I take over this inheritance?"

(End of this chapter)