Secret: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

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Richard rolled up his sleeves and expertly cut off the scales and beheaded a large fish that had just been caught, took out the internal organs, and cleaned the inner cavity. Wrap it in a large piece of tin foil and bake it on a sunken stone table with special sauce and spicy soup. It is also thoughtfully filled with various vegetables and complementary foods.

After a while, the fish was grilled until it was half-cooked, and the pungent and pungent smell spread out in the small backyard of the workhouse. Everyone, without exception, was aroused by this unprecedented southern continent-style delicacy. Even the indifferent and paralyzed Garland was fascinated by the delicious and delicious grilled fish. He stared at the boiling red soup and the pink and white fish meat. His eyes were glued to the grilled fish, and his mouth was still He was organizing his words firmly: "Chief, this, it's not the New Year yet..."

"It's November now. In my house, everyone gathers together to eat grilled fish in winter."

"Ah... (gulps) Do the coastal cities of Fusac have such a tradition? This flavor doesn't seem to be..."

"Using a lot of spices and chilies for seasoning, this is the style of the southern continent, the traditional flavor from the Pas River Valley to the Star Highlands." Richard scooped up a spoonful of soup with a large iron spoon and poured it on the surface of the fish. The sound and bursting fragrance make people uneasy. "Because it is close to the inland, everyone basically eats river fish. Such sea fish can only be eaten a few times a year. This is adjusted according to my taste. You can Taste it.”

"Isn't the leader from Fusac?" A child stood on tiptoes and tried to lie down on the stone platform. He was burned by the hot stones and blew wildly at his fingers. "You are very tall!"

"I'm from the Southern Continent." Richard, who is 1.9cm tall, smiled and held the child's armpits with both hands, lifting him up. "So everyone should eat well, and you can grow as tall as me in the future!"

The children who had been secretly watching behind the adults suddenly cheered and gathered around Richard, chirping and clamoring for Richard to lift them up and spin them around in circles. There were also a few children who took the opportunity to squeeze to the edge of the stone platform, secretly dipped their long chopsticks into the soup and slurped it deliciously for a few times. Then the teachers took away the chopsticks and sent them to be cleaned, and they were patted on the back and back a few times. Shoulders, a few stern lectures.

Richard was also happy to play with the children. After a while of fussing, the fish was cooked, and everyone quickly lined up to share the fish with rice. Garland de took a piece for himself, then came to Richard's side, handed him a cup of Southern Continent-style herbal milk tea, and asked the question he had long wanted to know: "Chief, what's the matter with coming to sea this time? "

"It's true."

Richard took the milk tea, took a sip, and began to heat water in it: "I was entrusted by someone to come to sea to investigate some things."

"Do you need me to arrange an information broker?"

"If you need it, I'll bother you." Richard tasted the sweetness of the milk tea, "It's best to be an intelligence dealer who can contact the captain, because I want to go to sea, but I don't need to be too strong. I don't want to deal with the four kings and seven generals. "

"This... Chief, if you want to go to sea, why don't you contact Her Majesty the Queen? As long as you ask, Her Majesty the Queen will definitely be willing to temporarily lend you the Black Tulip and Ludwell."

"I don't want to trouble Him." Richard shook his head. "He will take this opportunity to ask me for a discount, and the client probably doesn't want to make it public."

Discount is probably the main reason! Garland De Tactics leaned back. Seeing that his leader had been calculating carefully for decades, he was also very pleased and helpless: "I understand, I will contact you as soon as possible."

Richard hummed and didn't say anything. He was fascinated by the scene in the backyard: the aroma of delicious grilled fish was lingering, and the children were holding their own small bowls with fish and brown rice in their hands, playing and eating happily. Be happy. The adults sat and talked in twos and threes, bursting into laughter from time to time. It was almost dusk, the evening breeze was quiet, and the leaves were rustling. This picture is as beautiful as a dream, making people want to indulge in it and never wake up.

"...Put a bowl of rice for me, Garland." Richard said softly, returning an apologetic smile, "I seem to be a little hungry too."

204

Above the gray fog, Klein, who has eliminated all mystical connections, is using divination to confirm Daisy's subsequent safety.

"Daisy can get home safely."

He held the pendulum in his left hand, closed his eyes and recited the sentence silently.

After seven times, Klein opened his eyes and saw that the citrine pendant was rotating counterclockwise, but the amplitude was extremely small and the speed was very slow. This means that there are still some twists and turns in Daisy's journey home, but they are almost negligible... After Klein interpreted the revelation, he put down his last worries.

He then closed his eyes, leaned back and relaxed his body. Tonight's operation was full of surprises, but at least it ended smoothly. All we had to do next was wait for Maria to deliver the reward. The intervention of the Aurora Society, Maria's spying, and the mysterious appearance of giant monster claws in the end, some things are mixed together in a mess, and occasionally contradict themselves.

If Mr. A and Maria are hostile, what is Maria's purpose in taking Mr. A away in the end? There is currently no answer to this, and we can only rely on Mr. A’s subsequent status to judge.

If Maria and Mr. A were collaborators, then the act of attacking Kapin could be understood as a gangster gang involvement involving a cult, which is the easiest answer to get. The key is, in this case, you may not need your own help. Mr. A sneaked into the restaurant alone and showed enough ability to kill Heras alone. Cooperating with Maria who was ambushing in the outer circle, the two of them had a good chance of defeating Kaping's men. If you want to catch them all, there is no need to hire a strange detective to help, which will cost hundreds of pounds more.

Putting aside the entanglement between Maria and Mr. A, the last claw that can directly cause harm to herself is also problematic.

It appeared after Mary prayed. Praying at a fire place is very abnormal, and it was most likely to be summoning or reporting something. But if this claw and the monster behind her were summoned by Maria, then she might not even need Mr. A.

The intricate clues are intertwined, and no matter what Klein thinks, the results are contradictory, so he simply doesn't think about it. Anyway, Sherlock Moriarty only accepted one commission to investigate the Capine Mansion, so why should he care about those messy things in the East District? What's more, the one participating in the battle is the ghost of the "Black Emperor", which has nothing to do with Sherlock!

Just wait for Maria’s generous reward!

So, Klein turned to pay attention to other details.

"Parker is the Sequence 8 'Sheriff', and Katie is the Sequence 7 'Interrogator'... Isn't this the 'Arbitrator' path? This path is in the hands of the royal family, the military, and the relatively small number of noble families in Loen. There, and they have very strict control over the leakage of formulas and extraordinary materials... Could it be that some of the girls Kapin kidnapped will be sent to a noble's manor?

"But they don't have to send four Beyonders to help Kapin just for fun. This is obviously unfair... Heras is much more powerful than Katie. Maybe it's Sequence 6 of this path. After putting on that glove, It may even reach Sequence 5... Could it be that some bloody and evil sacrifices are involved, and the target of the request cannot be exposed?

"In addition to the inside of the kingdom, the Castilla family of Feneport also controls this extraordinary path and has passed it to their army and intelligence system... Another espionage case involving unknown things?"

Klein tried to divine a few of his guesses, but once again obtained failed results. He temporarily put the matter behind him and tapped the edge of the long bronze table, muttering silently to himself:

"As long as there are formulas and corresponding auxiliary materials, these two extraordinary characteristics can make people become the 'sheriff' of Sequence 8 and the 'Interrogator' of Sequence 7 respectively... Miss Magician's friend named Xio, It seems that there is a lack of extraordinary materials for 'sheriff'...

"It's a pity that the incident happened suddenly. I didn't have time to collect the loot, and I didn't leave the tarot cards like Lanerwuss did at that time... I don't know what's going on now, ha, but if I had been a little greedy at the time and didn't leave immediately, I will definitely be caught by that claw... It can actually hurt the spirit body directly. If the remaining negative effects were not eliminated by the gray mist, it is estimated that the owner of that claw can come directly to find me..."

"I don't know what the names of Sequence 6 and Sequence 5 of the 'Arbiter' path are respectively. They use the sense of order and law...'Judge'?"

Klein retracted his thoughts, half-closed his eyes, and carefully examined his condition. He once again had the feeling of spirituality becoming lively, the potion being stirred, and digestion accelerating. This time, he intuitively believed that he had summarized most of the "Magician's Code", and the remaining details might be better, but it didn't matter if they didn't, as they would not affect the progress of digestion too much.

Revealing a round-bellied pen and parchment, Klein wrote as if to strengthen his memory: "Magician's Rules:

“1. Don’t perform without preparation;

"2. Challenge the impossible, even if the final result is just false;"

Klein believes that the above are the two core items of the "Magician's Code". If you grasp them, you will grasp the key. The remaining ones are supplements and improvements to them.

“3. Do more active performances;

“4. Try to get applause from the audience;

"5. Control the target's attention."

…

Putting down the dark red round-belly pen, Klein browsed through it from beginning to end, and judged to himself: "Daily acting combined with three to four active 'performances' is enough for me to digest 'The Magician' before the New Year." Magic potion. If I challenge the impossible 'performance' again in the middle, the progress can be faster... This is almost the speed I hope to achieve."

Today happens to be November 1st, a new beginning. There were still two months to go until January 1, 1350.

After doing all this, Klein rubbed his forehead and prepared to return to the real world. In the cheap hotel in the Backlund Bridge area, he suddenly opened his eyes and saw the candlelight of his summoning ritual.

After quickly taking care of the first and last, Klein put on the thicker workman's jacket he just bought for 4 soles and walked to the window. He picked up the sweet ice tea he bought before, looked at his blurred figure reflected in the window, smiled sincerely, and whispered to himself:

"cheers."

As soon as he finished speaking, he touched the glass with the cup in his hand, then raised his chin and drank it all in one gulp.

Immediately afterwards, he left the hotel leisurely. The gas street lights nearby were all on, and pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages were busy, unaware of the explosion at the junction of Cherwood District and West District. Klein wandered around the "Brave Man" bar, wandered for a while, and knocked on the door of the Extraordinary gathering of Mr. "Eye of Wisdom" at 7:58.

He put on an iron mask and a hooded robe, and acted ordinary, ordinary.

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In the East District, in the best single ward of Charity Hospital.

Mr. A woke up slowly and looked at the unfamiliar ceiling. His memories gradually came back, and then he was so angry that he passed out again.

Maria, who was sitting next to her while she was peeling an apple, was startled. She subconsciously wanted to call Dr. Black, who was still in a trance after being rescued just now. However, she turned around and thought about how trance-like and haggard the doctor was now, so she gave up the idea and continued to be close to each other. Pay close attention to Mr. A.

Ten minutes later, Mr. A woke up again. Before he could recall what happened, Maria quickly shouted: "You're awake!"

"..." Mr. A still remembered some unbearable memories and asked her painfully, "How is the situation? How long have I been in coma?"

"The children have been rescued." Maria breathed a sigh of relief and comforted, "You were seriously injured, but you were only unconscious for more than two hours."

Mr. A's facial features were twisted together, and Maria who was watching could feel his current chaotic and complicated mood, so she decided not to ask what happened in the villa for the time being. But she and Mr. A were not familiar with each other, and it was their first time working together. The atmosphere suddenly became awkward, and neither of them had anything to say.

At this time, a man came to visit Mr. A.

Mr. Z came outside the ward carrying a fruit basket and cake with a meaningful and even happy smile. He still had a band-aid on the bridge of his nose and seemed to be limping when he walked. He knocked on the half-open door of the ward and said hello with a strong face: "Mr. A, I heard that you almost died in an accident during the mission. I quickly took a carriage to see you!"

Maria:……

When Mr. Z walked to the bedside and was about to speak, Mr. A suddenly spoke first: "Which foot did you take first when you entered the door just now?"

Mr. Z was stunned: "Left foot?"

"I won't talk to anyone who walks in with the left foot first, get out!"

Mr. Z was happy, put down the cake and fruit basket, turned around and walked out. Then, under the gaze of two pairs of eyes, he raised his right foot and entered the door first. He came to Mr. A's bedside again. Just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by A again. The gentleman interrupted the speech first: "The one you greeted me with was your left hand just now!"

Maria:…………

"You (cult expletive) are deliberately looking for trouble, aren't you?"

"You and I are both divine envoys of the Aurora Society, how can we deliberately find trouble with you?"

"Just tell me if you are deliberately looking for trouble!" Mr. Z raised his right hand and said hello again, "Are you satisfied?!"

Mr. A frowned: "Are you breathing? Your breathing is too loud, which affects my rest. Get out!"

Maria was really starting to have trouble breathing. She quickly stopped the two wise angels from continuing to quarrel, asked Mr. Z to sit down, and then quickly changed the subject: "You got the news so quickly?"

"No, it's Bishop Rose's special way of communication."

Mr. Z replied calmly: "I was fine before, but suddenly a piece of flesh on my arm began to fall off, and then it turned into the word "help". I am currently renting a house near the East District. I was still wondering who was calling for help when I heard an explosion from the direction of the East District, and then an earthquake. "

"I know that Mr. A accepted your entrustment to help. It turned out to be him, so he came over quickly."

"Are you here to visit me?!" Mr. A's face was ferocious and his facial features were distorted. "You are obviously here to see my jokes! You are here to laugh at me!"

"Why do you accuse people of innocence out of thin air?" Mr. Z retorted. After seeing Maria's kind eyes, he quickly returned to his usual think tank persona and returned to the topic with clear logic, "Besides, when I came here, I found out The location of the Kaping Mansion in the East District has been sealed off. I went over to inquire about the situation, but the guards who guarded it were very strict. I heard that the entire mansion was destroyed, and I realized that something was not right. "

"A, do you have anything to say about this mission?"

Mr. A closed his eyes and looked ugly. After a long silence, he slowly breathed out: "...Judging from the results of the commission, I did not get the road map to Kapin's mansion, and it was not me who destroyed the mansion and killed Kapin. Judging from the process, I I ignored unknown persons due to errors in judgment, which ultimately led to my near-death and the exposure of the Aurora Society's involvement. To sum up, my mission failed and I made a fatal mistake."

"Your injuries are huge, and fortunately, the result is not a failure. Even though you are injured like this, I can't deduct merit from you inhumanely." Mr. Z said very seriously and calmly, "That's why I am still number one this month."

Mr. A was just about to be moved when he heard the last sentence and suddenly lost his breath and fainted again on the spot.

TBC

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some small details

God descended on September 16th, and the current time is November 1st.

I calculated Ourolius's growth rate at twice the speed, half a month as one month, and it's already been three months now.

According to my calculation, I am one month old, and now I am two and a half years old. (disrespectful