The cold-faced earl doesn't want to trigger the plot

Then, under the explanation of the two, Riber understood what was going on.

At the beginning, when Grace was a teacher, she wanted to enhance the memory of the twelve children of the "Scepter Group" she brought.Grace used a game method to let them memorize a hundred different words that didn't have any meaning when connected, and didn't even form any vocabulary.

At the beginning, you only need to recite one hundred in order.As the difficulty increases, Grace needs to say the previous words, and the children need to say the latter words.

"Are the twelve students all different hundred words? In other words, Sister Grace memorized twelve hundred meaningless words in a specific order?"

Liber asked in surprise.

"It's not something to brag about. In my life, the only thing I can be good at is this outstanding memory. And my memory has provided me with a lot of convenience in my past life. So , I also want to teach my students the way I remember things."

Grace said with a smile, and then gently stroked Alice's head a few times.

Ah!

This Alice didn't hide!

Riber, who felt the unfair treatment, thought angrily.

At first he did feel that Grace's behavior was a little suspicious.

After all, this is a magical world.Therefore, it is also possible that the nun, who looks benevolent but actually has ulterior motives, makes ignorant children secretly recite some black magic spells.Judging from the weird pronunciation of those words before, it's really a bit like chanting words when dancing to the gods.

However, if it's really a spell or something, shouldn't there be twelve kinds of spells for twelve children to memorize?

And this obviously would cause vigilance, Grace didn't hide it at all, but deliberately carried it out in front of him, who claimed to be a "guardian".

If it is not bold, then it should be a clear conscience.

Thinking about it carefully, Riber also memorized things like pi when he was a child in his previous life, and he can still recite about [-] digits so far.And these numbers are actually completely meaningless. They are really just training memory skills.

From this point of view, maybe Grace, a master educator, was just born in the wrong world...

If there is still something suspicious, it is that Alice's memory has been trained, but she still can't even remember the way.

In his heart, although he still had certain doubts and vigilance, Riber didn't say much after that.

Not long after, the young nun baked the dessert and brought it up.

I have to say that the craftsmanship of the young nuns is pretty good, but it would be even better if they could have high-grade black tea.

In this way, for some reason, after spending a peaceful tea time in the backyard of the church, and after saying goodbye, the young nun led Riber and Alice to leave the Church of Light丨.

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...

On the way back, looking at Alice in a good mood today, Ribel asked aloud.

"Do you like that Sister Grace very much?"

"Well! Second only to Mom and Dad."

Almost without a moment's hesitation, Alice replied like this.

Ever since, the last layer of vigilance in Riber's heart was also let go.

Of course, just in case, he still asked Sebas to investigate whether the other children of the "Scepter Group" who were Alice's classmates showed any abnormalities.

It's not that Riber is seriously suspicious, or that things about Alice will be paid special attention to.

It was because, in his eyes, Sister Grace was very special and she would shine.

Hu Guang, an important figure in the Church of Scourge, also radiates the light of a supporting role.This shows that this light does not only appear on decent characters.

However, for the time being, Riber's impression of Sister Grace is not bad.

Also, it tends to be that Sister Grace is an important supporting character in Alice-related storylines.

With Sister Grace's body, which is difficult to get up, participating in the more intense story of the Sorrow Witch's line, it is obviously powerless and unable to play a role corresponding to its brilliance.

As for Sister Grace's role in Alice's line, Riber also vaguely speculated.

Ed and Fern, such important characters as Alice's parents, never show even the faintest light.It means that they may have completely exited the story before Alice officially reached the age to become the heroine.

At that time, the helpless Alice may have to be taken care of by Grace, who is both a kind nun and her former mentor.

I really hope that's a wrong guess...

Looking at the carefree Alice beside her who was still eating snacks, Liber thought so in his heart.

In other words, he hoped that even if his speculation was correct, as a traveler, he could wave those butterfly wings and really change something.

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When Riber and Alice went to church.

On the other side, the headquarters of the Knights.

At this time, the interior of the Knights headquarters building was actually in chaos.

The reason is because of Erhard, the leader of the Knights.

In order to stop Erhard who had to go out and "duel like a knight" with the protesting crowd, the members of the Knights went into battle with a total of five people including the deputy head, but they couldn't stop her completely.

Until, a figure walked into the headquarters.

Looking at the "girl" dressed in a maid's outfit, who was still unimpeded and unobstructed in the closed and first-level knight headquarters.

For a while, Erhard was also stunned.

Book II: Chapter [-], The Earl's Employees

Headquarters of the Knights, the Commander's Office.

The leader of the Greenwater Knights who had calmed down, Erhard Green, sat behind the desk, sometimes looking at Chris on the opposite side, and sometimes flipping through the relevant materials handed over by the previous secretary.

"Temporary advisor to the Third Guard..."

Repeating Chris's title in the knight order, Erhard hesitated to speak.

The consultants of the knight order themselves will not issue uniforms or require them to wear uniforms, let alone temporary ones.

But, is this the reason why the person opposite is wearing a maid outfit?

Although, Erhard, who led the three guards of the Knights stationed around the maze due to the changes in the maze during this period, has also seen many strange adventurers.But undoubtedly, even among the ranks of those adventurers, Chris is still considered the best.

After focusing more on the materials in his hand, Erhard turned one page, one page, and another.Then, with a surprised expression on his face,

"The actual performance in this document seems to be about the same length as when Mark retired last year. Consultant Eisenspear, you should have only been in the Knights for about a month, right?"

"Miss, Mr. Mark's performance is nine more than Eisenspear's consultant."

Erhard's secretary replied sternly.

"Oh? In almost 30 years, nine more? I am also deeply proud to have such an excellent subordinate."

Erhard said, with a smile that was not a smile, and glanced at the desk.

In fact, besides Chris, Erhard, and the secretary, there is a fourth person in the head office.It was the deputy head who had attended the Riber commendation banquet.

Greeting Erhard's mocking gaze, the vice-captain who was the vice-captain of the Greenwater Knights in the year that almost caught up with Erhard's age, just wiped his sweat with a handkerchief with a sneer.

"Anyway, meeting for the first time, consultant Eisenspear."

Erhard put down the documents and faced Chris head-on,

"Although, the matter of hiring you as a temporary consultant did not go through my hands. However, I have heard about your deeds. As for me, I am also very happy to see that the Knights can get a job like yours. Help from such a fine man."

Erhard, who maintained a straight sitting posture, did not hold any prejudice against Chris because of his current attire that was full of complaints, and said seriously and seriously.

"However, unless you officially become a member of the Knights and pass the review. Otherwise, the Knights will no longer open the file room for displaying any materials to you in the future, and will not provide you with some top secrets in the case News. I also hope that you can understand."

Erhard said firmly.

The reason why she is now talking to Chris in the head room is because she is interested in Chris.But more, because when Chris came to the headquarters of the Knights before, he seemed not interested in everything including her, and just walked straight to the case showroom.

In the past, Erhard actually turned a blind eye.The inexplicable looseness of the headquarters of the Knights Order, as well as the scatter of many rules, even though the previous leader's connivance included it, it is difficult to get rid of her relationship with the current leader.

But, now is really a special time.

"I see. It seems that Captain Erhard also noticed that there might be a problem within the Knights. However, including me as a suspect shows that the Knights have no clue at the moment. And the leader did not." Asking me to completely draw a line with the Knights, and not requiring me to join the Knights for review, shows that the leader still prefers that I am not an internal moth, and hopes that I can officially join the Knights."

Chris replied with a smile on his face.

And Erhard was stunned for a while, and then turned his questioning gaze to the deputy head, as if asking, "Does this person usually talk like this?"

As for the deputy head, he continued to wipe off his sweat and said, "This person is usually under the care of the third security team, and has nothing to do with me."

"I am very grateful for the leader's invitation, but it is a pity that I cannot join the Knights. Even, I came to the Knights today with one purpose to resign as a temporary advisor. Because, whether it was a few days ago or After that, I probably won't have time to stay in the Knight Order."

"That is indeed a regrettable thing. However, if Advisor Eisenspear changes his mind in the future, the Knights will always welcome you to join."

"Thank you very much. Now, I am no longer a temporary consultant of the Knights, but an employee of Mr. Riber."

"Monsieur Riber?"

Erhard looked at her secretary suspiciously, but the secretary pushed back his glasses and replied, "It's Count Campret."

"Oh? What do you mean? Do you feel that you have a more reliable background? Mr. Eisenspear."

Leaning forward slightly, Erhard put his arms on the table and narrowed his eyes slightly to look at Chris.

The smile on Chris's face froze immediately, and a little sweat appeared on his forehead.

In Chris' field of vision, Erhard seemed to suddenly grow bigger. At this moment, he felt like a beast that could explode and hurt people at any time.

Chris, who remembered all kinds of bad rumors about the leader, waved his hands one after another,

"No, it's not this kind of Captain Erhard. I mentioned Mr. Riber, not for the purpose of deterrence. But as a former temporary adviser of the Knights, I want to promote the formal relationship between the Knights and Mr. Riber. cooperate."

"Cooperation?"

"Yes, Mr. Riber has been investigating the 'Dismemberer'. Now, Mr. Riber's friend, Knight Dirk was attacked by the 'Dismemberer' and died..."

"Is there such a thing? Dirk and Earl Campret are friends?"

Erhard looked at the secretary and the deputy head with a surprised expression.

The secretary pressed his hand on the frame of the glasses noncommittally, but the deputy head, who had only been wiping his sweat, remembered that young man with a loud voice, Dirk, who had been talking about "Lord Earl" all this time, and seemed to be He did have an intersection with Riber, so he nodded quickly.

"so..."

With surprise eyes, Erhard continued to stare at Chris.

"In any case, to catch these criminals, the information, intelligence and manpower of the Knights are indispensable. And the Knights probably don't want to be condemned by an earl at this time..."

"Ok?"

Erhard glared at Chris again.

"In short, in short, the cooperation between the Knights and Mr. Riber is beneficial to both parties. Moreover, in order to show sincerity, just before arriving at the Knights, Mr. Riber planned to pass me in the carriage and offer a gift to the Knights. A gift."

Speaking of which, Chris, who had become a little cowering because of Erhard's coercion for a while, showed the smile that everything was under control again on his face.

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...

Not long after, Erhard stood on the high platform used for inspection in the Knights' station, and all the members of the Knights gathered in the square below.

Beside Erhard, the deputy captain tried hard to persuade.

"Captain! Really, really need to think about it again! If... if there are no fugitives, the Knights, the Knights really..."

"Really what? Regardless of whether there are fugitives among the captured people, can the situation of the Knights be worse than it is now?"

Erhard frowned questioningly.

Although the deputy head shrank his neck, he kept talking,

"But...but even the Earl said, only [-]%..."

"What fifty percent? It's clearly ten percent!"

Erhard said, recalling what Chris said not long ago.

Erhard half-understood most of what Chris said, but in short, she understood that the Earl believed that there was a [-]% probability that the fugitive was among the crowd protesting at the gate of the Knights headquarters.

The fugitive died at the gate of the Knights?

At first, Erhard thought it was ridiculous.Especially when I heard that Riber just glanced at the crowd and flipped through the fugitive's information before reaching such a conclusion.

However, what Chris said afterwards convinced her.