Thanks for the invitation. I am a parasite in Terra.

crunch————

The wooden door was pushed open, making an unpleasant sound.

"Left room?"

Laurentina looked at Zuo Jian with some confusion, as if she didn't understand why he suddenly did such an... impolite behavior. Logically, he was not that kind of person.

"There's no one in the house anymore."

Zuo Jian spoke and at the same time synchronized his senses to Laurentina, answering her doubts.

It's not just the house in front of us, but scattered around, almost every few houses, there is an empty building with no sign of any living person.

But judging from their external structure, they are not uninhabited... at least not for a long time.

"There used to be a door lock here."

He squatted down and reached out to touch the slot on the door that was originally used for the lock. There were still some traces of rust around it.

"The family took the lock with them before they left."

“Why do you need a lock?”

Skadi seemed a little confused and asked

"Maybe, it's for the next house..."

Or maybe it's just to commemorate that this family once had a warm home of their own.

"Where are they going?" Laurentina asked unconsciously, looking at the figure in front of her from the left.

"have no idea........."

Perhaps it doesn't matter where they go, as long as they are still in Victoria, their identity as Tara people will only make them discriminated against.

But in this way, they still held out a glimmer of hope. They thought that instead of welcoming the unknown new earl, it would be better for them to leave and find a new residence.

Compared to the former, at least the latter can be considered to be holding one's destiny in one's own hands—is it really in one's own hands?

Perhaps leaving Victoria would allow him to start a new life, but he knew the situation in the wilderness. For a family like this, could they really afford to carry a land vehicle and other equipment? If they walked in the wilderness... the dead Sarkaz skeletons he had seen on the roadside once again appeared before his eyes.

What's more, without professional detection equipment, they might unknowingly enter an easily infected area filled with Originium dust.

Perhaps destiny has never been in the hands of most people.

"Let's go, Laurentina, we have to hurry."

"coming."

The three continued walking towards the Earl's mansion not far away.

Soon, with their unceasing footsteps, the entire picture of the mansion soon appeared before their eyes.

At the same time, an old man who looked relatively energetic was standing at the door in a suit that didn't fit him well, and seemed to be waiting for someone anxiously.

When he saw the people in the left room, he hurried forward, bowed and asked.

"You...you are."

"Dragon Blood Lord, or Dragon Blood Count? How did the people above inform you?"

“You…you…”

Zuo Jian looked at the trembling old man and seemed to realize that his words were a little too hasty.

After pondering for a moment, he adjusted his tone and posture, then patted the old man on the shoulder.

But this action obviously scared the other party.

"Master...Master?"

"I am a friend of the Earl of Warwick, old sir. Don't be so nervous. I know a lot about the Earl."

"A friend of Master Warwick's?"

Seeing the confusion in the old man's eyes, Zuo Jian pretended to grope from his waist, but actually used blood to mimic a piece of letter paper with content on it.

"Here is the letter he left for me, old sir. Take a look."

"letter?"

The old man took the letter with some surprise, then opened it and read its contents.

"The Earl told me a long time ago that his action would likely lead to revenge from some people who extremely hate the Tara people, but he is not afraid of death. The only thing he is worried about is his daughter... and all the Tara people in the territory."

"He even had a premonition that he might die in the future, so he asked me to inherit these things that he couldn't let go of after he died."

Zuo Jian patted the old man's shoulder again.

"If I'm not mistaken, you are the old butler that Warwick often mentioned?"

"Ah... yes... yes... Master... On the day Master Warwick got into trouble, I was out helping him buy supplies. He was worried that the original supplies would not be enough for everyone..."

"I know, butler, so I am very proud to have such an outstanding friend like Warwick. I am sincerely proud of it, so I must take on the trust he has placed in me."

Zuo Jian patted the butler's shoulder again and spoke.

"So, could you please find a way to inform the people in the territory? Just tell them that the new earl is a friend entrusted by Warwick himself."

"I, I understand, Master..."

"Go."

Zuo Jian smiled and watched the old man leave, clutching his letter tightly.

"When did you meet the Count of Vaucher?"

Laurentina asked softly from behind him.

"Never met him. In fact, when I first saw him, he was just a dead body that hadn't completely cooled down yet."

After hearing this, the former almost subconsciously asked, "So what did you say..."

However, after she finished speaking, Laurentina saw an anxious old man in the distance. The letter in his hand was so eye-catching at this moment.

"Really...yes...this is the Zuo Jian I know~"

She smiled and threw herself on Zuo Jian's back, making the latter almost lose his balance.

"Hey...what are you doing all of a sudden..."

Chapter 8: Concern from the Left

"So now, what are you going to do?"

Laurentina let go of her hand and stood beside Zuo Jian, becoming curious about his next plan.

"Next, I want to...find a way to salvage some of the things that were caused by my lateness...that may not have turned into a tragedy yet."

After Zuo Jian finished speaking, he called the two of them to open the door of the Earl's Mansion.

The heavy iron door slowly opened under his push, allowing the three of them to step into the mansion.

Compared to Wellington's Duke's Palace, Warwick's residence as an earl seemed almost shabby.

This is also consistent with Zuo Jian’s initial speculation about Warwick.

"Come in."

Since he had been here once, Zuo Jian stepped onto the stairs and turned the door open with exceptional smoothness.

Laurentina glanced at Skadi beside her.

The latter was staring in amazement at the mansion which was much larger than the one in Londinium, and was even unable to speak for a moment.

"Shark....Here is..."

"Our new base for the next period of time."

Laurentina held Skadi's hand and followed behind Zuo Jian.

Sure enough, she knew that Skadi would not have any resistance as Zuo Jian thought. After all, he believed that it would be inevitable that there would be some discomfort in moving from the big city of Londinium to this somewhat remote territory.

It stands to reason that normal people should do this as well.

But...they are both Agors.

In fact, for Laurentina and Skadi, there is essentially no big difference between Lontinium, the Duchy of Wellington, and the land under their feet.

In their perception, these places are essentially remote and backward...

In their eyes, there was really not much difference between the territories of Londinium and Warwick; they were just a slightly larger backward area and a slightly smaller backward area.

In fact, the place they lived in Londinium was not even bigger than this one.

"That shark...here...here..."

Skadi looked around curiously, then spoke to Laurentina nervously.

"What? Are you feeling unwell?"

She was a little surprised. She didn't expect Skadi to

Not as indifferent to the surroundings as she thought? !

In her eyes, theoretically, this place should be no different from Londinium, right?

"No...I want to know...um...is there a flush toilet here?"

"?"

"?"

For a moment, Laurentina seemed to feel that Zuo Jian, who was walking in front of her, could not help but stumble and almost fell.

".....I think so...So you care about this..."

Laurentina held her forehead, she couldn't believe that her compatriot would say something so shocking... No, she was Skadi, the Skadi who had carried out many missions with that guy Ulpian.

It seems a lot more reasonable when you think about it this way.

"Because...Because..."

Fortunately, Skadi knew that the question she was talking about was a bit... difficult to talk about, so she seemed to be hesitant, while lowering her head and poking her fingertips at each other.

"Before, when I was in the wild...it was very uncomfortable, so I still want to ask..."

"Out in the wild? Oh, that's right—"

Laurentina was stunned, realizing that what Skadi said did seem to make sense, but she just didn't realize it... After Zuo Jian merged with herself, her body was basically free from those... conventional physiological needs, so it was reasonable for her to subconsciously ignore these when thinking about problems.

"If nothing goes wrong, the basic living facilities here should be complete, or you can go find an empty room that meets your needs now."

Zuo Jian turned around and obviously noticed Skadi's concern.

"It's just that there are two rooms here that should have been lived in. If there really is nothing that meets your requirements... I will find someone to install some basic living facilities."

"Hey, alright, I'll go check out the surrounding rooms with Orca first, what about you?"

"I'm going to take a look at the surroundings and take care of some things."

"Um......"

Laurentina nodded, and when she was about to take Skadi's hand, she turned back and called Zuo Jian.

“Um….Zajian! Is your consciousness…really okay?”

"Of course it's no problem. Don't worry. It was just an accident. How could anything happen to me?"

As if to comfort Laurentina, Zuo Jian spoke and responded with a smile.

Then, as if she had received a satisfactory answer, Laurentina finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then took Skadi's hand and walked gradually into the depths of the house.

Zuo Jian watched the two of them leave, then turned around and walked to a half-open door following the steps he remembered taking.

He stood outside, thought for a moment, and then opened the door.

The interior of the study was clearly visible to him, but his sight always stayed on the floor in the center of his eyes.

"Has the body been removed?"

Looking around, Zuo Jian slightly improved his sense of smell. At this moment, he found that the smell of blood in the air had become extremely faint, and the dark red bloodstains on the floor were almost impossible to observe with the naked eye.

"It seems that Victoria has sent official personnel to investigate Warwick's death."

He squatted down and slowly stroked the floor.

However, it is obvious that the death of a duke cannot be said to be not serious, but the current situation is obviously hastily decided by those "official people".