Part 4 The Undead Chapter 139 – The Council
What had happened? The sudden change made the inexperienced Hazel briefly actually did not know how to react, and froze there for several seconds before pushing open the door to the room and rushing in.
When she arrived next to the charred black rat, the self-proclaimed half-god, half-human being had rolled over onto his back and stood up, speaking in a calm tone:
”You forgot to close the door.”
”Ah ……” Hazel looked confused at first, then realized that in her haste to figure out the situation, she hadn’t closed the door with her hand as she usually did to prevent the maid from peeking inside.
Seeing that the mouse didn’t seem to be a big deal, Hazel pursed her lips, turned her body, and walked back to the door.
In this process, she didn’t forget to glance up in the direction of the full-length mirror, only to see that everything was normal there, without any problems, clearly reflecting the scene inside the room, no more and no less.
At the sound of clicking, Hazel took the initiative to ask:
”Teacher, what exactly happened just now?”
The rat with charred fur turned sideways to her, his gaze cast out the window and said:
”In the world of the occult, wherever supernatural forces are involved, it is fraught with danger and one cannot afford to be careless.
”I just attempted to do a divination, with the help of a mirror, and it drew the gaze of an unknown presence, and after a fierce confrontation, I finally solved the problem without letting the danger spread to the entire neighborhood.”
This rat s words flowed smoothly, without the slightest stutter or interruption, as if the lightning strike just now was just a small matter.
这样啊 …… Why didn’t you warn me about this aspect before …… Hazel frowned with difficulty in containing her frown, vaguely smelling the mingled odor of burnt fur and decomposing grease permeating the air.
Without waiting for her to open her mouth in response, the rat turned toward the balcony, nearly turning his back on her:
”My physical state has gone a bit awry as a result, and it is no longer appropriate for me to remain here, or I will easily be discovered by the Church of Darkness.
”Well, you find a chance to send me to that manor of yours located in the suburbs.”
Looking at the rat’s piece of charred black fur and smelling the roast-like aroma, Hazel was silent for a few seconds, suppressed her doubts and nodded her head:
”Okay.”
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160 Birklund Street.
Sitting in his easy chair, Klein saw the surface of the full-length mirror overflow with watery ripples again, leaping up into a silver aura.
Silver words took shape one after another, forming a sentence:
”Great master, your diminutive servant Aroldus has followed your command and warned the demigod of the ‘stealer’ pathway and given her a small punishment.”
Her? Klein was chewing on the personal pronouns Arodes used when the mirror sparkled and reflected a scene:
Silver-white lightning struck down ferociously, and the gray rat fell down in convulsions.
This is also …… too weak, right? Klein suddenly realized that this demigod’s state was perhaps worse than he thought.
”Are you satisfied with my handling?” The silver lines quickly wriggled into a question.
”Not bad.” Klein nodded gently.
Considering the state of that demigod, he paused for a second and tentatively inquired:
”Why don’t you just kill her?”
Aroldus outlined one silver word after another on the surface of the mirror:
”If you can’t be sure that you can actually kill the demigod target, then it’s best not to let push them to the brink.
”Once they stop repressing and give up on themselves completely, then they will mutate into incomplete and unhinged mythological creatures.
”Often times, they are in the wrong state and have trouble exerting their power just because they are fighting the tendency to lose control.
”I, who am not here in my own body, can only do a small punishment.”
The watery light on the full-length mirror flickered twice as the last line of words came to the fore, and Klein had the haunting feeling that some kind of creature was watching him with bated breath.
Without responding in that regard, he nodded and said:
”That’s all for today, I’ll summon you again if anything comes up.”
”Okay, master~” the mirror instantly reflected a sketchy expression of a waving hand.
Tidying up the room, Klein ended his nap and opened the door to walk out of the master bedroom.
Not long after, the white-gloved butler Walter came to the third floor, entered the semi-open room with a large balcony, and addressed his employer, Dawn Dantes:
”Sir, a letter has arrived from the church side, inviting you to serve as a board member of the ‘Rune Charity Scholarship Fund’, you can choose to serve in it directly, with a not-so-meager salary, or just treat this as an honorary title, only participating in discussions and voting when there are important matters. ”
Church efficiency is very high well, already put up the shelf …… Klein thought about it, think that since it has already donated more than 10,000 pounds, there is no need to receive a salary, do things a little more thorough is better, so he deliberated and opened his mouth:
”As an honorary title, but I hope to occasionally participate in the actual operation of the fund, contributing extra strength to its promotion to help more people.”
”I will convey your thoughts to the church.” Walter responded seriously, “If you have no other questions and nothing else, then it would be best to go witness the official establishment of this fund on Wednesday morning.”
Klein lifted his bone china cup and took a sip of black tea and said:
”Good.”
……
On the “Golden Dream”, Danez stood at the front of the deck, staring melancholically at the undulating azure sea in front of him.
After being prodded yet again by Germaine Sparrow, he felt that he couldn’t delay any longer, or else it might turn into a bounty at some point.
I don t want to fall asleep and become a pile of banknotes …… Being suspected is being suspected! Danez grimaced for a while, gathered his courage, and, passing through the hatch, headed straight for the captain’s cabin.
In the event that he could not find Anderson Hood in a short time, he could only face the “Iceberg Lieutenant General” Edwina Edwards.
Upon arriving at his destination, Danitz took three deep breaths before raising his right hand to knock on the door.
Just then, the voice of the “Iceberg Lieutenant General” came out from inside:
”Come in.”
”……” Danitz stopped his right hand, squeezed out a smile, and opened the door.
He then saw his captain sitting behind his desk, holding a crimson blotting pen and writing something.
”Captain, I have something I’d like to ask you.” Daniz leaned over and bent slightly, smiling.
Edwina put the pen down, tugged at the cuffs of her shirt that had lace knotted into a flower-like bow tie, and glanced at Daniz and said:
”You wanted to ask about West Byron?”
”Huh?” Daniz’s expression became dumbfounded for a moment.
The Captain already knew?
It must have been those assholes and shit like Ironhide and Bucket who told the Captain!
I knew it, there are no secrets to be kept on this ship, not even for the captain!
After a few angry curses in his mind, Danez piled on a smile:
”Yes, you know, I’m very interested in history and geography.”
Edwina’s eyes, clear as spring water, rolled slightly as she looked out the window:
”It’s international politics.”
Not waiting for the hallowed and stiffened Danez to look for another excuse, she said to herself:
”In West Byron, there are cities administered by the Ruins, valleys belonging to Intis, indigenous generals supported by the Ruins, tribes that follow Intis’ commands, and also relatively independent state-level forces with the help of the need to balance the two great powers, who secretly liaise with different factions of the Spirit Order to fight or claim to be descendants of the God of Death, and in addition, the School of Roses and the Forsak Empire in West Byron also have a strong influence, on the surface no power belongs to them, but in reality, many generals and many chiefs are subservient to them.
”Among them ……”
Daniz listened in bewilderment, and suddenly raised his hand with a dry smile:
”Captain, I-I need to take notes.”
Otherwise it’s impossible to remember!
Unperturbed by the interruption, Edwina gestured to the pen and paper on the table:
”It’s a good habit.
”I don’t think Germaine Sparrow wants to get the wrong information either.”
”Huh?” Danitz froze once again.
……
”West Byron is so confusing, even if it’s just a modest warlord, on the surface it’s sometimes hard to tell exactly which power he belongs to and by whom he’s supported …… The Rose School has a strong influence here? That’s a steep rise in danger for me …… “Klein took the letter from Danez from the messenger lady Renette Tynicol, opened it on the spot, and skimmed through it quickly.
It made him feel that he should not go to Sibylang himself, unless he followed Mr. Aztec there.