Dominate the Treacherous Realm

　　 "This is good, but you should also pay attention to rest. This is your gift for the end of the year."

　　 This gift was supposed to be given last night and then opened this morning, but His Majesty the Kingdom is so busy that it is understandable to occasionally forget unfavored children.

"Thank you."

　　 She took the gift box with the ribbon from the guard on the side, and returned the gift gracefully.

　　 Brian Stuart was very satisfied with this brief conversation. He took a look at the study and planned to leave. He was really tired. But his eyes stopped on the desk beside him, and Julia's pupils who stood beside him shrank.

　　 "This is, your great grandfather?"

　　 He picked up the piece of paper that Jenkins left half a month ago. They talked about it tonight. Julia thought he had put it away.

"Yes it is!"

　　 Dolores reacted extremely quickly.

　　 "I found an old photo in the library, but unfortunately it faded quickly when exposed to the air. I can only ask someone to transfer the content of the photo to paper. I heard that this is a new technology."

　　 Her luck is very good. The middle-aged person doesn't care about the so-called new technology. He is attracted by the person in the photo.

　　 "Indeed, this is indeed my grandfather. I didn't expect that you could still find his photo, maybe it was caught in a book by mistake before it appeared in the library."

　　 This kind of thing has happened before, so it's also explained.

　　 "Can you give it to me? I think maybe it can be framed and hung beside the clock in the side hall. We have been missing the portrait of your great-grandfather."

"of course can."

　　Dolores said sweetly, and then carefully walked to her father's side, "Then, who is this gentleman? I think the person who can take pictures with great-grandfather should also be a famous noble in the kingdom."

　　 Today is in a good mood, the overworked king actually smiled and patted his daughter on the shoulder:

"No, you guessed wrong. This gentleman has taken more than one photo with your great-grandfather. I have heard of him. This is a very wise sage. He is still in the great Encido Stuart. As the crown prince, he directed his politics and history courses."

　　 "Is this great-grandfather's teacher?"

　　 She is thinking about her own generation and Mr. Williams.

"No, this gentleman never allowed your great-grandfather to call his teacher. He only taught him some knowledge temporarily. Oh, Dolores, if you are interested in this gentleman, maybe you can read your great-grandfather's Diary, I can allow you to read part of it, and there will probably be some more detailed content in it."

　　 (Chocolate is running...)

　　 It's a pity that the flower girl's fertilizer didn't let the fantasy flower bloom directly as Jenkins expected. When the flower was poured into a flower pot at Alexia's residence, the flower just skipped the troublesome third growth stage. To make it bloom, a huge amount of soul is needed, which makes Jenkins feel very disappointed.

　　 With such a bad mood, he bid farewell to Alexia and returned to Nolan’s church. He was going to fall asleep, but he caught a glimpse of the gift in the corner, and he planned to take it apart and take a look.

　　According to the custom, gifts at the end of the year should be opened in the early morning of the first day of the new year, but Jenkin is already very busy on this day, and fortunately no one asked him about gifts.

　　He moved all the neatly wrapped boxes with ribbons to the bed, and then cross-legged to take a look at what his friends gave away.

　　 "Don't move!"

　　 Seeing chocolate eager to try, Jenkins immediately warned the cat, who made a "meow~" sound, and turned around and twitched his wrist with his tail.

　　 Each gift box has the name of the giver. Jenkins first unwrapped the gifts from Father, Professor Burns, and Bishop Parrod, because what they gave was probably all well-regulated items. Sure enough, inside were a brand new close-fitting dagger, a beautiful glass frame, and a yellowed letter.

Chapter 642

"what is this?"

　　 Jenkins opened the yellowed letter while talking. After a glance, I realized that this was the admission letter of the bishop when he was young. The literacy rate and the number of universities in that era were far from comparable to those of today. Being able to enter a university almost represented opening the way to the upper class.

　　 Of course, the bishop’s family background also helped a lot.

　　 "Is this encouraging me to continue studying?"

　　 He didn't quite understand what this meant, so he put the letter paper back into the envelope, and then retracted it into the depths of the desk.

The knife given by the old man is more decorative than practical, and the photo frame given by the professor is very practical. Unfortunately, after Jenkins became Jenkins, he has never taken any photos specially-newspapers and Alexia’s Unicorn photos do not count.

　　 "How about taking a photo with me? Anyway, I have time recently?"

　　 He asked his cat, and the chocolate sniffed the other boxes.

　　 It's a pity that people usually don't have the habit of giving food as a gift, so the cat's desire can only be lost. But many of these gifts also surprise Jenkins. For example, Alexia gave him a palm-sized dark blue glass ball with dots of light inside.

　　 This is an ornament made with extraordinary abilities. In total darkness, holding this ball is like holding a galaxy.

　　 Matching with the ball is a pure gold ornament like the crown given by Miss Stuart. It happens to be able to put the ball on the top of the crown. The two look complement each other.

"really not bad."

　　 He closed the curtains, extinguished the gas lamp and exclaimed, then turned his head and was startled by the glowing cat.

　　The family gave some daily necessities, Miss Audrey gave a book, and Miss Bevanna’s gift was also a book. It's just that the former is a banned book "Evil Abyss: Exploring the Ancient Divination" that has been marked as not being able to spread freely, and the latter is a collection of poems that Jenkins never likes to read.

　　Miss Bevanna probably thought that Jenkins lacked anything, so she would give such a thing

　　 Hathaway's gift was wrapped in dark colored paper, and it felt heavy to hold. Opening the outer package, what was inside was a brass-colored cat statue.

　　 "Meow~"

　　 Chocolate stretched out his paw to pull the statue out of Jenkins's hand, but Jenkins easily avoided it.

　　 "Does she think I like cats so much?"

　　 Jenkins couldn't help but laughed, seeing that the chocolate was still eager to try, so he put the thing back into the box and dealt with it when he had time.

　　Ms. Mihaier gave Jenkins a long brown scarf. This scarf must use animal hair instead of artificial wool, otherwise it would not be so smooth. He put the scarf on the chocolate, and then wrapped it firmly in the scarf while it was not paying attention.

　　 The cat made a miserable cry, and the bluffing Jenkins immediately released it. But it immediately returned to normal and jumped onto the bedside table aside, and stretched out its paw at Jenkins to grab it.

　　 Friends I met in the church and many readers who didn’t know also sent gifts. The latter was sent by the bookseller in a carriage this morning, and it filled the corner of Jenkins's room.

　　 "A day like this is a peaceful life."

　　 lay on his back on the bed and sighed. The cat who finally found a chance for revenge immediately rushed forward.

　　 Peaceful days did not last long. In fact, there was not even one night. Jenkins, who had just fallen asleep on Wednesday night, was awakened by the violent earthquake.

　　 "Chocolate run!"

　　 He felt that he had said it before, but this time it was a real earthquake. He picked up his cat, and pulled the coat off the hanger as he passed the door, and then rushed out of the door.

　　 The solidity of the church building is trustworthy. Even if the aftershocks continued, no building collapsed. And the "monster drilled out of the ground" that Jenkins was worried about did not appear either. This seems to be just an ordinary geological movement.

　　 I heard priests and priests talking about the earthquake at night when I was eating the next morning. Although this is not common in the city, the occasional earthquake may not seem to be a big problem.

　　 After breakfast, Mr. Brow, the bookseller, met Jenkins in the church.

　　 He once assured Jenkins in December that the first printed products of "Frozen" would appear in bookstores at the end of the year. It is a pity that this has not been achieved, but this is entirely due to an accident, not because of being indifferent to this matter.

　　 "I'm really sorry, I didn't expect the factory area to be completely closed due to rectification. You know, the Kingdom's Air Protection Act..."

　　 He explained while wiping sweat.

　　 The factories selected by Mr. Bro happened to be the ones occupied by the evil **** sons. It is true that he cannot be blamed for this incident, and the **** sons who can be blamed have also disappeared.

　　 "I promise that after the factory resumes operations, they will be urged to rush to work as soon as possible. I'm really sorry, sorry."

　　His attitude is very low, perhaps because Bishop Parode happened to be listening when the two were talking.

　　 After this, Jenkins, who was about to go to the club for an appointment, met the worried Captain Bincy. The two met at the corner of the corridor and almost met.

　　 "Sorry."

　　 The paper in Captain Bincy's hand fell, and Jenkins immediately bent down to help him pick it up. In this process, I inevitably saw the words on the paper, which was a report of the discovery of a child's body.

"It's not a big deal. This winter, the number of pedestrian falling into the water caused by the collapse of the river ice is three times higher than in the past. The body of one of the children who fell into the water was found in the open sea, and there are obvious signs of being bitten by human teeth. We are worried that weird things may have entered the river in the urban area, and we are trying to investigate."

　　 He explained in a hurry, then took the paper and walked away. Jenkins frowned and froze for a while, then took his cat and continued to walk out.

　　 Daddy sent a letter from Bel Dylan this morning, he has reached the destination smoothly, and told Jenkins not to worry. He thinks that he can handle the business there and return to Nolan within a week, so Jenkins should not forget to clean up the antique shop every two days and hang the wooden sign that is closed at the door of the store.

　　 Therefore, Jenkins detoured to Fifth Queens Avenue before going to the club. He had the spare key of the antique shop in his hand. He stood under the rain and opened the lock. As soon as he opened the door, the chocolate slipped in through the crack of the door. When Jenkins was looking for the wooden sign behind the door, he had jumped onto the counter. And lay down.

Chapter 643 Chapter 631 The Woman Who Visited Dad

　　 Jenkins fully believes that his cat understands that it won’t be a long time at the antique shop today. The reason why it lies on the counter is just that it doesn't want to exercise, so before Jenkins lets it do things, he must first find a good position to lie down.

　　Because the fireplace in the shop is not lit, it seems to be colder indoors than outside the bustling door. Considering that he was leaving soon, Jenkins did not waste charcoal. He rolled up his sleeves to get a basin of water, and then moistened the rag to clean up the window first, but he didn't expect the store door to be opened.

　　 Entering the door is a tall woman with a black veil and a white round hat. The upper body is a mud-yellow uniform similar to a man's formal wear, and underneath is a skirt with a skirt that almost drags the floor. There is no decoration on the skirt and the style is very simple.

　　 "Sorry, ma'am, we are closed today."

　　 He put down the things in his hands and said embarrassedly. The closed sign was hung on the door handle just now, and this guest probably didn't see it.

　　 "No, I'm not here to buy things, I'm looking for Mr. Oliver."

　　 Only those who are familiar with it will use the name "Oliver Daddy", except for that, they usually only say "Mr. Oliver".

　　 "Oh, hello. Dad has gone to Beldiran for something, and it will take about a week to come back. If you are in a hurry, you can tell me that I am his apprentice Jenkins Williams and I can send him a letter.

　　 blinked while talking. In front of him is an ordinary person...

　　 "My eyes only miss the god, but the **** in front of me will definitely not be a god. I don't feel strange to her at all."

　　 He summarized his past negligence after the incident that night, but he did not think that his eyes were limited, but that it was because his level was too low, so he could not see the truest inner.

　　 "Williamt?"

　　 She should have heard of Jenkins's name, but Jenkins could not observe her expression because of wearing a veil.

　　 "If it is convenient, please notify him when he comes back. I will take back the item agreed ten years ago. Please prepare it in advance. I will come again next week."

"Ok."

　　 Jenkins nodded hesitantly, but the woman didn't say a word, turned and left.

"Strange."

　　 While muttering, he wrote the incident on it, and hung it on the nail behind the counter.

　　 "It's not father's love debt, right?"

　　 He slandered like a joke, and he could fully imagine how irritable the old man would be when he heard this sentence.

　　 The script for "Murder on the Steam Train" was written a year ago. In fact, the amount of text is very small, but it is a little troublesome to accompany the collaboration song. Those manuscripts have been sent by Jenkins to the opera troupe, and the rest is that Hathaway will compose the music, and the opera troupe can put it on the stage after running in for a period of time.

　　Hathaway is very excited about this. Although she loves music, she has never had the opportunity to play in public or put her work on stage. This is an excellent exercise for her, the excitement even Jenkins can see.

　　 Jenkins knows very little about music, and Miss Mikhail can't help much either. So most of this day, it was the two of them chatting, and Hathaway was humming and creating while away from them.

　　 "My father worked in a mining company. He knew very well about the mines near Nolan, so I immediately determined that Miss Fabry's investment was a big problem."

　　The hottest topic now is that amazing scam. Whether they know the details or not, people are willing to express some of their opinions to show that they are not lagging behind the trend.

"Miss Mikhail, I think you should understand that I am a very cautious person. During a certain period of time, I have frequently heard about this incident from different channels, and I understand that there must be a problem. Although the matter is The source is in the distant Eldron, but a little investigation will reveal that the background rhetoric about'Miss Fabry' is very confusing. This is the biggest doubt."

　　 "So you think this is a scam?"

　　 Miss Mihaier asked.

"This is not a very difficult thing. As long as you control your own greed, you can figure it out. I think there are also smart people among those investors, and even a small part of them already understand the truth of this matter. They just believe in themselves. Before Miss Fabry’s face is revealed, they can make a profit enough to offset the principal, and the life and death of the remaining people is beyond their concern."

　　 "But not everyone can stay awake like you."

　　 This is a small compliment from a woman.

"You flatter me."

　　 Jenkins shook his head. He knew that the above was all nonsense. Except for the last accident, this matter was not out of his control from beginning to end.

　　 The influence of the Fabry scam continues to ferment, and most people of insight can see a terrifying and efficient virtual weapon from this incident. It is said that the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom has convened an emergency meeting, and Travellers Bank is also discussing reform activities in the near future.

　　The only profit-making party in this matter is Travellers Bank. In the past six months, because of Miss Fabry’s matter, they have obtained a large number of real-name customers. After the scam was exposed, more civilians learned about this financial institution. Although there are certain custody fees, many people are considering whether they should have their own accounts in the bank.

　　 "Now is the best opportunity for the bank to change, and the means of change is to cancel the account custody fee, and then pay a certain amount of interest to the depositor."

"Ok?"

　　Ms. Mihaier did not understand the logic of Jenkins's words at all. In her opinion, this is a crazy behavior, just as crazy as the guard at the door pays money to his master.

　　 The only person who understands this sentence is Alexia. Last night, Jenkins only made a few words, and she saw the huge potential of the banking industry.

　　 After the open class on December 31, Jenkins also received other lecture invitations. There are both literature and finance, and it's not limited to Nolan City. But these were all rejected by him, not only because of the money, but also because he didn't want to be so high-profile.

　　Ms. Mihaier invited the winter trip to leave on Wednesday next week, which is the ninth day of January. Dad should be back before this, and Jenkins has to arrange his own affairs. The death of the Cthulhu God Son means that the blockade of St. George’s Street is about to be lifted. Not only will he find someone to clean his house, but he will also move back home many things that exist in antique shops and churches. This will be a very troublesome thing. .