Struggle in the Steam Age

Because St. Gutenberg Cathedral is not far from Linden Street, the carriage stopped at the entrance of the office less than ten minutes after getting on the bus. After getting off the car, Safiel walked up the steps in front of the office and knocked on the door. Soon the door opened, and it was Fatina who opened the door for them in a home dress.

"Ha, Safir, you're back." Fatina greeted Safir with a smile after seeing Safir who came to the front, and then she saw Lawrence who was following behind. "Lawrence came back together?"

"Yeah, I'm sure I'll be back after the game." Lawrence said and hung his coat on the hanger, and then they walked together to the drawing room and tea room on the first floor.

"Can you tell me what you encountered in this competition?" After brewing two cups of green tea, Safiel looked at Lawrence and asked with his hands on his face, "I went to St. Gutenberg Cathedral to inquire about it yesterday. Then the young priest named Peter told me that you made a big splash in the competition this time."

"Peter is my friend, so he must have been bragging when he talked about me." Lawrence said with a smile after taking a sip of the slightly bitter tea. "Of course, there are indeed some thrills in this competition. For example, a certain kobold leader and the remnant dragon behind him created a conspiracy that was beyond everyone's expectations—"

For the next half hour, the three of them shared stories of adventure over slightly bitter tea and a plate of freshly baked butter cookies, although Lawrence had always felt that oriental-style green tea would go well with them. It's kind of weird to eat with a creamy dessert.

In the narration, Lawrence only hid the last part where the dragon's remnant soul was completely controlled by the phantom of Bai Ze in his mind, while other things were described truthfully. The thrill and excitement caused the two ladies to let out small exclamations from time to time.

After the narration of the whole game process ended, the two ladies were still in a trance for a while before recovering. Although both of them are extraordinary, they have never experienced such a fierce battle before. So for them, what Lawrence said did come as a shock to them.

"This is simply too handsome." Safiel praised Lawrence after recovering. "At least I don't think I can be so perfect in that situation."

"It's really nothing." Lawrence smiled and shook his hands seeing the admiration in the eyes of the two ladies. "After all, there is a lot of luck in all of this."

His words were not just for the two ladies, but also a reminder for Lawrence himself. Relying on luck can sometimes give me unexpected gains, but luck is only temporary, and it will not bless a certain person forever. To truly take the initiative, strength is the most basic.

For example, if Lawrence hadn't been upgraded to an official-level warlock after entering the astral plane this time, the phantom of Bai Ze in his mind might not be able to withstand the mental shock of the professional-level kobold leader. Not to mention defeating the kobold leader head-on in the battle afterwards.

From another perspective, if Lawrence and the kobold leader are also professional-level transcendents this time. Then when he faced the kobold leader head-on, he would be able to defeat the inexperienced guy who was trapped in the astral plane, and he would not need to take risks to win reluctantly in the end.

After reflecting for a few seconds, Lawrence raised his teacup and took a sip of tea, then changed the subject and asked Safir. "On the way here, I heard from you that our office has encountered a difficult matter, but you only said half of it just now. Can you tell me the specific situation now?"

"Of course." Safir said. "Didn't I tell you before that we went to investigate a high society party and found nothing related to the extraordinary, but that time we thoroughly hammered the fact that Mrs. Bass was cheating. After returning, We handed over to Mr. Bass the stone that recorded the part of the meeting about Mrs. Bass."

"Of course, before handing over the photo stone, we will naturally remember to blur other people's images." Fatina added. "After all, we have a bottom line and will not invade other people's privacy."

"Mr. Bass looked very excited after he got the photo stone—" Safir was suddenly interrupted by Lawrence just as he said this. "Excited? I was so excited after seeing my wife cheating on me. Is this Mr. Bass out of his mind?"

"We thought so too at the time." Safiel shrugged and said, "Because his reaction was obviously different from normal people, Fatina thought he was going crazy after being stimulated."

"But later we learned that this Mr. Bath and his wife have never had children, and he has a seven-year-old son with an outside lover, so he has long wanted to divorce his wife for the sake of heirs. But once divorced he It is necessary to distribute a large sum of money to his wife, and he has always hoped to find out the fault of his wife and pay less or even no divorce fee."

"Because of this, we have always suspected that his wife's cheating was related to him. It's just that we don't have any evidence." Sai Feier showed a look of disdain at this point. "Then the next day, he brought his lover and his son to us and said that he wanted to pay us the reward for completing the commission."

"Although we really don't like this kind of scumbag, there's no need for us to have trouble with money." Fatina spread her hands at this point. "Especially the money he promised before is too much, so we can't refuse at all."

"After they arrived, we naturally invited them to this living room to entertain them with tea and snacks. It should be said that everyone chatted happily during the whole process. So when he was about to leave, in addition to the previously agreed money, we also agreed Give us some extra money."

"But at this time, I messed up the matter because of my words." Fatina said with a look of frustration, but when Safiel heard what she said, he immediately leaned over and gently stroked her back to comfort her. "It's not your fault. If you want to say it, you can only say that Mr. Bass got his retribution for being a scumbag."

"What are you talking about?" Lawrence looked at the two ladies with a confused face after listening to their conversation. "What are you talking about? What are you two talking about? Why can't I understand a word?"

"The situation is like this." Fatina stroked her beard with her paw and explained to Lawrence. "When I was sending them out, I smelled a very familiar smell from that child. It was the smell of long-lasting hair dye made by an uncle of mine. So I said to Mr. Bass, your child is at this age. It's better not to use hair dye, otherwise it's easy to go bald at a young age."

"As a result, as soon as I finished speaking, Mr. Bass and his lover's expressions changed. Mr. Bass stared at me seriously and asked me if what I said was true."

"I assured him that it was absolutely true, and told him that my uncle's invention of the hair dye was only popular in the upper class of the city, and not many people outside knew it. I only recognized it because of the previous few days. I used to help my uncle make this hair dye with a little bit of magic in 2010."

"I also told him that this thing is very easy to identify, as long as you can find any transcendent person, you can tell it," Fatina finally said, "Then Mr. Bass grabbed his lover's arm and the child's hand very rudely. The arms went out, and I saw him stuff the two of them very roughly into the carriage."

"What color are the hairs of the three of them?" Lawrence felt that he could probably guess why Mr. Bass was angry, but he still needed to confirm it with Fatina.

"That woman has blond hair, and he and the child both have brown hair." Fatina recalled briefly.

"Well, I know what's going on." Lawrence raised the corner of his mouth slightly. It seems that there are real examples of what happened to Robert Baratheon in "A Song of Ice and Fire". "So he didn't pay us those payments?"

"No, he paid us the next day." Safiel shook his head. "It's just that for us, the real tough problems start now."