The Master of the Strange Realm

"Jenkins, long time no see."

Miss Windsor, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, opened the small wooden window and said with a warm smile on her face. She is still so heroic, but that doesn't make her look less feminine. On the contrary, a unique temperament combined with a beautiful face and fair skin can make this lady look noble and charming.

"Long time no see, Miss Windsor, your hair is very beautiful."

The last time he came to Belduran to receive an award, Miss Windsor entertained Jenkins very well. Jenkins couldn't forget this, so he behaved very politely.

"Where are you going? Why don't I send you off? I happen to be fine now."

The lady in the carriage extended the invitation.

Jenkins couldn't find any reason to refuse, and besides, he and his cat wanted to go back as soon as possible, so he hesitated and agreed. Only after boarding the carriage did he realize that there was only Miss Windsor in the huge carriage. He had thought that there would be a maid responsible for handling chores.

"I go to the Sage Church in the suburbs."

He said to the coachman. The coachman nodded silently and shook the reins. The horse pulling the carriage began to walk slowly. The sound of wheels rolling over the stone road appeared again, but this time Jenkins was in the car, so the sound was slightly duller. .

"Jenkins, when did you come to Beldiland? I heard that you had been in Loen City in the Kingdom of Hampavo. I also saw a photo of you and the Princess of the North Kingdom in the newspaper."

Miss Windsor asked, the carriage was moving very steadily, and the liquid level of the black tea in the tea cup put down by her right hand wearing lace gloves did not waver at all. From a friend's point of view, this question is not too much. But now Jenkins knows the secret of his family, and he knows that the lady in front of him is also a strong contender for the throne. In addition, he is not sure whether Miss Windsor knows about William Mutt, so he has no idea what the other party is. What to plan.

"My teacher asked me to come back as soon as possible. You know, I am an apprentice in an antique shop. Dad thinks that my leave in Loen has been long enough."

As he explained this, his eyes caught a glimpse of a rare swordsmanship explanation book on the small table. There was actually a knight's sword in the corner of the carriage. It didn't look like a decoration. Miss Windsor's hobbies are indeed unique among ladies of her age.

"Have you been staying at the Church of the Sage during your stay in Belduran?"

Miss Windsor asked again, the smile on her face was very natural and friendly.

"Yes, the church provided me with a room for free, and it also provided me with breakfast, lunch and dinner. I don't need to live anywhere else."

He said, wondering what the lady in front of him wanted to do. He definitely did not believe that this encounter was accidental.

Chapter 1516 Chapter 1493 New Residence

"The accommodation provided by the church sounds good, but after all, it is on the outskirts of Beldiran. If you want to go into the city to do things, it is still very inconvenient. If you want to find a temporary residence in the city, I can help."

Miss Windsor said again.

"Thank you for your kindness. In fact, I also have my own house in the city. I bought it last year, but I am still used to living in the church."

Belduran's house was given by the church after Jenkins assisted across regions late last fall and helped deal with the demigod's gifted person who attempted to merge with A-12-2-4219 [Filthy Devourer's Flesh] in order to achieve immortality. His reward (Chapter 488), together with the pocket watch chain that foretells good and bad luck, is a pity that in order to deal with the angel, the chain has been fused with the arrow and used as a disposable weapon and destroyed.

After that, Jenkins never had time to come to Belduran City, so the church had been asking the church to help take care of and clean the house. He only remembered such a thing when Miss Windsor mentioned the residence just now.

"The church is indeed a bit far away, and it is really troublesome to get into the city... During the week I am staying in Belduran, I may move to the city to live for a few days."

When he thinks like this, he actually thinks that if he moves out to live and does some inconvenient things, he won't have to worry about being discovered by the church.

"Where is your house exactly? I can help hire some servants."

Miss Windsor said, and Jenkins politely refused again.

Along the way, the two talked about many things, but no one brought the topic to the throne. Jenkins thought the other party was testing, so he carefully avoided sensitive topics. In fact, he hoped that Miss Windsor could be more open and honest. He didn't have big thoughts about the throne, and the two of them would not become enemies.

"...Speaking of your second book, Your Majesty also talked to me a few days ago. She likes your writing very much and would like to know if your third book will be published in the near future?"

"this......"

He only had a draft of the third book, not even a basic finished version. During his stay in Loen, he was busy helping Dolores handle government affairs and traveling between the two places, and he had no time to conceive of a detective story.

"It doesn't matter. I know that excellent works will not appear one after another. You need time to polish them. Your Majesty actually admires you very much. She often mentions you to me and thinks that you are a role model for young nobles."

She praised, and these words turned out to be true.

"This time you came to Belduran. If His Majesty knew about it, he would definitely summon you. A long time ago, because of Fabry's scam, your title should have been promoted, but for various reasons, you are still only a baron until now. . I think your Majesty will take this opportunity to give you a title, and you may be able to stay in Beldiran for a longer period of time."

Miss Windsor's words had the intention of telling Jenkins not to return to Nolan as soon as possible. Jenkins didn't know what the intention was. After all, if Miss Windsor also wanted the throne, Jenkins should be driven back to his hometown as soon as possible. On the surface, he nodded in agreement with Miss Windsor. In fact, he was guessing every word of the other party. Then he realized that he did not have such a talent, so he planned to ask Alexia for her opinion at night.

It took half an hour for the carriage to take Jenkins to the vicinity of the Cathedral of the Sage. The religious spire and the magnificent church complex were right in front of him.

Outside carriages are absolutely not allowed to enter the Holy See, so Jenkins got out of the car at the beginning of the path, said a polite goodbye, and walked back to the church. Handing over the mirror required confirming its authenticity in person, so Jenkins took it out of the wooden box with his own hands. This was the first time Jenkins saw the mirror.

He kept the mirror facing sideways and handed the mirror to the gentleman in charge of the special items handling office who was in charge of contacting him. The latter took the mirror and turned both sides toward him indifferently before nodding:

"No problem, it is indeed it. You are really fast, Mr. Williams."

"You just looked in the mirror..."

Jenkins pointed this out hesitantly, taking a step back to prevent the man from suddenly going crazy.

"It doesn't matter. For the benefactor, this level of damage is almost negligible, as long as you are not tempted for a long time. You said that an ordinary person died because of this mirror? I'm afraid that in a while, our office will also Someone needs to be sent for an autopsy. This should be the fifth person to die because of this mirror in recorded history."

The somewhat balding gentleman lamented, put the mirror back into the wooden box, bent over and opened the drawer and started looking for the registration form and the standard containment report for handing over special items.

Jenkins nodded clearly, then hesitated and picked up the mirror again. Look at the front first, because there is no disease or curse on him, so nothing happened. Then he flipped the mirror to the reverse side. After being stunned for a second, he put the mirror back into the wooden box with a red face and took a step back.

"You see, it basically doesn't work for gifters, especially high-level gifters."

The man in the office said, while Jenkins tried to forget what he just saw, he said he would hand in the report as soon as possible, and then left as if running away.

"Meow~"

In fact, Chocolate was curious about what exactly Jenkins saw.

After handing in the mirror, Jenkins applied to the church to move to the city. He originally thought that the church would reject his application due to safety and other issues, but he did not expect that after he mentioned this, he immediately received a reply of permission. And because the house was fully furnished and had servants sorting and cleaning it, Jenkins only needed to hire someone to move the large amount of luggage he brought from Loen.

"Why do you think the church might not allow you to move out? You are an adult and have enough strength. The church has no reason to restrict your freedom."

After moving into his new house in downtown Belduran, Jenkins invited his father to his place for dinner. Dad asked curiously at the dinner table. Jenkins thought for a moment, patted the chocolate's little paws that were reaching for the plate, and then replied:

"Probably because you always restricted my travels when I was in Nolan."

This is actually half a complaint against Dad.

"Isn't that for your own good? From now on, it's also for Nolan's own good."

Dad nodded and pretended not to hear, then took a bite of veal steak:

"Which restaurant did you bring this back from? It tastes good."

Neither Jenkins nor his father are good at cooking, so until Jenkins officially brings a hostess to the house, they still have to rely on outside restaurants for meals.

PS: I am saving manuscripts and will launch the reward as soon as possible.

Chapter 1517 Chapter 1494 Dinner Table Conversation

"Speaking of strength, when I was in Loen, I had already upgraded from level four to level five."

At the dinner table, I don’t know where the conversation was, but Jenkins suddenly said that he was actually already at level six, but he couldn’t say that he had risen to two levels in a month and a half.

"So fast?"

Dad looked at Jenkins suspiciously:

"Did you encounter strange things in Loen? Even if you have amazing talent, you can't go from level 4 to level 5 so quickly by copying those tadpole essays normally."

"I probably encountered some strange things. In fact... Dolores is also a gifter, but an unregistered gifter. She gave me a lot of help."

He decided to reveal some secrets.

"Dolores? Yes, I remembered it. It is the name of the princess of the Stuart family. If I remember correctly, there is no benefactor in the Stuart family in this generation, so the Stuart family The items in the treasure house have probably not been used..."

Dad looked at Jenkins strangely.

"I'm not a softie. We are friends. I will not take advantage of the underage girl's feelings for me to seek benefits."

He quickly declared.

"Yeah, just friends who live together."

Dad snorted, obviously not believing what he said, but reminded him again:

"Although I can't control the affairs of young people, and I don't know how someone like you managed to win the favor of that princess, but I want to remind you. Jenkins, don't forget, you still have two friends in Nolan. Woolen cloth."

Dad re-read the word "friend," obviously sarcastic about what Jenkins had just said. Jenkins remained silent about this, concentrating on teasing his cat with his head down.

"I really don't know if you are pretending to be stupid or if you are really stupid. Is that dull look in the past your nature or a way to attract women."

Dad made another sarcastic comment. Seeing that Jenkins continued to care about the cat, he knew that he didn't want to talk about this issue, so he turned to a new topic.

"Your family is coming to Beldiran too, did you know?"

"Family? Are the whole family coming?"

This is still pretending to be stupid, he already got the news in Nolan.

"Yes, before I came to Belduran, I wanted to ask them if they wanted to send you a message. Your father said that your family is coming to Belduran for vacation and will come to you then. Their train tickets are later than mine. Some, but calculating the time, it should be here tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. If you want to give them a surprise, you can go to the station to check the train timetable, and I will tell you the number of the steam locomotive they are riding on. "

"I'm afraid they didn't come to Belduran just for vacation, right?"

Jenkins asked suspiciously, holding a fork.

"How do I know this? You can ask yourself. This is your family's business and it's not convenient for me to get involved."

Dad shrugged, reached out to brighten the kerosene lamp on the dining table, then lowered his head and continued to handle the food on the plate.

"Dad, why don't you move here and live here? Instead of living in a hotel, it's better to stay here with me."

Jenkins suggested again.

"I think it's better to forget it. The living habits of the elderly are different from those of you young people. I think it's better for us to stay farther apart."

For some reason, his father's answer reminded Jenkins of the curse on him that was caused by the key. The power of the curse will cause any benefactor who is stronger than Dad to suffer terrible misfortune when close to him for a long time.

Jenkins lowered his head and was in a bad mood. It took a while before I mentioned that I went to get a mirror today.

"B-10-04-3977 [Mirror of Good and Evil]? I have heard of this mirror. According to some rare pre-era records, this mirror was not born in the material world, nor did it enter our world through the mysterious realm. . This is a treasure left in the material world when an angel was called.”

Dad said.

"It is indeed a treasure. If we don't consider the harm from the reverse side, just the effect of the front side of the mirror on expelling and absorbing curses and diseases is magical enough..."

He once again thought of the curse on his father, so he tentatively asked:

"So that mirror absorbs all curses?"

"How is this possible? It's just an ordinary curse. I even doubt that the mirror can't completely expel the [Disease Curse] you used. You are also a fifth-level gifter now. Even if you don't count the power given by the sage, you are Even among mortals, you can be called powerful. Jenkins, you have to realize this."

Dad said, pressing the torn bread into the broth with a spoon. It was his unique way of eating it, and Jenkins couldn't understand what was so delicious about it.

"Well, it seems that's not possible."

Jenkins thought to himself, he really wanted to remove the curse from the key for his father. The gaze of the sage cannot do it, but this does not mean that the power of the gods is completely useless. He believed that if the perfect god took full action, the curse of the key would be nothing more than floating dust.

"I will definitely help Dad."

He thought to himself, not noticing that part of the food on his plate had been stolen by the cat.

Speaking of the task of recovering the mirror, we have to mention the three people who hide their identities. Dad had no interest in weird organizations or thrift stores, but he knew about Count Paramount.

"I don't know the countess, but Belduran's friends all say that the lady is a rare beauty. She and the count probably got married in early February this year. At that time, the tabloids made a lot of noise about the news. You won't Don’t you remember?”

After his father said this, Jenkins could barely find traces of similar news in his memory. Jenkins was not a person who liked reading fancy newspapers.

"As for Count Paramount himself, he is a well-known friendly Slan faction among the nobles of the kingdom. Now the two countries are at war, and he has been ridiculed many times in newspapers, so he rarely appears in public, but he should still be in Bell Dylan. Although this person chose the wrong side, he is still very loyal to the royal family. I don't think he will get involved with illegal supernatural powers. He may be a bad person. I'm afraid the beautiful Duchess has a big problem. question."

Dad's hunch was completely correct. Early on Sunday morning, Jenkins was sitting on the bed sleepily thinking about what to eat for breakfast. Chocolate kept nudging his arm next to him to get him out of bed to cook. A knock on the door brings a second guest to the new house.

Wearing pajamas, I opened the door and found it was the priest of the church. I hurriedly changed my clothes, took the bread that my father brought as a gift last night to eat on the road, and then rushed to the church in the suburbs with the priest.

Chapter 1518 Chapter 1495 Blood Mosquito

The carriage took a group of people through the city to the cathedral in the suburbs. On the way, Jenkins ate bread while learning about the situation, and Chocolate was forced to endure a day without a regular breakfast.

Specifically, after the three people were arrested yesterday, the church followed the clues they provided to understand the situation. Among them, the residence of Earl Paramount was the easiest to find, but when the church's scribe team and the accompanying police and priests came to the suburban manor, no one opened the door for them.

"I went to see it too, and the appearance was really scary. I didn't expect it."

The person who spoke to Jenkins in the church was Mr. Johnson Gilbert, who was an acquaintance of Jenkins. When the Ice Messenger broke into the Nolan Church last autumn, it was he who led the team from Beldiran to provide support. When Jenkins came to Beldiran to receive the award in winter, it was this gentleman who was responsible for his safety:

"Yesterday evening, our scribe team broke into the manor. When we were walking along the courtyard corridor, we found some servants crying with their faces covered. When we got close, those servants attacked our people. Their bodies were severely mutated, their bodies shrank and became hunched, blood lines appeared on their skin, their eyes were sunken in their eye sockets, their noses and mouths became abnormally sharp and hard, and a few individuals had structures similar to cicada wings on their backs, but they did not have the ability to fly."

"This sounds familiar, could it be... A-01-1-3900 [Blood Mosquito Curse]?"

"Yes, that's it."