The Master of the Strange Realm

Business was pretty good today. Although Jenkins was only in the store in the afternoon, he received at least three guests, two of whom bought things. Dad thought that this was because nobles from all over the world came to Nolan, and the local nobles could not lose face when entertaining guests, which led to the good business of the antique shop.

It was dusk outside. Nolan in June was completely summer. The yellow sunset dyed the outside as gorgeous as an oil painting, but at the same time, too much heat made people a little bored.

In the original owner's memory, the summer in Nolan was very hot. Although it was not as hot as the southern part of the mainland, in the era without air conditioning and fans, Jenkins did not think he would like this season.

I was drowsy thinking about where I should go to finish my meal in a while, and suddenly I heard the door of the store being pushed open, and the bell rang crisply, but the opening of the door allowed hot air to rush in, making the cat meow unhappily.

Jenkins raised his head and looked at the customer who walked into the store. Because the antique shop opened to the west, the customer had his back to the brilliant dusk in the west, and the light behind him was so dazzling that only a black outline of the customer's appearance remained.

A princess walked in with the sunset, a princess who looked at Jenkins with a smile. Dolores, wearing a pink wide-brimmed hat, gently pushed open the door and walked in elegantly in black leather shoes. In this quiet evening, she was like a girl who walked out of a story and accidentally broke into the old man's antique shop belonging to the mortal world.

The two looked at each other, and Jenkins saw joy and expectation in Dolores' eyes. She had been looking forward to this scene for a long time. Just like Jenkins had said, she had been looking forward to the day when she could step into the antique shop where Jenkins worked under the background of the sunset when Jenkins could not expect it.

Although she and Jenkins had known each other for a long time, the princess from the north always felt a sense of conflict in time when she stepped into Nolan's store. This is a very subtle feeling. Dolores thinks this is romance, a little romance that belongs to her alone.

Very rarely, Jenkins read the expectation in her eyes. Although he was stunned for a moment, he quickly adjusted his expression and asked with a smile:

"Welcome to Dad's antique shop, what can I do for you?"

Dad took the newspaper in his hand and looked at the visiting guest. He recognized who it was and saw the tricks between the young people, so he sighed and picked up the newspaper again to cover his face.

The princess walked in from the sunset and smiled at Jenkins. She walked in completely. Jenkins also saw Julia and Alexia waiting behind her:

"Sir, I need a guide."

She looked at the decoration inside the antique shop curiously, but her eyes quickly shifted to Jenkins.

"My pleasure, ma'am."

Jenkins walked out from behind the counter quickly. Dolores raised her left hand to cover her mouth and smiled softly. She raised her right hand with a white lace glove, with the back of her hand facing up, and placed it in the hand handed by Jenkins.

Chocolate stuck her head on the edge of the cushion and watched this scene, feeling bored with human drama.

Dolores and her group came to Nolan, and Jenkins must do his best to show them around the city and the scenery. After coming back for two days, he was busy with various things, and finally had some free time tonight. Dolores only took Alexia and Julia out, traveling light, and made sufficient preparations for this night.

Seeing Jenkins' friends coming, Dad waved him away and asked him to leave work early. Dolores and Alexia knew the position of Dad in Jenkins' heart, so they greeted him and asked about his health.

Dad maintained a kind attitude, patting Jenkins on the shoulder and smiling, but when he saw Alexia, he felt that she was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember seeing such a lady in recent years.

After leaving the antique shop, the four of them went to dinner first, and Jenkins had already reserved a seat. Then they went to the theater to watch a play. Although it was a bit impolite to arrange such an itinerary for every lady, it was difficult to find other entertainment methods in this era.

He had considered changing the play to a concert, but concerts may not be held every day, and Chocolate doesn't like concerts, which are too noisy. Jenkins guessed that cats might be sensitive to certain frequencies of sound.

Today is still the performance of the Silver Jasmine Opera Company, which is of course. In order to invite his female companion to see the best performance, Jenkins specially found the opera company and expressed his hope that they could add a performance.

Not to mention that Jenkins himself is a shareholder of the opera company, just his current status as a descendant of the royal family is enough for Mr. Nellie, the owner of the opera company who happens to be in Nolan, to make a decision. But Mr. Nellie probably guessed wrong about who Jenkins was going to invite, and the play arranged to be performed was "Steam Train Murder Case" co-written by Jenkins and Hathaway.

Alexia and Dolores certainly knew the play, but the embarrassment did not last long, after all, they were both generous and good girls.

Only Jenkins was a scumbag, and he knew this very well.

Dolores was very satisfied with the "date" that night. If her teacher, maid and Jenkins' cat hadn't followed, she would have been even more satisfied.

Everyone will be very busy recently, so there won't be much leisure time like this. Jenkins is busy with church and royal affairs, while Dolores has already made contact with Miss Windsor. Now they are jointly excavating the treasure near Beldiran and discussing matters in the Kingdom of Fidicteli.

Although it was Queen Isabella who ultimately decided the succession to the throne, she also had to consider domestic public opinion and the opinions of the nobles. Dolores and Miss Windsor could make a big fuss about this aspect, especially since Jenkins had already gained the support of the navy, which was a very good start.

Section 1633 Chapter 1608 Dragon's Invitation

There were so many scattered trivial matters, but after Jenkins returned to Nolan, he also revealed to his father his idea of ​​​​competing for the throne. At that time, his father said lightly that Jenkins could do whatever he wanted, and he didn't understand these complicated politics. But Jenkins believed that his father had told the church about this matter. Although the church was restricted by the [Tower Agreement] and could not directly help Jenkins, the believers of the sage were distributed in every corner of society. The help provided by the church hidden behind the scenes might be more effective than any help.

Dolores and Miss Windsor had planned to do something during the Three Kings' Meeting, but things always change faster than planned. The fleet of the Kingdom of Cheslan was originally scheduled to arrive at Nolan Harbor this weekend, but because of the unfortunate storm at sea, the fleet could only temporarily dock and wait for the storm to subside, so the time to arrive at the destination was delayed.

For the time being, it is not known when the fleet of the Southland will arrive, so Jenkins can only deal with the things at hand and shuttle between cities in different identities. On Tuesday, he finally met Miss Cape again. At this time, he helped his father deliver some documents and materials to the church, and met his cousin when he walked out of the church gate.

Miss Cape came to the Sage Church to deliver a letter. The alliance talks of the Twelve Churches are being prepared intensively, and the church has been in frequent contact during this period.

Since he met Miss Cape, Jenkins mentioned the matter of inviting her to his home again. When he returned to Privet Drive to visit his family last night, Robert also mentioned this matter to him specifically. Jenkins wanted to write a letter to invite her, but he didn't expect to meet her directly.

"Visiting, huh?"

Miss Capet and Jenkins stood together under the white stone pillars outside the main entrance of the church. On the top of the pillars was a pattern of a little angel playing a trumpet. She seemed a little nervous, and Jenkins understood her mood.

"Okay, I think I can go. What time is it?"

She asked as if she had made up her mind.

"Probably tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will write to you."

Jenkins said happily.

Neither of them had anything else to do next, so Miss Capet mentioned the request she had made a long time ago again, which was to invite Jenkins to go with her to Miss Knight to ask about the secret of blood awakening.

Miss Capet originally wanted to rely on this to find the secret of her life experience. Although everything is clear now, she is still curious about it.

Since there is time now, Jenkins accepted the invitation. It happened that he was in front of the church, so he went back and borrowed a carriage, which took the two to the Evergreen Forest outside the city.

Nolan is not a church that owns all the twelve orthodox churches, so when the church delegations arrived one after another, arranging accommodation for the personnel became the first problem to be faced.

Pagans are unwilling to live in pagan churches, and pagans are unwilling to accommodate pagans in their churches for a long time. So the initial arrangement was to rent several larger hotels in the city and arrange accommodation uniformly, but because too many people have recently flocked to Nolan, the church was a step late and did not find a suitable place.

Later, they wanted to find a few suitable manors on the outskirts of the city. It happened that there were several good options around the valley where Evergreen Forest was located. Evergreen Forest itself is also the most important stronghold of the church of Nolan Parish outside the city. Therefore, the current foreign church delegations all live near Evergreen Forest.

Because of the dragon, Miss Knight originally lived in Evergreen Forest, but since the team of [Sun and Justice Church] came, she moved out of the forest.

The manor where the team of [Sun and Justice Church] lived was not large. In the afterglow of the sunset, Jenkins and Miss Cape, who got off the carriage, could see that there were many people in heavy armor doing sword swinging training in the yard of the manor. The Sun God's Gifters are a rare group of people who still retain physical training in this era. Even the believers of the God of War have adapted to the development of the times and turned to the power of spells and guns. Only the rigid knights still follow the ancient rules.

Although there was no appointment in advance, Jenkins had already been famous in Beldiran, and most of the delegations here knew that he was the son of the sage, so the request to meet Miss Knight was not rejected.

Soon Jenkins and Miss Cape met the dragon knight girl. In normal state, she did not look like a dragon, but her eyes were a little strange. It seemed that she had become a magic eye because of the awakening of her bloodline. When staring at it, there was always a feeling of looking at a beast.

Miss Cape secretly patted Jenkins, indicating that he should not stare at other people's eyes.

After the three sat down, they exchanged a few words. Miss Knight, who was wearing a skirt armor, smiled and sighed that she had never thought that her adventure partner would one day become a descendant of the royal family. She was a native of Fidictli, and her views on the royal family were similar to those of most ordinary people, so she was very surprised to learn that Jenkins and Miss Cape were both descendants of the Middleton family.

After the usual greetings, Miss Cape went straight to the point. Since everyone was an acquaintance, she didn't hesitate and said directly:

"Actually, I came here this time to ask about the secret of bloodline awakening. Although Jenkins and I do not have dragon bloodline, in fact, the Middleton family does not have no gifts for future generations."

This question is not in vain. Miss Cape is willing to pay a reward or price for it, but Miss Knight looks a little embarrassed. She did not refuse the two of them immediately, but she also did not give the answer directly. She put down the teacup in her hand and was silent for a long time before asking softly:

"Do you have to know?"

"Yes."

Miss Cape replied firmly, and Jenkins nodded accordingly.

"I don't want any reward, but...I don't recommend you to do this. I discovered this method by accident under the special environment of the mirror world. If it weren't for the fact that I had to defeat myself... I would not take the risk to try the mirror I faced. To be honest, this method is not repeatable and generalizable. Even if the church later asked me how I did it, I told them what happened. The church just thinks this is a novel method that can be recorded, but it is not recommended for anyone to use it.”

She wanted to tell the two of them the dangers of awakening the bloodline in this way, but Miss Capet had made up her mind, and Jenkins was curious about what method she used, so under the repeated requests of the two, Miss Knight She reluctantly told her what she did:

"Awakening the bloodline of our ancestors is actually tracing back history, following the source of the body, and pursuing the power of ancient times. What is pursued here is not only the power of the ancestors, but also the power given to the bloodline by history and mythology. Because among contemporary humans, There are very few people with alien bloodlines, and bloodline awakening is unstable, so few people use bloodline awakening as a means to pursue power. At present, the most common method is some magic potions with strong side effects. I think you have probably heard that. Earlier this year, the Sage Church caught a woman who mutated into a mantis through a magic potion. A more stable way is not to stimulate the bloodline through external force, but to pursue her inner self."

This is a relatively abstract statement. Generally speaking, when it comes to soul and spiritual abilities, "pursuing the inner" is mentioned.

"To be specific, it is to go deep into one's soul to see what one has. This is a very dangerous behavior. We are all gifters, and we all know that our souls are different from ordinary people after being exposed to extraordinary power. The soul is ours The ultimate secret, peering into the inner soul, it is very easy to get lost... I was in the environment of the mirror world at the time. After killing my own mirror image, I captured the subtle inspiration to face my heart directly. At the same time, I used I used a special method to dream in the mirror world. The mirror itself is false, and the dream is illusory. The combination of these two illusions prevents me from getting lost in it and unable to return after getting a glimpse of my inner reality.”

Miss Knight revealed her approach without reservation, but Miss Cape and Jenkins were not happy because they learned the truth. Although the soul of intelligent life is fragile, it is the most important feature that distinguishes living things from dead things. The secret of the soul is something that even the owners of the soul cannot figure out, and anyone who has even the slightest understanding of their own soul will make the soul itself burst out with powerful power.

For example, when she was in Belduran, Miss Capet was immediately promoted to a level just because she untied the knot in her heart from possessing memories and understanding the meaning of "family" and even possessed the rare ability involving the soul [Psychic Soul]. Light】.

Since ancient times, people have never stopped exploring the soul. Even beginners of mysticism know what a miracle the soul is. But peering into the soul has always been taboo. The world is so complex and mysterious that it is dangerous for humans to even peek into their own nature.

"That's at least one line of thinking."

Neither Jenkins nor Miss Capet would be bold enough to do such a thing, so Jenkins could only say this as an act of comfort, although he himself was a little disappointed.

Miss Knight anticipated the reaction of the two people, so she deliberately changed the subject and talked about other things. Finally, she mentioned that the giant dragon Niederhorgen had asked her to invite Jenkins and Miss Capet to meet it a few days ago.

"Is that the red dragon in the Evergreen Forest?"

Miss Cape asked uncertainly. She had no interaction with the dragon.

There was still some time before dinner, so they said goodbye to Miss Knight, and the two headed to the Evergreen Forest. At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and from a distance, the entire forest was dyed golden. After identifying themselves at the entrance of the valley, they refused to be accompanied by the scribe and walked into the increasingly prosperous forest.

Stepping into the forest, the abundant spirit of life made both of them sigh at the same time. The blood of elves allowed them to feel the benefits of the spirit of life to living beings better than anyone else. At the same time, the sacred and ancient blood also attracted simple animals to approach them spontaneously. Before they reached the halfway point, the animals following the two of them had already formed a long queue.

Most of the animals that now live in Evergreen Forest experienced the battle between Jenkins and Skeleton Sword earlier this year. During the battle, the sword brought by Chocolate made the entire forest burst into life, and the animals who helped Jenkins also broke through the limits of mortal things and achieved evolution.

Then after the incident, they turned back into ordinary animals, but their intelligence seemed to have improved. At least most of them saw what a terrifying creature the cat on Jenkins' shoulder was. Except for some squirrels that had recently moved in from out of town, no animals dared get too close to Jenkins.

The battle between chocolate and squirrel is something that happens every time Jenkins comes to Evergreen Forest, so it is not surprising to Jenkins. He was not worried that his cat would hurt those big-tailed creatures. Instead, he was worried that the cat would be injured by the swarms of squirrels, so he tried his best to keep the chocolate in his pocket.

"I recently found some information on the [Origin of Life] you mentioned last time."

The two chatted as they walked, and Miss Cappe talked about Jenkins' soul origin ability:

"I haven't found any specific information, but I saw records that may be related to this in the collection of poems that record ancient legends. This ability seems to be an exclusive ability that can only be mastered by elves and cannot be learned by any other race. In the poem Mentioning the "origin of life" is not the end of evolution, there is the possibility of further evolution beyond this."

"So how do you evolve?"

Jenkins asked, waving his hand and using the ability of [human empathy] to warn the birds above him not to fly too low, let alone land on his shoulders. He felt the cat hidden in his chest peeking at the sky with malicious intent.

"The ability of the origin of life seems to have touched the most fundamental power of life. If you want to evolve further, you can only pursue a further concept of [life]."

"You mean World Tree?"

At this moment, the two of them turned sideways along the path in the forest, and the giant tree in the center of the evergreen forest came into view. A pure white shadow hangs upside down in front of the tree, and below is the clear spring water... Even if he knew that the water could cure all diseases, Jenkins would never drink it unless he had to.

"Yes, the World Tree. The next step in evolution can only rely on the World Tree. Judging from the elf poem with some exaggerated rhetoric, the ancient elves relied on performing rituals under the World Tree to evolve their own abilities. [Origin of Life] The further evolution of the world also relies on this method, but in this era, there is no trace of the World Tree in the material world. "

The two walked to the tree. In order to protect the Eye B-10-5-2885 [Universal Potion], the church set up some security measures under the giant tree, and also to prevent the animals in the forest from using it as a water source. Jenkins and Miss Cappe could not go directly to the tree, so they could only look up at the towering crown from the open space in front of the giant tree.

PS: Last night I discovered that the author’s last book collection actually exceeded 6k, which is worth remembering. This chapter is 4k.

Chapter 1634 Chapter 1609 The Dragon’s Game

The destination of the two was not here, they just stopped under the giant tree for a while and then left.

Miss Cape couldn't help but sigh to Jenkins. Although it was not her first time in this forest, she would be shocked by this giant tree every time. Because of her own bloodline, she can feel better than most people how this forest and the giant tree in the middle of the forest are the product of a miracle. Therefore, she becomes more and more confused about the lies that caused this forest. Are believers also descendants of elves?

"We can at least confirm that there should be no other descendants of the Williamt family."

Jenkins said vaguely, staring at the shadow hanging upside down under the giant tree:

"Let's go, the dragon is still waiting for us."

He vaguely felt a subtle connection between himself and the shadow, which was something that had not happened in the past.

The giant dragon Niederhorgen lives in a cave on the rock wall on the side of the valley where the Evergreen Forest is located. When it is not doing anything, it will fly and hang out over the forest, or rest in the cave all day long, living a life that makes Chocolate extremely envious. . Occasionally, the dragon would help humans when the church needed it, and as a result was seriously injured many times in half a year.

The last time he was injured was when the angel came three months ago. The red dragon claimed that he was attacked by the killing angel directly at his soul. The injury was so serious that it took a long time to recover, so he had not come out of his cave for a long time.

Normally people would not go close to the dragon's cave, and there would not be any guards nearby. After all, it would be ridiculous to protect the safety of an adult red dragon. Jenkins and Miss Cape climbed the rope ladder to the entrance of the cave, then shouted twice loudly to inform the dragon that a visitor was coming, and then walked in.

To be honest, the smell in the dragon's cave is really off-putting. This dragon probably doesn't have the habit of bathing on time.

The dragon was still lying in its cave to welcome the two of them. It carefully looked at the cat hidden in Jenkins' pocket with only its head exposed, and carefully used the "treasures" it had collected from the material world in the past six months. The tip of his tail swept behind him, and then he talked about business with the two of them:

"I invited you, and you came really quickly. I learned from the newspaper that the human royal family has recognized your identity. I think you two should also know that you are descendants of elves."

God knows how this dragon, which has only been in the material world for half a year, learned the common human language of this era.

"Actually, I already knew that you are descendants of elves."

The giant dragon blew out two streams of white gas from its nostrils:

"It's just that there are some things that I can't say, otherwise I will be unlucky."

It explained slowly. Seeing that the two of them were still listening attentively, it finally ended its somewhat long-winded opening remarks and announced:

"Actually, there is one thing that I have been lying about. No, it cannot be said to be a lie. It can only be said that I have not told the complete truth. When I was discovered by the church and... we understood and cooperated with each other... ....”

In fact, it was the church's forceful suppression that forced him to stay in Nolan and stop running around.

"I claimed that I came to the material world by accident. This is actually not wrong. I did not expect to leave my hometown in this way. But my going to the material world was already decided. This was given to me by God. Mission, now it’s time to tackle this mission.”

The word "Shangshen" is expressed in dragon language. When translated into modern language, it probably means "Shangshangshen". Jenkins automatically equated it with "Master".

"Your mission in the material world has something to do with us?"

Miss Cape asked.

"You can say that, but it's not accurate. God predicted that the era of the material world will come to an end, and fate will choose some people, and then one of these people will be related to the dragon. So God assigned me Come to lead the human being who is related to dragons and give him a small gift. Yes, I thought it was the human girl whose surname was Knight."

Jenkins and Miss Cape looked at each other:

"So, you called us here because..."

"Later I discovered that I really wanted to misunderstand the meaning of God. The humans he said were involved with dragons did not just refer to humans with dragon blood. In fact, all humans who had any involvement with dragons should be counted. The Holy Son of the Lord, I know that you are related to the ancient silver dragon..."