The Master of the Strange Realm

"Have you really forgotten? This is the foreigner who might inherit the throne if you don't show up."

Jenkins remembered it now. He frowned, took the tea cup from Julia and thanked him softly. After separating from Queen Isabella in the afternoon, who was eager to deal with major diplomatic issues, he returned to his home with Miss Windsor. A steady stream of intelligence was sent here from all over, and what Jenkins now has is first-hand information.

Chapter 1798 Chapter 1769 Risky Proposal

As for why the identity and name of the murderer are not directly divined, that is because divination is not omnipotent, nor is it necessarily accurate. Divination is not about directly inputting questions to get answers, but about vaguely seeing revelations.

Not to mention, the results of divination are often obscure and difficult to understand, and "revelation of fate" alone cannot convince the people and the Chesland nobles who want to know the truth.

But with the participation of the church, the progress of the investigation will definitely be greatly improved. But before the investigation had results, Jenkins and most of the others actually came to a conclusion. After all, the reaction of the Chesland Kingdom was too fast. Nolan, who was far away on the west coast of the mainland, had just reported the murder less than 4 hours ago. , Turin in the eastern part of the mainland can immediately make a declaration of "revenge".

"This is so stupid."

He put down the paper in his hand and leaned on his sofa, "It was as if he didn't care about others doubting him."

"Of course. If they can even assassinate the king, will they care what others think?"

Miss Windsor said.

The eldest son of Tarquin the Proud had already announced this evening that he would temporarily assume the position of king, without giving any chance to his second son, who was taken by Tarquin. But according to what Jenkins and Miss Windsor know, the current acting king of the South, Reddy Arecio, is no better than his father, nor is he the kind of person who can use thunderous means to clear away domestic opposition.

There is a high probability that he is controlled by the main war faction within the kingdom, which can be a very reasonable explanation for the series of outrageous news that has been continuously coming from Turin since this morning.

"It seems that those in Turin are determined to fight. I got some information sent from the front line by steam airship this afternoon. Chesland's army has begun to move."

Miss Windsor said, but she was very puzzled:

"But is it really necessary? In order to continue the war, you would not hesitate to murder the king of your own country... I don't see the necessity of this. Even if the war can make Chesland's military leaders and Chesland's The Second Ordnance-Industrial Complex profited, but murdered its own king..."

She shook her head.

"Don't forget that there is also the shadow of the tree house on the upper level of Chesland. Maybe the tree house has used doomsday arguments to confuse some people. This is not without precedent. Even in peaceful times, there are fools who believe that the end is coming, so they believe in evil gods and make Some creepy things, and probably more people would believe this at this time.”

Not to mention that Tree House can really prove that the end of the world is coming, and according to their attempt to find a savior, it is not difficult for Tree House to come up with a set of arguments that "helping us can gain the right to survive in the end of the world."

Coupled with the conflicts in the internal political situation of Chesland, the short-sightedness of the nobles and big businessmen, and the fact that the industrial level of the southern kingdom is seriously incompatible with the level of economic development, any situation is possible.

"Father also handed over a note in the afternoon, and His Majesty gave him a secret order, asking him to be ready to lead the fleet through the southern Drota Strait and enter the southern waters at any time."

Blainey, who was standing in front of the window holding a tea cup, said with some worry that the order received by Marquis Michael meant that Queen Isabella believed that even if the real murderer could be found, it would be unlikely to end the war.

This is also the view of most people. The South Kingdom is obviously determined to continue the war. Not to mention, their king did die in Fedicli's territory, and they had good reasons for the war. Even if this is written in the history books, it will not be questioned for hundreds of years to come.

"This time the church made an exception and used supernatural power to help the secular government. This is really rare. I heard Jenkins talking about the "Tower Agreement". I didn't expect to see the church and the royal family acting together so soon."

Brienne said again, so Miss Windsor told her what she heard from Sigrid about the Tower Agreement. The blond girl listened to these contents in surprise. But unlike Miss Windsor, who was inexplicably touched at the time, Britney didn't feel anything unusual.

She does not have the gift of a gifter.

Hearing some of the secrets of the world and the testimonies of the gods did not bring discomfort to Britney. After all, on the one hand, this is the residence of gods, and on the other hand, because of the relationship with Jenkins, the girls, especially Hathaway, It’s hard to say whether Brienne and Alexia are completely mortal.

After saying a few more words, Jenkins heard the carriage stop at the door of his house. Blainey, who was standing at the window, looked out:

"Alexia is here."

They now call each other by their first names.

It was impossible to see if there was anyone else on the carriage. Miss Windsor's guard opened the fence gate of the yard for Alexia. The short lady turned her head slightly to look at Miss Magic and Silver Flute who were looking in the next house. Mademoiselle, startling them before entering the house.

Miss Windsor also cares about her own safety, so in addition to ordinary bodyguards, hired occult consultants are also by her side at all times. Although it was a waste of time, Miss Windsor paid enough, so Miss Magic and Miss Silver Flute were both happy.

"Salhi II gave it to you."

Alexia said after entering the door and handed the letter to Jenkins. At this sensitive moment, Jenkins cannot go to see Dolores, and he and the king of the North can only exchange information through letters. Jenkins trusted Dolores' father more than Queen Isabella.

He opened the letter, glanced at it, and handed it to Miss Windsor:

"As expected, although Sarsi II's spies in Turin have not yet sent the information across the entire continent, the North Kingdom has found enough evidence to prove that Tarquin's death is related to the nobles of Turin."

"But they didn't find Mr. Luther either."

Miss Windsor turned the letter to the back and confirmed that there were no letters there:

"Everything is useless if we can't find him. We can't prove with visual evidence that Fidicelli had nothing to do with it."

"It will be found soon. The church will not let the war spread."

Jenkins said with certainty, and then asked Alexia:

"Why are you here to deliver the letter?"

He stood up and hugged the short lady. The cat on the sofa glanced at Jenkins and continued to sleep.

"Saershi II has a question to ask you. This question is very important and can only be asked by someone who is trusted by both him and you. And obviously, Tarquin has just died, and he dare not let Dolores do it casually. Activities in town.”

"what is the problem?"

Jenkins asked.

Alexia glanced at everyone in the house at this time and said softly:

"He wants to ask you, are you willing to kill Queen Isabella now?"

Chapter 1799 Chapter 1770 Southern Forest Fire

Although he was a little surprised, Jenkins thought of this possibility before Alexia opened her mouth. In fact, this is not a particularly bad idea. Once Queen Isabella dies, it means that Tarquin, the "proud one" of Chesland and the king of Fedictry Kingdom will die almost in one day. The people proved in their hearts that the Kingdom of Fidictri had nothing to do with the death of the Southern King, and they could even attack Chesland on the pretense that Chesland was the murderer.

Moreover, Tarquin died at a very critical point in time. Without him, it is difficult to say whether the Three Kings Talks can continue. Therefore, the death of Queen Isabella will not cause as much damage to the country as it did before this morning. It is even possible that because of her death, Fidicli will stand on the side of justice in the war with Chesland. one party.

What's more important is that now the war is almost on the verge of breaking out again. Once the king of Fidictelli dies, the country must elect a new king as soon as possible to suppress the domestic order, and at the same time, prevent the soldiers and officers on the front line from have a bee in one's bonnet. And there was almost no suspense in choosing the heir to the throne in a hurry and letting Jenkins wear the crown.

These are just the benefits that Jenkins can think of. He believes that Salhi II can think of more things.

He admitted that he completely agreed rationally that this was a decent idea, and even vaguely thought of a murder plan for a moment.

"But would I murder someone for my own purposes?"

Of course not. Although he knows that Queen Isabella is a bad person and knows the benefits that he can get by murdering the other party, Jenkins will not do this.

"That's the difference between me and her."

He said in his mind.

It has nothing to do with reason and sensibility, nor justice and evil. Jenkins would not do such a thing, and if Queen Isabella were in Jenkins's position, she would definitely do it without any psychological burden. This is the conflict between the two people's values, and it is also the reason for the irreconcilable conflict between Jenkins and her. The essential.

"I wouldn't do that."

After Alexia finished speaking, the living room was quiet for a few seconds before Jenkins gave the answer somewhat belatedly.

"really."

Alexia said.

"Of course he would say that."

Brienne also said, and then showed an understanding smile to Miss Windsor. Everyone could see how nervous Miss Windsor was in the previous few seconds. Although Queen Isabella did something wrong regarding the heir, which broke her heart, it did not mean that Miss Windsor wanted the old man to go. die.

She has a very deep feeling for Queen Isabella. It is a feeling between family members, and it will not be completely wiped out simply because of one thing.

For example, if Robert killed someone, Jenkins would definitely help him deal with the traces at the scene, destroy the evidence, and then blame the believers of the lie.

So Jenkins understands Miss Windsor's complicated feelings towards Queen Isabella now.

"There is no need to do this. Killing the opponent just moves things forward. I don't think this has any benefits. It will also leave a real risk of being discovered. There is no need to do this. Salshi II is really Thinking too much."

He said again, sitting back on the sofa and looking at Miss Windsor:

"you do not need to worry."

"I'm not worried because I know what kind of person you are."

The other ladies in the room had various expressions at this answer, but Miss Windsor didn't seem to care. She wanted to say something else, but then another carriage stopped at the door of the yard, and it was Hathaway who was back.

Hathaway left home before Jenkins and Miss Windsor arrived at St. George's Street. Based on the vagueness of the message and the emphasis on important matters, Jenkins immediately guessed that she was probably going to meet Miss Stillwell. .

Believers in music have been active recently, and Miss Stillwell probably wants to show her enthusiasm for cooperation with believers in lies, in order to gain further trust.

Some irritable red-haired girl walked into the living room, glanced at everyone in the living room, and probably knew why Miss Windsor appeared here. She greeted the other party politely, hugged Jenkins who stood up, took a sip from Jenkins' tea cup on the table, and heard Jenkins ask:

"Are you in any trouble?"

"I participated in a large-scale ceremony, but it failed due to inexplicable reasons. Those materials are not cheap."

The red-haired girl gave an angry answer, looking quite annoyed about this matter:

"It has been planned for a while, and the materials and people participating in the ceremony were carefully selected. Even Lydia and Brielle came. Unexpectedly, something went wrong inexplicably in the end, and the whole week was spent In vain."

Jenkins was very curious about what Miss Stillwell was leading this group of people, and also curious about whether those two names were the people he had seen last time when he broke into their gathering as Mr. Candle, but he could not directly ask:

"Perhaps you can tell me the general situation. Alexia may be able to give you some help."

Hathaway obviously hesitated, then leaned over and said a few words in the short lady's ear. This process only took about half a minute. The latter nodded slowly:

"It's not that there is something wrong with the ceremony itself. Although this ceremony is rare, there is no such wrong precedent... Next time the ceremony is held, just don't appear as a sacrifice. I think it is probably your birthday and There is a conflict in the formation of this ceremony.”

Alexia is the only demigod in the family, and Hathaway also trusts her, so she does not doubt this conclusion. But Jenkins heard that this was a lie. He looked at Alexia strangely and tried to communicate with her using [Biology].

Alexia caught the thoughts from Jenkins, raised her eyebrows at him, and gave him the answer in his mind:

"The reason why the ceremony failed is because Hathaway Hersha's other identity symbol suppressively covered the identity symbol of [Sacrifice to the God of Music], so that it was originally used to pray to the [God of Music] for the oracle. There has been a serious deviation in the ritual. She is now the real deal, a [girl serving the gods]~"

Alexia was leaving soon, and when she left, Julia was supposed to go back with her. She had not seen Dolores all day. But Dolores also asked Alexia to send word that Julia could stay on St. George Street in the past few days.

For the sake of safety, Salhi II will definitely not allow Dolores to go out at will in recent days, and Julia does not need to serve her in the house. After all, there are many servants. Staying with Jenkins not only saves time on traveling, but also gives Alexia a reason to visit here at any time.

Julia could only agree.

Tarquin's death was supposed to bring the Three Kings talks to a complete halt, but the meeting still went ahead as scheduled early Wednesday morning. Although only representatives from the kingdoms of Fidictry and Hampavo appeared, at least the speeches delivered by the two kings calmed the gloom caused by the restart of the war to a certain extent.

Chesland's delegation in Nolan did not disband and return home because of the king's death. Not just out of some idea, the second prince Briar Arecio, who was taken by Salsi II, actually appeared at Wednesday's meeting. But he did not express any opinions in the speeches of the other two kings, nor did he explain any of his views on his father's death to reporters.

On Wednesday, the newspaper used two complete pages to report on the Eastern Front on the second and third pages. Originally, it was just Turin's unilateral announcement of revenge, and Fidicelli did not respond. But yesterday evening, Cheslan's army made a surprise attack on the Chichara Forest, which was defended by Fidicli's Third Corps stationed on the eastern defense line, and directly entered the small town of Waterland, a military town belonging to the Kingdom of Fidicli in the west of the forest.

So the war began again.

In addition to the war, reports of the southern forest fires that Mr. Black Cat had mentioned appeared in the newspapers. This itself had nothing to do with Nolan, but at noon on Wednesday, Jenkins heard surprising news from the church:

"A second Mistborn appears? In the fires of the southern forests?"

The news comes from the Church of Nature, who have many churches in the primeval rainforests in the southern part of the continent. Because there are few people in the rainforest, apart from some believers of false gods, believers in nature know the forest best. Before being forced back by the fire, they discovered some strange paranormal phenomena. Later, with further adventurous investigation, a hand-drawn realistic but somewhat distorted pencil sketch was sent to Nolan.

Behind the swaying fire above the forest, a large, blurry figure stretches. The shadow was blurrier than the giant behind Nolan's thick fog, but it looked even more terrifying.

"We originally only thought that the dense fog around the city could give birth to the children of the fog. We did not expect that the smoke from forest fires, coupled with the fog that spreads throughout the world, would also give birth to those terrible things."

Miss Befanna put the sketch back into the file bag, with a worried look on her face:

"The son of the mist in the sea of ​​fire is not scary. Even if the southern parish does not have Nolan's conditions, it will not be as scary as it first appeared if we know how to deal with that monster. What is really scary is the fire. We can't find any way to extinguish it. The cause of the fire is strange. After connecting with the diffuse gray fog, it seems to have gained power from the fog. By the time we realize something is wrong, it is too late."

"Will this fire burn the whole world?"

Jenkins made a very bold guess, and he himself knew that this was impossible. After all, the theme of the last page of this era in the "Epic of Years" is "steam" rather than "fire".

PS: The difficulty in dealing with the son of the mist is mainly the layer of eggs. After breaking the eggs, Miss Befanna also said that it is not actually strong. Therefore, although the son of the mist in other parts of the world is troublesome, it is not completely undefeated.

Chapter 1800 Chapter 1771 Strange Events at Night

"Burn the whole world? No, no, of course it's not that serious."

Miss Bevan shook her head, and then carefully sealed the file bag:

"But it is currently expected that the forest fires in the south will burn for three months, at least three months. By the end of autumn, the cold air currents from the north of the continent will suppress the flames. This is still using the power of nature. At that time, with the help of a large-scale ceremony of thousands of people, it will be enough to extinguish the fire."

"But during this period, how many children of the mist will be born in advance by this fire? Will the fire breed something more terrible than the children of the mist?"

Jenkins asked again.

"It's hard to say, but this is probably the end of the world. The arrival of the end of the world is not sudden, it is a gradual process."

Miss Bevan shook her head.

Jenkins's understanding of the end of the world mostly comes from the stories of his hometown, where most of the stories are sudden disasters that destroyed the world. But the real end of the world is never without signs. This is a gradual process. After people accept the disasters that appear everywhere again and again, they will realize that the days of peace will never appear again.

Several small towns near the southern forest are already planning to relocate as a whole, and cities farther away are also ready to arrange for the transfer of citizens. However, due to the current chaotic politics in the South and the resumption of war, the Cheslan government did not take the fire seriously and was not dedicated to protecting its own citizens.

The chaotic domestic environment has prevented the fire from attracting official attention until recently. If it were not for the church's active assistance in disaster relief, more innocent people would have died in the fire.