The Master of the Strange Realm

Bryony wanted to ask again, but she felt that it would be interesting to watch this matter develop little by little. And this is not her problem alone. There is no need to appear "careful" from the beginning. Hathaway knew that Alexia would definitely not want another person in the family, and she was also willing to believe Jenkins.

Looking towards the direction Jenkins left, Hathaway thought of another thing, so she said softly:

"Speaking of which, Alexia, I have something to ask you."

The meaning of this sentence was that she wanted to talk to Alexia alone. Although Brienne and Miss Windsor were confused, they thought they wanted to talk about the Giver, so they were not overly curious.

After Alexia and Hathaway walked to a quiet corner of the corridor, Hathaway hesitated before blurting out the question, which made Alexia smile:

"What do you think of Jenkins' cat, Chocolate?"

On the other side, Jenkins, who was following the servant, met Queen Isabella in the banquet hall on the first floor. She was sitting on the sofa next to the wall, chatting with several old ladies about her age, when she saw Jenkins approaching. , the others stood up and left temporarily.

Jenkins nodded, sat down with the cat in his arms, reached out and took an apple from the long low table in front of him:

"What do you want from me?"

"I noticed that you have been on the second floor with your friends. This is not okay. Isn't the purpose of social gatherings to make more friends?"

"We have something to do on the second floor."

Jenkins said without changing his expression, planning to overthrow the rule of the country by the organizer of the reception was indeed an important matter:

"I think the necessary greetings are not necessary. What do you want to talk to me about this time? Is the joint meeting of the Twelve Churches opening tomorrow?"

"Although this matter is also very important, it is not the focus of my visit to you. I just want to ask, what were the two terrible roars that appeared over Nolan in the morning? The church said they were thunder, but I am not that stupid yet. Can’t distinguish the sound of thunder.”

The old man said dissatisfiedly.

In fact, it was okay for the church to tell Queen Isabella that it was a dragon roar, but after all, it involved the appearance of a strange creature. For safety and insurance, the church did not mention it to ordinary people that it was a dragon.

Jenkins thought for a while:

"You know, mystery and transcendence, just knowledge and information, are burdensome and harmful to ordinary people. Do you really want to know?"

Without hesitation, the old man in front of him nodded:

"You don't need to tell me too many details. You just need to tell me whether it is a dragon...Also, don't play with apples. You should pay attention to your etiquette in this situation. If you think an apple is too It’s so big that you can’t finish it by yourself. You can go over there and get the fruit platter, which is on the long table to the right of the champagne tower.”

When he heard "fruit plate", Chocolate's eyes lit up and he eagerly waited for Jenkins to finish processing the things here.

"How did you think it was a dragon?"

Jenkins asked curiously.

"Some people say they saw a huge figure outside the fog layer. A huge creature flying in the sky and making a terrifying roar makes me think of a giant dragon. Could it be a flying whale?"

"No, it is true that some whales can fly, but they have not appeared for many years... Yes, it is indeed a dragon. But don't worry, it will not destroy the city. This is a friend of the church who currently lives in The evergreen forest outside the city, flying over the city today was just an accident.”

"So, are there really dragons in this world?"

"Of course, you also know that the Middleton family's lineage can be traced back to the elves. Since there can be elves in this world, is it strange that there are dragons?"

PS: They did not directly ask Jenkins to refuse, because they believed that Jenkins would abide by his promise. Of course, Jenkins will keep her promise, but the heroine also has Sigrid.

Chapter 1834 Chapter 1805 The Second Concession

"Yes, since there are elves, it's not surprising that there are dragons."

Queen Isabella held the armrest of the sofa with one hand and murmured to herself, while Jenkins tilted his head and looked at the men and women in the banquet hall:

"This world is bigger and more magical than you think. The creatures and past events in myths, legends, and even bedtime stories may be true."

"So, the "Stories of Strangers" you wrote are also true?"

"No, those stories are all false, absolutely false."

He whispered, then turned to look at Queen Isabella:

"Although I don't like you, you don't have to worry that I will use the power of the Giver to retaliate against you. You and I are different. Although this world is dangerous, for ordinary people like you, as long as you don't take the initiative to contact the extraordinary and mysterious , the possibility of encountering danger is much lower than ours.”

The old man did not continue to speak, but rubbed the ring on his finger with his fingers and lowered his head to think.

So Jenkins got up and went to look for the fruit platter. When he sat down, Chocolate was already holding a small piece of apple with his two little paws and eating it.

"How have you considered the proposal I mentioned last time?"

The old man asked suddenly. The proposal she was talking about was referring to the conversation between the two of them on the night of the first day of this month, when Jenkins was resting and changing clothes in the mansion where she stayed after fighting the cultist holding the Wrath of the Thunder God. At that time, Queen Isabella made a "concession" and promised that as long as Jenkins was willing to let Miss Windsor sit on the throne, the country would be at his disposal in 20 years without any objection.

"Well, I asked Dolores for her opinion, and she said that she would rather marry the king, otherwise it would be incompatible with her status as a queen."

This sentence is nonsense. In fact, Miss Windsor rejected it herself.

"Sarshi II, are you really willing to give up the country inherited by your ancestors to that princess as a dowry?"

"You can ask him yourself."

Jenkins did not answer directly.

Although Salhi II also came, he did not stay in the main banquet hall on the first floor and the garden outside for a long time because of his poor health. Now he is in the lounge on the second floor, in the lounge of Dolores and the attendants. Accompany you and talk to people about things. So Jenkins asked Queen Isabella to ask herself, which was not too much to ask.

"Maybe I can take a step back."

The old man said again, raising his head to look at Jenkins.

"Oh? How do you want to go back? Change the period from 20 years to 10 years? Why is this necessary?"

Jenkins shook his head indifferently.

"Jenkins, I know that you are a very strange person. You are not as enthusiastic about power as ordinary aristocratic young people of your age. You will definitely not like reducing the deadline. How about I add some more, if you are willing to accept me Under the conditions, I can leave all my inheritance to you.”

"Miss Windsor and Sigrid don't want it, why do you think I want it?"

"Do you really know how much money I have?"

Of course Jenkins didn't know, so the old man gave him a list. This is prepared in advance, after all, no one goes out with a list of their belongings all the time.

Just from the perspective of real estate and various shares, this is indeed a very huge amount of money. But more importantly, Queen Isabella actually has actual control over many second-rate steam companies in the country. These are not the property of the royal family, but private property not protected by the Crown Property Act established to prevent the loss of royal property. She is indeed qualified to decide who to leave it to.

"Where did you get all those gold pounds and shares?"

Jenkins asked after reading.

"I have been sitting in my current seat for nearly half a century, and in our country, the king is the real ruler. Are you surprised that I have these assets? Then when you learn about the royal family's assets, you will probably More surprised. How about it? Do you accept it?"

"Of course not."

Jenkins immediately shook his head.

"You don't have to answer so quickly. You can go back and think about it carefully. I know that the church is very concerned about reducing the exhaust emissions from steam plants. If you can get the actual control of many small steam companies in the country from me, and cooperate with what I just said today, The implementation of the church's plans under the announced Three-Country Joint Exhaust Emissions Restriction Act will be smoother. Moreover, the talks between the three kings are not over yet. As long as you agree to my conditions, I will do my best to support stricter air. After all, I promised to announce my successor as soon as the talks were over."

Jenkins still said nothing, but after leaving, he mentioned it to the ladies. Alexia asked him to think about it for himself, and Miss Windsor said that she would not become the next queen.

Jenkins thought for a while, but still had no intention of agreeing to that condition. Now that his preparations are complete, there is no need to add extra trouble.

The focus of this reception was to put the major results achieved by the Three Kings Talks on paper, and at the same time announce to the world that the Kingdom of Hampavo and the Kingdom of Fidictry have always been friends of Chesland, so during the previous term After the mysterious death of the king, the two countries must avenge Tarquin the Arrogant.

Queen Isabella and Salsi II announced in public that they recognized the second prince of Tarquin as the next kingdom of Chesland. At the same time, the young successor also took out the suicide note that Tarquin left for him before his death, indicating that he was the real king of Chesland and that the current puppet king in the country was just illegally occupying the throne.

It is conceivable that the big news that happened at the cocktail party will soon be spread to all parts of the world. What kind of reaction it will cause is not what Jenkins wants to think about now.

After the cocktail party, he still had important things to do, and meeting the believers and allies of the God of Music was the top priority.

Send the ladies home first, and take Miss Windsor back to her residence in her carriage on the pretext that she has something to talk about. Afterwards, he quietly asked Miss Silver Flute, who was Miss Windsor's bodyguard, how Mr. Hood's right hand was being treated now, but the situation was not optimistic. The mechanic who helped Mr. Hood last time was unwilling to help again this time. You can only find another reliable doctor.

Music believers and Jenkins agreed to meet at the Royal Opera House. Although it was a crowded public place, most of the women were musicians of high status, and the opera house was almost their home.

The meeting place was Hall 5 of the Opera House. This is a small hall used only for private performances. It is rarely open to the public, so it is a suitable place for a natural meeting.

Although the agreement was to meet at 7:30, when Jenkins arrived at 7:00 in the evening, the four leaders of the music believers who were the inviters were the "Archbishop" Lydia Bernreit, "the composer of the score." Brilee Harms, Miss Lark Hathaway, Mainland's West Coast liaison, and Miss Stillwell, Mainland's East Coast liaison, were all present.

Chapter 1835 Chapter 1806 The Union of False God Sects

When entering the small hall No. 5 to greet the musicians, Jenkins was very curious as to what method Hathaway used to arrive faster than himself riding a unicorn. Everyone set off from the city. Even if Sevi sets out immediately after arriving home, there is no reason why she should be faster than the unicorn.

But he had no chance to ask now. Seeing four women and scattered musicians sitting in the front row of the auditorium, he walked over and said:

"You guys came really early."

"There is no room for error in this meeting. To prevent any accidents, I have been here since lunch."

Miss Bernreit said, and then motioned to Jenkins to look at the curtained boxes around him:

"In addition to us, there are also representatives from some religious groups who are interested in cooperation. But they don't fully trust you, nor do they trust this cooperation very much, so they hide in those boxes. If they agree with your proposal Conditions, they will show up.”

Although it is a small performance hall, there are many private rooms. Jenkins glanced around with his eye of truth and knew that there were quite a few people who came early. He also saw Miss Magic, a believer in the God of Ritual. Just as Miss Magic said, her fellow believers were not ready and had not decided whether to trust the cooperation with the believers of lies.

"You don't have to tell me who's coming tonight, but I at least want to know how many pagan orders you have contacted?"

Jenkins asked slowly, choosing a seat in the front row near the center aisle. Hathaway was sitting on the other side of the aisle. She didn't even look at the man who was speaking, and was looking at the white cat with her eyes.

"Seven, but as long as four are willing to cooperate with you, you will definitely be able to find more collaborators in the future."

Miss Stillwell said Jenkins was skeptical about how many of the seven different religious orders she mentioned she had contact with.

"Tomorrow is the start of the church's joint meeting. Are your people ready?"

Miss Harms asked again.

"We have already obtained the current conference schedule. The conference will be held in five local churches in turn, and then go to Evergreen Forest, and then choose a day to rest. In this way, a week will be used as a conference cycle, so we You need to sneak into different churches on different days, but don’t worry, it’s not difficult.”

He said casually and then prompted:

"Unlike the meeting of the Three Kings, the church meeting does not take a long time. In fact, many details have already been discussed. The formal meeting only announces the results that can be seen by ordinary people. After all, , this is not the first disaster and doomsday that the material world has faced, and the church has had many previous experiences.”

"You want to say that you have obtained the internal negotiation information of the church."

Hathaway asked.

"certainly."

Jenkins said that he had spent a lot of time looking at those documents in the past few days, fearing that he would say the wrong thing at tomorrow's opening ceremony.

"It's better than I thought. It seems that your spy work is quite good."

Miss Bernreit commented.

"It's nowhere near the church."

Jenkins answered, stroking the cat, and Miss Stillwell suspected that he meant something.

Everyone arrived earlier than agreed, but the specific discussions still didn't start until half past seven. Before starting, the musicians performed a unique performance on the stage, which lasted about twenty minutes. They briefly described the changes and history of the 18th century in the form of a poem, and finally used a magnificent ensemble to express what they were facing at this moment. Even the apocalypse that is happening now.

Their singing was pretty good, and Jenkins didn't have to buy a ticket, so he welcomed the ceremonial performance.

Because it has been said before that believers in lies will give preferential treatment to musicians. Everything discussed here today is just a unified treatment for all pagan sects who are willing to support believers in lies. The treatment of musicians will be discussed separately later.

In return for this differential treatment by Mr. Candle, the musicians would appear to be on the same side as the people in the box during the negotiation, but in fact played the less honorable role of lobbyists.

The conditions that Jenkins could offer to attract the false god sect were not real money, and he also believed that support obtained with money was often disloyal and unreliable. Therefore, the conditions he gave were even more unreliable verbal promises. They were still the same words he made when he first met the musicians, but he would fully support their religious order in gaining the ability to walk in the material world and build churches in the next century. The treatment was reduced to just being able to preach freely.

But this is attractive enough. Free preaching means many things, not only the expansion of the number of people in the order, but also the influence on the church and gods has a completely different effect than in this era.

Because Jenkins could not produce anything substantial at this time, he could only sit there and talk about his vision for the next era, and his desire for people of multiple faiths to walk together under the blue sky and white clouds.

He was not a good speaker, but before he became Jenkins, he had heard too many excellent speeches and had seen too many speeches that moved people. In this world where no one could expose him, borrowing a little bit would have a good effect on him persuading others.

At least the musicians sitting next to him all showed a trend of recognition. Now the believers of lies really knew everything about the Church of the True God, and they also had a more detailed plan and appeal for the negotiations with the Church of the True God in the near future. They showed enough respect and equality for these people. Such a "liar" was completely different from the rude, violent and cunning appearance they had imagined before.

If it wasn't a secret meeting in the small hall of the opera house outside the city, they would be willing to believe that the man who spoke in front of them was a famous noble in Nolan.

There was a small episode during Jenkins' speech. The dragon roar appeared above his head again, and there was also a very chaotic sound of horse hooves passing by. You have to know that this is an opera house, and the sound insulation of the walls is absolutely top-notch. These sounds indicate that a fierce battle is taking place above the opera house.

The noises soon faded away, so Jenkins comforted everyone a little and explained what the church was doing. Including the people hiding in the box, most of these people are not locals in Nolan, and they are very surprised that there are dragons in the local area. But generally speaking, this matter has little to do with everyone, so they just make a few comments and continue to listen to Jenkins' speech.

Jenkins did not use the power of the priesthood to deceive others, and he really explained his ideas wholeheartedly.

This secret meeting was quite successful. In the end, 5 cults clearly stated that they would appear and support the believers of Zhan Lie during the negotiations with the Orthodox Church, and also promised to lobby more false god sects to join their camp.

Those who did not express their opinions on the spot did not refuse immediately, but wanted to make a decision after discussing among themselves.

But they all agreed to tell the friends they could meet that the believers of Lie were gathering supporters. This was just a piece of cake, and since the believers of Lie did not care about confidentiality, they naturally would not care.

For safety reasons, after reaching a verbal agreement and agreeing to meet again before the formal negotiations with the Orthodox Church, everyone left in batches. The musicians were the last to leave because they still had something to discuss with Jenkins after everyone left.

"Has everyone left?"

Miss Stiver asked the woman who came in from the door. She had just checked all the boxes to make sure no one stayed to eavesdrop.

"Everyone has left, and according to Mr. Candle's instructions, the things stuck on the wall have been removed."