The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

As soon as Leo entered the private library of the Hans family manor, Boger Hans immediately left the manor house, followed the path by the orchard to the outside of the holiday cottage located on an edge of the manor.

When he reached the outside of the house, he pushed the door straight and walked in, only to see that there was already a middle-aged man sitting at the desk in the room, writing something important, even if Bojie Hans walked in Yes, the man didn't even look up.

Bojie Hans also didn't bother this person, but went to the side and found a chair to sit down, quietly waiting for the other person to finish writing.

If anyone who knows the Hans family in Beruk City is here, they will definitely recognize the identity of this middle-aged man at a glance. The other party is Roger Hans, the former patriarch of the Hans family branch in Beruk City. A well-known figure nicknamed Freak Roger by the dignitaries of Beruk City.

Although the nickname Roger the Freak sounds like a derogatory term, the person who gave him this nickname did not have the slightest contempt, but strong fear, because in the eyes of that person, Roger Hans was A freak with abilities beyond ordinary people.

The Hans family encountered several crises when they established a foothold in Beruk City. Roger Hans, who was not the patriarch at the time, not only resolved these crises easily, but also resolved several hostile forces by the way, and The power of the Let family in Beiruk City has been expanded to a certain extent, and his outstanding ability has shocked those who know the relevant events. They all call him a freak or a monster, and he has such a nickname over time.

However, I don’t know why Roger Hans inexplicably gave up the position of patriarch and chose to go into seclusion one year after he took over as the branch patriarch. He was less than thirty years old at the time. .

At that time, many people in Beruk City were puzzled by this, and they used various means to inquire about the news. The final result was that Roger Hans had to choose to give up because he seemed to have offended a big man who could not be provoked. All retired to make amends to the big man.

Although this rumor is vague, it is a rumor from beginning to end, and even the offended big man is not an accurate statement, but because the Hans family did not stand up to clarify this rumor, it seems like Such rumors were allowed to spread in Beiruk City by default, so this rumor was finally regarded as a fact.

However, some people think that Roger Hans is a very ambitious person, and he will never be willing to retire at such a young age. The so-called offended big man is also likely to be a fake, and everything is just a part of Roger Hans. The trick is to make people think that he has really retired, and then he can continue to control the Hans family in secret and deal with those hostile forces.

Many people supported this kind of statement, but as Roger Hans did not appear in front of people again in the following ten years, and the Hans family in Beruk City did not have any expansion behavior, most of them Most of the time, they were just consolidating the past results, which gradually made the theory that Roger Hans' retirement was a conspiracy gradually lost the market, and was completely replaced by rumors that Roger Hans was forced to retire because he offended a big shot.

However, if someone who knows the situation is in this room, it can be seen from the current attitude of Bojie Hans to Roger Hans that the former patriarch still has a very strong relationship with the branch of the Hans family in Beruk City. control, it is even possible that the conspiracy theory speculation is true.

After about ten minutes passed, Roger Hans stopped writing, inserted the pen into the pen holder, folded the written paper, put it in the envelope, and stuffed it into a box full of similar letters by the desk in.

Roger Hans suddenly turned his head, asked a little thoughtlessly, and said, "When you saw that Leo Dodd, what was he like?"

Bojie Hans was stunned for a while, recalled it seriously, and then carefully told everything about when he saw Leo.

Roger Hans also listened very carefully, and asked some more detailed content from time to time, until he heard that Leo walked into the library with a very relaxed expression, and he didn't even show a trace of panic when the library was slowly closed Finally, he stopped asking, but bowed his head in thought for a moment, and said, "This Leo Dodd is probably also that kind of person."

"That kind of person?" Bojie Hans was stunned for a while, took out a square box from his arms and looked at it, and then said with a puzzled face: "Could you be mistaken, if it's that kind of person I Why didn't your secret treasure respond?"

If Leo was here, he would definitely be able to recognize that the secret treasure Bojie Hans spoke of was actually the most commonly used trace energy detector during the early colonial period of the Earth Federation.

The environment of some colonized planets seems to be very suitable for human habitation, but in fact, the sudden or living things on these planets may contain some traces of energy that are extremely deadly to humans, so in the early colonial period, when various protections were not in place, this was needed. A trace energy detector to avoid possible dangerous trace energy.

Roger Hans shook his head and said: "I said before that the reaction of the secret treasure can only be used as a reference. Some people may have certain characteristics that can avoid the detection of the secret treasure."

Bojie Hans shrugged disapprovingly, put the detector away again, and said, "So what if Leo Dodd is that kind of person? We are not enemies with him, but collaborators..."

"Collaborator? Back then, we were also collaborators with the Bates family. What happened?" Roger Hans looked at his cousin with disdain. In his eyes, his cousin might be quite capable in the family. But the character is a bit inappropriate.

Boger Hans curled his lips and did not argue with Roger Hans.

"How did you find out what I asked you to check?" Roger Hans asked again.

Bojie Hans replied: "I checked everything, and found nothing unusual."

"Impossible!" Roger Hans shook his head and said, "The disappearance of the Monte family must have something to do with that guy. He must have hidden something in the Monte Manor that we haven't found before. I'm sure Leo The Dodds chose Mount Manor because of that guy's legacy."

"I think you are suspicious." Bojie Hans said disapprovingly: "The manor has been abandoned there for so many years, and you go there to check it almost every year. If there is anything hidden, you have already checked it out. How could it be hidden in the manor..."

"Then how do you explain the haunting of the manor?" Roger Hans was very dissatisfied with his cousin's attitude, and said, "You must know that we have checked so many times, and there has been no haunting, but they are just renovating As soon as you step into the manor, hauntings happen frequently, so I am sure that there are things buried in the manor that I haven't discovered, and those things are the real legacy left by that guy."

"I think you are really crazy." Bojie Hans said a little irritably: "You are too obsessed with what that person left behind. You have been under house arrest for so many years because the family does not want you Becoming the second smiling Todd, aren't you sober?"

Roger Hans was silent for a long time without rebuttal, but said in a deep voice: "I want to see that Leo Dodd, please help me arrange it."

"Impossible." Bojie Hans refused without hesitation: "Now Leo Dodd has become the most critical figure in the reform of the federal army. If something happens to him..."

Roger Hans interrupted Bojie Hans and said coldly: "What do you think will happen to him, or what do you think I will do to him?"

Bojie Hans stared at his cousin, and after a while, he turned his head away and said, "I will try my best to arrange it, but whether he wants to come to see you is beyond my control."

Seeing Bojie Hans subdued, Roger Hans' tense face also relaxed, and then he saw him take out a box from his desk drawer, handed it to Bojie Hans, and said: " You give this to him, and after he reads it, if it is as I guessed, he will definitely come to see me."

Bojie Hans took the box and weighed it in his hand. It felt very light, so he wanted to open it to see what was inside, but Roger Hans stopped him and said, "You can't look."

"Is this thing harmful to others?" Bojie Hans frowned and said.

Roger Hans said truthfully: "Yes, the things in this will indeed have some bad effects on ordinary people, but as long as you don't continue to look at this thing, the bad effects will disappear soon. For that kind of people, the things in this Things are like an invitation letter, as long as he is also interested in the truth of this world, then he will definitely accept this invitation letter."

Bojie Hans frowned, and said extremely dissatisfied: "You are crazy! Didn't I just say that? Leo Dodd is very important to the Federation, if something happens to him..."

Roger Hans made a calm gesture and said, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. Even if I misjudge, that Leo Dodd is just a little tired. Reading in the library for too long makes my mind dizzy, and there will be no other problems."

Although his cousin had already made a promise, Bojie Hans was still somewhat resistant to this matter. After a moment of silence, he put the box in his pocket, apparently ready to obey Roger Hans' words , to invite Leo Roger Hans.

Afterwards, Bojie Hans did not leave the manor, but stayed in the manor, waiting for Leo to come out of the library.

Bojie Hans originally thought that Leo might need to stay in the library for a full time before coming out, but what he didn't expect was that only about a day later, Leo rang the bell in the library to come out.

"Do you want to eat something first?" After seeing Leo come out of the library, Bojie Hans knew that Leo hadn't eaten anything in the past day, so he asked.

"No need." Leo didn't show any fatigue at all, but was very excited. Although the height of the books in the library did not meet his expectations, the advantage was that the content was rich and could form a perfect database for him. In addition, some questions that had no answers in the past have now found corresponding answers. The next thing he needs to do is to thoroughly absorb and integrate these materials, at least to the extent that they can be read and used at any time.

Bojie Hans immediately offered an invitation: "There is a person who wants to see you. If Lord Leo thinks there is no problem, I hope you can meet him. Of course, if you don't want to see that person again, it doesn't matter. I will now arrange for someone to take you back to Belmont Manor."

Leo hesitated for a moment, looked at Bojie Hans, guessed in his mind who the person who asked Bojie Hans to invite was, and asked directly after he didn't think of the answer.

Originally, Leo thought that Bojie Hans would cover it up, but he didn't expect that Bojie Hans gave the answer just after he asked, saying: "It's my cousin, the former patriarch of the Hans family in Beruk City Roger Hans."

When Leo heard the words, he immediately remembered the information about Roger Hans. When collecting information about the Hans family, Roger Hans, a short-lived figure, was also the focus of collection. Before becoming the patriarch, he assisted the Hans family in the several power and money struggles. After seeing it, even Sylvia couldn't help but sigh that the other party's planning ability was very good, and it was also a rare talent in the Velen continent.

Because of this, Leo and Sylvia were very curious about the reason why Roger Hans suddenly retired when his power reached its peak. They didn't believe the rumors of offending big shots, because they knew about the Hans family. After their strength, they don't think there is anyone in the Otter Federation who can pose such a big threat to Roger Hans, so they speculate that the reason for Roger Hans' retirement may come from within the Hans family. Only in this way will there be no follow-up acts of revenge by the Hans family, and Roger Hans will likely retire silently, and the change of the patriarch of the Hans family branch in Beruk City will be so smooth without any incidents Come.

Now such a legendary figure in the Hans family actually wanted to meet him, which also made him a little curious.

At the same time, when Leo recalled Roger Hans' information and guessed the other party's intentions, Boger Hans mistook Leo's thinking attitude for the other party's unwillingness to see Roger Hans, so he took out He took the box that Roger Hans gave him, handed it to Leo, and said, "He said that you will go to see him after you read the contents of this box."

Hearing this, Leo didn't tell Bojie Hans that he actually wanted to meet Roger Hans, but took the box and opened it, only to see a wooden statue inside the box, although this The god is in the shape of a human, but his lower body has dozens of snake tails, and some patterns are carved on the base, and this pattern is similar to the patterns on some parts of the statue's surface that Leo found on the Giant's Shield before.