The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The investigative report on this folklore was written not by one person but by seven, three of whom were investigators from England, France, and America.

The remaining four people did not sign, leaving only four marks, and Leo recognized three of them as the marks of the Orthodox Holy See, the Black Market, and the Night Watchman, the three dark world organizations, and the remaining mark should be a personal mark .

It is not difficult to see the importance of this investigation report from these signatures, but the report was stamped with a negative seal in the review process behind the investigation report.

The reason is that no signs of civilization were found in the Moon Lake area, and there was no corresponding content in the legends of the surrounding tribes, so the audit team determined that this folklore was only fabricated by the locals.

However, Leo didn't think so, because he found that this investigation report was the only one among all the investigation reports related to mysterious forces, group disappearance, and the No. 9 area of ​​Golden Oak Street.

In addition, there is another point that the investigation report mentions that the magnificent city will be seen when the moonlight is reflected on the lake, which means that the moonlight was very strong at that time, and it was probably a full moon, and the time of the incident at No. 9 Golden Oak Street Also during the full moon.

If it was just a little coincidence, it would be fine, but now there are so many coincidences, then the coincidence is no longer just a coincidence, it may be a fact.

Obviously, the members of the investigation team also discovered this situation, and they attached great importance to it. They asked seven people to sign this document, but it was a pity that it was finally erased by the bureaucracy sitting in the office for review. There's nothing to do with Leo.

While Leo was recording the data, someone suddenly rang the bell outside the villa, and Vaschi went out, and after a while, she saw her coming to the living room with a beautiful invitation letter, and put the invitation letter on the On the table.

"I know I won't go, but I send it every time. That little guy never gives up!" The old man just glanced at the invitation letter, then shook his head, then seemed to think of something, and handed the invitation letter to Leo, and said: "You help me! Just in time, when you come back, I have already made a study plan."

Leo was slightly startled, took the invitation letter, opened it to have a look, it turned out to be an invitation letter for a high-end banquet, but when his eyes fell on the name of the initiator of the invitation letter, he frowned and looked up at The old man, said: "You did it on purpose, didn't you?"

"Don't you think it's very interesting?" The old man smiled and said, "That little guy Rupert is a staunch supporter of Duke Devin, if you have any plans against Duke Devin in Miria City, you must first It was Rupert, and it would do you good to get a close look at your opponent."

Leo shook his head, threw the invitation letter on the table that attracted the rich and powerful of Miria city, and said indifferently: "He is not my opponent, and whether the Duke Dewen's complaint is successful or not is irrelevant to me. any will."

Although Leo said that he is not my opponent, it sounds like he is saying that the two are not enemies, but the old man can hear another hidden meaning.

The old man didn't accuse Leo of being too arrogant, he just smiled and asked, "Do you think you are outside the whirlpool now?"

"Isn't it?" Leo asked back.

"You and your comrades-in-arms may be insignificant existences in the eyes of some people, and they only played an insignificant role in the whole incident," the old man picked up the cup on the table and poured a glass of cold water, then inserted his fingers into the water and turned slightly , said: "Maybe what you are doing is just to make waves in this calm water, but the various forces attracted by you want to create huge waves, and in the end, with their help, the huge waves The wave has become a vortex, involving all participants and non-participants, and your position is in the center of the vortex, do you still think that what is happening now has nothing to do with you?"

"I can get away." Leo said coldly.

The old man smiled and said: "You can't, you know it very well." Then, he wiped his wet fingers, picked up the invitation letter and handed it to Leo, saying: "Actually, this matter has exceeded your expectations. It was estimated, even exceeded everyone’s estimate, everyone was forcibly sent to a high-speed train, and whoever got off the train would die, no one could be an exception.”

Leo took the invitation and couldn't help asking, "What about you? Where are you?"

"Didn't I already be thrown into the car by you and Annie?" The old man smiled humorously.

If you want to choose the ten most eye-catching buildings in Miria City, Silver Moon Castle is definitely one of them. It is located in the Silver Moon Valley in the Mid-Moon Lake area on the outskirts of Miria City.

Silver Moon Valley is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and one side faces the water. Because of the angle of the surrounding mountains and water surface, when the moon can be seen in the sky, the moonlight around Silver Moon Valley will be concentrated here, making it look like It's like being shrouded in moonlight.

The first person to build a villa here was a member of the royal family of Savile, but the villa he built was too exaggerated and luxurious, completely inconsistent with the quiet and elegant surroundings, and thus became the ugliest building recognized in Miria City one.

Afterwards, this piece of land passed through the hands of several people, and no one continued to develop it until Rupert’s arrival. He spent a lot of money to buy this piece of land, and built the current silver building with ten times the purchase price of the land. Moon Castle.

It is said to be a castle, but it is actually more like a royal manor. The whole manor has six palaces with different functions, five courtyards with large squares, seven gardens with different characteristics, and more than 3,000 rooms. There are pieces of art and antiques from different countries, and there are as many as 4,000 servants in charge of taking care of the manor.

The most special place in the entire manor is the Moonlight Tower located in the center of the manor. Whenever the moonlight is concentrated in the Silver Moon Valley, the gems on the top of the Moonlight Tower will absorb the surrounding moonlight and release stronger silver-blue light, turning into The second moon, which is also the origin of the name of Silvermoon Castle.

After the completion of Silvermoon Castle, Rupert held a banquet in the castle as usual. Among the guests present, there were many people whose wealth could be compared with it. When these people saw such an exquisite castle manor, they were all moved by it, and they kept going. He made an offer to Rupert, hoping to buy it. In the end, the asking price even exceeded fifty times the construction price, but Rupert refused in the end.

For the dignitaries of Miria City, whoever gets the Silvermoon Castle doesn't really care. What they care about is whether they can receive invitations when the Silvermoon Castle holds a banquet.

Because of this, every time Silvermoon Castle held a banquet, the price of invitation cards in Silvermoon Castle rose steadily, and even reached an astonishing height of 50,000 gold flanges at the highest point, but this price height was broken today.

This time, after the news that Rupert held a banquet at Silvermoon Castle came out, the price of an ordinary invitation remained unchanged at 3,000 gold flanges, but the price of an advanced invitation reached 40,000 gold flanges. A special invitation card that can enter anywhere in the castle directly soared to a huge amount of 100,000 gold flanges.

It's a pity that this kind of special invitation has a price and no market, because the people who can get this kind of invitation are all big men who are either rich or expensive, and they don't need to give up this glorious status symbol in their hands for a small amount of one hundred thousand gold flanges .

Although it was impossible for many people in Miria City to get invitations when the banquet was held, they were willing to wait around the square outside the Silver Moon Valley, hoping that they would have good luck and someone would take them in.

Because they have done a lot of this kind of things, these people have also gained experience and know which people are worthy of them to go up to say hello and make requests, and who are also waiting for opportunities like them, and it is not worth wasting time.

It was the first time for Emily to do this kind of thing. Even though she was weak and shy in the square outside Silvermoon Valley, she did not dare to approach the carriages waiting for inspection invitations to be allowed to enter the valley. As for making requests to the people inside the carriages I dare not.

With such a personality, the reason why she came to do this kind of thing is because she hoped that her parents could move out of the chaotic Yushi District. One hundred times stronger.

In addition, she also hoped that her husband, who was quiet and honest, could get a chance to be promoted and moved out of the hopeless file room, even if it wasn't the kind of popular position.

However, Emily, who was born as a freeman, has no relationship at all to help her husband or her parents. The only thing she can use is her fair appearance. She felt that if she could enter the banquet in Silvermoon Castle, she would have the chance to become the mistress of some powerful person, and maybe she would be able to change the lives of her, her husband and her parents.

For this reason, when she found out that Silvermoon Castle was holding a banquet, she spent all her private money, rented a decent lace lotus leaf dress, and put on some makeup before sitting with her colleagues who had the same thoughts. The carriage arrived outside Silver Moon Valley.

It was only after she arrived at the place that she realized that her expectations were a bit high, because among the crowd waiting for an opportunity, there were many people who were more expensively dressed than her, and people who were more beautiful than her were everywhere. She stood in the crowd It is a completely inconspicuous existence.

When one after another of high-end carriages drove to the square of Silver Moon Valley, waiting to enter, Emily had no chance to get close to those carriages at all, and she could also see that even if she could get close in her situation, it might be useless.

At this moment, Emily suddenly discovered that one of the many high-end carriages in the square parked an old carriage that looked no different from ordinary carriages on the street, and the driver sitting on the carriage was also wearing old clothes and hats. The whole person huddled together looked a little wretched.

Later, she heard a few experienced people beside her talk about the old carriage. They thought that the carriage should be a servant's carriage. When they reached the entrance of the valley, they would be stopped by someone, and there was no need to ask.

Although she heard the analysis of these people, the optimistic Emily still had some expectations. After all, she hadn't been near any carriage that night, and she didn't want to waste all the elaborate makeup that she spent all her private money on.

So, after hesitating for a moment, Emily took a few deep breaths, worked up her courage and walked towards the carriage, then stood at the carriage door and looked inside.

I saw a young man wearing a tuxedo and a top hat sitting in the carriage without any outstanding attire. What was very strange was that this man was not wearing white gloves, but a pair of clothes that dock workers often wear. fingerless gloves.

With the light of the carriage, Emily could see the young man's not-so-handsome but majestic face with a beard that no one else would keep, and she couldn't help showing disappointment in her eyes I also felt that those people might have guessed right, the person sitting in the carriage might be a high-ranking servant of the castle.

"What's the matter with you?" The people in the carriage couldn't help asking when they saw a woman standing outside the car window watching for a long time.

"I, I..." Emily was a little at a loss by the sudden inquiry, and the handkerchief in her hand was even messed up by her.

"Take a deep breath." Feeling that the little woman in front of her seemed to faint due to nervousness at any time, the people in the carriage immediately guided rhythmically, "Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale..."

Following a few guided deep breaths, Emily's nervousness eased, and while her mood stabilized, she hurriedly said: "I want to attend the banquet in Silvermoon Castle, can you please take me in? "

After finishing speaking, Emily regretted immediately, because she felt that her tone of speech was too blunt, not tactful at all, and the speed of her speech was too fast, which seemed very vulgar.

Just as Emily picked out countless flaws in her request just now, the people in the carriage fell silent for a moment, and said, "Come on!"

"Huh?" Emily was completely stunned when she heard the other party's words. She felt that she was thinking too much about auditory hallucinations.

The person in the carriage asked again: "Aren't you going to come up?"

"Ah!" Finally sure that she heard correctly, Emily quickly opened the car door, carried her fluffy skirt, and boarded the old carriage. Not far behind her, other people who were waiting for the opportunity called out There was a sound of ridicule.

After getting into the carriage, Emily sat for a while, and suddenly realized that she hadn't introduced herself yet, so she stretched out her hand to the person sitting opposite her as if she was working, "Hi, my name is Emily."

The person sitting opposite looked at the extended hand, smiled, reached out, shook it, and said, "Hi, my name is Leo Dodd."

That's right, the person sitting in this old carriage was Leo who had been forced by the old man not long ago to attend a banquet at Silvermoon Castle with an invitation letter.

Originally, according to the old man's intention, since Leo represented him, he naturally couldn't dress poorly, so he prepared a set of very high-end clothes, and even prepared a very eye-catching steam carriage for Leo. But they were all rejected by Leo. He casually picked a suit of tuxedo, vest, and shirt, and wore an ordinary top hat. He left the villa with the invitation, stopped a carriage at random, and came to the first quarter moon. Lake District.