Chapter 51 CompanyTitle of the Book:Secret: The Story Hidden Under DestinyAuthor: Little Fish Listening to the RainChapter word count: 2272 wordsUpdate time: 2023-06-04 19:30:03
Friday, August 31st, at Mr. Eimler's house, Prince Street, Cherwood District.
Grellant spent a day contacting Audrey and the others, and obtained Mr. Eimiller's consent to discuss matters regarding the factory at his home.
When contacting them, Grellint had already informed them of the situation at the factory.
Of course, different people used different ways of informing. Audrey and Emile directly showed them what he saw through ritual magic; as for Wright, he was an ordinary person after all, and Greylint had no intention of exposing himself, so he chose to narrate it orally.
Compared to Audrey and Emil, Wright had a bigger reaction to this incident. Although he had been paying attention to the East District, he actually hadn't been observing the factory for a long time. After all, he was a reporter for a newspaper, an ordinary reporter, and there were many things in the newspaper that he needed to be responsible for.
Three o'clock in the afternoon was the time that Greylint had booked yesterday, but when he and Audrey arrived 10 minutes early, they found that Wright was already waiting for them.
They were not being polite. Everyone had thought about it for a long time yesterday and had some ideas. They put forward their ideas and discussed them with everyone.
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The best method was proposed by Wright. Perhaps it was because he was a journalist and had more experience than Greylint.
With the improvement of Greylint and others, Wright's idea was recognized by everyone.
They planned to set up an investment company in the name of nobility, train children, provide them with education and living, and return them according to a certain proportion after they find jobs when they grow up.
In establishing this company, Wright was responsible for finding suitable classrooms and locations, Emile provided the necessary protection, and Greylint and Audrey were responsible for contacting nobles who were willing to invest.
Glint felt no pressure about the things he was responsible for. He sent a letter to himself through the post office in the name of Holmes.
In the letter, he praised himself and described himself as the kindest noble gentleman he had ever met. Then he mentioned the factory in the East District and those children, hoping that Viscount Glint could help in this matter.
Later, he received the letter himself, read it carefully, and asked the housekeeper to pass it to Audrey, hoping to get Miss Audrey's help.
This went very smoothly. Except when he was writing the letter, Audrey was right beside him, watching him praise himself and offering some suggestions from time to time...
Soon, with the help of Miss Audrey, many of their friends invested in the company.
On Monday, September 3, 1349, Audrey Investment Company was established on Daxton Street in Cherwood District. Of course, this is just a place for the outside world, and it is also for helping these children find suitable jobs after they finish their studies.
After all, most company managers in the East District choose to live in the Cherwood District. Compared with the East District, the safety here is greatly improved.
Then, they chose a location from several addresses provided by Wright to build a school, which was actually just a simple renovation of the original house.
Speaking of the company's external name, Grellint actually always wanted to call it Loen Angel Investment Company. Unfortunately, unlike in his previous life, this world really has angels, and here, angel is not a word that can be used casually.
In addition, Grellint's friends said that they all invested money because of Audrey, and insisted that they did it for Miss Audrey's sake and wanted to let the children know that it was the beautiful Miss Audrey who helped them.
As for the original initiator, the person who contacted Audrey, this person is not important.
Grellint didn't care about the name, he just wanted to help the children.
After the company was established, Wright quit his job at the newspaper to take charge of this matter, and Mr. Eimiller also moved from the Cherwood area to the East District and lived in the school they founded.
Grellint and Audrey also canceled all activities for the next two days and focused on this matter.
They first borrowed a large sum of gold pounds from Backlund Bank at a very low interest rate. This was because most of Grallint and Audrey's assets had long-term stable returns that could be repaid slowly, and they could borrow a large sum of money from the bank for expenses. After all, the more money, the better.
Next was the place they had planned to rent. The original owner suddenly decided to sell it and offered a very low price, so they bought the chosen place at a price far below the market price.
Then, regarding the selection of teachers, according to Wright's information, Grellant and Audrey visited them one by one. In front of the audience, these people could hardly hide their inner thoughts.
Everything went very smoothly. Wright also negotiated contracts with surrounding factories to move all the children living in the factories here, and they provided free food and shelter.
On Wednesday, September 5, after everything was back on track, Grellint and Audrey returned to their normal social life as nobles, leaving the company's affairs to Wright, with Mr. Eimiller assisting.
After all, they are aristocrats and it is impossible for them to stay in the East District all the time, at least not openly.
Backlund Queen District, Duke Negan's mansion.
Both Grellint and Audrey received invitations to the ball hosted by Duke Negan.
At this time, Grellint was standing on the second floor, looking at the people dancing below, and couldn't help but sigh.
He also noticed that his good friend Audrey was also in a daze on the second floor, but he did not approach Audrey. In such a public occasion, as the most beautiful gem in Loen, Audrey would attract everyone's attention no matter what she did, and he did not want to be the object of attention.
He continued to stare at the dancing crowd downstairs in a daze, and couldn't help but think of those children, watching those children come to the school they founded, and seeing the smiling faces of those children when they saw their new home.
Thinking of the child, Grallant suddenly realized that he seemed to have not paid attention to Oliver for some time. It seemed that after discovering that he had been following the story Grallant remembered, Grallant paid less and less attention to him. During this period, he was busy with the affairs of the East District and completely forgot about Oliver.
"When the dance is over, he will go to Cherwood District."
Grellint made a secret decision in his heart.
The dance went on as normal...
"There is danger at the dance, be careful."
Audrey seemed to be going to look for her father, Earl Hall, and as she passed by Grallant, she spoke to him in a low voice.
Grellint did not move, as if he had not heard anything. In this situation, being able to say a word was already extremely rare.
In his mind, he had already gone over all the people at today's dance.
After carefully recalling everyone at the ball, Glellant still didn't find anything unusual. He didn't know what Audrey had discovered to detect the abnormality. But he believed in his friend's judgment and believed that she must have discovered something when she spoke in this way.
Although there was nothing unusual on the surface, he secretly increased his vigilance.
At the same time, although he didn't know what the danger was, he could currently determine the source of the danger, Duke Negan.
Paras Nigan, a major supporter of the Conservative Party and the elder brother of Prime Minister Aguhid. It is not known whether this danger comes from party disputes or revenge from enemies.
Woo!
A sudden strong wind appeared out of nowhere above the dance floor. The crystal chandelier began to sway, and the candles on it kept going out in the strong wind. The entire dance floor was changing between light and darkness...Chapter 52 AssassinationTitle of the Book:Secret: The Story Hidden Under DestinyAuthor: Little Fish Listening to the RainChapter word count: 2248 wordsUpdate time: 2023-06-07 23:22:44
here we go!
Grellint understood instantly, but before he could open his spiritual vision, the metal chain of the crystal chandelier suddenly broke.
A huge crystal chandelier crashed down to the center of the stage, and the entire stage suddenly went dark.
Greylint quietly turned on his spiritual vision, and within his sight, no one died.
The guests must have evacuated outside the stage when the strong wind appeared. However, many people were injured, and from the perspective of the psychic, the color of many people's limbs was partially dim.
An object that changed color caught Grellint's attention. It was in a corner of the stage, on someone's hand. It should be something like a glove. But with his psychic vision, he couldn't tell who the person was.
For the first time, Greylint encountered an object that could change color in the clairvoyant state. Objects with color in the clairvoyant state are not ordinary items. The color represents the essence of the object and represents extraordinary properties.
According to his understanding, changing the color means changing the extraordinary sequence. This is completely beyond Greylint's cognition. Can't you only choose one extraordinary sequence?
Before Greylint could continue thinking, a scream came from Duke Negan.
Someone was attacked!
Grellint looked over there and saw a person curled up on the ground. The color of his brain had turned darker, from the normal dark purple to light purple.
He was under a psychic attack, which affected the external manifestation of his etheric body.
Could it be that person? Greylint looked in the previous direction, but the person's figure had disappeared.
Greylint looked towards Duke Negan, and sure enough, next to the Duke, a figure was approaching, and one of his hands turned black, and it seemed that his ability had changed again.
He stretched out his hand and stabbed Duke Negan in the heart.
The assassination was successful!
No, Greylint noticed that Duke Negan lost all his colors in an instant, or rather, his etheric body disappeared.
Is this the ability of a certain Beyonder? Or is Duke Negan himself an Beyonder?
Before Greylint had time to think more, an inexplicable emotion emerged in his heart. He suddenly became very frightened and wanted to escape from here.
It was another extraordinary ability. He used meditation to suppress the fear in his heart and followed the assassin with his eyes.
He smashed through a lounge door at an extremely fast speed, then broke through the window, flew out of the house, and escaped from Duke Negan's mansion.
The crisis was over, at least for Greylint, the danger was over.
Now he only had one question, why did Audrey find out about this, was this something that the audience could judge? Take some time to thank Audrey and ask her how she found out.
An assassination occurred and the dance ended early. After returning to his own residence, Grellant changed into his familiar clothes and left quietly...
Camden Street, Cherwood, the house at the end of the row of townhouses on the left side of the street.
Grellint came here, and through ritual magic, he found that the little boy Oliver was not here.
Could it be that he lives with that bandit? Grellint recalled the plot in the book and thought uncertainly.
After all, he had read it in his previous life, and Greylint could only recall the general plot of the story at the moment, and he only knew that it was a good ending.
Now he could only use the clumsy method to search. Grallant came to 103 Begur Street, the residence of a man named Mr. Brown.
Recalling the last time he saw Oliver, Greylint used ritual magic to view scenes from the spirit world over the past period of time.
Oliver stayed at Mr. Brown's house for three days and was caught on his way to deliver books for him.
Following this clue, Grallant continued to track them and saw them come to Camden Street and then to the thieves' den.
After being held captive for a few days, Oliver was taken to a new location, also on Camden Street.
Here, Grellant found Oliver. After checking the past few days through ritual magic, Grellant felt relieved. The story was unfolding as he was familiar with. Next, the robber named Virginia took Oliver to steal the mansion.
When reviewing what happened in the past few days, Greylint became more and more certain that the stories happening in reality were exactly the same as the stories in the book of his previous life.
What kind of world is this? Is it a coincidence? Or is this just an open world game?
It seems that everything is unfolding according to the set plot.
He gave up thinking about this matter any further. This was obviously not something he was investigating. He didn't even know the specific reason why he had traveled through time.
After confirming Oliver's condition, Grallant returned to Queens.
He planned to consult Professor Steve about the scene he saw at the dance today. He was full of curiosity about the magical item used by the assassin that could change colors under psychic vision, as well as the Duke's ability to save his life.
To this end, he did not hesitate to spend a fortune on consulting fees.
Soon, a letter was written. In the letter, Grellint only concealed the content about his good friend Audrey. He did not hide anything else. After all, most people knew that Duke Negan had been assassinated.
He started by describing the scene he saw when he suddenly discovered a strong wind at the ball. Of course, the focus was on the extraordinary item used by the assassin and Duke Negan's mysterious disappearance ability.
One is an extraordinary item with a high probability of using different sequence abilities, and the other is a powerful life-saving ability.
If there was a choice, Grellint said he would take them all. Of course, he also knew that such things were probably extremely rare.
After all, it was the life-saving ability used by Duke Negan. As one of the most powerful people in the entire Kingdom of Loen, the things he could access were far beyond the reach of a small viscount like Greylint.
Similarly, as an assassin, he is naturally extremely powerful, and most likely someone that Greylint cannot afford to offend in life.
Grellant handed the written letter to the messenger and asked it to be delivered to Professor Steve.
In recent times, he often asked his messenger to play himself, and he became more and more familiar with his messenger.
For the messenger work like delivering mail, his messenger, Mr. Maci Stephen, no longer needs to be paid. Yes, sir, according to it, this is a new word it has learned during this period, and it likes it very much.
After a while, his messenger brought back a reply from Professor Steve.
Hurricane Vice Admiral Zilingos failed in his attempt to assassinate Duke Negan and died on the way to escape.
Extraordinary items are most likely shepherd abilities of the Secret Prayer Sequence, which can herd the souls of Extraordinary people. Be sure to be careful of the Aurora Society.
There is too little information to judge the ability used by Duke Negan. There are many extraordinary abilities that can achieve similar effects.
The content of the letter is extremely simple, but it contains a huge amount of information.
Qilingos, he was one of the seven pirate generals. Among the mystic enthusiasts like Grelinte, he was considered a legend.
If you think about it carefully, it is normal. Only such a legendary figure can try to kill the Duke of a country.
There was also the Beyonder who could herd souls, called the Shepherd. Before, Greylint only knew that the Aurora Society was a group of lunatics, but he didn't expect that their sequence abilities were so weird.
But he had no intention of delving into these matters now. He just wanted to know one thing.
What role did his good friend, Audrey Hall, play in it? Was it really just an accidental discovery?Chapter 53 AnchorTitle of the Book:Secret: The Story Hidden Under DestinyAuthor: Little Fish Listening to the RainChapter word count: 2251 wordsUpdate time: 2023-06-11 22:35:41
Thursday, Royal Hippodrome, Queens.
This is where Grallint contacted Audrey via messenger and they agreed to meet in person.
Grellant arrived at the agreed private room in advance, waiting for Audrey's arrival. Based on some information he had accidentally collected before, he had a lot of guesses.
But when he waited for Audrey to arrive, he saw the girl wearing a polar long skirt, a tight top, and many accessories.
For a moment, Greylint didn't know how to start. He had made a lot of preparations and thought of many words beforehand.
But when he saw his good friend Audrey, seeing her dressed like this, he could not connect her with the assassination.
"Audrey, it's an honor to meet you."
"Um, no, I mean, can I ask you about your hobbies?"
"No, if you don't mind, I would like to know who you were looking for through Fors and the others?"
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"Dear Gralinte, we agreed not to hide our true thoughts from each other. You don't have to be so cautious. I know what you want to know, and I didn't intend to hide it from you when I came here."
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"Audrey, the person you investigated earlier was Qi Lingos. You already knew that he came to Backlund."
This was his guess about Audrey, or to be more precise, what he thought was the most likely scenario.
If it was true, then his friend was doing something extremely dangerous. He was a pirate general, a legendary figure in his and Audrey's circle.
If the pirate general makes a discovery, Count Hall's mansion will not be able to stop such a famous robber on the sea.
In Grelint's worldview, these pirate generals and pirate kings are all robbers, no matter what name they use, even if it is the robbing of the rich to help the poor that is widely spread by poets.
But in essence, they are a group of bandits, extremely dangerous people who should not be touched.
Audrey was silent for a while, which made Grellint realize that his good friend was really doing such a dangerous thing.
Although on the surface, his good friend Audrey did not go through his own relationship investigation, but chose Fors and Xio, who the outside world believed had no relationship with her, to investigate on her behalf. This was a very safe thing to do.
But this is an extraordinary world. In this world, you can get news not only through the real world.
Grellint had obtained information through ritual magic many times, just like Mr. Emile, who was an extraordinary person. He hid so perfectly, but Grellint still found clues through ritual magic.
Generally speaking, low-sequence Beyonders have no secrets from high-sequence Beyonders. Just like his teacher, Professor Steve, he always seemed to know Graylint's purpose and prepared what he needed.
"Miss Audrey, I think I must express my concerns and worries. You should know that you have recently been engaged in a rather dangerous thing. As your friend, I hope you can understand that this matter may bring unforeseen risks and injuries."
"I really hope you will think carefully before you do this and take responsibility for your own safety. If you need any help, I will do my best to help."
At this point, Grellint paused...
"Audrey, you are the only friend in this world with whom I can openly communicate. I don't want to know that you are doing something dangerous alone."
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"If this is a request from God, let us face it together."
"Dear Gralinte, I..., I am very grateful for your concern and sincerity towards me."
"I understand your concern for me, value our friendship, and appreciate your support."
"I am willing to work with you to explore solutions and make sure we can all stay safe."
"Our friendship is something I value greatly, and I hope that together we can find a wise and safe path forward."
Audrey looked at Greylint and found that he was still looking at her.
She then spoke.
She briefly told Greylint about her mission, and Greylint roughly understood the reason. It seemed to be a commission from a member of the organization, not from the unknown god Mr. Fool.
It was normal to think about it. For Greylint and the others, a powerful and extraordinary being was a legend, but for a god, it was not something worth caring about.
Grellint continued to listen to Audrey's story, and felt something was wrong. He thought that one of the reasons why he took on this task was to express his gratitude, to thank him for telling Audrey some knowledge and potion formulas...
Wait, the potion formula, wow, it's the same person, right? Recalling Audrey before she took the potion, Grellint had a worse impression of that person.
Giving Audrey the potion formula and asking her to do such a dangerous thing, as an organization of gods, although Audrey only mentioned a few of them, such as the host Mr. Fool, it is impossible that there are only these few people.
Don't let him know that person's real identity, otherwise...
Knowing this roughly, Grellant had some understanding of his friend's actions. Unlike him, he first met Professor Steve, a Beyonder whose specific sequence Grellant didn't know until now.
In front of Professor Steve, he always had a feeling of being seen through, as if Professor Steve knew everything about him.
Although Professor Steve did not do anything unusual to him, he was a time traveler after all, and this was a completely unfamiliar world for him. He had a natural resistance to this situation.
Therefore, he had a natural vigilance towards high-level Beyonders. In addition, he often used ritual magic to look for clues and understood that in such an Beyonder world, where the spirit world existed, there were no secrets, at least for low-sequence Beyonders like them.
But Audrey had not experienced any of this, and for her, this was a simple task, and she could avoid being discovered without the outside world knowing about the relationship.
After Audrey finished her story, she glanced at Greylint secretly.
Noticing his friend's gaze, Grellint spoke up.
"Audrey, didn't you want to know my recent story?"
Grallant told Audrey how he found out about Mr. Eimiller...
"So, Greylint, for a low-sequence Beyonder, as long as he investigates carefully, a high-sequence Beyonder will know his hidden secrets."
"At least that's what I know. My Beyonder teacher will not be surprised every time I digest the potion and will prepare the next potion formula."
"So, so in the spirit world, we don't actually have any secrets."
"So, Audrey, no matter what happens, we will face it together."
"You know, the Beyonders are a bunch of pathetic creatures struggling against madness, like a weak ship on a rough sea under a storm."
"On the sea, sailors use anchors to fight the sea. To me, you are the anchor that keeps me alive. Without you, I don't know how long I can hold on in this crazy world."
"Audrey, don't face danger alone."
"Grelint, you are also my anchor to keep myself in this extraordinary world."Chapter 54 MissingTitle of the Book:Secret: The Story Hidden Under DestinyAuthor: Little Fish Listening to the RainChapter word count: 2208 wordsUpdate time: 2023-06-18 23:24:23
Sunday 9 September, Camden Street, Cherwood.
After talking with Audrey, Grellant and her made a lot of agreements. For example, Audrey would not hide the tasks she took from him. Similarly, Grellant was not allowed to secretly touch new things without telling her.
For the next period of time, Greylint had nothing important to do. After all, as a noble, socializing was their main theme from June to December.
He also did not travel to the East End and Cherwood districts after speaking with Audrey at Royal Racecourse on Thursday.
Although the company in the East District had just been established, Audrey had found some professional personnel to manage it. In addition, Wright and Emile were there to take care of things there, so Greylint was naturally very confident about the two of them.
As for Oliver, after such a long period of observation by Grellant, it can be basically confirmed that this is the story of "Oliver Twist". The only thing that puzzles Grellant is why the novel story of his previous life appeared in this world.
But when everything settles down and this story is over, he will try to contact Oliver. After observing him for so long, Greylint likes this child more and more.
His innocence and kindness can still be maintained even in such an environment.
He had collected Oliver's experiences before he came to Backlund, which were the same as those in the novel. Growing up in an orphanage, as a commercial orphanage, his life and education were naturally very poor.
But in such an environment, he still grew up to be an innocent and kind person.
This is different from the kindness of reporter Wright.
Wright's kindness comes from his parents, his teachers, his leaders, and his environment. Everything he encounters treats him kindly. Whether it is his parents in childhood, his teachers at school, or his boss at the newspaper, they all carefully protect his kindness.
Of course, when Greylint faced Wright, he also had some respect in his heart. There were many people who grew up in the same environment as him, but he was the only one who really took action.
Given the environment in which Oliver grew up, Glint would not be surprised if he became a bad person, but would feel a little sorry for him. However, Oliver grew up to be a kind and innocent child.
However, he did not pay attention to Oliver's situation during this period. After the Duke's assassination, everyone's spirits were lifted. Grallint discovered that many extraordinary people appeared in Queens. These people did not hide their extraordinary identities, but instead seemed to tell others that they were extraordinary people.
Faced with this situation, Greylint basically stayed at home during this period of time, and only went to normal places to avoid attracting other people's attention.
Fortunately, there were no accidents in the three days since the dance on Wednesday.Glarint could feel that everyone's mood was slowly getting lower.
So today, he came to the Cherwood area, intending to find out about Oliver's situation during this period.
The Virginia bandit's station, where Grallant sneaked in quietly.
Oliver's not here?
He should have gone out. He didn't care. He found a hidden room and took out the materials needed for the ritual magic...
Soon, Grallant discovered something unusual. On Saturday, Virginia attacked a girl in her twenties in the room, accusing her of letting Oliver run away.
No, although Grellint was a little confused about the content of the book "Oliver Twist", the general plot was still clear.
Oliver was rescued while robbing a mansion.
Grellint remembered this clearly. When he watched the movie in his previous life, he was also deeply impressed by the ending of the story.
However, Grellint was not too worried. After all, this was not explicitly stated to be the world of Oliver Twist. He continued the ritual magic and observed what happened during his absence...
After the ritual ended, he was even more confused. After his observation, the young woman did not release Oliver privately, although she showed a little kindness when facing Oliver.
Oliver stayed in the house all day on Thursday, was taken out by Virginia on Friday, and was brought back by Virginia in the evening.
Virginia seemed to have other things to do that day and was not at home at night. The next morning, when Virginia came back, she found that Oliver was missing.
From his perspective, Oliver suddenly disappeared...
He had only one guess about this: an extraordinary person saved Oliver and that person deliberately hid his whereabouts.
Faced with such a situation, Greylint felt for the first time that the situation was out of control. Since becoming a Beyonder, this was the first time he encountered such a situation, disappearing out of thin air without a trace under the ritual magic.
This situation had never occurred before, whether in the investigation of the feather pen or the mysterious man in the East District.
Was it a good thing or a bad thing that Oliver was taken away? He felt a little regretful because he had many opportunities to contact Oliver and let him leave this place.
But he wanted to watch the story develop, thinking that it was an original story and he should just follow the story and be a spectator.
So much so that, even now, even if he wanted to investigate, he had no way to do so in the face of such disappearances.
Find a higher-level Beyonder to investigate? This thought flashed through his mind, but he gave up immediately. Facing such a situation, there was no clue at all, unless it was the legendary angel.
But where could he find an angel? The only being he knew of that could definitely find Oliver was that god, Mr. Fool.
Asking him for help, a god, Grelint knew that he could not afford the price.
Grellint left the house silently, but after a few steps, he turned back, stood at the door and knocked on it.
The young woman opened the door.
"Hello, beautiful lady. I am from the newly established Audrey Investment Company. We have established a school in the East District to educate children. We need a lot of staff. Are you interested in considering working in our company?"
"Sir, you've come to the wrong place."
"My name is James Holmes, pretty lady. If you change your mind later, you can go to 136 Coxton Street."
There was no answer and the door was closed.
Glint was not surprised. He found a coffee shop, asked the owner for paper and pen, and wrote a letter. Later, outside the Camden Street Police Station, Glint put the letter into the mailbox of the police station.
He was walking down the street, his thoughts wandering...
In the end, he sighed helplessly, after all, he could no longer look for it.
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Unconsciously, he arrived at the square in the East District. Today was the weekend and there were some people chatting in the square.
Seeing them talking, Grellint thought of something. When he was in the East District before, he heard snack vendors and passers-by on the street say that many people had disappeared recently.
At the time, he just thought that they had left Backlund and didn't think much about it. Now that he thought about it, he wondered if there were any of them who had disappeared mysteriously like Oliver.
Thinking of this, Grellint narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't believe that all the disappearances could be done without leaving any trace like Oliver...Chapter 55: Revenge of a Weak PersonTitle of the Book:Secret: The Story Hidden Under DestinyAuthor: Little Fish Listening to the RainChapter word count: 2224 wordsUpdate time: 2023-06-25 22:02:46
Although Greylint didn't know who or what organization kidnapped Oliver, it was done so perfectly, obviously they were well prepared, and it might not be the first time.
The East District is so large, and with the addition of the Cherwood District, there are so many missing people. I believe there must be other people who disappeared for the same reason.
With so many disappearances, he didn't believe that it could be done perfectly every time.
So he set a new goal to investigate the sudden disappearance of people in these two areas.
Of course, the main target is the missing children, after all, Oliver was just a teenager when he disappeared.
Having determined this goal, Greylint returned to his home, intending to collect information about the missing persons first.
On the second day, he received a detailed intelligence report recording a number of recent suspected disappearances.
However, this source of information has a large error. After all, under normal circumstances, no one would deliberately pay attention to the lower-class population in the East District. In addition, the management system of this world is not perfect, especially for the lower class, which is hardly ever seriously counted.
Therefore, Greylint still needs to investigate the people on this list to rule out those who left quietly.
This is a rather tedious task that takes a lot of time. Fortunately, for him, the last thing he lacks is time.
East End, Leicester Street.
Grallant looked at the list in his hand. Benita Foley lived at 134 Ohuani Lane. According to the landlord, when the rent was due, she did not renew the lease, so she was found to be missing.
This is just what the landlord said. Glint also learned that many tenants in the East District cannot return their rent, and the landlord will even try to deduct the deposit in full.
Although the environment here is not good and the streets are dirty, it is Backlund after all, the center of the Loen Kingdom. Even in the East District, the cost of living is much higher than other places.
If you waste some time with the landlord, you may not get a penny, and you still have to pay for living expenses. If you don't change the lease, many people will choose to leave directly.
Grellint came to the address on the list and quickly found the clue through ritual magic.
Miss Benita did leave. According to the records in the spirit world, she packed up her things and left the room.
Crossing her off the list, Grallant looked at the next person, Ludek Enders, who lived at 279 O'Hana Lane.
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At the end of the day, after investigation, Greyrant confirmed the status of the 15 people on the list. Five of them left normally, three died accidentally, four were murdered, and the remaining three were missing like Oliver, but it seemed that they did not do it as cleanly as Oliver.
He first told the East District Police Station the location of the bodies of Eagle Katz and four others and the information of the murderer through anonymous letters. As a person who grew up in modern society, he had a great trust in the police station.
Next, Grellant looked at the list in his hand, Ricker Yanno, Brad Mason, and a 15-year-old boy, Harry Beatty. These three people were missing persons, and disappeared out of thin air in the records of the spirit world.
This is his next target. Unlike the Cherwood District where Oliver is located, there are too many traces in the East District. Most of the streets here are not cleaned, only the main streets are cleaned, and the traces on the ground can usually be preserved for a long time.
The first was Harry Beatty, a 15-year-old boy. In his previous investigation, Glint found that he had disappeared from the records of the spirit world. But it was daytime after all, and although there were not many people in the East District, Glint was dressed like this, holding some mirrors, parchment scrolls, etc. If someone saw him, it would inevitably make people think too much.
In addition, most rental houses in the East District are shared, with many people living in one house.
He didn't want to attract the attention of the police for no reason, especially the attention of official Beyonders.
It was different at night. Even if someone saw him, by the time the report was submitted the next day, Greylint would have left.
At 325 Collins Street, the little boy Harry Beatty lived, sharing a small room with other people.
Grellant quietly came to the room where Harry lived. There were ten people living in the room of about ten square meters, with no distinction between men and women.
Although this matter was mentioned in the investigation materials, the text and display gave people a completely different feeling. Here, Grellant could not feel the difference between men and women.
Shaking his head, Grallant began to investigate seriously. Harry disappeared suddenly, similar to what happened to Oliver. But Harry was in the East End, where no one would make his bed, and he remained in the same state as when he disappeared.
Grellint carefully checked his bed. Although there was no record of it in the spiritual world, in reality, it was obvious that the footprints were not those of a child.
Grallant first looked at the shoes of other people in the room and determined that these were not footprints of other people in the room. Harry lived on the upper bunk, and no one should come up with shoes on.
Judging from the footprints left on the bed, the shoe prints were about size 45 with clear patterns on the soles. It was an adult male over 1.8 meters tall who seldom walked, or it might be a new pair of shoes.
The pattern on the sole of this shoe is quite complicated. This person is not from the East District, but should be from another area.
Grellint recorded the pattern on the sole and asked someone to determine its origin later.
Then, Grellint carefully searched the room for the same footprints and found one on the edge of the windowsill.
He didn't go through the door, but through the window?
Walking outside, I found that the house was very old and there was a layer of fine dust on the walls, but there were no marks on the walls.
He jumped directly to the ground, taking a person with him. The Extraordinary Sequence should have strengthened his body.
Then the man deliberately avoided the dirt on the ground, which made Greylint's investigation much easier.
I entered an inconspicuous townhouse. There was no sign on the house and no signs of anyone leaving or coming out of the surrounding area.
After noting this location, Greylint had no intention of continuing to enter. After all, the other party was also an extraordinary person, and this was still his territory. Greylint still needed to make some preparations.
Then, Grellant came to the place where Ricker Yano disappeared. According to the previous investigation method, he judged that he was led by someone to a dead end. Based on the ground environment, Grellant judged that the opposite side was a drainage well.
Brad Mason disappeared into a dead end in the same way.
Recalling the layout of the East District, although these two alleys belong to two streets, they are very close to each other.
Grellint realized that it was very likely that both of them were secretly captured by an organization.
After taking a look at the stone he bought from Miss Fors, Greylint felt a little more confident.
As for Harry, Greylint has no intention of alerting the enemy for the time being. That is a place with visible houses, so some preparations need to be made.
After all, this is Backlund, the center of the Kingdom of Loen, and the place where extraordinary people gather.
And a group of rats hiding in the sewers...
Grellant checked his revolver and replaced all the bullets with extraordinary bullets. He made sure the safety was on and took it in his hand.
I slowly opened the manhole cover with my left hand, trying to reduce the noise. I climbed up the ladder and slowly entered, closing the manhole cover...Chapter 56 CeremonyTitle of the Book:Secret: The Story Hidden Under DestinyAuthor: Little Fish Listening to the RainChapter word count: 2190 wordsUpdate time: 2023-06-27 00:31:44
As soon as he entered the sewer, Greylint clearly felt something was wrong.
So clean!
Starting from the stairs leading into the shaft, it is extremely clean, just like the lobby of a church, spotless.
You have to know that this is the city's sewage system, and it's in a dirty place like the East District. It can be so clean. It is obvious that someone has cleaned it regularly, and it may even be cleaned every day like the church hall.
Greylint could not help but tighten the revolver in his hand, lower his footsteps, and walk slowly deeper into the cleaned shaft.
With the help of the faint light coming through the leaky holes in the manhole covers that occasionally appeared above his head, and his eyesight enhanced by the potion.
He saw the situation in this area very clearly. The passage was built with stone bricks, and each brick was carefully polished, and the overall appearance was extremely smooth. Not to mention that this was an underground project, even the townhouses built with stone bricks did not have such a smooth surface.
Moreover, there were obvious traces of grinding on the stone bricks, which meant that they were smoothed later, and definitely not done by the construction workers. This world did not have the convenient electronic tools like in the past, so mechanical grinding was impossible.
The people who cleaned up here took this matter very seriously, and they have done detailed treatments on both the top of the head and the dead corners of the wall cracks.
Unfortunately, this place is in the sewer after all. Although it is cleaned up, the smell coming from the surrounding is not pleasant, and there is a sense of corruption. In addition, the light at night is not good. The surroundings can be seen clearly, but the vision in the distance is greatly disturbed.
Fortunately, this area has been cleaned up before, so we just need to move forward along the cleaned area.
As they went deeper and deeper, there was no light coming through the manhole covers. Grallint carefully recalled the city layout map of Backlund that he had seen before, and realized that he was approaching the transit point of the sewage system.
After turning a corner, a bright light came from the passage ahead. It was not the blood-red moonlight in this world, but a bit like the light of fire.
Grellint stopped and untied the rope on his left hand, letting the stone fall naturally to the palm of his hand so that he could hold the stone in his left hand at any time.
Then, go deeper into the tunnel where there is light.
Not long after walking, Greylint smelled a faint smell of blood in the mixed smell. As he went deeper, it became more and more obvious...
Holding the green stone in his hand, Greylint's steps became slower and slower, the height of his hand gradually decreased, and he turned on the clairvoyance mode, always paying attention to his surroundings.
After a while, Greylint arrived at a spacious place, which should be a transit point, connecting many tunnels.
After confirming that there was no one around through his clairvoyance, Greylint turned off his clairvoyance.
He also saw the scene clearly, a transfer station, with 5 passages connected. In the center of this transfer station, there was a strange magic circle, with red candles lit at the edge of the corner, which was the source of the bloody smell...
This was a magic circle that Greylint had never seen before, and he could only speculate based on his knowledge of mysticism.
Although this magic circle was full of weirdness, with patterns and symbols that Grellint had never seen before, and gave Grellint a messy feeling.
But he could tell that this magic circle originated from the pentagram.
This is used as a symbolic pattern in occultism, representing spirit, spirituality and cosmic power.
Each corner corresponds to a passage, and in the middle of the passage and the corner of the magic circle, a red candle is lit, and the smell of blood is emitted as the candle burns.
Gralint has a rough guess about this. The symbolic meaning is the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. In some schools of mysticism, this represents the five senses of the soul, that is, it represents the soul.
Seeing this strange magic circle, Greylint understood the fate of the two people who disappeared.
A ritual of an evil god...
The one who uses this ritual must be destroyed and eliminated.
But he did not take action. Although he could roughly guess, there were still many unknowns. For this incomprehensible ritual, and not knowing the object of the ritual, Grellint did not dare to destroy it directly. After all, if the object of the ritual was a god or an angel, Grellint's destruction would most likely bring down their curse.
But it's not that there is no way out. He can't solve it, but he knows there are specialized agencies that can solve it.
After carefully checking the surroundings, he found nothing. The surroundings were extremely clean and there was no dirt. It was impossible to investigate in reality. If this was a normal ceremony, Grellint would have thought it was a small church of a certain church.
As for using ritual magic, after taking a look at the unknown magic circle in front of him, Greylint gave up the idea.
There is no trace at all. It can be seen that the other party is extremely careful every time and always hides his traces...
No, this kind of arrangement, coupled with the cleaning up of the surrounding environment along the way, made it obvious that the other party regarded the object of the ritual as a belief.
There was no clue about this guy. Based on the little intelligence he had, Greylint could only judge that since he could only look for targets in corners, he was probably not a powerful Beyonder. It was very likely that he had a special item that could help him seduce others.
You have to know that this is in the East District, the most chaotic place in Backlund. Greylint doesn't believe that anyone would listen to a stranger and come to a remote alley.
An evil object that fits the stories that Greylint has read, as well as the descriptions and hints of the church in religious history books.
Through this item, he contacted this evil being and informed him of this strange ritual.
Of course, these were not what he should consider. Unable to find any traces, Greylint chose to leave.
He had no idea what that guy had. Regardless of whether he could defeat the other party, Grallint would not touch this item. The farther away from the evil existence, the better.
The next morning, he wrote an anonymous letter about the situation here, came to the nearest Church of the Goddess of Night, and placed it on the seat after praying.
Next, this matter was no longer something he should be concerned about.
Then, Grellint took out the list and glanced at the next person's information.
…
At the end of the day, Grellint confirmed the information of 13 people, one of whom had no record in the spirit world when he disappeared.
Following the traces left at the scene, Greylint tracked all the way and disappeared on the street, where there were traces of a carriage.
Finally, after entering the Cherwood area, the traces of the carriage disappeared and could not be tracked afterwards...
This period of time is the rainy season in Backlund, and after being washed away by the rain, all traces were completely eliminated.
Of course, on that day, he was not only investigating these missing persons. During his investigation, he deliberately went to the house where the man who kidnapped Harry disappeared last several times.
It was a very ordinary house, very similar to the surroundings, with an old man living inside. Everything was extremely normal. If it weren't for Greylint's previous investigation that a Beyonder had disappeared in this house, he would never have thought that there was something wrong with this house.Chapter 57 InvestigationTitle of the Book:Secret: The Story Hidden Under DestinyAuthor: Little Fish Listening to the RainChapter word count: 2165 wordsUpdate time: 2023-06-28 00:56:10
On Friday, September 14, during this period, Greylint focused his main energy on investigating the missing persons list he had collected. There were 62 people on the list. After checking one by one, he found that 10 people disappeared out of thin air in the records of the spiritual world.
Through these 10 people, he discovered three rituals related to the evil god, but he only confirmed them and reported them to the church.
In addition, three people were tracked missing because of the rainy season. Finally, two children disappeared in the house at 311 Albert Street. The investigation found that Harry disappeared in that house.
Naturally, Greylint would not give up investigating this house and hand it over directly to the authorities. After all, there was no substantial evidence at present, and he had no idea what was inside.
This is different from the evil ritual magic circle underground. Since they dare to put it in the open, they must have a certain confidence.
So he still needed to make some more preparations. Fortunately, after only three days, the extraordinary item that Greylint had asked Miss Fors and others to collect finally produced results, and he got what he wanted.
For Miss Xiu, Fors had demonstrated her ability to open doors anywhere and pass through any wall before. This ability left a deep impression on him.
This time, faced with the need to sneak into a house where a Beyonder existed, Greylint naturally could not just go through the door or window as he had done before.
Just like after he became a Beyonder, he added a little ritual magic to his home to ensure that he would be the first to know when outsiders came.
Miss Fors's ability was extremely suitable. In front of Fors, he always maintained the image of an aristocrat interested in mysticism. He had to give up the simpler method of hiring Fors and instead asked Miss Fors to collect an extraordinary item similar to her ability.
After waiting for two days, I finally got a glove. It should be said that it was a magical item in the shape of a glove, which was what Miss Fors and the others called it. Of course, the price was not cheap, 600 pounds. According to Miss Fors, magical items of this ability were extremely rare in the market, so there was a little premium on the price.
Fortunately, due to the company's affairs during this period, Greylint sold part of the family's investment in Backlund, and in addition to starting the company, there was still some surplus.
I don't need to borrow money from Audrey this time, but I guess she doesn't have much money left, at least not this month.
In addition, some explosive bullets were purchased. This was the most effective bullet against Extraordinary people among the three types of bullets that Greylint bought when he attended the Extraordinary People's gathering.
After confirming the capabilities of the gloves and testing the power of the explosive bullets, Greylint felt that he was ready.
…
At 311 Albert Street, Glerint put the magical object on his left hand, and then took out the revolver loaded with six explosive bullets from the holster under his armpit with his right hand.
After everything was ready, he came to a corner of the house, pressed his left hand on the wall, and watched an illusory door shape form on the wall in front of him. Greylint entered the room.
A dark little room...
He felt extremely frightened and took a few deep breaths to calm himself down. Grellint understood that this was the side effect of the magical item, which would amplify the fear in one's heart in a dark and closed environment.
I checked the layout of the house in my mind. It was a small storage room, just like the townhouse when it was designed, and there was no unauthorized modification.
Then, Grellint went to the wall on the left and opened the door.
Unfortunately, he was not Miss Fors. His ability to open doors came from a magical item and he could not control it precisely. He could only open one door. If he were Miss Fors, she could open the door very small and quietly observe the situation outside.
It was indeed the living room. With the help of the light coming through the window, he observed the surroundings and made sure there was nothing unusual. Then, Greylint walked into the living room.
The layout of the entire living room is very simple, with only a basic table, sofa, etc., and an old photo frame with a yellowed photo of an old man and a child.
The old man in the photo was obviously the old man who lived in this house, and he looked younger in the photo than he is now. As for the child, Grellant guessed from his appearance that he might be the old man's grandson.
There was nothing unusual in the kitchen next to the living room. There were only some simple pots and pans, and they were greasy, obviously having been used for a long time.
There was nothing unusual on the first floor, so Grallint lowered his footsteps and went to the second floor. When he entered the house, he tied the prepared cloth strips to the soles of his shoes, and went upstairs without making any sound.
There are two bedrooms upstairs. The one near the stairs is occupied by an old man who is sleeping soundly under a simple quilt. There is only a simple wardrobe with folded clothes and quilts.
The room inside was unoccupied, but it was clean, with the quilts made and no dust.
The whole house is extremely normal. When passing by this house these days, Grellint felt that this house was very ordinary. An old man who lives alone has a good relationship with the people around him and occasionally greets his neighbors.
If he hadn't found this place again through traces later, Greylint would have suspected that he had made a mistake.
Tonight, when I sneaked in here, everything was extremely normal. Whether it was the environment I saw or the observations through my spiritual vision, this was just an ordinary house and an old man.
Isn't this a base, but just a random place?
But why did both children disappear here? They were obviously not taken away on the same day.
Grellint did not give up and checked the room again, but still found nothing. After confirming that there was nothing unusual, she decided to leave first and consult Professor Steve tomorrow. He remembered that when Professor Steve taught him extraordinary knowledge, he had opened a door at the bookshelf, and there was a small room inside.
Professor Steve should have some experience with this situation...
As Grellint thought about it, he walked towards the small storage room in the corner. Although this room made him feel extremely scared, it was hidden from the outside. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't see this corner from the street. Even if there were pedestrians passing by, they wouldn't notice it when he went out.
Entering the storage room, the fear in his heart came over him again. Grellint quickened his pace, walked to the wall, and opened the illusory door.
At this moment, his spirit was warning him frantically. Without thinking too much, he exerted force with his right foot and moved his body sideways. A dagger stabbed into his right arm, and the force from the dagger sent Greylint flying.
Grellint only felt the pain, and the revolver in his right hand fell off when it was stabbed.
"That's a pretty good intuition, Mr. Nosy Detective."
A voice came from behind. Grellint did not turn around. He grabbed the dark blue stone he had been wearing with his left hand and shouted in ancient Hermetic:
"Door"
The stone emitted a light blue light that looked extremely unreal. Greylint felt a familiar perspective. This was the same feeling as when Professor Steve led him to move. He just picked a direction...Chapter 58 OnceTitle of the Book:Secret: The Story Hidden Under DestinyAuthor: Little Fish Listening to the RainChapter word count: 2081 wordsUpdate time: 2023-06-29 00:08:50
East End, Leicester Street.
Three breaths later, Greylint returned to reality from the spirit world, took a look at the surroundings, and confirmed that he was already on Leicester Street, a long distance away from Albert Street.
pain!
The pain in his right arm continued, making him realize that he was truly standing on the brink of death this time.
Blood was still flowing from the wound, and the damage caused by the dagger showed no signs of improvement, but he did not pull out the dagger. He simply dealt with the clothes near the wound and tore off a piece of cloth to bandage the arm above the wound.
As a young man who had been bombarded with information from the Internet in his previous life, he knew a little about many things. In this situation, there was no way to stop the bleeding, so the best way was to maintain the status quo and control the blood flow.
Thanks to his previous experience of catching criminals in the East District, Grellint was familiar with most of the streets in the East District. He confirmed his current location as soon as he came out of the spirit world.
Knowing his current location, Greylint decided to go to a station he had prepared earlier.
This base was prepared when he decided to disguise himself as detective James Holmes in order to completely distinguish himself from the identity of Grallant.
He rented a house in the East District, using the name James. If someone were to investigate, they would find that this detective lived in the East District, was not doing well financially, could not receive any important commissions, and was not worth paying attention to.
Although he had not been there many times, he still prepared many emergency items in the room like a real detective to deal with various accidents that might arise during the mission.
Except that he never went back to the room after he prepared it, and he didn't even have the key with him.
I didn't expect these things to be so useful one day.
39 Lapra Lane, where Detective James was stationed, Grallant opened the door with the glove on his left hand.
As soon as he stepped through the door, Graylint's spirit began to warn, and a black figure with black hair rushed down from upstairs.
When they reached the first floor, the figure stopped and stared at Greylint cautiously.
"James, what are you doing here?"
"Such a strong smell of blood. You are seriously injured."
Only then did Glellant remember that he seemed to have given the key of the house to Mr. Eimiller.
Unlike Wright, who also came to live in the East District, Emile did not choose to live in the company. According to him, he is an extraordinary person after all, and his appearance changes greatly when he uses extraordinary abilities.
So Trellint told him about the house he had prepared in the East District.
"What a pity for my revolver and those six explosive bullets. I quite liked that revolver."
Graylint took off his mask and said with a wry smile. He did not seriously explain the cause of his injury, and complained about himself after relaxing his mind.
However, Emile had no intention of asking questions at the moment. He immediately cancelled his transformation, went to the cabinet in the living room, and took out the medical supplies that Grellint had prepared.
Grellant also walked into the living room and lay down on the sofa. Emile wrapped Grellant's arm with gauze and looked at Grellant.
After seeing Greylint nod, he grasped the dagger that was inserted into Greylint's arm and pulled it out vertically.
Intense pain filled Greylint's mind, even more intense than when he was stabbed.
After all, the medicines here were just what Greyint prepared to hide his identity. Based on his experience in his previous life, he imagined all kinds of unexpected events that might happen to the detective and bought corresponding things for these situations.
But after all, he only looked at it online in his previous life, and forgot one very important thing when purchasing it, which was the anesthetic...
Fortunately, he is currently an extraordinary person, and the sequence of magic potions is an extraordinary person who strengthens his brain, so he did not faint from it.
After Eimiller pulled out the dagger, he simply disinfected the wound with medicine and then bandaged it with gauze.
"alright."
"James, tell me, with your personality, how could you be injured so badly."
"What do you mean by my personality?" Looking at Emile's eyes, Greylint didn't say this sentence after all.
After Wright and Eimiller met, Wright took the initiative to mention his investigation of Eimiller, and then naturally forced Greylint into the topic.
By this point, Emile had a wrong understanding of Grellint's character, thinking that he was an extremely cautious person.
Be prepared for everything and make sure there is no danger before doing anything.
Just like when I was investigating him, I observed him again and again, and confirmed that there was no danger several times before I chose to contact him...
This is definitely a misunderstanding of him!
"The opponent was quite powerful this time. I didn't find anything after a careful inspection. There was no trace at all. If it weren't for the spiritual warning, the dagger would not have pierced my arm."
Grellint picked up the bloody dagger and said casually.
"How did you offend the other party?"
"I discovered a residence while investigating missing persons in the East District, and I sneaked in..."
Grellint briefly summarized what happened after he sneaked into the room.
"You're being too risky and too impatient. It's totally unlike you."
…
Greylint was silent. He knew that he had been a little anxious recently after Oliver disappeared.
Although he had made some preparations, compared with the previous investigations, Grellint could see that his preparations this time were too rough.
If it were based on his previous personality, he would probably wait until he was sure the other party had come out and knew the exact number of people before considering whether to sneak in.
This time, he didn't confirm anything, nor did he carefully consider the possible dangers, and he rushed in with the magical item that could open the door.
But Oliver has been missing for almost a week...
Grellint did not speak, and Emile did not speak either. He himself was a loner who was used to being alone and had a past.
…
After a while, Grellint stood up and prepared to leave.
"James."
"Do you remember the story I told you?"
"My story."
"I once took revenge on criminals and killed people crazily because of my father's death..."
"At this time, I was being hunted by the law enforcement team, but when they found me, they did not arrest me. The captain of the law enforcement team seemed to know me very well. He talked to me a lot and helped me control my unstable extraordinary ability..."
"If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be alive today. I would have perished in madness long ago."
"James, maybe this world is full of darkness, but you have to believe that there is also light in this world..."
Grellint didn't say anything, but walked towards the door silently. When he reached the door and his left hand touched the door handle, he paused.
"Emile, do you know? There is a child who grew up in a dark environment but still remained kind."
"He should have had a perfect ending."Chapter 59 Daily LifeTitle of the Book:Secret: The Story Hidden Under DestinyAuthor: Little Fish Listening to the RainChapter word count: 2121 wordsUpdate time: 2023-06-30 00:31:10
The Glint family villa in Queens.
After leaving the room, Greylint went straight back home. Perhaps, as Emile said, Oliver's experience had changed him a little.
After quietly returning to the bedroom, he prepared the ritual magic to speed up the recovery of the wound. At least on the surface, the wound was no longer visible.
I have to sigh that although this world does not have as advanced technology as the previous life, in some aspects, it is indeed more effective than the technological products of the previous life.
Of course, from the outside, there was no injury at all, but after all, the dagger had completely penetrated him, so it was not so easy to heal. Even with the help of ritual magic, it would probably take at least a week.
In addition, although his appearance has recovered, the movement of his right hand is actually still greatly affected. At least there will be no further investigation for a period of time.
After treating the wound on his arm again and making sure that it would not be noticeable from the outside, Greylint finally relaxed completely.
After thinking carefully about what happened today, Greylent realized that there was a great possibility that the problem with the house was in the storage room he had sneaked into at the beginning.
As a side effect of his possession of the magical item, that room was examined the quickest and least carefully.
In addition, the life-saving stone has also been used up, so I have to find a way to replenish it with something similar. This ability is very useful.
I wonder if Miss Fors can sell him another one. Last time I bought it, I remember Miss Fors had two left.
After taking stock of his losses, he realized that Greylint had saved his life.
It's still too weak. If only it could be stronger...
Of course, this was just what Greylint thought. The experiences of him and his uncle were always lingering in his mind. Extraordinary ability was a curse, and they were walking on the edge of the abyss.
After thinking about it, Greylint decided to tell the church about this. He couldn't investigate further now and could only go through the official Beyonders. He hoped that they could find some clues.
Grellint still knew that if you can't win, you should ask for help.
…
The next morning, Glint first wrote a letter to Miss Forth.
In the letter, he said that he had recently read Miss Forsyth's "Storm Heights" again and loved the story very much. The last time he met Miss Forsyth, he felt that Miss Forsyth was very similar to the beautiful Miss Sissi in the story. He hoped to invite Miss Forsyth to his afternoon tea the next day to discuss the story in detail.
He gave the letter to his personal butler, Allen, and asked him to send it to the writer Miss Forth.
After that, I changed into spare clothes and went to the Church of the Goddess of Night in the East District to pray. At the end, I left the letter I prepared last night on the seat.
In the letter, he found some suspicious points from the perspective of a detective and investigated the house. He also explained that he was injured during the investigation and could not see the other person's appearance clearly.
After leaving the church, Greylint felt that he had accomplished everything. All that was left was to hope that the extraordinary people of the church could resolve the matter once and for all.
As for the outcome, he was not worried. As one of the three major churches recognized by the Kingdom of Loen, Greylint was not worried about their strength at all.
Of course, Greylint was not worried that he would be targeted by the church. After becoming a Sequence 7 detective, when communicating with Professor Steve, Professor Steve once mentioned in a letter that if he found something that could not be solved, he could tell the Church of the Goddess of Night. It was extremely normal for "detectives" to do this.
At that time, Greylint didn't think much of it. In his previous life, it was a very normal thing to tell the authorities about things that could not be solved.
It was not until he really encountered something that he understood that this might be referring to the fact that when playing the role of a detective, if he encountered a difficult problem, he could hand the problem over to the Extraordinary people of the Church of the Goddess of Night. This was a default behavior of the official Extraordinary people.
It was probably a tacit understanding between the Society of Knowledge and the Church of the Evernight Goddess, using detectives to investigate extraordinary events.
I don't know what the relationship is between the Society and the Church of the Goddess of Night...
Grellint shook the thought out of his mind. He decided not to explore such things. But he couldn't help but secretly think...
Speaking of which, Professor Steve also seems to believe in the Goddess of Night. The Glerint family has always been a loyal believer of the Goddess of Night, so when the butler chose a teacher, he chose one who believed in the Goddess of Night.
The mainstream church in Loen is actually the Church of the Lord of Storms. It is said that the church's headquarters was located in Backlund a thousand years ago, which is now the Holy Wind Cathedral.
Could it be that the Knowledge Society is a secret organization of the Church of Evernight? I came to this world under the guidance of the goddess and joined the Knowledge Society. One day, I will overthrow the Church of Storm and make the mainstream of the Kingdom of Loen the Church of the Evernight Goddess...
He shook his head vigorously. It seemed that he had to read less of Russell's diary, especially the diary he had just traveled through. It was too childish. He felt that he was a little influenced by him.
Waking up from his fantasy, Grellint found himself at the entrance of Albert Street. Looking at the street entrance not far away, he realized that he still hadn't let go of the matter.
Now that he was here, Grellint decided to take a look at the current situation. It was daytime now, so he looked from the outside as before.
At 311 Albert Street, Glerint felt something was wrong as soon as he arrived. Although today was Saturday, most people in the East District were working continuously, and the working hours every day exceeded twelve hours.
But compared to the previous few days, there were more passers-by around the house. After his right hand was injured, and his revolver fell when his arm was stabbed yesterday, he had no weapons for self-defense at the moment, only a glove for opening the door.
Greylint appeared normal on the surface, but was secretly on high alert, ready to run away if he felt anything was wrong.
I heard people talking.
Leviev died in his sleep...
Grellant was stunned. Of course, Grellant had done some research on the old man in this house. Levitra Claus had lived here a long time ago and had worked in many jobs. Now that he was retired, he did not leave here and chose to live here in his old age.
Grellint moved closer, stood aside, and listened to people's discussion silently.
Rivet was found dead this morning. He would get up very early every day to buy ingredients for the day.
After all, he has lived here for so long that he is very familiar with the people around him. Every morning, he goes to a store in the middle of the street to buy fresh vegetables, and helps out when the store is busy. As time goes by, the owner of the store also picks some for him every day.
Today he didn't come, and the owner sent the food here after he finished his work. After calling the old man for a long time without any response, and the neighbors around were sure that the old man had not left, they chose to call the police.
Many police officers knew this enthusiastic old man. When they heard the news about him, they rushed over immediately and found the old man lying on the bed...Chapter 60 The WeakTitle of the Book:Secret: The Story Hidden Under DestinyAuthor: Little Fish Listening to the RainChapter word count: 2210 wordsUpdate time: 2023-07-01 01:57:41
The old man died yesterday.
Graylint naturally did not believe such a statement. He clearly remembered that when he inspected the room last night, from the perspective of spiritual vision, although the colors of the old man's body were dim, there was definitely no one color that was about to go out.
In other words, the old man died because of him...
At first, Grellint thought that the old man was also an accomplice in the child's disappearance. Now it seems that this group of guys just found a superficial cover-up.
Grellint did not continue to stand here, and he did not know how to face this ending.
This time, he was truly a complete loser.
Not only did last night's investigation fail to obtain any new clues, but it also lost the only clue. He didn't believe that the guys would still be here.
Moreover, the investigation led to the death of the old man. Greylint understood that these guys could have quietly left, but they still attacked the old man.
They were hinting to the intruding detective, Greylint, that further investigation would only lead to the death of innocent people.
These bastards, Greylint swore secretly, he would find these guys and kill them.
This was the first time he had the intention to kill someone.
As long as this world exists, there must be traces of it. The reason he can't find it is simply because his extraordinary sequence is not high enough.
North District, Professor Steve's house. Today is Saturday. Grellant came here directly after coming out of the East District.
At the door of Professor Steve's house, without hesitating whether to make an intrusive visit, Grellant rang the doorbell of Professor Steve's house.
clang.
An ordinary bell, a simple machine. After a while, Glint saw Professor Steve coming out of the gate. He didn't seem surprised to see Glint in a black windbreaker.
"Robert, long time no see."
Grellint expressed his gratitude to the teacher who led him into the world of Extraordinary Beings, no matter what his purpose was.
Grellant was actually a little hesitant about this presumptuous visit, but the only solution he could think of at the moment was through Professor Steve.
"Professor Steve, please allow me to apologize for the intrusion."
"I have been waiting for your arrival for a long time."
Professor Steve gestured to Greylint to come in.
In Professor Steve's study on the second floor of his villa, on a small round table by the window.
"Tell me what you want, Robert."
"Professor Steve, I want to buy the formula for a Sequence 6 potion."
"Robert, starting from the middle sequence, I suggest you buy potions directly. The society can provide complete potions."
"Also, it seems that it hasn't been long since you were promoted to Sequence 7 Detective. Although I don't know where you learned how to act, I think you haven't digested the detective potion yet."
"Professor Steve, what is role-playing?"
Grellint asked cautiously,
"The acting method is the method of digesting the potion."
Professor Steve looked at the nervous Graylint and added,
"He must have mastered the art of acting to digest the potion so quickly."
Seeing the change in Greylint's expression, Professor Steve smiled.
"Professor Steve... This is the first time I've heard of the acting method. I mean, this is the first time I've heard of this name."
"Robert, don't be so nervous. I noticed when you came here that you encountered some bad things, and it affects your judgment."
"Don't worry about the role-playing method. This is not a secret to High-Sequence Personnel. The Academy is not as strict about this as the Church."
Professor Steve paused and looked at Grallant through his glasses.
"But, Greylint, I believe you have also noticed the problem with the method of acting. If you pursue power too much, the method of acting will make you lose yourself and become a slave to your extraordinary abilities."
Seeing Graylin nod, Professor Steve withdrew his gaze and leaned back in his chair.
"Well, Robert, do you mind telling me your story? This wound is not light."
"Professor, I made a mistake..."
Grellant did not mention Oliver's story, as he was unwilling to tell anyone anything about his past life. He started by collecting information about missing persons in the East District and investigating.
"Professor, a kind old man died because of me."
"Robert, don't take the evil done by bad people as your fault."
"Rivev didn't die because of you, you just did the right thing."
"Professor, can I ask you to look into this? I want revenge for Leviev and the missing children."
"Robert, I already know the truth about this matter. Don't worry, they won't arrest any more children during this period."
"As for the children they captured before, I'm sorry."
"Robert, let me give you a hint. In the next few days, you will come into contact with the leader of this group."
After leaving Professor Steve's house, Greylint understood that Professor Steve wanted him to take revenge himself.
Professor Steve knows the truth. He thinks I can solve it and says I will meet the mastermind soon.
It just so happened that he also wanted to solve it himself!
…
In the afternoon, Greylint went to see his butler Alvin to confirm his recent arrangements.
There is a ball hosted by Count Ethel today, and Miss Fors is invited to afternoon tea tomorrow afternoon. There is no plan for Monday, but there is a reading club on Tuesday...
Looking at his schedule for the past week, and considering that he had decided not to sneak out during his injury, Greylint realized that he had been in contact with nobles and their servants during this period. If that bastard was really among them, he should most likely be a noble.
…
At 17:45 in the evening, Grellint arrived at Count Isel's luxurious villa in a carriage.
Count Collis Aysel has a certain influence in the army and has no specific party preferences.
Therefore, Count Isaiah usually invites a lot of people to his balls.
When the banquet officially began, Grellint saw many familiar figures, such as Audrey and his father, Earl Hall; his good friend, Vaughn; and those who appeared at the ball held by Duke Negan...
There were quite a lot of people at the dance, and Grellint secretly observed each of them, trying to find out if there was anything different.
After a dance, nothing was gained. Maybe it wasn't at today's dance that I encountered this problem.
After returning home in the evening, Grellant received a letter from Audrey, asking him what he was looking for in secret and whether he needed her help, and emphasized the agreement between them.
Only then did Greylint realize that what he thought was a careful move might actually be full of loopholes in the eyes of the audience.
If the person on the other side was also a spectator, then he might be exposed today...
It's a bit troublesome, but fortunately Audrey is also attending the dance today. According to Audrey's habit, she should watch everyone's performance from the side like an audience member.
You can ask her if she noticed anything unusual, like what happened with Duke Negan.
So, Grellant told Audrey what Professor Steve said in a letter, and mentioned that he got a new clue through the secret organization he joined, and he would meet that bastard in the next few days.