The name of the Holy Maidens was heard by Penny from a guest, not in a sober state, but in drunken ravings.

It's not that the news is false. In fact, the truth is higher in this state.

Penny didn't know much about government agencies, but she noticed the sadness on the gentleman's face at the time.

In fact, Donald is also unfamiliar with the internal organization of the government, but he still understands some basic systems. This so-called Holy Maiden, judging from the name, does not look like a government organization.

If it wasn't for the so-and-so department, or the so-and-so bureau, this was the first time he had heard of such a name.

"What else did that person say?"

Although I don't have much interest in gossip, the name of the Holy Maidens does sound attractive.

"I said that I couldn't help myself in that position, and I had to do something. I only heard a lot of nonsense. Mr. Grant, haven't you told me how powerful the Saintess is?"

"It should be quite powerful. Didn't that person say that he couldn't help himself? There must be something to do, right?"

Casually agreeing, Donald secretly wrote down the name and passed the time in the theater.

Stephanie didn't make him wait too long, that is, about an hour. As the number of people in the theater increased, and most of the ones in the lounge were the top ones, the boss would blame him for being lazy during work hours.

"Why don't you just sleep here today? Maybe the bed in the store is more comfortable than the team's villa, and someone will warm the bed."

Returning to the streets of Pinjinwei, the number of passers-by has increased significantly.

"Haha, that won't work. Finger is still at home waiting for me to feed... Have you got any information about those two things?"

After staying here for one night, Donald was worried that he would not be able to go back the next day...

"I asked them to help me pay attention to the disappearance case and the severed finger case. There is not much information collected now. It is not so much about those two cases as it is about some rumors about the Tate family, not limited to the recent past. Others were previously written down after they heard it."

The sisters in the store are not professional intelligence collectors. Usually, they pay more attention to topics they like. Stephanie doesn't expect to be able to touch the details in one visit. She can only ask them to pay attention in the near future. news on this.

"Rumor? Let's hear it."

Looking at the front, his thumb rubbed the silver paint on the cane, which was a little rough. When he looked down, he found a few scratches.

Before I knew it, it seemed that it had been a while since I came to this world.

"Wesley Tate, the current head of the Tate family, is said to be a vegetarian. This is almost the consensus of the upper class. You should understand that this is a very rare thing. There are people throughout Demingham. It seems that he is the only high-ranking person with this habit."

Stephanie didn't notice the change in Donald's mood and said.

"vegetarian?"

In this era, there is no such thing as a good life. Vegetables can only be side dishes on the dining table. Even in the orthodox church, there is a slight prohibition of meat and fish. Minced meat.

"It can be said that it is not clear how long it has been, but it must have been some time. When he goes out to participate in a banquet, a chef must prepare a special meal for him."

In the eyes of the upper class, vegetarianism is a very strange thing, only those poor and low-level people will spend all day on vegetable soup or potato cakes.

The girls in the store will remember this, and there is probably a reason for this.

"There is another thing, there seems to be some strange rumors about Mathil Tate's identity."

Speaking of this, Stephanie took out a note and glanced at the record before continuing,

"Some people say Mathiere Tate is an illegitimate daughter because she never mentions her mother in public, in fact... Wesley Tate doesn't mention her wife either. , I'm talking about the real wife."

"It's not surprising that an illegitimate daughter is born, but what do you mean by not mentioning your wife?"

It is not uncommon for nobles to have illegitimate children or illegitimate daughters. Some tabloids in Demingham spend their days wondering who is whose illegitimate child.

"It's all rumors, saying that although Wesley Tate has a wife, he is not at the Tate family manor all the year round, but has been staying in his hometown. Most people have never seen this couple appear together. There may be a contradiction, but even so, Mathiere Tate is still very favored, she is almost responsive at Wesley Tate, like the restaurant we went to before was a Wesley Tate restaurant. Bought her as a birthday present, all the income from the restaurant is her pocket money... that's nice."

To say that I don't envy it would be a lie. When Matilda Tate was mentioned in the lounge, it was full of exclamations.

"Basically, he and his wife are in a state of being old and dead, but they are responsive to their daughters. It seems that Wesley Tate loves his daughter very much. It's like being kidnapped this time. The high reward amount has been opened, and I estimate that it will have to be doubled in a while."

Nader didn't find any special information from the two things Stephanie said, and he could only listen to it as rumors and gossip.

When we got back to the villa, it was already 9:00 pm. Because we didn’t have dinner, the two got off the bus at the entrance of the restaurant near the villa and ate some casually. Donald also took a special serving of grilled fish and sausages from the restaurant. Packed in hand.

"Did you hear what the guest next to you was saying?"

Walking around a newsstand, Stephanie stood under the light of the street lamp, with a long shadow trailing behind her.

"Mechanical puppet?"

The restaurant they went to had brought them there before, and it was one of the nicest restaurants in the neighborhood, and naturally there were a lot of customers.

When they were eating, the people at the next table had been talking about mechanical puppets. At that time, Stephanie felt that it was Donald who stopped them to stop them.

The mechanical puppet is the latest news from Whale Island. It is said that major progress has been made in a certain aspect of the core technology, and the development of the mechanical puppet has entered a new stage. It is very likely that some leading products will be launched in the near future.

It was also the first time that Donald had heard of mechanical puppets. He had seen elemental puppets and alchemy puppets in spell books. There was also a soul guard with similar functions in the secondary rune in the inscription notes.

But Donald has never seen such an existence as a mechanical puppet.

When he heard those people discussing, what he thought was that the level of technology in this world can already make this kind of thing?

"Are you saying that mechanical puppets can replace the police? I heard them just now that the government seems to be very interested in this technology, and maybe the mechanical puppets will be the daily patrol guards in Demingham."

For most people, not to mention mechanical puppets, ordinary alchemy puppets have not been seen before, curiosity is certain.

"I don't know, I was born in Preston, where even cars are rare, not to mention mechanical puppets... You mention it, even I am looking forward to it, and I am actually going to let the mechanical The puppets are the city guards, and I really want to know how they do it."

In Donald's understanding, a mechanical puppet is equivalent to a robot. It is the carrier of a lot of data seen in some works in the previous life or some human-like things composed of various integrated circuits. It always feels out of line with this world. what.

"Wait, I seem to have seen a sketch in their hands just now. I heard that it was found in a trash can when someone went to Whale Island for delivery. I went to get it."

Before Donald could speak, Stephanie trotted back all the way, and after a while, she saw her running back with a yellowed blueprint in her hand.

"Donald, look at the draft design of the mechanical puppet."

"They actually gave it to you... Did you use small tricks?"

Donald was tired of looking at the flying insects outside the lampshade next to him, so he took the drawing and asked.

"Anyway, they don't know how many times they've watched it, and it's nothing to show us."

Blinking twice, Stephanie put on an innocent face.

The whole drawing is indeed only a draft, and it is still a sketch. It has the shape of two mechanical puppets, and they all look a bit... curious.

One is a triangular head, human-shaped, but the legs and arms are very long, and the ends of the arms look like there are two sharp blades extending out.

A headless robot, with only the lower part of the two legs and the upper part of the body ~lightnovelpub.net~ has three-barreled gun-like structures hanging on both sides.

"Do you think this kind of thing can be made now?"

Looking at the image on the sketch, Donald imagined what the two mechanical puppets would look like after they were materialized...

For the first time, Donald felt that his imagination was lacking.

"The two of them said just now that a pilot product would be released in a while, but we won't know by then, mechanical puppets, this is the first place in the entire Ryan Empire, right? It's like an improved version of the airship... ."

"If such a bold idea is realized, it will be a revolutionary invention, tsk tsk... I, who came out of the religious area, are really frightened."

The wave of industry is particularly fierce in this world, and many ideas that were never proposed and realized in previous lives seem to have opportunities to flourish in this world.

"Donald... Donald!"

Stephanie suddenly and hurriedly slapped his arm twice, and deliberately lowered her voice.

"What's the matter, what happened?"

Dazedly raised his head to look at Stephanie, she was dragged by her to the back of a shelf outside a nearby ready-to-wear store.

"Look over there, Horn seems to be arguing with someone."

For the captain of the Rose Squad, Stephanie did not have a good impression. The contact with the team from the beginning was like this. She didn't even understand why Susanna was so obsessed with him, so naturally she didn't have much respect.

On the street corner in front, Horn was talking with a bearded man. Judging from his body posture and the occasional sound, it was obvious that the atmosphere of the conversation was not very harmonious.