"In that case, then I will leave here first. I think the police should find the dead body on the street soon, and the church will come in a while, and I will leave the business to you."

　　 He patted Miss Windsor on the shoulder and saw that she was still wearing her coat. After thinking for a while, there are only some change and pocket watches in the outer pockets. That dress is also a very common style and very cheap, so I didn’t want to come back. Instead, I put my hand in the side pocket without a trace and placed Alexey. Take away the lady's pocket watch:

　　 "I'm leaving. Although this person is dead, you have to be careful...or I will stay for a while, wait until the police come and see and leave from the other side of the alley."

　　 Miss Windsor did not refuse, and then stood beside the corpse with Jenkins and waited. They only ran for less than five minutes after they got into the alley, so now they can hear the exclamation from the street outside.

　　 "Tomorrow's party..."

　　 Knowing that Jenkins was leaving, Miss Windsor made up her mind and reminded in a low voice that this was the topic they were talking about before the attack.

　　 "I will bring two female companions here, Britney from the Mihaier family and Hathaway from the Hesha family."

　　 Jenkins said, the night in the early summer is still cool, and wearing a thin shirt will not feel a problem. It's just that the chocolate on the shoulders is a little unhappy, probably because I can't find a pocket to hide, so I can't help tapping Jenkins's side arm rhythmically with the end of his tail.

　　 "If you want, I can dance with you, but..."

　　 "Jenkins..."

　　 Miss Windsor interrupted Jenkins embarrassedly:

　　 "Tomorrow's party, there will be no dancing."

　　 Jenkins's expression stagnated, how could he know the difference between these social evenings. But you can't stop talking, otherwise you will appear very embarrassed:

"I mean, you can enter the arena with us, and everyone can stand together and talk. But I will tell Hathaway and Britney the reason for this. If they ask you why you want to do this, you need Answer yourself."

　　He must make this point clear, otherwise he will bring more troubles to his already complicated emotional life. Originally unwilling to get involved with Miss Windsor, he felt that Queen Isabella seemed to want to link the two. But when something like this happened just now, Miss Windsor didn’t seem to be easy. She and Jenkins were only a couple of fate, and they certainly wouldn’t have any affection. Such a request without dignity to join him at the dinner party was because of the unspeakable nature reason.

　　 If he hadn't experienced the chase just now, he would definitely not relent. But now that he has agreed softly, in any case, the relationship between the two still needs to be clarified. This is the most fundamental principle.

　　 After waiting for a while, the policemen on the street can already hear the warning whistle. They saw the family crest on the carriage, and they would soon notify the Windsor family to come. Jenkins then said quietly to Miss Windsor, and then hurriedly walked towards the other end of the alley with his cat:

　　 "Jenkins~"

　　 The woman behind him suddenly shouted, and Jenkins stopped and turned around.

"see you tomorrow."

　　 said the lady in the black coat.

"see you tomorrow."

　　 Jenkins nodded solemnly, and then disappeared deep in the dark alley.

　　 He didn't go far, but climbed onto other people's roofs, always confirming that the church was coming, watching Miss Windsor meet them safely before leaving. After such a long delay, it was already close to midnight. But last night when he was fighting in his dream, he slept well, so he is not sleepy at all now.

　　 I just found the key to the hotel room of the cultist of the Gear Artisan Society. Jenkins planned to go ahead and see what he could gain before the church could find this clue.

　　 The small key is branded with house number 204, but there is nothing on it that is related to the hotel itself. The area of ​​Berdylan city plus the area of ​​surrounding villages and towns is very large, Jenkins can not search every house, so he can only rely on other means.

　　 Just checked the traces of the sole of the man’s shoes, there was some wet mud on it, and the pocket change smelled of grass. If a famous detective is here, he can definitely use these clues to deduce the whole process of the man coming from the hotel to the street, and it is even possible to infer the content of his dinner tonight from the stain on the other's cuff.

　　 It's a pity that Jenkins doesn't have the magical detective skills, he just has more unusual abilities.

　　 called out the light of his own ability. In the picture that only he could see, the colorfully rotating light was very beautiful. He introduced his spiritual power to the core purple ability [Unknown Road Ahead], but nothing changed.

　　 "The necessary conditions are still missing."

　　 He thought in his heart, he continued to walk forward into the shadow, and when he walked from the shadow to the street, his image and the cat on his shoulder changed.

　　 took out the small key to play with again, rubbed the surface of the key, and noticed that there were almost no scratches on it.

　　 "The newly opened hotel, or the new key?"

　　 He thought to himself, and denied the subsequent guess. According to his little knowledge of hotels in this era, there must be more than one key to the guest room door. After a key is lost, the newly equipped key is different from the previous standard key. In order to maintain its own rigorous and strict image, the hotel generally does not bring the new key to the guests, but keeps it in the store for future use.

　　 "So, the new clue is that this is a newly opened hotel."

He just thought that the probability was right, so he thought to himself, try to activate [Unknown Road] again, this time enough thread indexed out the purple thread of fate, Jenkins breathed a long sigh of relief, and put his hands in his pockets. Walking along the dimly yellowed street by the gas street lights, he walked far away.

　　 There are slums in large cities such as Bel Dylan, which is a characteristic of this era. The Cat’s Ear Inn is located on the edge of the slums in the Xicheng District of Berduran. The special location determines that the guests staying here are mixed, and the innkeepers who are quite knowledgeable don’t care about this, as long as the residents pay enough Banknotes are just fine.

　　 Jenkins changed his image to be close to the person he had just killed, and then walked into the hotel with a hat large enough to cover most of his face. But in fact, no one cared about him entering the door, so he opened the door of Room 204 with the key smoothly and entered this room without windows.

　　The room area is not too small. In addition to the bed and desk, there is also a wardrobe and a separate bathroom. In addition to the poor location, the living conditions here are definitely in the upper middle of the city of Berduran.

　　 After closing the door with his backhand, Jenkins first stood there looking for trigger-type ritual traps. After carefully erasing the shallow chalk marks on the floor, he was relieved.

　　 Gear Craftsman Club is fairly generous, and even equipped the believers who go out to work with a class B extraordinary. Jenkins was originally curious about why the two people who met him in succession didn't carry this thing. After opening the wardrobe to break the illusion ceremony, he understood why.

　　 Hidden in the closet is a skull with golden gems on its forehead. The gem penetrates the bone and can be seen inside and outside the skull. Except for that gem, this looks no different from ordinary human remains.

　　 Jenkins recognized what it was at a glance. The skull inlaid with golden gems is really famous.

　　 B-12-3-4934 [Silent Reaper’s Messenger], a B-type extraordinary, one-time item that exists in the plural, mostly found in ancient tombs or the remains of ancient people’s sacrifices. In the normal state, it has no function other than being regarded as an alternative and weird artwork, but once the person who touches it is likely to be killed on the same day (zero to zero), the messenger will take away part of the soul of the toucher. , To show the broken fragments of the future.

　　 When it works, the golden jewel inlaid on the forehead will dye the entire skull gold, making it seem to be wrapped in a jumping golden flame. The holder looked directly at the eye socket of the skeleton at this moment, and could see the fragments of the future in the flame.

According to the literature, [Silent Reaper’s Messenger] is different from other special items with "foreseeing the future". The future it provides is not a trap of fate and maliciousness. Those fragments are extremely authentic and can be observed by observing the future. Your actions change the foreseeable future.

Miss Audrey, Jenkins’ divination teacher, once said that [Fate and Lawful Church] has a special subject, trying to figure out whether the future changed by observing this object was originally an event arranged by fate; or whether this object is really an event. Can change the fate of a small margin. There has been no definite conclusion on this subject, but fortune-tellers at least proved that this item is really useful.

Chapter 1581 Chapter 1556

"Since this item exists, why did the two people still be killed by me? Is it because they cherish their souls, so they didn't touch me on the day they met? Or is there a limit to [the silent messenger of death]? ?"

　　 Jenkins thought about it, reaching out to take it out of the corner of the closet, but after thinking about it, he had to wrap the skull with the torn clothes next to it before taking it out to prevent him from coming into direct contact with this item.

　　 The owner of this room put the important letters and the gaps between the bed boards. If it weren't for chocolate to help find them, Jenkins would really not find such a hidden gap.

　　Most of the letters have been encrypted. Jenkins didn't know the encryption method could only see a piece of letters with no meaning, and couldn't read the meaning. The few letters written straightforwardly made him reconfirm that the Gear Craftsmen Association had indeed only sent two people to Beldiran, and the order to capture Miss Windsor was only received yesterday.

　　 This is the last letter in the letter sent from Nolan City. The letter used a very stern tone, asking the recipient to implement this plan immediately. The letter stated that Miss Windsor was just an ordinary person, so no other helper would be sent to him from Nolan. At the same time, the two people who received the letter were asked to complete the task as soon as possible, because their partners said that the guy who performed this task somehow provokes the church and the believer of the lie at the same time, and is now dead.

"what is the problem?"

　　 Jenkins stood in the moonlight in front of the window, borrowing the moonlight to read the letter clearly. He felt like he was about to touch the truth, but this was still just a guess:

"Is it Carmel who will cooperate with the gear craftsman? Yes, it is indeed possible. After all, Carmel threatened me with gear germs, but took Miss Windsor away...Is it for the so-called'King soul'?"

　　 So far, Jenkins has only heard of this term from Carmel. He once asked Mr. Brossier, the secret keeper of the Church of the Sages, but the secret keeper only asked him to ask his fortune-telling teacher Miss Audrey.

　　 "Does the king's soul really exist? What kind of legend is this?"

　　 He scratched his hair, thinking about which one Miss Windsor might correspond to if the so-called "Four Kings Soul" really existed.

　　 In addition to the letters, Jenkins also found some occult and mechanical materials carried by the two benefactors. But after all, it was going out to perform a task, and those materials did not involve the core technology of [Gear Craftsmen Association].

　　 He also found the antique mechanical parts purchased by the cultist who killed tonight in the [Antique Bazaar]. According to speculation, this was the material needed by Nolan’s cultists to repair or unseal the difference machine.

　　 Regarding the items in the room, he did not take away either, but copied some of the text materials into his [Book of Memories]. Originally wanted to take away the [silent death believer], but then gave up after thinking about it. He has great awe and vigilance for prediction and divination, so he does not want to know his future from any means. This will Influence his plans and arrangements for the future.

　　 After leaving the hotel, Jenkins did not go anywhere else, but returned to his house with the cat. After washing, I stood in front of the bedroom window on the second floor and looked at the street below. It took a long time to dispel the idea of ​​disturbing Miss Audrey. When I got into the quilt, I still thought in my heart that if there are four souls of kings, then Du Luo Do Lisi and her brothers and sisters have [Ice Soul]?

　　Accepting the opinions of Hathaway and Britney, Jenkins, who lives alone, did not try to make breakfast by himself, but came to the Rosalia Hotel to have a meal with the girls on Saturday morning. Because today is the weekend, the tour group intends to leave the crowded city and take a horse-drawn carriage to the rural towns around Berduran to experience the idyllic scenery. They did not seem to have been greatly affected by the attack on the city hall yesterday.

　　 After eating, Jenkins told Hathaway and Britney the whole process of his attending the dinner at Cold Spring Palace last night, and then mentioned the banquet tonight and the knighthood.

　　Britney and Hathaway are very surprised, neither of them knows that their father has also arrived at Bel Dylan. But both of them were happy to accompany Jenkins to the dinner, and they didn't mind that he invited two people at once.

　　 Of course, Jenkins did not forget to mention Miss Windsor. He did not mention the attack the two encountered together last night, only that for some reason he must invite Miss Windsor.

　　 "She asked me to invite her."

　　 He said quite honestly, and said that if in doubt, they could ask Miss Windsor for the specific reasons at night. Hathaway and Britney are very happy with Jenkins's frankness. They trust what Jenkins said. After all, Jenkins is not like the kind of person who can take the initiative to invite strange girls to banquets.

　　 This man still has a good reputation in their hearts.

　　Because they had to choose suitable and solemn dresses for themselves to participate in the banquet at Cold Spring Palace in the evening, the two did not follow the tour group to the countryside, but excitedly went to the clothing store to choose clothes.

　　 Jenkins certainly wouldn't go shopping with them, so after arranging a time to meet in the evening, he wanted to talk to his father about the Cold Spring Palace last night.

　　 Dad was not in the hotel. He asked the front desk and learned that Dad had gone to the church to worship, and Jenkins went to the Holy See on the outskirts of the city.

　　 Old man has been so busy these days. Originally, he came to Beldiran only for the identification of a troublesome numbered item in the Antiquities Bazaar and the Diocese of Beldiran. However, because of the seizure of a large number of special items from Carmel, the secret guards in the Diocese of Beldiran were short of manpower, so the old man was temporarily asked to help in the identification.

　　 When I saw Jenkins, my father was holding a book without a cover to search for information. As he flipped through the book, he nodded and listened to Jenkins describing his experience last night, and finally said:

"Since you have talked with Saint Ponteve about your views on the throne, it is up to you to decide what you should do next. You are the saint son of the church, and no one in the church has the right to accuse you of any actions. So do it with confidence and boldness. Of course, if you are in trouble, don’t forget that the church is always available to help you..."

　　 Dad finally removed his eyes from the book and said meaningfully:

　　 "Help in any way."

　　 Jenkins knows what he means, and the church really hopes that he will take over the crown. Although it seems that it does not interfere with Jenkins's choice, he is also ready to help him.

Chapter 1582 The first thousand five hundred and fifty-seventh chapter before the storm

　　 "Then the banquet at night, is there anything I need to pay attention to?"

　　 Ending the topic just now, Jenkins asked his father for advice again. He thought that his father would only tease his love life, but he did not expect that he would actually remind him:

"When I was chatting with Elder Brossell this morning, I heard him talk about the banquet at Cold Spring Palace tonight. Although it was nominally to honor naval officers who showed their courage and strength in the Battle of the Broken Isles, I will give you by the way. Promoted to the title, but the water tonight is actually deeper than this. I don’t know what Queen Isabella thinks, but she seems to be trying to handle a lot of things overnight. In addition to you, Chesland’s envoys will also turn up......"

　　 "Envoy of the Kingdom of Chesland?"

"Yes, I have also heard about what you encountered in the city hall, that is, the envoy for peace. There are also the ambassadors of the Northland, the nobles of Beldiran, etc., in Beldiran, all the people with the face will be there, so you Be prepared to be approached by others, and figure out how to deal with those who have ulterior motives and bad intentions."

　　 the old man asked.

　　 "I understand that there will be all kinds of strange people talking to me. This is easy to deal with, as long as I don't give any substantive promises, just accept business cards and say hello."

　　 In addition to his father, Jenkins also talked to the Pope about the meeting at Cold Spring Palace yesterday and the banquet tonight. Pontef IV also said that Jenkins could do his best. Of course, he could get the help he wanted from the church at any time.

　　 It seems that the Church of the Sage is not as concerned about the ease of the throne as Jenkins thought. But Jenkins knows very well that there are many people working on this matter where he can’t see it. The Church of the Sage will not give up this rare opportunity. Just like the other eleven churches, they definitely have something in this matter. Respective means.

　　Since I came to the church, I naturally wanted to inquire about the things that have bothered Berdylan recently. Although the two incidents of the Tobacco Nightmare and the Carmel thrift store have ended one after another, the aftermath and follow-up investigation cannot be stopped.

　　 Dad’s job now belongs to the aftermath, so he postponed his plan to return to Nolan and now plans to go back with Jenkins.

　　 The most serious problem facing Beldiran City is still the curse of blood mosquitoes.

　　 Last Sunday, Jenkins and Miss Capet saw the source of the curse, the Countess of Paramount, in the maze. The monster asked the church to provide her with three designated numbered items within a week. Seeing that today is Saturday, and a week's time is coming soon, the three items collected by the Diocese of Nolan have also been transported to Beldiran. After Jenkins obtained permission, he saw them accompanied by a secret guard.

Among the three items, Jenkins is most familiar with the infusion equipment style B-01-2-8100 [Elemental Blood]. This is Mr. Corpse’s collection. It can change the color of the blood in a short period of time to make the user random An ability produces elemental mutations.

　　 B-03-2-2944 [Holy Blood Stained Cloth] is a collection of [Night and the Secret Church], and it looks like a withered yellow shroud. Legend has it that this is an item used by a certain **** when he came to the material world as a saint in the last era. It had been regarded as a sacred object by a small village near Nolan until 1083 in the Eighteenth General Calendar. It was later discovered by the night watchman who went to preach and was taken into custody.

　　 As for the last B-12-3-5800 [Vampire fangs], it is a rare item that needs to be implanted in organisms to function. This item belongs to [The Church of Death and the End] and was transported to Nolan from the diocese of other cities about 300 years ago. The grave guards of that era discovered an ancient blood-sucking cemetery in the virgin forest south of the main continent of the material world. The dangerous numbered items found in it were scattered to the dioceses across the continent for separate storage.

When a creature implants this fang into its own gums, it can automatically acquire the blood-sucking talents including [Vampire] [Quick Regeneration], etc., and is completely immune to any level of blood-sucking toxins, and there will be no blood-sucking toxins. Racial defects. But the side effects of this item are great. In addition to the need to **** blood regularly, once the fangs fall off the user's mouth, the user will undoubtedly die. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of curse-type abilities and rituals that make people full of teeth.

The reason why the secret guard allowed Jenkins to see these three items is to satisfy Jenkins’ curiosity, and to prepare him and Miss Cape to take these things to see the countess. .

　　Of course, the church will never compromise with that monster. Now the Twelve Orthodox Churches are gathered nearby. If anyone dares to propose a compromise, they will definitely be hung on the pillar of shame for people to comment for a hundred years. According to the news, the [Vampire Buster] borrowed from the royal family of Stuart is already on the way. The church hopes that Jenkins and Miss Capet can carry the dagger and even directly kill the countess, in order to help the outer combat troops. Disassemble the fan lock.

　　 "Since it is a treasure of the royal family, I think it should be a member of the royal family who escorted [Vampire Buster] to Bel Dylan?"

Jenkins asked, considering that the dagger must arrive before Sunday night, and yesterday Aleksia said that Sarhi II will bring all the qualified heirs to Berdylan. He has not left yet. The date seems to be a bit right. Not on.

　　 "Because of the urgent time, the dagger was secretly transported by the church. It is calculated that the time has now crossed the border, and I can arrive tomorrow morning."

　　 The secret guard said.

　　 So Salhi II lied to his children. Although they all knew that transporting the family sacred objects was just an excuse, he didn't expect that even the excuse was a complete lie. Now that the dying king didn't care about these details, it also fully demonstrated that he seemed to regard the journey to Berdylan as the last and most important part of his life.

　　 Jenkins couldn't think of what Dolores' father was going to do.

　　 Within a week, the effects of [Blood Mosquito Curse] did not spread to the city. The church surrounded the manor filled with the cursed to ensure that the curse would not spread out for any reason. They even specifically asked the [Church of Everything and Nature] to mobilize a group of well-trained cats and dogs to hunt down the small animals that left the manor.

　　 Speaking of small animals, Jenkins reached out and held his cat. It just wanted to jump from Jenkins's shoulder to the table and touch those three objects. The cat's curiosity will always be so strong.

　　 Before the evening banquet started, Jenkins did not leave the Holy See. He attended the joint representative meeting of the Twelve Orthodox Churches to discuss the specific action plan for tomorrow. Then, together with Miss Capet, accepted the suggestion of the demigods responsible for this matter to conduct a drill for tomorrow's assassination.

　　 The operation is mainly carried out by Jenkins, and Miss Capet just follows him to provide necessary help. This Jenkins thought of the assassination story of the "Picture Poor Dagger" in another world, so he firmly opposed the proposal of hiding the [Vampire Buster] in a box and passing it to the countess along with the three items.

　　 He is not superstitious, absolutely not, but hopes for a more appropriate way. Although the final negotiated plan was not very satisfactory, after all, facing the demigod as the source of the curse, no one had absolute confidence, but Jenkins believed that he would be able to succeed.

　　 Anyway, he has a drop of divinity in his hands now.

Time soon came to the evening of this day. Jenkins accepted his father’s suggestion. Instead of borrowing a carriage from the church, he paid for the most expensive carriage at the car rental agency and changed his clothes. Pick up your female companions at Rosalia Hotel.

　　 Hathaway and Britney seem to attach great importance to tonight's banquet. Although they only took a short day to prepare their costumes, they also found very appropriate dresses. Even a person like Jenkins who doesn't understand the aesthetics of women's clothes can see that the two skirts are definitely customized.

　　 Later, he learned that one of Britney's uncles with the rank of viscount was living in Bel Dylan.

　　As for jewelry, before the trip, the two girls actually prepared jewelry in their luggage in advance for serious social occasions. It is difficult for Jenkins to evaluate which of the two is more beautiful tonight, but fortunately he did not ask this very embarrassing question.

　　 smiled and praised the girls for their makeup, and then very gentlemen in turn invited them to the car. During this process, Chocolate lay on the cushions prepared for it by the carriage bench and looked at Jenkins gloomily, until he sat down in the carriage and began to walk forward slowly, and then suddenly jumped on Jenkins's knee.