Secret: The years I served as a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 272 North and South Continents Welcome You

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"Then again, why do we only see Suea in the school? Where is Baranca? Is he dead?"

Richard jumped off the boat. On the ground, palm-sized rag dolls dressed as soldiers and businessmen stood up one after another and lined up to walk into Richard's suitcase. The last doll that entered raised its hand to close the suitcase.

He lifted the suitcase, faced the sea and exhaled. The fog around him immediately became thicker, covering the port and the ship. The curse of disorientation turned into fog and permeated the area.

Seeing that the "Angel of Temperance" called the leader by his name without any honorifics, Mahmouds and Tawfik did not dare to say a word.

The general feeling in the Rose School is that after the revision of the role-playing method, the leader seems to have regained his mind, and it is obvious that this is a good thing - it can be seen from the fact that the powerful ally "Angel of Temperance" has returned to the rebels. Compared with the benefits brought by this, calling him by his name is nothing. Anyway, this is a matter between angels, so just treat it as His Highness Sua showing respect to the wise.

Only half of the people in the school can barely accept the "indulgence-moderation-indulgence" method of acting. The rest who cannot accept it and still indulge themselves without trying to set shackles for themselves will only get out of control, which is also the result of excessive indulgence in normal times.

In most secret organizations, a strange phenomenon is likely to occur - for example, when it comes to promoting indulgence in desires, it is often the lower-level members and ordinary people in the organization who will obey these requirements and indulge themselves completely, while the leaders who need to manage them will often not have their brains completely corrupted by indulgence, and at least some of it will remain.

For example, the two demigods in Richard's pocket who had barely adapted to the new acting method had more than 50% of their remaining brains, and they received precious temperate acting assistance from His Highness the "Angel of Temperance".

Even the Aurora Society is the same. They are crazy from top to bottom, but they are smart enough to use their madness as a disguise.

Mahmouds was still playing dumb, trying to get some performance feedback from the "Angel of Temperance", so Tawfik had to speak on his behalf:

"His Highness Baranca is doing penance."

"It seems that His acting style adjustment is not going smoothly. It's true, he is already so old."

Richard left the port disapprovingly and entered the city of Aleser. He asked casually, "Mahamus, do you have the courage to become an angel? But you are not young anymore. If you do, you should start working hard from now on."

Mahmouds: (°卌°)!

Without waiting for Mahmouds to respond, Richard asked another question:
"Hilda has set out?"

Tawfik had consciously become the spokesperson: "She left yesterday and headed for Feysac."

"Alas, she doesn't even want to talk to me." Richard sighed. "It was indeed my fault for acting so hastily and leaving back then, but if I didn't use the 'Cursed City' to quickly become an angel, I would have been the first leader of the school to die. I've explained this to her so many times, but she still seems to be unwilling to forgive me. It seems that she is still secretly stabbing me."

One hundred and three years ago, when the "Cursed City" incident just broke out, Tawfik was only 5 years old and didn't know much about the situation, so he looked at Mahms. But Mahms seemed determined to play the mute seriously, without even moving his eyebrows.

But Richard's sigh did not last long, as He had already entered the city.

Compared to the past, Alese was quite lively. Most of the people on the street were obviously of Southern Continent descent, but their identities were not necessarily indigenous. Because compared to Balam, who was destroyed and established a puppet regime for his firm resistance, the method used by the Northern Continent to deal with the Highland Kingdom was gentler and more terrifying - intermarriage.

In the early days of colonization of the South Continent, the Kingdom of Loen prohibited intermarriage between its own people and the people of the South Continent. Once discovered, they would be killed. If a child with white skin was born, it would be executed. If the child was brown, it could continue to live as a slave.

The early colonial policy of the Kingdom of Loen was relatively simple: "directly destroy them physically." Only when most of the people who firmly believed in the God of Death and the Aegis royal family had died did they begin to promote slavery to increase the labor force for factories and compradors.

"How many people are still outside the school?"

Richard put Tawfik and Mahmus back into his waist bag and asked spiritually, "It seems that many people have taken the opportunity to evade moderation under the pretext of helping the Church of Death. Give me a list later."

There was no interlayer in the waist bag, and the two demigods were squeezed together shoulder to shoulder. Tawfik consciously shrank into the corner.

He thought for a moment and replied, "Zatwin is still on a mission in the Northern Continent. Should we call him back?"

"What is he doing there?"

"Uh...hunting down the remnants of the Temperance Faction, a student of Renette Tinicole."

"Oh..." Richard nodded slightly, and took care of the business of the old man selling pancakes on the roadside, "Sharon."

But the highlands were different—the colonists welcomed by the highlands were Intis and Feysac.

In addition to destroying the dignity of the Highland Kingdom in terms of faith and culture, they also carried out "racial cleansing".

Simply put, they intermarry with local women, give birth to children, and use the schools and churches of the Northern Continent to change their beliefs. Many people from the lower classes of the Northern Continent who are unhappy with their lives come here to "help the barbarians of the Southern Continent become civilized" through marriage, and turn the indigenous women and their children into believers of the gods their fathers believe in, thus increasing new believers and "spreading the glory and grace of the Seven Gods."

The more violent ones would go from house to house and forcefully rob women. The more gentle ones would marry local women and live a northern continental lifestyle.
Richard Ernst was such a child, except that his father belonged to the former, and his mother happened to be a beautiful girl "with skin so white that she could be sent to the officers' camp", so she became the temporary wife of a "big man" of unknown rank.

Temporary. As long as you have a two-room house, put a table, a chair, a piece of wood, and a girl you like, you will have a temporary home and a wife.

There can be many wives and homes like this.

He thus had the height of a Feysac man's face. Fortunately, his father was irresponsible and was reluctant to give the faith of the noble God of War to an ignorant and weak native woman. Feysac also lost to Intis in the subsequent battle for colonies.

If the officer was lucky enough, he might die in the "Cursed City" and see with his own eyes what kind of big shot his illegitimate son had become.

From a long-term perspective, such behavior is even more effective than Rune's "destroying the flesh".

After several generations of reproduction, the Highlands today - the Highland survivors in the Intis colony in the north of the Southern Continent basically have the blood of people from the Northern Continent. Most of them have accepted a reality from a cultural perspective: that is, they have a father from the Northern Continent and a mother from the Southern Continent, even though their mothers were raped before giving birth to them.

This also led to an extremely fragmented culture in the Highlands and poor cohesion.

Some people follow the footsteps of the "Rose School", some hope to go to the other side of the sea to worship the Seven Gods, but more people are in a fence-sitter state. No matter what happens in the world outside the colony, it has nothing to do with them.

Coupled with the self-discipline of the "Temperance Faction", the leaders of the "Indulgence Faction" who still have some brains left often sigh at the Church of Death: "If only we had such cohesion, such clear hatred, and such an emperor."

There was hatred, but because the organization's cohesion was too poor, it began to split itself before it was completely defeated. In addition, the leaders of both sides were not very smart, and the "Angels of Temperance" that could really pose a threat to the church were forced to leave early. For various reasons, the remnants of the Highland Kingdom could only survive in various places as a resistance army with no hope of restoring their country, and were gradually swallowed up by indulgence and hatred, becoming terrorists.

There was a fight going on in the street ahead. Richard took a bite of his cheese-filled pancake and looked over at the people fighting.

A large group of people who seemed to have a blood feud in the last second suddenly became respectful to each other, praising each other's relatives, and the slaps they threw turned into helping each other straighten their collars, and the fists they threw turned into back massages. Their quality was so high that even civilized people would feel ashamed of themselves.

Finally, these people said goodbye to each other and parted reluctantly.

The public security in the Intis colony is not very good. The turmoil in the southern continent has also caused many people from the northern continent and refugees to appear here, but Richard's extremely intimidating height (192) can make troubles automatically stay away.

"What's the news about Sharon and the others?"

"No news... Last year, they killed Sequence 5 Steven, a werewolf, and a zombie in one go. Zartwin brought so many people with him, but he didn't complete the mission and was unwilling to return like this."

The sunk costs are too high.

It has come to this point. If the mission fails in the end, it would be a bit rude.

Richard pursed his lips. He was about to scold Suea, a brainless thing, for wasting time on meaningless things other than "threatening the remnants of the temperance faction". The "Mother Tree of Desire", like his good son, had a limited brain capacity and could only think about "strike the temperance faction". Then he thought that it was Suea in the past who asked Zattwin to pester Sharon, not the present one, so he restrainedly swallowed the Highland Kingdom nationalism that was about to come to his mouth.

"There's no point in staying there and catching Sharon. Renette Tinicole is already dead, and her student is only a Sequence 5. The Temperance Faction doesn't obey her, so whether she's alive or dead won't have much impact on the school."

Richard decided to make use of the waste (not Zatwin), and give this demigod a chance to make amends and step down, so that he wouldn't really fight with Sharon. If the lingering Reinette Tinicole suddenly popped up and promoted Sharon, Zatwin would become a sunk cost, and the Rose School would lose a whole set of 7-4 potions, which would be enough to upgrade Sharon's follower Maric to a demigod.

"You mean to bring back Zatwin?"

"Let's put Sharon's matter aside for now and don't waste time on unimportant things. Let him read more newspapers and collect intelligence about the Northern Continent... Oh, he's running a base there, right? Then try to contact organizations in the Northern Continent, except for the Aurora Society and the Iron Cross Society, and see if you can trick a few wealthy collectors or officials into coming to buy things... Money comes and people go, and we fight when we want the goods."

"……OK."

……

Backlund, Cherwood District, near the Tussock River.

In a restaurant, a middle-aged man was having a meal, cutting a medium-rare steak on the plate with a knife and fork.

He was wearing a black clergy robe and a black glove on his left hand. He had a thin face, brown skin, and sunken eyes like a mummy. His beard had black roots and white outer edges, extending from the sides of his mouth to the sides of his ears.

Zatwin's eyes were light brown, similar to his skin color. He had the temperament of a priest, but he looked cold and scary, as if he was becoming perverted in silence.

Or maybe that’s the feeling most of the Beyonders in the Rose School give people.

Even if a new way of acting is used now, it can only temporarily change "pervert" into "a frightened psychopath".

The first floor is mainly lit by candles and gas wall lamps, creating a dark and quiet area.

The aroma of food wafted over from everywhere, filling the air - the houses in the nearby streets were all townhouses, and the ground floors facing the street were shops. On the surface, this contact point of the Rose School was a restaurant that focused on the characteristics of the southern continent.

Just then, a customer came in through the restaurant door.

The customer was wearing a black suit, black pants, black leather shoes, and had a pair of black eyes and a thin face.

He had a broad forehead, wore a monocle and a very tall top hat, and his eyes casually glanced around and fell on Zatvin.

Glancing at the black glove on Zatwin's left hand, the customer's mouth curled up slightly, and he smiled and shook his head, seeming a little disappointed.

Then he entered the restaurant and sat at another table far away from Zatwin, who stared back at him maliciously.

Zatwin didn't pay much attention and continued eating his dinner.

In the light of the gas street lamps, the cool night breeze blew over, and the demigod of the Rose School suddenly shuddered.

Zatwin knew that this was a sign of inspiration, and his heart tightened. He quickly looked down at his hands and was shocked to find that the black glove on his left palm was gone!

gone!
As a demigod, half human being, Zatwin didn't even know when the seal on his hand disappeared!

He turned around abruptly and looked into the restaurant, the image of the man just now suddenly appeared in his mind.

Soon, he locked onto the target's scent and discovered that the other party was still in the restaurant and even called the waiter and asked for a menu.

Zatwin originally wanted to use the "Mirror Flash" to possess the person, but for some reason, his hands began to tremble involuntarily. He vaguely felt that there were many dangerous, terrifying and hard-to-find enemies hiding around him!
The thought flashed through his mind and disappeared like lightning. Zatwin subconsciously tightened his cutlery, put more strength into his hands, and actually cut the hard food container in half with a blunt knife that could hardly cut even his fingers.

Then he lowered his head and ate the steak bite by bite, as if nothing had happened just now.

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No. 22, Pacefield Street, the headquarters of the "Luen Charity Student Aid Fund".

Klein walked out of the reception room and happened to see Justice Audrey coming out of her office.

The dress that this noble lady wore today was rather plain, with a white base and dark green embellishments. The cuffs and collar were mainly ruffled, with only layers of lace interlaced on the chest to form a bow-tie-style flower. She didn't even wear any jewelry.

"Good morning, Miss Audrey." Klein made an expression of surprise at meeting the other person by chance.

Audrey glanced at Dwayne Dantes, who had gray hair on his temples and looked good, and replied with a faint smile:

"Good morning, Monsieur Dantès."

She wanted to say "long time no see" in a somewhat light-hearted manner, to tease the other party that he had not come to the charity education fund for a few days since the establishment ceremony, but considering that their superficial relationship was only acquaintance, she forced herself to hold back the corresponding words.

Klein rubbed his forehead, smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "I'm sorry that I didn't come here until today."

"I've been really busy lately. It's foreseeable that I'll be even busier in the future. I may have to go to the Southern Continent to deal with some things."

The reason why he came all the way here and told Miss Justice that he would be leaving Backlund for a while was to show his sincerity, hoping that this noble girl could help look after the foundation and keep it running smoothly. For Klein, he sincerely hoped that this "charity education fund" could help more poor people in need.

And he - it seems that Amon has come to Backlund, and currently Amon has only left a good impression on him.

The one who appeared now had already started stealing the Sealed Artifacts and seemed to be a difficult person to get along with. In order to prevent the "Source Castle" from being stolen before Ince Zangwill died, he prepared to find an excuse to run away quickly.

"Go to the Southern Continent?" Audrey could understand Dwayne Dantes' sincerity and asked in surprise.

Klein smiled and said, "For a commission."

At this moment, the first thought that popped into Audrey's mind was: Is another Sequence 5 going to lose his life?

Realizing that Miss Justice seemed to have made some bad associations, Klein added:
"We are working with the nobles, helping them deliver some items to their younger generations fighting on the front lines."

Delivering items to the younger generation of nobles? Ah——! Audrey suddenly realized something and became much more cheerful. She said with a bright smile:
"May the goddess bless you with everything going well."

After she finished saying this out of habit, she realized the incongruity. She was actually telling a follower of Mr. Fool that the goddess should protect him!
This is probably closer to a curse...Will Mr. Gehrman Sparrow be angry? No, he is actually a gentle man, and I didn't mean any harm just now...After going to the southern continent and coming back, the one who plays Dwayne Dantès should be another one, right? Could it be a demigod? Audrey's thoughts diverged unconsciously.

In addition to Lord Hibbert, Earl Hall seems to have another son, which means Miss Audrey's other brother may also be in the southern continent? Klein smiled helplessly and skillfully drew a scarlet moon on his chest:

"May the goddess bless us."

After chatting with Miss Justice for a while, Klein went back to have lunch.

According to the plan, he would go to the East Balam Veterans Club in the afternoon to finalize the matter and visit Dr. Allen.

During the customary after-meal nap time, Klein drew a symbol to summon the "magic mirror" Arrodes on the full-length mirror in the bedroom. Soon, water light floated on the mirror surface, and a line of pale text emerged:
"Great and respected supreme master! Your loyal, humble and insignificant servant Arrodes follows your call. (**)"

"Dear master, how are you feeling today? (o▽)o"

Klein's lips curled up slightly: "Not bad."

"Your humble servant Arrodes thanks you for your answer! May I ask if you summoned me here this time because you want to test me? (UU)"

"Yes." Crane said, "Is Ms. D trustworthy?"

The light on the mirror quickly condensed into a new line of text: "She is trustworthy, but if you can use me as a guide, I will definitely be able to do a thousand times better than her! (=ω｀=)"

Under the words, the mirror surface rippled like water, and a picture appeared: Ms. D, who was dressed much more simply and wearing a wide-brimmed hat, appeared in a port in the style of the southern continent.

Klein hesitated for a few seconds and asked again, "What is Ms. D's true identity?"

The silver text twisted and turned into a few concise lines of character introduction:

"Irena Albert Montemar. The youngest daughter of Marquis Intis Capet, she has two older brothers. In addition to her, Marquis Capet has three illegitimate sons and two illegitimate daughters. She is 22 years old this year. When she was 12 years old, she established contact with the Aurora Society due to an extraordinary event and converted to the 'Ancient Sun God'. She is marrying the second son of Marquis Lefeuer and will get married in March next year."

The picture below also distorted, and a huge family portrait appeared. It seemed that the faces of the father, mother, and brothers were blurred, and only the face of the bright-looking lady was clear. She was wearing an exaggerated and gorgeous dress and looked smaller than what Klein had seen.

Already engaged, could it be that she is not satisfied with the political marriage and wants to become a demigod and leave before getting married? She believes in the "Ancient Sun God" in the Aurora Society, which is very creative. "I just want to believe in the Sun God. It doesn't matter who the Sun God is?"... And her mental state is very normal. She has no signs of being crazy due to the delirium, nor is she schizophrenic like the "Black Saint". This lady is not simple... Klein immediately thought of a lot of things in his mind, but he didn't take them too seriously. Since the other party is trustworthy, there is no need to pay too much attention to other details.

他 说:

"It's your turn to ask me questions."

"Okay! Great Master, is there anything else you would like to ask for? (▽*)"

Really self-aware... Klein's mouth curled up again and said:
"The clues to the Sun Bird and the Holy Radiant Stone should not be controlled by the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun."

"My dear master, you are so considerate to the humble Arrodes!! (Д｀) The seal of the Eternal Sun Church is very tight, and it is difficult for me to spy on it, but there are many clues from the outside world. And they often appear together. In the sea area of ​​the God War Ruins, there are traces of the activities of the Sun Bird in the following places. In the depths of a primeval forest in the southern continent, there is also a habitat for the Sun Bird, and... At the same time, within a radius of one thousand meters of the Sun Bird's activity range, there must be the existence of the Holy Radiant Stone!"

Images kept appearing in the mirror, including an island full of light, an ancient forest filled with a sacred aura, and remote and inconspicuous mountains. Klein wrote down all the information one by one.

He still remembered that when he hired Miss Sharon as his bodyguard, because it would be dangerous, Miss Sharon, who was Sequence 5, quoted a salary of 5 pounds for three days, but that was an extremely low price due to many factors. If he hired Ms. D, who was also Sequence 4, for about a week, it would cost at least pounds, but Ms. D only asked for clues and materials for Sequence main materials. She was really rich and only wanted to get promoted, not money...

Compared to primeval forests and abandoned mountains, the most convenient way is to obtain them from the ruins of the War of Gods.

Hey, isn't the "Hermit" worried about how to exchange for a drop of the "Snake of Fate"'s blood? Why not outsource this task? In this way, Ms. "Hermit" gets these two materials, I give the materials to Ms. D, Ms. D makes up the difference and gives me what the "Mercury Snake" may need, and I help Ms. "Hermit" get this drop of blood of the mythical creature, and everyone can get what they want!
I think it's very feasible. I'll go to Sefirah Castle later to divine the success rate!

Without waiting for Arrodes to indicate that he could ask questions, he spoke directly:

"Can I still contact you in the Southern Continent?"

"Of course! As long as you take out that magical receiver." On the surface of the mirror, the silver words were quickly reorganized. "However, you can't let it stay in reality for too long, or use it too frequently. There are many gifts from the 'Mother Tree of Desire' in the southern continent, and He may be able to sense it through this. (;д｀)ゞ"

Klein nodded slightly and asked:

"What do you know about the 'Mother Tree of Desire'?"

The Magic Mirror Arrodes was silent for a long time before the silver light on the mirror surface moved and transformed into a complete sentence:

"I dare not say it, nor do I dare to show it."

Dare not say, dare not show, "Mother Tree of Desire" is a true god? His status is higher than that of Sequence One Zaratul, and the "Destiny" path is unique... Klein was a little surprised, but he was also mentally prepared.

……

In the evening, at the East Balam Veterans Club.

Calvin, who had a donkey face, was already waiting there. When he saw Dwayne Dantes coming, he stood up with a smile and said:
"You are truly a gentleman who takes action. I really appreciate this attitude of getting things done."

As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand and shook hands with Dwayne Dantes, who had graying temples.

Klein smiled modestly, pretending to organize his words, and waited for a few seconds before saying:

"I want to go to the southern continent, to West Balam, soon."

Calvin's smile became more and more satisfied. "I will send someone to pick you up after dinner tomorrow. The military just happened to have an airship to transport supplies and personnel to Disi Bay, and it's very close to take a boat to the South Continent from there."

“Thank you.” Klein stood up and saluted sincerely.

He actually took an airship to reach Disi Bay, which meant that the journey could be shortened by another two or three days. He did not need Ms. D to accompany him when he returned. If she agreed, her disappearance time would be reduced to about a week, which was acceptable to the Intis nobles.

Moreover, in his opinion, leaving Backlund with the military was a safe enough option that would not arouse suspicion from anyone.

After discussing some more details, Klein stood up to say goodbye and returned to the hall with Senator Macht to prepare to leave.

Inside the hall, next to the buffet table, nearly ten men in military uniforms or casual clothes were gathered there, each holding a glass of wine, laughing and talking about the latest rumors.

Klein took a quick glance and suddenly felt that one of the figures looked familiar.

The man was over 1 meters tall, but less than 85 meters tall, with slightly long arms, legs that tilted outward to a certain extent, and unusually broad shoulders, which made his black suit look rather tight.

This is... Klein's thoughts raced, and his mind suddenly became tense. He had already remembered the source of the familiar feeling:

This is the demigod who met with "Mad Captain" Connors that night!
The demigod who is suspected to be working for a faction of the royal family and is in charge of human trafficking!
……

Southern Continent, Port of Behrens.

In a luxuriously decorated room, a hand reached out and lit the gas wall lamp in the room.

The soft, dim light came on, illuminating a figure standing in front of the desk.

The figure had a rectangular face, a white wig on his head, two slightly upturned mustaches on his mouth, thick eyebrows, and classical clothing. He was wearing a formal dress and very long toe shoes, as if he had walked out of a fifteenth-century oil painting or a playing card.

He reached out and opened the plain black wooden box on the table. Inside, there was a lamp with a black background and gold edges inlaid in the red velvet, with ancient characters like snakes and birds painted on it. The pattern was somewhat similar to Dutan, the official language used by the Balam Empire, but also completely different.

The poker-like person spoke:
"Where did you get this thing from?"

Standing in the shadows, blond Major General Constantine Levitt lowered his head. “It’s from Khatami’s treasure house. He sold this artifact to the local garrison, hoping to gain some goodwill. But he is dead now.”

"How did you die?"

"It is said that he was killed in his own territory because he sold this important ancient artifact. His behavior aroused the anger of the Church of Death, so he was killed." Constantine said, "All his men were killed by the Church of Death in revenge."

"In other words, the source is cut off."

"Yes, your Excellency."

Prince Grove, the demigod of the Augustus royal family, ran his finger across the outer shell of the lamp. His finger suddenly exerted a little force, but the lamp did not twist or damage. Even the black primer and gold text on it were not scraped off.

"Then, how did it come into your hands?"

Constantine answered truthfully: "The local garrison officer gave it to me. After I was defeated in the Battle of the Plains and retreated, I unexpectedly made a wish to 'have everyone appear in the port of Berens immediately', and the wish came true."

"The officer is still alive?"

"Yes."

Prince Grove turned his back to Constantine and placed his palm over the lamp. The light and shadow in his palm twisted, and under the powerful interference of a demigod, the black primer on it finally wrinkled slightly, revealing the pure gold body underneath, which was engraved with countless complex mystical symbols.

It really is... the legendary "Wishing Lamp", 0-05!

It was disguised as a royal artifact and kept in the hands of the natives of Balam. No wonder the church couldn't find it...

The prince's eyebrows moved, and a hint of joy appeared in his serious voice:
"I will remember your contribution."

"You have found something truly precious for the kingdom."

TBC
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560—"On the impact of different colonization plans on the culture of the southern continent and the current situation"

Q: Why does the author like long chapters so much?

Answer: Because I couldn’t think of two titles.

(End of this chapter)