Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 541 What I'm about to tell you, don't be afraid.

"What?" Grisha's eyes widened. "You betrayed your own family?"

“Noble families are not quite what you imagine. My only relative is my father, while the rest are more like enemies. They killed my mother.”

"It's so complicated."

"Nobles are complicated, foolish and stubborn. Only a knife to their throat can bring them to their senses. But scones are delicious."

Grisha nodded as well: "Scones are really delicious."

The two ate scones together, both showing happy expressions.

"Grisha, what brings you to the North? I was given a mission by the lord, but aren't you a child? Are you some kind of superhuman?"

“How could that be? No superhuman is a child.” Grisha shook his head. “I came to help Sister Gwen and her resistance.”

"Didn't the resistance all withdraw?"

"But Gwen hasn't left. As long as Gwen hasn't left, the battle isn't over, and the resistance won't stop. I want to help her!"

"But how can you help her? Go to Archbishop Alexei?"

Grisha suddenly deflated, and said in a low voice, "I don't know how to help her. If I go looking for other people, I'll just be sent back. Actually, if I hadn't met you, I probably would have been caught too."

"No, I think it's already pretty impressive that you managed to sneak onto the train."

"That's because Blood Harbor is by the sea, and my friends in the sea will help me."

"Friends from the sea?"

"It seems to be a sunken ship and a steam engine or something, called a ship spirit? Machine spirit? Hmm, I don't quite understand, it seems to be a characteristic of Castel."

"Really?" Hunter scratched his head. He didn't know much about Castel either. After arriving on the island, he spent all his time locked in his room listening to Ami's lectures.

However, considering that a sea god was even crammed into the stellar furnace, and that there are things in the sea that could help Grisha, it doesn't seem like a big problem.

After thinking for a moment, he leaned closer to Grisha and whispered:
"Could you take me with you on the train? I'd like to go to the front lines and see what the Dragon Breath Cannon does after it's fired. I've been curious about that for a long time."

Grisha nodded: "I can give it a try."

Zoe bit her lip and walked slowly down the corridor.

She walked forward from one side of the corridor, and when she passed a door, she stopped, hesitated, reached out her hand, then withdrew it, pretending to be just passing by, and walked to the other side.

Then she went back and passed the door again, but still couldn't muster the courage to knock.

She had been hesitating here all morning.

In a corner some distance away, two heads peeked out, secretly observing this direction.

Do you think she'll knock on the lord's door?

"No, she's always been a very indecisive person. She'll definitely keep agonizing over it until noon, and then she'll just happen to run into the lord who's opening the door to have lunch, and then pretend to be just passing by."

Nini glanced at Monica beside her and pouted, "You've explained it in detail."

"She always acts like this whenever she wants to buy a newspaper from you."

"..." "Speaking of which, the lord seems to be quite busy lately, always locking himself in his room."

"I am indeed very busy. There are so many things to do in the North. I almost died from exhaustion when I went to the hospital to treat people recently."

"But it should be over soon. Ash has been in the North for the past few days, and she and Gwen are with the expeditionary force. Finding Earl Bazel should be a matter of days."

"It's going to be so much fun!" Monica's eyes lit up. "When Count Bazel is brought to Castells, we're going to give him a good thrashing, and then hang his head on the church roof, hooray!"

“I’m more looking forward to seeing Gwen. She usually seems so proper. Who knows what embarrassing things she might do when she gets scared in Castel? I’ll organize a group of war correspondents to follow her around and film her embarrassing moments. That will definitely boost the newspaper’s sales!”

"And what about that Duke Alvarez? It's said he surrendered too quickly, which caused resentment among many of the expeditionary force. Hmm, I heard that Hunter's family is also there?"

"Hunter's family has been wiped out by him, but I'm rather curious about Grand Duke Alvarez. He's quite a legendary figure. He faced the expeditionary force's dragon breath cannons and heavy machine guns without taking a hit, easily repelling their offensive. Even Archbishop Alexei was helpless against him and could only humiliatingly accept his demands. Now he even wants to personally set foot in Castel."

Monica stared at Nini in disbelief, and after a long while, she managed to squeeze out a sentence: "No wonder she writes news."

"Hmph, just wait and see what my report will say!"

Monica was about to say something when she suddenly tugged at the scales on Nini's tail with a look of delighted surprise: "Look, she went in!"

When Nini turned around, she saw Zoe's figure disappear through the door of Hughes' office.

"Zoe actually went in? Knowing her personality," Nini's brows furrowed. "Could something really have happened to her?"

Zoe nervously knocked on the lord's door. After hearing "Come in" from inside, she carefully pushed the door open and went in. Then she immediately turned around, closed the door, and locked it.

Seeing her nervous expression, Hughes scratched his head and asked, "What happened that made you so nervous for so many days?"

Zoe was startled: "What? How did you know I'd been nervous for days?"

"At least five groups of people have told me that you've been acting strangely lately, including some from the prince's side. Perhaps you're not very good at hiding your emotions. Anyway, what exactly happened? Don't rush, tell me slowly."

Zoe sat down in the chair opposite Hughes's table, head down, her hands gripping the hem of her skirt tightly.

"My lord, I have come to surrender."

"Confess? Confess what? Wait, you wouldn't..." Hughes' eyes widened.

"Could it be that he's going to start writing messy newspapers like Nini?"

Zoe was taken aback, then blushed: "It's definitely not that serious. I... I do like to write, but not this kind of thing, although Nini's writing is also very interesting. Anyway, I have something I want to turn myself in!"

"Shouldn't you go to the Guardians of the Church or the court to turn yourself in? What are you doing here?"

"Yes, it's a very big deal, extremely dangerous, and of paramount importance!"

Zoe stood up nervously and lowered her voice: "Please don't be afraid of what I'm about to say!"

"I'm not afraid, go ahead and tell me."

"I seem to have gained extraordinary power, and I can connect with others!"

"puff"

"Lord Lord?"

(End of this chapter)