Miss Witch's Forbidden Book Secret

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Meanwhile, Colonel Nofice, aboard the Knight, was also facing an awkward problem.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs put him in charge of the Knight, and then he assisted the knights and priests on the ground in bombarding the enemy.

Artillery fire is not difficult, of course, but—the enemy's location is unknown.

Nophis was originally the first mate of an inland river warship on the edge of Cloud Valley. He was good at sailing a ship and firing at a designated area, and he was also good at boarding and hand-to-hand combat, but finding people was another matter!

That's putting him in a really difficult position!

Even the barbarians of the Silvermist Clan in Cloud Valley know to raise griffins before bombarding to pinpoint the enemy's exact location.

This decommissioned training ship didn't even have enough sailors for lookout and reconnaissance, let alone magical creatures like griffins. Fifty of its ninety-six cannons were short-handed!

There aren't even any investigators; how are we supposed to find them?

He had no idea what the officials in the Ministry of the Interior were thinking, how they let him take over this warship at the port. This thing was useless! If they were just randomly bombing it, it would have been better not to bring the ship in at all.

Nofice had no choice but to grit his teeth and set sail, hoping that the people from the Ministry of the Interior who came to "meet" him would have some good advice.

A small boat carrying Scarlett sailed toward the Knight. After Scarlett boarded, several soldiers led her to the captain's cabin.

Scarlett practically ran into the captain's cabin, but she ran unsteadily, as if she were being remotely controlled. Her gait was somewhat anthropomorphic, and her forehead was covered in sweat.

Upon seeing Norpheus, she immediately presented the documents provided by the Internal Affairs Department and said, "Colonel Norpheus! Please bombard the designated location immediately."

Nopheus looked completely bewildered. "Wait, wait. What designated location? I didn't receive..."

“Bus No. 2 in the waterway between Millwall Dockyard and Pier No. 3, a medium-sized fast sailing ship, with the Dog Island Abandoned Ship Recycling and Dismantling Plant on the port side and two scrapped steamships as markers, and the dock freight yard on the starboard side and a coal crane as markers.”

"Roger! Messenger, notify the gun deck to adjust firing parameters and prepare for shelling!"

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On the other side, Tia, with her eyes closed, shared all five senses with Scarlett, witnessing the spectacular scene of the impending cannon barrage from the deck.

The Knight sailed into the designated position on the Broken Gold River channel, and the gun ports opened one by one.

First came a soft, delicate popping sound.

Immediately, all forty naval cannons roared simultaneously, and Tia felt only a profound silence between the water and the sky.

Hmm... it also smells a bit bad.

The stench of the water in this section of the Broken Gold River harbor was so strong that even the smoke from forty cannons couldn't mask it...

Tia opened her eyes, and the white ceiling of the hospital's intensive care unit came into view.

Holly leaned against the hospital bed, embracing her beloved Funina Bonaparte's waist like a mother would hold a child.

To be honest, Furnessa Bonaparte wasn't very tall; Holly thought she could easily carry her.

Holly asked, "Sister Funina, is everything settled?"

"It's over."

"Is there anything else I can do?"

"No, that's all. What's left is what I need to do."

"Don't you need my help?"

"The rest is Holly's business that I took on. There's no reason for an employer to help out, is there?"

The white-haired girl got up and broke free from her mother's embrace. She took a few steps and picked up a cavalry saber from the bedside table.

She saw a bottle of wine on Holly's child's bedside table, uncorked it, sniffed it, and put it in her pocket.

Chapter 256 Awarding of Medals, but Love Comes from Silver Castle

According to the deal between Tia and Holly, she was responsible for recovering a debt for Holly.

The debt was none other than the life of Casco Durant, the Archon of the Mist Moon and Holly Corcia's biological father.

Tia wasn't too bothered by the fact that she helped someone kill their father, but Durant's whereabouts were still unknown after he escaped.

Durant didn't curse Holly, so Tia couldn't stab her with the Victory Sword.

She simply had the ravens perch on Rustwater, east of Fogmoon City, the only route Durant would take to leave Iris City.

She needs to rest before the crows find Durant.

These past few days she has been working almost non-stop, keeping her eyes open 24/7, either boosting morale, reorganizing the team, or dealing with problems.

Tia didn't even go to Jeremiah to discuss the aftermath; she simply dumped everything on Scarlett and went to the Grand Hotel on the banks of the Broken Gold River to sleep.

After sleeping for more than ten hours, Eleanor shook her awake.

In the bedroom.

Tia rubbed her eyes in bed, mumbling sleepily, "Holly, stop shaking me."

Eleanor's face showed shock.

"Who is Holly o_O".

When Tia heard Eleanor's calm, serene, and almost buried-in-the-ground voice, she instantly snapped back to reality.

"Eleanor, what are you doing here?"

"This is my home."

"I know, I mean this is my bedroom!"

"You didn't lock the door."

"......"

This is really... Tia rubbed her forehead; she was indeed a little confused. For the past few days, she'd been sleeping on the sofa in the conference room with Scarlett, and sometimes Scarlett or she would be outside in the middle of the night; they'd definitely developed the habit of not closing the door.

Eleanor's eyes sparkled with curiosity. "Who is Holly?"

Eleanor has been either undergoing treatment to remove the curse or painting at the grand hotel these past few days; I wonder what Tia has been up to.

Anyway, everyone's pretty busy.

In the iris garden, everyone has their own things to do.

Tia briefly explained what had happened in the past few days.

The little princess was a little confused, but she roughly understood the meaning and exclaimed, "Oh, is Tia going to become queen?"

"...What are you thinking about, Eleanor?"

“My mother is a queen too. Oh—so…”

"stop!"

Tia reached out and flicked Eleanor's forehead hard, making her eyes well up with tears, forcefully interrupting Eleanor's immoral thoughts.

She yawned, got up, and prepared to wash up.

Eleanor followed behind like a little tail, asking all sorts of questions.

She was genuinely curious about this.

Let's stir things up! Let's do something big!

She'd only ever seen things like this in history books. Even if Ansu had experienced any major historical events in recent years, Eleanor, the relatively unknown member of the royal family, was basically always on the fringes of the storm.

Even those unfamiliar with the royal family might not know that Princess Eleanor is a daughter, and when she is mentioned, they might be shocked to discover that "Queen Elizabeth has a daughter."

Tia was exhausted and didn't want to talk to Eleanor, so she closed her eyes and took a short nap to recover her energy.

After resting for three or four hours, she finally felt a bit more energetic and took the opportunity to answer Eleanor's questions.

"The prophets of the Palace of Wisdom have been dealt with. Even if they're still alive, it doesn't matter, since the reports say they're dead anyway... As for the council, I might go there briefly, because Marn said I might have to give a speech as an honorary councilor, and that's it. I have to complete my promotion and some other things to take care of."

"I plan to hand over the remaining work at Iris to Scarlett—forget about it, Eleanor! You can't become an official at Iris... Begging me won't help!"

"...Durant's words are still waiting to be revealed; it's only a matter of time. The council should issue an award soon—"

Eleanor said with practiced ease, "We must award medals!"

"How could that be? Iris flowers don't have any ranks anymore, do they?"

Tia remembered that the Iris had completely abolished the noble titles. Of course, the nobles themselves still existed, but at least the names were gone.

Eleanor said, "The awarding of the medal will be held in Silver Castle."

"I already said the iris is now... Huh? Why is Silver Castle going to award me a medal?"

Tia was muttering to herself when she suddenly paused.

Awarded a medal at Silver Fortress?!

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"Hey, is the Sulf you're talking about the Chief of the Police Department, Tia Sulf, whom Her Majesty the Queen recently announced would be awarded honors?"

Upon hearing the name, the scholar from St. Ghent in New London was taken aback and quickly asked the red-haired pastor in front of him, "Do you know her?"

On the deck, Vera boasted sheepishly, "We're really good friends, we've been playing together since we were kids!"

"I'm not exaggerating, but we're so close that we even share a bed and are best friends who practically share underwear!"

The scholar was taken aback again, "If two people share one pair of clothes, wouldn't it smell bad?"

That's not the point!

"Oh, I'm so sorry."

Vera lost her appetite and changed the subject, complaining, "Speaking of which, how long have we been stuck here? When are we finally going to reach Fogmoon City? I was thinking of going to find... find some friends."

The scholar said, "There's nothing we can do about it. Who told the Iris Flower People to suddenly go crazy and impose these restrictions? They're acting like lunatics."

"Yeah, yeah. Which lock did they make? I've been on the boat for two days now, eating fish every day, it's like fish are flying out of my mouth..."

“However, Miss Vera, to be honest, I’ve heard that there has indeed been some trouble in Mistmoon City recently.”

"Huh? Is that so? Tell me right away."

The scholar said mysteriously, "I heard there was a rebellion in Fogmoon City, which led to the entire port being placed under martial law. But I also heard that it wasn't just the port; the rebels even stormed Fontaine Palace. It was only after the Iris Cavalry killed a group of them with swords that they were driven away, and they even used artillery to fire grapeshot!"

Vera stared in disbelief. "Really?"

The scholar said, "It's definitely true! Think about it, if the rebels weren't trying to escape, why would the Iris Flower people blockade the port? And to quell this group of rebels, the Iris Flower people built a huge warship and directly bombarded the port. If the rebels were just a few people, why would they send out a warship?"

"100% authentic, guaranteed!"

"Father of all things, is this the iris...?"

Vera was so shocked she couldn't speak.

For decades, Newport has only ever seen cavalry mowing the grass; deploying artillery was something only Silver Fortress did. I never expected Iris to go even further, even sending warships to bombard it.

Is Eleanor really safe in this godforsaken place?!

Chapter 257 The Sanctuary on the Ship

Fontaine Palace district, Montreal family mansion, bedroom.

In the center of the bedroom was a large bed, covered with several layers of soft and comfortable silk, with gauze curtains adorned with gemstones and crystals hanging down. The young lady with long silver-gray hair was only wearing a light nightgown, lying on the bed with her buttocks sticking up high.

Although the position was rather embarrassing, Brigitte's tone was full of impatience, "Nogi! Hurry up and put the suppository in! Are you going to put the medicine in or not?"

Nogi asked tremblingly, "Young Miss, is this alright?"

"Deeper."

"Phew...that feels better. Squeeze out all the ointment. This is an alchemical concoction that I managed to buy years ago. Don't waste it."

Both alchemical concoctions were made by the Alchemy Guild, their effects comparable to the rapid healing of oak from Sequence Five Earth. After the effects took hold, Brigitte felt a refreshing coolness throughout her body.

Her previously aching arms and torso gradually regained their mobility, and she clenched her fists.

Some of it is not very strenuous, but at least it does not hinder movement.