Miss Witch's Forbidden Book Secret

After Eleanor fell asleep, Anne suddenly felt cheerful. She went to deal with the classmates who came to the party first. After that, she simply pulled Tia backstage.

Mrs. Mercury didn't stop her when she saw this, but just casually said, "Be careful, Anne!"

Anne was still a little dazed when she reached the door and didn't react.

When Tia and she went out to the garden outside the banquet hall and reached the edge of a rose bed, Annie took Tia's hand and asked curiously, "Did you just talk to my mother?"

"Aunt Winna wants to hire a rhetoric tutor for you. Charles recommended me."

"Hey hey hey! Is that the Charles in the newspaper recently?"

Anne had also heard of this renowned journalist recently, especially because the article she wrote was really impactful: a trainee police officer solved a case worth 360,000 pounds!

But Anne didn't expect Charles to recommend Tia. Does that mean Tia's literary attainments are also very profound?!

Annie blinked, put her hands behind her back and said with a cute smile, "So you agree?"

"If you give me money, I'll agree."

"Great!"

Anne cheered, and suddenly thought of Eleanor again, and suddenly remembered the purpose of her calling Tia out.

She was a little angry at first, but Tia gave her a gift and agreed to be her mother's tutor. All her resentment disappeared, and now she is a little more sober.

No matter how you look at it, it's impossible for Tia to have anything more than a friendly relationship with Eleanor. After all, they're the royal family!

As they walked towards the study, Anne asked tentatively, "If you become my governess, will it not affect Eleanor?"

"Influence? I just accepted Albert's commission to be Eleanor's guard for two days. It won't have any impact."

"Be a guard for two days..."

Anne hummed a little tune softly. It seemed that she had thought too much. It turned out that he was just a guard. No wonder he suddenly brought Eleanor here.

She suddenly realized: Maybe it was because Tia was entrusted by Prince Albert, so Eleanor trusted Tia more and showed slightly intimate behavior.

But Prince Albert also came to New York?

What big thing happened?

Anne didn't think much about it. Her attention was now entirely on Tia. She smiled and said, "It's been a few years since we last met. Eleanor has become a very, very, very lovely girl. Would you like to be Eleanor's bodyguard for a few more days? I can recommend you to her."

"Then let's not do that. I've heard people say that accompanying a monarch is like accompanying a dragon that has just woken up. It's terrifying. Besides, I already have lovely people around me. Why should I go looking for the Princess of Silver Castle?"

"!!!" Annie suddenly felt extremely happy and opened her arms to hug Tia's arms, but suddenly remembered that they were still at home, so she quickly withdrew her arms.

Fortunately, the road from the banquet hall to the study passes through the garden, and there is basically no one there at night. The maids who occasionally pass by are busy delivering things and don't notice them at all.

Standing in front of the French window in the study, Anne quietly went to the bedroom, put down the gift bag that Tia gave her, and then brought back two boxes.

She brought two boxes, one for herself and one for Tia, and said solemnly, "Keep it."

Tia asked curiously, "What is this?"

"It's a gift!"

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The two people had just arrived at the study, and Mrs. Mercury, who had already returned from the banquet hall, had a slightly complicated expression.

Evelin walked in from the door calmly and bowed, saying, "Madam, there is good news and bad news."

Mrs. Mercury immediately asked nervously, "Is everything okay?"

"Madam, I heard no strange noises and smelled no unusual odors. The study was relatively quiet. I can confirm that both Miss and Miss Tia are safe and fully clothed."

"That's good..." Mrs. Mercury breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "So what are they doing now?"

Evelyn said, "They were discussing an illegal underground gathering of transcendents."

Mrs. Mercury frowned slightly. "This is indeed bad news. Is it that Sulph wants to take Anne to the underground meeting?"

Thinking of this, the lady frowned even deeper.

Compared to entering the extraordinary world, who Anne's friends or even her lover are seems unimportant.

She didn't want Anne to go deep into the extraordinary world, especially if she was deceived or bewitched, because it meant that Anne might face danger and difficulties next - and she had to intervene.

Tia Sulph was a very talented person and a very beautiful child, but she could not bear to hurt Annie.

Evelyn said with shame:

“I’m sorry, ma’am, but this is great news.

"The bad news is: it was Miss Anne who initiated the topic and wanted to invite Miss Sulph to the underground gathering."

Volume 1: Chapter 68 Nothing is Impossible

In the study, Anne was dancing with her skirt lifted up, following the steps of the heroine in the famous opera "Highlander" at the ball on the ship.

Anne took Tia to watch this drama, so she was deeply impressed.

There were two small boxes and several plates of cakes on the table. Inside the boxes was nothing valuable, but a key.

This is the main door key to a villa located in a villa area about four or five hundred meters outside Saint Laurent University.

This villa was given to the Mercury family by the king one hundred and fifty years ago. Although Count Peric and his family have moved out of Silver Castle, the fixed assets in Silver Castle have not been sold, so it can still be used by Anne.

In the future, if the two of them go to Silver Castle, they can live there, and it will be more convenient to go to and from school.

But if that were all, it wouldn't be worth Anne's effort to pull Tia over.

Tia slowly ate the small cake in one bite, wiped her hands with a tissue, and said, "By the way, why did you suddenly call me over here at this time? Are you going to do that?"

“It’s not that… I can’t today. Mom and Sister Evelin are here.” Annie stopped dancing, lifted her skirt and sat on the sofa, waving her hands repeatedly. She pointed to the fully transparent floor-to-ceiling glass and said obediently, “Actually, I want to go to the bar at the end of the month.”

"bar?"

Tia didn't expect Annie to mention such a place. Ansu's bar is completely different from the bars in the country in the future, but it is equally dangerous.

It was common for her to go to the bar, of course not to drink, but purely to do business - collecting debts, seeking revenge, selling stolen goods and smuggling.

High-end bars are much better. They have a bit of the flavor of domestic bars and are more like social places rather than business centers.

"It's a scientific salon, taking place in the basement of the bar."

"If this is a scientific salon, there's no need to organize an underground meeting, right?"

"That's right! That's why I want Tia to go with me. The host of this science salon is a transcendent, and a transcendent from the Alchemy Society! Tia, you know, the Alchemy Society is an organization of Iris, and we've had a bad relationship with Iris recently. And underground gatherings, especially gatherings of transcendents, are completely illegal.

"So we can work together inside and outside. When the time comes, I'll come out to gather intelligence, and then you can lead the police station to wipe them out! That way, Tia, you'll definitely get a promotion and a raise, right?"

I have to say, this is quite tempting.

But Tia saw through Annie's trick and said, "Actually, you want to get something for free."

"Hehehe..." The girl with a childish face stuck out her tongue to get away with it.

"But it's just an illegal gathering of extraordinary people..."

Tia thought about the Twin Snakes, Lawrence Security, and the still-unsolved child labor case. Now, there's an illegal gathering of supernatural beings and an alchemy society...

She needed to go and see for herself.

And if it's the Alchemy Society——there should also be a promotion ceremony for Alchemy Sequence 8, right?

Tia asked, "Can you identify the organizer of this rally?"

Tia asked casually without any hope, but unexpectedly she actually asked out a familiar name.

—Mahn Cullen

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At this moment, at the Woodpecker Bar several kilometers away.

In the darkness of night, a carriage slowly stopped outside the door, and a gentleman in a tuxedo and a top hat got out and walked into the bar.

Seeing this, the bartender behind the counter nodded and said, "Mr. Cullen, you're a little late. According to the schedule, your ship should have docked ten hours ago."

Cullen took off his hat with three peacock feathers and said with a smile, "Something unexpected happened, sir. Your country's warship launched an investigation into our research vessel for no reason. You have to understand that we are at sea. I can't refuse the investigation and then be blown into the sea by a cannon, right?"

"Okay, I understand. But you've already delayed once before. According to what we agreed on last month, you should have arrived in the Great Silver Castle area last month, right?"

"There was a slight problem. I was doing a promotion ceremony for the Unsheathed Blade—"

"How bold of you..."

The bartender couldn't help but look up. This gentleman was about thirty years old, still very young. If he were in the Iris Kingdom, he would definitely hear his name often.

Because Mann Cullen was a favorite student of the late Professor Arthur, the founder of electromagnetism. Although he did not make much contribution to theoretical research, he successfully carried forward Professor Arthur's legacy by making a series of new inventions such as the rotary dial telephone.

In the extraordinary world, Mr. Munn is also very famous.

He was the first and only member to join the Alchemical Society through the forging route, and he also served as a senior member of the Alchemical Society.

There must be an important reason why such a famous figure suddenly came to the enemy's territory.

The most important thing is to clean up the mess of the Hand of Transformation.

The Alchemy Society and the Hand of Transformation have a bitter rivalry, even simmering with conflicting ideologies. However, the Alchemy Society cannot allow the "artificial body" left by the Hand of Transformation in Anzu to become a vessel for the gods.

That is: Elvira Salvia.

Alchemists who have delved deeply into the path of alchemy are well aware of the principle of balance. Gods represent powerful forces, and powerful forces represent severe pollution.

The Hand of Transformation's rash actions may very likely trigger the next major plague.

Plague is a ritual. Although its origin cannot be traced, the most recent large-scale ritual was the plague that ended the then unified Solomon Empire six hundred years ago.

This plague directly allowed the extraordinary person behind it to complete the advancement to Sequence 3, but the severe pollution caused it to quickly sink into the deep sea and degenerate into a spiritual creature, or a 2-spirit ⑵ Er ⑴ 参衬⒏ 2-宭 "god" [Calamity Black Rat], and spread the plague to the mainland and overseas islands.

If the Twin Snakes had not devoured the Black Rat of Disaster at the same time and ended the plague, this great plague would have caused the extinction of nearly one-third of the human race.

Supernatural powers are so fickle that the slightest change can bring devastating disasters to the world. Therefore, since ancient times, organized supernatural beings have always restrained and restricted the spread of supernatural powers.

As for sending down gods - it is even more taboo.

These were secrets that Maan Cullen and the bartender had long known. The bartender interrupted, "I don't really care what you're doing in Anzu. After all, I'm just a gatekeeper at the learning node. But if you don't perform the promotion ceremony, you'll be caught by the Anti-Suppression Bureau, right?"

"If you're about to be exposed, please find somewhere else to hide. Don't come to me. I still have to go to work and get paid."

Maan Cullen smiled and said, "That can't be done."

"I'm not saying that, sir. Although everyone in your country, Iris, tends to look down on Anzu, being too contemptuous of the enemy is disrespectful to oneself. After all, the Royal Cathedral still has the Avalon System. If the promotion ceremony is completed in the Silver Castle, the fluctuation of extraordinary power will be easily detected. And there are also the three major knightly orders..."

"I know, I know, you're right. Anzu is a formidable opponent, but no matter how hard the Church and the Suppression Bureau try, they won't be able to find me."

Maan laughed and said, "Because I failed in my promotion."

Volume 1: Chapter 69: Storm Rising

Anne three hours before the party.

boom!

There was a strong wind on the sea, and huge waves rolled in and hit the side of the ironclad ship.

Three warships, each equipped with three 250mm rifled guns and twenty-six 68-pound smoothbore guns, were rising and falling among the waves.

When the wind and waves subsided a little, a warship, like an underage research vessel, trembled and came towards them on the flat sea.

The captain of one of the warships, a naval colonel with a noble title, immediately requested a search of the research vessel.

The search lasted for a full eight hours. Dozens of sailors checked the entire research vessel from beginning to end, even the rats on the ship were not spared.

All of this information was quickly typed into paper reports by clerks and transmitted by flag bearers and speedboats to the command ship "Count Mercury" four nautical miles away.

Inside the captain's cabin of the command ship "Count Mercury".

The tan carpet was laid quite flatly. The desk was next to the bookshelf, with a few yellowed manuscripts lying on it. Next to the manuscripts were two oil lamps and a brass sextant.

Count Mercury, Peric I, frowned as he looked at the manuscript on the table.

These manuscripts are the extraordinary rituals passed down by the Mercury family. One of them is called [Swallowing the Plague Snake], and its main function is to suppress the plague.

When talking about plague, we have to mention the bubonic plague six hundred years ago.

At that time, the Solomon Empire ruled the continent and the islands—a vast, unified empire. It stretched from the Ansu Islands in the west to the borders of the Tianfang Empire in the east, and from the coast of the southern continent to the Kalal Snowfields in the north.