Miss Witch's Forbidden Book Secret

Maybe you can get some alchemy-related rituals or even promotion rituals!

But it was just a thought. If she went there, Isabella would beat her up and make her run around the church...

Vera saw that her aunt looked unhappy and was about to show some concern. But before she could speak, Marshall asked:

"Isa, how's the investigation into the child labor case going?"

"Damn it, Bishop, you shouldn't have mentioned this! This matter must be related to Lawrence Security, but we can't investigate!"

Isabella became angry when she heard this.

The Snake Gang became more cautious after the death of Peter the Fast Hand. Isabella led the priests to force their way through two strongholds and captured dozens of people, but still found nothing. They could only turn their attention to the upstream.

That is, a poorhouse.

The bodies of child laborers all came from the workhouse, so someone was definitely profiting from the bodies, but the whole fucking city hall was involved in the workhouse!

The church was not a police department and had no power to investigate the poorhouse. It could only conduct "visits" and "inspections" instead, but even this cursory inspection frightened Isabella.

According to the overt and covert statistics of the priests, the number of bodies lost from the Yinqiao Street Poor Workshop in Beigang District last month was 2.

But this month, in just over a week, the number of missing bodies has reached 5, almost tripling!

How many of the five bodies were "truly dead" remains to be seen!

Marshall gripped his cane and asked, "What did City Hall say?"

Isabella deadpanned, "Several council members said it was an isolated case."

"Oh, how many more cases are there?"

“They are all individual cases.”

Isabella said this through gritted teeth. She almost punched those congressmen in the face.

She gritted her teeth and said, "After inspecting a dozen workhouses, the city hall has banned us from 'interfering' with their normal operations! Not to mention the Lawrence security behind them. Those idiots have no moral compass at all!"

Marshall laughed and said, "Not only do they have no morals, they have no laws."

"Leave this matter to the Suppression Bureau. Little Sulph has taken over Roman's position today and has decided to take action against Lawrence's security. Your mission is to cooperate with them and provide them with fire support."

Isabella was incredulous. "They only have one capable fighter now, right?! Wait, you said Sulph took Roman's place?"

It wasn't that Isabella looked down on the Suppression Bureau, but there were only eight people in the Bureau. Four of them were gone from Silver Castle and never returned, two went to Blackwater Port, and there was one, Tia Sulph, who was just there for a free meal...

This configuration is used to investigate Lawrence Security...

Also, why did Sulph take over Roman's position?!

She clearly remembered that there was a Sequence 7 named Vanessa!

Marshall shook his head and smiled, "Don't underestimate young people. That Vanessa is not a good-tempered person. Since she can be subdued, it means that little Sulph is indeed in charge of the overall situation."

"Besides, they're not fighting alone. Prepare your armor and weapons. I remember the third detachment of the Armed Force Knights arrived at the Newlon Port Diocese for a rotation. Recruit three squads of knights to protect the church, as well as your power armor—the church maintains it for you every year.

"Remember to put it on. Isa, your hands haven't seen blood in a while, so give yourself a few days to get used to it. And then, always obey the orders of our acting director."

. According to the L lead seven 0 things ⒐ seems to be pulled out for a long time...................

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During these conversations, Marshall did not avoid Vera at all.

Vera listened carefully and prayed to Tia that it would not be like that.

But at night, Vera was suddenly stunned in her bedroom.

Tia is so busy with her official duties that she definitely doesn't have time to bother me. My aunt is so busy helping Tia that she definitely doesn't have time to take care of me...

This is simply God-given timing.

There would be no harassment from Sulph and no supervision from Aunt Isabella - could he go to the underground gathering at the Woodpecker Bar?

Volume 1: Chapter 76: Municipal Resistance

It was snowing early on Saturday morning. Tia packed her clothes and went to the Earl's mansion in the Grand Harbor District to be Anne's tutor.

Before leaving, Eleanor's letter was randomly refreshed in the mailbox at the door.

The princess wrote to her quite frequently, but recently the topics had been straying further and further. On the first day, she asked Tia for advice on writing letters, but one day Tia casually shared a recipe for stewed pork elbow. Combined with Ansu's usually poor recipe list, Eleanor's conversation with her has now deviated to the classic topic for college students: what to eat today.

However, Eleanor's wording is becoming more and more human, unlike the letters she wrote a few days ago, which sounded very much like Director D's.

As for Anne's rhetoric class - it was pure nonsense.

Tia is not proficient in rhetoric, but considering that the average writing level of students in this era is equivalent to that of junior high school students, Tia, who has barely maintained a high school writing level, can still give Anne some guidance on her writing.

In Anne's bedroom, Tia was sitting on a chair, wearing a dark green coat and glasses she had picked up from the police station. She held the frames and looked like a teacher.

Especially the momentary flash of the lens, the slightly smiling expression and the intense gaze, made Anne, who had just finished her final exams, tremble with fear as if she was back in school.

But this feeling is inexplicably a little exciting.

Annie is writing an 800-word essay, which she has just finished. There is nothing much to say about the writing style, but the choice of words is quite reminiscent of the aesthetic taste she had when she was in junior high school. She thought that piling up words was beautiful and using sophisticated terms was good. As a result, what she wrote was confusing and unclear.

Tia directly circled them in red and pointed them out, saying, "Delete all these parts."

Anne blinked. "Delete everything?"

"Delete everything, let the manuscript hang for a day, then read it again to see if it affects the original meaning and atmosphere. If it doesn't, delete it."

Tia is quite lazy. Manuscript Qi 2 3: .Ling Si Cu Qi III 罒 = If she hangs out for a day, she won't have to go to work that day.

"Okay, Tia..." Annie felt that calling her classmate was not right. Not only was Tia a teacher now, but she had also graduated from middle school.

Annie raised her hand and said, "I have a question!"

　"Speak."

"Can I call you Teacher Tia?"

"Well...you can call me when you're asking for advice, but not at other times."

"Hello, thank you, teacher!"

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After teaching Annie half a day in the morning, Tia went back to the police station for lunch at noon.

Vanessa went straight to the King's District and worked odd jobs around the skyscraper guarded by Lawrence while collecting intelligence.

Although this hunter has a bad temper towards strangers, he is quite generous and kind to acquaintances, especially his ambiguous objects. Occasionally, when his girlfriend is out of money, Vanessa will take the initiative to send money. In addition, Vanessa is completely a promiscuous sea king, so on the surface, she is a glamorous and strong-willed hunter.

But behind the scenes, she has to work three jobs to provide herself with money for her relationship.

As a result, the investigation into Lawrence's security progressed slowly over the past few days.

Scarlett is not as busy and hard-working as Vanessa, but her task progress is not much better.

Scarlett walked into the office of the Dagangwan District Police Station, looking exhausted.

There were still snowflakes on the wide-brimmed hat she was holding against her chest, and her blue and white uniform was covered with melted snow, and her boots made a wet sound when they stepped on the ground.

From Scarlett's frustrated expression, Tia could already tell something was wrong.

Tia stepped forward, took off Scarlett's uniform jacket, put her coat on her, and said gently, "Are you in trouble?"

Scarlett was pinned down on the sofa by Tia. She said dejectedly, "Yesterday I went to the King's District to launch an investigation into Lawrence Security, but the City Hall rejected it. They said we didn't have enough evidence and asked us to go to the King's District Police Station to conduct a handover first."

"As expected. Lawrence Security is a major contributor to Newlondon's tax revenue and a supporter of several council members. City Hall will definitely pass the buck."

Tia nodded and said, "According to the previous record, why didn't you bring the special investigation warrant? Special investigation warrants are issued by our Prevention and Suppression Bureau, so they don't need to go through police and municipal procedures."

"I've applied for it, but the Port District Police Department totally refuses to acknowledge it! Superintendent Field of the Port District demands that Sir Roman appear in person—even with his signature. Superintendent Field believes that without Sir Roman's presence, our investigation will remain within the scope of police procedures. We can't launch an investigation into a legitimate company without reason and affect its production activities, let alone conduct an investigation across districts. Therefore, this case can only be put on hold. If we must investigate, it must be handed over to the King's District Police Department.

"In addition, Miss Vanessa asked me to tell you that Lawrence Security recently rented more than a dozen cargo ships, most likely to transfer bodies. However, we have no idea which ship or ships were used for this purpose, nor where the cargo ships are now..."

Scarlett said, "I mean, we're a little pressed for time."

Tia said: "I think I know, you sit down first."

This matter was indeed troublesome, mainly because the Port District Police Superintendent Field actually took the initiative to stop their actions.

The port area here is not the "Greater Harbor Area" but the "Newport Greater Area." As the superintendent of the greater area, Field is basically the highest-ranking officer of the Newport police.

Of course, Tia could also ignore the procedures and initiate an investigation directly, but the consequences are predictable.

Only those who don't enjoy the benefits of order can recklessly destroy its stability. Now that she is in the order, if she wants to disrupt the process, she will have to bear the corresponding consequences. She can't just throw explosives and solve it rudely as before.

Tia said, "If it was Field who stopped it, then the city government and the council must be behind it. They're probably trying to buy time so Lawrence can get through this safely. We can't expect a smooth process."

"Scarlett!"

Scarlett immediately stood up, touched her chest and said, "I'm here! Sir!"

"Didn't the church say a few days ago that they would cooperate with us in investigating the child labor case?"

"Yes, Sister Isabella came here personally to explain. There are also nine Knights of the Third Division of the Armed Force Knights, who are also available for deployment at any time."

Tia looked back at the newspaper. The time was in the upper left corner: November 15, Saturday. In the middle of the newspaper, it was reported that the Royal Conference was being held. Prince Albert and Her Majesty the Queen had requested constituency reform yesterday.

"Very good, Scarlett, go buy two tickets later."

Scarlett didn't understand what he meant and asked, "Are you going to buy subway tickets for me and you to go to the cathedral?"

"No, one subway ticket and one train ticket." Tia checked the time. It was a little after three in the afternoon. She said, "Go to the Cathedral of Our Lady within half an hour and tell Sister Isabella to be on standby. I'll go to the Earl's residence now to ask Count Mercury to mobilize the warships."

Scarlett opened her mouth, feeling a little dizzy, and hesitated, "Are you going to apply for an armed investigation?"

Even if it's an armed pilgrimage, there's no need to mobilize warships for such a grand ceremony...

They're not going to bombard the city hall, are they?!

This is a bit too much!

"Half right."

Tia said: "We want to apply for an armed investigation legally and in compliance with regulations."

"There are five and a half hours left, Scarlett. Notify Notre Dame Cathedral within five and a half hours, then take the train to Silver Castle and transfer to Queen's Boulevard to Silver Castle. Tell Albert, in the name of Tia Sulph, Acting Director of the Nuremberg Suppression Bureau, to issue a special investigation letter immediately if he doesn't want the plague to spread from Nuremberg. Then, before the last train from Silver Castle leaves at nine o'clock, bring the special investigation letter to me on the train."

"I will settle this matter today."

Volume 1: Chapter 77 Helping You Look Good

At this moment, people were coming and going in the King's District Port Headquarters. In the conference hall, a group of people gathered on both sides of the conference table, filling the entire room to the brim without leaving a single empty seat.

Looking forward from the wall of the conference hall engraved with a sword, ploughshare, and shield, the first thing you can see is the slightly overweight Superintendent Field and the inspectors of various departments of the Port District Headquarters. Further back are the senior inspectors and inspectors of the King's District and the blocks under the King's District.

Seeing this kind of people's skills, Field looked serious, but in his heart he cursed the mayors and council members more than a dozen times.

He had no intention of stopping the Anti-Suppression Bureau's officers. He was overjoyed that the cultists had been wiped out during his tenure. As for the Lawrence Security thing, it was even more nonsense. He hadn't received any political donations from Lawrence Security, so why would he risk his life for little Lawrence?

But when you are in the police department, you have to obey. Although the title of superintendent sounds impressive, in reality, he can't command a few people at all.

The chiefs of the four police stations in King's District, Clock Tower District, Grand Harbor District, and North Harbor District all have great power, especially the chief of King's District Police Station, Harrill Byrne, who is the nephew of Cook Byrne, a retired Silver Castle Grand Council member from Newlon Port. His privileges are almost catching up with that of the superintendent!

And this retired councilman Cook Byrne is the college mentor of Newport Mayor Richard!

If he didn't want to be fired as superintendent two years before retirement, he had to obey, or at least appear to obey, the orders of the city and the council.

In two years, he can leave this shitty place and live out his retirement as a normal person. Field certainly doesn't want to offend the city government and the council members, so he has no choice but to deal with the Suppression Bureau.

King District Chief Haril Burn had just rushed in from outside in the increasing snow and wind. From his gloomy face, it was clear that he had been upset recently.

Especially when Field looked at him with sharp eyes, Harrier's face became even more unfriendly. The police inspectors in more than ten blocks behind him were even more silent, not daring to look Field in the eye, let alone mention the matter of Lawrence's security.

Seeing this, Harrier snorted angrily and slammed the table.

--Snapped!

Harrier raised his head and looked at Field, suppressing his anger and saying sternly, "Chief Field! I need an answer! City Hall has clearly replied that the Grand Harbor District Police Department's accusations against Lawrence's security are completely fabricated and absurd.

“But you still haven’t dropped the charges filed by the Grand Harbor District against Lawrence Security. What’s going on?

"Or do you think that right under your nose, under the control of my King's District Police Department, under the direct governance of the City Hall, and under the glorious guidance of Her Majesty the Queen and the Father of All, a gang with countless crimes, extremely dirty and bloody, has emerged?!

“This is sheer nonsense!”

It's no wonder that Haril is so angry. All the former members of the Newlon Port Congress have received political donations from Lawrence Security. Every one of them is inseparable from Lawrence Security.

Especially since he had just received a political donation from Lawrence Security some time ago and was preparing to inherit his uncle's political legacy and join the Silver Castle Council.