Arknights, Suika's Messenger Journey

"You can take a rest here now. I still have a class. After the class, I will take you to the family manor.

If you are bored, you can read any of the books here. There is also a small garden next to it where you can go and play.”

Alyssa pointed to the densely packed books in the cabinet next to her, and then pointed out the window.

"Okay, I'll wait here for you to come back."

Suixiang nodded and watched the other party leave.

She was the only one left, and Suika looked around. Then she picked up a book and saw the title "Real Analysis". She then picked up another book with the title "Topology" and couldn't help feeling overwhelmed.

She really didn't expect that Shi Huaiya's good friend was actually a mathematics professor.

As a typical liberal arts student, Suixiang has a talent for linguistics.

And because of this, the talent for mathematics was slightly deprived.

To her, all he knew about mathematics was the few words on the cover.

Turning one more page is disrespectful to your own cultural level.

As for the other books, they were basically all related to mathematics, and there was no basic mathematics content on the bookshelf of a university professor, so Suixiang only took a glance and didn't have the courage to look beyond them.

Chapter 101: Escape from Londinium (?)

After looking around, Suika found that the only thing that knew the full text, besides the letter that was taken away, was a notice placed on the table in front.

Suika took the notice and began to read it.

The content is actually not very complicated. The school plans to establish a branch in the territory of the Duke of Caister.

However, there is currently a shortage of teaching staff, so the school issued a notice allowing teachers who are interested in going to the branch school to make the initiative.

After actively registering to go to the branch school, the school can raise his teaching title by one level.

Going from a school in a country's capital to a new campus in another city seems like exile in any way.

Under any other circumstances, not to mention the teachers here, even Suika would think that anyone who went there would be an idiot.

After all, no matter how high the professional title is, there is still a natural gap between other places and the capital.

But Londinium is different.

A few years later, this place became the main battlefield between the Sarkaz and the Victorians.

Those who stayed here were either used as firewood and became part of the Sarkaz witchcraft, or became infected in the high concentration of Originium environment.

It can be said that those who stayed behind had no chance of survival.

So, without knowing the future, Londinium is the best place in Victoria and the proudest capital.

But Suika, who knows the future, understands that staying here will only lead to death.

Because most of the books were not suitable for personal reading, after studying the notice several times, Cuixiang suddenly had nothing to do.

Sitting there, she couldn't help but start to have wild thoughts.

After all, people's hearts are hidden. The contact between Ms. Elisa and Beatrix has been cut off for so long. If she has other intentions, wouldn't it be like being trapped if I stayed here?

Or, Alyssa had already joined other organizations and plunged into the vortex of conspiracy.

Just as she was daydreaming, the door was opened again and Alyssa walked in from outside.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting." After coming in, Alyssa saw Suika staring blankly at the notice in front of her, and spoke to remind her.

"Oh, it's okay!" Suika shook her head and stood up.

"Then let's go!" said Alyssa.

"So fast! Are your university courses so easy?" Suika looked at the clock hanging not far away. It had been only two hours since Alyssa left last time.

This means that the university professor only needs to teach two hours a day.

"Of course not. I had another class in the evening, so I asked the students to study on their own." Alyssa's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she looked somewhat similar to Beatrix in temperament.

After following Alyssa out of the school, he got into a car nearby. Ten minutes later, the car drove into a manor.

"This is the Shi Huaiya family's estate in Londinium. Although it's not as good as those of the nobles, it's still a very good place."

Seeing Suika looking around curiously, Alisa raised a smile.

"Indeed, it is quite remarkable to have such a large manor in a mobile city where every inch of land is valuable."

You have to know that mobile cities are not ordinary places like in the previous life. Even in the previous life, the land prices in a country's capital were basically the highest in the country. What's more, it is much more difficult for a mobile city on the land of Terra to expand its scale than on Earth.

The Shi Huaiya family is not an old-fashioned aristocratic family, but a "local tycoon" who made his fortune with capital.

So Cuixiang's sentence "every inch of land is worth a lot of money" is not an adjective but a noun here.

"That's right. We spent quite a bit of money to buy this manor."

Alisa said as she led Suika into the hall.

After entering the house, the two walked into Alyssa's study, and then the other party changed his previous appearance and became calm.

"I understand Beatrix's intentions. We do have a Scourge Messenger position that hasn't been used yet.

It's not a problem to give it to you.

However, everything has to be based on interests. I can't give you this position for free. I won't be able to explain to the rest of the family, and they will also use this incident to discredit Beatrix. You should understand that Beatrix is the strongest candidate for the next head of the Shihuaiya family. If she is tainted by this kind of thing, it will not be a good thing for her to inherit the position of head of the family.

The position of the Messenger of Natural Disasters is something that can only be purchased by hundreds of thousands of gold coupons. What benefits can you bring to the Shi Huaiya family in exchange for this position? "

Alyssa’s words were very realistic, but also very sincere.

Suika hadn't expected that Beatrix's letter to Alisa would mention the Messenger of Disaster.

Although having this title or not did not affect her walking on this land, if she rejected Beatrix's kindness here, it would be equivalent to losing the other party's face.

So Suixiang also thought seriously about what kind of trump card she could give.

"Are there any teacher positions available in your new campus?" Suixiang asked after a moment of hesitation.

"Why, you want to be a teacher? This is not considered a benefit for the Shi Huaiya family." Alyssa didn't understand what Cuixiang meant.

Suika shook her head

“No, it’s not me, it’s you…

Here’s a suggestion for you: take the initiative to go to that new campus.

I've seen your ID card. You're a senior professor at the school. If you apply for a promotion, you can at least become the dean of the mathematics department at the branch campus..."

After hearing what Suika said, Alyssa was speechless. She was living well in Londinium. What was the point of running away from Sterling to become the dean of some branch school?

If I can't come back, I will have to stay in that remote area for the rest of my life.

"Don't refuse yet. I'm going to show you something, but remember, this thing is only known to you and me."

Seeing that the other party was about to say something, Suika took out the photos she had taken before of the Sarkaz entering Londinium.

Alyssa’s eyes widened when she saw the photo.

Because she recognized the place in the photo as a forest outside the city.

The people in the photo turned out to be a group of fully armed Sarkaz. The cart next to them was covered with thick cloth, and she couldn't see what was inside at all, but she still felt something was wrong.

The Sarkaz actually sneaked into Londinium without making any noise.

"What do you mean?"

Alisa looked at Suika.

"What do you think of Londinium?"

"Of course it is Victoria's glory, and it is also an impenetrable fortress." Alyssa replied.

“No matter how strong a fortress is, it cannot withstand the collapse from within.

The towering city walls and dense defense cannons do make Londinium fearless of outside invasion, but on the other hand, doesn't this city look like a large prison? "Suika's words made Alisa feel terrified.

Chapter 102: Keyboard politics is also a skill

"impossible!

The Grand Dukes will not sit idly by and watch Londinium be conquered by the Sarkaz."

Alyssa swallowed and continued to express her views.

"You have a point. The dukes will not allow Londinium to be occupied by the Sarkaz.

But remember how the Lion King died?

The grand dukes you mentioned are really coveting Londinium's position.

But they can't come here for no reason.

So if I were the Grand Duke, I would hope that the Sarkaz would make a bigger fuss here, the bigger the better.

This way they would have a reason to "enter the capital to defend the king", even though the king had already been killed by them...

Then, a country cannot be without a ruler for a day...

As for what kind of losses Londinium will suffer in the meantime, is it important to those nobles?

unimportant. "

Suika's words were like the whisper of a devil, sending a chill down Arisa's back.

"Then you let me go to Caister County. Do you think the Duke of Caister will have the last laugh?"

"Maybe, but she will definitely not be the first to be eliminated. After all, think about her identity..." After Suika finished speaking, she remembered that the Duke of Kaster was related by blood to the king who died in the rebellion.

If the royal bloodline were to be cut off, she would be one of the few people who could be considered to have the right of inheritance.

Thinking of this, Alisa looked at Suika with a wary and complicated look.

"Who are you, then? And why have you come to Londinium?"

"Didn't the letter tell you my identity?

I am just an ordinary passerby. My current idea is to travel to every place in Terra and experience the different customs and cultures of this land. I came to Londinium just to deliver a letter to you and another person.

Otherwise I wouldn't come here?

As for the things I just said, although they seem profound, they are actually not worth mentioning.

In Dayan, the more ordinary and poorer people are, the more they like to gather in groups of three or five to chat, and then discuss the international situation based on the little information they know.

We generally call this kind of thing keyboard politics.

The thoughts in the minds of Grand Dukes like Victoria have almost been thoroughly studied.”

Suika's words left Alisa at a loss for words.

"As for my recommendation that you leave Londinium, it's simply because you're Beatrix's friend.

When I left Longmen, she helped me a lot. I didn't expect that she would ask you in the letter to help me become a true messenger of natural disasters.

So, given this favor, it is impossible for me not to warn you since I sense that there is something wrong with Londinium.

And my suggestion is that not only you go to Kaster County, but it would be best if all the Shihuaiyas withdraw from Londinium.

Caster, Godottin, Wellington...any territory will do. As long as the dukes still have the military power, their territories are the safest.

Of course, this is just my opinion as an ordinary person. Whether to do it or not is up to you to decide."

After saying that, Suika stopped talking, and Alisa fell into deep thought.

If things are really as Suika said, then Londinium is indeed not safe, but extremely dangerous.

But the premise of all this is that this matter is really as Suika guessed.

If this is not the case, and this Sarkaz is just a mercenary hired by a noble to transport smuggled goods, then the withdrawal of the Shihuaiya family from Londinium is equivalent to voluntarily giving up the business they had operated here for several years.

This loss is not something she can bear.

So, she needed evidence, evidence that would allow her to make a decision.

She turned to look at a bird's-eye view map hanging on the wall of the room. It was a panoramic map of the city of Londinium.

If it is true as Suika said, then where would the Sarkaz be hiding?

How could Londinium allow the appearance of so many Sarkaz to go unnoticed?

Soon she found an area on the map that no one would easily set foot in, the former palace of His Majesty the King, the Victoria Royal Court in the Octerrig district.

The area here is large enough, and after the rebellion that year, the entrance of the imperial court has never been opened again.