Chapter 493: Passing the Word Game

Chapter 483 Passing the Word Game
Inside the Moriarty Manor’s living room, the crowd was gathered around Master Noble.

This court alchemist was able to escape …… without any problems Some hearts rejoiced, while others were wary.

It was like what the advisor had thought before-

Master Noble’s nationality was not so friendly at this moment.

He was ultimately from Star Antimony. Back then, when he left from the Star Antimony side, it was only because he had a conflict with the top management of the then King’s Alchemy Association. To this day, the former top brass had long since passed away, and the current Star Antimony Kingly Alchemy Association also had great respect for Master Noble. He has been invited back to his country many times.

Avalon didn’t have much of an academic atmosphere after all.

It could be said that nowadays, Noble still stayed in Avalon, partly because this little old man was still angry about what happened back then, and the more important reason was because the several explosives and gunpowder companies he opened in Avalon were quite profitable. Nowadays, Noble was already a top businessman in Avalon.

And if he left Avalon and returned to Star Antimony. Then his career in Avalon would inevitably be targeted.

From that point of view, he actually couldn’t leave anymore. It was only natural that Noble would stay in Avalon, at least in terms of his personal wishes – although the lack of an academic atmosphere would make promotion difficult, it wouldn’t really affect his research career.

After all, the Avalon royal family was very kind to him.

But looking at it in front of him, it seemed to be over the top ……

So the Stranger repeated Shafia’s words.

In the early days of his research, Queen Sophia had provided him with ample funds and venues. Nowadays, he was even able to go in and out of the Temple of Silver and Tin at any time, and there were more than thirty factories and several research institutes constructed in various regions of Avalon, and the filings for various experiments were basically approved once the documents were handed in.

But his own appearance seemed to be a bit of a poor match for Master Noble, who was said to have a strong and cold personality.

After those Star Antimony people came to Avalon, someone did come to see Noble. Hoping to bring him back to Star Antimony, they also told him that Valentine VII valued his research. But Noble very decisively refused.

“Please say so, Master Noble-“

The Stranger frowned and argued with reason, “How many alchemists are there in Star Antimony? And how many alchemists are there in Avalon? ‘Master Noble’ is deservedly the number one in Avalon, but what if I go back to Star Antimony? Then I would be one of the countless ‘excellent alchemists’. How should I choose, I still know ……”

The Stranger was sweating in fear.

He had read his imported plot himself and knew that Noble really had nothing to do with this. But he couldn’t explain it clearly.

“–So it’s impossible for me to betray Her Majesty.”

He also had some regrets – if he had known, he wouldn’t have come.

Stranger felt aggrieved.

…… But this is a really undeserved disaster.

In this way, the aura on Shafia s body was only slightly weaker.

Even though he didn’t know much about the Mighty Dao Dao, he knew that all the superiors of the Mighty Dao Dao would take a lie detector. He could only tell what he thought was the truth in his heart – if he said anything against his heart, he would be immediately found out.

But the Stranger hadn’t expected at all that Lady Shafia would know about this – the inspector under her had seen it yesterday and had written to report it. And now that Star Antimony s behavior is tantamount to a declaration of war with Avalon, Noble actually came after Isabel …… So this matter instantly turned sour.

“–But, you are as loyal to Her Majesty Queen Sophia as I am. Right.”

In fact, under this great pressure, he was already a bit scared.

Shafia’s expression was serious: “‘I had absolutely nothing to do with the assassination of Her Majesty, and did not reveal any secret information to the Star Antimony people, nor did I aid them in any of their acts.'”

The Stranger couldn’t help but speak again, trying to twist his image a bit to avoid revealing himself, “That’s right, Star Antimony is my homeland. I also have deep feelings for Star Antimony to this day, but ……”

Especially since Ms. Shafia still had a white light in her eyes, this was even more alarming to the Stranger.

Sherlock’s cold voice came from the side, interrupting the Stranger’s words.

Seeing that Sherlock recovered his spirit, Shafia also immediately brightened up, pausing the previous topic to turn his head, “Are you okay with it, Sherlock?”

“Thanks for your concern, Ms. Shafia. Lord Bishop’s level of healing is quite good.”

Sherlock nodded haughtily and turned back to take a closer look at Master Noble.

“It shouldn’t be too much of a problem,” he spoke, “but just in case …… it’s better for me to ask about it myself.”

“Do you need me to follow?”

Shafiya asked in a friendly manner.

She obviously trusted Sherlock very much.

After Sherlock politely declined, he pulled Master Noble back to Ivars’ bedroom.

He blew a breeze from his fingertips, and invisible air waves tumbled and spread – a soundproof boundary simulated by spells instantly unfolded.

In the next moment, Sherlock’s eyes were suddenly fierce.

Sherlock’s leisurely and rational accent instantly became conspiratorial: ”Mr. Lorelei, our great genius. Your operation went well, so quickly found out where Isabel is …… but how did you make yourself so passive? Hmm? Is it like being passive?
“I heard that you went to be someone else’s blood slave in your last promotion ceremony – was it that you were so passive that you got into some evil addiction, so you specialized in learning how to serve people? What, do you want me to pull out your soul and give you a girl’s body instead?”

“…… Teacher.”

When the stranger heard this familiar voice, he instantly realized the identity of the person in front of him.

His entire body wilted, “I’m sorry, I just ……” “–If I didn’t come out just now, what are you going to do?”

“Sherlock” once again interrupted the Stranger’s words.

He narrowed his eyes and his tone was stern, “Honorable Lord Albert Lorre. Answer my words. What were you trying to do with those last two words you added?”

“…… I just felt that I was too weak before. It doesn’t quite fit Master Noble’s character. If I wait for everyone to react after they calm down, they might notice that something is wrong. That’s why I wanted to screw back the image a bit ……”

“–Drawing a snake.”

The advisor interrupted again with a Taijutsu idiom.

He grunted coldly and snorted, “It’s like saying something wrong to the opposite sex and trying to engage in a foolish attempt to find a remedy. Little do you know that the more you try to explain at that point, the more irritating it becomes.

“Our great genius is really inexperienced in socializing with people.”

“…… Yes, Sensei.”

Stranger opened his mouth and subconsciously tried to plead something again.

But thinking of what the advisor had just said, he swallowed back the explanation that was on the tip of his tongue and honestly nodded his head to admit his mistake.

“Hmph.”

The advisor was satisfied with the stranger’s performance.

His attitude towards this youngest son of the Lorey family was complicated.

On the one hand, he had an uncontrollable jealousy …… of his own talented student He felt that Stranger had a chance to be able to arrive at the fifth energy level before the age of thirty, and even had a chance to be able to touch the legendary sixth energy level.

But on the other hand, he did care very much about Stranger. The advisor is from the bottom of his heart wanting to properly protect him, wanting to seriously lead him …… because he really does not want this qualification to turn into nothing, or go astray.

And at the same time, the jealousy and fear in his heart wanted the Stranger to be able to honor himself all the time.

“Listen well, great genius,” said the counselor earnestly, “that Bishop Mathers you met is more than likely the ‘Fox’.”

“…… Why?”

“Because in this world, Ivars and Isabel are not that close. Their relationship is even never publicized. They can’t even be considered friends, at most they can only be described as collaborators.”

The advisor replied without hesitation, “Only promoters who came from the outside like us would think that Aiwas and Isabel are lovers. That’s exactly the image they’ve been acting out.”

“I see… …… So, going to work with him?”

The Stranger nodded, and said indistinctly, “He’s a priest – we need priests, right?”

“It’s also possible to not …… you bring medicine?”

“Brought it.”

“Then it can be dispensed with. Healing is enough with the magic potion you brought, this ceremony probably won’t have any undead that need to be dispelled by a priest. If we bring him, it might increase the probability of us being exposed.”

Speaking of this, the advisor reminded, “Also, let me tell you some information. We’ll memorize it separately and write it down first thing after we leave the promotion ceremony. I’m going to try to find ‘Olive’ afterward, and we’ll probably part ways soon. If you see Aurora, remember to give her this information as well.”

Giving the same piece of intel to more than one person to memorize …… This is to minimize the effects caused by blurred memories.

The Stranger understood the advisor’s intentions and nodded.

These promotion ceremonies created by the Pillar Gods, although the details of the world would change due to special variables, the details outside of the variables were the same as the real world. It was essentially a special, one-time simulation of the environment.

And because of that, whether the promotion ceremony was scripted in the past or the future, it could provide some valid references – not necessarily one hundred percent correct. But it was certainly information that they could not obtain through normal channels.

“First of all, Ivars’ relationship with Isabel is actually quite strained. They may indeed be lovers as well, but they are essentially closer to a power couple, as both of them have strong personalities, which makes it difficult for them to mesh, and this is at the same time an opportunity for us.

“Queen Isabel is really good at acting and has a strong, aggressive hand. And Ivars is castable, if something happens to Star Antimony we can try to move the psychic tower to Avalon territory.

“Also, the royal family of Avalon holds a ritual called ‘The Shadow of Avalon’, which is why Queen Sophia has always been silent about the curse, as that is necessary for the ritual to be activated. This ritual is able to resurrect Lancelot I of the 6th energy level under special conditions, and we’re going to investigate this ritual. Here are the known conditions of the ritual ……”

The advisor carefully forwarded all the information he had gathered to the Stranger.

“Aiwas is not in league with Queen Isabel, defect directly to Aiwas if the psychic tower is in danger, and investigate the Shadow of Avalon ritual seriously ……”

And the Stranger listened in silence, his lips quirking noiselessly and whispering speed-reading to reinforce the key points he had summarized.

The Stranger had his own unique technique for memorizing Dreamworld intelligence – it was how he had passed back the experience of Valentine I during his last promotion ceremony. He was a bit more skilled than his own teacher-advisor at this point.

Too many details of intelligence were difficult to memorize in their entirety, so one could only summarize the highlights. Memorize the highlights first, then the details.

It’s much easier to memorize something “in your own words” than something that you’ve just gone over in your head or seen with your own eyes.

–Good, I’ve memorized the three most important ones!
The Stranger’s heart was greatly determined.

At least these most important information, the Stranger was sure that he would never forget!

(End of chapter)