Chapter 731: Notice

Southwest of Prit, Igwent.

During the day, when the sky is clear, the bright sunshine shines on the earth. The long and winding Tieni River passes through the valleys under the sunshine. Countless man-made buildings stand on both sides of the river bank, forming a city.

In the commercial district of Igwinter, people are coming and going in an endless stream. Next to the Cypress Department Store, in an ordinary coffee shop, a tall man in ordinary clothes is sitting at a seat, drinking tea and looking at the traffic outside the window. He looks unhappy, with a trace of distress on his face.

"Ah... come over here and drink tea. You seem to be quite free lately. I've never seen you have this hobby before..."

At this time, a female voice sounded beside the sturdy man. The man turned around and saw a woman with brown curly hair and wearing a hat and men's clothes.

"There's nothing I can do about it. There have been a lot of unpleasant things happening in the office recently. I need to do something to calm down." Looking at the woman next to him, the man took another sip of tea and said, while the woman continued to speak.

"Why, do you still have a problem with those church investigators?"

"What else? They come from far away, outsiders from other organizations, and they are arrogant and boss us around... They say they want us to cooperate, but they keep everything secret from us. Not only do they keep things mysterious, but they also treat us like servants and order us around. How can we not have objections? Elena..."

The man spread his hands and spoke in a completely unpleasant tone, and the woman called Elena sighed slightly after hearing these words, and shook her head in answer.

"I also know that the attitudes of those church investigators are problematic... Just be patient for a while, Turner. Director Smith said that although we don't know the exact identities of these guys, they must be from a prominent background. After all, it's definitely not easy to get such a high-level authorization license from the General Administration. So it's better to be patient... If we conflict with them, it will be bad for our entire bureau. Anyway, they are just here to investigate for a while and won't stay for long..."

Elena advised Turner like this, and Turner couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after hearing Elena's words, and took another sip of tea before answering.

"Huh... I also know that it's best not to have any conflicts with those guys, so I didn't go out to drink but came here to drink tea. I was afraid that if I got drunk, I would go and cause trouble for those guys..." Turner said a little dully, and then put the teacup on the table and continued.

"Now that I think about it, Greg is still the best... We work in the General Administration, and our superiors are powerful enough. When outside agencies come in to investigate, they don't have to be humble and suffer like we do."

"Okay, okay. Stop talking. It's still working hours. Hurry up and finish your drink here and go out on the mission." Seeing Turner like this, Elena waved her hand and said, and after hearing what Elena said, Turner couldn't help but say curiously.

"Mission? What mission?"

"It's just a simple security mission. There will be a book charity donation event at Viscount Field's museum this afternoon. You will be responsible for the secret security work on site, just in case." Elena said to Turner. After listening to Elena's words, Turner nodded thoughtfully and said.

"Young Viscount Field? This girl is organizing such an activity again. She looks very energetic. It seems that now is not the time to be lazy~" Turner said with a smile and stood up from his seat. After paying the bill, he followed Elena out of the cafe and went outside.

Elena and Turner went to work, but they didn't know that the moment they left the cafe, there was a pair of eyes staring at their backs.

It was another window seat in the cafe, where a girl with short black hair and a black suit and a hat was sitting. Although she looked like a girl in terms of her figure and appearance, she had a very mature and calm temperament, which made people think she was even more mature at first glance. When she watched Turner and Elena leave the cafe with her dark green eyes, she couldn't help but sip the coffee in front of her carefully, and then looked at the opposite side with an indifferent expression.

Sitting opposite the girl at the moment was a man in formal clothes and a hat. Although he sat quietly in his seat, when the girl's eyes swept over him, he couldn't help but tremble subconsciously. His originally calm face distorted slightly before returning to normal.

"It seems that the local secret police here are dissatisfied with your working attitude..." The girl said silently in a cold tone, and Bo White paused and spoke in a trembling voice.

"Well... um... when dealing with some issues that require their cooperation, it is inevitable that there will be some minor frictions due to problems in the direction of work..."

With his head lowered, the man spoke to the girl in front of him with obvious guilt, and the girl responded indifferently.

"I know that the rank of secret police in such a small place is very low. It is normal for some of you to look down on us. Please remember that the essence of our work is to keep a low profile. It is most important to control yourself. Don't create unnecessary conflicts unless it is necessary. This may very likely be the beginning of trouble."

"I understand, your subordinate... I will work harder to discipline my subordinates in the future! Such things will never happen again, Your Excellency the Cardinal!"

The man lowered his head and spoke nervously, and the girl named Atcheri glanced at her and continued speaking.

"Hold your head up and speak politely. Don't think that we are being too polite just because those mortals outside can't notice us. Your name is Bo White, right? As a member of the Prison Secret Court, don't be easily moved by any trivial things."

'As a saint cardinal, you suddenly come to such a small place alone... This is no small matter...' Listening to Atchley's words, the nervous Bo White couldn't help but think in his heart that he was a senior executive church-level investigation team leader, but he had never had such an experience of directly contacting his immediate superior, the saint, so this time Atchley's Igwinter suddenly showed up, which scared him directly.

"Yes, yes, I will pay attention next time!" Bo White said cautiously, then sat upright, sat in his seat without saying a word, waiting for Atchley to take further steps, but Atchley ignored him and glanced at the table in front of her, where there was a pile of various investigation materials.

"Is that all?"

"Yes, this is the latest result of our investigation during this period of time. Please take a look." Bowhite replied to Atchley with a straight face. Then Atchley picked up the materials in front of her and looked through them, reading the contents carefully. After reading it, Bowhite couldn't help swallowing, feeling nervous and confused.

'What on earth has happened… that the Chief Secret Officer himself has condescended to come to such a small place…' Bo White, a senior executive of the Secret Court, thought confusedly in his heart. Although he knew that the work he was in charge of was relatively important and that some important people in the cardinals' meeting were paying attention to it, he did not expect it to be so important that the Chief Secret Officer himself came to inquire about it in person today.

Such an important case...shouldn't it have been assigned to someone of higher authority from the beginning? Why was I sent here? Could it be that something unexpected had happened that changed the nature of the case?

Bo White was guessing this in his mind, and at this time, Atchley looked at the materials and said solemnly.

"Looking at you guys... you still haven't found any further clues about Luer's background..."

"Um... yes, since this Luer came to Igwinter after controlling Viscount Old Field from outside, he has nothing to do with this place at all. He only used it as a venue for the promotion ceremony... The information we found here about Luer and the Red Holy Communion he founded is basically related to his promotion ceremony, and there is nothing else... Now the Red Holy Communion has been completely destroyed, and all the main figures have died. It is really difficult to find anything from the remaining arrested minions..."

Bo White responded to Atchley respectfully, and Atchley spoke again while looking at the materials.

"So... what about the so-called Rosicrucian?"

"That Rosicrucian organization... To be honest, we can find out less about it than the Holy Communion Society. We only know that they destroyed the Holy Communion Society. But from the various traces left behind, it is difficult to determine what kind of spiritual organization this Rosicrucian organization is. There is no trace of it in this place. It almost appeared out of thin air and disappeared out of thin air.

"Moreover, their actions during their stay in Igwynt were extremely strange. On the one hand, they disclosed information about the Holy Communion to the local secret police, as if they were trying to use a knife to kill someone else to deal with the Holy Communion. On the other hand, they killed Luer, the strongest behind-the-scenes mastermind, with their powerful strength alone. It seemed that they did not need to borrow any other strength to directly destroy the Holy Communion... It was completely impossible to understand their intentions?"

With a slightly confused expression, Bo White continued to speak to Atchley, while Atchley continued to speak silently while looking at the materials.

"So, have you found any information about this Rosicrucian anywhere else besides Igwinter?"

"It's not clear yet. We have shared the specific information about the Rosicrucian with investigation teams in other places, but it won't be long. It will probably take some time before we can get any conclusion." Bo White reported to Atchley seriously. After listening to him, Atchley nodded silently, then continued to flip through the information in her hand, and after a while she stopped on one of the pages.

"Viscount Field, who is controlled by Luer, likes to adopt children very much." Looking at the contents on the materials, Atcherie said bluntly, and Bowhite immediately responded and spoke.

"Yes, now we can confirm that these adoption plans are all Luer's idea. Those adopted children are the ritual supplies that Luer prepared to use for his promotion. It is different from the werewolf promotion of the Wolf Blood Society that we knew before. Luer seems to be performing a different werewolf promotion ceremony. I don't know how he knew this method." Bo White continued to respond to Atcheri seriously, and Atcheri spoke again while looking at the materials.

"Where are all these adopted children now?"

"They were sent to the Holy Church's extraordinary medical facility for treatment. During their adoption, they were exposed to drugs and suffered significant damage to their consciousness and cognition. After a long period of treatment, some of the children with milder conditions have been successfully discharged from the hospital."

Bo White continued to respond to Atchley, and after hearing this, Atchley directly picked up the materials in her hand, turned them over to face the front, and pointed to a photo of a blonde girl with a cheerful smile on it.

"What about Anna? She was also adopted, but in the end she inherited Viscount Field's wealth and title as an adopted daughter. Wasn't she affected by the drug?"

Atcherie asked Bo White directly, and Bo White immediately responded.

"We have noticed Anna before. According to the security department here, she was the last child to be adopted and spent the shortest time with Luer. Therefore, she may have been least affected by the drug detection. She was also hospitalized for a few days, but she recovered quickly..."

Bo White responded to Atchley's questions seriously, and Atchley put down the materials and continued to ask.

"It also says here that this young Viscount Anna was attacked by other Beyonders, two Bone Makers at that. How did that happen?"

"We have actually investigated this. This incident has nothing to do with her. It involves the White Stone Masons. The two bonesmiths were subordinates of a big shot in the Order of the Underworld. They came to Igwinter to find the big shot's enemy. They attacked Anna because of a misunderstanding... This incident involves the Artisans' Order, which is very secretive, so it is difficult for us to understand the full picture of the incident. However, judging from the various statements of one of the bonesmiths who was captured at the end, Anna was accidentally affected in this incident and there was nothing wrong with her."

Bo White then explained to Atchley, and continued to tell her the situation of the incident at that time. Atchley listened while flipping through the materials in her hand.

"In fact, the local security bureau has investigated this little Viscount Field, and we have also conducted follow-up investigations, but we have not found anything unusual. Because she is very popular in the local area and has been famous for a long time, we cannot take any more compulsory investigation measures against her, but in the end there should be no problem..."

Bo White continued to narrate to Atchley. After listening to Bo White's words, Atchley paused slightly, then slowly closed the documents in her hand in silence, with an unknown glimmer in her eyes.

"No problem?"

…

Igwent, afternoon.

The day was bright and clear, and under the bright sunshine, the residents of Igwinter were busy walking through the streets and alleys as they went about their daily lives.

The Egwent Museum is located in the northern part of Egwent, near the edge of the city. It is an exhibition hall dedicated to storing Egwent and Egwen County's local cultural art treasures. It was once funded by the Field family and has a history of many years.

Under the broad daylight, the mansion building, flying the Pritt flag and supported by numerous tall pillars, was standing on the side of the wide road. In the spacious hall, bursts of clear and cheerful laughter were heard at this time. Today, the Igwent Museum was welcoming a group of little guests.

Inside the museum, countless exhibits were displayed in glass cabinets, and countless exquisite paintings were hung on the walls. In addition to a few visitors, there were many children of different ages among these exhibits.

The children ranged in age from 11 to 12 to 14 or 15. Some of them wore decent and beautiful clothes, while many others wore old clothes. These children of similar age gathered in this huge museum, and were led by several teachers who seemed to be different adults, to visit the entire museum.

This is the scene of the education donation meeting held by the new generation of Viscount Field, Anna Field. In this event, the young Viscount Field invited many poor and lonely children in Igwinter City to participate, mainly members of some relief schools and orphanages. The young Viscount Field held enlightenment activities in the cardboard box and gave various books to the participating children.

Countless children were led by their parents to visit various places in the museum with curiosity. The place where these children gathered the most was in a corner of the museum, in front of a huge oil painting hanging on a high wall. At this moment, several groups of dozens of children gathered here, looking up at the work in front of them with curiosity.

This oil painting depicts a battle scene. In the center of the painting is a heroic knight wearing armor and a helmet, holding a spear and facing forward. Behind the knight are two young men, one of whom is lying on the ground with blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, while the other is kneeling beside the fallen boy in sorrow.

In front of the knight, there is another knight in black armor. The armor of this black knight is pierced by the spear of the heroic knight, and blood is flowing out. The black knight seems to be falling down in pain. On the black knight's helmet, there is a symbol of eight sharp spears.

"Teacher, teacher...what is the picture on this painting?"

"Yes, teacher, this knight is so handsome. What is this painting?"

…

Below the oil painting, many children gathered and looked at the contents on the picture and couldn't help but speak curiously, while the teacher who was already prepared at the side also answered confidently.

“This is a painting donated by the Field family, “The Rescue of Arlin”. The person depicted in the painting is the first head of the Field family, the late Lord Arlin Field.

"Legend has it that during the war of the Wind King's Rebellion, Arlin was the 'right successor' and a knight under Baldrick. He fought bravely and made many military achievements during the war, and his greatest achievement was saving King Baldrick's prince.

"Legend has it that in the late period of the Wind King's Rebellion, there was a group of people called the 'Black Thorn Knights' who served the evil Black King Jeffrey. They wore black armor, were powerful and committed all kinds of evil. They often suddenly appeared and raided King Baldrick's territory, slaughtering the people or killing the relatives of the nobles, disrupting King Baldrick's rear.

"On one occasion, one of these Black Thorn Knights attacked King Baldrick's palace while he was away, killed his queen and kidnapped his two sons, two young princes. At the critical moment, it was Lord Arlin who stepped forward and chased the fleeing Black Thorn Knight all the way. He then killed the Black Thorn Knight and saved the princes. Unfortunately, one of the princes died due to being affected by the battle, and the prince who survived was later known as Edward the Builder, the king of Tivian who founded the capital of our kingdom.

"After the Wind King Rebellion ended, King Baldrick wanted to reward Arlin for his merits and make him a powerful duke. However, Arlin believed that the death of the other prince was his own responsibility and that he was guilty and should not be rewarded. Arlin himself was seriously injured in that battle, and he also believed that he could not rule the territory as a duke even if he went to fight.

"At this point, Arlin resolutely refused all rewards from King Baldrick, and after saying goodbye, he returned to his hometown alone. Unexpectedly, King Baldrick quickly ordered people to send the scepter of the title and countless treasures to Arlin's hometown first, and wait for him there. Arlin was deeply moved when he saw all this when he got home. He could not delay any longer, so he broke the scepter of the Duke of Conquest, leaving only a small section for himself, and returned most of the treasures, leaving only a small part.

"Yarlin claimed that as a criminal and a cripple, he should not receive any reward, but the king's generosity made it difficult for him to refuse again. In the end, he only accepted a small reward and was willing to be a viscount to guard a small place and maintain peace in the kingdom. He believed that he was not qualified to receive any larger reward.

"This is the story of Arlin, and also the origin of Viscount Field's territory. Later, under the development of successive Viscount Field, our hometown, Igwinter, was finally born here.

"This painting depicts the scene where Arlin defeated the Black Thorn Knight and rescued the prince. Arlin was also called the 'Humble Knight' for his noble character."

A female teacher stood in front of a huge oil painting and introduced it to the children in front of her. Some of the children listened with great interest in the story, while others were whispering to each other and making small movements around.