On the other side, on a platform on the first floor of the museum, several figures were gathered here. These figures were basically a group of middle-aged people, and among them was a girl around ten years old.
"Dear Viscount Anna, this is your first donation this year. There are not many nobles who can carry out such activities so frequently. Is there any meaning for you to do this other than charity?"
Among the group of people, a female reporter holding a notebook asked the girl a question directly, while the girl with long blond hair, wearing a brown cap, and dressed simply but elegantly, answered with a smile.
"What's the significance of this... I think it's probably to commemorate my father. Although I spent a short time with him, his spirit of loving the world is still fresh in my memory. I still feel sorry for my father's accidental death. Holding this kind of event is also a kind of commemoration of my father in a sense.
"Although my inheritance was an unexpected result, since I am now in the position my father once was, I naturally have to inherit his beliefs."
With a smile, Anna answered calmly. Her conversation was appropriate and her manners were graceful, which made many reporters surrounding her at the scene show a hint of approval in their eyes.
"Then why did you choose to donate books this time? And why did you choose to exhibit them in this museum?"
"I think this is because I believe that the cultivation of interest in knowledge and art should not be the privilege of children from wealthy families, and this museum is what I think..."
…
Anna responded to the questions from local reporters calmly and decently. At this moment, in a hidden corner, a pair of eyes were watching this scene silently.
"Anna is becoming more and more mature, sensible and lovable..." Not far from Anna, Elena in casual clothes was standing there, looking at Anna in the distance and talking.
In the period right after the Field Massacre, for various reasons, the Security Bureau had organized special teams to protect Anna many times. Elena also participated in the protection team many times, so she had more contact with Anna, and she really liked this well-behaved and sensible child.
"That's right... Anna is such a good child. Fortunately, Viscount Field's estate at such a big age is inherited by her instead of some random guy... otherwise our subsidies would be less." Turner was also talking with a smile beside Elena. Because Anna had been fully protected by the Security Bureau before, after Anna was able to initially control the wealth, she also wanted to make donations to the Security Bureau in Igwinter, so that these secret police fighting in the secret world would have better protection.
"But then again... Viscount Anna makes donations so frequently, will the inheritance be enough?"
"Don't worry about this. The Field family's assets are very large, so you don't have to worry about it. What's more, I have news from Xiaoyu. I heard that Anna is actually an investment genius. She has made a lot of money by investing the limited wealth that she has not yet inherited..."
Turner and Elena were talking to each other, while others were also paying attention to Anna's situation.
"This Viscount Anna is quite popular..." Atcherie, who was standing by the railing, commented as she looked at the scene in the distance. Beside her, Bo White, one of her subordinates, also answered.
"Yes, because of his enthusiasm for charity, this Viscount Field has a very good reputation in the local area, whether it is the previous generation or this generation. However, much of the charity of the previous generation of Viscount Field was secretly controlled by Luer, who had ulterior motives. The current generation of Viscount Field inherited this and carried it forward. I don't know if he is sincere or wants to use this method to gain reputation in order to secure his position. After all, she is not the orthodox successor of Field, and she was just an orphan before."
Bo White said this, and when he heard the word "orphan", Atchley couldn't help but pause slightly. Something strange seemed to appear between her brows for a moment without being noticed by others, and then she immediately returned to normal. Then Atchley continued to look at the scene below where countless children were visiting the museum.
"Sir...should we start now?"
At this time, Bo White said to Atchley, and Atchley took another look at the situation in front of him and answered directly.
"No... Let's wait until night. I'll go for a walk by myself for a while. Don't follow me."
Atcherie left the scene. Her subordinate Bo White was startled after seeing this, and then he responded softly and stayed where he was.
After leaving her subordinates, Atcheri began to stroll around the museum. Looking at the many children and young girls around her, she couldn't help but relax a little, and it was this relaxation that made her whole temperament change completely, and her mature feeling was reduced a lot.
"Hey, classmate, you don't have a book in your hand. Did you not receive it?"
At this time, a voice sounded beside Atchley. Atchley turned around and saw a female teacher distributing donated books.
"Um... I'm not..." Hearing the teacher's words, Atcherie was stunned. Just when she wanted to say something, the female teacher directly stuffed a book in her hand.
"Here, this is you. Judging from your appearance, you should be an advanced reader. The vocabulary and sentences in this book are quite complicated, but you should be able to understand it."
"this……"
In a state of surprise, Atlice took the book that was stuffed into her hands. Before she could say anything, the female teacher turned around and left to continue distributing books.
"Goodbye~ Study hard~"
Looking at the female teacher going away, Atcherie paused for a moment. After she recovered, she looked at the book in her hand.
The Fairy of the Lake
'Is this... a book of fables?'
Looking at the cartoon fairy rising in the lake on the cover of the book in her hand, Atcherie couldn't help but reveal a complicated expression in her eyes.
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Time flies, the sun sets and the moon rises, and soon the day fades away and the night falls.
At night, everything in Igwinter fell into silence, and the whole city really fell asleep. In the villa area of Igwinter, which was originally sparsely populated, the coldness was even more obvious. This was also where Viscount Field currently lived.
Because of the tragedy, the Owenfield Manor in the suburbs has been basically uninhabited. Viscount Owenfield is now living in a spacious and stately villa here. At this point in time, most people in the villa have fallen asleep.
In the silent night, many dark shadows sneaked into Field's villa silently. Soon after, all the guards who were still on guard in the villa fell into coma and sleep under various strange powers. The whole villa became completely quiet.
Several figures were gathered in the large living room of Field Villa. Several visiting priests in black from the church dean's office were gathered here and standing on the floor. Sitting on the sofa in the living room was a little girl.
Anna, with her golden hair loose and disheveled and wearing a white nightgown, was sitting on the sofa with lifeless eyes. Opposite her, a visiting priest was holding an ancient lamp that emitted a strange blue flame.
The dark blue flame emitted by the ancient lamp illuminated the enclosed space around it and was reflected in the eyes of Anna opposite. The dark blue flame was reflected in Anna's pupils. She looked at the slightly jumping dark blue flame, and her expression revealed an obsession.
"Is this... a result of deep hypnosis? As expected, this is an extraordinary item that you brought. It's really great..."
Looking at Anna's appearance, Bo White, who was holding the ancient lamp, thought in his heart, and then he opened his mouth to ask Anna.
"What's your name?"
"Anna Field..." Anna responded to Bo White's words in a daze, her tone was empty, and Bo White continued to speak after listening.
"What's your real name?"
“Anna…”
"Where were you born?"
"I don't know..."
"Where do you grow up?"
"South of Igwinter City, Ci'en Orphanage..."
"Are you really just an orphan?"
"Yes, I am an orphan. I have never seen my grandparents. I was raised by Sister Deidre..."
Bo White kept Anna hypnotized and asked her various questions seriously, and Anna answered truthfully. All her answers were recorded by another detective beside her.
"The questions answered so far are basically the same as the scenarios in the previous survey..."
While listening to Anna's words, Bo White thought in his heart, and then he began to ask some more critical and in-depth questions.
"When you became Viscount Field, Gary Field chose you as his adopted daughter. Was that a surprise to you?"
"Yes..."
"What do you think of Gary Field?"
"My dear... a kind and good person... but unfortunately he was harmed by bad people..."
"What do you think of Gary Field's butler, Luer?"
"The bad guy in disguise...harmed my parents...and was going to harm me and my other companions...luckily he died..."
"What else do you know about Luer? Like his secrets?"
"No... He is very strange and bad... I don't know why he is strange... why he is bad..."
Anna continued to speak mechanically, and after hearing her responses, Bo White confirmed that there was still no problem, and then continued to ask.
"On the night you were officially adopted, you were poisoned. How come you were able to recover so quickly, while your companions didn't? Why is that?"
Listening to Bo White's question, Anna continued to maintain a dull expression and responded without thinking.
"I don't know either. That night, I passed out in the strange place set up by the bad guys. When I woke up, I was lying in the hospital. I don't know what poison identification is..."
Anna said this, and Bo White nodded slightly after listening, thinking that this answer was still consistent with the previous investigation. Anna might have been adopted the shortest time and was least affected by the drug recognition, so she recovered quickly.
After confirming one more question, Bo White asked others to continue asking questions according to the list of questions that had been prepared before, and Anna continued to answer them one by one, and there was no problem with every answer.
While the hypnosis question and answer session organized in the living room was still going on, a petite figure was standing on the roof above the villa.
Atcherie stood on the roof, looking at the night sky above while listening to the sounds coming from the living room below that ordinary people could not hear at all, and listened to the entire interrogation.
After this interrogation, almost no problems were found. However, just when the interrogation was coming to an end, Atcheri slowly began to move on the roof, and after a light jump, she landed on the balcony and entered the living room.
In the living room, other people who had never seen Atchley noticed the noise coming from the balcony and immediately became alert. Upon seeing this, Bo White shouted loudly to his men.
"stop!"
After stopping his men from drawing their weapons against his boss, Bo White nervously and confusedly watched Atchley walk from the balcony into the living room. He didn't understand why Atchley, who had never appeared in front of other people, suddenly came down at this moment.
As she walked forward slowly step by step, Atchley came in front of Anna, and looked at Anna with cold eyes, who had a dull look and seemed to be in hypnosis. After a long silence with her, Atchley slowly spoke.
"You... have affected this child's mind... Perhaps you have tampered with her memory, making it impossible for us to obtain information from her through various extraordinary means..."
Amid the confusion of the crowd, Atcheri said this to the bewildered Anna, and not long after she finished speaking, the confusion in Anna's expression suddenly disappeared completely, and was replaced by a deep mystery.
With this deep look, Anna spoke.
"What a keen insight. Is that why you are one of the Seven Saints? Supervisor, Saint Atticelli..."
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