Chapter 87 The Secret of the Shell

Beatrice's maid soon came to tell her that the noble lady was ill and planned to rest for a day before attending the dinner prepared by Hughes tomorrow.

Zeus naturally agreed, and asked his servants to deliver soap and perfume. There was naturally no condition for taking a bath on a ship at sea. Although extraordinary people did not sweat much, they must have a need for a clean bath at this moment, which was a good opportunity to sell soap.

After explaining in detail how to use the soap and simply mentioning that it was a specialty of Castel, Hughes asked the maid to deliver an exquisite gift box.

——These soaps are naturally not packaged only in oil paper. Those exquisite boxes are essential packaging to increase their value.

After dealing with Beatrice, Hughes found Connor.

He planned to ask about the Candlelight Society's actions.

His series of actions of going to the dock to greet her were only partially for the purpose of selling soap, but his main purpose was to face Beatrice as a nobleman.

Beatrice is a noble and also an investigator of the Candlelight Society. However, the secrets on Castel are too real to withstand investigation. So, Zeus' best choice is to completely identify this lady as a "noble lady" before she can react.

As expected, Beatrice was still a little young, and she subconsciously followed Zeus's guidance and put herself in worldly shackles.

In this era, it is inappropriate for a noble lady to show up in public.

The aristocratic circles in the empire are very chaotic, but most of those are played by married ladies. The upper class is still quite strict with unmarried ladies.

Hughes planned to continue playing the aristocratic social game with Miss Beatrice until she left here.

This also has the advantage that Zeus can explore the secrets of his previous incarnation, the worker Zeus.

——Does the worker Xiu Si have a secret? Lord Xiu Si thinks so. Candlelight took great pains to transport the body intact and even specially packed up the relevant workers. No matter how you look at it, there must be some reason.

What could it be? A casual joke he made that triggered cognitive interference?

It is somewhat possible, but not very likely. He did improve the steam engine at that time, but there was no problem with his understanding of the machine, and the improvements he made were just some peripheral transmission equipment.

He gathered the workers together and told them stories - those stories did contain a lot of scientific terms, and he did intend to popularize science, but before he even started, he was killed by the priest.

Speaking of which, the identity of the priest seemed a bit strange. In the past, Zeus had a low status and had no contact with the church. In this life, he is a lord and has a certain understanding of the Candlelight Society.

But according to Nora, neither the [Investigator] nor the [Secret Keeper] would be the type dressed in gears and metal prostheses. Maybe there would be a chance to hint at Beatrice.

"Master Hughes, Sister Chloe has completed the ceremony and sent the workers over. I have placed them on the east side of the island according to your previous arrangements. It is not far from your experimental base and our people are guarding nearby."

"Great, where's the cultist's body?"

"Buried in the cemetery in front of the church."

Hughes knew the cemetery, which was right in front of the church. He had passed by it before when he went to see Sister Chloe.

At that time, he was curious about why there were two cemeteries in one church. Now it seems that the believers are buried in the cemetery behind the church, and the cemetery in front is used to seal the cultists? "Do they have any rituals? Purify the cultists or something like that?"

"Probably not." Connor paused. "It was our people who buried the wooden box. There are not many people in the church. Brother Keschi is sick, Sister Chloe doesn't have much strength, and the believers of the church, uh..."

"What happened to the believers?"

"Believers come to work in our factories and have little time to go to church."

The corners of Zeus' mouth twitched. Why did it feel like this church was in such a bad state?

All the believers went to work for money, and not many people came to the church. I don’t know how Sister Chloe managed it.

"Okay, let's leave it like this for now."

Connor nodded and left. He had a lot of things to do recently. He had to make careful arrangements for tomorrow's dinner and also find a way to collect information about Ruoan's family.

Hughes sat on the chair for a while, then walked to the door and locked it.

He planned to find a chance to take a look at the body of the worker Hughes later.

Although it has been buried, it should not be difficult to dig it out. There is only one Sister Chloe in the church now. No one knows what happened to Brother Keschi who is suspected to be a supernatural being. Now is a good time to investigate.

By the way, could Brother Keschi be the Secret Keeper? He seems to be completely different from the previous priest. There is no mechanical structure on his body.

"Forget it, let's contact the Banshees first. We'll have to rely on them if we want to investigate."

Hughes did not intend to go and dig the grave openly.

There is a large forest near the church, and it is very easy to hide in it.

A plan was gradually forming in his mind. "Hmm?"

Just as Zeus opened the mind link and prepared to summon the Banshee, he suddenly thought of something.

When he was on the Golden Throne, he had the body of the worker Zeus.

Since he was killed, the body would synchronously show a bloody hole in the chest.

So "if the corpse changes, will it also be reflected in the body?"

Hiss. He had never thought of this before, but it was not difficult to verify.

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After looking at the locked door, Xius found a comfortable position and slowly closed his eyes.

On the golden throne, Zeus's expression gradually became more lively.

Soon, he withdrew his gaze from Lord Xius, and the noble boy lowered his head slowly like a puppet.

“I’m back again.”

His eyes turned to the chairs beside the long table.

There were middle-aged men with sturdy bodies, old men with white hair, priests in white robes, and young people.

He looked at the middle-aged man first.

"Well, during the first advent, a farmer honestly farmed for a while, but when he was walking to a nearby town, he was killed by robbers."

There were several bloody holes in the farmer's chest.

Hughes turned his head.

"The second time I landed at the port, I found clues about the local brotherhood and wanted to investigate whether there was any supernatural power. As a result, I accidentally exposed myself and was killed."

Hughes looked at the priest and frowned this time.

"This body has been here since I crossed over. I can't descend, and I can't communicate. It seems that something went wrong."

He stared at the white-robed priest, but the priest kept his head down, his face buried in the shadows, and did not look at him like the other bodies did.

"Well, then there is the worker Zeus from last time. It seems that there is nothing wrong with the wound on his chest. It does not seem to have been touched. Perhaps it can only record the state at the moment of death."

He deliberately avoided the eyes of the worker Hughes.

If he looked into the body's eyes, the body would turn around and look him in the eye, then complete the descent.

But if you don't look into the body's eyes like you are doing now, nothing will happen.

——It should be like this.

As he stared at the wound, the worker Zeus slowly turned around and looked at the Golden Throne.

Under Hughes' horrified gaze, he tilted his head.

(End of this chapter)