Chapter 506 Bernadette Visits Jeffrey Town

Chapter 506 Bernadette Visits Jeffrey Town

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The trade of magical items with "travel" capabilities initiated by Hobert ultimately failed to find a suitable buyer.

Audrey originally had the idea of purchasing it, but she had recently traded for a lot of intelligence, and she couldn't come up with that much money at the moment.

She could ask her father to reimburse her for a portion, but then she thought that if she disappeared from her room for twenty or thirty minutes, it would most likely be discovered by the maids, which would be very troublesome.

In the end, she convinced herself: it's better to save the money to buy a mystical item that can change her appearance.

The others didn't have such a large sum of money, so the trade ultimately didn't happen.

Then "The World" requested a private conversation with the Hermit, and Hobert, thinking of Klein's previous transaction with him to remove the corruption of Beyonder characteristics, guessed that Klein was contacting the Hermit to prepare for entering the eastern part of the Sonia Sea.

That is to say, Klein is about to advance to Sequence 5!

After the two people's private conversation ended, the Tarot Gathering entered the free exchange session.

Audrey said first: "I received a message that the vault of Barclays Bank was robbed of more than 50,000 pounds in cash three days ago!

"This is already the fourth case of a large amount of cash being stolen in the last half month, with a total loss of about 160,000 pounds!"

Emlyn exclaimed: "This series of thefts hasn't been solved yet? Good heavens, 160,000 pounds! I wonder when the robbers will spend so much cash?"

If he had such a sum of money, he would definitely buy all the dolls he liked... no, he would definitely buy a doll-making factory! And buy a large showroom filled with dolls and the clothes they would wear on different occasions!

"According to the information I received," Audrey, who also got the news from the Bishop of Backlund, said: "This is definitely a case involving Beyonders. It is said that a Beyonder called a 'Wraith' is a major suspect, but unfortunately, no specific suspect has been identified yet."

Hobert and Klein were both stunned. Hobert thought: Could this be the source of the payment I received? Is this the method Miss Sharron mentioned for raising money? No wonder she said that as long as they had time, money wouldn't be a problem. I naively thought it was the time for them to sell their assets!

Klein thought: Speaking of 'Wraith,' I only know Miss Sharron. When 'The Emperor' asked for Miss Sharron's contact information some time ago, I guessed that 'The Emperor,' in addition to forming an alliance with the Temperance faction, would also deal with the spoils of war from the Southern Continent, which should contain a large number of Beyonder characteristics. Could it be that Miss Sharron is continuously committing crimes to buy those Beyonder characteristics?

Cattleya said: "'Wraith' is a Sequence 5 of the 'Prisoner' pathway. Beyonders at this level can, to a certain extent, do whatever they want.

"But even so, very few Sequence 5 Beyonders commit crimes like this continuously, because it is very easy to be targeted by the elite squad of official Beyonders, and being caught is only a matter of time."

Audrey nodded: "I hope the case can be solved as soon as possible and the criminals brought to justice."

Hobert thought: I hope the case will never be solved, after all, the stolen money is still with me. Uh, or rather, whether the case is solved or not doesn't matter to me, but don't think about recovering the stolen money.

After finishing the discussion of this matter, Klein announced the end of this Tarot Gathering.

Above the gray mist, after finishing the members' sacrifices and bestowals, Klein returned to the real world, turned on the faucet, and splashed the cold tap water on his face, making him completely awake.

After savoring the information obtained at the Tarot Gathering and resting for a while, Klein decided to volunteer at the hospital for a period of time to find an opportunity to act as a "Faceless."

More than half an hour later, he pushed open the door and entered the "Oravi Medical Relief Foundation," which is a charitable organization with the background of the Church of the Evernight Goddess, and one of its responsibilities is to provide trained volunteers to various hospitals.

Arriving at the registration desk, Klein saw a female staff member flipping through a newspaper, so he lightly knocked on the table.

"What is it?" the lady asked, putting down the newspaper.

"I want to volunteer."

The lady looked up at Klein: "Name..."

After clearly seeing the appearance of the person in front of her, her eyes froze, and the pen she had just picked up fell to the ground with a "clatter."

The newspaper in front of her happened to have a portrait, and that portrait was of the crazy and dangerous adventurer Gehrman Sparrow.

The lady in her thirties trembled and said, "You, you want to volunteer?"

"Yes."

Klein didn't expect that Gehrman Sparrow was already so famous!

"But, but you are an adventurer!"

Forget it, I'll change my face and clothes later and come back. Klein asked expressionlessly: "Who stipulates that adventurers can't volunteer?"

The lady had an expression as if she was about to cry and blurted out: "Not me!"

"Sorry, I don't want to volunteer anymore." After saying that, Klein quickly left.

The lady in charge of registration breathed a long sigh of relief. She quietly drew a crimson moon on her chest: Goddess, how could such a dangerous guy come to volunteer? I had already decided to hand over the form filled out by Gehrman Sparrow to the police station.

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Feynapotter Kingdom, west bank of Full Moon Lake.

On the altar in front of Hobert, there were three Beyonder characteristics that were obviously a little abnormal.

Two of them emitted a blue light, which Hobert had spent 7,000 pounds to collect, two Beyonder characteristics taken from the death hall of Kalvetua.

There was also one that looked like a viscous liquid mixed with black, which was the "Marionettist" Beyonder characteristic that Klein had entrusted to be processed.

The fee for processing the Beyonder characteristics was 3,000 pounds. Hobert's earnings from selling intelligence at this gathering were 6,600 pounds and two Beyonder ingredients.

With this addition and subtraction, Hobert also received 2,600 pounds in cash.

With that 150,000-pound transaction, Hobert didn't really care about these few thousand pounds in cash.

After waiting for a while, Hobert sacrificed the three Beyonder characteristics and cash to the "Nation of Disorder." After sitting on the Iron Throne, Hobert first summoned the "Marionettist" Beyonder characteristic.

According to past experience, he crushed this Beyonder characteristic. At the same time as the Beyonder characteristic was crushed, a force with a viscous feeling appeared in the "Power of Disorder."

Hobert summoned a stone from the "Nation of Disorder" and attached this force to the stone shaped like a round cake.

The colorful granite suddenly became pitch black and shiny, eventually becoming like a piece of black jade.

Using the authority of the "Nation of Disorder," Hobert learned the specific usage of this black jade. It contained the rapping of the "True Creator." If you were to touch it in the real world without taking any protective measures, you would be immediately affected by the rapping, and Beyonders below the demigod level would lose control in three to six seconds.

This was different from the "Blessing of the Abyss" that Farbauti had previously "extracted" for Hobert personally. The whispers of the True Creator were more like a broadcast of Beyonder powers.

Hobert reached out and summoned another piece of granite, covering half of the round black jade. As long as you held the granite side, you could use the black jade to attack actively.

The number of active attacks was three. After three times, the whispers of the "True Creator" would be transferred to three different targets.

This was equivalent to dividing the whispers into three, but it could still easily cause "low-sequence" Beyonders to lose control.

The whispers had only been divided, but the overall power had not weakened. It would take a long, long time for the whispers emitted by this evil god to weaken.

Then Hobert followed the previous method, crushing the two Beyonder characteristics of the "Sailor" pathway and making detailed distinctions. Finally, he obtained 3 "Wind Blessed," 4 "Seafarer," 3 "Folk of Rage," and 2 "Sailor" Beyonder characteristics.

During this period, the "Marionettist" Beyonder characteristic had re-condensed. In order to prevent Klein from having a burden when taking the potion, Hobert only brought the "Marionettist" Beyonder characteristic and the black jade to the real world.

As for the four Beyonder characteristics such as "Faceless," Hobert left them in the "Nation of Disorder."

That's right, all of this was for Klein's sake.

Then Hobert thought happily: Should I write to Leonard and discuss selling the "Seer" Beyonder characteristic?

It wasn't until the evening that Hobert re-sacrificed the Beyonder characteristics and the black jade to "The Fool."

The next morning, Hobert summoned his three students again, inquired about their recent work, and then gave Selena and Dennis the opportunity to become Beyonders.

Selena chose to become an "Apprentice." Hobert didn't mention again that the potion formula for this pathway was incomplete, because after Fors reached Sequence, Selena would most likely reach Sequence as well.

Moreover, "Apprentice" was very suitable for Selena's current identity and she should be able to digest the potion quickly.

Dennis chose Hobert's pathway without hesitation, so Hobert had a requirement for him: to learn Loenese on his own.

After he could communicate fluently with Selena and Freya, Hobert would send him to a law firm in Backlund to digest the potion.

Then Hobert told them that he was going back to Jeffery Town and announced the way to summon his messenger, so that they could contact him with the messenger if they needed anything.

Hobert planned to let them experience here for a period of time before calling them back.

After explaining some official matters, Hobert left the west bank with soldiers such as Seal and returned to Jeffery Town.

After hearing the news, Fors came to the gate of the Lord's Mansion to greet him.

Today she wore a light yellow dress, and her clothes were indeed much lighter than the last time they met.

Hobert jumped off his horse and opened his arms: "My beautiful lady, have you missed me in the past week!

Because there were many servants around, Fors was embarrassed to say anything, but smiled and looked at Hobert with a slightly blushing face.

Donna on the side said with a smile: "We all understand, this means 'I missed you!'"

Hobert smiled and hugged Fors, kissed her on the cheek, and then pulled her back to the Lord's Mansion.

As soon as the group arrived at the study and said a few words, Allen came in to report: "Lord, Madam, Knight Donna, the King's envoy has arrived."

Hobert was stunned: "The King's envoy?"

He thought, did the envoy go to the wrong place? He, Hobert, didn't seem to be very familiar with the King. On the contrary, Teuton on the other side often went to the King to inform.

Allen affirmed again, "Yes, the King's envoy."

Only then did Hobert change into the noble attire of a Baron and come to the main hall to receive the envoy.

The envoy, with a cold face, entered the main hall and proclaimed, "In the name of the King!"

As he spoke, he opened an exquisite wooden box and took out a roll of parchment with a wax seal.

Hobert was slightly stunned and quickly knelt on one knee before the envoy.

The envoy proclaimed, "Order: Baron Hobert Jeffery, must arrive at the Alhambra Palace on the morning of March 5th to attend the National Day celebration banquet!"

Hobert was taken aback. The King wants me to attend a banquet?

Then, he suddenly recalled his conversation with Christian and realized that this banquet was not simple.

After finishing the proclamation, the envoy handed the roll of parchment to Hobert: "Baron, please rise. We shall meet in Feynapotter City!"

With that, the envoy was about to leave.

Hobert quickly stood up and smiled, "Envoy, sir, please stay for lunch before you leave."

"No, thank you," the envoy said. "I still need to proclaim the order to other nobles and officials."

Watching the envoy leave, Hobert felt the parchment in his hand suddenly become heavy: "Some arrangements need to be brought forward."

He said to Allen, who was beside him, "Go and invite Bishop Simpson to come here."

Allen said, "My lord, Bishop Simpson returned to Feynapotter City two days ago to report on his duties."

Hobert was slightly stunned before saying, "I understand."

"Well, go and prepare. Tomorrow, I will inspect the territory newly conferred upon me by the King."

"Yes, sir."

Returning to his study, Hobert found that Fors and Donna were both busy with their own affairs. He was about to have Archibald outside the door call for Seer when he suddenly felt something and looked towards the bedroom.

As if sensing something, he pushed open the door to his room and saw a lady sitting on a chair. She had waist-length chestnut hair and a very well-proportioned figure, neither fat nor thin.

She was wearing a white Intis-style shirt, paired with a dark jacket, a knee-length gray skirt, and a pair of long leather boots.

This heroic lady was casually flipping through a magazine with her legs crossed.

"Bernadette!" Hobert said with a smile, "No, it's the Queen Mystic!"

He thought: Others come to me in the study, or directly and openly have the butler report it. You're good, you directly appear in the bedroom? At least you should knock, right? Otherwise, it's easy to be misunderstood!

Bernadette smiled faintly, "I didn't expect you to become a Baron in this way, nor did I expect you to get married so quickly."

"Yes, I'm married. You don't have a chance," Hobert said with a grin, as if retaliating.

He clearly remembered being called naive by this little girl.

Bernadette put down the magazine, "It seems that married life has enlightened you."

As she said this, her eyes suddenly became deeper, a depth that was fleeting: "I heard that your place is a scenic spot? Won't you invite me to take a stroll around your territory?"

Hobert reached out his hand, "Please."

Archibald at the door was slightly stunned when he saw the two people coming out together, followed by five male servants.

Bernadette glanced at the male servants casually, and finally accurately looked at Archibald's true form.

This made Archibald slightly stunned and subconsciously slowed down two steps, giving Baron Hobert and this mysterious and powerful lady enough space.

Hobert introduced in a natural tone, "This is the former Lord's Manor of a Viscount, but it has been abandoned for several years. I spent a lot of effort to complete the renovation."

"There are a total of eight courtyards. That side is the front yard..."

Just as they arrived at the front yard, Donna happened to return from outside and saw Hobert strolling with a lady who was particularly well-dressed, yet very elegant and beautiful.

This lady's aura reminded Donna of Princess Ethel she had met before. She couldn't quite explain what that feeling was, but she looked very powerful at first glance.

"Hobert!" Donna greeted him. "Who is this beautiful guest?"

Hobert opened his mouth, but suddenly didn't know how to introduce Bernadette. Queen? It's okay to call her that in private, but it seems a bit obsequious to call her that in front of others.

Princess? Uh, she hasn't been a princess for many years, she has been a "Big Sister" for many years!

Finally, Hobert said, "Bernadette."

Donna greeted, "Miss Bernadette, hello. You have such a wonderful aura!"

Bernadette smiled, "You are also very lovely."

Hobert didn't want Donna to get involved, so he waved his hand at her, "Go and do your work."

Donna pouted, "Why are you always playing around? You only know how to force me to work!"

After they separated, Donna suddenly remembered: I saw Miss Bernadette in Backlund! In that Intis-style restaurant! Hobert even went up to chat with her. Hehe, luckily my sister-in-law wasn't there at the time.

Hobert took Bernadette to the train station at the pier, but the train would not depart again for another four or five hours.

This was when the privileges of the lord were displayed. With Hobert's order, the boiler was quickly fired up, and after waiting for more than ten minutes, the train started.

However, this time, besides the train driver, there were only Hobert and Bernadette on the train.

The two first sat down in the noble's compartment, but Bernadette felt that the view here was not good enough, so Hobert took her to the end of the train, to that small grandstand.

Hobert began to point out the landscape again, except this time the person next to him was not Fors, and he didn't put his arm around her waist: "This area used to be a reed marsh. You probably can't imagine how desolate it was back then."

"Now, the functional organs of the town have been built here. That's the town government, that's the post office and telegraph office, and further over there are the security bureau, the tax bureau, and the court. The staff have now officially moved in and started working."

After more than half a month of finishing construction and decoration, the functional organs of the town have begun to operate normally, but the flowers and plants that have just been planted in the yards of these buildings have not yet grown, and they look a bit bare.

Bernadette listened quietly to Hobert's brief description, quietly looking at these brand-new buildings, her expression becoming gentle.

Woo~

The train began to climb uphill, and gradually you could see the scattered old town area, and the new Jeffery Town area under construction.

"The hospital and school are basically completed," Hobert continued to introduce. "The hospital can be put into use next month, and the school will be later, probably in April."

"The plaza, commercial area, and residential area are also being built as soon as possible, but I estimate that it will still take two months to complete, which should be in time for this year's summer tourist season."

Bernadette suddenly asked, "Where did you get so much money?"

As the leader of the "Element Dawn," she was quite aware of the construction costs.

Hobert smiled, "All thanks to the help of my family."

Bernadette shook her head, looking at the crowded construction site, "If it really was your father's funding, you wouldn't have that sense of pride when introducing all of this."

Looking at the territory that was completely different from when he first arrived, Hobert held the handrail with one hand and said, "Maybe it's because my skin is thicker."

Speaking of which, Hobert and Bernadette's relationship was not particularly close, but in Hobert's impression, the "Queen Mystic" in front of him was quite special.

Although Hobert looked like he was entertaining Bernadette as an old friend, Hobert naturally wouldn't tell the truth when it came to financial and other non-public issues.

Arriving at the mountain, it was a pastoral scene. The spring planting had already been completed, and the seedlings of the crops had grown to the height of a calf!

The farmland was full of people, who were diligently weeding. Many people were doing farm work while talking loudly. You could clearly hear joy and hope in their voices.

"The farmers here are very motivated," Bernadette concluded.

"Yes, maybe it has something to do with my abolishing the agricultural tax," Hobert said, sighing at the difference between the farmland on the east and west banks of Full Moon Lake. Although there were also many people in the farmland on the west bank, they all looked sad and gloomy, like Zombies, with no enthusiasm for the land and crops under their feet.

Bernadette glanced at Hobert, "A landed aristocrat who voluntarily abolished the agricultural tax."

"That's right, you don't care about that little bit of grain income. You have higher ambitions."

Hobert just smiled faintly.

The train reached the highest point. Hobert and Bernadette got off the train, and the two walked to climb the highest peak.

The entire hillside was uniformly planted with knee-high grass by Hobert. In the middle of the thick grass, there was a path more than one meter wide paved with gravel. On both sides of the road were wooden handrails without bark, separating the grass and the path.

The spring breeze blew, and the grass rose and fell like waves, and the air was full of the scent of grass.

At the top of the mountain were some wooden benches. Hobert invited Bernadette to sit on the bench. The scenery in front of her made the knowledgeable "Queen Mystic" feel physically and mentally happy.

Full Moon Lake was already very far away from here, and the entire lake surface was in sight. You could even see half of the South Colson mountainous area from here.

There was a sparkling lake surface in the mountains, which was originally pleasing to the eye. At this time, it was also the time when vegetation was growing wildly. As far as the eye could see, it was all pleasing green.

There were also towns and villages dotted along the lake shore, and the surrounding mountains, magnificent and full of vitality, made people feel that their distance from nature had become very close.

The two looked at the scenery in front of them quietly for a few minutes, and then Hobert suddenly said, "This beautiful scenery is very suitable for heart-to-heart talks. Tell me, what are you here for?"

Bernadette leaned on the back of the chair, "I heard some news about the 'Creator'. It reminded me of asking you to say hello to the 'Creator' before. Did you deliver it?"

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