"This is indeed a bit weird." Lisa frowned, "Mr. Mario, have you ever raised this issue with Mr. and Mrs. Freddy in person?"
"I asked, and the couple told me that most of the orphans have been adopted by kind-hearted people." Mario sneered, "This is strange. If there are so many kind-hearted people in Avalon, why are there so many orphans on the streets?
What a waif?"
"If I had been there at that time, I would have asked Mr. and Mrs. Freddy to provide the adopter's name and address and personally verify whether it was true," Gao Fei said.
"Brother Musk, we want to go together!" Mario said, "In fact, I also made such a request, but Mrs. Freddy told me that most of the adopters are foreigners and they are very private, and asked her repeatedly
She was not allowed to reveal her identity to outsiders, so she could only tell me - no comment."
"This sounds like a completely lame excuse... Mr. Mario, do you suspect that the Freddys are just hypocrites in name only, but are actually abusing the adopted orphans in private?" Lisa guessed.
"How can any adopted orphan not be abused? If that's all, it's not bad." Mario sneered, "I suspect that Freddy and his wife adopt street children under the guise of doing good deeds, but secretly do so.
Taking advantage of those poor little guys to make ill-gotten gains."
"Forcing orphans to work hard in factories?" Gao Fei asked.
"How much money can child labor make? Brother Musk, there are many more cruel ways to make money in the world than child labor!"
Mario said angrily.
"for example?"
"For example, a prostitute..." Mario glanced at Lisa and was too embarrassed to continue.
Lisa was not happy to be treated as an ungrounded young lady by him, so she took the initiative to take over the conversation, intending to explore this dark topic in depth: "Most of the orphans adopted by the workhouse are boys, right?"
"With some customers, little boys are more popular." Mario said with a half-smile, "If you don't believe me, ask the respectable priests in the church."
The corner of Lisa's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
There were some not-so-good rumors in the church, such as the kind-hearted old priest who paid special attention to the pretty little boy. Lisa had also heard about it, but as a clergyman, she did not want to believe those dirty rumors.
Claire saw that Lisa looked embarrassed and quickly interrupted Mario.
"Actually, a more common practice was to put the orphans who were nominally adopted on ships and sell them to plantations in the New World as slaves."
"According to the current market price, a healthy boy sold to the manor owner is worth at least 50 gold pounds. As for the price of a girl, it depends on her appearance and skin color."
Lisa bit her lip and held Gao Fei's hand.
Gao Fei can understand her mood.
The dark things I heard in the pub today are really unbearable for a rich girl who has always lived in the sun, and will inevitably cause a mental shock.
At this time, Lisa suddenly raised her head, her eyes becoming extremely firm.
"Musk! Mr. Mario, and Sister Claire, can you do me a favor?"
"Lisa! Don't mess around!"
Claire was keenly aware that something was wrong with the girl's mood and quickly vaccinated her in advance.
"The poor kids living in this neighborhood are full of bitterness and grievances. You can sympathize with their plight, but you can't meddle in their own business! You can't do it either, you know?"
Lisa ignored her warning, her eyes filled with enthusiasm.
"I'm going to go to Freddy and his wife's mansion overnight, as well as the workhouse run by this couple, to personally investigate whether this couple is really doing charity, or whether they are secretly doing something disgusting under the guise of charity.
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"I told you to mind your own business!" Claire's face darkened, and she turned to Gao Fei and said, "It's getting late, take Lisa home quickly!"
Gao Fei was checking out a main quest that had just been released - "Accompany Lisa to investigate the secrets of the workhouse."
Hearing Claire's urging, he smiled helplessly, took Lisa's hand and stood up.
"let's go."
"Brother Musk! Where are you going?" Mario also stood up.
"First we're going to visit Mr. and Mrs. Freddy, and then we're going to visit the workhouse."
Goofy's calm answer drew cheers from Miss Lisa and angry complaints from Claire.
"Great, I'll go with you!" Mario smiled.
As a result, Claire was very angry again.
Angry as hell, the warm-hearted red-haired girl couldn't stand by and hurriedly chased the lion Simba out of the tavern, scolding Lisa for being too willful, but still wanted to stay with her as a bodyguard.
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System prompts: Lisa (Judge 6), Mario (Rogue 7), Claire (Trainer 6) and Simba the Lion temporarily join your adventure team.
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Goofy and check out the team status page.
Compared with when they first appeared, Mario and Claire have each been upgraded by 1 level.
This upgrade speed is of course far inferior to that of the protagonist, but in reality, upgrading to one level in two years is considered good.
With the configuration of their team, it is easy to deal with three ogres.
Mario said that Carl Freddy is a level 8 warrior, but he lacks understanding of his wife Agatha Freddy.
Considering that this mysterious woman can tame ferocious ogres and is worshiped as a mother by the ogres, Gao Fei feels that Agatha Freddy may be more difficult to deal with than the three ogres working together.
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If you include Freddy and his wife, plus the couple's three ogre adopted sons, and have a head-on conflict with Freddy's family, your side has little chance of winning.
Mario and Claire also had the same concerns and felt that they should avoid disturbing Freddy's family as much as possible and sneak into the house quietly to investigate the details of the family.
Under the cover of darkness, Mario climbed over the wall, entered Freddy's backyard, removed the animal trap installed under the wall, and threw a rope.
Claire and Lisa grabbed the rope and climbed over the high wall one after another.
The lion Simba leaps over a high wall without the help of a rope.
Goofy's imitator has already mastered the two specialties of "Mastery of Jumping" and "Dexterous Movements". He can jump higher than a lion and easily cross a twenty-foot-high wall.
Four people and one lion were walking quietly through the bushes, trying not to make any noise.
It took about ten minutes for everyone to cross the garden.
A magnificent two-story villa stands in the center of the courtyard, with a bright red roof and bathed in moonlight, which is particularly dazzling.
Three strong men, all seven feet tall, armed with big sticks, were patrolling the yard. They were all adopted sons of Mr. and Mrs. Freddy.
It seems that the visit of the "street angels" during the day has aroused the vigilance of Freddy and his wife, and they have specially stepped up their vigilance at night.
