After receiving the final reward of the competition, Lawrence had breakfast with the members of this temporary team early the next morning and made an appointment to meet again in the future. Then he went to St. Sklodowska Cathedral and took the teleportation magic circle back.
Gutenberg's Cathedral in Eagleburg.
"Good morning, Peter. Are you--" After coming out of the basement of St. Gutenberg's Cathedral, Lawrence was surprised to find Peter waiting at the exit of the basement.
"Brother Lawrence, I'm here specifically to greet you." Peter said with a smile, "Everyone in the church knows about your excellent results in this competition and your contribution to the church. In fact, if it hadn't been today
If there is something that needs to be dealt with at the mission school, Priest Carter will even come to greet you personally."
"It's a little inappropriate for an elder to greet me." Lawrence waved his hand gently and said with a smile. When he put his hand down, he discovered that the badge on Peter's chest was a little different from before. He carefully identified it.
After a moment, he showed an expression of surprise. "When did you become an official priest?"
"Just these two days." Peter showed a shy smile. "On the second day after you left, when I was praying, I finally felt the power of His Majesty the God of Knowledge, and then released the magic. After several
After practicing for days, I have finally become an official priest."
"Congratulations to you." Lawrence congratulated his friend from the bottom of his heart on his achievement. "By the way, I bought some specialties from the Sea of Stars on the island during the competition this time and wanted to give them to everyone.
Can you help me distribute it later?"
"Of course, no problem." Peter nodded. "Come to my dormitory first, where we can just divide the gifts."
Soon in Peter's dormitory, Lawrence took out the gifts that had been packaged for the teachers and friends of the church one by one, and finally handed a cloth bag to Peter.
"Is this my gift?" After getting confirmation, Peter opened the bulging cloth bag and found that inside the cloth bag was a small rattan box, and the box contained various specialties of the Star Sea. For example, a small bag
Spices for meditation, a bottle of low-alcohol liqueur, a box of chocolates, some small decorations made of coconut shells and seashells, etc.
"Thank you, Brother Lawrence." Peter looked very satisfied with the gift. "I can give this string of shell wind chimes and chocolates to Lily during my afternoon break. She will definitely like it."
Lily is a girl Peter is pursuing. She works as a teacher in a charity school affiliated with the Church of Knowledge. She is about the same age as Peter. She just graduated from the Normal Middle School affiliated to the church this year and was hired by the charity primary school. Lawrence has met this girl before, and he
She has short red hair and freckles on her face. She is a very gentle girl.
"Yes, that girl is usually too harsh on herself." Speaking of Lily Lawrence, he shook his head. In his memory, although the girl was dressed neatly, the patches on her clothes were really conspicuous.
"No way." Peter also looked helpless and shook his head. "After all, his mother left her and her sister and ran away, relying on their sisters' free time after school to make matchboxes and her father who lost a leg.
If I go to the stall to buy some snacks or cigarettes to make money, my family's life will naturally be tight, but even so, she will only accept some small gifts from me at most, not anything more expensive."
"But now that she has got a job, things should be better from now on." At this point, a smile appeared on Peter's face. Lawrence looked at his smile and suddenly felt as if he had been stuffed with dog food.
After chatting for a few more minutes, Lawrence, who was eager to return home, said goodbye to Peter and walked out of the cathedral. As soon as he left the bronze door of the cathedral, he heard Saphire's voice coming from not far away.
"Hey, Lawrence, this way." Seeing Lawrence's figure appear at the door of the church, Saphire jumped up and down excitedly and waved to him the card with Lawrence's name written on it.
It took a while for Lawrence to follow the sound and find the sign that was looming over the heads of a group of passers-by. Then he squeezed through the crowd and came to Saifei's side. "I can just go back by myself. Actually, I don't need to bother you to pick him up."
mine."
"It doesn't matter, there's nothing to do this morning anyway." Saphire pulled Lawrence towards the parking lot at the edge of the square without any warning. After Lawrence paused for a moment, she pulled him forward.
"You came back just in time. The office encountered a very difficult matter this week and we need you to find a solution."
While they were talking, they had already reached a carriage. Then Saphire opened the door of the carriage and signaled Lawrence to get in. When the two of them sat in the carriage and started, Lawrence asked Saphire who was sitting opposite.
."What is that tricky thing you just said about?"
"The day after you went to the competition, Mr. Bass, the major shareholder of Black Mountain Steel Company, the second largest company in Eagle Fort, came to us and hoped that the firm would investigate his wife's recent whereabouts."
"Don't we not accept this kind of commission to interfere with other people's housework?" Lawrence was a little puzzled after hearing Saifei's words. "You can't violate our principles just because someone gives you a lot of money."
"Mr. Bass gave me a lot of money, but that doesn't make me violate my principles. After all, we have to do high-end detective business. A good reputation is the most important to us. I won't do it."
Those short-sighted actions that only focus on the present and ignore the future." Saphiel hurriedly defended, "The reason why I agreed to take on this task is purely because this task involves extraordinary power."
"It would be understandable if it involves extraordinary power." Lawrence nodded slightly, and then he said curiously. "What extraordinary power is involved this time, possession by evil spirits or a cult gathering?"
"We thought it was a cult gathering at first, because the brooch held by Mr. Bass did have some unknown aura." Saying this, Saifei's face suddenly fell, "But we followed his wife and sneaked in.
It was only later that the manor was discovered that the evil-god-like aura was only contaminated from a certain demon-related decoration in the manor. It was the kind of organ that many nobles and extraordinary people had in their homes.
Made decorations.”
"So - this is just an ordinary party?" Lawrence looked at Sephiel with some confusion. "But why do you look so ugly?"
"Because in order to ensure that there was indeed no supernatural intervention in this matter, Fatina and I waited outside the house all night, and we did not leave with Mrs. Bath until the next morning when she left."
Here Saphire made a gesture of vomiting. "It turned out that it was a standard, extremely low-style aristocratic mask party. It was just that... I think you should know."
"Okay, I understand." Lawrence immediately guessed what kind of party was held in that place. He had also heard about the habits of some upper class society, so he naturally knew that this topic was not suitable for him and Saifei.
I continued the discussion. "But even if this makes you sick at most, it is far from being difficult."
"Yes, it's disgusting when things happen here." Saphiel shrugged, "But what happens next is really tricky——"
At this point, Saifeir turned his head and glanced at the scenery outside the window, "Ah, I think we are almost there. Let's wait until we get back to the office to talk about it, because the next thing is very different from the tricky thing I mentioned before.
Important connections may be difficult to explain clearly for a while.”