Dominate the Treacherous Realm

　　 Dad’s departure means that the store now belongs to the apprentice and his cat only. One person and one cat are looking forward to tonight.

　　 "This is the first time I see a store so late, it must be very interesting!"

　　 Jenkins said this, and the cat nodded quickly, wondering if Jenkins would prepare a supper.

　　 There are no legal working hours in this era, let alone companies or factories that leave work on time. But the "decent people" are mostly fixed at the time of six to seven o'clock, which is the evening in the traditional sense. The workers' off-duty time is completely in accordance with the requirements of the factory owner. There are countless people waiting to compete in labor positions without knowledge and cultural requirements. Now no one wants to lose their jobs.

　　 After the father left, Jenkins began to look bored at the flow of people coming off work outside the window. He waited patiently for the first visitor, and then gave up this boring behavior after ten minutes, intending to have some fun for himself.

　　 Dad estimated that Jenkins would soon feel bored and bored, so he prepared two thick books for him in the store. But Jenkins has no intention to learn now, he wants to read some other books.

　　 Daddy’s study is on the second floor, where Jenkins can borrow all the books, because the books that can’t be shown to him are in the secret room under the store.

　　 In addition to historical and religious books, there are some traditional biographical novels on the bookshelf on the second floor. According to Jenkins's understanding, the old man does not like this kind of book, at least the old man at this age does not like it.

　　 "Maybe this is a book that my father bought when he was young."

　　 His fingers rubbed the spine of the books, and the cat squatted under Jenkins' feet, looking up at the books with wide eyes.

　　 Daddy’s study is decorated more luxuriously than the bedroom, which is also a common behavior among sage believers. The bookshelf almost took up the entire wall. Before that, Jenkins hadn't really had the opportunity to stand here and observe every book.

　　 "The Detective Knight's Biography? I didn't expect that Dad would also have this book."

　　 thought in his heart, and took out the first volume to take a look at the edition number, and found that this was the edition five years ago, not the first edition he had in mind.

　　 Then I thought of hearing that two days ago, the next volume of this book was about to be published, so I looked forward to seeing new stories.

　　 "The Detective Knight's Biography" is the most famous novel of this era. It is a book that everyone likes to read from the nobles to the middle-class businessmen. Although there are occasional red-faced descriptions in it, this is also a common problem of knight novels in this era. The open social atmosphere makes all aspects of society open.

　　The original batch of novels were all brought to St. George Street when Jenkins moved away from Privet Road. When opening the novel in his hand, the original owner's memory about these books also flooded up, which made Jenkins interested in the follow-up of the book.

　　 put the first volume of "Detective Knight Biography" back, Jenkins continued to observe the bookshelf, looking for a good book that can kill time.

　　 He is more inclined to find a detective novel because his new book is still being planned. He himself doesn't mind copying the content of those famous books, but he still has his own stories after all, so it is very necessary to learn other people's writing methods.

""Blood Valley"? It sounds a bit scary. Don't read this stuff at night..."The Empty Hills"? I've heard that this is a court love story dressed in detective novels... "The Color of the Stars"? The imagination of a crazy occultist has no value... "Over the Mountain"? The autobiography of a mental patient..."

Chapter 1038 Chapter One Thousand and Twenty First Guest

　　 Jenkins has learned a lot about most of the books on the Daddy's bookshelf, so you can know the story about it when you see the title of the book. The cultural penetration rate of this era is not very high, and the number of people who can write a novel without food for a year is even smaller.

　　This has led to the fact that there are very few popular books that can be found on the market. For example, there are no popular fiction writers among the writers who competed with Jenkins for the "Ritter Award" last year.

　　On the one hand, this award is generally only given to those old serious literary authors. On the other hand, it is because it is really difficult to find successful writers who can make popular fiction writing a career.

　　 "The author of "The Detective Knight Biography" seems to be from the Kingdom of Chessland..."

　　 Jenkins thought to himself, and saw another book with a thick black spine, and the title was "The Cat and Thirteen Fingers."

　　 "Oh, this book!"

Jenkins’s face immediately showed disgust. This book describes a mystery that occurred in modern times. The baron’s family living in the valley villa mysteriously disappeared, and the friend who came to visit was a small well-known detective. , He found a domestic pet cat and 13 fingers belonging to different people in the villa.

　　 The detective struggled with great pains, wrestling with the mysterious creatures in the valley, interpreting the ancient murals in the big pit under the villa, and was almost suspected by the town’s police as a murderer.

　　 In the end, the detective concluded that the real murderer was the pet cat, and the pet cat had eaten everyone.

　　 The original owner of this story Jenkins has seen it, and now Jenkins just read this memory, and then he was immediately disgusted.

　　 "There are no logical inferences, sloppy clues and rough conclusions... and how could a domestic pet cat do such a thing!"

　　 Jenkins couldn't help muttering, and swiped his fingers across the spine of "The Cat and Thirteen Fingers." The chocolate squatting at his feet immediately nodded in agreement. Chocolate doesn't eat people. Cats don't like humans. Jenkins is not human.

　　 There are less than twenty novel books on the shelf of Daddy. In the end, Jenkins chose "Rudolph Incident Book", a novel that records the story of the detective Rudolph.

　　 He walked downstairs with his cat while flipping through the book catalog, and was attracted by the third story, "The Case of the Dead in the Antique Shop."

　　 "This looks interesting, that's it."

　　 He counted the number of pages, then closed the book, and took the cat back to the counter.

　　 The sunset glow on the horizon disappeared little by little with the rotation of the clock. The street lights on the roadside flickered a few times, and the light spread out to illuminate the stone bricks on the ground of Fifth Queen's Avenue.

　　 Jenkins in the shop lowered his head and read at the counter. The chocolate beside the counter was holding Jenkins's ring of sealing the calamity black stone, twisting and not knowing what he was doing.

　　 One person and one cat do their own things, so there is no sound in the antique shop except the occasional sound of flipping books.

　　 Jenkins has been completely attracted by the content of this book, he did not expect such a thrilling detective story can happen in a small antique shop.

　　 Ding Dong~

　　 The bell rang at the door, which means that someone has opened the door of the store. It is less than eight o'clock, and the customer who agreed with the old man to pick up the goods cannot come.

　　 Jenkins raised his head unexpectedly, and then found that it was Miss Capet who came in.

　　 "Good evening, William. Is daddy here? I'm looking for something to do with him."

　　 The woman greeted Jenkins very familiarly, and then learned the fact that Daddy won't be back until at least midnight.

　　 She is wearing a very low-key linen skirt today. There is no decoration on the skirt, which makes her look like an ordinary female worker walking out of a textile factory. But ordinary female workers would not have such delicate skin and beautiful face, let alone the special temperament of clergy.

　　 "That's a shame, I wanted to ask my father to borrow a book... Come again next time, I don't think my luck will always be that bad."

　　 said, he waved goodbye to Jenkins, but Jenkins left her:

　　 "Please wait, Miss Capet, have you heard about the dragon scales appearing on Miss Knight?"

　　 "Of course I know that the lines that appeared on Miss Knight's body were still recognized by me, but I don't understand the subsequent situation."

　　 She was really interested in this matter, and immediately put away the attitude of leaving.

　　 "This matter is actually confidential. I just mentioned it to you because we are all friends who are adventurous in the mirror world."

　　Actually, Jenkins just wanted to find an excuse to stay with her, so as to ask about his father's apprenticeship. The return of Miss Knight's blood to the ancestors is of great importance because it may involve matters related to the dragon clan, so it is impossible for the infidels who are only temporarily living in Nolan to recover from their wounds to participate in the follow-up.

　　 "I also just heard about this from my father. It is said that Miss Knight may have re-awakened from the ancient blood."

　　 "Is that so? I knew she separated from us when she was in the mirror world, absolutely because of important discoveries!"

　　 Miss Cape’s guess is the same as Jenkins, she also thinks that the teammates who left the team early are not really in danger.

　　 "I think Miss Knight must have made a significant gain in the mirror world to awaken the blood of the foreign race so quickly. Oh~ but that is not necessarily a good thing."

　　 "Yes, it's not necessarily a good thing. Dragons are not human-shaped aliens, and there is a considerable risk of awakening their blood."

　　 Jenkins also catered to one sentence.

　　 This is the fact, humanoid alien species, such as elves, sea races, or vampire species, even awakening such blood vessels will not cause much change in the body, at most slight changes, such as sharp ears and the like. The dragons and other non-humanoid creatures are different. Even if the extremely thin blood is re-awakened, it may cause the alienation or even deformation of the limbs.

　　 Just a few months ago, the woman who awakened the blood of the praying mantis under the action of Pompeii's potion. Her madness and the alienation of her limbs are inseparable from the inhuman blood.

　　 "But I wonder what happened to Miss Knight in the mirror world."

　　 Miss Capet said, putting her handbag on the counter, which showed that she would not leave in a short time.

　　 Jenkins wisely prepared some hot tea for her, and then resumed the conversation.

"It should not have accepted the power of the evil things in the mirror world, although those things are indeed very powerful. I think this should be related to the mirror image of oneself. The mirror image reflects oneself, and it may illuminate the things hidden in the soul and body. "

　　 Jenkins casually said nonsense. In fact, he would like to discuss about the old apprentice, but he still doesn't know how to start.

Chapter 1039 The One Thousand and Twenty One Chapter Father's Past

　　 "The mirror world reflects itself?"

　　 Upon hearing Jenkins's guess, Miss Capet was taken aback, and then she felt very reasonable. This feeling is so abrupt, but she just feels that this is the truth.

　　 "You are right, it is very possible!"

　　 Miss Capet seemed to be deceived by Jenkins's words, showing a suddenly realized expression. Jenkins didn't understand what she realized, but Nolan's entrance to the mirror world will be permanently destroyed in the near future, even if she wants to do what she wants to do.

　　 Miss Capet seemed to be very interested in the mirror world, and then put forward a lot of interesting speculations. Jenkins held his teacup and couldn't help but nodded in agreement, thinking in his heart how to guide the topic in the direction he wanted without rudeness.

　　 "Speaking of which, Mr. William's original soul power seems to belong to the green life system."

"Yes it is."

　　 While talking, he released his little green sapling, and Miss Cape's soul emblem was similar to a leek.

"Mr. Williams, I heard that you are the best healer in the Nolan area. This is really amazing. In fact, I always thought that only among the believers of the Lord and the Great [Earth Mother] can this be born. Those with similar abilities."

　　 "This is the choice of God and destiny, we just accept it passively."

　　 Jenkins said vaguely, in fact, he was also very curious about his extraordinary talent for healing. He guessed that this was because the body was feeding back the soul, but there has been no evidence.

　　 He wanted to inquire about the heretics before him, but he didn't want to reveal the secrets of himself and the church. After this brief hesitation, the topic was missed. Jenkins could only plan to ask the fortunetellers about the situation when he visited Miss Audrey's house this weekend.

　　 "Daddy is also interesting, I have heard of his apprentice Miss Stevier, she seems to be the ability of the life department..."

　　 Even though Jenkins did not move, the topic still turned to the direction he hoped. For a few seconds, he suspected that he had been mind-read, but then he immediately suspected that this was [Destiny Stage]'s thinking in favor of him.

　　 "Is that so? I have never heard of anything related to Dad's apprentices."

　　 While talking, he raised his head and looked at the woman sitting in front of the counter. Jenkins tried hard to project his curiosity through his eyes. Fortunately, the woman received this emotion:

　　 "I'm not the kind of person who likes to reveal other people's secrets, but since you are also Dad's apprentice, you can talk about it."

　　 Jenkins's smile appeared unabashedly on his face, and now he was curious about anything about the old man. And this is not what he asked, it was Miss Capet who wanted to say it.

He asked the woman who was about to talk to stop, then ran to the second floor and took out the more expensive tea leaves, used [Life Origin] to stimulate some vitality, and then brewed it with water, and then returned to the second floor with the saucer. floor.

　　 "Please speak."

　　 He put the tea cup in front of Miss Cape, and then blocked the cut apple next to the cat. Now even the cat is satisfied.

"When I was very young, I used to come to Nolan with the nun, and the father I knew at the time. That was probably... thirteen years ago. Miss Stillwell was still working here at that time. , I was fortunate enough to meet her. I have to admit that Miss Stillwell's appearance is extremely outstanding..."

　　 said this, the woman looked up at Jenkins's face again:

"Of course, her outstanding appearance cannot be compared with you. But the soul origin ability of the green life system is rarely seen among the sage believers. The fourth apprentice and the third apprentice of the father are all life types. Soul ability, which is very interesting."

　　 Jenkins will not doubt that he is a substitute for Miss Stillwell. He is not so boring. After thinking about it, he asked:

　　 "Then do you know where that Miss Stevier is now? I have never heard the old man talk about this lady, I would love to talk to her."

　　 "Sorry, I don't know that either."

　　 Miss Capet shook her head regretfully:

"I lived in Nolan for 3 months that year. Because I lived close to Miss Stevier, I realized that she was also the original ability of the life system. Speaking of which, I was able to become a gifter because of one time I broke my knee while playing. When Miss Stevier used her abilities to help me heal, the spirit of life stimulated my soul and resonated, which made my soul power manifest... But then I just followed The mother left, we are not residents here after all."

　　 "After this, do you still have contact with Miss Stevier? I think there will always be some letters every year, right?"

　　 Jenkins felt like he was about to reach the end, he was really curious about the secrets of his father. Of course, it's kind curiosity, just like chocolate has kind curiosity about that finger ring.

"In the first year, we often wrote letters and talked, but then Miss Stillwell told me that she was going to perform a highly confidential task, and the letter was interrupted. After that, I sent a letter to the old antique shop. , To inquire about Miss Stillwell, but Dad always prevaricates me with various reasons."

　　 She also made the gesture of holding the cup with both hands, but Jenkins's lie clergy has never been prompted, which shows that there is no lie above.

　　 "A highly confidential task?"

　　 "Yes, it was the summer of 12 years ago. Miss Stillwell only said that she was going to Turin, and we never contacted again."

　　 Miss Cape said regretfully, her eyes filled with sorrow. She probably missed the "big sister" in her childhood. The last time she ran into Jenkins and went to the antique shop, she probably also wanted to ask her father, Miss Stillwell, in person.

　　 "But..."

　　 While Jenkins was thinking, Miss Capet spoke again:

　　 "However, my father has told me many times in the letter that Miss Stevier is not dead, so I don't have to worry. I don't think Dad will lie to me, so one day, I can see her again.

　　 Jenkins also hopes to meet the Miss Stewart and get the old story from her. In Jenkins's eyes, the old man is the most mysterious of everyone he knows. Even the professor who received the enlightenment in his dream or the Mr. Hood, who still doesn't know his true identity, is not the old man.

　　Only the secret hidden by Mr. Corpse may be comparable to the old man, but Jenkins is not very keen on exploring the secrets of Mr. Corpse.

　　 The past story of the old man must be very exciting, but people who know those past events are often secretive. The most likely to tell Jenkins everything is the old Jack of Shire, but every time Jenkins mentions this in his letter, he will ignore those issues in his reply.

Chapter 1040 Chapter One Thousand and Two Second Visitor

　　 Now that the city of Turin was mentioned, Jenkins naturally thought of Mr. Corpse.

　　 "The last time I sent a letter to Mr. Black Cat in Turin, I asked him to carefully investigate a manor belonging to Mr. Corpse..."

　　 The manor was obtained by Mr. Corpse at the party, and Jenkins wrote down the address. He was originally afraid that he would be implicated by entrusting Mr. Black Cat to investigate, but then he felt that Mr. Corpse would not be able to visit Turin in person, and Mr. Black Cat was cautious and powerful enough, so he said something in his heart.

"Maybe Miss Stewart can also be entrusted to Mr. Black Cat. After all, the place where the senior appeared last should be Turin... But leave so many dangerous things to Mr. Black Cat, yes Isn’t it too embarrassing for him? I don’t have many friends..."