The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

During the period of waiting for the herbal medicine to be refined into medicinal juice, Leo was not idle. He asked the old man about the languages ​​of various countries, and through rote memorization, he completed the official languages ​​of all the member countries of the Continental Congress within five days. The dominant ancient language of the country.

Because of Leo's amazing performance, the old man who is good at being a teacher has enjoyed the addiction of being a teacher. For this reason, he even thought of accepting Leo as a formal student several times, but in the end he gave up. Compared with a pure master-student relationship, he prefers the state of being both a teacher and a friend with Leo.

Due to the support of sufficient healing potions, Leo kept memorizing all the books he could see for five days without sleep. There were nearly 50,000 rare books that he collected into the vice brain database, which made him very interested in this The understanding of the world has reached a great height.

However, this does not mean that he no longer needs to continue to study and continue to supplement the database.

On the contrary, the more knowledge he gained about the dark world, the more he felt his own ignorance, and the more at a loss for this world.

And because he absorbed a lot of knowledge and mysteries of the dark world, he found that his database was seriously unbalanced, which also affected his behavior.

The knowledge of the dark world in the subbrain database has been acquired too much, but the knowledge of the ordinary world is extremely scarce. As a result, when he thinks about problems, he will involuntarily tend to think in the way of thinking in the dark world, and this way of thinking will make him It looks very weird in front of people.

Fortunately, the old man Rembrandt, who had a similar experience, discovered Leo's mental abnormality in time, and while helping him adjust his way of thinking, he also suggested that he temporarily stop forcibly remembering the knowledge of the dark world, and first supplement the knowledge of the real world. Basic knowledge, let's talk about eliminating the adverse effects caused by dark world knowledge.

"I need you to issue a reading card to read all the books in the public library." At noon on the sixth day after staying in the villa, Leo, who had adjusted his way of thinking back to normal, learned that the old man Rembrandt was the owner of the World Library. The honorary chairman of the association made a request to him.

"This is no problem." The old man directly pulled out a World Library Association reading card that seemed to have been prepared a long time ago from the drawer, quickly signed his name on the card, stamped it with a seal, and handed it to Leo, saying : "With this certificate, you can read books of various confidential levels in libraries under the name of all associations in the world without restriction. I have only issued four such reading certificates in my life, and this is the fifth one. I hope you make good use of it. Remember, bodies rot, but knowledge lasts forever."

Leo took the certificate with a serious face, and carefully put it in the inner shirt pocket.

Just when Leo was still about to say something to the old man, Vaschi walked into the study with a cold face, handed a letter to Leo, and said, "Someone sent it here just now. , specify it to you, the person who delivered the letter is a senior sheriff with three bars and one flower."

"Ljungberg!" Leo could be sure who the letter came from with almost no need to think. Besides Ljungberg, who in the entire city of Miria could instruct such a senior sheriff to be a postman?

"How's the situation outside?" Leo asked Vaschi.

"Very calm." Vaschi replied coldly.

"Very calm?" No matter how much he thought about it, Leo didn't think it would be such an answer. It stands to reason that at this moment, the forces of all parties should be fighting fiercely. The army entered the city to take over everything, and the Continental Congress was forced to evacuate. Nothing can be peaceful Two words are related.

"Do you know what a mature politician is best at?" The old man suddenly asked Leo a nonsensical question.

Leo froze for a moment, pondered for a moment, and said, "Compromise."

The old man was surprised that Leo was able to answer, and then he returned to his normal expression. After all, the magic that Leo showed in front of him has been seen enough these days, and it is not worth too much to have another accident. surprise.

"That's right! It's a compromise." The old man Rembrandt nodded, took out a newspaper from a pile of newspapers, and handed it to Leo.

Leo took the newspaper and looked at it, only to see that the headline on the front page of the newspaper was an analysis map of the situation of the heir to the throne of the empire. In this analysis map, the Duke of Devon had far surpassed The other two heirs.

According to the current situation, as long as the 16 hereditary nobles from the territory and 20 hereditary nobles from the military merit arrive, and the noble council is convened according to the past practice, it will be a foregone conclusion that Duke Dewen will become the emperor of the Faran Empire.

"Even the military aristocrats have already sided with the Duke of Dewen." Leo put down the newspaper in his hand and asked, "If the content on it is true, the two heirs to the throne should have no chance of turning the tables. "

"Really not?" The old man said in a deep voice, "You haven't looked carefully, but all of them are statements from the Eastern Continent. What about the Western Continent?"

Leo wondered: "Isn't there Rupert Fitz in the Western Continent? He planned all these for Duke Dewen. He will never let his plan fail!"

"You are still not used to looking at things to find the essence. Although you have found the key point, you have made a wrong judgment." The old man pointed with a smile: "No matter what Rupert did, who side he stood on, his essence They are all businessmen. In the eyes of businessmen, everything in the world can be measured by money, and it is the essence of every qualified businessman to spend the least amount of money to obtain the greatest benefits.”

While talking, the old man took out an autobiographical book published by Rupert a few years ago and handed it to Leo, saying: "When Rupert invested in the Duke of Devin, it happened that the Duke of Devin had the most difficult time. At the time, he invested the least amount of money to support the Duke of Dewen through the difficulties, and when the Duke of Dewen rose, he reaped huge benefits. Afterwards, the Duke of Dewen committed a crime and was expelled from the winter Rin City, but he still did not give up on the Duke of Dewen, and continued to increase investment, so that the Duke of Dewen obtained the current territory, and his strength grew steadily. He also obtained the commercial franchise of the Duke of Dewen, and expanded His business network in the Western Continent has become the current French business giant."

Listening to the old man's narration, Leo looked down at the man with firm eyes on the cover of the book in his hand, and said in a deep voice, "It's so hard that he wants to change his investment target to obtain greater benefits?"

"The Duke of Devin became the emperor of the Farland Empire. No matter how much Rupert invests, it is impossible to obtain greater benefits. Moreover, with the character and character of the Duke of Devin, it is absolutely not allowed for a man like Rupert who has great influence on the empire." There are people with strong influence." When the old man mentioned Rupert, his face couldn't help showing a little more pride and pride, "This issue of survival has existed from the beginning, and Rupert is very aware of this, so he Find a way out early."

"Three-level parliamentary system." Leo said in a deep voice.

"That's right!" The old man nodded and said, "It's just that it's not appropriate to simply rely on the merchants, commoners, and nobles in the western continent to form a three-level council. Orthodox people."

Leo couldn't help but gasped when he heard this, because he already knew what was going to happen, and his eyes couldn't help but fell on the other two heirs to the throne who were far behind and had almost no winning percentage in the newspaper. They were silent for a while, Some said in disbelief: "It's so difficult that he planned all these from the beginning?"

The old man was also silent for a moment, shook his head slightly, and said: "I don't know, but from the development of the matter, I can always feel that someone is secretly pushing. Apart from him, I can't think of anyone who has such a vision and wisdom.”

Leo looked down at the letter he had just received but hadn't opened, and asked in confusion: "But what does this have to do with me? They can just negotiate by themselves, why..."

"You are an accident, an accident that can affect all changes in the situation." Before Leo finished speaking, the old man pointed to Leo's chest and said seriously: "Actually, the moment you killed the president of Skull and Bones , you have caused damage to Rupert's plan. Originally, he should have wanted to borrow the power of the Skull and Bones to continue to occupy a place in the situation in Miria City, but your appearance changed his plan. But This change is not big, and he didn't care about it, but what is really deadly is the ability you showed in assassinating those people from the dark world a few days ago. Killing an enemy more than a thousand meters away silently, this ability It is enough to pose a threat to anyone, so if your threat is not eliminated, any negotiation or any plan may have unexpected surprises."

Leo's face darkened, with killing intent rolling in his eyes, he said, "They want to kill me?"

Although the old man has seen all kinds of people, he has never seen a person with such a strong killing intent like Leo. Even Vashki at the side knew that Leo would not be harmful to the old man, and was still attracted by this force. Affected by the killing intent, he couldn't help but put his hand on the weapon at his waist.

"Probably not." The old man shook his head and said, "You don't have any enmity with them now. It is the most stupid way to drive you to a dead end. It is impossible with the wisdom of Rupert and Ljungberg. I can't see the disadvantages. Since Ljungberg sent you the letter, he must have the idea of ​​appeasing you, and it is impossible for them to be your enemy unless it is a last resort." He smiled again and said: "I have to say that you let me see another miraculous thing. With just one person's strength, you directly forced two big figures in the Western Continent to take the initiative to appease you. It's really incredible!"

Leo ignored the old man's ridicule, opened the letter in his hand, and took out a note from it. He saw an address written on it. He remembered that this place was a small block in the embassy area of ​​the Kingdom of Maris, a distance from the embassy area. The iconic Stone Palace is not far away.

At this time, the old man also saw the address on the note, and said, "This seems to be where Annie and your comrades are hiding."

"What does he mean? Is he threatening me?" Leo frowned and said coldly.

"I don't think so." The old man took the note and turned around.

I saw there was a signature on the note, because it was that kind of aristocratic cursive, Leo couldn't understand it, but the old man could understand it, with a surprised expression on his face.

Leo asked, "Do you recognize these names?"

The old man put the note on the table and said, "Philip Capelou, Prince of Porto, one of the three heirs to the throne, and a member of the royal family supported by Baron de Maupassant."

Leo frowned and said, "Shouldn't he be in Winterfell at this time?"

"The foggy period in the Black Forest has made it much more difficult to deliver news." The old man said with a serious expression: "It seems that Winter City has already got results." He paused, and said: "Including me, Lu Including Burt, everyone underestimated Duke Devin, and they never expected that he would be able to kick out all the heirs to the throne so quickly."

Leo suddenly came up with an idea and said, "Couldn't he want me to go to Winterfell City to help him assassinate Duke Devin?"

"It's possible." In the absence of sufficient information, the old man was unable to make any useful judgments, and said, "I suggest you go there and find out the situation."

Leo was silent for a moment, stood up, took off the windbreaker from the hanger and put it on, put on the hat, and put on all the equipment he had, as if preparing for battle.

Although the old man felt that nothing would happen, he agreed with Leo's approach.

After getting dressed, Leo left the villa directly. When he saw Leo's figure disappearing at the end of the street in the villa area, Vaschi suddenly said, "Do you want me..."

The old man shook his head and said, "No! There are too many people looking at me, I don't want to get involved in such a thing, and he doesn't need us to do anything."

After leaving the villa, Leo was about to stop a carriage on the street outside and go to the address on the note, but at this time a carriage came from not far away and stopped beside Leo, and then saw Annie stuck her head out of the car window and said, "Get in the car!"

Leo boarded the carriage and looked at Annie with a serious expression. After the carriage drove out of the villa area of ​​Crescent Moon Lake, he said, "Can you tell me what happened before reaching the destination?"

Annie was stunned for a moment, and said, "Isn't it so difficult that the old man didn't analyze it for you in the villa area? This old guy likes to analyze the world situation the most?"

Leo said in a deep voice: "Analyzed, but I still hope to hear something from you."

Anne didn't talk too much nonsense, she said briefly: "It's very simple, the battle for the throne ended before it officially started, and one of the heirs was unwilling to fail, so he fled here, and then he issued an order to some careerists and patriots." An undeniable condition turns an enemy into an ally." As she spoke, she sneered disdainfully and said, "This is politics."

"What do they want?" Leo asked again.

"I don't know." Annie shook her head, and reminded again: "But the people from the embassy of the Kingdom of England are here."

Hearing this news, Leo didn't speak any more, but leaned on the chair, closed his eyes and meditated.