Seeing Alfreid looking over, Klein smiled and nodded.
"I suddenly feel a little dangerous."
With that, he calmly turned around and walked towards the carriage that Haggis had pointed out.
"Danger …" Alfred repeated the word in a low voice. He looked around cautiously, but did not find anything strange.
He slowed down his pace and paid attention to his surroundings. He cautiously returned to the nearby three-story building.
Pagani glanced at the solemn Alfreid and asked in puzzlement,
"What happened?"
He was quite a distance away from the scene of the arms trade, so he couldn't hear the conversation clearly.
Alfred walked to the window and looked down at the horses that had finished moving the munitions and were preparing to leave.
"Dawn Dantès suddenly left. He said he sensed danger."
"Danger?" Pagani didn't let his guard down as he looked around warily. But even when Maysanchez's men left the area and disappeared into the darkness, he didn't notice anything amiss.
He then laughed.
"Haha, Alfreid, you are too sensitive. I think it's purely because Dawn Dantès is timid and doesn't want to stay here for too long!"
Alfreid retracted his gaze and frowned.
"Maybe."
…
After returning to the rented hotel, Klein asked Winner Enzo, who had turned into a mixed-blood young man, to open the box in his hand. He took out the gold bars and coins one by one and counted them.
There was a total of 30,000 Rouen gold pounds here!
Thankfully, I previously agreed on 10,000 Rouen gold coins with Miss Messenger. There's no need to exchange for anything else … Klein, who was leisurely sitting in a reclining chair, drank the sweet and sour Gwadar while "supervising" his marionette's work.
When Enzo finished distributing the loot, he took out the adventurer's harmonica and blew into it.
Reinette Tinekerr, who was holding the four blonde, red-eyed heads, immediately stepped out of the void, as though she had always been nearby.
Her eight eyes turned at the same time, looking at the pile of gold coins and gold bars.
After a few seconds, the four heads in Reinette Tinekerr's hands spoke one after another.
"Very good … In the future … Missions … Increase the price …"
… Where is the logic behind this? I've paid the reward so quickly and promptly, so why would the reward be increased in the future? Klein was stunned for a second before he sat up straight and asked,
"What?"
Reinette Tinekerr's four blonde, red-eyed heads nodded seriously.
"Mission … pricing … depends on … your … ability … to … earn … money …"
You can do that … Klein turned agape, unable to retort. After all, such matters were decided unilaterally by the helper. Furthermore, as he advanced to Sequence 4 and became a demigod, the missions that required Miss Messenger's help in the future would probably become more difficult and dangerous. It was only natural for her to raise the price.
After Reinette Tinekerr swallowed the pile of gold coins and gold bars and disappeared from the room, Klein reined in his thoughts and began calculating his current wealth.
I've spent quite a bit during this period of time. I still have 17275 pounds in cash and 65 gold coins … This pile of gold bars is worth 25000 pounds … A total of more than 40,000 pounds. It's not a small amount in the entire Rouen Kingdom. It's enough to buy manors and land … The arms trade sure is profitable …
Reinette Tinekerr's priority was gold coins, so the rest were gold bars.
After standing up and putting the gold bars above the gray fog, Klein walked to the window and cast his gaze north.
With the matters here over, he would return to Baekeland.
After staring at the horizon for a while, Klein suddenly sighed silently.
Baekeland …
…
North Borough, Baekeland University of Technology.
Audrey was walking on campus with a few staff members of the Rouen Charity Bursary Foundation.
She was wearing a simple light-green dress with a white, unadorned belt around her waist. Her long blonde hair was wrapped around a rather playful veiled hat with a ribbon and flower. She didn't have any accessories on her, and she only wore a silver bracelet on her left wrist. She looked no different from a female student whose family conditions could only be considered average.
During this period of time, she had been to a public elementary school located at the edge of East Borough. She had also visited a technical school in the Baekeland Bridge area. She had long understood what kind of clothes to wear on different occasions, unlike many nobles who treated charity events as social occasions.
Her clear, green eyes darted around slightly as Audrey smiled faintly, seriously observing the situation of the students who came and went.
These few days were the days when the Baekeland University of Technology sent out admission letters and the new batch of students came to register.
Originally, the latter was supposed to take place at the end of August or the beginning of September, but the Baekeland University of Technology was a newly established school, so the entrance exam was later than other universities. The results were also released later, which meant that the students who applied to them were likely to have also taken the exam of other universities, or even been admitted. Therefore, they brought forward the registration process to verify the number of people and determine how many more students needed to be enrolled.
Due to this reason, Audrey and the staff of the Rouen Charity Bursary Foundation came here to assist the first batch of approved applicants to complete the admission procedures.
What she saw was that the faces of the students in this campus were brimming with radiance, and their actions revealed obvious confidence. Every word and action carried an indescribable vitality, as if they were full of yearning for the future and could see the light.
This was completely different from the experience Audrey had in several public elementary schools. The students in those places were either rude, noisy, silent, or gloomy. What they had in common was that they were often confused and uneasy. When they met outsiders with status, their eyes were dim, and they lacked the high spirits that teenagers should have.
"I really hope that those children have the opportunity to receive higher education, so that they can be like the students here and work hard for a better future …" Audrey sighed silently as she glanced at a man and a woman who seemed to be a pair of brother and sister.
The brother had obviously entered society and started working. He wore a silk top hat and a thin black formal suit. He looked to be in his thirties and had the temperament of a government employee.
He had borrowed an old camera from somewhere and placed it on the stand. He signaled for the sister to move and adjust her posture while looking for the best angle.
The sister looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old. Her black hair was simply draped over her shoulders, and there was a hint of helplessness in her brown eyes, but she didn't say anything as she listened to the brother's instructions.
Similar groups could be seen everywhere on campus. Some were parents and children, and some were a few friends.
Such a scene sure is beautiful … Audrey retracted her gaze and walked forward.
There was a square, and in the middle of it was a decommissioned steam locomotive. Its massive and complicated body stood upright, giving Baekeland University of Technology an industrial vibe.
…
Whoosh!
The monster-like steam locomotive spewed out smoke as it dragged its long body into the platform and slowed down.
A mixed-blood girl who looked as exquisite as a doll held her mother's hand and waited in the rather long line. She excitedly asked her father, who was also a mixed-blood of Rouen and Balam, about the situation in Desi Bay.
As she slowly moved, she saw a gentleman with white sideburns and a top hat holding a gold-inlaid cane. He led a brown-skinned servant towards the first-class carriage.
The servant looked around curiously and said, "Sir, the situation I've seen recently is different from what I imagined.
"Sir, the situation I've seen recently is different from what I imagined. I originally thought that the people of Balam would lead a difficult and painful life, with chaos, filth, poverty, and repression everywhere. But that's not the case at all. They can still drink Gwadar and smoke East Balam cigarettes. Some of them can even afford bicycles. Well, as you know, although I have Balam blood, I was born in Backlund. I've never been to the Southern Continent before. Of course, my Dutanese is pretty good."
The middle-aged gentleman chuckled, waved his cane, and said, "That's right.
"That's because we went to a pretty good city and a pretty good area. And the most miserable people of Balam are mostly in the villages, in the plantations. The rest are living around the factories, forming slums. We never had the chance to see them."
As though sensing the girl's gaze, the gentleman with deep blue eyes and his servant turned their heads and smiled warmly.
The corners of their mouths curled up, revealing eight teeth. Then, they nodded slightly and retracted their gazes before continuing forward.
Before long, the girl and her parents boarded the steam locomotive and found their seats.
When the whir sounded again, the girl saw a man with dark brown skin and soft facial features. There was a red lump on the side of his face. His head was lowered as he pressed down on his top hat. He quickly went straight for the front of the train.
The man knocked on the isolation door and entered the driver's compartment.
He said to the conductor, "All the train attendants have been replaced with our people. The bridge up ahead will be where the sacrifice will be held."
The bushy bearded train conductor nodded his head and said, "Yes.
"May God be satisfied with the sacrifices on this train.
"May we obtain eternal life in 'His' kingdom."
Whir!
The steam locomotive crossed one bridge and then another. After a long journey, it arrived at its destination without a hitch.
The doll-like mixed-blood girl was a little exhausted. She wasn't as lively as before. Under her parents' lead, she followed the crowd of passengers and inched towards the door.
There were a few train attendants standing at the door, helping the passengers take their luggage out of the carriage.
When the girl and her parents passed by, the attendants curled up the corners of their mouths, revealing eight teeth as they smiled warmly.
After the little girl jumped onto the platform, she subconsciously turned around and glanced at the front of the steam car. She saw many figures standing outside the door, discussing something. Among them seemed to be the conductor and the man with the lump on the side of his face.
In less than a second, all of them turned their heads over. The corners of their mouths curled up, revealing eight teeth.
The girl retracted her gaze and skipped away from the platform with her parents.
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