Gawain rubbed his eyes and completely disconnected from the magical connection with the Dream Lantern.
After the video of the Ancestor's Peak ended, there was no more video in the lantern.
Perhaps it was because Selina Geerfen had turned into a Dark High Priest after that and lost the habit of keeping track of her surroundings at all times due to the drastic change in her temperament. It was also possible that she had died an unnatural death not long after that. Regardless of the reason, the clues in the lantern ended there.
But these clues were enough to reveal a lot of facts.
Gwen was eighty to ninety percent sure that the equipment Meghul III was wearing was some kind of 'spacesuit', and the various magical blessings he received before should be to allow him to survive in space (or similar environment). As for the purpose of the ritual, or Meghul III's' destination '… If Selena's' narration 'was to be believed, then the mysterious attempt to communicate with the gods, was essentially to send a pope to the divine realm?
So the divine realm was located in space? Or to go to the divine realm, one had to go through space for a period of time?
What kind of truth did the religious leaders of 700 years ago have?
Selena mentioned a 'revelation' in her narration. The religious leaders seemed to have obtained information about the divine realm from the revelation and understood the environmental parameters of the divine realm, so they designed a spacesuit based on those parameters. And the revelation seemed to have come from the Eternal Slate … In other words, the church leaders who had direct contact with the Eternal Slate could not only learn about the divine arts from the Eternal Slate, they could even 'see' the divine realm?
Gawain stood up, muttering to himself as he paced back and forth in the study. What he was most curious about now was the final result of the ceremony. Did Metro III succeed? Did he reach the divine realm? Did he come back? What did he see, what did he hear, and what did he bring back?
After the meeting at the Ancestral Peak, there were several dark cults that degenerated into evil cults, but the most powerful, most mysterious and most thoroughly degenerated were the End of Everything, the Child of Storms, and the Eternal Sleepers. And the leaders of these three cults were the three people who stood on the altar at that time …
Just then, a knock on the door interrupted Gwen's thoughts.
Gwen instantly knew that it was not Amber standing at the door. The half-elf lady would have jumped in through the window or come out from the Shadow Realm. It was also not Rebecca because Rebecca would usually knock on the door after pushing it open. He shook his head and threw the complicated thoughts aside. He cleared his throat and said, "Come in."
The door opened. Heti, with two big dark circles under her eyes, came in with a stack of sorted documents. Her wand floated beside her. Heti controlled the wand knocked on the door.
"Ancestor, the production report of the steel plant and the land survey report of the north bank are here." Heidi came to the desk with the documents in her arms and carefully put them on the desk. She then exhaled slightly and said, "There's also the forest development plan for the next season, the mine production and scale expansion plan, the new residential area construction plan, the scale expansion plan of the night school, the stone factory construction plan, and the pharmacist recruitment and training proposal. Please have a look!"
His eldest granddaughter rattled off a bunch of proposals in one breath. When the heavy stack of documents landed on the table, Gawain was slightly shocked. He was stunned. "You've gathered all these just for me, haven't you?"
Heti looked like she had cultivated too much. "Of course not. I've sorted them out overnight. Every one of them is an urgent project. You've specifically ordered me to show you the plans as soon as they're done."
The plans were programmed by Gwen. Heti had to admit that it could greatly improve the team's efficiency and execution accuracy. But dealing with the plans reminded her of the painful experience of being forced to memorize when she first learned magic. But there was still a difference between the two. When she was a young girl and was forced to learn magic, she could still fight with the teacher with her wand. But now, when she was forced to make plans, she dared not fight with her ancestor.
So before she came, she had to use eyeshadow to draw big dark circles under her eyes, hoping that her ancestor would notice the fact that she had cultivated too much and reduce her workload a little.
And Gwen also felt the deep resentment in Heti's voice. He thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed him who had ordered so many tasks. So he could only smile and comfort her. "Ahem, that's good. You've done a good job. Once you're done with these, you can have two days of leisure."
As he spoke, he lowered his head and roughly browsed through the summary report on the top. Heti took this opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief. Her eyes casually swept across Gwen's desk.
She first saw the dream lantern and paid a little attention to it. But this kind of auxiliary item was not her specialty, so she quickly looked away. Then she saw the biography of Knight on the corner of the desk. She curiously picked it up and glanced at the title on the cover.
The Romance of Gwen Cecil: The Story of the Hero and the Princess.
But the next second, her expression became strange. "Ancestor, are you sure you're okay reading this kind of book?"
Gawain raised his eyes and glanced around, only to see that the book with a rather sensitive theme was in Heidi's hands. He felt extremely embarrassed. "Ah, I forgot to put it away … Ahem, I mean, it's just a novel. You don't have to …"
Halfway through, he suddenly realized something and looked at Heti suspiciously. "… How do you know what this book is about?"
Heidi was stunned for a moment. The next second, her whole body stiffened, and cold sweat began to flow down her face. After a long while, she squeezed out an explanation. "I just guessed the content after seeing the title of the book..."
Gwen looked at Heti from head to toe. "If you said that just now, I would have believed you. But your expression now is too unconvincing."
Heti: "I … I just accidentally glanced at it! After all, it is indeed very popular in the circle of noble ladies. And this … this is just a romance novel. It's actually very decent. I'm sorry ancestor, I was wrong! "
The corner of Gwen's mouth twitched. He looked at the "Lady Heti" in front of him, who had always been known as "mature, steady, elegant and wise" in the noble circle, bowing and apologizing to him like a little girl who had done something wrong. Her face was not only red, but also cold sweat on her forehead. If it were anyone else, they would not have seen her like this in their lifetime. How to say, it was quite interesting.
To be honest, occasionally teasing Heti, who was usually too serious, was indeed a sense of accomplishment. But Gwen also knew when to stop. Soon, he coughed softly and said with a serious face, "Okay, okay. Why are you so nervous? I've read the book. Although the story is fabricated, it's just a normal romance novel about a Knight marrying a princess. Although marrying more than eighty is a bit too much … Ahem, there's nothing wrong with it."
Heti nodded vigorously. "Ancestor, you're right!"
Gwen pursed his lips and glanced at Heti. "But I have to remind you of something."
Heti was in fear and trepidation. "Ancestor, please tell me!"
"Your dark circles have come off your makeup." Gwen looked helplessly at his great-granddaughter. "You're sweating so much that the color has faded."
Heti: "…"
After a moment, she bowed again. "I'm sorry, ancestor. I was wrong!"
Gwen's eyes twitched. He was worried that he had put too much pressure on Heti, so much so that his granddaughter could not bear the heavy pressure and gradually thought of Rebecca. After all, the two of them had the same blood flowing in their veins. Looking at Rebecca's way of doing things, he knew that most of the blood in her veins was either reckless or harmonious.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. He sighed and said, "Well, you've been under a lot of pressure recently. But fortunately, the most important winter construction projects have been finalized. Now, each of them is being led by a team of craftsmen. The secretaries and internal affairs apprentices you brought should be of some use. You should take a break. I'll give you two days off."
Heti blinked. She was pleasantly surprised but also a little nervous. "No … Ancestor, I'm actually fine. It's the key to the construction of the territory now …"
"Every day during the development period is critical. But we can't go on forever without rest. Even that bastard Nicholas has a special day off to bask in the sun. You should take a break too." Gwen smiled and looked at Heti, who was in a dilemma. "But after the break, I hope you can conduct an assessment of the apprentices in the various departments in the territory as soon as possible and sort out the assessment results. If it's useful, then consider implementing the administrative system I've formulated a few months ago."
For a long time, Gwen had been trying to achieve a complete, scientific, and efficient administrative system in the new Cecil. But in this era, the scarcity of intellectuals led to a shortage of related talents. Key departments such as agriculture, internal affairs, military, and medical were always operated by only one or two people. It could be said that from the head of the department to the bottom of the staff, they were all under one person. Although such a division of work was much better than the chaotic management of most aristocratic territories, it was still a far cry from what Gwen had in mind.
Therefore, as long as there were "intellectuals" in the territory who could read and count, Gwen would immediately select the outstanding ones to be the subordinates of the department heads. These people had never been exposed to advanced organizational management concepts, so they could only start as apprentices. Even the down-and-out scholars and the bankrupt Knight from Tanzania Town had to be honest apprentices here.
And because of the complicated composition of these apprentices, Gwen did not think that they could smoothly complete the "transformation of the organization".
This was especially true for the bankrupt Knight and scholars.
Now that the "internship period" was over, those apprentices who couldn't handle the pressure or couldn't adapt to the new system should be on the verge of running away. Gawain felt that it was time to conduct a test on them to screen out the real talents and improve the management of the territory.
Heti accepted Gwen's arrangement very seriously. But before she left the study, she suddenly thought of something and said uncertainly, "Ancestor, I just saw the level-two arcanist from the Captical wandering around the liege's residence. Do you want to call him in?"
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