After getting a room, Laing took out a handful of silver coins and tossed them to the three prostitutes. "Ladies, I don't want to do anything. I just want to chat with you. If you're willing, this money is yours. If not …"
The three prostitutes were a little disappointed. They looked at each other, but in the end, they agreed decisively. "Of course! Mr. Rhodes, of course you can pay and chat with us. "
"Very well!" Laing gestured for the three women to sit down. He poured himself a glass of wine and sat on the other side of the room. "Is business good? How many ladies? I don't see many customers. "
"How many customers can you get at this time of the year? There aren't many gentlemen who can be as generous and only want to chat as Mr. Rhode ~ "A street girl came out and smiled charmingly. Ryan only felt a burst of nausea, but he still suppressed his unhappiness and said," This is your good luck, it's just that I don't want to do anything today. "
"Sir, you can't use your reed rod anymore, right? Do you want to try it on me? " The prostitute didn't give up, but Laing didn't react. It was as if he was too lazy to defend himself against this kind of mockery that men couldn't accept.
After all, he knew what he was capable of.
"There will be a chance, ladies, but not now. Or do you not want the money?" Laing said calmly.
"Well, what do you want to talk about? We'll keep you company."
After changing the topic a few times, the atmosphere slowly warmed up. Laing knew his chance had come.
"Let me ask you about the Aesthetic Society. You know, I just met Lady Añeda, so I'm curious about her."
"Aesthetic Society?" Sarah's subconscious reaction was disgust when she heard about the Aesthetical Society. Or rather, the three prostitutes all reacted with disgust when they heard about the Aesthetical Society. "Mr. Rhode, it's not that we're talking nonsense, but the Aesthetical Society is indeed annoying.
"Very annoying? Can you tell me more? "
"The Aesthetic Society was first formed by a group of scholars. Um … a group of artists who knew how to write poetry and paint. They had art. Merchants had money. Merchants needed art. Artists needed money. That's how the Aesthetic Society came into being." Sarah spread out her hands and said in a mocking tone, "Those so-called artists are no different from normal people. They also need prostitutes and they have such needs. On the contrary, artists hate marriage the most. Their needs for people like us are even greater. Am I right? Mr. Rhodes. "
"Of course, and then?" Clayon was not moved at all. Everyone had needs, and this was normal.
"As time went on, the scale of the Aesthete Club grew larger and larger. They held salons and parties all day long in the Divine Temple University district. Since lowly people like us have never participated, we don't know what's going on inside. But as long as the artists and businessmen who have participated in the Aesthete Club, they will no longer be interested in lowly street girls like us."
"Those artists who are keen on participating in aesthetic activities will gradually become fond of makeup and pay attention to following trends. Every time they go out, there will often be many servants around them to ensure that no mud splashes on the master's expensive and gorgeous clothes, and no dirty naughty people pollute the master's sight." Sarah concluded. "I heard that the Aesthetic Society has been asking the city council to restructure the buildings in the canal district. They want to tear down the houses and replan the streets. However, the council had no result after several discussions. I think it's all over."
"Oh, I just attended the city council's banquet. It was fine. Hmm … how much do you know about Lady Añeda?" Laing asked casually.
"Things started to go bad with this woman." One of the prostitutes appeared and began to chatter, "I don't know when Anneda appeared and became the leader of the Aestheticism Society. Her wealth is endless. She helped dozens of art groups in dozens of cities by herself and built several orphanages. Although we don't like her, what she did was good. It's just that the mortality rate of the orphans in the orphanages is very high, and not many of them reach adulthood …"
"Is that so? I understand." Under such circumstances, a high infant mortality rate was normal. Laing didn't say much. After chatting for a while, Laing suddenly raised his hand.
In the middle of the man's palm, a dazzling white ball of light lit up the room. "Ladies! Look over here! I have a surprise for you! "
When the three prostitutes' eyes were all attracted by the white light, the ball of light in Laing's hand flashed. The light almost penetrated the closed window, and then the whole room fell silent.
Thirty minutes later, at 53 Amber Avenue.
Laing returned to the guest room next to the master's room. He sat on a luxurious wooden chair in the room. There was no light in the room, only the cold moonlight illuminating the room. Laing stroked his chin and thought about the information he had collected last night. He could feel that the Lake Fairy was hiding beside him, so he whispered, "Lady?"
The room was filled with the fragrance of fresh flowers and spring water. The Lake Fairy, with a flower crown on her head and dazzling blonde hair, appeared in front of Laing. Unlike usual, the Lake Fairy didn't use the mist to hide her beautiful face in front of Laing. Colorful flowers decorated the Lake Fairy's dazzling blonde ankle-length hair. She wore a white porcelain butterfly dress and held a golden holy grail in her hand. Her beautiful bare feet were suspended in the air. Worried that the Lake Fairy's light was too bright, Laing quickly closed the curtains in the bedroom. His guilty look made the Lake Fairy smile, but she didn't stop him.
While Laing pulled the curtains, the Lake Fairy glanced at the mural on the wall and said casually, "Isn't this Eduardo's ancestor, Crillon de Guy-Francisco? This is his family's house? "
"This is my house now, my lady." Laing knelt on one knee in front of the Lake Fairy.
"Then why did you let Crillon's portrait hang on the wall?" The Lake Fairy waved her hand, and the portrait changed into the scenery of Brittany's Lake Fairy. In the beautiful lake, the Lake Fairy was holding a holy grail, and the founding Knight King of Brittany, Arthur Pendragon, was kneeling in front of the Lake Fairy, drinking from the holy grail.
Then the Lake Fairy stretched out her hands and gestured for Laing to get up. "You're getting stronger, my champion. With your help, I can now steadily descend into the prime material world for a while."
Laing nodded slowly.
As a god, the fairy in the lake could not exist in the main material world for a long time, unless she was willing to "descend". That was, she would take great risks to descend to the world with her own body, or she would possess her own chosen one in the way of possession.
Both methods had their drawbacks.
The gods who descended into the world were very strong, but they were still far from being invincible. If a god chose to descend into the world with their true body, they would be in great danger and could easily fall. The power of Chaos was far stronger than the power of Order. Chaos Champions, Demon Princes, Chaos Demons, and even the Eternal Divine Chosen of Chaos could be found everywhere, and they would only become delicious prey for Chaos.
The White Wolf God of War, Yurik, had already proved the danger. Even if he descended into the world with his true body, he was no match for Moka, the first Eternal Divine Unifier of Chaos. The White Wolf God was at a disadvantage in the battle against the Eternal Divine Chosen of Chaos.
Possession was also a method, but the party who paid the highest price for this method was the Chosen One who bore the god's possession. The longer the god's possession lasted, the greater the damage to the possessed would be. Those who were not strong enough would generally die as soon as the possession was removed. As the Chosen One and spokesperson of the Lake Fairy, Morgiana, the Lake Goddess Witch with the power of the sacred realm, could withstand the Lake Fairy's possession and communication for a short period of time. However, this always led to the short lifespan of every Lake Goddess Witch. Few of the Lake Goddess Witches with the power of the sacred realm could live for more than two hundred years. They could only repeatedly age and be reborn, reincarnating again and again.
As for the Holy Grail Knights, it was even more impossible. The Lake Fairy could only convey her thoughts to the Holy Grail Knights through dreams. Moreover, in order to protect the precious Holy Grail Knights, the content of the Lake Fairy's dreams could only be vague and general. Take a guess? Try your best to guess!
However, Laing was different. His unbelievably strong soul and huge psionic power allowed him to talk to the gods for a long time. He was a processing plant that constantly refined pure subspace energy, and the most incredible thing was that Laing was immune to the connection between the subspace and the main material world. He was isolated from the corruption of the Chaos.
Therefore, Laing's existence became a bridge to the real world. The Lake Fairy could rely on the subspace energy provided by Laing to descend into the world for a long time. The Lake Fairy even regretted that she did not discover Laing's existence earlier. Instead, she let him use that idiot Yurik as an ordinary knight.
"… You washed away the memories of those women who had sex with you?" The Lake Fairy answered Laing's question indirectly. The goddess admired the luxurious decorations in the room. She did not go straight to the point, but had the leisure to chat with Laing because she did not need to worry that Laing's soul could not withstand the divine conversation. She did not need to be like when she possessed the body of the Lake Fairy, fearing that Morgiana's body would collapse and rushing to complete everything.
"This is the best way." Laing stood up. The man looked at the changed murals on the wall, and then suddenly said without thinking, "King Arthur is a man? I always thought he was a woman. "
"Arthur is a woman?" The Lake Fairy listened to Laing's words and said in a strange tone, "Any myth, any epic, and any literature record that Arthur is a man, and as far as I can see, Arthur is also a man."
"No, it's just some people from the Moon." Laing thought that he was deeply influenced by certain things in his previous life. In order not to be embarrassed, he quietly changed the topic. "I can be sure that the Aesthetic Society is the Cult of Chaos, my lady."
"Are you sure?" The Lake Fairy held the Holy Grail in her hand and floated around the room. Then she slowly sat on the most luxurious leather sofa. Her dazzling blonde hair almost covered the entire chair. The goddess stretched out a white finger and motioned Laing to sit down and talk.
"That's how the believers of that religion are. Its believers are easily corrupted by strong sensory stimulation. That religion exists everywhere among humans, from the smallest hut in the countryside to every corner of the city, and even … to the churches of the ladies. Obviously, the Aestheticists are the Chaos Religion. Their main target of corruption is the upper class of nobles." Laing sat down on a wooden armchair about three or four meters away from the Lake Fairy. "Oh, my lady, that woman … is a woman, right? She's just too good at disguising herself. But she can't fool me. Her so-called beauty is just a pile of rot under her appearance and decoration. "
The Lady of the Lake nodded slowly. Apparently, she had accepted the rhetoric. "Your analysis is correct, my champion. The exquisite egoism propagated by the Aesthete Society is indeed annoying, and this argument is very popular among the upper nobles of Brittania. It constantly destroys the chivalric virtues that I've established. They encourage selfishness and greed through exquisite packaging and moral skin. The Aesthete Society must be wiped out from this world. This is the task I've assigned to you."
"So the problem is simple. Just eradicate the Aesthetic Society from this world." Laing spread his hands. "Anyway, I just happen to need money. The Aesthetic Society has money, and it's the Cult of Chaos. Destroy it and take its foundation and savings. This is beneficial to both of us, my lady."
"You're really interested in the wealth of the Aesthetic Society, Laing." The Lake Fairy raised the Holy Grail and looked at Laing with her blue eyes. "You like to kill two birds with one stone."
"Everyone needs gold. Without gold, there's no way to fight against Chaos." Laing spread his hands. "We can't go to the battlefield empty-handed. A knight's full set of equipment costs a lot of money. Ideals are plentiful, but reality is cruel. When a person doesn't have enough to eat, it's useless to talk to them about chivalric virtue and ideals. Giving them two pieces of bread is obviously a better choice than preaching."
"Pfft …" The Fairy in the Lake chuckled and nodded. "Many young knights don't see as far as you do. They enjoy wine and delicacies while asking their underfed servants to put their lives on the line for honor."
"But my lady, you never dissuade them." Laing chuckled along with the Lake Fairy. He enjoyed the feeling of chatting with the Lake Fairy.
"Instead of simply using dogma to restrain them, it's far better to let them understand it themselves. Rigid rules will only lead the Knights of Order to a dead end. Brittania's nobility is limited. My champion title must be reserved for those with more talent and strength, and only those who have fully comprehended the Eight Virtues of Knights will be able to complete their transformation on the path to the Holy Grail, and only then will I descend before them." The Lake Fairy raised her hand holding the Holy Grail, raised it high, and then put it down again. "There are very few knights who can complete the trial. My divine power is not infinite. So the incompetent must be eliminated. Only the best, the strongest, and the most virtuous knights can rise to the ranks of the upper nobles and the Grail Knights."
"That's how it should be." The Lake Fairy belonged to the Order Faction, but that didn't mean she liked to raise useless people. A mature elimination system was necessary. Laing completely agreed with this.
"The road ahead is full of danger. Laing, my champion, come, come to me." The Lake Fairy waved at Laing, motioning him to come closer.
"As you command, my lady."
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