Mystery: Start with the Reader

The latest website: On Sunday morning, Mr. Harvey, the housekeeper of "Fragrant Manor", and a group of employees saw the beautiful Miss Helene with long black hair. They all "remembered" that the employer's personal maid was I was seasick and couldn't attend yesterday's dinner.

However, although this young lady is called a maid, Harvey and the others dare not really treat her as a maid just because of how much Mr. Brian attaches importance to her.

Only the guide, Wen Te, was a little strange. Such a good-looking lady walked with him, and he didn't notice it yesterday...

However, he quickly made it up to him that he had been serving Mr. Blaine wholeheartedly, so he didn't pay attention to other things.

The so-called Miss Haleen is naturally Elaine. While she was dutifully playing the role of "maid", she looked at Abner who was leading the guide out of the gate with some complicated eyes.

When she signed the "notarial deed" last night, she knew that the terrifying man was actually the famous "Heroic Detective" Abner Brayne!

Speaking of which, when she was telling various stories to Tracy on the "Black Death", she also talked about this legendary Mr. into the hands of the other party, and had to become his maid...

It made her even feel like she was having an absurd dream.

No... aren't the things I encounter all so absurd? Going back a year, how could I ever have thought that I could become... that kind of relationship with "Vice Admiral Disease"?

Sighing, the newly promoted "personal maid" Miss Elaine started the first task assigned by Detective Brian: to check and sort out the accounts of the manor, and to make statistics on expenditures and incomes...

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On the other hand, after throwing the trifles to Elaine, Abner asked the guide Winter to take him to the herbal store in Bayam City and securely traded for the materials he needed to buy.

Winter is worthy of being an excellent guide recommended by the "service company". Although he himself is not an Extraordinary, he has a certain degree of understanding of mysterious people and mysterious objects—although those understandings are extremely shallow in Abner's view, the more important Yes, he knew where there might be occult stuff for sale,

Under his guidance, Abner used some small tricks, and quickly managed to infiltrate a local Extraordinary party, and bought some of the materials needed to decorate the "Teleportation" altar.

This Extraordinary party is at the Fragrant Leaf Bar,

There are many pirates, informants, and adventurers active here, and it is the first choice for inquiring information and purchasing supplies.

It is worth mentioning that at the party, Abner also met a fat pharmacist who was trying his best to promote the "Mummy Powder Potion"... Although he didn't see the other person's face, but the familiar body shape, the familiar way of speaking, All of them showed that that person was Darkwell.

I remember that in the original novel, after leaving Backlund, Darkwill was selling medicine opposite the famous "Red Theater" in Bayam...

Staring at the back of the fat pharmacist going away, Abner pinched his chin thoughtfully, but did not follow up to recognize him. Next, he called Winter, who was waiting nearby, to go to the machinery company to buy workshop components such as cylinders and gears.

As for the core "steam engine", since Bayam's side is all local outdated models, Abner plans to wait for the Tarot Club to ask several members in Backlund to purchase it.

After some purchases, Abner, who spent nearly 1,000 gold pounds, transported the purchased items back to the "Fragrant Manor", and asked the housekeeper, Mr. Harvey, to empty the basement and prepare for the construction workshop and the "Teleportation" altar. get ready.

Seeing him come back, Yi Lian was just about to report her statistics for today, but at this moment, Abner suddenly received a request from "Lieutenant General Iceberg" Edwina to "go into a dream", so he had to let Yi Lian Lian waited for a while, and he himself returned to the bedroom, and entered the "Dream Labyrinth Tower" through the "Dream Gate" branded on the back of his hand.

In the large library-type "lounge" belonging to Abner, as soon as Edwina's figure appeared, she said to Abner with shining eyes:

"I've already set up the altar for the 'Edwards-Bryan Teleportation Technique' on the 'Golden Dream', you can try 'Teleportation' here."

After a few days of perfection, the "Teleportation Technique" developed by Abner and Edwina has been initially finalized. It requires a special "Teleportation Charm" to cooperate with the "Teleportation Altar". The person holding the "Teleportation Charm" can After casting the "teleportation technique", perform a "spiritual shuttle" and arrive at the location of the "altar".

Of course, different altars have different "ciphertexts". When using the "teleportation technique", if the ciphertext provided by the caster is incorrect, the teleportation will not be successful.

In addition, although relatively cheap materials have been constantly replaced, the current cost of a single teleportation altar still needs 350 pounds... Fortunately, the altar can be reused, even if it is frequently disassembled and reassembled, it can be used for more than a year.

However, the "Teleportation Charm" is a consumable item, and it will be consumed every time it is teleported. Its production cost is about 80 pounds...

Considering that the subsequent teleportation may be very frequent, this is not a small fee... Fortunately, Abner thought of a tricky way. He created it in a "Dream Labyrinth" scene, and then used " The rule of "Perfect Clearance" added the "Teleportation Charm" made by oneself to the "Exchange List".

In this way, as long as you pay points, you can bring the "tale" into reality for a short time. Although it is only a few minutes, it is enough to complete the "teleportation".

Recalling the various difficulties encountered in the process of perfecting the "teleportation technique", Abner glanced at his remaining points, and asked with a smile, "Where is the Golden Dream at present?"

If it's too far away from Bayam, let's talk about it after I build the altar.

"Near Cronas Island in the southeast of Bayam..." Edwina frowned slightly and added, "For some reason, the Church of the Storm's fleet has been patrolling around Bayam since last night. ..."

And at sea, the people who are most unfriendly to her are the people from the Church of Storms.

"Cronus Island..." Abner thought for a while, and felt that he could accept it. At least if he "swimmed" with all his strength, he would be able to come back before dinner, so he nodded and told Edwina that he would leave immediately. to try.

However, just when Edwina was about to return to reality to prepare, Abner seemed to remember something and stopped her.

Edwina stopped the "secret technique" that made her "wake up", and asked calmly, "What else is there?"

"Do you have a way to receive a bounty from a great pirate?" Abner asked.

Hearing this, Edwina looked over with light blue eyes as clear as spring water, and asked after two or three seconds of silence, "Who is it?"

"'Mithor the Whisperer'."

"Okay... you can bring him here together." Edwina nodded and said.

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