Chapter 820: Nicolas Romé of the [Empire's Twin Moons]

"Fatty, you're a bit abnormal huh, why are you so agitated?"

Although it's said seeing through but not speaking out.

But obviously, this kind of conventional thing was of no use in front of a witch with intense curiosity like Lan Qingyou.

"Could it be because there are some benefits you can obtain from this?"

Elisa also closely followed up with an extra stab.

After all, no matter what, the other party was a merchant, and what merchants valued most was benefits.

Under the circumstance of no benefits, that's just a conversation.

But if there are benefits, that's a collaboration.

So it's better to bring some things out into the open to say.

Arthur also no longer hid it.

He scratched his head and smiled.

"Actually it's nothing much, it's just that His Majesty the Third Emperor was very interested after learning about the mutation of these Britt Rats."

"So he promulgated a decree, that as long as it is someone who can solve the secret of this mutation, no matter who it is, they can obtain a Marquis title from the Empire."

"Although it is now His Majesty the Seventh Emperor in power, this decree has always been effective."

So that's how it is.

Now the two of them understood.

The reason this guy was so agitated turned out to be because of the title of nobility huh.

However... obviously such a simple question.

Why couldn't any of the Alchemists in this time and space figure it out?

You should know from the third emperor to the ninth emperor, over such a long time span, it shouldn't be that no one found out.

No...

Perhaps it was a relationship on another level?

For example, morality or something?

Heh...

Thinking of this word, Lan Qingyou almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

What Alchemists pursued was the truth called their 'own thesis'.

How other things were truly didn't have much relationship with them.

"Alright, since it's like this, there's nothing much to say."

After all, he was striving for his own sake.

People who strive are the most brilliant.

So Lan Qingyou, this amusement seeker who wanted to see 'brilliance', didn't mind telling the other party the answer she thought of.

"What is it?"

"Eating people, they mutated because they ate people."

Lan Qingyou shrugged.

When she appraised them earlier, it stated that the mutation was triggered by a certain virus.

Then.

Since they all knew the other party would eat people, then why couldn't it be poisoning.

This actually wasn't anything needing much scrutiny.

It was something one would know with a little thought.

However, after hearing Lan Qingyou's answer, Arthur opened his mouth, like a fish out of water unable to breathe, opening and closing.

This...

Was indeed a possibility he had never thought of.

No, it was a possibility no one had ever thought of.

Not right either.

When he was young he seemed to have heard someone thought of it... but there was no follow-up later.

Arthur scratched his head, not knowing what was best to say.

In the end he could only shake his head and let it go.

Forget it, wait until returning to the Imperial Capital to talk about this kind of thing.

What he needed now was a good rest.

After all, truly too many things happened today, his brain felt a bit like it couldn't process it all.

Groggy.

Regarding this, Lan Qingyou only revealed a smile of a successful prank.

And then there was no follow-up either.

Watching this, Elisa rolled her eyes continuously.

Thus, after finishing the meal, they each threw out their own Tents.

Wash up if needed, sleep if needed, absolutely not leaving the pressure until tomorrow.

...

And while the two of them were relaxing, the Imperial Capital hundreds of kilometers away in a straight line was a scene of brightly lit activity.

Although it wasn't yet the late night time for sleeping.

But normally it was absolutely not this lively today.

Originally, it was already past off-work time, but almost everyone actively chose to work overtime.

No helping it.

It wouldn't do not to work overtime.

Just this evening when they were preparing to get off work, a Meteorite suddenly fell from the horizon.

Originally, astronomical phenomena like this weren't a big deal.

At most it would be a bunch of Alchemists clamoring words like 'new materials are here again'.

But about half an hour later, a string of Meteorites suddenly descended from the sky.

That scene made the officials who had already packed up their desks and chairs and walked out of their offices couldn't help but stop in their tracks.

Meteor shower.

And such a dense meteor shower at that.

The most crucial thing was that according to the observations of Hawk Eyes, the crash site seemed to be very close to the Imperial Capital!

This really stirred up a hornet's nest.

You should know the population in the entire Imperial Capital alone was over ten million.

Among them were also the families and properties of many officials and nobles.

If something went wrong, wouldn't everyone have to go have nothing to eat?

So everyone wasn't in a hurry to get off work anymore either.

They were all waiting.

Waiting to see how His Majesty Emperor Sima IX planned to handle this matter.

After all, it was such a big matter, the Emperor would definitely take action.

When the time comes, they would definitely need to cooperate as well.

When the time comes, if people aren't there, wouldn't that directly slow down the process?

Of course.

Don't think they were all loyal people, it was nothing more than that this matter concerned their own vital interests.

That's why they were so active.

Otherwise who would be willing to work overtime!?

And this kind of voluntary overtime without any overtime pay at that.

Wasn't that just asking for trouble.

"So, you think this meteor shower is very likely not that simple?"

At this moment.

The 66-year-old Sima IX was sitting on the throne, looking at a certain 40-year-old middle-aged man wearing a white coat and a monocle below with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Yes Your Majesty."

"Evidence, guesses always need corresponding theories to support them, Nicolas, I think as one of the Empire's Twin Moons, you should be very clear on this point."

That's right.

This person wearing a monocle was none other than one of the people known as the [Empire's Twin Moons] — Nicolas Romé.

"Your Majesty, whether it's a Meteorite or a meteor shower, they will maintain a certain speed while moving during the falling process."

"But this meteor shower is a bit strange."

"Although it initially looked like an entire patch of meteor shower, each one's movement trajectory was different."

"And this state continued until they were about to hit the ground before unifying."

"This is fundamentally not a phenomenon that should exist in the natural world."

"So I believe there must be the possibility of some unnatural phenomenon intervening in this."

"So it is best to form an investigation team to conduct an investigation of the crash area."

Nicolas stood on the red carpet in the middle, stating his guessed reasons in front of the nobles and important ministers on the left and right sides of the red carpet.

Don't mention it.

Otherwise why would he be called one of the [Empire's Twin Moons].

Just those incomprehensible things like trajectories and phenomena were enough to convince everyone.

It's just that...

"According to the observation of Hawk Eyes, the crash area is very likely in the region of the Wailing Marsh, sending people over, will they repeat the same disastrous mistakes?"

Sima IX said with some worry.