Chapter 599

Hearing Lu Mian's words, Franca was exceptionally curious:

"What is it that we can't see?"

"Are you sure you want to see? I'm afraid your mind will suffer a strong shock," Lu Mian asked in a teasing tone.

Franca pointed at herself and said with amusement:

"Me? I'm not a minor. My mind is very mature. What is there that I wouldn't dare to see? Heh, my experience is far richer than yours, little brother!"

Jenna nodded secretly, indicating that there was no problem with what Franca said.

Lu Mian didn't try to persuade them further. He left the apartment and went to the room he had previously rented under a fake identity to monitor himself.

Lugano was staying there with Ludwig.

Franca led Jenna and Anthony behind him, curled her lips, and muttered:

"I thought it was some big deal. Isn't it just finding your 'godson'? And talking about the mind suffering a shock..."

Lu Mian first signaled for Lugano to step aside temporarily, then took out two bloody pieces of matter from the "Traveler's Bag."

When pieced together, they formed a human shape.

Lu Mian looked at Ludwig without any change in expression and pointed at the two pieces of the "Mad Lady's" corpse:

"Can you eat this?"

Eat... Franca was stunned for a moment.

After her gaze swept back and forth between the already disgusting and gruesome two pieces of the corpse and Ludwig, who had the appearance of a little boy, she suddenly felt a wave of nausea, feeling that her mind had been polluted by the images she imagined.

That's right, after Lu Mian's "godson" eats a certain creature, he can obtain the corresponding knowledge or ability!

Humans are also a kind of creature, and memories are also a kind of knowledge!

Ugh, Franca couldn't help but retch, quite regretting her decision to come and watch the "cannibalism."

Moreover, she even knew the person being eaten; she had dealt with her before—it was the "Mad Lady"!

Jenna's face also wrinkled, as if she were suppressing the stomach acid that had suddenly churned. Anthony, a veteran who had seen many scenes of flesh and blood flying, also frowned subconsciously at this moment.

Ludwig carefully examined the two bloody pieces of the corpse Lu Mian was holding for a while, then slowly shook his head:

"Too dirty."

Dirty? Does that mean the Celestial Worthy's corruption is very severe, so even you don't dare to eat it for fear of something going wrong? Sigh, I can't obtain more intelligence on "Cis" now... Lu Mian threw the two pieces of the "Mad Lady's" corpse to the ground with some regret and condensed a ball of crimson-white fireball, throwing it over.

The fireball didn't explode; it just clung to the "Mad Lady's" corpse, burning and compressing it continuously, turning it into charred dust.

In the leaping firelight and the pervasive charred fragrance, Franca and Jenna both quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Mian pulled over a chair and sat down, saying to Ludwig, who was gnawing on a small cake:

"Isn't that person's arm dirty?"

This referred to "Loki."

"A little bit. The dirtiest part isn't the arm." Ludwig spoke as if he were commenting on which fish was poisonous and how it should be eaten.

Only then did Lu Mian get to the point:

"What did you obtain from that person's arm?"

"A portion of knowledge." Ludwig said while gnawing on a sponge cake covered in fresh cream, looking like he didn't want to be disturbed while eating.

Lu Mian pretended not to see and asked directly:

"What are they?"

Ludwig answered, sometimes clearly and sometimes vaguely:

"The sequence knowledge of his pathway... and two nouns... one is Delan... the other is Orville..."

Delan, the name of "Loki's" ancient castle? And what is Orville? Lu Mian's spirits lifted, and he interrupted Ludwig:

"Besides the nouns themselves, is there any related knowledge?"

Ludwig took the opportunity to take another bite of the cake, and only after chewing and swallowing did he say:

"No, but... these two nouns seem to be linked together. Orville should be a place name, and Delan is the name of the castle."

Linked together... place name... Delan Castle is in Orville? And where is Orville? Lu Mian turned his head to look at Franca, Jenna, and Anthony, and found that they all shook their heads slowly, indicating that they didn't know and hadn't heard of it either.

After a moment of contemplation, Lu Mian said in a deep voice:

"The most important thing for us next is to find intelligence related to Orville and Delan through our respective channels."

After receiving the "no problem" reply from Franca and the others, Lu Mian asked Ludwig again:

"Anything else?"

"Spirituality is quite rich, the quality is not bad. He doesn't like to drink strong liquor or drink heavily; he only sips champagne and occasionally has some coffee. He is a loyal supporter of tea leaves. He is in good health, has regular bowel movements, normal urination, and hates the smell of the restroom..." Ludwig recalled the information he had obtained from that half an arm.

Just as Franca was listening with great interest and Lu Mian wanted to interrupt, Ludwig finally said another piece of valuable knowledge:

"He has a Delan Castle, but he doesn't live inside it; he only returns occasionally. He is not the master of that place yet. Many areas there are not yet open to him. He recently opened a room and got a dark golden mask.

"That mask will bring him very powerful strength, but after wearing it, he will also encounter very terrifying things."

Is that dark golden mask a collection of the original owner of Delan Castle? A relic of a certain leader of the "Hermit Order"? Lu Mian nodded thoughtfully.

To him, this wasn't particularly important intelligence, because that dark golden mask had already been handed over to Mr. K, so he didn't need to worry about it.

After asking Ludwig for a while longer and confirming there were no more gains, Franca, Jenna, and Anthony prepared to return to Trier.

Of course, this was still to be done by Lu Mian sending them off; Franca couldn't bear to use one of the "Seven-Stone Bracelet" charges just yet.

"By the way." Lu Mian looked at her and thought for a moment. "Communicate with the people from the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun and see if they are willing to exchange the humanoid sealed artifact for the data and corresponding stories of that humanoid sealed artifact. We will try our best to facilitate this transaction."

When the "Bard" said he didn't know if he could be considered a human now, Lu Mian realized that he was very similar to that humanoid sealed artifact, only that he still retained his reason and sobriety and had a relatively independent fate. Otherwise, he could completely be called a walking "Grade 0" humanoid sealed artifact. Therefore, he had developed a certain curiosity about that humanoid sealed artifact and wanted to know what had happened to her and why she had become like this.

Franca nodded first, then instinctively said:

"But, uh, that lady only said it was possible to return it, not certain.

"We are also just trying our best to facilitate the transaction, not certain that we can succeed." Lu Mian laughed.

He quickly sent Franca, Jenna, and Anthony back to the Memorial Hall District of Trier, while he himself entered Aquinas Street, walking slowly among the citizens still immersed in the afterglow of the celebration, heading toward the Solo Hotel.

Half of the fifth floor of that hotel had collapsed, and the fourth floor was severely damaged. The owner, Ota, looked at such a scene, feeling both sad and helpless, to the point where he wanted to cry but couldn't.

Noelia of the Rose Redemption did not know when she had walked to the side of the great adventurer Louis Berry, who was looking at the Solo Hotel, and said in a very formal tone:

"Your companion said you would be responsible for the compensation."

Lu Mian took 10,000 gold Liso directly from the "Traveler's Bag" and handed it to Noelia.

Noelia glanced at his black coin purse and sighed sincerely:

"Good stuff."

This battle nun then counted the compensation:

"10,000 Liso? You could repair two hotels like that!

"How generous. It's no wonder you're the great adventurer who just received a bounty of 300,000 gold Liso recently."

Lu Mian did not respond to Noelia's teasing and said to himself:

"This comes from the reward for the commission from the Paco family."

"The Paco family..." Noelia gradually fell silent.

The old grandmother, the current family head, and the family head's wife of the Paco family had all died in this conflict.

Lu Mian continued to walk forward, moving through the crowd like he was taking a stroll.

In the afterglow of the dusk, he heard singing, heard the cries of seagulls, and heard the surrounding citizens excitedly discussing the events of the past few days:

"Did you see? This morning, the seagulls all came to worship the 'Governor of the Sea'!"

"Is this year's Sea Prayer Ceremony so successful?"

"Yes, there were also many vines growing like crazy at that time, and many people were so happy they fainted. This is the Mother Goddess's recognition of the Sea Prayer Ceremony!"

"No, no, that represents a bumper harvest, meaning this year's fish catch will fill one ship after another!"

"Praise the Earth, praise the Mother of All Things!"

"Praise the 'Governor of the Sea'!"

"..."

Although Lu Mian didn't know what method the Church of the Earth Mother had used to make the citizens mistake that large-scale occult encirclement this morning for the manifestation of a miracle, he could feel the happiness and joy in everyone's hearts here.

He thought leisurely:

"I don't know if the remaining committee members of the Fishery Guild have decided who will be the fake 'Governor of the Sea' yet. Hmm, the real Simon Giaro is the best candidate. However, it doesn't matter who acts as it this year. The power leaked from the spaceship has all been stolen by me. For the next year, or even two years, there won't be frequent disasters in this sea area, and the creatures in the ocean will also multiply faster because they have been 'watered'..."

"Hehe, in a sense, I am now the genuine 'Governor of the Sea,' for a limited time of one week..."

Among the joyful parade crowd and the numerous street vendors, Lu Mian casually found a bar and ordered a glass of Manzanilla without water and a large glass of locally produced deep golden wheat beer.

He placed that glass of Manzanilla opposite him on the small round table, picked up the beer himself, reached over to clink glasses, and then smiled as if talking to himself:

"Did you see it? Did you hear it? Their dance, their singing, and the sound of the fish schools multiplying."

"Isn't this the future you hoped for?"

After saying this, Lu Mian took a big gulp of the deep golden beer.

(End of chapter)