Chapter 2385: Life Trajectory

Margaret agreed with Xia De's thoughts:

"His choice after graduation was indeed strange, and regarding this point, I can only give you a guess."

She lowered her voice again:

"I'll tell you, but don't tell a third person... It is said, yes, just said, that on the night near Mr. Albert's graduation, he was called out of the dormitory provided by the medical school, and someone saw him board a carriage."

The blonde Princess sighed again, her expression somewhat pitiful:

"Well, I will marry you sooner or later, so there is nothing to hide from you. His suspected father, that cousin of mine, talked to him. This was two months after his mother, Ms. Albert, passed away. I don't know if this incident prompted him to stay away from Willondale, or for some other reason; it is likely related to my cousin, Count Zeppelin.

In short, Ptolemy Albert, who graduated from St. York Medical School in Willondale at the age of 26, voluntarily applied to become a military doctor, and then he passed the review at once, and thus crossed the ocean to the other side of the world."

For people living in the Old Continent, if the Archipelago Kingdom of Keiragly is a very distant neighbor, then the New World is the "end of the world" that one will never go to.

"Then what about his story in the New World? Just living as an ordinary military doctor, receiving praise from friends and superiors, and then coming back?"

Xia De asked again, and when he bent down to pick up the remaining documents, he was surprised to find that Margaret had unknowingly sat on his lap.

The blonde Princess happily reached out to help him pick up the documents:

"He spent 8 years in the New World. Judging from the information sent so far, there are not many stories in it. Just as you said, everyone thinks he is very upright, even upright to the point of being old-fashioned. Oh, look at this, you will probably be interested."

Margaret handed over a handwritten investigation report. While Xia De was reading, Margaret curled up in his arms and summarized in a low voice:

"That was the fifth year after Ptolemy Albert arrived in the New World. His unit received orders to cooperate with several special clergy from the Church of Peace to go deep into the unexplored dense forest in the valley to find mineral deposits.

Although the army had not explored it, the Church's Ringed Shushis had actually walked through it once and determined that there was no problem there. But that operation still went wrong. The report said they encountered unknown wild animals, but according to the hidden investigation report I got, they encountered a dragon."

Xia De was looking at the very blurry photo tucked into the report. This photo did indeed capture something strange. But if Margaret hadn't said it, Xia De himself wouldn't have been able to imagine that the glowing thing was a dragon:

"Margaret, the report only says that they finally paid a heavy price in casualties before escaping... there is nothing after that."

"This is the public report, but the result in the file stored by the Grey Gloves that I couldn't get photocopied is that only 16 out of the 58-person team escaped. But two days later, 8 people, including Ptolemy Albert, miraculously walked out of the dense forest and survived.

The Church certainly suspected that there was a problem, especially where that dragon came from. But later, no traces of a giant dragon were found in that area; instead, traces of extremely terrifying concentrations of miraculous elements were found."

She said while wrapping her arms around Xia De's neck, sniffing gently, curious about what perfume Xia De used when he took a bath.

"In other words, that dragon might not be a dragon, but something even stranger."

Xia De frowned slightly; there were too many secrets in the New World. For example, the 【Founding · Death】 obtained by Joey Barton, according to his statement, was discovered from the hands of a bronze skeleton after he fell into an ancient ruin outside Umur Town in the southern part of the New World.

"Maybe it was during his time in the New World that he came into contact with the secrets of the Ancient Gods."

Xia De said softly, and Margaret continued to summarize the information:

"Ptolemy Albert's experience in the New World is not very interesting. You can read those boring service reports yourself later.

Next is his return to the Old Continent after retiring from the army. Oh, the reason he retired was not because of punishment or anything else; it was his own request. As for the reason, we don't know either.

He did not choose to return to Willondale, but temporarily stayed in the city where he disembarked, which is Moon Bay City, and has lived there for ten years until now. Perhaps you know that he still doesn't have his own house and currently rents in Herring Street in the Lower City, which is the street where you are looking for that diamond.

This ascetic-like bachelor has no hobbies that cost money. Although he plays cards, he doesn't play fiercely. It's not entirely because of Moon Bay's housing prices that he hasn't been able to buy a house in ten years. He often goes to orphanages or churches to donate money, which is easy to investigate."

"Has he had any plans to get married all these years? Has there been any suitable marriage partner around him?"

Xia De asked while hugging the Princess, and the latter shook her head slightly:

"Before that incident at the Moon Bay Medical School, his profession was very decent, but there was no ambiguous partner at that time. After the incident, he became a coroner, a profession that girls wouldn't like. Oh, do you know about that incident at the medical school?"

"I know, I heard it from Mrs. Dubois."

Mrs. Dubois was also a local blood-sucking species and was once Mr. Albert's student. Xia De was entrusted by Mr. Albert to help him notify other blood-sucking species in Moon Bay when the situation was dangerous, and he met this lady:

"I remember the story I heard at the time was that the school lost a female student, but the police investigation had no results and it was left unsettled. At that time, it was rumored that the missing person was kidnapped by someone from the Eddington family. So the students protested collectively, and then it involved school reform and the stationing of the Kingdom Navy in Moon Bay. Mr. Albert supported them and participated in the suspension activities, and then he was dismissed."

Margaret nodded:

"Although the truth of the matter is that the missing person just went to Delarion for a trip with her family without notifying anyone. But this matter involved a very wide range, even involving the Grey Eagle."

She lay in Xia De's arms, biting her lip to keep herself from making strange noises, so Xia De stopped his movements:

"What? Grey Eagle?"

"When the medical school incident happened, it was just when Moon Bay City was making a fuss about independence, otherwise the students wouldn't have made such a big fuss. My knight, if you calculate the time, you can guess that your dear 'uncle' was in Moon Bay at that time."

Xia De really didn't realize this:

"You don't mean to say that the missing female student was military intelligence again?"

"Why do you say 'again'? Oh, you don't have to stop... Of course not. Even if MI6 is powerful, it won't have spies everywhere. In fact, she was a spy for the Grey Gloves. Oh, lighter~"

"Sorry, sorry, what?"

The blonde Princess leaned her cheek against Xia De's chest and used her teeth to bite open the button on the collar of his shirt:

"Nothing much. At that time, Moon Bay really had an independence tendency, and it was almost about to hold an independence vote. MI6 and the Grey Gloves were fighting fiercely in Moon Bay. Although I don't know what role that girl who returned after disappearing played, she was indeed called away to perform an emergency mission.

So the Moon Bay Police Department left it unsettled after a hasty investigation. After all, this matter could not be investigated carefully, and she would come back herself before long, and this matter ended. But I didn't expect it to trigger further changes. The information says that the subsequent things might have been triggered by MI6."

"In other words, the kind-hearted Mr. Albert was just swept into an undercurrent that even he couldn't see clearly?"

Xia De was half-sighing and half-surprised. The blonde Princess, curled up like a cat, said "Hmm~":

"His life situation after that was very rough. Ptolemy Albert left the school and did not look for teaching or medical professions again. Finally, he became a coroner belonging to the local police station. Although he was dismissed at the time, because of his high academic qualifications and rich experience, it was not difficult to find this job. His daily life is very simple, but he has many friends. Upright and kind people are always good at making friends."

Regarding the general life course of Coroner Mr. Albert, Xia De now roughly knows it. Mr. Albert, who is likely an illegitimate child, has lived for more than forty years and seems to be constantly teased by fate.

During his school days, his father existed but they couldn't meet. In his youth, his mother died early, and he stayed away from his hometown for various reasons. In middle age, he clearly wanted to settle down, but he was involved in historical trends that had nothing to do with him and was slapped on the shore by a big wave.

Xia De could not evaluate other people's stories. He could only say that everyone is a book, and every book has experiences that others cannot imagine or speculate. And from these experiences, Xia De could also roughly understand some of Mr. Albert's current actions. He even admired this gentleman a little; at least he had never given up on his own ideas.

Margaret brought a lot of information, so after she finished summarizing, Xia De was not in a hurry to leave but hugged the Princess and continued to read, and then talked with her about the information on 【Eternal Light】 collected by the Occult Society provided by Old John.

He came at two o'clock in the afternoon, and it was almost five o'clock when he left.

And after Xia De left, Miss Sylvia walked into the study with a smile, looking at Margaret who was preparing to get up to change clothes.

"Good afternoon, Teacher Sylvia."

She greeted while leaning on the back of the sofa, a little afraid to look into the witch's eyes:

"When did you come back?"

"About half an hour ago... I should praise you, Margaret. You are more patient than I imagined." ===== CHAPTER 2386 =====