Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

After the Tarot Gathering ended, Audis, as usual, stared at the ceiling for a while before getting up to take out the prepared mystical item shaped like a gauntlet, ready for trading.

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After completing the trades with "Justice" and "Hanged Man", Audis praised "The Fool" and counted his earnings for the day.

He got 800 pounds from trading the gauntlet with "Hanged Man", and later earned another 100 pounds for helping translate Ancient Elvish, making a total of 900 pounds.

In addition, he earned 1000 pounds from trading information with "Justice", bringing his total earnings from this Tarot Gathering to 1900 pounds.

Audis sighed, still far from his goal, and there were still many places where he needed to spend money.

He decided to wait until he received his share from "Namu Dance Hall" before considering discussing the trade of mystical items with "Mysterious Queen".

Today was Monday, time for checking the accounts again. Enoch and Manna's assistants came to submit their accounts one after another, and Audis agreed with Enoch that in a few days, he would send someone with the "special method" he had mentioned before to give Enoch's subordinates the ability to fight.

After dealing with the accounting issues, Audis called Kyna: "You have been working here for about two years and are already very familiar with all the work in the pharmacy."

"Recently, I need to go out frequently, so I am promoting you to manager of the pharmacy, temporarily raising your salary to 1 pound and 10 shillings. If you perform well, I will raise it to 2 pounds."

Audis paid his confidants the appropriate salary, but he would often give some extra rewards.

For example, when Kyna helped make "Flame Arrows", after they were completed, Audis gave him a reward of more than 1 pound, equivalent to a week's salary.

Kyna smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Gair, I will definitely take good care of the herbal medicine shop."

"Also, I need to find you an assistant," Audis said, "For the time being, the salary will be the same as when you first came as an apprentice, 12 shillings a week."

Kyna hesitated for a moment before asking in a pleading tone: "Mr. Gair, can I ask my sister to be my apprentice?"

Although the salary Audis offered couldn't compare to that of formal employees in large companies, it was timely and never in arrears.

Most importantly, as long as Kyna was willing to learn in the past two years, Audis was willing to teach. Currently, he basically understands the efficacy and extraordinary effects of most herbs, and having a skill is essential to gain a foothold in this big city.

Relatively speaking, Kyna was lucky. At a young age, he became the pillar of his family, the envy of his peers.

At the same time, he also knew that Mr. Gair had always maintained a rigorous attitude when recruiting employees, so he used a pleading tone to talk about this matter.

Audis paused slightly before saying, "Yes, but I must remind you, you should be very clear about how I deal with subordinates who have financial problems."

Kyna immediately said, "I know, we will definitely work hard."

Audis nodded, went to the backyard to get the "Combat Essentials" manuscript, and then took a taxi carriage to a remote post office.

Finding a place where no one was around, he turned his coat inside out and put on the mask of Lelouch.

The coat he was wearing had different colors inside and out, so a simple disguise was no problem.

Audis still didn't go to the post office himself, but spent 1 shilling to find a newsboy to help him send the manuscript to the reporter Mike through the post office.

After doing all this, Audis didn't return to Gair's Herbal Medicine Shop, but went to 66 Rose Street, the address of the wizard "Gandalf".

Before the wizard's potion was completely digested, he would basically stay here.

But considering that it was very inconvenient to return to his current residence in the image of a wizard, in order to create the illusion that "Gandalf" lived here, he also set up a "teleportation array" between his current residence and "Gandalf's" residence.

The "Ahona Crystal" used in this teleportation array was the crystal that previously connected his residence to 176 Riverbend Avenue, which Audis had recovered at the time.

However, the gemstone of that array could no longer be used. Audis purchased some smaller gemstones and many extraordinary materials, spending hundreds of pounds in total, and drew a new array.

After drawing it, Audis sighed in his heart: This is a necessary expense, I hope the wizard "Gandalf" can recover the cost as soon as possible.

Audis tried the array and returned to his residence by the way.

He wasn't worried that the members of "Heart of Machinery" would lose track of him, because the members of "Heart of Machinery" knew that he had a way to achieve teleportation within a small range.

Max also inquired about this array, but after taking it back to study it, he found that the cost was also very high, the teleportation distance was limited, and it also needed maintenance.

The final conclusion was that it was too troublesome, and it was better to use the corresponding sealed artifacts.

So the rich and powerful Church of the God of Steam and Machinery simply didn't like Audis's research.

Ding-ling-ling~

Just as Audis was making dinner, the doorbell suddenly rang.

Audis saw that it was already dark outside. He first picked up the cane by the door before looking out the window.

With the light of the street lamp, Audis saw a carriage with the "Storm Emblem" on the street.

He sighed, what should come, will eventually come.

Audis still maintained enough vigilance, opened the door, and said with a smile: "Hello."

The person outside was Conatt, the deacon of the "Punishers" who had lost a lot of weight. In addition to him, there were also two members of the "Punishers" and a member of the "Heart of Machinery" team.

For nearly a week, the "Punishers" had exhausted all kinds of methods, but had not been able to find any clues about Lelouch.

Whether in Backlund or in the surrounding areas, no one had witnessed Lelouch.

For such a result, there were already two very mature guesses within the "Heart of Machinery".

The first was that Lelouch used a sealed artifact with "travel" to leave. After leaving Backlund, he didn't know where he was hiding.

The second was that Lelouch took off his mask. Lelouch had never shown his true face. Conatt guessed that Lelouch usually didn't wear a mask. After setting a fire in the arena, he took off his mask and returned to himself.

But this encountered another problem. Simon and several other people who had seen Lelouch's true face were dead, and no one knew what Lelouch looked like.

In theory, such cases usually end here, after all, there is no way to investigate further. Backlund has a population of 5 million, and Lelouch is not necessarily among these people.

However, the conservative faction of the Backlund political circles has been putting pressure on the Storm Church, hoping that they will solve the case as soon as possible.

Without error, first look at the first inner and outer appearance!

The Storm Church could only let Conatt continue to investigate, so this deacon of the "Punishers" still hadn't found any clues after running around for about a week.

At this time, he remembered that according to Simon's subordinates, he had seen Audis in the underground boxing ring.

Conatt didn't know that Audis was the "leader", and he hadn't dealt with this herbal medicine shop owner, but he knew that Audis was an informant of "Heart of Machinery".

Theoretically speaking, Conatt wouldn't know the informant of another official extraordinary organization. He knew Audis because this was also a "well-known informant" among official extraordinaries.

Although Audis was not as famous as the "leader", the herbal medicine shop he opened not only came into contact with some mystery enthusiasts, but also came into contact with some extraordinaries, so he also provided many valuable clues for "Heart of Machinery".

Of course, "Heart of Machinery" didn't advertise that they had such an informant everywhere. Conatt knew about this young herbal medicine shop owner through some high-level documents.

Anyway, there were no other clues. Conatt decided to find something to do for himself, otherwise it would be difficult to explain to the nobles.

So he inquired about Audis's address from "Heart of Machinery" and paid a visit at night, letting the nobles know how dedicated he was.

To be cautious, "Heart of Machinery" also sent an ordinary team member to come along, one to prevent Conatt from putting too much pressure and arresting people randomly, and the other to prevent the "Punishers" from interrogating with extraordinary means.

They knew very well that Audis couldn't withstand such interrogation.

Conatt explained his intentions, saying that he wanted to ask Audis some questions.

Audis was prepared for this. After inviting a few people in, he began the question and answer session.

Audis had ample alibi. He said that he had delivered several herbs to a viscount that day, and that he had collected those herbs for a long time. The viscount was very happy after receiving them, so he asked the butler to invite Audis to have dinner.

Conatt immediately sent someone to verify, and half an hour later, he received a reply: such an event did indeed happen.

Audis's suspicion was thus cleared.

Of course, that noble wouldn't be kind enough to provide a false testimony for Audis. He was willing to do so only because Audis had mastered a scandal of that viscount that was enough to ruin his reputation and lose his title.

In fact, the intelligence network that Audis had buried among the nobles using "Namu Dance Hall" was the most important and crucial.

The noble scandals he mastered were more than just one or two, but he would not use them easily, and he would also keep the secret for the parties involved, with good credibility.

In addition, the people who collected intelligence and the people who came to threaten were not the same group of people, so it was difficult for the nobles to find out who had leaked their news.

Conatt was left with only a few questions: "You have a fixed income, why do you still participate in underground boxing matches?"

“Because I’m looking for opportunities to practice,” Audistan said plainly. “I’ve learned some fighting techniques, but I haven’t had a chance to put them into practice.”

“Then how did you manage to get three consecutive wins?”

Audis smiled and said, “Because my opponents were too weak.”

Connaught re-examined Audis, nodding with a hint of realization. This was an extraordinary individual; that's why he said his opponents were too weak.

Originally, the matter should have ended there, but Connaught asked a question that Audis found difficult to answer: “Where did you learn to fight?”