Exciting and fun... It turns out that this seemingly old-fashioned Archon hides an out-of-the-box soul under his bloated body... Angel didn't know what to say, so he had to chuckle to cover up the embarrassment.
But Nast asked with interest:
"Does this mean you don't stop us, or even encourage us to take advantage of legal loopholes?"
As the "Madness Sorcerer" who makes the rules and Distorted Rules, he obviously cares about this.
"Your interpretation is 'taking advantage of loopholes.'" Goredolf raised the corners of his mouth slightly, causing his raised beard to sway. "I'm just saying that finding loopholes within the framework of the law is a test and update for the entire legal system, which is beneficial... Of course, it may not be for you who break the law."
This means that even if the law is temporarily unable to punish those who take advantage of loopholes, the consul will use his authority to punish them... Angel silently translated the other party's somewhat convoluted answer. After a while, he changed the topic and asked:
"I heard that a 'guest' who came to this city with us met you this morning? Has she left now?"
"Are you talking about the girl who looks underage but is actually Sequence 2...'Balancer'? She has left City Hall after registering as a resident. She also refused the accommodation assigned to her and said she wanted to go back to her own ship. She asked me to tell other visitors about this after waiting for them."
Goredolf replied with a thoughtful expression.
Angel noticed the pause in his words. He seemed not used to calling others by Beyonder's "Sequence" and Potion names. He knew Anne was Sequence 2 and did not use the honorific title.
It seems that he does not think that a Sequence 2 can cause any disturbance in this city. Sure enough, the one who supports the "consul" to manage this city is the Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristic left by "Night Emperor"... Angel guessed and immediately asked:
"Can I go find her later? Doesn't this violate some law, or the will of the 'Archon'?"
"Of course, this is normal social behavior," Goredolf smiled again on his fat face, "To be honest, you don't need to worry so much about any behavior that violates the law in your daily life. Apart from some measures to restrict Beyonder, City Law The laws of are not much different from those in the outside world, and are even more complete. Even if a misdemeanor is accidentally triggered, for the first time, warnings are the mainstay. In the past, many guests who accidentally entered this city were villains in the traditional sense, but after some 'transformation', they can all integrate into the system and become good and law-abiding citizens."
Reformation, I'm afraid, means imprisonment and physical punishment... Angel muttered, and suddenly heard Nast ask:
"How does the city do enforcement? Does it need a dedicated enforcement force? If so, I want my job to be about that."
Goredolf looked at the other party with a constant smile on his face, and after a moment he laughed and said:
"I am very pleased with your enthusiasm to contribute to the city, Mr. Nast, but this city does not need law enforcers. It is itself a law enforcer, monitoring everything, protecting everything... and punishing everything."
In his meaningful smile, both Angel and Nast remained silent.
After registering basic information in the office next door and getting the house address and keys assigned to him, Angel left City Hall.
She originally wanted to discuss the next plan with Nast, but the latter was in a hurry to go to the Archives Bureau to check the information of Beyonder who had come to "Dream City" before, and did not go with her.
This makes Angel more and more certain that "King of the Five Seas" is not looking for the Ghost Empire simply to obtain a copy of Sequence 2's characteristics, but for other purposes, such as looking for someone who has entered this city...
Seeing Nast leaving in a hurry, Angel shook his head, identified the direction at the road sign at the street intersection, and planned to find the lake where "Queen Anne's Revenge" was located, and then make next plans after meeting Anne.
But when her eyes fell on the window glass beside the street, she suddenly had an idea.
She planned to try how the "enforcers" mentioned by Archon Goredolf judged crimes and imposed punishments.
After all, the ultimate goal of Angel and others entering this city is to find the secret treasure of "Ghost Empire", especially several important Beyonder Characteristic, rather than actually settling here.
In the subsequent actions, she is very likely to violate Prohibition in City Law and be punished accordingly. If the intensity of "enforcement" is not clarified in advance, when she really wants to violate a felony, she may be caught off guard by the sudden punishment.
"Let's start with misdemeanors. If Goredolf did not deceive us, then most of the 'misdemeanors' will only be warned first, and then the real punishment will be, and it will not be too serious... Of course, this may be his Lies, but even a consul should not be able to violate the city's laws, and 'Deception others' itself is also a type of misdemeanor...
"Well, Instigation other people's crimes are serious crimes, so he just denied Nast's question and said that he did not encourage us to take advantage of legal loopholes..."
Angel muttered, suddenly realizing that Nast had been secretly inducing the "Archon" to break the law.
Demigod is worthy of being called "Lawyer" Pathway. It seems that he is secretly trying to "crack" the city's underlying rules in his own way so that he can follow up...
With a chuckle, Angel came to the window and reached out to touch the glass that reflected her blurry figure. The residents in the window looked over with curiosity, indulging in her beauty that looked like Angel through the glass. It wasn't until she turned around and left that they reluctantly looked back.
Of course, "Angel" who is on the street at this time is already a "stand-in" formed by using the shop window as a mirror. The real her has come to Mirror World, observing the outside world in a world that is more hazy and bleak than the outside world, and is careful not to let her body enter the "private domain", so as not to violate the regulations prohibiting intrusion into private homes in Spirit World and Mirror World.
After waiting for a moment, she did not feel any "warning" appear, which meant that she would not be punished for using Beyonder Ability in public places as long as it did not infringe on the rights of others.
Immediately, the "stand-in" standing on the street, his eyes flashing, performed a simple magic mirror divination, and the target was the resident who Angel didn't recognize in the window just now.
The close contact between the two just now gave her enough clues to obtain information about the other party's recent behavior through Spirit World.
There is no doubt that this is "peeping into other people's privacy."
The next second, Angel, who had just seen a divination scene in front of her eyes, felt a knife inserted into her head, stirring the fragile brain tissue inside. Pain burst out from the depths of her soul and quickly occupied her whole body, causing her to curl up in the weightless Mirror World and let out a suppressed scream.
In the outside world, the stand-in also became stiff in its movements in an instant. It did not feel the corresponding Affliction, but all its movements were restricted. Even the display window that was the basis of Mirror Magic became a little dim, with faintly visible cracks appearing in the four corners.
At this moment, Angel's body and avatar were both attacked by "Mental Piercing", and this one was obviously Beyonder of Saint level.'s attack was too much for Sequence 3 to bear, not to mention that the attack double's "Mental Piercing" was also strangely reflected on herself, causing her to suffer double damage!
Fortunately, this kind of attack that affected Spirit Body rather than the physical body came and went quickly. Angel quickly recovered after a scream, but the divination failed as expected.
"Is this a 'warning'? If it weren't for Demigod, being hit by such a 'Mental Piercing' would have been directly hit hard, which would be equivalent to a 'death penalty' for ordinary people without extraordinary power... Unless, this punishment power is to choose different strengths according to the target's Sequence, just to achieve the purpose of giving a warning without hurting others..."
After calming down, she began to try to analyze the attack she had just suffered.
"There is no way to avoid this kind of warning in Mirror World, and the blow comes quickly and accurately. Before my divination is completed, the punishment for 'peeping into privacy' has already arrived. Even the punishment for the substitute must be counted on me... No wonder Goredolf is confident that this city does not need law enforcers..."
After thinking about it carefully, she did not dare to test the bottom line of the law anymore, because even a misdemeanor includes various punishments such as detention after trial in the court, hard labor and other punishments. Depending on the accuracy of this invisible law enforcer, the next blow may directly knock her out. When she wakes up, she has been locked up in the police station, waiting for trial and conviction.
That would undoubtedly cause great trouble to her next actions.
After thinking about this, Angel replaced the avatar whose eyes were dull in place with his own body, returned to the real street, sighed secretly, and was about to find Anne, when he suddenly found a black four-wheeled carriage stopped at the door of the City Hall that he had just left. Two men and one woman, accompanied by a top hat Gentlemen holding a civilized stick, walked out of the carriage and entered the gate of the City Hall surrounded by Black Stone Pillar.
That's Klein... two Klein, and Duchess Georgina Augustus!
Angel immediately recognized the two men with exactly the same clothing and appearance as Klein dressed as "Gehrman" and his Marionette One of, changed out of her evening gown and wore a simple and elegant long skirt. The woman Golden Mask was also missing was Duchess, whom she had met several times as Christine.
Sure enough, these "guests" of Sequence 4 were also gathered together and came to see the consul... Angel's eyes stayed on the two "Gehrman" and found that even he could not tell which of the two was the real person and which was Marionette.
And divination is tantamount to "peeping into privacy"... Angel, whose head was still aching, just hesitated when he noticed that one of the Gehrman stretched out his right hand and pinched his collar with three fingers, as if he was adjusting his clothes to show respect before meeting the consul.
He found me...
Angel raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and did not disturb the small group of guests who entered City Hall. Instead, he sat quietly on the bench at the corner of the street, emptying his head and taking a rest.
Half an hour later, she reunited with Klein who had left City Hall and separated from Georgina for an excuse.