"Black Cat"

Opera District, Lombard Street.

This street is famous for selling candies, and you can see candies of various colors everywhere.

Mechanical Café is located at the bottom of Lombard Street, next to a small candy store Factory.

Its appearance is unremarkable. Even if you look through the row of Glass Window, you can't see any connection with machinery. The black Triangular Holy Emblem on the heavy Wooden Door is probably the only thing that can make people think of "machine".

Lumian pushed the Deep Brown-colored door and found that it was motionless, as if it was locked from the inside.

He observed briefly and pulled the doorbell hanging on the secondary window.

In the ding-ding-dong-dong sound, Lumian heard the slight collision of metal and saw the door slowly push back.

There is a mechanical arm fixed on its back. This metal creation extends to the bar counter and looks more like a decoration.

While Lumian was looking at the environment here, he approached the corner of Café. There were two single-legged tables stacked there, with five or six people sitting around them.

The most eye-catching one is a middle-aged man with red hair. His skin is very white with powder, and there is a circle of black lines around his eyes, which makes his brown-red eyes even deeper.

He has no beard and wears an open brown velvet jacket and a red shirt without a tie, which is both refined and casual.

This is exactly what Lumian is looking for Puyfer"Count", a member of Intis's former royal family Sauron Family.

He inherited his father's rich inheritance and did not enter politics, nor join the army, nor become a businessman. He has always been involved in various art circles as a literary critic, and the most common place to see him is at the "Black Cat" party.

Lumian left Past and asked with a smile, "Are you Count Puyver?"

Puyfer·Soren looked up at him and asked in a relaxed tone, "Are you the friend Martin said?"

"Yes, Charles·Dubois." Lumian was not restrained and directly pulled up a chair and sat down.

Puyfer looked him up and down and said with a satisfied smile, "Yes, he is a beautiful friend.

"What do you like most, Oil Painting, sculpture, poetry, or music?"

"Novel." Lumian answered without hesitation.

Puyfer stretched his body, pointed at the short, fat middle-aged man diagonally opposite and said, "Anoli, the most literary writer in recent years."

That erotic writer who forgot that his purpose was to write Humanity? Lumian naturally thought of Aurora's evaluation of this novelist.

His early works showed Humanity with love, and he became more and more obsessed with the former. If it were not for official control, Aurora believes that he would have written an erotic novel similar to "The Monk Who Chased Dogs".

Of course, Lumian doesn't care about Humanity, he just likes to see those embellishments.

"Your novels make me grow." He said to Anoli from the bottom of his heart.

The black-haired, blue-eyed Anoli smoked Pipe and said, "Fortunately, you didn't say you liked my "Death of the Pioneer"."

"Death of the Pioneer"... isn't that the work of Adri? Well, Aurora said that the spellings of the two writers' names are similar and they are often confused...Lumian asked with some understanding, "Are you talking about the Adri who is supported by the government and gets a salary of tens of thousands a year, but can only write a bunch of Dog Shit?"

Anoli burst out laughing:

"This sentence is worth a glass of Absinthe!"

As he spoke, he patted the silver-gray metal Button on the one-legged table in front of him three times in a row.

Count Puyver also admired the performance of Lumian and introduced several other members of the "Black Cat" organization:

They are Painter Maren who looks Paleness tired, the literary critic Anyong who looks slightly mean, and Poet Ilett who is holding a cherry Peach Wood smoking gun.

Lumian had just finished a round of greetings when he saw the iron-colored surface of Anoli's one-legged table suddenly cracked and bloomed like a flower.

At the "stamen", a cup of green Absinthe with a dreamy luster is placed on a tray, placed in a mechanical elevator, and slowly rises.

Writer Anoli picked up the glass of wine and threw Silver Coin worth 1 Felkine into the tray.

The mechanical lift sank smoothly, causing the cracked metal surface to close, and the one-legged table returned to its original appearance.

Anoli pushed Absinthe to Lumian and said with a smile, "For what I said just now!"

It's really Mechanical Café... Lumian got to know this place again.

He turned his attention to the wide and thick leg of the table, believing that it should be hollow and connected to the pipes buried underground.

After taking a sip of Absinthe and feeling the familiar bitterness, Lumian looked at the one-legged table again:

"No change?"

"Here, one cup of Absinthe costs 1 Felkine." Anoli said with a smile.

Is this too expensive? Breeze Ballroom and Basement Bar only sell 7 Rick, and the quality is about the same... Lumian silently complained.

1 Felkine is equal to 20 Rick.

At this time, the painter Mullen, who looked pale as if he had not slept for a long time but was absolutely handsome, took a sip of coffee and said, "I heard that an elephant came to the Trier Zoo. It is a very rare animal."

The short and fat Anoli muttered, "What's the point of talking about an elephant? Don't you think it's meaningless?"

Count Puyver laughed: and Library

"Then let's talk about the contradiction between the parliament and the two Churchs, the senior government officials who can't do anything well, the abominable censorship of publications, and the spies who are hovering around us like Hyenas?"

Anoli sighed helplessly:

"Let's talk about the elephant."

While the other members of the "Black Cat" organization laughed, Count Puyver raised his right leg and said, "Since we have new friends, why not play a game involving Mysticism."

A game involving Mysticism? Lumian's eyebrows moved.

"What game?" asked Poet Ilett, who took a long puff of smoke.

Count Puyver smiled and said, "It's a game to eat King Cake."

Seeing that everyone else looked puzzled, Count Puyver said funnyly, "You all have no childhood or family, so haven't you ever played this game?"

"The rules of the game are to cut King Cake into equal parts, the quantity is Participant plus 1, and the larger piece is dedicated to someone Deity we believe in or someone we admire through Ritual Ancestors, among the rest, there is a piece hiding broad beans or Coins. Whoever bites it is the king today and can order other Participant to do anything. Of course, it must be within a certain extent."

The part involving Mysticism is on the sacrifice of the redundant King Cake? Lumian glanced at Anoli, Maren and others who were eager to try, wondering if there was Beyonder among them.

Of course, just from the outside, they look nothing alike.

In just ten seconds, Count Puyver's proposal received a response from everyone except Lumian.

He began to tap the corresponding Button on the one-legged table, and told the kitchen to send a piece of King Cake the corresponding number of times.

It is said to be a dessert that became popular during the Sauron Dynasty period.

Within Saint Robles Church Underground, Inquisition.

Valentine, Imre and other Purifier gathered in Deacon Angoulême's office.

Angoulême, who was wearing a light Golden shirt and light white trousers, picked up the file in his hand and said, "It has been confirmed that Red Princess District No. 50 Vincent Street that Corpse belongs to the wanted former Priest Guillaume·Béné, please remember to find Police Headquarters to remove the wanted order for Market District."

This case is not managed by Market District's "Purifier". Valentine just knew about such a thing, and now it has finally been confirmed.

Wearing a blue formal jacket, he looked at Angoulême and said, "Deacon, have you found out who killed Guillaume·Béné?"

"There are no suspects at the moment." Blond Hair Angoulême, who has golden eyebrows and golden beard, said after looking at the file, "What is certain at present is that there are obvious traces of Flames being burned at the scene, and Guillaume·Béné has a high probability of dying from Witch's Curse."

"At least Sequence 7's 'Hunter' and Witch? Such a combination is rare." The mixed-race Imre was quite surprised.

As far as he knows, most of "Witch" and "Pathway" are in the hands of the Witch Family, which is the Concealment organization that is not weak and does not need to cooperate with others.

"Less doesn't mean none." Angoulême retorted.

As Deacon of "Purifier", he can read files with higher confidentiality, and his experience is richer than that of Imre, Valentine and others, and he even personally Execution ed two members of the Witch Family.

Valentine frowned and thought for a moment, "Could it be Lumian Li who did it?

"He has plenty of motivation."

"But he doesn't have enough strength." Imre shook his head, "It's only been a long time since he left Cordou Village. How could he have been promoted to 'Pyromaniac'? He's not afraid of Loss of Control? Moreover, according to your description, even if it is 'Pyromaniac', it is definitely not the opponent of Guillaume·Béné."

Valentine sticks to his guess:

"That's why he needs Witch's help.

"Will he join Witch Family for revenge and transform into 'Witch' in the future?

"If this is the case, things will be very troublesome. Lumian·Li has a very serious problem hidden in him, and you said that Witch Family is keen on spreading Calamity."

Angoulême nodded:

"This really needs to be paid close attention to. I will report it to you. At the same time, we will step up the investigation of the suspicious persons Market District."

After making the decision, he Soothing Valentine said a few words:

"Don't be too nervous. The people who have the motive to kill Guillaume·Béné are not only Lumian·Li, but also the powerful Bounty Hunter, the official member of 'Aurora Order', and Gifted of other Evil God."

Valentine said "hmm", indicating that he understood it very well.

After discussing several extraordinary cases that needed to be handled recently, Valentine and Imre walked out of Deacon's office, passed by Charlie who was learning how to use Mechanical Typewriter, and walked towards Tunnel which led to Saint Robles Church.

"Tell me, why did that prospective Witch take the initiative to find us? What valuable information did she discover?" Imre started to communicate with his teammates with some curiosity.

Valentine thought for a moment and said, "Could it be the death of Guillaume·Béné?"

Imre was startled for a moment:

"You mean, she came into contact with the Witch Family?"

Without waiting for Valentine to respond, Imre shook his head:

"Impossible, Witch Family hates Women'Assassin'. Once they encounter it, they will definitely be eliminated."