Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1184 Yanan
The next day, Derrick led a team on a journey to the newly emerged city.

Having a new "neighbor" on this island far away from the northern and southern continents and with inconvenient transportation is a good thing for New Silver City. Not only can it help those idle Beyonders in the city find some work to do, but it can also help them exchange what they have and find a market for the fish, grains, and fruits produced in New Silver City.

You know, the original residents of Silver City and Moon City added up to several thousand people. Some of them stayed in the local area to maintain the operation of the city, fishing, farming or small-scale breeding. Some went to the "Dream City" Patis, and found jobs that could support themselves under the arrangement of the governor there. They even listened to the advice of the "Hanged Man" in the Tarot Club and organized several mercenary teams to go to the southern continent to be hired by the local colonial government to quell the chaos after the world war.

But even so, many residents of New Silver City still cannot find suitable jobs.

There may be some opportunities in this new city, but first we have to figure out how it appeared on this island overnight... Didn't Miss "Queen" notice this abnormality?
As a new council member, the youngest elder who communicates most with the outside world, Derrick decided to go to that city to test it out first.

In addition to several teammates who had collaborated with him many times to explore the God-Forsaken Land, he was also accompanied by another elder, the "Black Knight" Lovia Tiffany.

Several people boarded a ship from the port of New Silver City and sailed around to the other side of the island. They saw a lighthouse standing on the reef and a small port behind it.

"It is impossible for such a lighthouse to appear overnight. Either the description in the newspaper is quite exaggerated, or it must be a supernatural power."

Lovia, who hid her long silver-gray hair under her hood, squinted her eyes and observed for a moment, then commented.

"I think it was the eye-catching reports. People from other places' opinions about the New Silver City skyrocketed overnight, but it actually took us a whole month."

Derrick replied, commanding the boat to go around the lighthouse and dock at the port. Several "advance team members" filed down and soon met the first person.

Fortunately, it was a human, not something else... Derrick, who had seen too many strange things in the God-Forsaken Land, muttered to himself. He looked around and saw that Luo Weiya seemed to be distracted. The other team members had a natural fear of people who came into contact with the outside world. He had no choice but to step forward and said to the middle-aged man who was two heads shorter than him:
"We are from the 'New Silver City' on the other side of the island. May I ask where this port belongs to?"

The man was wearing a simple linen shirt and wide-leg pants, and a wide-brimmed hat to block the sun. His skin was rough and dark, and he had obviously been working at the seaside for a long time. He tried to look up at the several half-giants who were like a hill and Lovia, who was half a head taller than him. He paused for a moment on the latter's cold face and introduced:

"This is Yharnam Port, which belongs to Yharnam City. My name is Theodore, and I am the manager of this port."

Without waiting for Derrick to respond, Theodore continued:

"Are you from the New Silver City? This morning, several ships from Patis went to the wrong place, thinking this was your port."

That was because originally this island only had two ports, and no matter which direction you went around the coast from, you could reach the other one... So, this "Yharnam City" really just appeared, otherwise it would have been discovered by passing ships long ago... Derrick thought about it, exchanged a few words with the not-so-enthusiastic manager, asked for the direction of Yharnam City, and then walked out of the port and headed towards the city not far away.

It was not until the small port disappeared from sight and only the lighthouse stood on the coastline that Derrick turned his head to look at Lovia:
"Is there something wrong with that person just now?"

"He looks no different from a normal person. If I can parasitize him with my flesh and blood, maybe I can find deeper problems."

The "Black Knight" replied.

That might lead to hostility from this city, and we have no idea whether there are saints or angels here... Dalek knew very well that he couldn't use the "God-forsaken Land" methods in the outside world. He shook his head silently and led the team along the newly paved cement road, bypassing a small hill and arriving at a city of similar size to the New Silver City.

Rather than calling it a city, it would be better to say that this place called "Yharnam City" is just a small town. With Derrick's eyesight, he can see the end of it at a glance. Most of the buildings are made of a mixture of stone and wood, and are no more than four stories high. There is a tall bell tower and church spire in the center of the city. Starting from the Municipal Square, several cement roads lead to various parts of the city, and even to the factories and plantations in the suburbs.

A freight railway started from the steam train station on the edge of the city and split into two at a switch not far from Derrick. One side led to the port where they came from, and the other side went deep into the island, heading towards the "Dream City" Patis.

This time, there was no need for Lovia’s comment. Derrick also believed that it was impossible for this city to appear on the island overnight, not even in a month.

Although the New Silver City was built in just one month, it is now in a "rough" state. Except for the twin towers, ports and plantations, which are the focus of construction, most of the buildings have no decoration or furniture inside, and many residents' homes are as desolate as slums.

But Yharnam was different. As far as Derrick could see, there was a police station, a small hospital, a canning factory, and a gas company. People walked by in a hurry or stopped to talk. The creaking sound of horse-drawn carriages slowly passing on the cement road reached his ears, and the aroma of fat from the Dixie pies sold on the streets wafted into his face.

If Derrick had not been to the "Dream City" several times, and had not listened to the members of the Tarot Club and the people sent to Bayam from outside the New Silver City to study about the prosperity of the big city, he would have almost thought that this was the busiest city in the world.

Standing next to the sign with "Yharnam" on the edge of the city, the New Silver City Expedition Team didn't know where to go first or what to ask first. They instinctively felt a little afraid of the bustling streets. In the end, it was Lovia, who had traveled to Backlund, who came up with a plan:
"Let's go to the town square first. There are usually churches, hotels, and everything outsiders need there."

She had been wandering around the square in the northern district of Backlund for three days before she figured out all these things. If it weren't for the timely response from the divine messenger Mr. K, she would have been almost captured by the night watchmen of Saint Samuel's Church as a member of the Aurora Society.

Derrick nodded and did not choose the hired carriages that looked like they could not accommodate them. Instead, he followed the road signs with Rune words on them and walked towards the city center.

During the visit, they, with an average height of over 2 meters, inevitably attracted the attention of the citizens of Yharnam. Fortunately, these hospitable residents did not embarrass the outsiders, but just observed from afar and discussed among themselves.

"It's so tall, is it a giant from Feysac?"

In the passing luxury carriage, the driver, who had thick black curly hair, a high nose bridge, and looked like a half-Loen and half-Baram, sighed.

"The shortest lady is 1.9 meters tall, much taller than you."

Inside the carriage, a mature man with bronze skin and black hair streaked with silver threads waved his cane and spoke to his newlywed wife, who seemed to have just reached adulthood but whose height exceeded the average female average. He then gasped in pain as the other party pinched his waist with her hand.

On the second floor of the "Moriarty Detective Agency" on the street, a black-haired man with gold-rimmed glasses and a beard was silently observing these foreigners and taking note of all their characteristics.

Behind him, a young lady with black hair, a round face and freckles on her cheeks brushed the dressing mirror in her hand and said softly:
"Sherlock, they are probably not locals."

"I can tell by the mud on the shortest man's trouser legs, Irene."

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Amid curious, vigilant, and malicious gazes, the group from New Silver City finally arrived at the wide municipal square.

They were immediately attracted by the church, which had a bell tower and buttresses, a black main body, and spire tiles that shone brightly in the sun.

Above the bifold arch on the front was carved a symbol that Derrick was very familiar with.

It was a silver-white symbol composed of an incomplete "eye without pupil" and part of the "twisted line".

That is Mr. Fool's symbol.

Is this the church of the "Church of Fools"?

He did not hide his surprise and quickly told Luo Weiya beside him, and then the other people who were accompanying him, and finally said:
"The Fool's Church in New Silver City is still under construction. I didn't expect to see a complete church in Yharnam City... Could it be that they were also rescued by the great Mr. Fool and came to this island from somewhere like us?"

This would explain why Yharnam City appeared near New Silver City and the "City of Dreams" overnight.

They had help from the gods!

Derrick, who had made a preliminary judgment on the matter, was about to walk into the church to take a look when he suddenly discovered a woman walking out of the archway. She had a beautiful face, but there was a vagueness that was easy to ignore. Her long light golden hair was tied behind her head, and a simple black dress outlined her curvy figure.

Luo Weiya and the others just glanced at her and looked away, but Derrick felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with her.

He quickly confirmed this with his spiritual intuition:
The other person was none other than Miss "Queen" who sat diagonally opposite him during the weekly Tarot Club, her body obscured by gray fog, with only her outline and color features showing!
The witch under Mr. Fool, the most powerful Beyonder in the Tarot Club, and the patron saint of the City of Dreams have all come to Yharnam, so there shouldn't be any problems here... He secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded slightly at the look from the Queen. Seeing that the other party didn't seem to want to talk, he pretended not to know her and passed by her and walked into the Church of the Fool.

(End of this chapter)