Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 694: Will the meeting be postponed?
"This is the rectification of the personnel of the Natural Disaster Detection Bureau of Lotterdana City and the treatment of some of the personnel involved. After the mine development project in the Belladiya Mountains began, some personnel headed by Greenwood, under the temptation of some local officials and businessmen, secretly embezzled about 150,000 pounds of special funds for environmental governance provided by the Night Roost, causing the marine pollution problem in Lotterdana City to deteriorate again and again, and greatly delayed the deployment of the natural disaster detection device. It was my fault for not discovering this matter in time. I am very sorry, Lady Eve."

Heng opened the black suitcase and handed the documents he brought with him to his superiors one by one. "In addition, this is the personnel composition of the newly established Lotdana City Marine Pollution Rectification and Governance Committee. This is the progress report on marine environmental governance. This is the report on the flow of funds provided by the Mining Department and the Mining Committee. This is the inquiry letter sent by His Majesty the Emperor of Mindrias on this matter. You may need to personally review and reply to the last document, Lady Eve."

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Heng."

The girl with short white bangs and golden eyes squatted on the office chair, flipping through the documents he handed over with one hand, and deftly controlling the plush bear doll on her hand with the other hand. The doll kept uttering words that seemed cold and rigid, but were very caring: "This is not your fault, so don't take it to heart. You have done a good job, go and have a rest first."

This intermittent way of speaking sounded a bit strange, but Heng had long been accustomed to it. Even after not hearing Her Majesty Eve speak in this way for several months, he still felt as if he had been away for a long time.

Eve, the Witch of the Witch Society, looks cold and aloof, but she is just not good at communicating with others. For a superior, this is not a flaw, and some people may even regard it as a manifestation of majesty. After all, even if she doesn't say a word all day, her dedicated subordinates - such as Heng - can handle all matters perfectly.

But at the same time, Her Majesty Eve has a strong sense of responsibility and self-esteem. She doesn't want to delay other people's work because of her personality, and she doesn't want to be excluded from the crowd and become the most special one. In her own words, "Even Sister Carabosse is working hard, so what right do I have to be lazy?" Therefore, she found another way to complete normal communication through the method of dolls + ventriloquism.

It's just that her ventriloquism is not very proficient yet, so her speech is intermittent and she has to divide a sentence into paragraphs.

It is said that researchers from the Magic Research Institute once tried to develop a special magic communication device for Lady Eve, but she refused because she did not want to waste precious scientific research capabilities to develop such a narrow tool. However, everyone who knows her, including Heng, guessed that there must be another reason: Lady Eve couldn't bear to part with her stuffed doll.

After all, those dolls were birthday gifts given to Lady Eve by several other witch ladies. There were seven dolls in total, and she liked each one very much, so she changed one every day. Today was Wednesday, and she was using the little bear doll given to her by Lady Carabosse, and tomorrow it would be the turn of the red dragon doll given to her by Lady Favrona. As Eve's adjutant, Heng had worked with her for many years and had already figured out the pattern.

These are all off-topic. Heng collected his thoughts and shook his head, saying, "I don't need to rest, Lady Eve. The mid-year meeting is coming up soon, and there are still many documents that need to be processed. Please let me help as well."

He was so anxious to solve the problems in Lotdana City and hurried back to Lunweiting without even taking a rest. Wasn't it to relieve Her Majesty Eve's worries? He knew very well that with Her Majesty's character, even without the assistance of her adjutant, she would force herself to handle these complicated and tedious affairs, because she was such a serious and responsible person, in sharp contrast to Her Majesty Fei Er of the Inquisition next door.

Ahem, it may not be very polite to say this. I can only say that the two people have different focuses. Lady Eve has the patience to deal with these trivial matters, while Lady Fei'er prefers to demonstrate her abilities in major matters involving aliens and pseudo-cultists. This can be seen from the fact that the Feiyemente is always running around the clock 365 days a year.

It was absolutely impossible for Master Fei'er to stay in such an office to process documents until 2 a.m. She would probably leave in less than half an hour. Every time Heng thought of this, he would sincerely sympathize with his colleagues on the Feiyemente (especially Master Fei'er's adjutant, Master Melquiades), and feel lucky to have such a serious and responsible leader.

"Do not worry."

The bear doll's mouth opened and closed, and its stubby arms and legs swayed back and forth, looking simple and cute, which formed a sharp contrast with the cold tone of the voice: "There is still plenty of time."

"There's plenty of time?" Heng couldn't help but frowned when he heard that. "But I remember that this mid-year meeting was held in mid-June, less than two weeks away. Is it really in time?" If he remembered correctly, there were still a lot of documents to be processed before he left? Many of them needed to be handled by colleagues from other departments, and it would take a lot of time just to contact and confirm. Even if Her Majesty Eve and other colleagues worked around the clock, it would be impossible to handle them all in just over a month, right?

Or is there another reason?

"kindness."

The girl squatting on the chair nodded slightly. Under her white bangs, a hidden smile seemed to flash across the depths of her clear amber-colored eyes. "The meeting may be postponed to the end of June. This is because some participants will not be able to arrive in Lunweiting within the scheduled time."

"Sister Pereke and Timeis have arrived and are resting. Tomorrow, you and I will go to visit them. Fei'er has something to do in the Shikilia Peninsula and has not set out yet. Lilisti was too playful and delayed the time. When she arrives, we will have to teach her a lesson. Sister Carabosse set out from the Alien Philosopher. The journey is too far and she is still on the way. The war in the overseas colonies has broken out again. Favrona has to stay and control the Nidhogg. For the time being, she cannot get away."

"And more. Bolong and Fei are delayed by their research. Otto is doing routine maintenance on the Latist. Although Wilhelm and Clemens are in Lenwitting, they are under great pressure from work in the Kingdom. Heinrich and Planck, well, I don't know much about their current situation. Anyway, among all the philosophers, only Kamin, Mendeleev, Hindenburg and Yelena are free."

"So, it was decided to postpone the meeting and hold it again after everyone arrives."

With Eve's intermittent explanation, Heng gradually understood the current situation. Now, among the seven witches, only Her Majesty Eve, Her Majesty Pereike and Her Majesty Timeis are in Lunweiting. The other Her Majesties are either on the way or have not set off yet. The adjutants who are responsible for assisting them will not come to the meeting alone. As for the philosophers, most of them are dragged down by tedious government affairs. In addition to being responsible for different affairs in the association, they also hold concurrent positions in various government agencies. For example, he is the deputy minister of the Public Affairs Management Department of the Great Empire of Mindreas, the director of the Disaster Control Bureau, the vice chairman of the Royal Geographical Society, and the academician of the Royal Society of Sciences. The government affairs that need to be handled on a daily basis are not much easier than association affairs.

Judging from this trend, there are too many missing participants, so the mid-year meeting has to be postponed. Fortunately, it is not postponed for too long. It is just changed from mid-June to the end of June, which should not affect the work arrangements in the second half of the year.

Heng silently calculated the date, and suddenly realized that Her Majesty Eve seemed to be missing a key person in her previous story. He subconsciously raised his head and asked, "Where is the leader?"

The core leader of the Witch Society, the leader respected and loved by everyone, where is she now?

"Ah." Eve blinked belatedly, raised the teddy bear in her left hand, shook it gently, and said slowly: "She went to visit, Her Majesty the Queen."

"It seems like there is something very important to discuss."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)