Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 23 Results of Three Years of Operation

After hearing Xio's description, Fors thought for a moment and said, "It's possible that he has a powerful seal."

"This is another strange place," Xio said. "It is said that someone also observed the 'leader' wearing the corresponding seal, but did not find any powerful magical items on him. They only saw a few extraordinary weapons on him."

She paused and continued, "The 'leader' never seems to be afraid of investigations, nor does he fear the information about the gathering being leaked.

"Just like Byron, who was caught by me and revealed some information about the party, but the punishment he received was just to contribute valuable information five times for free.

“If the information is leaked but not reported at the gathering, there will be severe punishment.

Of course, Fors knew the difference between magical items and extraordinary weapons: "That's strange. Could it be that he and I have the same path...

"That's not right. 'Opening the door' also has a distance limit. If it exceeds a certain thickness, it won't open."

At this time, she had not yet established a stable connection with the Abraham family, and her access to occult knowledge was limited. With the level of occult gatherings she had currently come into contact with, she did not even know the ability to "travel."

Finally, Fors couldn't help but sigh, "This is truly a mysterious gentleman."

Xio nodded. "So I'm really worried. If I pass the so-called routine investigation, should I join that 'research group'?"

Fors thought for a moment before saying, "I suggest you join in if you have the chance."

She said, "Think about it! Even those who betrayed the party's information were not severely punished, and the initiator of the investigation was not punished either. This party is very tolerant of its participants!
"At least you're safe. As long as you're safe and can trade for high-level intelligence, isn't that enough for you?"

Xio dipped the bread in the soup: "That's right."

……

After confirming his promotion, Odysseus did not immediately start preparing the potion. As usual, he asked Kena to watch the workers replace the window glass, while he taught Alia how to make bullets for the "Flame Arrow" in the backyard.

Today's class was relatively simple and ended around ten o'clock in the morning.

At this time, all the courses are over, and Alia only needs to come and get ten "Flame Arrows" when the time comes.

She left her mailing address and told Odysseus to write to her when he needed her.

After seeing Alia off, Odysseus and Kena mixed some paint and painted the wall that had been burned by the fire yesterday. After finishing all this, he took a carriage to the Backlund Mechanical Research Institute and invited his old friend Max Livermore to have lunch with him.

Odysseus paid one soli for a private dining room.

The reason why it is called a "private dining room" is because in Odysseus's opinion, such a room cannot be called a "private room" or "elegant seat" because it is too narrow, with only a dining table and two dining chairs, and it costs so much money.

After we took our order and the waiter left the room, Max smiled and asked, "Why are you so generous today?"

Odysseus was stunned: "Am I usually stingy?"

"Not that stingy." Max teased, "The last time you treated me to a meal this formally was a year ago."

If he really was the owner of a herbal medicine shop, it wouldn't be a big deal. After all, with Backlund's prices, this meal, plus a bottle of decent red wine, would cost at least two pounds.

But Max knew very well that the man in front of him was not a simple herbal medicine shop owner.

Odysseus has two identities. On the surface, he is the owner of a herbal medicine store. His gray industries include the "Nanmu Dance Hall" and the "Nanmu Restaurant", as well as two bars and a casino run by Enoch as an agent.

His second identity is that of an informant for the "Mechanical Heart." This fact is his amulet, making it easy to investigate. However, few people can find out that he is also the founder of the "Occult Research Society."

Max didn't know whether the "Occult Research Society" was profitable, but no dance hall in Backlund was more profitable than the "Nanmu Dance Hall."

What Max didn't know was that Odysseus actually had a third identity: a scholar pursuing knowledge in the "Wild Knowledge." At only Sequence 9, he possessed research results unmatched by other Beyonders. Using magic circles to create a unique method for crafting Beyonder weapons was merely the most basic application of his research.

In addition, he is now a member of the Tarot Club.

Almost no one can find these two identities.

And these are the results of Odysseus's three years of operation in this world.

After being teased by Max, Odysseus smiled a little embarrassedly: "You know, my experiments are very expensive."

"It's not just the experiments that cost money," Max said. "Those factories you opened last year, and they went bankrupt one after another, were also quite expensive, right?"

At this time, the waiter started to serve the food, and Max said to him, "Have a cigar."

Odysseus reminded him, "One costs two soli!"

"Then take two."

"Just one is enough, I don't want to smoke." Odysseus was a little helpless.

After the waiter cut the cigar and lit it for Max, Odysseus said, "At that time, I always wanted to try something."

At that time, he wanted to open a factory to try to solve some people's employment problems. According to the novels he had read before, as a time traveler, he should be able to make a lot of money no matter what kind of factory he opened.

As a result, after the factory opened, Odysseus realized that he had no talent for business.

The reason for the factory's closure was not poor management, but that Odysseus was unwilling to lower the protection requirements for its employees.

For example, the enamel factory he opened requires multiple layers of protective facilities in the polishing process, while other factories ignore this and simply treat workers as consumables.

So in terms of price, the products of Odysseus's factory are not competitive at all.

Another factor was the overall environment. With the promulgation of the Corn Act, a large number of middle-class people and farmers went bankrupt, while the industrial capacity of the entire Rune continued to increase, which led to market saturation.

This is also the reason why the current international situation is tense, because they all want to dump their goods into each other's countries or colonies.

After three factories went bankrupt one after another, Odysseus stopped thinking in this direction and focused on developing the "Nanmu Dance Hall" business.

The waiter opened the red wine and poured a glass for each of them. They ate and talked.

Odysseus said, "I plan to advance to 'Combat Scholar'."

What had always hindered his advancement was the monitoring of the "Mechanical Heart". Odysseus was very clear that encountering a Beyonder event would not attract the "Mechanical Heart"'s attention for a long time. However, that event was related to the High-Sequence Beyonder characteristics or Sealed Artifacts (actually the "Knowledge Wilderness") of the "Mystery Peeper" or "Educator" pathways, which was different.

Three years ago, he could vaguely feel that he had been secretly examined more than once. If he had revealed that he knew what it meant to "digest" the potion, he would most likely be arrested and interrogated.

Now three years have passed, and Odysseus has not shown any abnormalities. In addition, he is very useful to the "Mechanical Heart", so he dared to apply for a promotion.

Max's hands, holding the knife and fork, froze for a moment. "Think it over carefully. I heard that at Sequence 9, although you can occasionally hear the whispers of the evil god, they can basically be ignored.

"But at Sequence 8, the whispers of the evil god become relatively obvious, making it easy to be bewitched."

He had already inquired about this for Odysseus.

(End of this chapter)