Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 169 Administrative Assistant
Hearing Roger's words, the four children all nodded.

They now recognize their situation.

Because the Abraham family possessed too many treasures, but their own strength was not strong enough, they had always had a hard time in the world of extraordinary people.

And now, the few remaining extraordinary people of the Abraham family are gone. Their disappearance is bound to attract the covetousness of the family's peripheral forces and enemies.

No matter how strong Roger's personal strength is, he cannot protect them at all times and forever, so the children need a stable development period to allow their strength to gradually grow and become able to stand on their own.

So at this stage, changing their names is what they have to do.

After discussion, Sam and Cecilia changed their names to Sam Garon and Cecilia Garon respectively. They used their grandfather Garon Abraham's name as their surname and retained their original names.

In this way, they can adapt to their new names, new identities and work environments more quickly.

Originally, Roger planned to let both brother and sister run his phonograph business, but after studying and talking with Klein, Sam proposed to become Klein's detective assistant.

Faced with such a request, Roger saw that Klein had no objection and ultimately had no choice but to respect it.

Roger could clearly see that Klein seemed to like Sam, a smart boy, very much, and he answered almost all the questions he asked him without reservation.

With the help of Klein, a pioneer, Sam will surely be able to walk more smoothly on the path of "Fortune Teller".

As for the twins Alister and Perseus, they will be renamed Alister Jones and Perseus Jones as Roger's cousins and temporarily live at 15 Minsk Street.

As for Sam and Cecilia, they were going to rent a house. Although No. 15 Minsk Street could fully accommodate them, considering that there was already a cult core member, a secret organization leader, and a talking cat in the room, it was a bit inconvenient to bring so many people in at once, which would affect everyone's normal life to some extent.

In fact, considering the inherent dangers posed to himself and Klein, as well as the fact that there was still a high-level sealed artifact of the Abraham family that needed to be retrieved in the Rossde Islands, Roger had no idea when he would leave Minsk Street or even Backlund.

Therefore, he also considered letting Sam and Cecilia settle down in Backlund first, so that they could help take care of Alister and Perseus after they had a stable income.

Because the twins were still young and didn't understand many things, Roger planned to help them get familiar with life in Backlund first. After Sam and Cecilia settled down, he would consider having them take Alister and Perseus over.

Of course, no matter where they are, the brothers should not slack off in their education, so that they will have more opportunities to choose in life in the future.

Therefore, Roger also has to take advantage of the time that Alister and Perseus are with him to try to find reliable tutors for them so that he can feel at ease.

It is worth mentioning that although Alister is young, he is very eager to become a lawyer. According to him, this is also the reason why he chose "lawyer" as his extraordinary path.

Seeing that the important matters had been arranged, Roger let the children rest first, and he and Klein found a guest room in the fortress to sleep.

Wait until early the next morning.

Roger, Crane, and Bandit left the Abraham family fortress with their four children.

Facing Sam who was looking at his home with a reluctant look on his face, Roger patted him on the shoulder:

"When I left the family residence, I felt the same as you did."

"But you have to remember that we will have a chance to come back, provided that our family has restored its former glory and has enough capabilities to protect itself."

Sam nodded when he heard that, then firmly pulled Cecilia around and walked forward.

The group, along with a cat, traveled through mountains and rivers again and returned to the town of Torquay. They had breakfast there and then took the 10 a.m. ferry back to Constantine.

Roger stopped by the Iris Inn and left a note for Mr. Willis, telling him that he had completed his mission and was ready to leave Constant.

After doing all this, Roger bought two more first-class cabin tickets and returned to Backlund with everyone.

After exiting Backlund Station and stepping onto the street, the children, including Sam, all showed curious expressions, exactly the same as Roger's expression when he first came to Backlund and saw the magnificent scene of the "City of All Capitals".

"Welcome to the heart of the kingdom, Backlund, the capital of all cities."

Roger smiled slightly and stopped a luxury carriage.

This type of rental carriage is much larger than an ordinary carriage and is large enough to accommodate a whole family.

But relatively speaking, its price is three times that of an ordinary horse-drawn carriage.

If Roger wasn't a small wealthy man now, just this short ride would have hurt him.

The carriage soon arrived at 15 Minsk Street. Roger took the four children to familiarize themselves with the environment, and Klein volunteered to take Sam and Cecilia to rent a house outside.

Considering Alister and Perseus's future housing needs, Roger didn't forget to specifically instruct Klein to help the siblings find a larger townhouse or single-family house in the Cherwood area that could accommodate at least six people.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

Klein readily agreed. He was no longer the clueless man he had been when he first arrived in Backlund. Instead, due to the demands of his detective work, he had made many connections.

Finding a house with suitable conditions and a good price is not a difficult task for Klein now.

In order not to disturb Klein's daily rest, Roger gave a bedroom next to the sunroom on the second floor to the brothers Alister and Perseus. At the same time, he strictly warned them of the dangers of breaking into his workshop and the serious consequences, including loss of life.

Originally, the two brothers were very curious, but after hearing Roger's made-up horror story about a thief who broke into his workshop and turned into a monster with teeth on his butt, they were scared and turned pale, nodding their heads non-stop.

At the same time, to be on the safe side, Roger also temporarily confiscated an "apprentice" seal in their hands to prevent them from breaking into Mr. Fool's kingdom and causing trouble during the Tarot Club.

"Raising a child is such a headache..."

Seeing that the two brothers had finally settled down, Roger rubbed his brow, returned to his workshop, wrote a note, and then arranged a ceremony to summon the "De La Hoya Rat" with red eyes and a silk bag on its back.

"Help me give this note to Mr. C."

Roger handed the De La Hoya Rat a letter and five different kinds of nuts. Then, with a sudden thought, he called out to the mouse-rabbit creature in front of him:

“By the way, I’ve been to the spirit world before, where I entered a strange space filled with white bone fragments.

"Do you know that place?"

As Roger spoke, he observed the reaction of "De La Hoya's Rat".

"know."

As Roger expected, the "De La Hoya Rat" nodded:
"That's one of my territories."

"One of your territories?"

Roger was intrigued by this description. He didn't expect that such a small, cute-looking rodent-like spiritual creature seemed to have so many territories in the spiritual world.

“Yes, ‘The Rat of De La Hoya’ is a collective consciousness and I am just one of it.

"I will constantly search the spirit world for special spaces that were created in the distant past, and go there to claim them as my own."

The cute half-rat, half-rabbit creature shook its ears and explained to Roger.

This description further aroused Roger's interest. After thinking for a moment, he continued to ask:

"Collective consciousness means you are an extension of a larger being?"

"Not exactly."

The De La Hoya Rat shook his head. "The source is the same, and the experience will eventually be aggregated, but ultimately, each individual will have unique traces of their experience remaining."

After hearing this description, Roger suddenly understood.

The self-description of the "Rats of De La Hoya" is very similar to the slug sage in a ninja comic from a certain island country in a previous life, except that while the "Rats of De La Hoya" share existence and consciousness, they seem to be able to produce more individual differences through terminal experience.

Their behavior of chasing territory can also correspond to the summoning code "rabbit-shaped rat chasing territory".

In addition, Roger still has many questions, including but not limited to what the "De La Hoya Rat" looks like, what level of magical creature it is, what is special about the territory it chases, what is its relationship with the spiritual world, why every time he goes to the spiritual world, he arrives at the territory of the "De La Hoya Rat", and so on.

But the "De La Hoya Rat" seemed very impatient and anxious to deliver the letter. Roger was afraid of angering it again and causing it to launch that terrible sonic attack, so he had to give up temporarily and leave the question for next time.

In any case, some of Roger's questions have been answered for now, and he is quite satisfied with the result.

Around noon, Klein, Sam, and Cecilia returned to 15 Minsk Street and brought some food to Roger, Bandit, and the twin brothers.

During the meal, Klein told Roger about the single-family house he had helped Sam and Cecilia rent in Woston Gardens.

Woston Gardens is also the name of a place in Cherwood, just next to Minsk Street.

There are many ancient buildings that existed when the Kingdom of Loen was founded. The culture and life atmosphere are very rich, and the public security situation is also very good.

The house Klein rented in Woston Gardens was much better than the one on Minsk Street. Not only did it have everything that No. 15 Minsk Street had, it also had a small, very secluded garden behind the house. If the children wanted to plant some flowers and plants in the future, they could do so.

Of course, the rent of such a house is about 15 percent more expensive than No. Minsk Street.

But for Roger now, this amount of money is nothing. "I say, you two."

Cecilia, who had become a "corpse collector" and whose originally fair skin had become even paler, said to Alister and Perseus while eating:
"We'll take you two away once Sam and I have a stable income. Before that, try not to cause any trouble for your cousin. Got it?"

The two brothers nodded obediently. Compared to Roger, Cecilia's prestige in their hearts was obviously higher.

"It's okay. You guys take a good rest for the next two days. I'll take you to familiarize yourself with Backlund tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and then arrange for Cecilia to start work."

Roger chewed a piece of cauliflower and said as he ate:

"If Sam is free these next couple of days, you can learn divination and detective techniques from Detective Moriarty. He's a well-known detective in Backlund now. As long as you study hard, you'll have plenty of cases."

Roger originally wanted to say that with Klein's B constitution, he would definitely be in a lot of trouble, but considering that Sam was new to Backlund, he chose a more gentle way to explain it.

"Also, I've asked my men to prepare the ingredients for Alister and Perseus' potions. They should be ready soon."

In the letter Roger had previously written to Mr. C, he had described the four extraordinary materials he needed and attached cash equivalent to the market price.

Although he knew that Mr. C would most likely return the money and the extraordinary materials in the end, he still had to take his subordinates' feelings into consideration.

Throughout the afternoon, Klein taught the four children various ritual magic and symbolism, and even specially interspersed a lot of divination-related skills and knowledge for Sam and Perseus.

The four children all listened very attentively. Even though Sam already had some understanding of ritual magic, he still had new insights after becoming a Beyonder.

He was especially drawn in when he heard Klein, the veteran fortune teller, share his experiences and insights. By the end, he was calling him "Teacher" all the time.

Roger, on the other hand, was searching for contact information and data for various tutoring agencies in the Backlund Daily and the Tussock Daily.

"The Gorman Early Childhood Teacher Agency can introduce professional teachers for children's etiquette, literacy courses, math enlightenment, etc. ... No, this is too young."

Roger shook his head, rejecting this option.

The brothers Alister and Perseus had received a lot of education in their family before, and their actual cultural level was close to that of a middle school student, so this kind of kindergarten teacher was definitely not suitable for them.

"Blue Sky Tutorial Center, sponsored by the 'Church of the God of Steam and Machinery.' We provide comprehensive tutoring and qualification exam services for young people of appropriate age who are interested in pursuing careers in mechanics and industry... No, this one isn't suitable."

The corners of Roger's mouth twitched. He felt that the Blue Sky Tuition Center was very suitable for the former Melissa.

"Winston Family Tutoring Center, we provide comprehensive education services of various levels for middle-class families' children aged 9 to 15. All teachers are either currently employed or retired from prestigious schools and hold teaching certificates issued by the Kingdom's Ministry of Education... This seems like a good idea."

Roger nodded. This tutoring agency was located in the Cherwood District. He flipped through many past issues of the Backlund Daily, and most of them contained large advertisements for the Winston Tutoring Center.

This shows that the organization should have a good historical reputation and has not experienced major civil or even criminal lawsuits. In addition, its business should be good, otherwise it would be impossible to explain their behavior of serializing advertisements in large formats.

"Alister, Perseus."

Roger put down the newspaper, tapped the table, and looked at the two brothers who were looking at him curiously:
"Come with me tomorrow morning to the tutoring agency to look for a teacher. You need tutoring in all subjects now.

"Mysticism courses are only part of what you need to learn. Grammar and science are equally important... Especially Alister. If you don't learn grammar and writing, you won't be able to study law in the future, let alone pass the bar exam and become a lawyer.

"You know, Detective Moriarty himself is a top graduate of the Faculty of Law at a regular university..."

Roger's words brought the two brothers, who were originally obsessed with ritual magic, back to civilized society. They could only nod in agreement and looked at Sam and Cecilia with envy who did not have to continue studying.

"What are you looking at?"

Cecilia rolled her eyes at the brothers and said, "I might have to find an opportunity to study accounting next. I heard that experience business requires the ability to read accounts..."

Klein also found this scene quite amusing. Only then did he realize that Cecilia wasn't unlike Sam in her love of learning. Instead, she seemed to have a stronger affinity for knowledge that could help her make money...

The next morning, Sam and Cecilia arrived at 15 Minsk Street on time. Klein took the former to handle an application for a detective commission, while Roger took Cecilia and the twin brothers in a rented carriage and drove to Gilbert Road in the Hillston District.

After a while, the carriage stopped in front of 25 Gilbert Road, a three-story commercial building with glass windows at the bottom.

There were many musical instruments and artist photos displayed inside the window, and it was obvious that it was an art publicity and packaging company.

At the same time, Roger spotted his portable clockwork phonograph sample in the window at a glance. The sample was very new and it was obvious that it had been delivered recently.

This was none other than the De Walker Art Marketing Company that had previously signed a contract with Roger and of which Viscount Birkbeck was an invisible major shareholder.

Roger pushed the door open and walked to the front desk with his sister and two brothers. He greeted the beautiful and elegant lady at the front desk with golden hair that flowed like silk.
"Good morning...Ms. Caitlin. I'm Balelu Jones, Baron Dwork's partner."

As he spoke, Roger quickly glanced at the name tag on the front desk lady's chest that read "Caitlin Clark" and couldn't help but sigh in his heart:
"Speaking of which, Baron Dwork's choice of receptionist is quite discerning..."

"Ah, hello, Mr. Jones."

Ms. Caitlin immediately stood up respectfully and said to Roger:
"Mr. Dwork is waiting for you. Please follow me."

Roger nodded. He knew that the general manager of this company was Edmund Dwork, Baron Dwork's younger brother.

Although Edmund did not obtain the title, he has been helping his brother manage the business for many years. As for Viscount Birkbeck, he is a pure investor and basically does not interfere with the company's operations.

Roger asked the two brothers Alister and Perseus to wait in the lobby on the first floor. He took Cecilia and Caitlin to the door of an office on the second floor and watched her knock on the door.

A second later, a deep male voice came from inside the door:

"Please come in."

"Boss, Mr. Jones is here."

Caitlin said briefly, then watched Roger and Cecilia enter the general manager's office and closed the door behind them.

"Good morning, Mr. Jones, who is this beautiful lady?"

Edmund Dwork first greeted Roger, and then looked at Cecilia beside him.

"Hello, Mr. Dwork, my name is Cecilia Garron, and I'm Mr. Jones's assistant."

Cecilia saluted Edmund Dwork very skillfully and stated her identity as she had agreed with Roger in advance.

"Nice to meet you. Please take a seat. Would you like tea or coffee?"

Edmund Dwork gestured with his right hand for Roger and Cecilia to sit down.

"Two cups of black tea will be fine, one with milk and one without, thank you."

Roger replied.

Edmund Dwork immediately gave his orders, and waited until two cups of black tea were served before he spoke:

"Since you have already signed a contract with my brother, let's get straight to the point and discuss the specific details of the cooperation."

Roger nodded slightly when he heard this: "That's just what I wish."

"You are a straightforward person."

Edmund smiled and said, "We have received your phonograph samples yesterday and today. I have to say, this is indeed a groundbreaking product.

"We have prepared a complete promotional plan based on its features, advantages, and price. Please review it and see if there is anything you are dissatisfied with."

After that, he pushed a folder to Roger.

Roger took the folder and carefully looked through the documents inside.

After reading each one, he would pass it to Cecilia and ask her to read it right after him to help her grasp the situation quickly.

Roger had to admit that Cecilia and Sam were indeed very smart. They must have either a smart father or a smart mother.

Although the two have different interests, they have the common feature that they can grasp new information very quickly and have a learning ability far beyond that of ordinary people.

Sure enough, after reading the pile of documents, Cecilia showed an expression that said "I have a problem."

But she put herself in a very positive position and did not say anything until Roger spoke.

"How is it, you two? Are you satisfied with this plan?"

Edmund saw the folder being closed and asked again.

"I have some suggestions, but I'd like to hear Cecilia's opinion first."

Roger rested his chin on his hand and looked at Cecilia with interest.

(End of this chapter)