The bishop is unfathomable.

After accepting the mission from the old marquis, the trio immediately set off.

The real escort team consisted of far more than just the three of them; it was an entire caravan of horse-drawn carriages.

The convoy consisted of the Marquis's private army, the Royal Gendarmerie, and personnel from the Inspectorate.

This convoy will ensure the safety of Levi and his party until they arrive at the station.

But the real mission only began after boarding the train.

Once the three boarded the train, the original convoy immediately disbanded, with only four elite royal military police officers joining Li Wei and his two companions on board.

"Lord Kester. Until the mission is completed, the four members of Squad C will unconditionally obey your command. My name is Karl."

Li Wei was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, but fortunately, his expression didn't show much change.

After staring at the young man in front of him for a while, he realized that the guy looked somewhat like the old man named Karl.

But if you calculate it that way, that old man named Karl must be at least in his eighties or nearing ninety by now, right?

I never expected to run into a younger version of an "acquaintance" here.

Li Wei nodded to Karl and then said, "Get to your posts and don't let anyone else into our carriage."

"You will personally retrieve your food and meals from the dining car to ensure everything is in order."

"yes!"

Karl didn't question it at all, and turned around to direct his three men to get to work.

Li Wei also took this opportunity to speak with Vera and Felicia separately.

Felicia's identity is still too sensitive. Even if she changes her job to a black-haired catgirl, her appearance will not change. It would be bad if she were discovered.

Not to mention, from Vera's perspective, she didn't see Felicia standing behind her secretly exchanging hand signals.

In her view, her only teammates were Li Wei and a pretty catgirl whose attitude was unclear.

She could probably tell that her personal bodyguard was the strange catgirl, but she might not completely trust her.

Considering that Vera's role is likely to be important in this promotion ceremony, Levi felt it was best to first obtain key information, then gradually reduce Vera's wariness of Felicia, so that everyone could work together smoothly to complete the mission.

After all, the task of this promotion ceremony just didn't seem right.

First of all, even though it was just a journey within the empire between two neighboring noble territories that took less than a day, they still needed a special escort.

It's the Inspectorate, the Supervisory Bureau, and even a marquis's private army... and this train is even a military train.

Apart from the basic crew and driver, the vehicle was filled with Imperial soldiers.

Such actions... while they could be interpreted as a sign of the high importance attached to this matter, if that were the case, why was the escort team so small and lacking in truly powerful individuals to provide backup?

To hide it? Wouldn't that make the escort convoy before boarding the car redundant?

There are just too many suspicious points here.

With that thought in mind, Li Wei entered Vera's private room.

Amidst the creaking of wheels on the rails, Li Wei saw the Marquis de Las Vegas deep in thought, seemingly trying to recall something. This was Vera.

In terms of appearance, Vera and the character she plays have quite a few similarities.

For example, they both have blonde hair, but Vera's hair has some natural curls, while the Marquis's hair is straight and long.

Vera has rare and unique red eyes, while the Marquis's eyes are blue like sapphires.

Li Wei did not interrupt immediately, but instead closed the carriage door and sat down opposite Vera.

Vera spotted Levi immediately, as if she had found a savior. She rushed over eagerly and whispered, "Mr. Levi! You've come at the right time! I have something to say."

"What is it?" Li Wei asked.

"You studied history, so you should know about the Three Kingdoms period more than sixty years ago, right?"

Li Wei nodded: "I know. Isn't it right now? The war will soon end with the completion of the Colossus."

As he spoke, Li Wei frowned, as if he had realized where the real danger of this mission lay.

But Vera wasn't going to say what Levi was thinking. She continued, "Do you know anything about the Colossus? For example, how it was built, who or which school of thought completed the design, or who built it and where it was built—any written records of these things?"

Upon hearing Vera's words, Levi searched his memory and realized that something was amiss.

"Now that you mention it... it seems the Empire really hasn't publicly released this information. But perhaps it's due to secrecy concerns?"

"No," Vera shook her head. "Even if that's a consideration, and the names of key figures need to be concealed, shouldn't some other records still be kept?"

"For example, when the experiment was launched, and when the construction was completed."

"That's a Colossus, such a huge thing, you can't hide it even if you want to."

"Even if there are no official records, what about the unofficial records?"

As she spoke, Vera pulled back the curtain of the car window and pointed outside.

The train, which had already left Schulton, moved along the tracks amidst the hum of steam.

At the end of the track, the faint shadow of that massive war fortress could be seen on the horizon.

"Look, how could something this big possibly be hidden!"

"And... since it was manufactured on the territory of Valak, there's no reason why the members of the Valak family wouldn't know about it, or even have any records of it."

"Unless something happened that necessitates the omission of this record."

Li Wei nodded: "A very important discovery... So what is your mission?"

Vera, unsuspecting, spoke directly: "Arrive at the Titan Research Institute. Life or death."

"Regardless of life or death?" Li Wei asked in surprise.

"That's right. Promotion missions work like this: as long as my body arrives at the research institute intact, the mission is considered complete."

"Aren't there any optional missions?" Li Wei pressed.

"Yes, but I feel there's a conflict between the optional missions and the promotion missions," Vera explained. "The optional mission is to keep me alive until the mission ends."

Li Wei carefully wrote these down, then asked, "Is there any other information? For example, why is it necessary for your character to go to the Colossus Research Institute?"

"Because my role... is essentially just a weapon disguised as a human, isn't it?"

Vera said, raising her hand to her chest: "Although it has a heartbeat and breathes, it possesses all the functions of a human being."

"But if I weren't controlling this body, she would just be a mechanical puppet that only obeys commands."

"It's just that she's not made of machinery."

"The function of this body is also very simple. You can think of it as an enhanced version of the shielding device mounted on the Colossus."

"I think the spell inscribed within this body is the precursor to the technology later adopted by the Bureau of Surveillance for dealing with the swamp phenomenon."