Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

After Wenxier finished speaking, Batu touched his chin, thought for a moment, and then nodded. "Although everyone is condemning the Mutual Aid Association now, this is also an opportunity for the Mutual Aid Association."

"What's that High Priest's word for it... removing the chaff and retaining the essence?"

"At this time, those who can clearly see what mutual aid has done for this country and are willing to understand and agree with their ideas can become pillars with just a little training."

"This is a good way to train subordinates, but it is too troublesome and inefficient."

"Perhaps only people like them would use this method to find hands...to find companions." Thinking of some of the things Taylor had done in the past and what his followers did later, Batu couldn't help but sigh.

Faith in this kind of thing...

Compared with their companions who were gathered together by their personal charm and advanced ideas, the spirit of their school was completely inferior to the other side.

But... in terms of combat power alone, before being destroyed by Charles, their school could easily destroy the other side.

In the extraordinary world, belief and faith are ultimately not as important as power...

"Don't think about those trivial things. Just think about who to start with and where to follow." Wen Xier glanced at Batu and said.

"You go first. I'll go and ask around in the next few days to see if we can find a new home." Batu said.

"New home?" Wen Xier was stunned.

"A few days ago, I found a new way to make money for Old Locke at the dock, and he rewarded me with some money. This money is enough for us to entrust Ain to build a new home for us around the welfare home." Batu said with some self-mockery.

A gang leader at the dock made him bow and scrape constantly. God knows how long it had been since he had done something like this.

Fortunately, the other party was a law-abiding person and did not make him lose money.

And around the welfare home...to be honest, there are many places suitable for building houses.

Previously, it was considered the center of the slums. But after the Floyds massacre and the war, coupled with the previous resistance to the mutual aid society... the area around the original site of the welfare home was now deserted.

It doesn't cost much to build a new home.

"Damn it, you bastard actually hid some private money!" Wen Xier was dumbfounded.

"Can you please stop using that tone, you bastard?" Batu said helplessly. "This isn't private money, but the fruit of hard work and wisdom."

"You wouldn't have betrayed some extraordinary knowledge, would you?" Wen Xier stared at him closely.

"I'm not stupid. Given Santu's ability to act, some things might have already been exposed. Most sects are now in a state of suspicion, but some may have already started looking for unlucky people like us."

"How could I possibly reveal abilities that don't belong to my identity at this time?"

"I just gave them a new way to make money."

Wenxier nodded and said nothing more.

If they want to, they can think of many tricks to make money. After all, people of this era, especially gang members, spend their entire lives wandering around a dock or a small block.

Their world was limited, so their methods of acquiring money remained largely unchanged for decades or even centuries. All Batu had done was to inform the small leader of the practices he had observed in other cities.

August, midsummer.

After Charles' efforts, a new simplified version of the Dreaming City was built.

The ceremony went smoothly. Ciel, who had witnessed Reiner performing the ceremony and had also been promoted to Truth, recreated an all-knowing heart without much effort.

Originally, he planned to give the Heart of Omniscience directly to Reiner.

But at this time, Ain and his gang found him and told him that the welfare home he had commissioned had been built.

He decided to take Melnadette there first to tell her the good news, and Reiner's matter would have to be postponed.

If Reiner knew Ciel's true nature, he would probably regret giving him the All-Knowing Heart.

"She's really changed a lot." Charles felt a little emotional as he watched Mernadette leaning quietly against him with her arms around his.

Although Mernadette loved him very much before, she was always very awkward and shy when it came to some intimate matters.

But since Peroz encouraged her, although Mernadette is still a little shy about some things, she will take the initiative to do things.

As if to assert her sovereignty, she would come over with a blushing face when Charles, Peroz and Theresa were being intimate.

Although it hasn't come to that, Charles is already very satisfied now.

"Then...brother, do you like me now?" Mernad asked softly.

"I like all of them, no matter which Melnadette they are~" Charles said happily after kissing her on the cheek.

Melnadette also kissed him on the cheek. Then, looking at the scenery outside the carriage, she asked Charles curiously, "Brother... where are we going this time? It doesn't seem like the road to the commercial street..."

"Hmm? Mernadette, do you want to go shopping in the commercial street? I heard that they have received a new batch of swimsuits~" Charles looked at her with a smile.

Mernadette blushed and lowered her head. Although she was a little shy, she did not try to refuse as she did before.

"It seems that Mernadette really wants to change into some swimsuits~" Charles gently ruffled her hair, then said with a smile, "But if we want to go there, we have to go sometime in the evening."

"After all, my brother has a gift for you today." As he spoke, Charles pointed out the window.

Mernadette was a little confused but still turned around and looked out the window.

A familiar building appeared in front of her.

Almost instinctively, she glanced around. Beautiful memories hidden in her memory reappeared before her eyes.

Soon, the corners of her eyes turned red, and then she hugged Charles.

"elder brother..."

Ciel gently wiped away the tears from her eyes, then smiled and said, "I have asked the sheriff who patrolled this area, and I have also hired new nuns and abbess for this place."

"This will no longer be just your orphanage. Moroston's official welfare agency will take over. Funding will no longer be a factor hindering its development."

"At the same time, it will try its best to help the abandoned children in the slums and civilian areas of Moroston. If they work hard, they will have the opportunity to learn knowledge and even break free from the shackles of their identity and have a good future."

Mernadette hugged Charles tightly and opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.

"You won't blame me for giving your memories to others, will you?" Charles continued, looking at the stunned Mernadette.

Mernadette quickly shook her head, "Of course... I just..."

"If you really can't think of anything to say... then kiss me~" Ciel said, pointing to his lips.

Mernadette was not a clumsy person, on the contrary, after she decided to do something for the world, she changed a lot, gained courage, and became eloquent, even able to give moving speeches at times.

But no matter what she was like outside, she always seemed to be that clumsy, shy and lovable girl in front of Charles.

After hearing what Charles said, Mernadette didn't say anything else. She then threw Charles into the carriage and kissed him hard on the lips.

When she was a little out of breath, Melnadette climbed down from Charles's body and said, "Brother... let's go to the commercial street!"

Her expression was very serious.

"I...want to buy some new clothes..." As she said these words, Mernadette's face turned a little red.

Ciel gently pinched her cheek and asked, "What kind of new clothes are they?"

"Some... clothes for daily wear... such as dresses... school uniforms... swimsuits... and those clothes my brother mentioned before..." Mernadette said with a stutter.

Dresses, custom-made school uniforms, swimsuits, and the like can barely be considered "daily" items.

But before, Ciel had wanted to buy her some things like nurse uniforms, specially made maid uniforms, teacher uniforms, Kingdom Guard uniforms, sheriff uniforms, and even guard uniforms...

She had no idea why Charles liked these clothes.

"Mernadette is so sensible. Brother will definitely fulfill your wish to buy new clothes." Charles said with a smile.

Actually...it’s okay not to buy new clothes or anything like that.

Melnadette looked at Charles who was in high spirits at the moment, thought about it and finally didn't say it out loud.

After all, compared to the clothes she accidentally saw in Theresa's sister's room before, those clothes were still relatively... relatively... "ordinary"?

Thinking of the scene she accidentally saw at that time, Mernadette's neck and cheeks turned red.

Then... can something like that be called clothes?

And...why does my brother like clothes like that?

Mernadette felt a little awkward.

She was thinking, if one day... her brother wanted her to wear clothes like that... what should she do?

And...what Sister Teresa said to me when I saw that dress, and what I read in the book...

Although it hasn't happened yet, since then Mernadè has often had dreams that make her feel a little uncomfortable.

In a dream...

The more she thought about it, the redder Mernadette's cheeks became.

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Chapter 329 Chapter 209 Charles: I am truly a devout believer

At the corner of the street, Batu and Wenxier were half-sitting on the ground, leaning against the wall, just like the other idle people around them.

"The carriage from Rocks Manor... Do you want to get on it?" Batu held a piece of weed in his mouth and bit it gently, feeling the slightly sour taste of the weed.

"Let's see if Mernadè will come down." Wenxier's eyes were fixed on the front.

Morin, who was driving the carriage, looked around a little bored, and his gaze put a lot of pressure on Wenxier.

At this time, there is a great possibility that their eyes and words can be heard by the other party.

But...Batu still took the risk to talk to him about this matter.

He's gambling.

On the one hand, I bet that the other party won’t care about scum like me.

On the one hand, they were betting that Mernadette was really a naive and idealistic person as they had heard.

The former is easy to understand, but the latter is a gamble with your life.

But if they succeed, they may be able to bypass the hidden steps in the mutual aid group and directly attract the other party, or attract the attention of the person standing behind the other party.

"It's a bit risky. This time she was riding in a carriage and was followed by that 'Windmill'. After Floys died, if she went out by herself, the person who would protect her should be 'Original Sin' Antilia or 'Butcher' Arthur. 'Windmill' Morin has always been serving the owner of Rocks Manor." Batu chewed a few times and swallowed the weed in his mouth, then squinted his eyes and said.

"If he were here too, we probably wouldn't be able to contact each other today. After all, according to the information we heard, if Mernadé came here alone, she would stay here for a long time. But with him here, the two of them would stay here for a very short time." Wen Xier sighed.

"This is a great opportunity. Do you want to take a risk?" Batu asked.

The adventure he was talking about was to walk directly to the carriage parked next to the orphanage and recommend himself to Mernadette.

"The identity and reason have been woven, and it's no big deal even if it is discovered." Looking at Wenxier who was lost in thought, Batu said again.

However, facing the somewhat anxious Batu, Wenxier was silent for a moment and finally shook his head.

"This opportunity is indeed very good, but the more it comes to this kind of time, the more we cannot relax." Wen Xier's eyes kept wandering around Morin.

For some reason, although Morin looked very relaxed and a little bored at this moment, he felt a strong sense of danger.

He vaguely felt that if he stepped forward now, something bad would happen to him.

"That's true... the welfare home has been successfully built. According to our inference, and considering her feelings for this place, she will come here again soon." Although Batu was a little reluctant, he finally chose to listen to Wen Xier's words.

I'm a little anxious...

I originally thought that my mental strength was enough to offset this feeling of disappointment.

Now it seems that I overestimated myself.

Batu laughed at himself.

He is a very timid person. He would never be so reckless when faced with similar situations in the past.

After the two gave up and left, the shadow in the corner gradually became less dark than before.

"Sure enough... I always encounter a lot of interesting things when I'm with the master..." Morin's eyes were fixed on the backs of Batu and Wenxier.

"But you are being a little too cautious."

"It would have been better if I had just walked over here."

Although he was driving a carriage, Morin's sight could only be focused on the front of the carriage. Even if Charles did not use any force to block his sight and hearing behind the carriage, he would be unable to sense any movement in the carriage unless Charles called him.

As a groom and bodyguard, Morin is also very conscientious.

Unless someone disturbed the carriage, he would generally not take action while on duty.

What Wenxier and Batu just said was very interesting, and he vaguely felt that there was something exciting hidden in it.

Sometimes Charles would tell him this kind of thing casually, but sometimes he had to rely on his own observation and exploration.