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

"You should be familiar with Teacher Sif," Doug asked.

Ciel nodded.

"She recently joined the Truth Society. After the miracle incident, the president of the Truth Society released a list of some of its members in the Kingdom of York. He said he had no interest in miracles, but he cared deeply for the members of the society."

"He also said that if the association members stood on the opposite side of other forces regarding some matters concerning miracles, he would not say anything even if he died."

"But...if his companions are accidentally injured because of the miracle, he will not be polite."

"What does this have to do with Peroz?" Putting aside his unrealistic, chuunibakuga dreams, Reiner, the president of the Truth Association, was a very good demigod. If it were in Ciel's time, they would probably have been friends.

"When the statement was released, the Truth Association gifted Leopold a camera. This is the Truth Association's latest research achievement, and it can produce the same powerful effects as the Photo Stone without relying on magic power."

"Because it's so rare, Peroz tried it several times under Sif's guidance."

"Then when sending the photo, Sif sent the wrong one—of course, it could have been intentional."

"After all, there is the Truth Association. She should know some things."

"It's a lame move, but for some reason, Peroz is in the photo on the Truth Society. So, she'll be better off than the rest of us."

This was the truth Doug had gotten out of Sif through a combination of coaxing and intimidation from Theresa. Fortunately Theresa was there, otherwise, given the current situation, if he treated Sif like this, the chances of him accidentally hitting GG would be incredibly high.

However, this was indeed what Sif did on purpose. After realizing her thoughts, Reiner liked Sif's friendship and took the opportunity to post an extra photo.

Reiner simply couldn't resist pure friendship and the chance to change a person's destiny.

"The world has changed so much. It's almost unrecognizable in just a few months."

First, there was a miracle, then Charles Rocks, this seemingly good-looking young man, obtained the help of some people in Floys and became a force that could not be ignored in the Kingdom of York. Next, Sif Leopold, the friend that his daughter occasionally mentioned, also transformed himself and obtained a status that they envied and received the protection of a demigod.

However, these old nobles of the Kingdom of York are facing the stranglehold of some emerging forces.

"Can I ask you a favor?" After expressing his feelings, Doug looked at Charles seriously.

"You say."

"If one day, the Severus family is gone, can you please protect Theresa and Eric?" Doug didn't say anything about the other children, but only mentioned the two people who were closest to Charles.

Because of the "engagement", Teresa and he met frequently. Although the reason made them a little awkward, putting that aside, their relationship was still good.

As for Eric, they happened to meet at the gate of the City of Eternal Night. After Teresa asked him to guide him, Charles often ran into him there. After meeting him many times, they became familiar with each other.

"They are my very good friends." Charles said seriously.

Doug showed a slight smile on his face, and then told Charles many secrets among the upper nobles and the forces he had investigated that had entered the Kingdom of York.

Is it really necessary to be so pessimistic?

You have to know that in addition to what Doug has investigated, there are hundreds of high-level extraordinary people from various forces. I wonder how he would feel if he knew everything hidden in the secrets of the Kingdom of York.

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Chapter 138: Diary of Parasti and Perozzi

Peroz, who was far away in the Western Continent, had no idea of ​​Doug Severus's thoughts at this time. She didn't even know about Sif's help to her.

After leaving the Kingdom of York, she embarked on a journey to find Pallasti with her teacher, Professor Hogot.

Palasti is a secretive country that occupies a small area. It is hidden in the largest rainforest in the western continent, Bondras. Although Palasti has not completely cut off contact with the outside world, it does not have any rejection attitude towards outside visitors.

However, because there are many high-level and even divine extraordinary creatures hidden in Bondras, Parasti has always been unknown to outsiders.

Although Rotun left some clues in his diary, for many reasons, Rotun did not leave any record of how he got there.

Therefore, Peroz and Hogot could only ask the locals around the rainforest - according to the locals, the residents of Parasti were not uncommon, and they called each other "Vira", which means "the bravest warriors they have ever seen."

The Vera do not often appear in towns around the rainforest, but often explorers, hunters, or herbalists who enter the rainforest with various intentions will encounter each other when they encounter danger.

They can easily drive away those extraordinary creatures that pose a great threat to humans. Sometimes, if the explorers are seriously injured, they will be taken to Palasti to recuperate.

But the strange thing is that most people can never find Palasti again after coming out of Palasti.

Peroz and Hogot were lucky. After entering the depths of the rainforest for the third time, they finally met a "Vera", a warrior of Palasti.

Faced with the two people's request, the other party took them to his country, or city, without much hesitation.

Although Pallasti is a country, it is a country with only one city.

Unlike most countries, Palasti retains a strong primitive atmosphere.

Thatched huts, tree houses, and even city walls are made of wood or earth. They wear clothes made of weeds and leaves, and paint some exquisite patterns on themselves.

This was a pattern that Hogot and Peroz had never seen before.

They were accustomed to the way Peroz and Hogot dressed, and there were even shops within Palasti specifically for outsiders.

Among those shops were common clothing, tools, and even weapons.

In the weapons shop, Peroz saw a warehouse full of various guns and ammunition, and even some extremely lethal magic bombs.

Compared to the various restrictions in other countries, here all you need is money - money from any country will do.

What’s strange is that although there are many convenient tools, clothes and weapons here, the people here still maintain their primitive customs.

Both advanced and backward.

This is what Perozzi and Hogot say about Palasti.

They have the most advanced equipment and weapons in most parts of the world, but they resist using them and even sell them at a loss.

The education here is not backward. If you pick any child, they will know something about most countries on the outside world, and even know about steam engines and the latest internal combustion engines.

They have a comprehensive understanding of the outside world, but no one, not even a child, envies it.

Hogot and Peroz were very confused about this. After all, in their opinion, the Kingdom of Palastiyok and even most of the kingdoms on the continent were better than them.

Steam engines, large factories, colorful clothes, airships, all kinds of fine wine and food...

In the eyes of the locals of Palasti, these things are not as good as their hoes, their trained falcons, their clothes made of leaves and weeds, and the simplest cooking methods of boiling or roasting.

In just one day, both of their minds were filled with curiosity.

Peroz did not forget why he came here.

But...after she really started to explore her father's past, she got some truths that she had never imagined before.

At night, under the dim oil lamp, Perrault slowly put down his pen.

This is her diary, recording her experiences after coming to the power of power.

"On February 27th, 1766, Steam Calendar, we arrived at a magical place. The customs here seemed to be from the earliest days of human civilization. But surprisingly, they weren't a closed-off country, but an open one. Mr. Hogot's camera broke, but before I could help him, a roadside fruit vendor quickly fixed it and even took a few photos for us."

Not everyone can operate an old-fashioned camera, let alone repair it.

"On February 28th, at the recommendation of Blue (the person who brought them to Pallasti), we arrived at Parker, an area dedicated to hosting outsiders. Here we saw cameras even more advanced than Professor Hogot's collection. These cameras were only slightly inferior to those in Lecturer Sif's collection. They could capture color images of people and even record short bursts of video."

"At the same time, we found many things in Parker that are very precious to the outside world. There is a vehicle that can move on its own without the need for horses and has no magical power. They told me it is called a car and its fuel is oil."

"With the help of a kind person, I saw the oil they mentioned. It felt familiar to me. It seemed very similar to the black fire I found, but also different. According to the feedback from the Eye of Truth, the oil seems to be some substance derived from the black fire."

"But... the Black Fire disappeared at the end of the Black Fire Era and was only discovered by me not long ago. Before that, there was no Black Fire in this world, and with the power of the Pure White God, there shouldn't be oil either. But they told me that oil has always existed in Pallasti, but there was no way to bring it to the outside world until recently."

"I think the priests of Pallasti must have used some method to render the power of the White God ineffective within the range of Pallasti."

"On February 29th, I met a Pallasti priest. According to Blue, every Pallasti priest possesses Sequence 3 strength. Unlike the high-ranking figures I had imagined, this priest was very gentle and deeply loved by the people of this country."

"Blue told me that every citizen of Pallasti will be blessed by the priest one month after birth, and everyone grows up healthily under the priest's blessing. I didn't understand what he meant until the evening, when Blue took me to attend a mass."

"The protagonists are three children who are just one month old. I saw a green light blooming from the body of a priest. This light fell on the children, and then many things happened that even the Eye of Truth could not see clearly."

"But I seem to understand now. I wasn't dazzled yesterday evening. A six or seven-year-old kid really did walk past me carrying a several-hundred-pound Bondras saw-tooth tiger."

"By March 1st, Blue and I had become quite familiar with each other. I decided to ask about the past, about my father. The people here are not only exceptionally strong, but also have excellent memories. Blue is thirty years old, and he should have some impression of my father when he came here."

"March 2nd (a mass of irregular lines, the pen was too heavy and the traces were projected across the paper)."

"March 3rd, same as above."

"March 4th, I don't believe it! I absolutely don't believe it! Daddy couldn't possibly do something like that! There must be some misunderstanding!"

"On March 5th, weren't we already prepared to go look for that not-so-perfect father? Why, after learning about this, I still couldn't believe it?"

"Maybe... it's because the man in the story is so different from the father in my mind. But no matter what, I don't believe my father would do such a thing. I decided to follow Blue's words and trace back to the past, to find the truth of the matter."

"I need to find out everything. Even if my father really does something like that in the end, I will accept it calmly."

“We are explorers and archaeologists. All we need to do is uncover the truth hidden beneath history and gain nourishment and growth in the process.”

"As an explorer, I want to tell you that the first thing you must control is greed."

"Dad, have you really forgotten what you taught me and become a thief?"

Blue did have some impressions of Roden Krolov, but they were all bad.

He told Perozzi that Rodon had indeed been here more than ten years ago and had been helped by him at that time.

However, he later did something very extreme. He sneaked into the holy land and stole the holy objects while the priest was celebrating mass, and eventually died from the priest's curse.

"Over a decade later, that blasphemer is still hanging on the pillar of shame."

"Death is not the end. Lord Mori nailed his body to the Forest of Sin, where he will forever kneel down in penitence to confess his sins to us."

"Even though he was saved by Mori-sama, he took advantage of Mori-sama's mass to do something so outrageous."

"I used to think that guy was a good person!"

After so many years, Blue still gritted his teeth when he mentioned Rotten.

It wasn't a love-hate relationship, but before Rotten did something so extreme, he really liked her, or even admired her.

After all, Rawdon has been to many places and experienced many adventures.

These were very attractive to him as a child at that time.

"In the outside world, Roden Krolov has always been a great explorer. Probably not many people know that he has this side of him." Hogot said with a complicated expression.

Unlike Peroz, who couldn't listen because of chest tightness, he was old and had experienced a lot. Even if he was a little upset, he could patiently follow the other party's words to obtain more information.

To be honest, he didn't believe what Blue said.

After all, in his impression, Rotun has never been a greedy person. He doesn't care about high-level extraordinary characteristics, precious historical relics, or even his own life.

Why would such a person covet the "source of life"?

Why would you do such a thing?

Greedy?

Hogot's expression flickered a little. Everyone has weaknesses.

Just like he was greedy for fame and fortune, maybe... he never really understood that man.

"Explorer? If he's an explorer, his behavior can be explained."

"After all, aren't explorers a bunch of bad guys who want to steal and rob anything good they see?" Blue said loudly.

Hogot helplessly explained to Blue briefly the differences between explorers, archaeologists, and thieves.

Although there was still some disdain on Blue's face, he didn't say anything similar to what he just said.

"To be honest, I actually admire Mr. Rotten very much." Hogot consciously guided him. "His experience is legendary in our outside world."

Blue obviously wanted to refute something, but Hogot did not interrupt. After Blue said a lot of bad things about Rotten, Hogot began to tell him the story of Rotten.

Blue carefully recalled the Rotten in his mind. Before the source of life was stolen, that person was indeed just like what Hogot, who was sitting in front of him, described.

"So, I'm a little curious about what holy object aroused his greed?"

"Holy objects are holy objects. I remember that the previous textbooks mentioned something about holy objects." Blue scratched his head, then turned around and ran quickly to his room to look for something.

This is another characteristic of Pallasti. The supernatural and reality are not separated like in other countries.

The people here know what extraordinary characteristics and extraordinary creatures are from a very young age, and they are even taught how to configure some low-sequence extraordinary potions.

Coupled with the blessing of the sacrifice at birth, the resources of the rainforest, and the sparse population of the country, as long as they reach adulthood here and are deemed to have the physical and mental strength to withstand the backlash, they will have a chance to become extraordinary people.

Although the number of recognized people is not large compared to the total population, the number of extraordinary people in Palasti is far higher than that in other countries.

Therefore, for other countries, information about holy relics would be concealed by all means, but in Parasti, such information would appear openly in textbooks.

"Sometimes I really envy those who were born here..." Hogot sighed.

"Then stay." Blue came out with a roll of parchment.

"Stay?" Hogot was a little surprised.