Planner of Age of Heroes

Chapter 206: Xia Yan hates the clock tower

Looking at the support request in his hand, Xia Yan sighed softly. How to put it, it was really a wise choice.

Because the incident is rather special, not every country has the ability to resolve it, or only a few countries have the ability to resolve it. Instead of asking other countries for help, making yourself take sides or doing something you don’t want to do... it is better to try Chaldea, which has previously promised to protect the world and humanity.

After all, they had sent out heroes for a long time before, right? And as an organization independent of the countries, they would not interfere in their internal affairs, so this was the best solution.

Holmes had a smile on his face. After Xia Yan finished reading the entire report, he nodded with a smile, "That's it. Although you are the one who makes the final decision, I think it's not a bad idea to accept such a commission. After all, Chaldea also needs funds to operate. If we can build a long-term cooperation model, then Chaldea can establish connections with more countries and won't have to worry about funds."

Xia Yan held his chin. It was true that Chaldea needed funds now, and a lot of them. Although he could not pay the heroes, those who were recruited later would have to sign labor contracts. There was no way humans could persist in working without pay like 007.

"Let me see, it's Denmark. There's a case of missing children. In that case, send that person and Tong Yao together. However, that alone may not be enough. These two may need a heroic spirit who can act as a leader..."

Holmes raised an eyebrow. "In that case, I recommend Madame Blavatsky."

"Teacher Helena? She has indeed mastered almighty magic and possesses a great deal of knowledge. She is more than capable of being the leader this time."

Xia Yan considered Holmes' recommendation and nodded slightly. Speaking of which, these two had met before during their lifetime. That was Helena's last time.

The "great soul" that Helena has always emphasized is actually a god from ancient India. After the decline of mythology, He has lost his form and has been hiding in the Himalayas to survive. Young Helena met this god when she was alone in India and learned the magic of gods that he taught her.

But Helena was a latecomer after all. She only knew how to use the magic but couldn't explain it. However, she greatly improved her magic level through research. She could even change her appearance at will and create a "anywhere door", allowing her to freely enter and exit her magic workshop anywhere in the world.

This aroused the jealousy of the Clock Tower, which repeatedly criticized Helena as a charlatan because it was impossible for magic from the Age of Gods to exist in modern times. However, the Clock Tower secretly tried to win over Helena, hoping to learn something from her.

Unable to defend herself, Helena chose to fake her death in the appearance of an old lady, then changed her appearance into a child, and went to the Himalayas with Holmes to look for the person who taught her the magic of the Age of Gods. Seeing that she could not win over Helena, and fearing the "Anywhere Door", the Clock Tower did not dare to specify the seal openly, so it decided to go all out and assassinate Helena.

That was on the snowy mountains. The two encountered a large number of assassins and chimeras. Holmes blocked the assassins and chimeras, but one assassin still seriously injured Helena who was casting a spell. Helena originally had the opportunity to kill him, but she found out that he was her favorite student, and finally chose to forgive him.

At the last moment of her life, Helena completed the ritual and met the "Great Spirit" again with Holmes.

Ah... The Clock Tower really offended countless people. Fortunately, the Clock Tower does not exist in this world. When this was mentioned, a scene emerged in Xia Yan's mind. He seemed to have brought Helena and many heroes back to the Clock Tower after a hundred years to ask for an explanation for this matter.

You know, many magicians would use all kinds of magic to try to prolong their lifespans. The Clock Tower really has one or two magicians from that time. Perhaps even the Clock Tower didn't expect that someone would appear in front of them in the form of a heroic spirit and ask them for an explanation.

After all, Chaldea's summoning ritual is indeed quite outrageous, mainly because what the Clock Tower did was really too much. It actually asked Helena's favorite student to assassinate Helena. Fortunately, the two surviving magicians also died at the hands of their favorite students. At the same time, the Clock Tower also needs to be responsible for restoring Helena's reputation in the magic world.

The entire process and trial were all under the charge of Joan of Arc. As the judge, she was certainly qualified. Of course, this was also due to the presence of a saint who had subdued a dragon and an emperor who was holding a mercury ship-slashing sword in his hand.

The attitude is that whoever disagrees will be punched or stabbed with a sword. Although the Clock Tower must have some hidden treasures, it is not worth it at the moment.

They completely broke off relations with Chaldea. Yes, they had some hidden treasures, but they couldn't resist the fact that Chaldea's heroic spirits could be summoned again after they died in battle.

Unless they find a way to completely destroy Chaldea's summoning circle and burn all the data so that no one can reproduce it, or directly raise the Throne of Heroes, if they can't do the latter, they can't do the former at the moment, anyway, they are just making things difficult for each other, who is afraid of who? !

Therefore, the news that the Clock Tower and Chaldea had a bad relationship was known to everyone in the magic world.

In Xia Yan's words, although the founder of Chaldea is the monarch of the Clock Tower, this does not mean that the Clock Tower is qualified to manage Chaldea. Even if he really wants to nag, Chaldea is just the fat director's private property. Although he was deceived into buying it by a fox, does he really want to manage other people's private property?

The fat director did not entrust the clock tower with management.

Speaking of which, the fat director can be considered a real man, saying that he is just the director of Chaldea.

Speaking of which, Xia Yan glanced at Holmes while summoning the heroic spirits. "As for the task of entrusting the funds this time, I'll let you negotiate. Is that okay?"

Holmes nodded, and then made another suggestion, "Speaking of which, it is better to summon a Servant with a strong Golden Rule as soon as possible. This should ensure that Chaldea will have a steady stream of subsequent commissions. In addition, we need to organize a special department to handle these commissions. If you think about it carefully, it is quite appropriate to give this department to a wise king."

Chapter 207: The disappearance of children

Holmes's suggestion was indeed good, but handing over this department to a wise king was probably purely out of some bad taste.

After all, once Chaldea becomes famous, there will be a lot of commissions sent to Chaldea, especially from countries that are neither strong nor weak. The commissions sent will definitely become the main component of Chaldea's early external funds.

Of course, if you want to make big money, you still have to look for big events.

Before, Chaldea had been fighting alone to save the world, and had not thought about the lack of funds, but in this world, everyone in Chaldea had to be fed! They had to buy enough daily necessities before the interns arrived. Although they could use the power of the heroes to create these things using various materials in the real world...

But it is ultimately just an emergency measure.

As a thorough Chinese, of course I believe that delicious food must not be wasted, so no matter what, at least when it comes to food, I must use money to purchase the freshest raw materials!

"Okay, let the client know that we have accepted the commission. As for the fee, it will depend on the level of the anomaly that is dealt with and the difficulty of dealing with it."

Xia Yan nodded, while processing the documents in his hand, thought for a while, and raised his head, "By the way, how to publicize that we will accept various commissions for abnormal events? Please give me a charter."

After hearing what his master said, the great detective showed a helpless and indulgent smile on his face, "Only you would order a detective to do such a thing, but this is just what we have done to you. Leave this to me. Compared to a certain old professor who always wants to take a leave, I am quite dedicated to my job."

Not long after, a plane landed in Denmark. The special operations forces who had been waiting here for a long time saluted as they looked at the open door of the plane and the three people who got off. "You three are the special envoys from Chaldea, right? Do we need to cooperate with you in this operation?"

The man who was wearing a dress and a white coat, holding a tablet in his hand, and wearing headphones and glasses and looking like a little boy, sighed, "This time the investigation point is children. How can you get along with children like this? To be honest, I don't want to get along with children either."

It's hard to imagine that a child's voice sounds so much like that of an old man, and his whole body has a bit of decadent aura.

Tong Yao, who was standing aside, was holding a fairy tale book in her arms, with a somewhat melancholy expression on her face.

"After all, he is an old man who wrote many bad endings. He came down with this image and all kinds of injuries on his body. It is simply the resentment of the children. But it is also the blessing given to you by those characters. In the final analysis, you who entered eternal sleep with a love letter to your first love, you also have the heart of a child~"

After hearing this, the blue-haired kid blushed and raised his arms, "What nonsense are you talking about! What is there to be unrequited after living a lifetime?!"

The next moment, this person's hair was held down by another hand. A girl wearing mysterious clothes walked down from the plane. A hardcover book floated beside her. Although she looked like a girl, she exuded a unique sense of maturity and knowledge.

“Isn’t the person we can’t let go of right in front of us?”

The blue-haired boy subconsciously turned around and shouted angrily, "Helena!!"

"Okay, now is not the time to start an internal conflict. Let's first understand the specific situation before taking action. Were there any abnormal changes in the children before they disappeared? Where did they disappear? From this, we can infer whether they are still in this world now."

The expression on the face of one of the special operations team members who came to receive them changed instantly after hearing what this person said. The expression was one of panic, helplessness, self-blame, and a bit of anger and sadness towards the culprit who caused this incident.

Several heroes immediately guessed that among those missing children, one might be the child of the special operations force member in front of them. No wonder the reception captain just now said so confidently that they could help with this investigation. After all, compared to other parents who might cover up some things, the one in front of them did not seem to hide everything.

Helena raised her hands and said, "Maybe my explanation was not so appropriate. When I said "not in this world", I meant other spaces that are different from the real world. After all, this is not something unique in our eyes!"

After all, among the trio, even Tong Yao can build a dream space or fairy tale space independent of the real world. There are many servants in Chaldea who have the ability to build a space. However, to say that they are not in this world is indeed very scary for ordinary people.

But think about it carefully, if these children really become what these people misunderstand because of some things, they can also provide services to summon souls from the underworld for money. Ai Lei should be able to do it...

After hearing these words, the panicked special operations team member finally relaxed a little. He quickly walked in front of the three people and lowered his head. "Please save my daughter! If you need anything, I will fully cooperate!"

The three heroes looked at each other, and finally the blue-haired boy raised his lip and said, "Since your daughter is also a victim, let's start with your family. We need to understand what your daughter did before she disappeared."

The special operations member immediately stood up straight and saluted, "Yes! Please come with me. As I said before, I am willing to do anything to save my daughter."

After getting on the bus, the three heroes took the information handed over by others. Judging from the locations of the missing children, there was no pattern at all, and the children were missing all over the country.

But there seems to be something in common, that is, these children don't seem to be living well. Tong Yao clenched her hands slightly, and the expression on her face was not relaxed. "I think I probably know why these children disappeared..."

Helena and the blue-haired boy sighed deeply and leaned back. This was really a realistic problem.

Chapter 208: Ah, poor children

As long as we arrive at the home of this special operations force member, we can roughly guess how accurate their speculation is, but based on the information we have seen now, the final result is almost certain.

I think these special operations forces probably guessed the reason why these children disappeared, but they just didn't tell their companions who were already feeling very guilty.

The house of this special operations force member is in a good location and is surrounded by a complete range of facilities. According to this special operations force member, in order to buy this house, he not only spent all his savings, but also owed a lot of money.

The three heroes didn't say much, they just gently pushed open the door. There didn't seem to be much life in the room. At the same time, the room was very messy, as if it was caused by the search for the missing child. There was no time to tidy it up. Continuing to walk in, the kitchen seemed to have not been used for a long time, and one could even see some unnoticed corners with accumulated dust.

There were family photos on the cabinet next to him. The top photo was of a family of three, but the photos behind only showed members of the combat unit and his daughter. There was a flower next to a photo of a woman alone, and a line of small words was written on the photo, "My dearest."

The members of this special operations force showed nostalgia and deep love on their faces when looking at the woman in the photo, but then it turned into sadness. Nothing makes people feel more lonely than seeing their loved one leave them before them.

Helena did not say much. Everything had led to today's outcome, so Helena just nodded slightly and continued to walk towards other rooms. The master bedroom belonging to her parents looked like it had not been lived in for a long time. The bed looked extremely cold, and the whole space did not have a trace of warmth belonging to her parents.

Continue walking inside and you will reach the child's room. This is a girl's dream room that is presented to everyone. There are all kinds of furry dolls, pink wallpaper and a cloud-like bed. There are also the girl's own designs and some small stickers on the wall. It is obvious that the owner of this room is seriously managing her own little world.

The whole space is like a dream of a little princess flying freely in the sky. At the same time, there are many gift boxes piled up in a corner of the room. These gift boxes are covered with a layer of dust, as if the little owner of this space is deliberately forgetting these things.

Compared to these things, the old-looking doll placed by the girl on her bed was obviously taken care of more carefully.

The blue-haired boy raised his hand and pointed at the gifts in front of him, and asked, "Who gave him these gifts?"

The special operations force member looked a little confused. "I gave these to my daughter, but why are they piled up in this corner like this?"

The blue-haired boy walked up to the combat member and continued to ask, "It seems that you don't just give your daughter gifts on her birthday. Let me see, this one is for April Fool's Day, this one is for Christmas... It's really diverse."

The member of the special operations force lowered his head. "Because I rarely have time to go home, I can only make it up to my daughter in this way. No matter which special day it is, I will pick out gifts for my daughter and send them home."

Tong Yao took two steps forward and adjusted the posture of the crooked little bear on the bed. "Then who gave this doll to your daughter? It's such a poor doll. I can feel its loneliness."

The member of the special operations force took a look at the doll and then closed his eyes, his face full of sorrow. "My wife bought this for my daughter shortly after she was born."

"Since your wife passed away, you have rarely returned home, because you will inevitably feel sad when you come back. This place records every moment of your life with your wife... Even if your daughter is at home, you are really incompetent. This is just a house, without a trace of the warmth of home."

Helena looked around the room and then at the window where there was an obvious mark of someone often sitting here, or perhaps leaning on something. The child must have often looked at the sky outside through the window.

The member of this combat unit was stunned for a moment, then he covered his face and squatted down. So all this was because of him?

Being able to become a member of the special operations forces proves that this man's IQ is definitely not low. After all, special operations forces have to deal with all kinds of situations. It would be a troublesome thing if they can't think straight and can only obey orders.

He was a little panicked before because of the disappearance of his children, but now he thinks that what these people from Chaldea said are right. Combined with the documents he integrated not long ago, his brain, which had been stuck, finally started to work. Yes, all the children have one thing in common, that is, these children's lives are not happy.

This child is lonely because his mother died and his father has been working all the time. Some other children are orphans, and several other children have a very bad family atmosphere. For these children, perhaps reality is not suitable for them to survive.

Helena narrowed her eyes. After confirming their guess, it was time to take action.

"Tongyao, please try to contact these children in their dreams. As long as we capture their dreams, we will be able to locate their coordinates. Then, I would like to trouble your official members to continue to collect similar families. We need to contact them first before those children disappear."

One of the special operations team members sighed, "In fact, we have contacted several families, but those children don't seem to trust us and are unwilling to tell us anything. They even disappeared without a trace after being protected by us. This is our mistake. We didn't expect that we were not welcomed by these children..."

As the combat member spoke, he scratched his head with his hand. They could feel that the children had obvious hostility towards them, the adults.

The world of children is very simple. If they like something, they like it. If they hate something, they hate it. These warriors are the ones who kill supernatural beings. They have more or less a bit of sharpness, but who would have thought that even those professional members could not pry open the hearts of the children.

Chapter 209: Because Reality is Like Hell

Tong Yao listened to what these special operations members said, her face slightly puffed up, and she was obviously a little angry, "Are you guys looking down on children too much? Adults obviously grew up from children, so why do we forget our past thoughts after becoming adults? Think about when you were children, you looked so purposeful and superior...

How can the children accept you!"

As a hero for children, Tong Yao would of course think from the perspective of a child.

"Just like Tommy Thumb, a counting song for children... It's as precious as a gem when you first encounter it, but it's gradually forgotten as time goes by. Adults have leaky pockets... But it's not meaningless. Although it's worthless, it's still valuable. Isn't that the existence of childhood memories?"

The blue-haired boy glanced at the adults and shook his head slightly. The memories of childhood might still have some value in their hearts, but the feelings of childhood might have been forgotten by the adults. After children become adults, they will be more or less like their parents, because of maturity, so arrogant.

It is also because of this that not every adult can write a fairy tale. On the contrary, the childish words and deeds of children seem more dreamy and interesting. After all, only children believe that there are real blue rabbits in this world, right?

It is not an easy task to make adults recall their childhood feelings, so fairy tales for adults are even more valuable. Of course, he doesn't want to write fairy tales for adults. After all, children's stories are more approachable. Fairy tales for adults always carry a bit of darkness and sadness, just as the lives of adults can never return to their childhood.

He, who possesses a high level of human observation, can assert this.

Tong Yao took the information from the soldiers angrily and said, "Very good, let's go visit these children at night. As long as these children still yearn for the beautiful fairy tale world, as long as they don't choose to give up, I will continue to use dreams to build castles to protect them!"

Tong Yao grabbed the blue-haired boy standing beside her and stared at him seriously, "You must summon those children completely this time!"

The blue-haired boy standing nearby sighed and pulled his clothes back, "I know, I know! Since it's work, I will definitely do it well, and everything will be completed before the deadline. After all, only after finishing such work can I take a good rest!"

Tong Yao nodded, then turned around and glared at the other soldiers, "We will act on our own from now on, so you better not follow us."

After that, Tong Yao changed itself and became a huge fairy tale book, then flashed by and disappeared. Helena glanced at the disappeared Tong Yao and shrugged her shoulders. "It seems that you really pissed off this child. This is the first time I see Tong Yao so angry..."

Don’t think that nursery rhymes are cute and don’t have a scary side, just like fairy tales have dark sides. Nursery rhymes are heroes born from children’s fantasies and fairy tales. It is a general term for all picture books. As a literary genre deeply loved by the British people, it carries the dreams of many children and has become a concept, becoming a “hero of children” and being followed.

Sad and lovely Tommy Thumb, thank you for your long journey,

But the adventure is over.

Because you are about to enter a dream.

The curtain of night has fallen.

Your head will also fall to the ground with a plop!

Are such nursery rhymes really so cute and flawless? The nursery rhymes of the heroic spirit mixed with such factors and stories, please don’t anger her, don’t let this hero of children teach some people what a black fairy tale is!

Night was approaching, the sun had already set into the forest in the distance, and stars began to dot the sky.

Most of the children had already fallen asleep, but there was one child who was different. He put his hands on the window, looking at the gradually disappearing sunlight, with an expectant look on his face. This expectancy came from something he had heard.

Suddenly, the door of the child's room was kicked open, which scared the child. A strong smell of alcohol floated in from outside the room. A burly man with a bottle of wine in his hand and a drunken face walked in step by step. When he saw the child who was not asleep, he couldn't help but ask a question, and then showed an angry and threatening expression.

"I'm telling you, you can't tell anyone else what happened next. Just pretend you didn't see it. I have a friend waiting for me today. Otherwise, I will beat you up!"