Miss White Wolf's Terra Travel Journal

The last time she went to the Royal Guards Academy, she was led by Miss Qin Liu and the place they were going was very clear. This time the situation was different. She could only refer to the map of the campus and keep asking passing students about the situation at the school recruitment point.

She has always been lucky. Everyone she met was very welcoming. One classmate even gave up giving her directions and took her directly to where she wanted to go.

In stark contrast to the grand occasion at the National University, the external recruitment point at the Royal Guards Academy was very small and sparsely staffed. Miss White Wolf referred to the sign on the wall and planned to find a staff member to inquire about the situation.

As soon as she walked into the office area, she heard someone calling her name.

"Ms. Olicia, why are you here?"

Bai Lang turned around and the voice calling her name seemed familiar. When she saw the other person's tight Rhodes Island work clothes, she immediately remembered that it was Mr. Oliver, the person who had assisted her in the recruitment work with Qin Liu before.

"Oliver, long time no see." She waved to him, "I want to recruit some senior security specialists at the Royal Guard Academy, so I came over to ask about the situation."

Oliver shook his head: “I don’t recommend you to ask.”

"what happened?"

"Come with me, it's not convenient to talk here."

Miss White Wolf followed Oliver to the tree-lined path outside the school recruitment center.

Oliver asked as he walked, "You didn't know much about the recruitment of the Royal Guard Academy beforehand, did you?"

Miss White Wolf nodded: "No, there is no information on the Internet. I came here today just to ask."

"No wonder. The situation of the Royal Guards Academy is difficult for even locals to understand. Although it has a campus recruitment process, it is limited to fixed partners, and the selection process is very strict."

“Is it because of your military background?”

"It seems you have already guessed it."

“In this case, it will be a bit difficult to get permission.”

"In fact, I think that it is difficult for others, and basically impossible for you."

Miss White Wolf was about to ask why, when she suddenly remembered what she had talked about with Miss Bella. Victoria's military has always been studying Ursus as an imaginary enemy.

"Because I am an Ursus noble?"

"That's right. The Royal Guard Academy doesn't oppose the Ursus nobles in name, but in reality there are always some grudges. With this identity, your chances of passing the Royal Guard Academy's review are very, very low. Moreover, the situation has changed in recent years, and most of the graduates of the Royal Guard Academy will be directly selected by the nobles early on."

It seems that they are still preparing forces for the civil war, White Wolf thought secretly.

But in that case, what if the National University can't recruit researchers and the Guard Academy can't find security operators, then wouldn't her trip to Victoria be in vain?

No, there is also Miss Bo Lu. Well, strictly speaking, Miss Bo Lu was recruited last year, so it is still like drawing water with a bamboo basket.

"Do you really need a security specialist now?" Oliver asked again.

"Yes, it is quite necessary. If I wasn't afraid of attracting attention, I would have signed the security commission for the main ship of Rhodes Island a long time ago."

As an old operator of Rhodes Island, Oliver knew that Ms. Kal'tsit had some connection with Ursus. It was not wrong for Ms. Olicia to think so. He thought for a moment and said:

"Although Rhodes Island cannot help you directly, we can recommend someone."

"Who?"

"A girl named Fire Whistle, but the situation is a little complicated."

Miss White Wolf immediately became interested: "How complicated is it?"

"She is not an independent operator, but the owner of a security company of RemBit. She is quite impressive, having opened a security company independently at a young age. Unfortunately, there were some problems in the operation, and it was about to go bankrupt. Later, she took the initiative to seek cooperation with us, and it has happened many times so far.

"That girl is very capable and trustworthy. We wanted to sign her as an operator for Rhodes Island. But she was always worried about the people in her company and asked to sign them all. Her company is a whole team with more than a dozen people. You know the situation in Rhodes Island. It is impossible to approve a large sum of money to sign security personnel, so the deal was not reached. We are still cooperating according to the order.

"She is in Victoria now. You can consider her situation. If you have any ideas, I will help contact her."

"Sure, you must help me contact them." Miss White Wolf said excitedly.

Rhodes Island is short of money, but Ice Stone is not. Kjerag's factory has been put into use, so it is even less likely that they will be short of money in the future. Moreover, since the Fire Sentinel group can be favored by an organization like Rhodes Island, it means that the quality of the personnel is definitely good. The more people there are, the better it is for them.

"Well, how about we meet at our office then?"

"Londinium?"

"Yes, I forgot to tell you that at the beginning of the year, Rhodes Island set up an office in Londinium. Currently, I am in charge of it with Qin Liu and Miss Ye Yan. If you are free, you are welcome to come and have a look."

Chapter 2023 A Place of Peace 10-09-12 00:02:

As for free time, Miss White Wolf happened to have nothing to do in the afternoon, but she might be busy starting tomorrow, so she agreed to go to the Rhodes Island office with Oliver.

Meeting an old acquaintance was a pleasant thing for White Wolf. On the way, she couldn't help chatting with Oliver, also to inquire about the situation of the Londinium office.

"By the way, you are the head of the office now? Not bad, you got a promotion. Where was Ms. Outcast transferred to?"

Oliver smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Ms. Outcast was seriously injured during the mission and is currently recuperating in a safe place. I am only temporarily taking over the position of head of the office."

"Seriously injured? She's an elite operator and the general manager of the office. Who could have caused her serious injury?"

"Didn't Ms. Kelsey tell you about this?"

"I'm often in the spotlight now, and my identity is inconvenient, so I haven't been to the Rhodes Island ship for a long time."

"Oh. It's related to the civil unrest in Xiaoqiu County. Ms. Outcast stayed behind alone to rescue the wounded. When we found her, the enemies had been wiped out, but she was dying. If she hadn't been found early, I'm afraid Ms. Outcast... would have been lucky in misfortune."

"I hope she recovers soon. I've heard about what happened in Hill County. It seems to be Victoria's internal issue. Rhodes Island should not be involved."

Oliver sighed helplessly, "It's taboo to get involved in local issues. Rhodes Island has ways to avoid it, but we... have to go to rescue people, and then we can't get away. Miss Olicia, I want to invite you to the office, but there is actually another purpose."

"You say."

"After the incident in Xiaoqiu County, Qin Liu seemed like a different person. You know that girl, she can get along well with people wherever she goes. When something happened, she tried her best to save her friends, but some situations are not something we can change. She watched those people die one by one in the incident, and then the office operators also died, and then Ms. Outcast was seriously injured and dying."

"She is not like us veteran operators who have seen life and death. She is too young. The incident was a big blow to her. She has been in a bad mood ever since. We originally planned to transfer her back to the ship for recuperation, but she refused. Later, she agreed to come to the Londinium office. I remember that you had a good relationship with her before. Maybe you can help to enlighten her."

Miss White Wolf had no experience with this type of suspected traumatic syndrome, but she couldn't just ignore it, so she nodded:

"Leave it to me. Although I'm not sure, I will try my best. I think you are doing the right thing. Getting her to leave Xiaoqiu County will definitely help. But I don't understand why she doesn't agree to go to the main ship. I remember when I said goodbye to Qin Liu last year, she said that she was going to become an official operator of Rhodes Island soon. She was not opposed to the main ship, but seemed to be looking forward to it."

"We don't know either." Oliver said distressedly, "Normally, the official operators of Rhodes Island have to stay on this ship for a period of time before they are assigned to local offices according to their intentions. The original plan was to let her go directly after helping you complete the recruitment task, but she suddenly became very strange in those few days and was always listless. We wanted to delay it for a while and wait for her to recover. Unexpectedly, it was delayed directly to the beginning of the Xiaoqiu County incident. The situation was urgent and she couldn't go even if she wanted to."

"Then why did she choose the Londinium office instead of going to our ship when she had the chance?"

"I don't know. After the incident, Qin Liu rarely talked to people. No one knew what she was thinking. At that time, the Londinium office had just been established and there were many affairs. She was busy every day. At first, I thought that work could make her forget those bad things and she would slowly recover over time, so I didn't care. But I didn't expect that after several months, she is still the same. Apart from work, she is just in a daze. I am really worried that she will get into trouble if she continues like this."

"Have you talked to her?"

"Of course we talked about it, but every time she said she was fine, and she would smile occasionally, looking normal. But this kind of 'normal' had something very worrying in it, because she was not like this before."

Miss White Wolf nodded in silence.

Although they had not met for long, she knew an unusually large amount about Qin Liu.

I don't know why, maybe it's a coincidence? Anyway, she seemed to be with her all the time during that time. She knew Qin Liu was an optimistic, hardworking, and somewhat idealistic girl.

He longs for the noble chivalrous culture and fantasizes about becoming the knight protagonist in the story who saves and protects the weak. He hates being seen as a vase the most, so he left the honor guard and wanted to become a real soldier, to prove himself and to serve his country.

She was unknowingly attracted to the other party, but unfortunately when she extended an olive branch, Miss Qin Liu chose her own ideal and chose Victoria.

How much is Miss Qin Liu willing to sacrifice for her ideals?

She didn't know that no one could understand the sacrifices another person made.

However, Victoria, which was controlled by the aristocracy and indulged in the game of power, was destined to fail that lofty ideal and turn that sacrifice into meaningless nothingness.

As long as you are in the game, it is only a matter of time to see through the truth.

She once warned Qin Liu that the so-called soldiers, the so-called nobles, and the country are actually not as glamorous as they seem. Does Miss Qin Liu understand this sad fact now?

Bella's shadow suddenly appeared in Miss White Wolf's mind.

That girl was mistaken by her for Qin Liu many times. She even suspected that she was Qin Liu's twin sister. What's more interesting is that Bella is from the Sill Military Academy and Qin Liu is from the Royal Guards Academy. The two academies are actually twins.

Miss Qin Liu was born in the honor guard and has always longed to join the army, become a real soldier, and serve Victoria.

Miss Bella comes from a military background and her long-cherished wish is to escape from the army, escape the control of the aristocracy, and leave Victoria.

The two are like opposites of each other.

She wanted Miss Qin Liu to go to Ursus with her, but was rejected. She always had some fantasies about Victoria, and Miss Bella saw through some things earlier, so she chose to leave and struggle to escape that tragic fate.

The former acted naively, and perhaps has already paid the price. The latter's behavior seems to be a kind of rationality under helplessness, but what about the future? What will be the future of Miss Bella? Isn't Ursus another quagmire?

People who are manipulated by fate are running around everywhere, where can they find peace?

Where is it?

She asked herself.

Chapter 2023 Londinium Office 10-10-12 00:02:

The Rhode Island office is located in a remote corner in the southern part of the city, far away from the bustling neighborhoods.

This location choice is consistent with Miss White Wolf's estimation of Rhodes Island's style of doing things. They spend money recklessly where it is necessary and save money desperately where it is necessary. Overall, they still focus on economic considerations.

But she quickly gave up her original idea because the office was much larger than she had imagined, almost like an independent department of a national university.

"Although it looks inconspicuous, the place is quite large," she couldn't help but comment.

"Because the place is so big, we only spent money to renovate the necessary parts and left the rest as it is."

"I think even if we don't renovate it, it will cost a lot of money. There aren't many people in the office, so it won't be needed at all. Why did Ms. Kal'tsit make such a decision?"

"Of course I'm investing." Oliver said in a rare joking tone, "As an entrepreneur, you must know that the situation in Londinium is getting more and more tense. Many wealthy people are transferring their assets to Colombia. During the Hill County incident, the rental price here dropped to the lowest point, and that's when we bought in."

"Don't tease me. If something goes wrong in the city in the future, your money might be wasted. How could Kal'tsit make such a risky investment? From my point of view, she is probably planning something."

"What do you think it will be?"

Miss White Wolf did not answer directly, but asked in a low voice: "Will the city be in chaos?"

Oliver looked at the sky in the distance and sighed helplessly: "The issue of the crown prince is like a sharp sword hanging over the city. Sooner or later, it will tear Londinium apart. One day, maybe when we wake up, the major city districts will be divided into war zones by the nobles."

"Then why did Rhodes Island..."

"Our office is very large and is located at the junction of major urban areas. I think it will become either a war clinic or a shelter in the future."

"If that happens, it will be a huge cost. Can Rhodes Island hold on?" asked Miss White Wolf.

In fact, she was thinking about something else. Rhodes Island's capabilities were really limited, and Kal'tsit couldn't have done this purely for the sake of rescuing the victims. The other party was willing to make such a plan, and there must be other deeper purposes.

"Don't worry about the consumption. In a place like Londinium, there are always nobles who care about ordinary people and secretly support Rhodes Island. Please forgive me, these are confidential information of this office, so it is not convenient to discuss them in detail."

"It's okay. I understand."

"However," Oliver suddenly changed the subject, "If you were on our funding list, maybe you could learn more..."

"Ahem, definitely in the future." Miss White Wolf hurriedly coughed to cover up her embarrassment. She had long discovered that whenever someone took the position of office manager, they would begin to pay close attention to money issues. Is this the corporate culture of Rhodes Island?

Unfortunately, she doesn't care about money, and no matter how famous Bingshi is, she can't make the final decision to fund Rhodes Island.

Oliver brought the White Wolf to Qin Liu's dormitory, then said goodbye for the time being and went about his own business.

Miss Bailang stood at the door of Qin Liu's room, hesitated for a moment, then knocked on the door gently, and a familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from the room.

"The door is not closed, just push it."

Hearing this voice, Miss White Wolf suddenly became nervous. She understood from Oliver's words that Miss Qin Liu was currently a "patient" who had suffered psychological trauma and was depressed. She had to carefully consider how to word it appropriately.

She slowly pushed open the door and saw a clean and tidy room. Miss Qin Liu was sitting at the desk with her back to her. She looked very busy, with her long golden hair slightly messy and draped behind her.

"What's wrong? Is it about the Glasgow Gang?" Qin Liu hurriedly wrote the last line in the diary, then turned around, and then froze for a moment, blinking several times, as if he suspected that he was dreaming.

"Yes, it's me." Miss Bailang lowered her head embarrassedly, wondering why Qin Liu was so surprised. Now she didn't know what to say.

"Ms. Olicia..." Qin Liu bit her lip, her eyes changed from surprise to panic, she hurriedly put away the diary, stood up, turned the stool towards Bai Lang, and said incoherently, "Please sit down. Ah, no, there is a single sofa over there, it will be softer."

Miss Bailang would not forget that she came here to act as a psychologist. The single sofa was too far from Qin Liu's desk, which was obviously not conducive to "talk therapy", so she decided to sit on the bed next to the desk.

"How's it here?" she asked.

"it is good."

"Then sit down too, and let's talk."

Qin Liu turned the chair towards Miss Bailang as instructed, sat down, and looked at Bailang curiously. The two hadn't seen each other for a whole year, and it was a bit strange that the other party said "let's chat" as soon as she opened her mouth. What exactly did they want to talk about?

At this point, Miss White Wolf had already realized that she had accidentally used overly strict and formal wording because she was too nervous.

For mental patients, this is absolutely a taboo. At the very least, it will arouse the patient's vigilance, resulting in reduced effectiveness of psychological counseling. At worst, it will lead to disgust and make the condition worse.

If you want to ask Miss White Wolf where these things came from, it's from books. Similar details are specifically emphasized in the psychotherapist's guide.

Miss Bailang, realizing the current situation, could only pretend to remain calm, but in fact she was already panicking. To make matters worse, she found that her patient, Miss Qin Liu, was looking at her with a focused gaze.