About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

"Wuwuwu!?!"

The Noon Knight couldn't understand what Orson was saying. He could only vaguely sense that he was probably going to die here.

"Alright, we still have plenty of time. Let's see if we can get some information out of you about Casimir, the Sangster family, and the Overwatch Council. You know, I learned a lot of these interrogation techniques when I was in the North, but I've never actually put them to use. You're the first one."

Maria didn't want Orson's hands to be stained with blood, but what she didn't understand was that in order to keep the Reunion going and to become Tallulah's "knight", Orson's hands were already stained with blood when he was in the North.

In the small and sealed room, no matter how miserable the roar was, it could not be heard.

56. Sleeping companion service

"Aha……"

Orson walked out of the simple bathroom in the base, sighed, and put on the clothes he had taken off earlier, dressing himself up as he did before leaving Maria.

Orson's torture techniques weren't particularly impressive, having never actually used them before. Luckily, he had some self-awareness and had changed his clothes to avoid spilling blood.

"Didn't you get any useful information?"

After noticing Orson coming out, Alina beside him asked Orson softly, while glancing at the room with closed door not far away.

"It's not so much that we didn't get any useful information, but rather that the information we did get was a bit troubling... Compared to that, thank you so much for your help this time. Alina, how are the deceased being handled?"

Orson responded with a wry smile, while Alina shook her head slightly to indicate that it was nothing.

"There were 14 female victims in total. All we could do was to recover the bodies as gently as possible. And as you guessed, those children... were almost all infected with oripathy."

"……Um."

The targets of the Noon Knights are basically infected people who have no one (circle) or some girls who have no social influence.

If Orson had not arrived in Casimir, the number of victims would probably have increased even faster after Maria.

After deducing from the intelligence collected by Platinum that "Noon Knight might not be a good thing", Orson, while looking for Maria, also called Alina, who is currently the "Acting Secretary-General of the Integration Movement", in order to help eliminate the traces of his sneaking into Noon Knight's room.

Unlike her early days in the Northern Guerrillas, when she could only teach the children, help with cooking and mending clothes, Alina now relies on her Originium skills that can eliminate the "sense of abruptness" to a certain extent, and her calm and meticulous thinking, and has become a terrifying lurker that everyone in the Reunion Movement fears.

This little deer teacher relies on his own abilities and skills to sneak into almost any barrier defense and become a ghost that breaks through the iron wall from the inside.

Many people have reported that they were enjoying a sneaky bite to eat in the cafeteria of the Checheng Integration Movement Base or the Rhodes Island store when they suddenly made eye contact with a smiling deer. Over time, this can be really bad for your heart.

Now Alina has the support of the "Civilian Mineral Cutting Laser Prosthesis" made by Isaac, the Minister of the Engineering Team. What else can be stopped? Babababababa, damn, what can stop her!

Ahem, I’ve gone off topic.

In short, Alina helped Orson eliminate any traces of him appearing in the area where the Noon Knight disappeared. In order to prevent Maria from being identified as a suspect by the Sangster family, Orson had to leave some traces of the Reunion Movement as a guide.

After all, the current situation of the Linguang family and Maria makes it impossible for them to conflict with those ancient knight families, but the integration movement is different.

The integration movement was intended to cause trouble from the very beginning.

Moreover, with Black Snake, an old man who has lived for 2000 years, as his trumpet, it would be easy for him to play Tai Chi and pretend to be deaf and dumb with those senior executives.

"I'll help explain things to Talulah. We'll eventually come into conflict with Casimir's higher-ups, so don't worry too much, Orson."

Alina seemed to notice that Orson felt a little guilty about "selling out his teammates", so she smiled and comforted Orson.

"Well...if it doesn't work out, I'll just say it was Black Snake who told me to do it."

Orson was silent for a moment, then smiled brightly and skillfully passed the buck.

As we all know, the father-in-law is here to be sold, or to be lifted up high and thrown to the moon.

Not to mention how Tallulah, who is currently dealing with the Chamber of Commerce, would react when she returns and discovers this huge pot has appeared inexplicably, Orson took out a notebook containing the few bits of information pried out from the Noon Knight.

In fact, after cutting off the guy's third finger, the Noon Knight kept repeating that he really knew nothing.

That kind of guy doesn't look like someone who would lie. After all, those who enjoy torturing and killing the weak are essentially extremely timid and cowardly.

The Sangster family's long knights were unaware of when their family became "corrupt," which families were their allies within the Council of Justice, or the distribution of power within Casimir—the man who called himself the 'Noon Knight' was completely clueless about this information.

This scumbag is simply a playboy who relies on his family's power to wantonly waste human lives. He knows almost nothing about the internal affairs of Casimir.

The only information Orson obtained was that the Sangster family had a personal armed force called the "Knights of the Sun". If nothing unexpected happened, the Integration Movement would probably deal with this group of people frequently in the future.

"Try to minimize contact with Rhodes Island for the time being. Snow Rabbit also needs to quickly come up with an explanation for her situation. Most importantly, we need to think about how to gain as much trust as possible from the Trade Union before completely breaking off relations—hmm?"

Orson noticed a gentle and warm touch on his cheek. After a moment of hesitation, he realized that it was Alina who was gently touching him with her good hand.

"It feels like I haven't seen Orson this serious in ages. Sometimes I always forget that you, Orson, are the little savior who saved, guided, and changed the Reunion Movement, but in fact, you have never changed."

"Savior or something like that sounds too embarrassing..."

Orson rubbed his hair, while Alina gently leaned against Orson's back, her silver hair swaying slowly, and her furry deer ears poking Orson's face.

"Haha, then I won't call you that."

Alina smiled softly, rubbed Orson and returned to her original state. She looked particularly happy, as if she had been replenished with life-sustaining energy.

"The fangs hidden beneath Casimir's glamorous exterior are gradually showing. We must quickly determine who is our ally and who is our enemy, who we can win over, and who we must be wary of. Alina, we may be busy from now on."

After a brief kiss, Orson looked at Alina with a firm look in his eyes.

The Reunion Movement and Rhodes Island could certainly turn a blind eye to the shadows on the country of Casimir and enjoy the superficial splendor and brilliance, but now that they have witnessed the rotten things firsthand, there is no reason to continue to ignore it.

The Merchants' Union, the Knights' Association, the Council of Justice, the National Council, the Helmets-less Alliance, the Knights of War, the Knights of Tournament—

Although he didn't like to use his brain, it seemed that he had to study carefully how he, as the "breaker", should use the two chess pieces of "Reunion Movement" and "Rhodes Island" to turn Casimir upside down.

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After dealing with the Noon Knight (body), Orson returned to the Linguang Mansion. After greeting Maria and telling her not to worry about anything, he sat on the sofa and thought about what to do next.

——The Knight Competition cannot be left behind. Since my existence is already known to the public, I might as well use the Knight Competition to gain more fame, which will also make it easier to guide the people to do certain things in the future.

"Orson..."

——The Reunion Movement will most likely be temporarily entangled by the Sangster family incident. Although I believe that Tallulah can handle the crisis with the help of Black Snake, the Reunion Movement will most likely still be treated as a key target of supervision in the future. In this case, why not use the Reunion Movement to "send" Rhodes Island into the central area of the Commercial Association?

"Orson, can I ask you for a favor..."

—Little Gray's presence can unite some of the infected who are hiding, but no matter how they are dealt with, they can't avoid the eyes of the No-Horned Alliance. The No-Horned Alliance is a triangular structure, right? Hmm... I can't bother Miss Platinum anymore, right? She's in a difficult position, too.

"Orson, tonight... can you... um, can you sleep with me?"

"Ah, okay."

Orson, whose brain was using all 8 cores and 16 threads to think about various things, didn't even think about it. He instinctively agreed to Maria's request who came to his side at some point.

"……what?"

Orson realized it belatedly and looked up, only to find that the little Pegasus Knight was standing in front of him. He was wearing pure white, fluttering pajamas, hugging a pillow with a flushed face, and looking at him nervously and shyly.

"……ah??"

Orson felt that he had not said "ah" just now, so he made a stupid sound again.

57. Stop making trouble, aunt!

As we all know, the human brain has its processing limits. Therefore, when a person is thinking about a problem, he or she may inexplicably agree to some inexplicable things without thinking.

"……what?"

For example, now, Orson, who had been thinking about his next move, finally came to his senses after instinctively responding to Maria, and realized that things seemed to be going badly.

"Sorry... my head is a little fuzzy right now, but... um, is this really okay?"

Maria's eyes wandered, looking at Orson for a moment, then back at the chandelier. After making this request to Orson, and Orson agreeing, Maria herself probably hadn't figured out what to do next.

"Well, um, how should I put it? If I actually agree to it, it doesn't feel right, but if I say nothing happens, the atmosphere doesn't seem right either..."

Orson was defeated in a second. Orson, who had been thinking about the chess game like a mastermind before, now suddenly returned to his original state, looking a little confused.

It was clear that Maria's request was not made casually, but the little pony certainly had not thought it through thoroughly.

"Woo..."

After making this subtle request, Maria slowly realized that the implications of what she had just said were extremely ominous and would definitely make it difficult for Orson to respond. Even so, Maria didn't back down. She suppressed her shame and pursed her lips tightly, waiting for Orson's further reaction.

For Maria, she has never had a so-called "love experience", or rather, she only falls in love when visiting a machinery manufacturing plant.

Because of this, she couldn't clearly understand how to deal with her feelings for Orson. The young Tianma, without any experience, could only try to move forward clumsily but firmly.

On the other hand, the reason is -

"I understand, but only today."

Orson sighed and stopped worrying about whether to go back on his thoughtless promise.

He noticed a slight tremor from Maria's body. Although Maria had tried her best to appear unaffected by the Noon Knight incident, she was still just a girl who had not been exposed to anything dirty or dark. Therefore, no matter what, her body still honestly reflected the fear in her heart.

"Ok!"

After getting Orson's real permission, Maria immediately showed a happy expression, and her arms were not holding the pillow so tightly.

"I'm really sorry to bother you... Then I, a humble girl, will—"

"Don't use that half-understood ancient Yan language carelessly!"

Orson complained loudly that he was only acting as a "dormitory bodyguard" tactically to appease Maria, and he was not here to enter the bridal chamber.

But when Orson was about to follow Maria into the room, Maria, who had been very happy just now, suddenly seemed to think of something, and the expression on her face instantly changed from happy anticipation to panic.

"No, that's not right! Wait for me a moment, Orson--!"

"What's wrong? I wouldn't mind too much...Pfft!"

"So, please wait a moment!"

Maria panicked and threw the pillow in her hand at Orson's face, then immediately ran into the room.

"?"

Orson took off the pillow, which still had a faint scent of shampoo on it, and tilted his head to look at the closed door of the room.

Through the door, metallic clanging sounds came from inside the room, which shouldn't have been heard in a girls' bedroom, mixed with Maria's distressed mumblings, such as "Why is such a big wrench in the drawer!" "Should I take down the blueprints on the wall..." and so on.

Of course, you can occasionally hear Maria's surprised voice, "Oh! The transformer I couldn't find before is here!"

In short, after a while, Maria finally finished her work. She opened the bedroom door while panting and invited Orson into her room.

"..."

Orson was stunned when he entered the room.

Although this was not Orson's first time entering a girls' dormitory (he had been invited by Tallulah and Zaolu before), it was the first time he saw a vise in a girls' bedroom.

It’s not the vise in Fate next door that doesn’t understand human nature, but a hardware machine in the literal sense.

"...Well, there's really no place to put it—No, no, I mean... wuwuwu."

Maria blushed and wanted to explain, but in the end she couldn't come up with any reliable reason, so she could only pull out a piece of clothing to cover it.

——I’ve never felt shy about people seeing my love for machines before... What’s wrong with me?

Maria blushed as she thought, while Orson beside her cooperated very well, pretending not to see the mechanical tool, and instead turned his attention to the bookshelf in Maria's room.

Motorcycle Maintenance and Zen, Internal Combustion Engine Structure, Metal Materials Science

Professional books that have nothing to do with girls are neatly placed on the bookshelf, and among those professional mechanical books, a knight novel looks extremely abrupt.

"Don Quixote?"

Orson looked at the novel with some curiosity.

"Ah, this is my favorite knight novel. It tells the story of a man who thinks he is a knight, but is not recognized by anyone. He charges towards the waves again and again, and finally sinks into the waves."

Maria recalled the contents of the novel with nostalgia.

"Everyone thinks the content of this book is confusing and has nothing to do with 'knights,' but I really like the way the protagonist never wavers and just lives for his own purpose."

Maria said quietly with a smile, while Orson nodded thoughtfully.

"Being able to stay true to your goals and live your life in your own way? That sounds really good."

Myself, Tallulah, Froststar, Kal'tsit, and many people around me, including the origin of everything, "Doctor" - they may not have maintained their beliefs as steadfastly as the knight from beginning to end, but everyone will move towards that foolish goal again after repeated self-doubt, fear, and thinking.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, it was already late at night. At first, Maria kept chatting with Orson to ease the awkwardness, but soon the awkwardness completely disappeared.