Edward stopped suddenly and looked over in shock: "What did you say your name was?"
"What's wrong?"
The other party was a little confused: "My name is Dirac Odom. /6/1-墈′书/旺~ *啾+欣?蕞+哙·"
"No, that's not what you just said."
Edward stared into the other's eyes, hesitating whether to use Legilimency.
Bonois Gustav, this is the youngest son of Emperor Roselle, the knowledge mentor of Sequence 2, the favored one of the God of Steam and Machinery, and ranks above the Archbishop.
How could he have heard this name wrong?
"But..." He was obviously puzzled, "My name is Dirac Odom."
Capture the mind and thoughts.
More than ten seconds later, Edward apologized, "I'm sorry, I must have heard it wrong just now."
Dirac smiled and said, "It's okay, I used to do that a lot."
Of course Edward didn't believe that he had heard it wrong.
The result of Legilimency was that this Dirac really knew nothing.
There is only one explanation, that Bonois used some kind of divine descent method to borrow what Dirac said to him.
But he came here specifically to say his name, what's the point?
Could it be that Steam Queen wanted her followers to come and say hello to me?
Is this necessary?
In addition, he just called himself "Mr. Sparrow" instead of "Mr. Edward". At first glance, there is nothing wrong with it. After all, both identities are himself, and it is okay for Bonova to know that he is Sparrow.
But it seemed very strange that he came to say hello and used this name, but if you had to say what was strange about it... Edward couldn't put his finger on it.
Could it be... that he was deliberately throwing a smoke bomb to lure me to Intis to "solve the mystery" in person?
Edward was puzzled for a moment.
Soon, they came to the door of a room, and Dirac said, "Arrodes is resting in this room."
"Ah? Rest?"
Edward was shocked. He knew that Arrodes was a living Sealed Object and the future Lord of Mysteries' number one lackey. But as a Sealed Object, it actually had a special resting room?
"Yes, Arrodes exhausted his energy while searching for the Apostle of Desire last night, so he asked to stay in the church to rest."
Edward's eyes flickered. How could a Sequence 5 Apostle of Desire exhaust Arrodes' energy? There was something wrong.
"I see. I'll go in then."
Dirac hesitated and said, "Mr. Edward, after asking Arrodes a question, you also need to answer it in public, otherwise you will be punished."
Edward smiled and took Lilith out of his arms, "I know. I'm prepared."
Lilith cooperated and called out: "Meow~"
"Uh, a cat?"
"This is also 'in public' isn't it?"
Edward smiled, pushed the door open and walked in: This Arrodes is just a bully who only fears the strong and the weak. What about in public... Later, when facing Klein's one-on-one questioning, his image as a lackey was completely exposed!
Walking into the house, it is a room less than 20 square meters. The decoration inside is relatively simple. There is a table in the middle of the room, and on the table are a number of silver mirrors with ancient patterns.
Edward walked forward, looked at his reflection in the mirror and asked, "Dear Mr. Arrodes, I have a few questions I would like you to help answer."
After a long period of silence, the surrounding darkness suddenly became hazy, and streaks of light rippled on the surface of the silver mirror, and a word appeared in it: "Yes."
Lilith's eyes widened immediately, she jumped out of Edward's arms and came to the table, staring at Arrodes curiously.
Edward was stunned and said quickly: "This shouldn't be a problem."
As soon as he asked the question, he wanted to cover his mouth. If the previous one was a question, then this one must also be a question - in other words, he asked two useless questions.
Fortunately, Arrodes' answer was: "Not really."
Then he added: "This doesn't count either."
"Thank you. My question is, where is the Apostle of Desire... the person you were chasing last night?"
The silver mirror surface shone with water light again, and a gentle man wearing glasses was seen riding on a train. There was a wilderness outside the window, and it was difficult to tell where he was exactly.
"Did he leave Backlund? Do you know where he went?"
The image in the mirror gradually disappeared, replaced by a line of words in ancient Feysac:
"According to the principle of reciprocity, it is my turn to ask questions."
"If you answer incorrectly, or lie, you will be punished."
The word "punishment" was as red as blood, as if it was still dripping with liquid!
Edward nodded: "Okay."
Then, the silver mirror flickered with light, and a new line of words appeared:
"You know my future great master, don't you?"
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"Well."
Edward really didn't expect that this guy was ready to be a lackey before he even met Klein.
"Yes."
Arrodes' mirror suddenly flashed, and he seemed very happy. "It's your turn to ask questions, Mr. Edward."
"I wonder where that Apostle of Desire went."
"He went to seek the opportunity to become a demigod."
Edward frowned and said, "Isn't your answer too vague? It's like saying nothing."
New words appeared on the silver mirror again: "Beria plans to go to the sea to look for the inheritance of the Beria family and the Andrellad family, or he will go to the North family to look for opportunities, but I can't tell where he will go in the end. I only know what has happened or is happening, but I don't know what may happen in the future."
After a pause, Arrodes asked again: "According to the principle of reciprocity, it is my turn to ask questions."
"Can you bring me to my future great master?"
I think your request is a bit excessive.
Even though Arrodes's Sealed Artifact is not of high level, only 2-111, the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery still values it very much. In the later part of the original novel, when Steam Princess made a mistake in choosing a side and was driven out of Backlund, it was brought back by Bonova himself.
Edward thought for a moment and replied, "Not for now, but I... can create an opportunity for you to meet him."
Fireworks and an emoji waving a cheerleader pom-pom suddenly appeared on the mirror: "Thank you, Mr. Edward. How about today?"
"Don't worry, now it's my turn to ask questions."
Edward pressed his hand: "Why did you provide the Mechanical Heart with wrong information last night?"
Arrodes suddenly began to flicker, like a short-circuited TV. After about half a minute, he finally answered:
"I have no idea."
"I clearly found Belia's location, but when they chased him, they only found the demon dog."
"I suspected someone was influencing me, so I got scared and lied that I was too tired and needed to rest."
It is indeed like that.
So, who influenced Arrodes?
Could it be another priest?
But what is the purpose?
"Okay, it's your turn to ask questions, Arrodes."
"When can you take me to see the master?"
Edward smiled and said, "I need to communicate with the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery first."
"Okay, thank you sir, do you have any other questions?"
"Well, the last one... Do you know where the formula for Apprentice Path Sequence 3 and above is?" Edward added, "Well, except for the Abraham family."
The mirror flickered, then became dim, and the outline of a huge wooden object gradually emerged. As the camera moved, a few words came into view: Laurel - this was a dilapidated old ship.
"Another sinking of the Laurel?"
Edward's eyes flickered, "I see, thank you."
The Laurel faded away, replaced by a line of text: "You're sure there are no more questions, right?"
Wow, I didn't expect that with the help of Klein, I could also enjoy Arrodes' "nonsense question" service.
"there is none left."
"I look forward to meeting my future great master soon. Thank you, sir."
As the words disappeared, Arrodes returned to his ordinary appearance.
At this time, Lilith, who had been watching for a long time, couldn't help but said, "Edward, I want to ask it a question, too."
"You ask."
Lilith used her little feet to push Arrodes over, and looked at herself in the mirror: "After being promoted to Sequence 7, will Miss Lilith really become a human?"
The mirror surface was once again filled with water light: "Yes."
Lilith raised her chin and said magnanimously: "It's your turn to ask me."
"What is 86 plus 45 minus 21?"
"???"
Lilith's eyes suddenly widened, and then she lifted her paw pads and tried to count, but there were not enough, so she scratched her head and turned around in circles.
Edward looked speechless, but he didn't know how to help her.