Hearing Melissa's question, Snow's body stiffened suddenly, and the joy of being reunited with his family was suddenly replaced by heartache.
He forced a smile with his clown ability and explained:
"This house belongs to a friend of mine. He knew that my family was coming to Backlund, so he rented it to me at a low price..."
"Is that the gentleman from before?" Melissa took two steps forward, as if she wanted to find some flaw in Klein's expression made with the clown's extraordinary ability, but Benson frowned and said:
"Even if we are friends, we can't take advantage of each other with peace of mind. We have just arrived in Backlund and haven't even settled on a job yet. Living in such a good house is not in line with our class."
Benson's words obviously made sense, but Klein thought of Snow's explanation of Backlund's situation, but couldn't agree with Benson's idea.
He took a deep breath, took out a document from a hidden safe in the corner of the living room and handed it to Benson:
"Benson, this is a share of a company I invested in. Although the current value is only one thousand pounds, but..."
"What? A thousand pounds? Only? Klein, what on earth did you do during this time?" Melissa exclaimed, because the distance was so close, it almost made Klein's ears ring for a moment.
He stretched out his fingers and made a gesture of picking out his ears, making Melissa take two steps back guiltily, and then said with a smile:
"Listen to me, this company's prospects are very good. I believe it will appreciate to an exaggerated level before long, so you don't have to worry about money."
Benson looked at the document in Klein's hand and nodded slightly, while Melissa began to walk around the house, looking at the brand-new velvet bedding, the white porcelain tableware, and the high-end mahogany table.
chair, returned to the living room solemnly again, looked at Klein with a strange look and said:
"Klein, tell me the truth, what is your relationship with that gentleman?"
Although Klein didn't know what Melissa had misunderstood, from her eyes, Klein sensed some bad atmosphere and quickly said:
"Just ordinary friends."
Melissa's eyes were full of disbelief, because the furniture in this house was really too expensive. If we only looked at the house, the monthly rent of this small building was about 2 pounds, but the deposit for these furniture would probably be required.
Over ten pounds!
In fact, Melissa was still ignorant. In fact, the total price of the furniture in this house even exceeded five hundred pounds.
After listening to Melissa explain the furniture and furnishings in the house, Klein's mouth twitched. It wasn't that he thought the furniture was expensive, but he remembered what Snow said when he introduced the property to him before -
"The procedures for this house are very complete. It was given to me by one of my customers. It has nothing to do with extraordinary people or mysterious organizations. No matter whether it is the Aurora Society or other orthodox churches, no problems can be found."
"As expected of the Panridax family's 'craft'..." Klein shook his head slightly and began to argue with Melissa, trying to correct the strange idea that suddenly popped up in his sister's mind, but Benson
I thought of some questions——
According to Klein, he faked his death to escape the murderer. So how did he, who had lost his identity, get involved with such a rich man?
Considering the "Extraordinary" that Klein mentioned before, he had some bad guesses.
"Klein, can you tell me what you are doing now?"
"Um..." When Klein heard this, his explanation to Melissa suddenly stopped. What should he say? Could it be that he was running a cult group?
Fortunately, he still has an identity that he can use. He coughed slightly, and then said: "I am now working for the Church of Steam and Mechanics. Well, that bicycle company is also working with a certain believer of the Church of Steam.
We did it together. We are considered semi-official Beyonders."
"Church of Steam? But don't we believe in the goddess?" Melissa said with some trepidation. Although she loves machinery, she doesn't have a bad impression of the Church of Steam, but belief in something like this is not something that can be changed at will.
"Faith is faith, work is work, it's like you believe in the goddess, but you still love machinery, right?" Klein said in a brisk tone. Melissa thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement. Although Benson still
I felt something was wrong, but I still chose to believe my brother.
After all, Melissa sternly refused to go out to eat, because when she inspected the room before, she found a lot of fresh ingredients in the kitchen.
The three of them got into the kitchen together after a long absence. Under Klein's guidance, a table of sumptuous food was served to the table that looked very expensive at first sight with Melissa's distressed eyes.
It had been a long time since he had a meal with his family. Klein suppressed the tears that threatened to overflow in his eyes and ate the most comfortable meal in the past few months.
When the three of them were almost seven-quarters full, Klein finally remembered what he had said when he was interrupted because of the price of the house. But when the words came to his lips, he hesitated again:
Although he had already made his decision when he came to meet Benson and Melissa, but now...
"Kline, is there anything you want to tell us? For example, Beyonders?" Benson, who noticed what Klein had to say, stopped what he was doing, with a serious look on his face that showed a bit of worry.
Klein saw Benson's expression, then looked at Melissa who didn't seem to understand what happened, and finally sighed:
"There is indeed a reason why I tell you about this problem. You may not know that the Backlund smog a few days ago was not actually the toxic waste gas emitted by the factory as mentioned in the newspaper. Of course, this
This is also part of the reason, but the main reason is actually..."
"Actually, is it an Extraordinary? There is a powerful and evil Extraordinary who caused this incident?" Melissa opened her mouth wide and said in disbelief.
In response, Klein just nodded and repeated the reasons Snow told him before, except that he skipped the part about the end of the world and focused on the dangers that witches, demons and other means of advancement would bring to the surrounding area.
After listening to Klein's story, Benson was silent for a moment, and then he said:
"So, you mean, let us also become the 'extraordinary people' you call us?"
"Yeah." Klein's expression also became serious, "The situation in the future world will become increasingly chaotic. Becoming an Extraordinary, even the lowest level of Extraordinary, will give you the ability to protect yourself..."
It has to be said that the previous heavy smog really scared Klein. If he hadn't learned from this experience, he would never have said the words so forcefully that made Benson and Melissa become extraordinary people.
