As soon as I delayed reading and writing letters, darkness began to cover the earth.
Gray Linte looked at Carol, who had empty hands, and asked subconsciously:
"Don't you have any luggage?"
Only then did he remember that Carol didn't seem to have any luggage when she was at the Tingen Wilhelm Hotel last time... By the way, when parasitizing for a long time, doesn't the "parasite" need to eat or wash?
Isn’t Sequence 4 so comfortable yet?
According to Gray Lint's understanding, demigods have indeed acquired divinity and have magical abilities like gods in some aspects. However, since they are called "demigods", they cannot break away from the "human" aspect.
one side.
"Parasite" is indeed quite weird. Abstract things like "hunger" can be stolen if nothing else happens, but "hunger" itself cannot be eliminated, right? You can't directly add external food to it
Bring the "nutrients"? And for washing and the like, you also directly take away the dirty things on your body and clothes?
…That’s not to say it’s impossible, but it’s just too weird and weird, and too challenging for normal people’s nerves.
Seeing that Gray Lint had arranged his own affairs and must be "teleporting" to Sloane, Carol immediately stood up and moved around a little, then asked with a smile:
"You want to ask how I usually change my clothes when I don't bring anything with me, right?"
"Well, you may still be curious. I usually wear a slim coat, but I can always take out the 'Guardian Tie' to copy your extraordinary abilities. And when I am 'parasitized' for a long time..."
"cough!"
Gray Lint coughed dryly and smiled awkwardly:
"I'm indeed a little curious...but if it's inconvenient for you, it's okay if you don't have to tell me."
She shook her head, unbuttoned the cuff of her right arm, and folded the sleeve in a circle, revealing her tender white wrist: there was a slender silver-white bracelet wrapped around it, with a circle of pure green fragments inlaid in the center of the chain.
gem.
After dazzling in front of Gray Linte's eyes, she said without changing her smile:
"Nothing inconvenient."
"On this 'parasite bracelet', where the gems are set, there are many small gaps, and all my belongings are in there."
This kind of operation...
It should be possible to use "Chaos" to change the space or the size of things to be stored. With the "Stealer" method, Gray Lint couldn't figure out how to do it.
Unfortunately, in Carol's opinion, he knew the "Stealer" high-sequence very well, so he didn't explain much, retracted his arms, adjusted the cuffs, and tightened the small, unbuttoned leather jacket.
He continued calmly:
"As for 'parasitism', the nutrients needed must be obtained from the host...otherwise, how can we call it 'parasitism'?"
This is a bit scary, a bit weird and evil.
Graylint shuddered subconsciously and stopped worrying about the issue. He easily retrieved the windbreaker hanging next to him and nodded pretending to understand completely:
"So that's it."
"Well, since you don't need to prepare luggage, I will just take you to 'teleport' there!"
"Um."
She hummed a nasal sound and took the initiative to get closer to Gray Lint.
Gray Linte put the warm but not heavy windbreaker on her body, glanced at the slender white palm, moved her eyes upward, held her right arm with his left hand, and turned the other wrist slightly, blurring it.
The figure of the two people...
…………
Sloan Silan, Ami's guest house.
This is a very large "tent" that is more similar to a yurt. In addition to the owner's family, it can also accommodate at least four families of three to stay here. There is also a cow and horse tent next to it.
They all live here.
Here in Sloane, there are tents with uncertain openings everywhere, which is very unfavorable for Gray Lint to teleport into the city... But fortunately, it gets dark earlier here, so under the twilight, he took Carol with him
I went straight to the shadow of the slit in the guest house, and then walked around half a circle before entering the guest house through the main "door".
"Ami-"
He shouted loudly.
This is the host's little daughter. As for the host and his wife, they should be busy preparing food in the kitchen at the moment.
"coming!"
From behind the curtain, he first agreed, and then a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old emerged with bright eyes:
"Big brother."
She said hello, and was inadvertently attracted by Carol's attention:
"Wow, big sister, you are so 'Yoda'!"
"Yuda" is a prairie dialect, and it generally describes a person who is as pure and lofty as a cloudless sky... This word comes from the Dutan language and is a regional variant. Graylint just learned it two days ago.
I have to say that this word was used by Ami to describe Carol, which is really very appropriate.
"I'm praising you!"
Carol's Dutan language was not as good as that of Gray Lint, let alone understand the dialect. Facing her confused eyes, Gray Lint's mouth curled up and he explained succinctly.
Hearing this, she narrowed her eyes and responded with a smile:
"Thank you, little sister, you are also very lively and cute."
Gray Linte coughed lightly, interrupted the politeness of the two people, and said to Ami:
"Ami, please help me prepare a room for my eldest sister. She will stay here for a few days."
The little girl looked at Gray Linte, then at Carol next to her, her bright eyes rolled around, and she patted her forehead with her little hand:
"Oh, big brother, there are a lot of things piled up in the last house, and it's very difficult to clean! Oh... By the way, big brother, don't you still have an empty room in that house?"
In addition to the house where the host family lives, the guest houses are all "family suites", which are composed of two rooms. One larger one is for the couple, and the other is the smaller one for the children...No
The isolation effect inside the servant room and family suite was very poor, and it was inconvenient for any two of them, including Gray Linte, Aphra and Tripp, to live in one suite, so he booked three suites as soon as he arrived.
.
But if he remembered correctly, there were four apartments in Ami's house, and there was just one left for Carol to live in.
Although this girl was quite eccentric, Glalint knew what she was thinking at a glance, not to mention Carol who was more attentive than him, so he coughed heavily and said calmly:
"That's not very convenient. Big brother should go and clean up those things with you."
"Oh, okay"
Ami's idea of bringing the two together came and went quickly. She actually didn't quite understand what it meant. She only knew that the usual big brothers and sisters would become very close after living in the same house like this.
, which made her feel very sweet and happy...
Carol guessed what Ami meant, and was a little embarrassed at first. Then she heard Grallint speak to save her, and then she breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at the little girl, which seemed to agree with Grallint's statement.
…………
After arranging for Carol to stay, Ami’s father quickly served the dinner prepared for them:
One grilled steak, one mutton soup, and the staple food is small black potatoes, a specialty of the grassland.
Vegetables are not available. You can only grow vegetables in these places from September to March and April of the following year. In other seasons, you can only eat preserved dried vegetables or dig wild vegetables.
…
The next day, after having breakfast, he told Aphra that after suspending his tour, Graylint, under the guidance of Carol, came to the city of Kukwa in Uttar Pradesh, West Balam, which was completely uninhabited.
The indigenous areas controlled by the Intis colonial government are occupied by warlords from all sides, and the situation is quite chaotic.
Although in fact, the areas declared under the control of the Intis colonial government, such as the city of Sobia that had been taken over by Ariste and the others, were not much better.
"How should we find Shatila, or Bellakos?"
What Gray Lint was actually asking was "Where are the clues?" As far as he knew, Fenebaud did not establish a colonial government in the Southern Continent on the surface... Of course, secretly, given the chaos and wealth here,
, almost all the forces in the northern and southern continents have sown seeds on this land.
As he asked, his face and bones squirmed and transformed into "Ellen Bieber".
——It's not that he can't change into someone else, it's just that he decided to use this face to operate in the dark in the future, and outline an identity that seems to be real to possible enemies.
At the same time, Carol next to him also followed the same example and became what Eudora looked like before taking the "Faceless Man" potion.
Activating under someone else's identity seems to have helped her digest the "Dream Stealer" potion.
Kuwa is close to the tropics, so even though it was winter in the southern continent, the two of them still changed into thinner clothes and rushed over early in the morning.
Carol recalled it for a moment, then tapped her head with her index finger uncertainly and said:
"I previously investigated that the material fell into the hands of Shatila, and it was determined by a certain 'arsonist'. That was an Intis officer. It is not a good direction for us to continue the investigation."
"But there is a Sidwell tea shop on Kukwasubli Street, which seems to be Belakos's spy in Uttar Pradesh."
"Seems to be?"
Gray Linte glanced at Carol suspiciously, wondering where she got the information.
Maybe she noticed his doubtful gaze, and Carol explained smoothly:
"When I first came to the Southern Continent, after I left Behrens Port, my first stop was Kuwa, and then there was a 'faceless man' from the Secret Order who set his sights on me... At first, he just wanted to take care of himself.
He became handsome and wanted to seduce me into taking the initiative. Oh, later he even wanted to use his extraordinary ability to attack me directly..."
Gray Linte raised his eyebrows and heard her continue:
"...Before killing him, I checked the part of his memory that he was most concerned about, and then I happened to see one of his investigation results, which was about Sideville Tea Shop, but he was actually not very sure about it.
.”
So that’s it. Gray Linte nodded thoughtfully and asked casually:
"What about that guy? Did you kill him later?"
She nodded and replied angrily:
"The extraordinary properties of the 'Faceless Man' that Eudora took originally belonged to him."
It turns out that this is the case. Before, Glaint knew that Carol intended to cultivate Eudora, and thought that she specially invited the angels who might exist in the "Hermit of Destiny" to help her crush the "Secret Puppet Master" trait. Unexpectedly, it turned out that
That's another "Faceless Man" trait.
This is much easier than inviting an angel.
He glanced at Carol in surprise, and had to admit that he had underestimated her before... At least she was good at "decisiveness" - the kind of person who uses beauty to seduce the opposite sex in an attempt to have a relationship.
If the "faceless men" were directly beaten to death, no one would be unjustly accused. Rosag was far more ethical than them.
While chatting and walking, the two of them soon arrived at Soubry Street.
Sidewell Tea Shop's main business is the retail sale of tea leaves from the Northern Continent, among which Fenebote's tea leaves are the largest. It is indeed very likely that it is Bellakos's secret line. However, Glerint soon got into trouble.
If he didn't know the slogan of the joint, if he acted rashly, he would probably alert the snake. Moreover, he came with a "deal" attitude and was not willing to turn against Bellakos.
After thinking for a while, Gray Lint considered the extraordinary methods of himself and Carol, and discussed in a low voice:
"In this way, let's build a 'correlation' like we did with Rupert before, and then I'll try to communicate with their store manager first. You can take the opportunity to check his thoughts, and then tell me directly... If it doesn't work, we'll consider channeling directly.
.”
He can release an angel-level "bribery-charm" in the "Duke of Entropy" position, and the possibility of successful direct communication is still quite high.
Carol nodded and added in a low voice:
"After all, he is the informant of the demigod. There is a high possibility that he is an extraordinary person with a high level. It should be impossible for a living person to succeed in channeling. Apart from killing him, he can directly communicate with the real spirit body... But this
Doesn't meet your needs.
If necessary, I can briefly parasitize him deeply and directly read all his memories."
Gray Lint remembered some of the limitations of "parasitism", so he shook his head and said:
"That's not necessary. Even if I can't get this material, I still have other ways. You don't need to take such risks."
As he spoke, he took out a gold coin that was originally used for divination and handed it to Carol, completing a low-level "correlation" - this could only be used by Carol to express some of her thoughts.
Throw it to him, but it is enough for use. The "connection" at the angel level is powerful, but when the time comes, the ideas of both parties will interfere with each other, which is not practical.
Hearing this, Carol's eyes flashed, and she neither spoke nor gave him an idea directly. Instead, she nodded quietly, followed him, and walked into the tea shop in small steps.
Gray Lint's majesty was easy to control. When facing ordinary clerks, he simply gave up asking. Instead, he mobilized a bit of majesty to attach to himself and asked arrogantly:
"Is your store manager here?"
"I want to negotiate a big deal with him."
Although the clothes were modest and there were no servants accompanying him, with this arrogant posture and the majesty he specially added, the clerk had no doubts and believed that no matter what his purpose was, his identity was at least not simple, so he bowed slightly.
, replied politely:
"A new batch of tea arrived early this morning, and the store manager is still counting it in the warehouse... If you are not in a hurry, you might as well go to the reception room on the second floor to sit for a while and taste our store's most classic Fenebote Holy Mountain Black Tea..."
In this world, Fenebote, who believes in the Mother Goddess of the Earth, is the highest authority in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, and Fenebote Holy Mountain is the most noble holy place in the hearts of Fenebote people... no matter what agricultural products
, forestry resources, as long as the name of this mountain is attached, the price will not just rise, but the price will easily increase several times, and at the same time, it will be sought after by many rich people and nobles.
"Sooner or later they will have to produce 'Feneport Holy Mountain Whale Oil'."
Gray Linte said "Yeah" with a nasal sound, complaining secretly in his heart.
But he also had to admit that the coffee named after this mountain was indeed really good. In the eyes of people who prefer coffee, it was simply a holy thing in the world... Carol liked it very much.
Of course, its price is also very unfriendly. It is so expensive that even a wealthy aristocrat like Gray Linte will feel distressed if there are many coffee drinkers in the house.
…………
Gray Lint prefers tea and has some experience in this.
After taking a small sip, he was completely sure that this was a "signature product". Although the quality was indeed good, it did not have the kind of quality that would subvert the taste buds and shock the mouth... Presumably, it was the agricultural and forestry products of the Holy Mountain of Feneport.
, demand exceeds supply for the nobles of the Northern Continent, and it is impossible to supply them in bulk to the Southern Continent no matter how hard you think.
Playing with a small jar of sample black tea in his hand, Gray Lint waited for the store manager of Sidewell, Parro James.
He was a middle-aged man with a simple temperament and an honest appearance. He was not as shrewd as an ordinary businessman at all... But just by buying fake tea, Gray Linte was able to determine what kind of "honest" he was. No.
As for being deceived by his appearance.
Seeing Parro James sitting down opposite them, he glanced at the two of them with a smile. When he was about to say something, Gray Linte glanced at the waiter who had retreated, and with a slight force, he covered the can of sample black tea.
On the table, he then flicked his index finger, pushed it towards Paro James, and said in a guest-oriented manner:
"Manager James, I heard that the tea you have here...is not very real. Well, I am also sure that at least there must be something wrong with the 'Feneport Holy Mountain Black Tea' you have here."
It seemed that he was chatting about tea and questioning the quality of the tea, but in fact, he started to accumulate that angel-level "bribery-charm" as early as the moment the other party came in. Sure enough, in this case, Paro James
Without any warning, he received the tea can that he pushed towards him... Suddenly, he wanted to get close to the young man in front of him for no reason, and even couldn't help but say:
"Well...it doesn't matter whether the tea is real or not. As long as the person who buys it thinks it's worth it, then there's no problem!"
"To say the least, even if the people who buy it taste it and think it's not worth it, they will still insist that our tea is good for the sake of face!"
"...There is a lot of fake tea here. Little brother, listen to me. Although this is true, as long as you don't say it and I don't say it, we can all make money together!"
"Besides, the origin of our tea leaves are not mislabeled... we just use some methods to accelerate the ripening. Drinking too much will have some side effects..."
How could there be such a shameless person!
Carol was dumbfounded when she heard this, and even Gray Linte couldn't help but his forehead twitched slightly...