"Edward.\2+8`墈*book_蛧. 埂! Xin/sin\full!"
Audrey suddenly said, "I feel like your attitude towards Mr. World seems to be different from others."
"Ah? Really?"
"I'm an audience member~"
"Your gaze towards Mr. World seems very complicated, but I can't tell the real meaning of your gaze." After a pause, she asked in a low voice, "In the 'story' you saw, did something happen to Mr. World?"
Edward thought for a moment and said, "As Mr. Fool's follower, Klein will receive more favor from Mr. Fool, but he will also have to bear more responsibilities accordingly. In the future I see, Klein is always alone, moving forward silently. No one can help him, and he can only rely on himself. In the end, he and Mr. Fool prevented the arrival of the end of the world together."
Audrey was stunned. "No wonder... Then how can we help him?"
Edward said:
"Don't leave him alone when he really needs help."
...
After Klein separated from Edward and the others, he did not go home. Instead, he took a public carriage to the East District. Soon he met Old Kohler at the old place where he had agreed to meet him.
Old Kohler's mental state was getting better and better. With the income from his job and the informant fees paid by Klein, he gradually began to save some money and was no longer as stingy with food and accommodation as he had been at the beginning.
He came over wrapped in his coat and whispered, "Mr. Detective, the East End and the docks have been a bit unsettled these past few days."
"What happened?"
Old Kohler lowered his voice and said, "Remember the bar where we drank last time? Since yesterday morning, someone has been looking for them everywhere. Now that the bar is closed, everyone has no place to drink. People are panicking."
Klein didn't ask any more questions. This kind of thing was too common in the East District and the Docklands.
"Old Kohler, I want you to help me investigate something."
"You say."
"According to the information you provided, Cynthia disappeared for a while before going to Red Rose Manor. She might have been kidnapped or trafficked."
"That's right."
"I have gathered from other sources that there may be people in the East District and the Dock District engaging in kidnapping and trafficking. *天*喜￠晓!税.网^ _已·发布￠告+罪^歆+璋′结/"
He talked about Barron's image.
But Old Kohler smiled bitterly and said, "In fact, everyone has long been accustomed to this kind of thing. Although slavery has long been abolished, many nobles still like to use slaves."
He shook his head. "You want me to gather intelligence on this person?"
"No, it's too dangerous for you." After a pause, Klein continued, "What I want you to do is to find out if there were any other missing persons at the same time as Cynthia's disappearance."
Old Kohler nodded quickly: "I understand."
He suddenly thought of something at this moment: "Speaking of missing persons, there happened to be another missing person case last night."
Klein was surprised. "What?"
"She is the laundry worker who was arguing with someone last time you and Mr. Reporter saw. She has been doing laundry work at home with her elder and younger daughters. But yesterday, one of her two daughters got lost on the way back from delivering clothes. The younger one."
Old Kohler sighed, "Their family's life was already difficult enough, and then they encountered something like this... Alas, this world is really too unfair."
Klein was silent for a moment. "Take me to see them. Maybe they are related to what I am investigating. Even if they are not related, I might be able to help them."
"...They have no money." Old Kohler reminded.
Klein picked up his hat and cane and said:
"I also volunteer occasionally."
...
Although Edward had learned from Arrodes that there were no ready-made extraordinary characteristics for the undead required to advance to Sequence 4, he still conveyed this commission to everyone he knew so far: Bernadette, Horamick, the vampires, Edwina, Sharon (Miss Yedanshu), etc.
Maybe during the time he was digesting the potion, a few demigods died, leaving some extraordinary characteristics vacant.
But Edward was not too anxious about this. After all, at least he still had the mysterious island that Alger knew about as a last resort. He still owed me 7,500 pounds, and he had business dealings with me through the Traceless Extension Spell. If I asked him for help, it shouldn't be rejected.
Therefore, the most urgent task is to play the role of a wandering mentor and digest the potion!
Before wandering off, Edward wanted to try out the role of "mentor".
If we were to talk about where in Backlund, the land of hope, "mentors" are most needed, it would definitely be the East District and the Bridge District.
Those who are struggling to survive at the bottom of society are destined to have no chance of learning and knowledge from birth. Of course, there are also many far-sighted parents who will find ways to send their children to free schools at night.
After all, this is the only way for them to change their destiny.
Free schools are night schools established by the three major churches or some charitable organizations, and they do not charge any fees. Because they are not profitable, they cannot pay teachers too much, so most of the teachers are volunteers, and the number is decreasing year by year.
Therefore, this free school in the East District was of course very welcoming to Edward, who claimed to be a graduate of Backlund University of Technology.
Although it is called a school, apart from the principal, there are actually only two teachers, teaching six or seven classes.
Therefore, a unique teaching model has been formed here, that is, the teacher arrives early, first gathers a few students with the best learning progress, instills into them the content to be taught today, and then lets them be responsible for teaching different classes, while the teacher patrols back and forth, correcting deviations and mistakes. This is called the "student guidance system" - and this system also makes it convenient for new volunteers to become teachers.
The principal is an old lady in her sixties. After her husband and child died unexpectedly, she came into contact with the free school by chance in order to forget the grief. Not only did she not take a salary, she also subsidized all her assets.
The salaries of the two teachers are barely enough to cover the monthly rent and food expenses. They truly work for love.
After learning that Edward might only be a volunteer here for a few days, the principal was obviously disappointed. But she quickly forced a smile and said, "That's good! We haven't had a new teacher in our school for a long time. What subjects are you going to teach?"
"Roenn and mathematics."
Edward asked curiously, "Mr. Principal, since this place was established by a church or charity organization, it shouldn't be so poor, right?"
The principal sighed: "In the beginning, the free school had sufficient funding and was much larger than it is now, but the management of the school was very chaotic. Most of the management entered the school through connections, and some were even gangsters."
"They force people to go to school, regardless of whether you need it or not, whether you can have enough food or not. Because as long as there are more students, they can ask for more funding, and these funds will eventually go into their pockets."
"When the truth came out, those people pushed the blame onto the schools and teachers, and the result was that the funding for free schools would only be maintained at a level that would not cause them to go bankrupt."
Edward felt helpless after hearing this. The problem of greed is something that cannot be avoided in any world.
At this time, the principal showed him around all the classrooms and said, "Mr. Edward, dinner time is almost here. Would you like to have something to eat with us?" She smiled and said, "We usually cook for ourselves. It may not be very sumptuous, but it tastes good."
"Okay."
"We occasionally provide some simple dinners for the children who come to school, about once a month."
As soon as the two of them walked out of the classroom, a teacher came over quickly with an anxious look on his face: "Principal, are the police here?"
"What's wrong?"
"It seems that a student disappeared on his way back from class last night."
The principal was shocked: "Oh my God. Which child is it?"
"It seems to be Daisy from Liv's family."
"Take me there quickly."
She took two steps and turned back, "I'm sorry, Mr. Edward, I..."
"It's okay. The missing child is more important."
"Thanks."
Watching the two people leave, Edward's heart moved: Could it be that the missing person is the girl who was kidnapped by the wealthy man named Capin in the original book?
In the original book, it was this incident that exposed a corner of George III's human trafficking to build his mausoleum, which later triggered a severe smog incident that killed tens of thousands of people.
I wonder if Klein was also involved in this matter like in the original book.
Not long after, the principal came back, her face full of anxiety: "Mr. Edward, we have to go help find that poor child, so we won't treat you to lunch."
"It doesn't matter, the child is important."
The principal and two teachers then hurriedly left the school.
Edward went back home and brought Lilith back to the free school.
Lilith looked around curiously: "Where is this place, Edward?"
"This is a free school, which means a place where you can teach others for free."
"Oh. So what are you doing here?"
"I am here to teach. Since schools like this have very little money, there are not many people willing to teach here, so they need volunteers like me to help."
Lilith's eyes lit up: "Miss Lilith, is that okay?"
"Yes, but only if you become a human."
"oh."
She rolled her eyes and said crisply, "Then I will be able to be a teacher soon."
Edward couldn't help but be surprised, "Have you digested the potion again?"
"Yes!"
"How did you digest it?"
Lilith pouted and said, "You asked me. You said you would take Miss Lilith to teach the pirates a lesson, but you never took me with you. So I can only go find some bad guys by myself."
Edward was a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, Lilith, it's my fault. I shouldn't have ignored you because I was busy with other things. How about I take you to the sea tomorrow?"
"I forgive you~"
She sat on Edward's shoulder and patted his head gently, "But Miss Lilith doesn't have to go to the sea."
Lilith raised her chin, "Because I am only a little bit away from digesting it!"
Christmena said that if those pirates were instigated by Lilith completely on her own two nights, she would be able to completely digest the potion in an instant. Unfortunately, it was with Christmena's help that they killed each other, so her digestion was stuck at the last moment.
Fortunately, as for the last point, Lilith only needs to instigate humans to quarrel and fight, and it can be completely digested.
Edward touched her head and said, "Lilith is awesome!"
"Yes!"
Chapter 320: The Fool Acts, the Tower Profits
Starting at 7 o'clock in the evening, students began to arrive at the free school one after another. Most of them were in their teens and were generally dressed simply.
As soon as they arrived in the classroom, they sat down, took out the notebooks issued by the school, and began to recite silently from the notes written on them, without being affected at all by the absence of the teacher.