Their world doesn't need gods.

Chapter 270 The orphan entrusted by the old man

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—Alfred—

A few days after investigating the maze in Warner's Fairy Forest.

Alfred brought Wendy and Vivian from the Netherworld to a quiet street in the imperial capital. This was the intersection of the Noble Street and the Commoner Street, and was an area where some wealthy businessmen who liked peace and quiet liked to live.

Following the three people was a metal sphere with a green lens.

She is one of the three artificial intelligences on board the universal immigration ship underground, mainly responsible for maintaining the life support system on the ship and various logistical operations.

These three artificial intelligences have no names, only codes consisting of letters and numbers.

For the sake of convenience, Alfred named the three people after three virgin goddesses in Greek mythology.

The blue-lensed artificial intelligence is the central control, mainly responsible for managing the entire ship. Alfred named her Artemis.

The artificial intelligence of the red lens is mainly responsible for fire control, which is responsible for controlling the weapon system of the spacecraft. Alfred named her Athena.

The last remaining artificial intelligence with a green lens is called Hestia.

The reason why these three people and one ball came to this street was because Emma and Monica found some encrypted letters in the stronghold of the Annu Cult that were suspected to be left by Alfred's grandfather, Tongs.

After Sera, Kelly and others cracked the code overnight, they finally found that the letters all had the same address.

And this address is an inconspicuous old apartment on this quiet street.

"Hello, is this Ms. Mei?"

Alfrid knocked on the door of the old apartment and greeted the middle-aged woman inside.

"Yes, yes... May I ask who you are?"

Mei looked at the exquisite clothes worn by Alfred and the others and realized that they were all nobles.

She acted very cautiously, fearing that she might do something rude and displease Alfred and the others.

"My name is Alfred... well, I'm a minor nobleman. That's fine if you think of me that way."

Alfred thought for a moment and said to May.

Wendy and Vivian on the side smiled softly with their hands covering their mouths in tacit understanding.

Mei was confused by this, but she didn't pursue it any further.

"So, my Lord, may I ask why you are here?"

she asked.

"I'm here to look for a man named Rupert (a pseudonym used by Tong Si). He should be renting this apartment. There should be three girls of different ages moving in with him."

Alfred said.

When Mei heard the alias used by Tongsi, she looked very embarrassed.

"Well... May I ask what you want to do with that gentleman? He hasn't returned to the apartment for quite some time, and the girls who came with him... They disappeared not long after they came here."

"Is that so? Then can you take me to the room he rents?"

"This one……"

Alfred demanded, making May look very embarrassed.

To agree to Alfred's request easily went against her principles in running the apartment.

But if she made Alfred unhappy, the middle-aged woman was afraid that he would take revenge on her.

"To be honest, Rupert, who is staying here temporarily, is actually my family member, and the three girls he brought with him are actually my relatives. I am currently investigating their clues, can I ask you for help?"

Alfred explained.

"Well... I understand. Uh, please come in."

May timidly invited Alfred and the others into the apartment.

Then she limped forward and brought four people (three people and one ball) to the third floor of the apartment.

She stopped in front of the door of the innermost room on the third floor.

"Here it is. I shouldn't have opened this room without Mr. Rupert's permission. He has also paid a year's rent in advance, and it has not yet expired."

May held a bunch of keys and explained to Alfred guiltily.

She probably didn't want to do this. But this middle-aged woman, who was obviously in poor health, didn't dare to provoke the troublesome imperial nobles.

When the door opened, Mei stepped aside.

Seeing this, Alfred led Wendy, Vivian, and Hestia into the room.

This is a rather small room. There are four simple beds and some daily necessities that women may use placed in the not-so-large space.

The room was small and old, but it was very clean and tidy.

It’s just that the furniture and floor in this room were covered with a lot of dust, as if no one had used it for some time.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like there are three living girls hiding here.

"Master Al, are they really here?"

Vivian asked suspiciously.

"That should be the case... Since that old man went through so much trouble to leave a message, it shouldn't be just to get revenge and play a trick on me. Hestia, please scan this room."

"Yes, Master~!"

Hestia replied rather cheerfully, she had a rather lively personality.

Soon after they found the Noaka carrying her and the other two AIs, the three AIs all recognized Alfred, who had the highest command authority, as their master. Then the three stupid girls started to call Alfred "master" in a somewhat immature way.

Well, Alfred felt a little ashamed at first, but then he was forced to get used to it.

"Master, there is a hidden magic circle in the cupboard over there. It seems to be a space transfer magic circle."

Hestia reported.

Following her guidance, Alfred and his friends found the magic circle.

After activating the magic circle, Alfred and the others saw darkness before their eyes.

They were transported to a rather dim cave.

Hestia thoughtfully turned on the lighting, illuminating the entire space.

There were three beds in the cave, and on each bed lay a beautiful girl sealed in crystal.

The three of them were of different ages, the oldest looked to be around eighteen or nineteen, while the youngest was about the same age as Alfred's sister Lydia, only around eleven or twelve years old.

In addition to the three girls sealed in the crystal, there is also an old desk.

There was a letter on the desk, no doubt it was left by Tons for Alfred.

Alfred examined the letter with magic.

After making sure there were no traps, he opened the letter and began to read.

To the stinky Al:

When you, Al, that stinky brat, read this letter, I might have already passed away. Even if I were alive, I might never have a chance to have a good talk with you and Ron, that stinky brat.

Since you have found this place, you must have come into direct conflict with the Annu Cult. You must have countless questions in your mind that you want to confirm with me directly.

I regret that I am limited in what I can tell you in this letter.

Just like the last time they met, Tongsi started by bad-mouthing Alfred.

But the words between the lines of this letter are also filled with Tongs' love and trust for Alfred.

Tongsi briefly recounted what happened to him after he left the imperial capital, and why Selina and others died.

After resigning from the position of Duke Elect, Tons, who has always been keen on studying history, decided to embark on a journey to trace the origins of the Duke's family. He wanted to investigate the final whereabouts of Elect, the father of the first head of the Duke's family.

As it turned out, Tongs knew exactly what he wanted to know.

Although the history of the Empire records that Electrek and his lover, Princess Qia of the Kingdom of Altria, set out on a journey to find a way to lift the curse on Queen Elizabeth and his lover, but ultimately there was no news of them.

But the reality is that Elect did find a way to lift the curse on Qia.

However, on the way back, Elect unfortunately died of illness and was finally buried in a mountain in the north of the empire.

Lucia and the others who brought the potion to remove the curse were not able to return to the imperial capital in time. When they returned to the imperial capital, Qia, who married into the empire, had died two months ago due to the curse.

And there is still no solution to Queen Elizabeth's vampire curse.

Electra's lovers, several women led by Lucia, spent the rest of their lives trying to find a solution, but ended up dying with hatred in their hearts.

Shortly before the last woman skilled in magic died, Elizabeth abdicated and handed the throne to her adopted daughter, the daughter of Electra and Christiana's great-great-grandson.

In order to prevent herself from becoming a mad monster, Elizabeth asked this woman to seal her with magic.

The seal is located deep underground in the present imperial palace.

Whether for archaeologists studying history or for a member of the Duke of Elect, Tongs's discovery undoubtedly has extremely important historical significance.

He also thought about fulfilling his ancestors' will and releasing and lifting Elizabeth's curse.

But before Tongsi and others could take action, the disaster occurred.

Tongs' wives, Selena and others inexplicably fell seriously ill.

Moreover, the symptoms when the disease occurs are extremely similar to the curse that Qiya was cursed with in the records.

Tongsi couldn't figure out where he and his companions were cursed.

At the same time, he wondered why he and his seven daughters were not cursed.

Because in history Elect had indeed found a way to lift the curse, Tongs held on to hope and wanted to save Selina and the others.

But hope turned into disappointment, and in the end only despair was left.

Soon after Selena and the others passed away, Thongs’ daughters began to show the same symptoms.

Tongsi discovered an extremely ugly little stone statue, which claimed to be the god served by the cult of Annu, and his name was Antonio.

This was also the beginning of Tongsi's joining the Annu religion.

Tongsi knew from the beginning that Antonio would most likely not sincerely help him save his daughters.

In fact, after Tongsi joined the cult of Annu, his daughters died one after another because of the curse, and in the end only the three people sealed in the crystal in front of Alfred and others were left.

Moreover, Tongsi's past experience in the palace and his intuition as a historical researcher told him that these curses were most likely related to Antonio. In order to save the three surviving daughters, Tongsi seemed to have made a lot of preparations.

The crystal that sealed the three people was one of them.

These crystal seals can almost freeze the time of the person involved, greatly delaying the onset of the curse and causing death.

The other preparation was for Alfred.

Tongsi began to suspect that Alfred was an 'outsider' since he was a child.

Outsiders are a general term used by the high-ranking officials of the Empire and the Elf Empire to refer to reincarnated beings and time travelers.

In the process of assisting Antonio, he became more convinced that Alfred was a being far beyond ordinary people.

So he sets a trap to deceive Antonio, hoping that Alfred will be able to find the three men later.

As for the end of the letter, Tong Si, who is obsessed with his daughter, left Alfred speechless.