Chapter 451

Chapter 353: Letter

After glancing at it, Dorothy found out that this was also a secret transmission of hymns, named “The Crown of the Wind King.”

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This “Crown of the Wind King” can be said to be a hymn specially written for Despenser of the Prite royal family. It directly and proudly praises Prite’s royal family Despenser. In the secret transmission, Despenser is referred to as the descendant of the ‘Wind Knight,’ with noble and pure bloodline.

The secret transmission highly praises Despenser, claiming they will forever adhere to their vows, protect the land of Prite, and mourn and regret a certain ‘chaotic event.’ It then expresses excitement about Despenser’s resurgence after the ‘chaotic event,’ and finally emphasizes that Despenser will always remain the unchanging ruler of Prite.

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“This is actually a secret transmission about the royal family. Despenser, the so-called bloodline of the Wind Knight, is quite interesting. What exactly does this Wind Knight refer to? And what is this ‘chaotic event’ mentioned here? It sounds like some kind of unrest…”

After finishing the last secret transmission, Dorothy thought to herself, recalling that she had read the secular history of Prite in the library, which indeed mentioned some turbulent eras, but she wasn’t sure which specific unrest this ‘chaotic event’ referred to.

“Mmm… Regardless, I have finished reading them… These secret transmission pieces are a bit fragmented, and I can’t piece together much information for now. Anyway, let me extract the spirituality first~”

Stretching, Dorothy closed the secret transmission and placed it back on the coffee table, then leaned back on the sofa and closed her eyes to start extracting spirituality.

After a while, Dorothy had extracted all the spirituality from the three secret transmissions. “Faith and Holiness” contained 3 points of “Lamp” and 1 point of “Enlightenment.” “Holy Fire” contained 4 points of “Lamp,” 2 points of “Stone,” and 1 point of “Enlightenment.” The spirituality in “Crown of the Wind King” included 2 points of “Shadow,” 1 point of “Stone,” and 1 point of “Enlightenment.”

Summing up the original spirituality, Dorothy’s current accumulation was:

10 Cups, 16 Stones, 6 Shadows, 9 Lamps, 23 Silences, 30 Enlightenments.

‘The spirituality has accumulated almost to the limit, just lacking a little bit of “Shadows” and “Lamps.” It should be easy enough to get them by buying some… The key now is the holy emblem, especially the “Shadow” and “Enlightenment” emblems…’

After checking her current spirituality status, Dorothy thought to herself. Among the two missing holy emblems, one already had a clue, waiting for the upcoming New Year’s Eve party.

‘The upcoming New Year’s Eve party is my chance to obtain clues for the “Shadow” holy emblem, but the key is that I need to make contact with Duke Barret. How can I create an opportunity to meet a duke?’

Gazing at the flames in the fireplace, Dorothy seriously pondered in her mind, carefully thinking about how she would act in the coming days. At that moment, a familiar voice echoed in her mind, a long prayer received.

“This is… Kapak’s prayer?”

Listening to the sound echoing in her mind, Dorothy muttered in surprise, then listened attentively to the content of Kapak’s prayer, frowning slightly.

‘Kapak’s people are coming to Tiwyan for revenge? Why did this happen right before the New Year?’

Dorothy thought rather unexpectedly. Kapak’s recent prayer was to convey a message to the scholar through Akka, explaining the unexpected situation in his tribe. Several radical members were suspected of being misled to Tiwyan to cause trouble. Kapak was called by the shaman of his tribe to follow and stop them, bringing them back.

Kapak was currently on the way to the coastal colonial city and couldn’t write, so he contacted the scholar through prayer, hoping that once he arrived in Tiwyan, someone could help him.

After completely listening to Kapak’s prayer, Dorothy immediately responded to him in the scholar’s identity, telling him to head over and that they would meet him in Tiwyan. After responding to Kapak, Dorothy couldn’t help but think thoughtfully, stroking her chin.

‘With the New Year approaching, a few natives from the New World are being misled to come here to cause trouble… It seems they are being misled by someone resembling a shadow coffin. There are many opportunities for such attacks during New Year activities in Tiwyan. Such a significant safety hazard cannot be ignored…’

Dorothy thought, imagining a group of new world natives with strong intentions for revenge arriving in Tiwyan during the festival, which wouldn’t bring anything good.

‘Although Kapak is heading this way, it’s uncertain if he will arrive in time. Anyway, I’ll warn the An Yin Bureau first and ask them to strengthen their defenses.’

Dorothy planned in her mind. With such a large Tiwyan, relying solely on her limited power was insufficient. Therefore, this matter needed to fall on the An Yin Bureau.

‘Afterward, I should write another letter to Misha, reminding her to alert the General Administration and the Church to strengthen security measures during the New Year period, preventing any incidents. After all, only they can manage the entire city… I can only help with divination…’

After finishing her thoughts about Sado, Dorothy began to organize the secret transmissions on the coffee table. When she had gathered all three secret transmissions into the magic box, she unexpectedly found an envelope on the coffee table.

‘This is… my letter? Oh, I remember. This letter seemed to be inside when I took the secret transmissions from the mailbox. I was planning to read it after finishing the secret transmissions, but I nearly forgot…’

Dorothy thought to herself as she looked at the envelope on the coffee table. She picked up the envelope and carefully examined the information on it, realizing it was from Gregor.

‘It’s Brother Gregor’s letter… We met not long ago. What could he want from me?’

Looking at the letter in her hand, Dorothy murmured, then opened the envelope and read the contents. Soon, she finished reading the entire letter.

Gregor’s letter was simple; he mentioned that the New Year was coming and he planned to invite Dorothy to come down to the city on December 31st to have dinner together and celebrate the New Year. After all, in the vast Tiwyan, Dorothy was Gregor’s only relative, and it was normal for relatives to spend the New Year together.

In the letter, Gregor also invited Dorothy to watch the New Year’s Eve party afterward. During New Year’s Eve, there were many events in various parts of Tiwyan. Gregor chose a notable one, which was the New Year’s Eve party hosted by Princess Isabel, the very one Dorothy wanted to attend to meet Duke Barret.

“This… Does this mean I need to go to the New Year’s Eve party in person?”

Frowning as she looked at the letter, Dorothy mumbled. Originally, she intended to send a zombie puppet to attend the conference while controlling it from afar, but Gregor’s invitation meant she would have to attend in person as well, since she couldn’t use a zombie puppet to meet Gregor face-to-face.

Holding the letter, Dorothy hesitated whether to accept the invitation, but realized she didn’t have any reason to refuse.

‘After all, why not spend the New Year with family?’

“Yes… It’s just a party, shouldn’t be too big of a deal…”

Rubbing her chin, Dorothy said to herself as she looked at the letter.