"Scum" Law

"2nd April. Due to the recent chaos in the kingdom and the various revolts, spies from the Trier countries and mysterious organizations have been rampant. I've decided to reorganize the kingdom's intelligence organization and pull out a number of elites to form a new department to include my direct superior…

Yes, this new department has to have a nice-sounding name. It sounds domineering… I've decided. I'll call it the "Man in Black" organization.

"Finally, I have to thank the Savant potion. Without it, I definitely wouldn't have thought of the word 'rampant.' Who knows, I might even have to use pinyin in Chinese."

"3rd April. I met Floren and told him about using the kingdom's intelligence department to form my own team. That fool indeed believed me and gave me the authority.

"This fellow keeps flaunting how similar he is to his great grandfather. Could it be that his great grandfather, the former High-Sequence Beyonder, would be as silly as him?"

After reading this diary page, Ebner took a sip of black tea and lampooned inwardly Man Black? This name isn't auspicious at all… Why isn't it called the Avenger or the Guardian of the Galaxy?

From Roselle's gradual grasp of the Intis intelligence department, as well as some of the information I know, this is likely a diary entry from more than a hundred years ago, before the famous incident in Intis.

The results were clearly recorded in history textbooks. In the end, Roselle's status as a colonel quelled the rebellion, and he took advantage of the political changes to change the Intis Kingdom to a republic, a self-appointed consul.

In the following 19 years, he reformed the codex, encouraged inventions, and protected the industrial revolution. He greatly increased his country's strength and fought wars both north and south. He included Lenburg, Masin, Segar, and other countries under his protection, making the three powerful Northern Continent countries, the Feysac Empire, the Loen Kingdom, and the Feynapotter Kingdom bow their heads.

At the end of 1192, when he was about to serve twenty years as consul, Roselle changed the Republic into an Empire and called himself Caesar.

Less than six years later, he perished in the White Maple Palace, ending the Fifth Epoch's most legendary piece of history to date.

As Ebner recalled the history he had read in the library as a Reader, he picked up the second diary page.

Then, he saw a sentence he was very familiar with:

"6th March. Dammit, I'm almost constipated from eating the food here!

"17th March. Are the madams of Intis this open? Did I sleep with her, or did she sleep with me? Why do I feel a little weird?"

This paragraph… I've copied this paragraph before. I remember that it should've been exhibited at Roselle's exhibition hall…

Miss Emma or Miss Fani had seen that exhibition in other cities?

However, since it's a repeat, it's not appropriate to show it to Klein… What a pity…

With this in mind, Ebner put the diary page aside and picked up the third page.

After a simple glance, Ebner became serious. As the handwriting on this page was small and neat, it was likely that Miss Emma had copied it herself, so there was a lot of content.

"11th November. On this holiday that originally belonged to single people, I suddenly confirmed a piece of news that I had previously learned.

That's… Bruna. She's actually a descendant of the former Balam Empire's royal family. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her a princess!

However, that's not the main point. After all, this isn't the first time I've been tainting an abject princess… However, there's actually quite a bit of power backing Bruna. They sealed off the harbor and actually wanted me to stay behind to truly become her husband.

"How is that possible? I'm a man who's going to become a Pirate King. Why would I stay for a woman? Besides, I have Matilda and all the charming madams in Trier.

"That's why I secretly informed Edwards through Cullen's messenger, telling him to secretly sail to the outer seas of Behrens tomorrow morning. Once I leave, I'll immediately pull up the anchor and set sail!"

"12th November. Bruna is such a pure and upright lady. She believed in my lies… Although I couldn't bear to, I still used her to break through the seal and return to the ship.

Before I left, I left the mystical item I forged, Pale Justice, to Bruna as a memento… Although I think it's best if she forgets me.

The Emperor sure is a scum! Ebner couldn't help but curse when he read this. He then recalled the diary page that the Emperor had fabricated after seeing the rumors about the Southern Continent.

I only made up a sentence: "The wild beauty who slept with me last week was actually a descendant of the former Balam Empire's royal family?" I didn't even write the date… Hmm, it doesn't have much of a conflict with the contents of this "true" diary page… So, handing this page to Klein probably wouldn't be a problem?

With this in mind, he looked at the words "Pale Justice" in the diary and thought,

At the Tarot Gathering yesterday, Alger had just mentioned that there was a new Admiral of Paleness at sea, and the weapon in his hand was also known as Pale Justice…

This shouldn't be a coincidence… The background of Admiral Pale Maria is the Numinous Episcopate, and apart from the Artificial Death faction, the strongest faction in the Numinous Episcopate is the royal family faction. Princess Bruna that Roselle mentioned is probably a member of the royal family faction… Is that why Maria inherited the Pale Justice?

Wait, could Roselle really have left behind a son in the Southern Continent?

After some idle gossip, Ebner ate a small piece of velvet cake and picked up the fourth diary page.

The content on this page was all about Roselle's sexual history. After a few glances, he placed it aside, prepared to "present" it to Mr. Fool to earn the remaining value.

Although there wasn't much content on the fifth page, which was the last page, it mentioned something that surprised Ebner because it wasn't mentioned at all.

"1st October. This is really a good day. Not only am I about to obtain what I've been plotting all this time, but I've also officially obtained the support of the two Churches!

"2nd October. Today, I learned something that left me very shocked. Not only were there foreign powers involved in the various revolts in Intis, but there was also the influence of that Grade 0 Sealed Artifact of the Sauron family that suddenly came alive! No, to be precise, it's the true mastermind behind all of this!"

Putting down the diary, Ebner rubbed his temples and frowned.

A Grade 0 Sealed Artifact that suddenly came to "life" in the Sauron family… I remember that Roselle's diary in the Harvest Church had mentioned it before…

Is it the culprit behind the Intis mess? But how did it do it?

Even if it suddenly "came alive," even if it wanted to escape the control of the Sauron family, since an angel family had already discovered it, it would definitely be properly sealed…

Unless some high-level existence is helping it… Who could it be? And why would it do so?

And where did the Sealed Artifact end up… Did it fall into the hands of the Emperor?

Questions flashed through his mind as he finally sighed and packed up the five diary pages.

There was too little information to provide any effective inference.

…

Wednesday morning, at Zouteland Street, Tingen City.

Klein entered the Blackthorn Security Company in a good mood.

"Good morning." Rozanne looked around and said, "Old Neil is sick. Shall we visit him at noon?"

"Old Neil is sick?" Klein asked in surprise.

Rozanne nodded and said,

"Yes, he got someone to ask Captain for leave."

Klein nodded slightly and said, "Then let's visit him at noon. Sigh, Old Neil sure is pitiful. His wife passed away early, and his child is busy in some city. When he's sick, he can only lie at home alone and helpless."

Upon hearing Klein's sigh, Rozanne widened her eyes and asked in surprise,

"When did Old Neil get married?

"I clearly remember asking him why he wanted to remain single. His answer was that he didn't meet the lady he wanted to marry…"

Upon hearing Rozanne's words, Klein was alarmed as he had an ominous feeling.

After hearing at the Tarot Club that the Mystery Pryer pathway might be corrupted by the knowledge of the Hidden Sage, Klein had always paid close attention to Old Neil's physical condition. However, there had been no problems with him all this time. It made him subconsciously relax and not be that nervous…

Taking a deep breath, Klein deliberated and quickly decided on a divination statement.

"There's something wrong with Old Neil's current situation."

…

As he silently chanted, his eyes quickly darkened as he entered a state of Cogitation.

Ding!

He flicked his thumb, sending the brass coin into the air, constantly tumbling and spinning.

Pak! The coin fell right into Klein's open palm.

This time, George III's portrait was facing up.

The portrait indicated that it was correct and positive.

This meant that there was something wrong with Old Neil's current situation!

Could the "eye" on his back really be the Hidden Sage? Klein held the coin and suddenly recalled what had happened when he first advanced.

After barely consoling Rozanne who was clearly worried, Klein gradually calmed down. He didn't inform the Captain immediately. Instead, he entered the bathroom and took four steps counterclockwise to head above the gray fog.

The Fallen Morning Star Necklace contained the secret technique, "Ovalt's Perfect Recovery."

This secret technique had a chance of recovering people from the brink of losing control!

As long as it's useful, even a little risk is worth it…

Captain… He probably wouldn't probe deeper either!