[WP] Chapter 39 A world of respect for kindness

[WP] Chapter 39 A world of respect for kindness

"Shade Hamilton, detective."

Shade also took the initiative to introduce himself when shaking hands.

"Bill has already told me about you. It is your luck to join us, and it is also our luck."

The old man said it happily. At this time, Shade saw the champagne in the ice bucket on the coffee table. It should be prepared by Dr. Schneider because the economic situation of Priest Augustus seems to be only better than that of Shade.

Priest Rat Augustus is a second-ring wizard in this group. He became a correspondence ring wizard three years ago.

He is not a local who grew up in Tobesk City but was born in a small town in the south of the Kingdom of Delarian. Influenced by his family, the old priest has believed in the True God [Mr. Dawn] since his youth. When he was young, he passed the exam of the Tobesk Dawn Seminary. At the age of 23, he joined the Dawn Church in Tobesk City. He has never married since then and has been contributing to the church all his life.

Although for 30 years, Priest Augustus did not move forward from the status of a priest for various reasons. But no one doubts his piety. The old priest has a very high prestige in the church of this parish. He is trusted by the clergy and believers in the Church of the Dawn. Even the archbishop of a large diocese, such as the Tobesk Diocese, will ask for his opinion on some important issues.

Due to the awkward relationship between the correspondence ring wizards and the True God Church, Shade will often need to hide his identity in front of the church in the future. Priest Augustus is the best candidate in the group who has connections with the True God Church and can settle church events.

Although the ring wizard is not very talented due to his old age, he must not be absent from the five-person group.

As proof of mutual trust, Priest Augustus and Shade also showed each other their life rings. The priest was also an unusual case among ordinary cases, but he did not have three like Miss Louisa, but only one core spirit rune [Glimmer].

Priest Augustus's identity and core rune both met the requirements of the "Seminary" of St. Byron's Comprehensive College. But the priest did not join the seminary. He is now a member of the School of Chemistry and is proficient in the planting, picking, and mixing of herbs and potions.

Shade now knows another person in the five-person team. Of the remaining two people who have not arrived, Miss Dorothy Louisa, a writer from the Folklore College, will probably take some time to come, and another three-ring wizard, Luvia Annat, cannot come today. She is temporarily not in Tobesk City for some things.

"Miss Annat is different from us. Strictly speaking, she is a ring wizard belonging to the [Prophet Association]. Anat wrote to us and asked us to say hello to you. She will probably be back next month, but in fact, there are only a few days left next week."

The doctor continued to introduce the situation of this group and signaled that Shade, who had finished shaking hands, could find a place to sit down.

"Since she is also part of our group, isn't that lady a correspondence student of St. Byron?"

Shade asked in confusion, choosing to sit opposite Doctor Schneider.

Although Father Augustus has a church background, he received adult education at the college, so he can be considered a correspondence student of St. Byron, but this Miss Annat is completely different.

"No, she is also a correspondence student of the college, belonging to the Astronomy College, and is proficient in the art of divination. As for why she has a dual identity, do you know about 'joint training'?"

The doctor asked. When Shade heard the information about this lady just now, he was just confused, but now he was really surprised and once again confirmed that the force he joined was a college.

"She still belongs to the [Prophet Association], but she is trained by two parties. St. Byron's Comprehensive College and many friendly organizations, including Zarath Liberal Arts College and Sexus Higher Medical College, but not the church, have such joint training students, you will know later.

But you don't have to think of Annat because of her identity; just treat her as an ordinary companion. Do you need tea? I drank good black tea at your place last time, and I asked the servant to buy some."

The doctor asked, and Shade thought for a while:

"Okay, thank you. So, Miss Luvia Annat is the same as us?"

"There is still a difference."

While talking, Father Augustus fiddled with his old pipe. Of course, he would not be in the clinic. Smoking in the room is just a habitual action.

"In addition to being able to gain knowledge in the academy, Miss Annat can also provide convenience for her. She is highly regarded by the ring wizard of the Prophet Association. So relatively speaking."

The priest glanced at the doctor, who shook his head indifferently, indicating that the gray-haired old priest could continue:

"Although she is only a third ring, only one ring higher than me in the group, in a non-head-to-head confrontation, even the doctor is not sure that he can defeat her. Of course, this is also because Schneider and Louisa are not suitable for head-on combat because of their abilities."

Priest Augustus believes that although ring wizards have power, this profession is to study the world and explore themselves deeply, not to fight and kill. In the eyes of the old man, ring wizards are more like scholars, not mercenaries.

He has similar ideas to the doctor. After becoming a correspondence ring wizard, he should not indulge his heart because of the power he has gained but should be more humble and cautious.

In other words, the two were tactfully reminding Shade to be careful when doing things and not to get involved in things that he shouldn't get involved in. Reading patiently, engraving spirit runes to accumulate spirits, reading the notes of predecessors, and learning more magic and spells are the correct life states of a correspondence ring wizard.

Shade therefore suspected that the doctor had told Priest Augustus about his experience the day before yesterday. Priest Augustus was worried that Shade would be eager to gain more power through similar adventures because he suddenly gained power through the remnants of the old gods, so he said this.

Priest Augustus is also a very good person.

"Speaking of which, I am quite curious about one thing."

Since the relationship between the ring wizard and fighting and killing was mentioned, Shade asked:

"Since the ring wizard himself gathers elements and even has spirit runes engraved because of the elements. Then, if we kill the ring wizard, can we obtain the opponent's power, such as spirit runes, such as scattered elements, or the opponent's elements turned into objects and the like?"

"Oh, this idea is too terrible."

The gray-haired old priest shook his head, held the holy emblem on his chest, closed his eyes, and prayed. The doctor shook his head seriously, and his blue eyes examined Shade.

"Shade, I don't know where you got such a terrible idea. But if you kill a ring wizard who has nothing to do with you, all you can get is the other party's corpse and the guilt that will accompany you for the rest of your life.

From Delarian to Carsenrick, from the Old World to the New World, from steam industrial cities like ours to dark rural cemeteries. Ring wizards may appear almost anywhere, but remember, this is an era of civilization, not a dark forest where the strong prey on the weak. If someone actively attacks you, you can fight back, but don't kill people for pure profit, which will make you more likely to lose control."

Shade also understood that what he said was a bit inappropriate, and he was just so curious because of the fantasy stories he had read in the past. The stranger didn't want to gain power by killing people; he just worried that others would do so.

"Sorry, I'm just curious. Yes, that kind of world is too terrible, as if people can live by eating people."

Preacher Augustus, holding the holy emblem tightly, looked at Shade. His eyes were not as stern as the doctor's. The wrinkled corners of his eyes showed a soft meaning:

"Although our world is so strange and terrible, there are countless evil things entrenched, relics of the past era can be seen everywhere, dangerous and mysterious knowledge can challenge the limits of normal people's reason at any time, evil gods walking on the ground and spying on the human world, and abyss monsters hidden under the oceans of the old and new continents, but we are still happy that the world exists. Come, gentlemen, toast to this kind world."

The old priest was moved by what he said and took the initiative to raise the teacup in front of him. The doctor nodded with satisfaction and raised the cup, while Shade smiled. No matter how bad his situation was after he came here, it seemed as if the world was compensating him by sending him such good friends:

"Cheers to this kind world."

The three of them said loudly together, and the stranger's smile at this moment came from the heart.

At this time, the door was pushed open. The blond writer who broke in without knocking did not hear the previous conversation. As soon as she opened the door, she saw three men holding up tea cups, one with a sacred face, one with a serious face, and one with a smile on his face.

Miss Louisa looked at the men hesitantly, wondering if she should leave.

"What were you doing just now?"

PS: The detective is the protagonist of this book. Although this is not a group portrait, the remaining four people, each of them have a branch line closely related to the main line and will play an important role in the next stage, not a tool person.

In addition, although the original owner of the protagonist of this book, Shade, has no family and no family to warm the lonely heart of the newcomer, with such a friend, I think it will not let the "dangerous" outsider go to extremes in the future.

The author himself tends to describe the protagonist as having a good character but is not an absolute good guy. The environment will affect a person's development, so in the early stage, when there is no memory of the original owner and a lack of money, such a "friend" is set to assist the character shaping of the protagonist. Although this world in the Steam Age is dangerous and weird, the brilliance of the character can be more revealed in the dark. This is probably what it means, which seems a bit too nagging.

(End of this chapter)