OBS Chapter 3912 The Chaotic Era
Chapter 3912 The Chaotic Era
Chapter 3912 The Chaotic Era
With Miss Elizabeth's help, Sylvie was able to frequently appear at St. Teresa's Square, while Megan was the least likely to be seen at home.
Although she wasn't at the thirteenth rank, Adele always liked to call on her to help when dealing with troublesome matters. After all, once her soul problem was cured, her wisdom and knowledge were just as valuable as her strength.
It's just that Meghan herself isn't very happy.
Shad visits Daniste once or twice a week, and although he doesn't stay overnight every time, the caretaker is still very satisfied. Even Emilia feels that the "Red Moon Witch" looks much better lately.
Helen and Grace were certainly not forgotten by Shad either; in fact, Shad met with the Red Butterfly sisters more often by playing his flute than with Daniste and the witches from other places.
The little butterflies initially thought that Shad was making up for his "coldness" during the big events, but later they realized that Shad simply liked them:
"Sir, has your taste changed because of Ellie?"
"Helen! I've always liked you all, okay?"
Shad argued, while Grace laughed, saying she actually had similar thoughts.
Besides the girls with whom he had intimate relationships, Shad also kept in touch with other girls. Flora was also in Willendale now. Although Shad couldn't visit often, he would occasionally have Margaret deliver a letter. The large oil painting "Ellie and the Unicorn" that Flora sent one day in April was later hung in Shad's bedroom.
Grandma Cassandra and Rita often saw Shad, and Rita finally took the initiative to invite Shad for a walk on Mount Sikar one morning during the Sowing Month, and gave him a kiss at the end of the walk.
Grace and Helen were quite pleased with this.
Although the situation in Moon Bay is currently tense, Shad and the Countess actually meet quite frequently because Luvia occasionally goes to discuss the [Stadium of Fate] and the [Ouroboros Eye] with Bella. Soon, Vanessa and Sirius will arrive with their opera troupe, making things even more lively at Bella's place.
As for Claire, after entering April, the month of sowing, the construction of the "Circular Hall" was completed, and Claire had a little more free time.
However, because the Fatu people also had many things to deal with after the great war, she still had a lot to do. But at least Claire could occasionally take walks with Shad on the island and talk about the follow-up to the "maid disappearance case" that they solved together last month.
"That illegitimate daughter will probably never be able to appear in Tobesko again, right?"
It was an early spring evening when the platinum blonde girl and Shad were strolling together on the beach at sunset. Mia was perched on Shad's shoulder, watching the sunset over the distant coastline.
"Yes, illegitimate children have always been a family scandal, not to mention this time it involves the direct heirs of the Kindle family."
The gentle sea breeze caressed my face; it felt wonderful.
"So, considering your relationship with Galina, how should that illegitimate daughter address you?"
Claire asked with interest, and Shad thought for a moment:
"She's the illegitimate daughter of the brother of Galina's nephew's second wife. How should we address her? Anyway, she's of the same generation as Lacia, that much is certain."
The two continued walking along the beach, leaving only two sets of footprints side by side in the sand.
Besides the girls, Xia De also made sure to maintain good relationships with his friends.
Needless to say, Priest Augustus and Dr. Schneider were there, but compared to before, Shad now had to go to the old priest once a week to check on the current condition of the sealed "Primal Demon Blood".
The lives of Tobeske's friends, such as Professor Manning, Trudeau Giles, and Last Edwards, were not greatly affected by the arrival of the war years, while Mr. Bernhardt, who lived far away in Willendale, wrote to Shad to complain that wine sales in Huntington, the "wine city," would likely be greatly affected this year.
Joey Barton and Marilyn Handel, who had gone to the New World around the end of the year, had also returned to the Old World. They wrote to Shad that they would wander between the war zones of the two countries to comfort the souls of those who had perished in the war.
They will probably continue this work until the war ends.
Baron Lavender witnessed Shad's [Foundation·Fate] at the Prophet's Association and played several rounds of Rhodes Cards with Shad; Director Anlos personally visited Shad on a rainy night to express his gratitude, and then led his elite agents away from Topsk City, and then disappeared without a trace.
On the morning of Sunday, the fifth day of the month of sowing, Major Rades, returning from the island, knocked on the door of number six St. Delan Square with a smile. It was naturally a joyous reunion of old friends in Tobeskoye, and the two talked for a long time inside the house.
A week later, as the counterfeit money case that Shad was investigating was about to come to an end, Shad also heard the news that Raders, "Major", was about to be promoted to "Lieutenant Colonel".
For middle-aged soldiers from ordinary families, or even those who had been captured on the border during peacetime, this rank was something they never dared to dream of before.
Although his rank was promoted, Lieutenant Colonel Rades was not immediately given any specific duties and remained in Tobesk to recuperate. He did not visit Shad very frequently, but instead frequented the veterans' club, discussing the frontline situation and assessing the future of the war with old acquaintances and friends.
The current focus of the world, the front line of the Civil War, revolves around the Pantanal Swamp. The Southern Kingdom, taking advantage of the Duchy of Set's defection, nearly occupied the entire Pantanal region, but then the Dera Rion army, thanks to the miraculous command of its frontline commanders, pushed the front line of the two armies back into the Pantanal.
Because the border between the North and South in the eastern part of the Old World is the towering Rommel Mountains, which is not suitable for large-scale military operations, the main area of the war is currently in the western and central parts of the Old World.
The central front centered around Lake Pantanal-Green, while the western front extended deep into the forests of several northern counties, including Saladir. The fiercest fighting in the western front took place in the Ragon Forest region, where, reportedly, thousands were killed or wounded on a single morning during the Sowing Month.
Newspapers in the North were filled with stories of “major victories” every day to inspire the people, while newspapers in the South were equally focused on their own victories as their daily headlines.
However, De la Réun actually holds the advantage on the western front, while Carsenrick has the upper hand on the central front of the Pantanal. The war has only just begun, and currently the two sides are evenly matched.
As for the relatively peaceful eastern mountainous regions of the Old World, although there were no large-scale military battles, skirmishes between the two sides continued to occur in the mountains. Even the small town where Miss Gaode lived, far from the border, was affected by the war.
At the beginning of the month of sowing, Xia De discovered that the "time key cannot be used for a month" included both the ordinary key and the black key, the latter of which could not be opened again until May. At the same time, Miss Gao De's letter also arrived at his home.
The letter mentioned that recently, another group of adventurers who had fled to her family's town had flocked to the town. Although these adventurers could explore the old lands left behind by her family more easily after she recruited them, their mental stability was obviously not as good as that of the people she had recruited before.
"I feel like everyone's life has been affected except for mine."
Compared to the land battlefields already engulfed in flames, the navy has shown considerable restraint.
After the war began at the end of March, the navies of the North and South organized several large-scale naval battles in the waters west of the Old World. However, because the number of ships and equipment levels of both sides were similar, and the quality of the sailors and the commanders were not significantly different, the navies failed to achieve good results.
In the first ten days of the sowing month, the main forces of both sides finally met. The ensuing two-day battle resulted in heavy losses for both sides, making it difficult to say who won or lost.
Thus, the two sides maintained a state of constant skirmishes without launching another large-scale battle, remaining locked in a stalemate centered on the Moon Bay region. Both sides were waiting for the next opportunity, perhaps the return of the New World fleet, or a decisive victory on the ground.
Moon Bay thus ushered in a strange period of prosperity during the war years. More and more merchants flocked to it, hoping to gain opportunities in this "neutral zone," while refugees fleeing from the border areas also came with the caravans, hoping to find shelter here.
Bella's methods were quite clever. While still providing huge tax revenues to the Moon Bay region and without openly contacting Delareon, the Velendale side tacitly accepted the existence of this "neutral zone." Under the siphon effect, Moon Bay thus became the largest port in the true sense of the word for the trade between the Old and New Worlds during the war years. The trade volume in the first half of the "Sowing Month" was three times that of the same period in peacetime.
But along with the increased trade came a large number of spies and agents. Various factions converged here for different purposes, and it's highly likely that Director Anlos's destination after leaving Tobesk was this place.
Bella complained to Shad about how the security situation in Moon Bay had deteriorated recently. When Shad visited Mr. Albert, the coroner also mentioned that there were more and more unidentified corpses lying in the alleys lately.
"Moon Bay is becoming a vortex on the west coast of the Old World, and the longer the war goes on, the more people and wealth this vortex will be able to devour."
The coroner remarked that he saw both the positive and negative aspects of war. While the arrival of war had driven up prices, the large number of military orders received by factories had created numerous jobs. In the very first month of the war, a strange prosperity had unexpectedly descended upon most cities outside the front lines.