The First Magic World War-Chapter 353 - : 335, Mecklen Manor
Chapter 353: 335, Mecklen Manor
Charles planned to transport all these beastmen to Cappadocia City.
The vast area of Song Spirit Island, where Cappadocia City was located, was sparsely populated with many undeveloped areas that could easily accommodate the Leopard People.
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Charles hoped even more through these Leopard People to bridge the differences between humans and beastmen as much as possible. He had both humans and Leopard People practice the Beast God Transformation Technique. If people from both sides managed to master this technique, how could anyone clearly distinguish between human and beastman anymore?
Charles envisioned creating an entirely new “ethnicity,” not defined by being Behemoth, South Serif, Leopard People, or any other potentially integrating species and races in the future. However, he wondered what it would eventually become?
Charles knew that in this world, beautiful ideas did not always lead to beautiful results, but he felt that as he was not an omnipotent god, doing as much as possible was good enough.
Philedrica knew about Machu Picchu, had been there, and knew that Taoles often worked there. Charles’s arrangement was quite considerate of her, suddenly making her exhilarated, as she said, “With these words from you, I’m relieved. I will inform them to go to Machu Picchu.”
Sophia Garanord quietly waited for Philedrica to finish her duties before she pointed to a pile of books and said, “This is all the information I’ve found concerning the Holy Light Divine State Title. If Mister Mecklen needs more, I’ll continue to help.”
Charles smiled slightly and said, “This is already no small feat. In fact, I have another favor to ask of you both.”
Charles pondered for a moment and then said, “I have borrowed a batch of books, but due to time constraints, I cannot read them all thoroughly. Moreover, these books are very precious. I wonder if you two have time to help me find some valuable intelligence in them?”
Seeing the books Sophia Garanord brought, Charles immediately thought of the library in the Underground Labyrinth he saw on Saint Michael Island. He did not know what those books contained, but relying on his power alone, he knew he could not read them through in a short time. However, these books were extremely precious, containing secret techniques*, which definitely meant they couldn’t be skimmed by a bunch of quick clerks. Thus, he wanted to ask the two ladies for help.
Philedrica looked troubled; she could read, of course, as the Leopard People lady was a university graduate, but she truly disliked reading. Sophia Garanord, on the other hand, was elated and said, “I can help.”
Hesitantly, Philedrica answered, “I can help too.”
It was then Charles remembered he owned a manor, a gift from the queen, which he had not visited for a long time, or more accurately, had never visited.
Though Elysian Pastoral Street No. 58 was not small in size, it obviously could not accommodate so many books. 221B Baker Street in the Val de Vaz District was even smaller. Only the never-visited manor was suitable for storing the batch of books brought back from Saint Michael Island.
He first had Madam Nancy make a trip to the Central Government Office to inform Annie that he could not join her for lunch today, then he took Philedrica and Sophia Garanord, traveling in dark luxury, directly to the manor outside the city.
The original name of this manor had been cancelled by Annie, and a new name was chosen: Mecklen Manor!
The primary purpose of the manor was to grow fruit—half supplied to Strasbourg and half used for winemaking. The few types of fruit wine produced by the manor sold well in Strasbourg, catering to the mid-tier consumer market at several restaurants.
Besides planting and wine-making, Mecklen Manor also housed a rather large residence, a five-story mansion with almost a hundred rooms. On a regular day at Mecklen Manor, fifty to sixty farmers and over twenty servants were busy working. Anne had taken over here, and she also equipped the manor with five knights, taking up some of Charles’s knightly quotas.
These five knights all came from the Brittany Family’s Knighthood. Although each one was a bit older or, due to injuries, unable to fight on battlefields, their formidable strength and extensive experience were more than enough to protect a mere private estate.
The last time the Beastmen surrounded the area, Mecklen Manor, due to its remote location, did not encounter warfare. Occasionally, a few Beastmen soldiers strayed here, but they were driven away by the knights guarding the manor alongside the farmers and servants.
Charles brought two ladies to Mecklen Manor, and after briefly inspecting the residence, he began the transport of books. Philedrica and Sophia Garanord helped with categorizing them and checking for any records related to the Holy Light Divine State Title.
This type of searching was not reading, and could be considerably quick, such as by glancing at the category of a book to determine if it was related to the desired information. Some books just required flipping through the table of contents to ascertain the scope of content.
The three were busy for an entire day. Charles, calculating the time, realized it was about time for Anne to get off work. He had missed joining Anne for lunch and could not miss her after work as well, so he found an excuse to let the ladies continue the search while he returned to Strasbourg using the Infinite Mirror Realm.
Before leaving, he did not forget to randomly pluck a Mirror Spirit in the Mecklen Manor courtyard to leave a coordinate for himself.
Knowing Charles could not come over at noon, Anne was quite disappointed. When she saw Charles arrive hastily after work, she was overjoyed and said, “Have you finished your work?”
Charles smiled and said, “It was nothing major. Aren’t you into the business of running a bookstore and publishing? I just acquired a batch of books. You can pick some that are particularly valuable and select a few to publish, so that your publishing house doesn’t run out of books to print and your bookstore doesn’t lack books to sell.”
Anne was overjoyed, although she didn’t particularly care about this since her publishing house and bookstore mainly sold “Anne MacLennan” novels. However, Charles’s thoughtfulness still brought immense pleasure to Miss Annie Brittany.
She and Charles hastily left the Central Government Office. Just as Charles was about to ask where to spend a little while, he heard Anne whispering softly, “Today is my aunt’s birthday, and I would like to visit her once. Would you accompany me there?”
Charles was about to ask which aunt it was, but his expression soon turned awkward as Anne added, “Aunt Sophia!”
Charles’s expression stiffened, yet he managed to squeeze out a smile and said, “We should indeed visit her. I’ll definitely accompany you, though it’s a pity that Miss Sophia can no longer see us together.”
Anne also felt somewhat sad and said, “If it weren’t for the misunderstanding, I might have never met Mister Mecklen. Without meeting Mister Mecklen, I can’t imagine how I would live my days ahead.”
“Besides wanting to express my grief, I also want to thank Aunt Sophia for touching our fates, giving us the chance to meet.”
Charles firmly said, “We should definitely thank Aunt Sophia.”
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