Chapter 1043: Chapter 246: The Birth of a Family

"I spoke with the Speaker. Before the whereabouts of the second seat are clarified, Parliament will postpone the joint meeting. This will buy us some time."

Returning to the room, Rin Winter recounted the results of her meeting with the Speaker.

She walked to the window. The First Special District was now shrouded in darkness. Their conversation had begun to show results, as patrols on the streets had doubled, with the Holy City Navy’s patrols also urgently joining the ranks. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

They were anxiously searching for a "man-eating monster," hoping that before the creature acted again, it would be spotted by one of the patrol teams, bringing them more clues. But in reality, even the Speaker who issued the orders didn’t know what they were truly facing.

A specter lurking in the First Special District, or a sudden, black rift appearing in someone’s home.

In any case, the Speaker wouldn’t be going home today.

After saying goodbye to Rin Winter, she drove straight back to the Parliament. In her office, there was a small room for rest, and for Parliament workers, it was another night of emergency overtime.

"Where did the second seat go?"

Ethan asked. Although the voice attached to the mechanical servant sounded somewhat arrogant, Ethan, having dealt with arrogant nobles for the past few years, wouldn’t take such a small matter to heart, much less take someone’s life so rashly.

"Eaten by a monster."

Rin Winter winked at him, "At least that’s what the Speaker thinks now... If we put it in more ’scientific’ terms, he was caught in a sudden black rift before meeting with the Speaker and dragged into another world by a node creature."

She added many terrifying elements to the disappearance of the second seat, but in essence, it wasn’t much different from monsters like "the monster in the closet." She knew the Speaker’s deep-seated fears like the back of her hand and exploited the Speaker’s weakest point in a few words.

Ethan’s eyelids twitched violently a few times, and he asked, "And I’m the ’man-eating node creature’?"

For the residents of the Holy City, this was absolutely the worst kind of first impression. He felt his image had been smeared, turning him into a terrifying evil god in the eyes of the residents.

But for the sake of their operations in the Holy City, Ethan decided to endure this defamation silently.

"No, I wouldn’t do that."

Rin Winter smiled slightly, understanding Ethan’s thoughts and his way of dealing with things. "They know nothing about the other side of the node; with a little guidance, they would believe that on the other side of the node, there’s a massive and terrifying race, born from negative emotions of countless creatures, that delights in consuming humans. The one that attacked the second seat is a grotesque demon, lurking in the shadows and able to tear open a gap in space momentarily to drag victims in."

Years of journeys to different worlds had enriched Winter’s knowledge of the occult. With just a few alterations to "A Hundred Dark Creatures You Should Know," a massive "demon army" could be fabricated in a short time.

"Before the second seat disappeared, his mind was in a state of extreme unrest, and fear filled his heart, giving the grotesque demon an opportunity. The way to deal with them is simple; as long as you stay rational and unaffected by negative emotions, these despicable creatures cannot affect the reality plane."

Although this explanation seemed too bizarre for a civilization that venerates science, Winter’s status as the first seat and her tone effectively made up for it.

There was no deception, no guidance, just consistently narrating the "scientific phenomenon" she discovered with a calm tone.

"And you."

She soon mentioned Ethan, with a hint of softness in her indifferent eyes, "You can become a kind-hearted anomalous entity."

Both the Parliament and the Origin Society would welcome Ethan’s visit.

His existence starkly contrasted with those man-eating node demons, making him more approachable.

Surrounded by threats, they would undoubtedly try their best to understand the source of the threat. "However, now is not the time for you to meet them; the seed of fear has just been planted and needs time to take root and grow."

"And the truth is...?"

Ethan asked, curious about how Rin Winter made an Origin Society researcher disappear into thin air in broad daylight.

"His brain implant had a meltdown, which almost directly burned his entire brain. Tomorrow or the day after, he’ll be found by patrols in a nearby alley to the Parliament building, and they will do everything to maintain his vital signs. When he wakes a few days later, he’ll forget the attack and everything about himself."

Rin Winter calmly narrated the fate of the second seat, "A second seat who survives an attack will spread fear more effectively in this city."

"I dare say your collegial relationship wasn’t friendly."

Ethan said.

When he first met the second seat, the latter had sneaked into Rin Winter’s laboratory, intending to expose the hidden truth Rin Winter was hiding from the Parliament. From his arrogant words, it was obvious he had long been jealous of Rin Winter and was quite resentful of her "first seat" title.