nownovels Chapter 445 Confession, Going to Sea
Chapter 445 Confession, Going to Sea
Chapter 445 Confession, Going to Sea
Evan, for the sake of the Psychological Alchemy, risked persuading Miss Audrey not to report Herwin Lambis, who had already clearly begun threatening her family. He did feel guilty about continuing to infiltrate the organization.
Therefore, he had to add an extra layer of insurance for Miss Audrey, especially since he was about to set sail and would not be able to react to the situation in Herwin Rambis.
At this very moment, the Psychological Alchemy Society, in order to expand its manpower, is preparing to hold a psychologist exchange meeting in Backlund.
Meanwhile, Evan also secretly contacted Duster Guderian, the asylum doctor who was still waiting for Klein's summons in Tingen.
Klein initially recruited him as an informant under the guise of a Night Watcher, but failed to disclose his existence to the Night Watchers, thus making him a kite with a broken string between both the Night Watchers and the Psycho-Alchemy Society.
Evan had shown up to him once when he was in Tingen, so he easily believed Evan's offer to recruit him and readily agreed to move to Backlund to become Evan's subordinate.
That's right, Evan didn't recruit him as the deputy director of MI9 to continue being an undercover agent in the Psycho-Alchemist Society. Instead, he recruited him as a member of the New Army's representative office in Backlund, making him the representative who coordinates the New Army with various departments in Backlund.
In this way, when Audrey meets Dust Guderian at a psychiatric conference and reports to Herwin Rambis that she wants to recruit him as her subordinate, Herwin Rambis will discover that Dust Guderian was originally a member of the Psychological Alchemy Society and has already successfully become a member of the new army.
More importantly, Dust Guderian also gained Audrey's favor, making it a natural choice for him to become her subordinate, monitor her, and relay orders.
After all, Audrey was a newly adult unmarried girl with very little overlap with Herwin Lambis's social circle. In addition, due to the close watch on her by the Church of the Goddess of the Night, it was really inconvenient for him to monitor Audrey all the time. If there were an unobtrusive middle channel, things would be much easier.
Based on Evan's own observations of Herwin Lambis, he would definitely take Duster Guderian under his command in the end, letting him pretend to be a newbie and become Audrey's subordinate to monitor her, while also using his position to help the Augustus family monitor Evan's new army from the sidelines, killing two birds with one stone.
Throughout the entire affair, Evan never showed any awareness of Duster Guderian's identity as a psycho-alchemist; he simply made a simple recruitment attempt, yet achieved two results.
Firstly, it left a channel for the Augustus family and the Psycho-Alchemy Society to monitor him, but which he had already taken control of.
Another reason was to add a layer of security to the communication between Herwin Lambis and Audrey.
For Audrey, meeting Herwin Lambis was the most dangerous thing, yet she had no say in the matter.
She couldn't predict when Herwin Lambis would contact her, so she couldn't pray for Mr. Fool's blessing or seek Evan's help in advance, not to mention that Evan was about to set sail and leave Backlund.
With Duster Guderian's presence, the possibility of Herwin Lambis directly contacting Audrey will be greatly reduced. At the same time, Audrey can indirectly engage in a psychological battle with Herwin Lambis through Duster Guderian, which will be of great benefit to her future digestion of the potion.
After hearing Evan's plan, Audrey felt that Evan was simply a natural audience member, and his ability to guide and manipulate people's psychology was simply unparalleled.
At least Audrey placed herself in Herwin Lambis's position, believing that she would definitely follow the path planned by Evan.
Because throughout the entire plan, Evan made full use of the ineradicable inertia in human nature.
If Herwin Rambis were even slightly lazy or averse to trouble, he would certainly be pleased with the appearance of Duster Guderian and would definitely take advantage of him.
But when Audrey thought about Evan's current achievements, she felt that she was overthinking things, because Evan was clearly a better fit for the "Hunter" path and could go much further.
"But in doing so, haven't we dragged Mr. Dust into a duel he shouldn't have been involved in?"
Audrey was still that kind-hearted, beautiful girl who was always considerate of others.
If it were anyone else, upon hearing that it could significantly reduce their own risk and allow them to take the opportunity to play the role in advance, they would be overjoyed and wouldn't care about other people's affairs.
"Dasser Guderian is also a man who is eager for promotion, otherwise he would not have agreed to come to Backlund so hastily as soon as he heard about my offer."
So although he was dragged into this without his prior consent, it was definitely beneficial to him.
Besides being able to clear his name through my recruitment, he can also obtain resource support from the Psychological Alchemy Association.
You have to take such a huge risk to infiltrate the Psychological Alchemy Society to get this, and he just got it so easily!
Although Evan was right, Audrey still felt that this was somewhat unfair to Dust Guderian.
Because he himself entered the game voluntarily, while Mr. Duster was indeed forced into it.
"I am confident that I can conceal and mislead Herwin Lambis through Mr. Duster, and I also believe that you can give the Augustus family the wrong impression through Mr. Duster."
But by doing so, wouldn't we be putting Mr. Duster in the position of a "traitor"?
Audrey knew Evan's ways, and she didn't believe he would forgive Duster Guderian's betrayal afterward, even though it was a pre-arranged scheme by Evan.
Evan picked up the wine glass on the table, chuckled, and said, "You're right, I will not let a traitor get away with it."
But I won't punish him without teaching him; on the contrary, I will give him a chance, a chance that he won't become a traitor.
"What opportunity!"
As a member of a top aristocratic family, Audrey had witnessed too many of her father's methods of managing his subordinates since childhood. She knew how rare it was for a superior to give his subordinates such an opportunity, so she asked eagerly.
"I will meet him on his first day in Backlund, offer him the highest price, and show him my utmost sincerity."
If he has any conscience at all, he should tell me that you and Herwin Rambis found him.
Otherwise, I would have had to label him a true "traitor" afterwards!
As the person in a superior position, Evan felt that he had already shown Dust Guderian the utmost leniency.
Even if Audrey hadn't pointed this out to him, Evan would have been reluctant to give him this leniency, because his time was precious, and Duster Guderian's value was not enough for him to bother giving him a chance.
When Audrey heard Evan's promise, she breathed a sigh of relief, glad that Evan was willing to do this for her.
Through this period of cooperation, Audrey has clearly felt the gap between ordinary noble families and extraordinary families, a gap that sometimes cannot be bridged by so-called political interests and money.
Even when the Horn family fell into decline, the Augustus family remained willing to arrange marriages with them through direct descendant princesses for a thousand years. This symbolized the Augustus family's continued recognition of the Horn family's status.
This is also why Earl Hall so wanted his family to successfully transform.
"Um, wouldn't it be inconvenient for you to be my knight in shining armor?"
After discussing the Psychological Alchemy Society, Audrey thought for a moment, then blushed slightly and took the initiative to bring up their secret marriage agreement.
Although they met frequently during this period because of Herwin Lambis, neither of them took the initiative to talk about it, simply letting things develop as they were.
Upon hearing this, Evan put down his wine glass, paused for a moment, and then explained, "This engagement doesn't affect me much. It's rumored that most of the women I've had affairs with are witches from the Witch Cult and the Gnostic Society who have infiltrated Backlund."
You might not know this, but the Witch Path is adjacent to the Hunter Path. I'm destined to be enemies with both organizations, so I have no choice but to deal with them. I need to prepare in advance!
Audrey really didn't expect Evan to give such an explanation. Although she didn't care about the so-called romantic rumors, such things were not unusual in aristocratic circles; on the contrary, they were a fashion.
Even her father, Earl Hall, had several illegitimate children.
However, Audrey was somewhat pleased that Evan was willing to explain the matter to her, so she blushed and said softly, "That's not what I meant."
"If that's not what we're talking about, then what are we talking about?" Evan looked at Audrey, somewhat confused. He inadvertently caught the disdainful look of Susie, the golden retriever sitting next to Audrey, and suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him. He seemed to understand something and quickly said, "When I first heard from Robert about becoming your knight in shining armor, I was very excited. I never imagined that such a thing would actually happen to me!"
Upon hearing this, Audrey's blush deepened, and she said in an even softer voice, "I was actually quite pleased to hear this news."
Evan looked at Audrey, who was shyly looking down at him, and suddenly felt an impulse. But just as he was about to turn that impulse into action, Audrey suddenly stood up and said, "I'm going to see my mother," and then hurriedly left, leaving her handbag behind on the chair.
The golden retriever, Susie, stood up, glanced around furtively, and then whispered, "By human standards, you should be considered a playboy who really understands women. How come you're so oblivious to Audrey?"
Evan watched Audrey's retreating figure for a long time before turning away and saying to Susie with a wry smile, "Because I know I am not worthy of Miss Audrey, I never dare to have such a wish."
Susie tilted her head, looking at Evan with some confusion, as if she didn't quite understand what the relationship was between human liking or disliking and whether they were worthy of each other. Evan's words were beyond her comprehension, and she couldn't help but secretly plan to read more so-called romance novels in the future.
"In short, don't make Audrey sad, that's the only thing I want to say to you!"
After saying that, Susie picked up the handbag Audrey had left behind and left the somewhat secluded corner!
Evan didn't respond to Susie's words, but just stared blankly at the starry sky outside the window next to him.
After a while, Evan finally came to his senses, got up from his seat, looked for Audrey, and continued to fulfill his duty as her "knight in shining armor".
Audrey, having composed herself, accepted the blessings from the others with a calm expression, just like Evan.
After Evan and Audrey came down from the stage again, George III appeared before the crowd with his Queen and children. Surrounded by Archbishop Simon, Archbishop Antony, and Archbishop Horamik, he delivered his New Year's address. Then, amidst the countdown chanted by the crowd, he and His Majesty the Queen cut a specially made giant cake with a knife.
Finally, amidst the "bang bang bang" of fireworks coming from outside the floor-to-ceiling windows and the dreamlike light illuminating the entire sky, I received everyone's blessings.
January 4, 1350, 9:1 AM.
Evan arrived at the naval training ground near Pulitzer Port by carriage.
In addition to Dunn Smith and other clergy members who accompanied the team, the team members carefully selected by Evan also came to greet them.
Among them are the shrewd and steady Isengard Stanton, the unambitious Darkwell, the spirited Catherine Grey, and the taciturn but taller than the others Ian Wright.
They were all carefully selected by Evan, and they were the cornerstone of Evan's control over this army.
"How are the soldiers' training going during this time? How well are they integrating with the new warship?"
The person Evan was asking was a middle-aged man with a full beard and an unusually rugged appearance. His name was Ulysses Newman, a "Sequence 6 Wind Favorite" of the Stormpath, with the rank of colonel. He was also Robert's capable subordinate when he served in the Southern Continent. Because Evan formed a new army, Robert used his power to arrange for him to join the new army. Now he is the first mate of the new army and Evan's most important assistant.
At the same time, he was one of the few people whom Evan deliberately leaked the "playing method" under Robert's arrangement, so he can be considered one of Robert's most trusted subordinates.
"The soldiers have completed their initial shipboard training, have become accustomed to the warship, and have met the standards for sea training!"
"Ulysses Newman was able to advance to become a Wind Favorite thanks to Evan's guidance. In the months they spent together, he also came to appreciate Evan's leadership charisma. So he didn't act arrogantly at all and spoke respectfully."
Evan then inquired about the ship's condition from the chief engineer, the supplies at sea from the second mate and logistics officer, Esinger Stanton, and the morale of the soldiers under Dunn Smith, before finally boarding the seemingly small warship.
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