Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 162 - 161: The Office at Night

Chapter 162: Chapter 161: The Office at Night

Exhibition venue layout changes...

Next week’s security work assignment...

And the final wrap-up of the exhibition...

One by one, the matters were taken out, and after the two discussed the work content for the following week, Hanson immediately left Ronald’s office.

And during this negotiation process.

Ronald had naturally inspected the unicorn horn in the box himself.

Using the key to open the small lock set with a defensive spell, a conical unicorn horn with a spiral groove on its surface lay quietly on the sponge pad in the box.

The texture of the horn was similar to that of a rhinoceros, and its entirety faintly shimmered with a sacred white light. At the same time, the tip of the horn was quite sharp, so much so that one could directly feel its sharpness without having to look closely.

And it was almost at the same moment Ronald saw it.

The powerful and holy energy contained within the horn immediately began to spill out of the box.

An undoubtedly mighty magical artifact!

Once Ronald confirmed the treasure was intact and closed the box after inspecting it, the dispersing magic power also instantly vanished.

It was clear that the box itself was also made from some kind of material that isolated Magic Fluctuation.

A precious treasure stored in an expensive box, this was only to be expected.

Having concluded his negotiations with Hanson, Ronald continued to watch the crowd from his office.

However, he had not anticipated previously.

The next two days.

Turned out to be unbelievably easy and smooth!

Even though the number of visitors was much higher than during the snowfall of the previous week, no one caused trouble or behaved inappropriately.

It was unclear if it was because the exhibitions held by Everton before were too effective or if his competitors had other plans and intentions.

In any case, all was well at the exhibition.

Ronald, who had been prepared for battle all along, really didn’t know what to say.

To a certain extent.

He even felt as if he was getting an astonishing salary for doing nothing at all.

Too easy!

So easy that he felt unworthy of such high pay!

And in this idle state, Ronald had no choice but to honestly stay in the manor.

After all, it was contracted work, and he had to finish it even if it meant just pretending to be busy.

This situation persisted until the following night.

That was Ronald’s last task for the week.

Same place, same time, the person sent by the church was due to come to collect the documents.

Under the dark night sky, Ronald heard the sound of a carriage traveling on the ground from a great distance. When the noise drew closer, he indeed saw the white carriage of the church.

However, the one who came to receive the documents tonight was not the nun, Audrey, from last week.

A priest of average appearance walked in from the manor gates, with nothing special about his attire or even an indifferent expression of going through the motions on his face.

This time, Ronald didn’t even need to ask.

The guard standing next to him started discussing on his own:

"Why has it changed back today?"

"Don’t know."

"I preferred the nun who came last week."

"Don’t you find that nun a bit scary? Her expression didn’t change the whole time."

"I actually liked it..."

"..."

Listening to the guards quietly discussing beside him, Ronald naturally understood that this priest was the person who would normally come here to receive the documents.

It was evident that last week was just a special case for the church.

Now this was the normal work situation.

After handing over the documents to the priest, the priest did not interact with Ronald like Audrey had done.

He went straight back to the manor gate, got into the church’s carriage and left the place.

He disappeared into the night.

Without the nun’s invitation this time, Ronald naturally returned to Blenheim City along with a few necessary guards from the exhibition.

They also rode in a carriage.

However, the quality of this carriage was nothing compared to the luxuries provided by the church; after all, it was just a private carriage Everton had bought for his own use.

They arrived safely back in the heart of Blenheim City.

After a quick farewell to the guards who went off to amuse themselves, Ronald made his own way through the city.

The first thing to do upon his return to Blenheim City,

certainly wasn’t to return to his lodging.

Having somehow got through the last two days of slacking, Ronald hurried to Ruby Street, where Swift’s Detective Agency was located.

The stars and moon hung in the sky, and it was deep into the night.

When Ronald arrived at this commercial street, many of the shops had already closed for the day, and there were pitifully few pedestrians on the streets.

The door to the first-floor workspace of Swift’s Detective Agency was already locked from the inside. Looking up, however, there were lights on in the private residence on the second floor.

His gaze swept over the sign that read "Closed for Business."

Then Ronald noticed the doorbell beside it marked "For Non-Emergencies Only."

This time, there was no detective apprentice to open the door for him.

And he did have an urgency...

Ding-dong—

As Ronald rang the doorbell, a window on the second-floor private residence of the agency was swiftly opened from the inside.

Swift poked his head out, looking down:

"Who is it at this late hour?"

Seeing that there were hardly any people on the street, Ronald greeted softly,

"It’s me, Ronald."

"..."

Hearing Ronald’s voice, Swift didn’t say any more.

He closed the window and turned back into his residence.

Within just a few breaths, Ronald, standing outside, faintly heard the sound of someone descending the stairs inside the office.

Click—

As Mr. Detective unlocked and pulled the handle, the door that had been closed from the inside swung open.

But before inviting Ronald in, the detective first looked around nervously.

Only after confirming that no one on the street was looking their way did Swift swiftly pull Ronald into the office.

Click—

He quickly locked the door again and didn’t intend to take Ronald upstairs.

The detective walked up to Ronald in two steps and looked at him very seriously.

After the air had frozen for a few moments,

Swift said with a particularly bad tone,

"Ronald, you’ve really brought me quite a task!"

But Ronald didn’t care about Swift’s anxiousness at all.

Looking back at him, he asked,

"So, have you discovered something new?"

"New discovery..."

"It’s more than just a new discovery!"

"I tell you, if word of this leaks out, it could turn the whole of Blenheim City upside down!"

Swift’s voice trembled as he spoke,

But due to his solid professional discipline, the detective kept his composure and continued,

"Bach’s adopted kid."

"That Lumiel."

"She’s not human at all!"

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