boyutpedia Chapter 91 Rumors are not credible
Chapter 91 Rumors are not credible
With Lilia and Andrew around, Zag had to postpone his plans to learn magic and instead directed Snowball and Helford to play with the two children.
Helford was happy because everyone except Zag treated him like a dog, but the children didn't—they saw Helford as a "companion," especially Andrew, who tried very hard to teach Helford to read.
To be honest, Herford wasn't very literate, because he was born more than a hundred years ago.
At that time, although church schools existed, they were far less widespread than they are now. People preferred to let their children do chores, such as household chores or tending the fields, which were at least productive, rather than sending them off to church schools and having to pay for their room and board.
In fact, the revolution in printing technology decades ago truly brought about a leap in education—this is certainly not comparable to modern society, but the change from a time when you could hardly find anyone literate in the whole town to now when at least a dozen or even several dozen young people have attended church schools and can read newspapers normally is a qualitative change.
The reduction in book costs led to a decrease in education costs. Coupled with the rapid expansion of factories and a large shortage of clerical workers, many far-sighted lower-middle-class families sent their children to church schools as soon as possible, thus securing the first batch of well-paying jobs and rising to the middle class.
Society as a whole has quietly changed, and this process didn't even take more than a decade.
Therefore, compared to Snowball, Helford is more like an old relic isolated from the world.
Andrew taught very diligently, and Helford learned... well, he could be considered diligent as well, at least he learned the words "cheese roll," "lamb," and "potato."
For an adult, even a 100-year-old adult with normal intelligence and no dementia, this learning progress is quite worrying, but for a dog, it is quite remarkable.
Lilia also expressed her high praise: "Honestly, if Coalball has puppies in the future, I will definitely adopt one, and I hope its puppies will be as smart as it is!"
It was the way he was being praised that scared Herford so much that his tail drooped down.
Zagel couldn't contain his laughter: "Hahaha, if I ever get the chance, I'll definitely get one for you!"
However, he was genuinely curious about what kind of offspring would be produced if two werewolves got together... If they were still werewolves, would they be considered first-generation werewolves or second-generation werewolves?
At night, Lilia slept in the same bed as Mrs. Marsh, while Andrew slept with Zag and Helford. As for Snowball, who disliked children, he chose to sleep in the attic by himself.
"No matter what kind of creature it is, its offspring are always disgusting and troublesome!"
Snowball huffed and puffed.
Lilia played with its tail all afternoon, and now its fur is all ruffled!
The following day, after another painful morning, Snowball finally breathed a long sigh of relief when Zag finally took them back to the church school.
As a cat that wasn't very big, it couldn't struggle too much against Lilia and Andrew, so it was quite annoyed by the two kids for more than a day and its patience was almost at its limit. If it weren't for Zag bribing it with several dried fish, it would have bitten them long ago to let the two little brats know the wrath of fairies!
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"Viscount Cecilius is being controlled?! By the Mother Goddess, this is terrifying!"
"If even Viscount Cecilius can be so easily controlled by cultists, I think the Eastern Territory is doomed!"
"Didn't the association say everything was under control? The situation isn't that bad, is it?"
"You believe in those arrogant, high-and-mighty sorcerers?"
"With the Mother Goddess here, there's no need to be so pessimistic; she will protect us!"
Meanwhile, Zag, who had just sent his two children back to the church school, overheard many believers discussing the Cecilius family at the entrance and couldn't help but prick up his ears to eavesdrop.
"If Your Excellency had always believed in Meredra, you would never have been tempted or controlled!"
The loud voice of a devout believer made Zag's ears go numb.
"Zag! Sir! I didn't expect you to be so well-informed!"
After listening for a while, just as Zag was about to go buy a newspaper, he was stopped by Brother Colin in the crowd.
He could only awkwardly step forward and greet him, "Good day, Brother Corin."
"You're bringing Lilia and Andrew back to school, right?"
"Yes, I just handed them over to the nun."
"It would be trouble you to make the trip again. Next time we can just pick them up directly; it's not far anyway," Brother Colin's attitude was even more obsequious than the previous two days. "You learned about the Cecilius family's situation last week, so you were probably one of the first to know, weren't you? I heard that the Viscount and Viscountess were seduced and controlled by cultists. Is that true?"
How would I know!
Zag chuckled awkwardly and replied, "I, uh, I don't know anything about that."
"I understand, I understand, these things can't be said publicly... Hmm, it seems like with the big shots from the Golden Palace and the Association around, East Port will be fine, right? After all, you seem very relaxed and don't seem to be planning to leave, haha!"
Brother Colin made a joke as he spoke, and the believers and other monks around him laughed along enthusiastically.
Zha Ge was somewhat at a loss for words, and could only laugh along, while silently thinking to himself: I was actually considering running away!
"In short, let's see what the official announcement says. I don't know too many specific details."
He then gave a perfunctory reply and immediately made an excuse to leave: "I have something to do, sorry, I'll be going now. Have a nice day."
"Okay, okay, thank you very much, sir. Have a nice day too!"
After leaving the temple of Meretra, Zag immediately went to the nearest market and bought two newspapers.
A copy of the "Golden Helmet Harbor Daily" and a copy of the "Eastern Frontier Monthly Report".
In fact, the only documented information about Viscount Cecilius is the *Golden Helmet Harbor Daily*, but Zagdo bought a copy of the *Eastern Territory Monthly*, hoping to find any clues there.
He found it hard to believe that Viscount Cecilius and his group had been "lured" or "controlled" by anything. After all, they were viscounts, wealthy, powerful, and influential. Even if they didn't have a mid-level mage from the Golden Palace by their side, they could surely afford to hire a novice mage from a self-taught background as an advisor, right? How could they have been so easily "lured" and "controlled"?
Moreover, at the rally that day, judging from what those cultists said, "Bernie" was clearly some kind of low-level leader, so how could she be innocent!
Rumors are indeed unreliable!
With a skeptical mind, Zag opened the "Golden Helmet Harbor Daily" and was greeted by the headline: "The Depravity of the Cecilius Family: Frontier Heroes Tempted by Beauty."
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【Golden Helmet Harbour Daily】: Published daily, sold only in the eastern port, priced at 2 pence, which is much cheaper than the famous Holland Daily, which costs a full 7 pence!