Original God: After the Abyss Girl picked up Miyoushe

The ship left too early, so there were few passengers, and even fewer people gathered on the deck to enjoy the sea breeze. Most of the people chatting on the deck were businessmen doing cross-border trade.

These businessmen gathered together and talked about their business with concern.

"How are your products selling?"

"I can't sell them at all. I don't know what's wrong with Xumi these days. There are so few people. I've lost everything. How are yours?"

"Don't mention it. The goods we sent over are also in our hands."

"I was lucky. My goods were bought by the Sangge Mahabayi master. Although the price was a little low, at least I made back my money."

These businessmen gathered together to complain bitterly, and Seraphina listened casually while she was busy writing a report, not paying much attention.

These seemed to be merchants doing fresh food business, and their target customers were mainly scholars from the Fatwa. But in the past half month, their customer orders dropped sharply, and a lot of goods were left in their hands.

Listening to them talking about Dolly, Seraphina was still complaining in her heart, could it be that Dolly had opened up the Fontaine market so quickly and seized the resources of Fontaine Xumi's cross-border trade?

This is too fast!

As they were talking, an energetic old man with two bodyguards came onto the deck. Seeing him coming, most of the merchants straightened their backs unconsciously.

For some reason, Seraphina particularly disliked this old man.

It seems that this old man is quite intimidating among this group of businessmen. When they saw him coming, many people began to flatter him.

"Master, why did you come here in person?"

"I haven't seen you for a long time, old man. You are still so energetic."

"Before, you handed over all the business to Master Ling, and I thought you had gone back to enjoy your retirement. I heard that you caught a big fish before, and I was thinking about when I could go to see you there."

Hearing that a big fish was caught, Seraphina curled her lips and broke the pen in her hand.

Bah, flattery!

The domineering version of Seraphina's eyes turned red with jealousy.

This old man obviously has no beard, but he wants to imitate others to stroke his beard: "Oh, my little bastard said that half of the people in the Ordinance House are gone all of a sudden, and things can't be sold. I had to come and take a look myself."

Not all of these businessmen respect the old man.

A young businessman immediately retorted, "Half? You must be kidding. There are tens of thousands of people in the House of Lords. If so many people are missing, will those sages still be able to work?"

The other middle-aged man said in a less polite tone, jokingly: "Look at what you said, it's just that there are fewer customers, how can it be said that half of the people in the Ministry of Religious Affairs are missing?"

Seraphina nodded secretly, picked up another pen and continued writing her report.

The Fatwa Institute has a large number of staff. In addition to students and staff, scholars like Kavi who have their own independent studios after graduation can also be considered as members of the Fatwa Institute and can enter and leave the Fatwa Institute freely.

With such a volume, even if it were reduced by a quarter, let alone half, it would be a terrifying number.

To be honest, the last time a large number of scholars from the Order of the Lord disappeared was when the Doctor came to Xumi to steal the Heart of God. At that time, some scholars who were unwilling to cooperate were locked up by the Great Sages, some people left early after realizing something was wrong, and some participated in the God-making plan and stayed indoors. But those people added up to less than half of the total number, and the vast majority of people were still unaware of the turmoil.

If a small group of people suddenly disappeared, Seraphina would have to worry about whether another scholar or lunatic was causing trouble.

If half of the people suddenly disappeared...if it wasn't that someone of god-level raided the House of Ordinances, or that Heaven was sleepwalking and smashed down a nail of punishment, then it would be that someone was exaggerating.

Although everyone's goods could not be sold, no one thought that the House of Religious Affairs would be short of half its staff. That would be too exaggerated.

Hearing someone's rebuttal, another businessman who respected the old man stood up and presented evidence: "Don't disbelieve me, my employees have also gone to investigate! In the past, the cafe was full of students from the Faculty of Education in the morning, but recently, the cafe is full of empty seats."

Seraphina stopped writing just two words.

It sounds like the situation is a bit serious.

Students who couldn't write their papers in the House of Teaching stayed up late every day, relying on coffee to keep them alive. Not only that, because loud noises were not allowed in the House of Wisdom, they especially liked to hold group meetings in coffee shops.

The final defense should be finished soon. According to the involutionary trend of the Institute of Teaching, now is the time for everyone to rack their brains to think of new topics. At this time of year, it is harder to get a seat in the coffee shop than in the Palace of Wisdom. The fact that there are vacancies shows that there are really fewer scholars.

"Also, there are fewer students shouting about wanting to jump into the river these days."

Seraphina: "......"

There's no need to tell anyone about this, it sounds awkward.

How can writing a paper not be crazy?

Even Amao, who had worked in the chaotic crowd of fools for so many years, felt a sense of calm madness when writing his thesis.

The businessman present had been doing business in Xumi for many years. He knew that he could illustrate the seriousness of the matter by citing these two examples.

He continued, "It was after listening to their report that I decided to come to Xumi today. If those scholars don't come back in the future, I will have to adjust the quantity of goods."

After this statement was made, everyone fell silent. These merchants were divided into two groups, but they all wanted to do business. No one jumped out to oppose the need to adjust the quantity of imported and exported goods. They all thought about how to maximize their own interests.

After a while these people dispersed.

The young businessman who had just opposed the old man walked together with the middle-aged businessman and whispered bad things about the old man.

The young man was still a little puzzled: "With their family's wealth, they wouldn't invite this old man back just because a trade route has problems, right?"

The middle-aged man smiled mysteriously: "Did you see the fireworks the night before yesterday?"

The young man frowned, "You mean the fireworks that everyone said the Abyss Cult was going to fire? Wasn't that set off by someone who likes Abyss Mages?"

The explanation given by Mo Mang Palace yesterday afternoon was that "some people liked the Abyss Mage, so they set off a firework with the Abyss Cult pattern." It sounds outrageous, but when the news was released, the people of Fontaine felt it was true, and they truly felt that Mo Mang Palace had not concealed anything.

Don’t we know what we Fontaine people are like?

The middle-aged man smiled as if he was watching a good show: "Did you know that their family had offended the Abyss Cult before?"

The young businessman obviously didn't know. He showed an interested expression: "Tell me quickly, how did they offend the Abyss Cult?"

"Their ancestors wanted to raise an Abyss Mage before, but were retaliated by the Abyss Cult." The middle-aged man lowered his voice, "When they heard that the Abyss Cult was coming to attack, they wanted to escape. After seeing yesterday's announcement, they couldn't wait any longer."

"Do you really think this old man is here to investigate? He is here to seek refuge."

Seraphina: "......"