Struggle in the Steam Age

Since the information at hand is not very comprehensive, Lawrence is simply unable to judge what is behind the unexpected death of the earl and the unexpected disappearance of the earl's two sons. However, according to his intuition and the data collected before, he can roughly judge that this series of events should be closely related to the event that he was besieged by a group of killers before.

But in any case, the most important thing for Lawrence and the others now is to go to the funeral in Shaw County of the Holy Visby Empire in the Old Continent, and at the same time let Mr. Lambert, who ranks the highest in the existing succession sequence of titles, become the head of the family's power. Temporary agent, in order to be able to organize the power of the family to investigate the obviously abnormal cause of death of the previous head of the family.

So after dinner that night, Lawrence ran to Coburg's farm outside the town wall and said hello to Seifel, saying that he had something to do at home and needed to travel for a while. Fortunately, during this time, Safir also planned to stay on the farm to accompany the parents who hadn't seen each other for four years, so I happened to have time to help take care of Lawrence's businesses.

After doing all this, the three of Lawrence and the others got up early the next morning and rushed to the train station, and then took the train for 12 hours to Phoenix, the largest city in the central part of the White Eagle Federation. Then take the teleportation array from here to Eagle Fort, and then use the international teleportation array at the port of Eagle Fort to stop at Frost Island and go directly to Piran Port, the largest port city of the Holy Visby Empire. Finally, take the train to Sauer, the capital of Sauer County.

Among them, when stopping at Eagle Fort, Lawrence briefly went to his residence to say hello to Fatina, who was there directing his new clan members to complete various tasks, and then took it from his room. There are a lot of wooden boxes mailed from Huguang City.

Although this is already the most time-saving journey, the whole journey took two full days. By the time the three of them arrived in Sauer City with tired faces, it was already the sun setting on the second day after departure. .

After entering the urban area, Lawrence and the others went straight to the Earl's Manor on the other side of the urban area. As soon as Lawrence entered the manor, they found that the overall atmosphere in the manor was a bit abnormal.

Why do you look so flustered? Where's the countess? After entering the gate of the manor, the butler Bayer directly stopped a knight who seemed to be the count's retainer and asked.

Ma'am, he fell ill the day before yesterday, and the two sons of the family have not been found. The retainer saw that it was the housekeeper Bayer who was asking the question, and said directly with excitement. The house is in a mess right now. For the time being, we can only rely on Joseph Knight, Owen's deputy housekeeper and Reina's housekeeper to maintain the situation. It's great that you can come back now.

Having said that, the knight saw Lawrence and his son who came back with the steward Bayer. It may be because the knight came to the earl's house after Mr. Lambert left home, so he could not recognize the identity of Mr. Lambert who had left the family long ago. But due to the similar appearance between the brothers, he asked Butler Bayer curiously. Mr. Baier, may I ask that the two behind you are—

They are Mr. Conrad's younger brother and nephew. Butler Bayer briefly introduced, I'm going out these few days to go to the New World to call Mr. Lambert who left the family before to take charge of the family's affairs.

Mr. Earl's younger brother, this is really great. After hearing the steward's introduction, the knight immediately showed a happy expression. It's great to have someone in the family to take charge of the overall situation. The current chaos is really damaging the honor of the family.

The return of Mr. Lambert is a great encouragement to the entire earl's mansion, because it represents the death of the three male masters in the family, the disappearance of the missing, and the countess is sad because of hearing these news. After being unable to get out of bed, I finally have someone who can grasp the overall situation.

Therefore, soon after Mr. Lambert came to the Earl's Mansion, the whole mansion became orderly. By the next morning, the whole mansion was running as smoothly as before. Obviously, the previous chaos was purely due to the fact that there was no one in charge at home, which caused everyone to panic, but now that someone is able to take charge of the affairs, these stable servants of the Earl's House easily restored everything in the entire mansion. order.

Just when everyone had just finished breakfast and was about to start a new day of work, a group of paladins from the Church of God of War, led by a priest, came to the earl's mansion and asked to examine the earl's body.

Haven't you checked the body of the Earl several times before? Owen's deputy butler, who was assigned to the door to welcome the condolence guests, asked the leading priest a little puzzled. It took three full days from the death of the earl to the holding of the resurrection ceremony, and then to the time when you transported the body of the earl from the capital Wendobona to us after your inspection. Haven't you finished the inspection yet?

I'm very sorry, it's indeed our fault. The leading priest said with a very embarrassed look on his face. But we have to check the remains of His Excellency the Earl again. This is an order issued by the high priest and His Majesty the Emperor at the same time. We are only following the order.

After finishing speaking, the lead technician took out a piece of parchment with orders from his superiors and handed it over. After inspecting the contents of the parchment and the final wax seal, Owen's deputy steward led the church personnel to the temporary mortuary.

Soon, Mr. Lambert, who was giving Lawrence a surprise family history training when he received the notice, brought Lawrence to the room where the earl's body was kept. For such an earl family that has inherited many belts, the controller of the family actually doesn't have much to do besides making decisions on some important events. This is why Mr. Lambert was able to spare time to educate his son at home.

What's the situation? After entering the room, Lawrence asked the deputy butler Owen who had accompanied the church personnel here. The ping-pong rackets are explored around the remains,

The priest just told us that another baron died inexplicably at another dance in the capital two nights ago. After the Lord passed away, they found more problems from his body Therefore, they came over early this morning to examine the remains of the Earl—”

While Owen's deputy butler was whispering to Lawrence about the current situation, the magic instrument in the priest's hand that looked like a metal ping pong bat suddenly beeped. At the same time, the magic pattern on it lit up red at this moment.

Sure enough, it's the same situation. After seeing the reaction of the magic instrument in his hand, the priest's face immediately became serious. Then he turned his head and asked the earl's family members in the room, May I ask who in your family can make the decision now?

Me. Mr. Lambert, who chose to stand at the door because he felt that there were too many people in the room, came in and said. I am the earl's direct younger brother, and I can completely decide now.

I salute you, friend. After discovering that Mr. Lambert was wearing the uniform of the clergy of the Church of Knowledge, the priest immediately saluted with his right hand on his left chest, then stood up and said. Sorry, we need to take your brother's body to the church because there is something very abnormal about him.

Are you talking about something abnormal? Where is it? Mr. Lambert immediately became a little excited when he heard that his brother's death was involved.

Although the education of children without inheritance rights is different from that of children with inheritance rights, so that the two people have very different personalities and hobbies, and the relationship is not particularly close, but after all, the two brothers are blood relatives. So as soon as he heard the news related to the cause of his brother's death, Mr. Lambert immediately asked the priest.