Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 553 One hundred and thirty. Maxum family crest

  Lu Li didn't talk much about this, and asked other questions.

  The members of the joint organization suggested that Lu Li ask the old Moss above - he was a detective-level investigator before retiring.

After    thank you, Lu Li looked around the base again before leaving.

When    returned to the ground, there was a misty light rain outside.

   Pedestrians on the wet bluestone road wear coats, and countless black umbrellas bloom on the ancient streets. The foggy desertedness gave him a trance-like illusion of being in old London.

Following the pilgrimage-like pointer, Anna pushed her wheelchair to the depths of the store to pick up Lu Li.

   "The person below said I have some questions to ask you." Lu Li said to the seemingly ordinary old man behind the counter.

   "If I knew." The old man didn't mind talking to pass the boring time.

   "What is the difference between the exorcists in the Ellen Peninsula and the Lord's Continent?"

  If the exorcist here is full of prejudice against weirdness, Lu Li has to handle Anna's sensitive identity carefully.

"For her?" The old man smiled, and continued without waiting for Lu Li's response: "Many exorcists in the Lord's Continent have inheritance. Either the exorcist is looking for a young man to replace him, or the exorcist is a family member. Way."

   The unbroken exorcist will pass on to the next generation what he knows, including weird species, battles...and their hatreds.

   Not without exorcists being rational, but that's just a few. Among the three major organizations, there are more investigators—but compared with the number of exorcists, there are very few who are relatively neutral.

   As most people know, beasts can hurt people, even if the trainer or the person who lives with the beast tries to show that they are not aggressive.

   After finishing speaking, Anna showed the pen and explained its function to Lu Li.

   "But it can't completely cover up, right?" Lu Li said.

  Anna nodded slightly.

   "So no matter what, don't let your assistant leave your side." The old man reminded Lu Li: "For the exorcist and for you."

   "I will pay attention." Lu Li replied, and continued: "There is one last thing to ask."

   "What is it?"

   Lu Li asked him about the Old St. Mark Principality.

  The Duchy of St. Mark is located in the eastern part of the Dependent Continent, adjacent to the Kingdom of Ellen. Unfortunately destroyed in the last war of mankind, it was annexed by the kingdom of Ellen, which is now called St. Mark's County.

   "History... I'm sorry, I don't know much about the Old St. Mark Principality." The old man replied. "But I can recommend someone to you."

   "No one knows the history of this once glorious family better than him."

   "Where should I go to find him."

   "Gavier York, a professor of history at Hughes University, the school is in front of the library."

  Lu Li nodded his thanks and prepared to leave here.

   "Wait a minute." The old man stopped them and knocked on the table of the counter: "There is an old tradition here that a strange investigator can choose a commodity."

   "You already gave it to Anna." Lu Li said.

   "That's an extra, so it doesn't count."

  Free stuff is always best.

  Lu Li suddenly remembered what Oliver had always said in his ear, so he nodded lightly and glanced over the shelves.

  This disguised shop is called Weird, and most of the products echo that. Except for those clocks with obvious pointers pointing to Anna, and the crows in the bird cage, it is difficult for other objects to distinguish their function only by observation.

   Like a walking stick, a hat, or even a blanket.

   "Do you need me to help you choose?"

"thanks."

  The old man seems to be very interested in picking out products for customers. He looks for it on the shelves and makes a sound to himself from time to time.

   "Well...the Maxum family crest...that's you."

   Finally, the old man who had been picking for a long time grabbed a badge covered with thick dust from the top of the shelf, lightly knocked off most of the dust on the table top, and rubbed it carefully with a handkerchief, and the pattern on it finally became clearer.

  The style of this old badge is full of the sense of the times. The pattern of the badge is composed of incomprehensible and complicated fonts, which vaguely form irregular pentagrams.

   "What is the Maxum family?" Lu Li didn't go to get the badge on the counter.

   "An ancient family of exorcists, provoked a terrifying existence more than a hundred years ago, and all the blood of the family died overnight."

   "This badge can help you defend against a certain degree of strange aura, a trivial object, but it may be useful to you."

   The strength it can resist is very small, even not as good as a deep-sea stone of the same thickness. But like the old man said, it is more useful on Lu Li than others.

   When Lu Li stretched out his hand to hold the badge, the sanity counter that always sounded at a slow interval suddenly came to a standstill.

   It may be a few minutes, and it will ring again after dozens of minutes, but it has minimized Anna's intrusion.

  Lu Li put it in his pocket, said goodbye to the old man, and went out to the street.

   Humidity came, and the light rain falling on the wheelchair was blocked by an invisible umbrella.

   On the hazy street, no one noticed the strange situation around Lu Li.

   Following the guidance of the old man, Lu Li and Anna found Shutesi University. In the gloomy and rainy curtain, the university located in the manor looked like a noble mansion.

   "How do we get in." Anna looked at the closed gate and the janitor's wooden house in the manor.

   "As a guest."

   Investigator status means that Lu Li is qualified to go to any non-secret area. Although the gatekeeper did not know what the badges and badges represented, he expressed his willingness to inquire for Lu Li.

   A few minutes later, the figure of the gatekeeper appeared in front of the mansion gate. Next to him was a middle-aged man holding an umbrella.

   "Investigator...Is there anything you want to do with me?" As a professor, it was impossible for Gavill York to not know about the exorcist. So he was surprised by the sudden visit.

   "The old man from the weird grocery store introduced me here. He said that no one here knows the Duchy of Old St. Mark better than you."

Javier York relaxed, motioned the doorman to open the door, and said with a smile: "Of course, it is difficult for you to find someone who knows the history of the Old St. Mark's Principality better than me in Ellen King City. Please come in, it is not suitable for conversation here. ."

  Lu Li nodded lightly, was pushed by Anna into the campus, and followed behind Gavill York.

   "Are the students here still studying normally?" Lu Li asked.

   "Yes, but we are already preparing for the farewell. The fog is coming here, and the university may close at any time." Garvel York sighed.

  Schools would be meaningless then—though not so much now. Fewer than one-third of students are still in class, and fewer and fewer as time goes on.

   (end of this chapter)