Alien Knights

Taking a gulp of the honey water brought by the attendant, Todd rubbed his temples vigorously. The banquet last night lasted until late at night, and he had no choice but to drink a few glasses of red wine. The result in exchange was that when he woke up early in the morning, the bells and chimes rang in his head.

Bracing himself, Todd looked at the hundreds of design drawings on the desktop, picked out a sketch of a women's dress, and looked at it again and again.

Different from the monotonous and dull women's dress design in the middle ages, the clothes designed by Mary obviously mixed with the concepts of the silver ring court and Tyro's ancient style, lively and bright colors, chic and generous styles, which fit the concept of "Renaissance" very well.

Todd doesn't know much about fashion, but from a man's point of view, these clothes should look good on a woman.

"Did you draw these?"

Seeing Mary lying on the table carefully arranging the manuscript, Todd put down the blueprint in his hand and asked her.

Mary picked out a drawing of "Women's Wide Brimmed Hat", marked it on the lower right with a pencil, and said, "I drew them all, and most of them were drawn by me in the past. There are still many ready-made samples in it, but unfortunately they all fell into the palace..."

Hearing Mary's voice getting lower and lower, Todd sighed and changed the subject: "I've contacted someone for the site of the textile factory and the store; the notice for recruiting workers is being drafted by the royal clerk; as for the funds for the Muxi Cooperative..."

Mary raised her head and asked nervously, "What's the matter? Your Majesty? Is it difficult to arrange?"

"The money is enough, but I have some plans for the future disposal of the "Music West Cooperative", and it is not appropriate to allocate funds from them now." Todd tapped the armrest of the seat lightly with his fingers, and said slowly: "As for the construction and operation of the garment factory, I plan to draw funds from the Holy Treasury."

Mary stopped and her long eyelashes fluttered slightly: "Your Majesty, the Holy Treasury is your private property, but I am in custody. If you take money out of it and use it to fund my business, will it be criticized by others?"

"You mean, if you are responsible for managing the holy treasury and using the money in it, you will be suspected by others that you have the opportunity to make private accounts and take advantage of the opportunity to make money?" Todd waved his hand, his face full of indifference: "Don't worry, I will order the monks to conduct regular audits and reports on the textile factory's finances. This is not a problem."

Mary opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

She knew that the king had misunderstood her meaning.

St. Curry's money belonged to King Muxi alone, and the management work should have belonged to the royal steward or the minister of internal affairs. Now it is unreasonable to let myself, the "former queen of the enemy country", take charge of it, which has already attracted a lot of rumors.

If the money from the Holy Curry is allocated to him to squander, those people outside the palace will definitely spread all kinds of embarrassing rumors about the relationship between the two.

Mary glanced at Todd, and she knew that the king had always adhered to the principle of "employing people according to their talents", and she activated herself because of the ability of "super memory". But whether this kind of trust has the slightest lustful reason, or whether the king did not consider these hidden relationships between men and women at all, Mary can't say for sure, let alone ask questions.

"In the past two days, I plan to hold a meeting of the "Muxi Cooperative", and all holders of the sacred bones can participate. Before that, I need you to take stock of the funds of the "Muxi Cooperative"."

Mary nodded yes.

After discussing for a while, the two of them finalized some details of the meeting. Mary collected the drawings on the table, bowed to Todd, opened the door and left the room.

Just as she took a step out of the door, and the door behind her was not yet closed, an unexpected figure appeared in Mary's sight.

Rachel, who was dressed in an emerald green robe, sat on the sofa with her hands folded on her chest, looking at the woman who walked out of the room with cold eyes.

Mary kept a smile on her face, as if she didn't notice, she continued walking along the corridor.

Rachel stood up from the sofa and walked towards the king's room.

The two passed by each other, their eyes met for an instant, the air seemed to freeze, and the surrounding space seemed to be filled with cold air.

Todd, who had no sense of this, was sitting in the room thinking about what to eat for lunch. He rubbed his belly and said to himself, "What should I eat? Originally, the "Sister Hotel" was a good choice, but what happened last time made it impossible for everyone to even meet..."

Speaking of devils...

"Your Majesty, Miss Rachel is here."

The shout of the servants outside the door caught Todd by surprise, and the latter almost knocked down the wooden frame behind him.

After standing upright, straightening his clothes, and calming down, Todd said, "Please come in."

The attendant led Rachel in, bowed to Todd and backed out, and soon there were only two men and women left in the room.

This is the first time Todd and Rachel have met alone since the "Covenant Incident".

Looking into the eyes of the woman in green clothes, Todd didn't know what to say for a moment.

In contrast, Rachel seemed calm and calm. She took out a report from her bosom and handed it to Todd.

"This is?"

Rachel replied: "Jemro's ability test report."

Todd, who was quite surprised, opened a thick stack of reports, which not only contained various body data indicators, types and contents of microorganisms in the body, but also attached electron microscope observation maps.

"how did you do it?"

"I convinced him." Rachel deliberately emphasized the word "persuade".

Todd shrugged noncommittally.

Rachel found a chair and sat down, and said to Todd: "Through biopsy and sample culture, we discovered some special features of Jemro's 'crack' ability."

Todd directly turned to the conclusion part of the report, looked at it a few times, and said in surprise: "The 'cracking' supernatural bacteria and the 'debilitating' supernatural bacteria are very similar in both function and structure?!"

"That's right. From a functional point of view, the 'weakening' ability can release corrosive chemicals, while the 'cracking' ability can release chemical substances that decompose substances. The two have similarities in their ability pathways; from a structural point of view, the 'weakening' bacteria and the 'lyzing' bacteria under the microscope are 90% similar in terms of the nuclear region."

Todd was dumbfounded. If it wasn't for the furniture and decorations around him, which reminded him that this place was in the Middle Ages, he would really have thought that he was facing a microbiology trainee from a previous life.

But after thinking about it, he had taught these concepts in the microbiology class at Muxi College, and Rachel's ability to say them showed that she was a smart and hardworking student.

Rachel continued on the report: "We suspect that the 'lysing' bacteria should have evolved from the 'weakened' bacteria, and something has enhanced or even evolved the 'weakened' bacteria, turning them into 'lysed' bacteria. In addition, the 'Sutherland bacteria' in Jemro's body are different from ordinary 'successors', and they have also been enhanced or evolved by something..."

"Wait a minute!" Todd interrupted Rachel's words: "Why do I feel familiar with everything you said?"

Rachel solved Todd's doubts: "North Island Valkyrie."

Todd suddenly realized that Valkyrie and Jemro are both "new successors", and the "Sutherland bacteria" and supernatural bacteria in their bodies have been strengthened by something.

"So, what is it that caused the evolution of supernatural bacteria?"

Rachel shook his head and said, "I don't know. We extracted the 'Enhanced Sutherland Bacteria' and the 'Enhanced Ability Bacteria' respectively, and conducted experiments on mice. After the transplantation, the experimenter would gain enhanced abilities in a short period of time, but eventually the 'inheritor' would mutate and die from internal hemorrhage."

Todd scratched his head: "That is to say, the enhanced bacteria on Jemro and the Valkyrie can only be used by themselves and cannot be transplanted to others?"

Rachel also looked a little frustrated: "It's true in theory, but judging from the experience of Valkyrie and Jemro, they were originally ordinary people. The former is due to the ruins of the North Island, and the latter is due to Theodore's treatment. So we believe that we can still find a way to evolve supernatural bacteria."

After thinking about it carefully, Todd sighed: "Because of the underground radioactive elements, the ruins of the North Island are no longer accessible. As for Theodore, after he was murdered, the whereabouts of his manuscripts are also unknown. Regarding the research on "New Inheritor", we may have entered a dead end."