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After all, as the protagonist, Helena's greatest strength lies in creating miracles.
To put it another way, perhaps Helena is the light of this world.
Chapter Forty: The White-Haired Sword Saint
In the original anime, Dora is an officially certified private detective of the Fchester Empire, so the Empire should have her information.
After leaving the bathroom, Leon quietly went to the No. 1 Archives Room of the Royal Palace. The files stored there were not confidential documents, but just some ordinary information, so the security was not very strict, and Leon easily slipped in.
It didn't take long for Leon to find a simple document containing Dora's basic information.
Lean crouched down beside his partner's cabinet, opened the file bag sealed with a thin string around the button, and began to read quickly.
Name: Dora Brown
Gender: Female
Nationality: Fitch
Date of birth: February 30, 207 (Français calendar)
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Occupation: Spy
Spiritual level: Diamond
Other: A natural-born extraordinary individual with the innate skill "Know-It-All," allowing him to easily locate the position of anything within a certain range. He is the most efficient detective in finding lost items and people among all registered official private detectives in Guberland City.
He is a demigod who specializes in the profession of esoteric seeker.
After reading the information, Leon seemed to be deep in thought.
The knowledge and skills of those who seek secrets are mostly related to the power of "fate". Although they are not good at fighting, they can easily capture the trajectory of other people's fate and thus foresee some things that are likely to happen in the future.
Similar to the abilities of the esper are the fortune teller.
Now,
This Dora seems to be quite something, different from the Dora in the animated film. Maybe she really can find Helena.
Hmm, that would be a bit troublesome.
What should we do to deal with her?
Dora's main reason for wanting to find Helena is likely due to her innate skill, "Knowing the Answer." If it were possible to disable that skill...
Perhaps a high-level esoteric seeker or diviner could do it.
However, there are indeed high-ranking spies and diviners within the palace, but they are mostly people of Caesar, the Regent, and Leon. How could they possibly help him? Moreover, he inexplicably ordered them to target a private detective, which would inevitably arouse their suspicions. And as traitors, they would definitely report back to their masters.
Oops, this is going to be troublesome.
What else can be done?
It's all the original owner's fault. With such a good birth, how could she still ruin it? I'm speechless.
Leon felt irritated and complained to himself about the original owner of the body, but then realized that complaining was useless, so he could only continue to think on his own.
When a boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally go straight, and when a car reaches the mountain, there will be a road.
Every problem has a solution.
Disabling Dora's innate abilities is indeed a viable and effective method, much simpler and more reliable than assassinating Dora or helping Helena eliminate her pursuers.
After all, as long as they can't find Helena, all the trouble will be avoided at the source.
However, interfering with the innate skills of a demigod is extremely difficult for Leon without external assistance. But if he were to seek help from the experts in the palace, it would be like a cow entering a tiger's den—a suicidal act.
But besides asking a powerful figure with authority over destiny, what other way is there to achieve the same effect?
Leon pondered deeply, and after about two minutes, a look of joy suddenly appeared on his handsome face.
Sealed object!
Extraordinary items exist in this world! Using extraordinary items can achieve the desired effects.
However, to counter Dora's innate skill, one must possess an anti-peeping seal with the power of destiny, and it cannot be too low-level, because if it is too low-level, it may not be able to withstand the spiritual erosion of a demigod peeper.
Then a new problem arose: where should I get such a high-level sealed artifact?
There are actually quite a few ways to obtain high-level sealed artifacts.
First, there's the Imperial Treasury. However, using the sealed items within the Imperial Treasury requires detailed registration and approval. Even the emperor has to go through this process, since the use of high-level sealed items can bring serious side effects.
This route is too risky; Leon will not consider it for the time being.
Secondly, there's the underground palace of the church. The Holy Light Cathedral also contains many powerful sealed artifacts, but... the approval process for retrieving these sealed artifacts there is no less stringent than that of the imperial palace, so we can temporarily set that aside.
Then there are the private collections of the various nobles. In Guberlan, those nobles basically all have their own extraordinary armed forces, so they naturally also have collections and preservations of sealed artifacts. But asking them for them... it seems not much different from asking the powerful figures in the royal palace to directly punish Dora.
Then there's the underground black market. In fact, it's not just Fchester; most other countries prohibit ordinary people from touching the extraordinary because without proper guidance, they're likely to go insane and become monsters. But if mystical knowledge were made public, human greed would be amplified without limit, and the whole world could fall into chaos.
But it's the same in every world: the more something is forbidden, the more wildly it develops in private. There are so many unregistered wild extraordinary individuals that the government is powerless to do anything about it and can only turn a blind eye.
Going to the black market is indeed the most discreet method, but it's too inefficient, and you might not even find the sealed artifact you want. Hibbert and his group might have already started their operation, so Leon has to act quickly.
Of course, if he's incredibly lucky, he might be able to find his ideal sealed artifact as soon as he enters the black market, but Leon is still quite aware of his place in this world.
As a villain destined to die, the thing he dares not gamble on the most is luck.
But the palace and the church... they're just too conspicuous.
That leaves only the option of plundering the private treasuries of the nobles.
But which of the nobles who were able to take root in Guberlin, the capital of all cities and the world's premier city, would be an easy target?
After careful assessment, Leon felt that he seemed unable to move at all.
I'm speechless. This world is practically targeting me!
Leon was somewhat devastated, although this was not the first time he had felt the world's inexplicable malice towards him.
Of course, if complaining were useful, then everyone could be Caesar.
Leon quickly regained his composure.
Among the many nobles of Guberland, it is impossible for all of them to be bad. A very small number of them still care about the people and stand on the side of true justice, rather than using justice as a pretext to do heinous things.
Based on his memories of the original series, Leon's first thought was of the Hayden family.
Marquis Gavin Hayden is portrayed as a righteous, kind, and diligent official in the original series, and he has provided Helena with assistance on numerous occasions.
In addition, Gavin has an adopted daughter, a very beautiful white elf who is a frost swordswoman named Hazel Hayden.
Hazel, the Frost Sword Saint.
In the original anime, Helena encounters many romantic partners during her adventures, and her first wife is none other than Hazel.
If Hazel's beauty is second to none, then in the entire world, only Helena deserves to be number one.
The other stunning beauties are at best on par with her; they each have their own strengths.
Ok……
The Hayden family is a powerful family second only to the three dukes, so it's not surprising that they possess a sealed artifact that can control a diamond-level Seer.
Count Hayden doted on his adopted daughter, so winning over Heyole would essentially be equivalent to winning over the Marquis of Hayden.
That's settled then. I'll go to the Marquis's mansion tomorrow.
Leon quickly made up his mind, then put the documents away neatly and quietly went back to his room.
Chapter 41 Headache
When I got back to my room last night, it was almost four o'clock.
Ever since he transmigrated, he had been anxiously rushing to finish his diary, followed by a large number of official documents. The continuous high-intensity work left Leon extremely tired, so last night he just wanted to go to sleep quickly. He didn't care about the extinguished embers in the fireplace, nor did he have the energy to take a shower. He simply collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.
In Guberlin, the nights are quite cold in autumn.
This resulted in Leon sneezing several times in a row when he was woken up by the maid's knocking the next day. He felt cold all over, and his head was heavy and his feet were light, which was most likely due to catching a cold.
"Your Highness, good morning."
When Lucy and Anne entered, they habitually lifted the hem of their maid skirts slightly and bowed to Leon in greeting.
However, their composure did not last more than three seconds, because they soon noticed Leon, who was still in a mess, and what was worse, there was a strong smell of alcohol in the room.
Therefore, as soon as they uttered the words "Your Highness," their voices trembled slightly, and they kept their heads bowed, not daring to look Leon in the eye.
Leon could see that Lucy and Anne's beautiful legs, wrapped in white fishing nets, were trembling slightly; they were clearly quite frightened.
Given the original owner's personality, these two maids would indeed be doomed if something like this happened, so it's understandable that they're so terrified.
"Alright, you may all leave. I'll go down to eat by myself in a bit."
Leon's tone wasn't exactly gentle, but it wasn't aggressive at all.
He can't be gentle because he still has to maintain the original owner's persona. Now is not the time to expose his true nature; it's better for him to be a useless person.
However, Leon felt it was unnecessary to make a big fuss and punish Anne and Lucy over such a small matter, so he simply asked them to leave.
"Your Highness, we..."
Anne and Lucy didn't dare leave. Although they didn't see any signs that Leon was angry, they still thought he was just saying things out of anger.
"Don't you understand what I mean? Go do what you're supposed to do."
Leon scoffed.
"Yes...yes, Your Highness."
Lucy and Anne, trembling, hurriedly left.
Sigh, even though I'm a good person, I'm still forced to pretend to be a bad one.
Watching Lucy and Anne flee quickly, Leon chuckled to himself, then found a formal suit in the closet and headed towards the bathroom.
There's no way around it; life always forces people to become the very thing they once hated.
Learn to use a smile to cover up sadness, a cold face to suppress excitement, learn to be independent, learn to be alone, learn to hide your true self. This is not misfortune, it is called growth.
After taking care of his personal hygiene, Leon quickly ate breakfast and went to Caesar's office to begin his workday.
As Leon was carefully reading a report on imperial civil expenditures, Rosen entered.
While having breakfast, Leon had sent a knight to Zhaoluosen's palace, and it was indeed time for him to arrive.
"Your Highness, are you looking for me?"
This time, Rosen went straight to the point as soon as he entered, without the awkwardness he had shown before.
"How's the defense line construction in Ping'an Town going?"
"Leon asked."
"Your Highness, it went very smoothly. One of my team members is a resident of Ping'an Town. With his help, and in accordance with Your Highness's policy of 'infiltrating the working people,' we actively helped the local people with their farm work and are now very well-liked."
Rosen replied seriously.
When writing the confidential document to Rosen, Leon had already considered the possibility that the Imperial Army's hasty entry into Peace Town might be met with resistance from the local residents, so he specifically instructed them to include some advanced proletarian ideas.
"Ah, very good."
Leon smiled.
"Your Highness, won't you come and take a look?"
Rosen was puzzled.
After all, one's own report is only one side of the story; one has to see the truth for oneself to know.
"Trust those you employ, and don't employ those you don't trust. Just do your job well. By the way, Guberlan is the world's factory, and the air quality is poor, so it's not very suitable for the elderly to live there. I can give you a bonus so you can move your parents to the countryside. That way, it will be easier for you to take care of them. Also, I'll increase the salaries of all the members of your team by 1.5 times."
Leon chuckled softly, then suddenly became extremely serious. "But remember—you must protect Anna's family, especially Anna."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. As long as I live, Anna will be safe and sound."
Rosen saluted.
"Rosen, you should have already met Anna, right?"