I have a long-lived pawn shop.

The person on the plane was, as expected, her green-eyed chief officer, Peron.

Wei Xi spent a night in the helicopter and then changed to a car. When he drove quietly into the city, he encountered the army redeploying on the road. More than a dozen military trucks crossed the road, blocking the flow of traffic and people.

Wei Xi simply said, "I want to go downstairs for a walk."

The city was not too far from the palace. Peron parked the car in an open space as instructed, looked at the clouds gathering in the sky, and took out two umbrellas from the trunk.

They walked along the edge, one in front of the other, and no one spoke. Ten minutes later, it really started to rain. Beilong opened the umbrella, and Wei Xi took it and walked back at a moderate pace.

She looked at her profile:

【Name: Wei Xi

Pawnshop level: lv1

Health: 230% (upper limit increased by 130%)

Power: 26

Agility: 35

Stamina: 30

Intelligence: 55

Charisma: 22 (normal 5)

Wealth: 700 (originally 800)

Luck: 6 (normal value 3)]

The results of half a month's training were remarkable, not only in speed, strength and stamina, but even the speed of nerve reaction and dynamic vision had been improved.

She can now meet the selection criteria for the elite psychic level of the killing team with her ordinary identity, but she still looks slender. The sudden burst of terrifying power from a slender body full of feminine beauty is even more shocking.

The Kafa Empire and the Korba Federation had been at war for half a month, and the atmosphere in the imperial capital was becoming increasingly tense, but the war had not yet developed to the point where both sides were bombing each other at night. The cathedral of the Vatican was still standing tall, and bursts of melodious music wafted from the restaurant on the corner. Brass dolls stood under the eaves, and from time to time, police steam soldiers patrolled out of the alleys.

Military vehicles came and went, attracting only the curious gazes of the children in the rain.

Belon took Wei Xi back to the imperial palace, which he had only met once. The vast building was already under martial law. There were armed guards on every step, and the brass buttons on their uniforms were shining.

There will no longer be luxuriously decorated limousines coming in and out. Now, the black cars are filled with high-ranking military officers and politicians wearing gold and silver collar insignias. They have serious expressions, and when they get out of the cars and walk up the stairs to the main hall, they walk briskly. Their black coats flutter in the air, sweeping away the falling raindrops.

Perhaps because the way that Wei Xi and Belon walked was too strange, the frosty-faced guards carefully checked Wei Xi and Belon's documents, and finally waved their hands, indicating that they could pass.

The tall wall trapped the water vapor brought by the west wind under its arms. The sky in the north was as gray as a dove's wing. Wei Xi walked up the steps and saw the mist floating gently over the carved window frames. The milky white color flooded half of the deep green garden outside in the damp and dense rain curtain.

There were already two palace attendants waiting at the top of the stairs. Both were young men. Wei Xi found their information in his memory. They were Bangdang's men, Wen'er and Luke.

Wen Er saluted the two men and said to Peron, "Admiral Leviathan in the third reception room wants to see you, Major Peron."

Luke next to him continued, "His Majesty specifically asked me to greet you at the door early this morning. He asked me to send someone to notify him as soon as you arrive. Please follow me."

In fact, Wei Xi arrived a little late, and Luke waited in the corridor for at least a quarter of an hour, but the smile on his face was still so comforting. Wei Xi parted ways with Belon, closed his umbrella, and walked through the palace in black.

Many people turned their eyes to this place. Luke was one of Emperor Odin's personal attendants. He waited and guided people so respectfully that everyone would be a little curious.

The young adjutants looked at her with surprise and regret. She was a very beautiful girl, like a delicate pink rose. She should be covered and decorated with carved lotus flowers and vines, and surrounded by the fragrance of soft Indian cherries, instead of being wrapped in a military uniform with dark pupils like frozen glass beads.

In front of a reception room, Luke glanced at the sign next to the door, knocked on the door, and then shouted: "Your Majesty, Count Abigail is here."

"Come in."

With almost inaudible footsteps, Odin stepped into the reception room. He put down his pen, took out his pocket watch and took a look. It was one minute to 10 o'clock in the afternoon. He sighed and said to Wei Xi, "Sit down, Abigail. You've worked hard on this trip. Have a good rest. I'll approve two days of leave for you."

Wei Xi sat down upright and heard the sound of Emperor Odin flipping through the documents on the desk. He could roughly guess what they were - wartime records, patrol post arrangements, defense arrangements and casualties - the coming and going of war replaced all the music scores and poems on the file shelf, as always.

Odin found the report on the Grand Duke and pushed it to Wei Xi who was sitting opposite him: "Look, this is the result of your first mission."

Wei Xi was not surprised that what happened in the capital of Lipton was quickly and completely reported to Emperor Odin. If she failed to kill the Grand Prince within the specified time, there must be another team to continue the mission.

She is just a cog in the machine, not indispensable yet.

The report shows that the Grand Tutor was wearing a waistcoat made of woven steel wire. This type of close-fitting armor is very expensive and is usually worn by dignitaries under their formal attire when attending public events to avoid being shot by snipers from a long distance.

Unfortunately, he encountered Wei Xi who was using a range attack weapon. The shell was enough to destroy the entire room. The Grand Duke and two nobles died on the spot, three others were seriously injured and died, one was slightly injured, and a tracking psychic was killed.

The Principality of Lipton was still an ally of the Kafa Empire on the surface. There was evidence that the assassin used weapons from the Korba Federation Mechanical Research Institute. Emperor Odin was furious. At the request of Grand Duke Kossel of the Principality of Lipton, he rushed to send reinforcements to Bottero and dispatched the killing troop into the battlefield. In a short period of time, he achieved outstanding results and annihilated the 151st Infantry Brigade and the 2nd Mechanical Battalion of the Korba Federation. Their numbers will disappear from the Korba Federation Army sequence from now on.

Wei Xi looked at those numbers and didn't feel very real. The cruel war could turn a girl from a wealthy family into a cold-blooded soldier in just a short time.

"Do you feel a sense of accomplishment, Abigail? Because you did it so efficiently and quickly, our army was able to catch the Korba Federation off guard." The emperor smiled kindly and handed over another letter.

Wei Xi took it, opened it, and pursed his lips in confusion, thinking it was a private message from Lundim. He shook his head and said, "I am just completing the task, Your Majesty."

There are always many rules in training. In addition to the regulations on training and learning, there are also regulations on speech and behavior, drinking, and for those who are not from the imperial capital, there are also regulations on writing letters.

The lengthy regulations included word count, weight, and the requirement that a new letter could only be delivered after a reply was received.

All the letters were not sent directly. Wei Xi never knew where her letter would be sent first, how long it would take before it reached her governor, and when Allen Furston's reply would appear in front of her.

When her fingers touched the page of paper, she realized that this was not a private letter. The Kafa Empire only used this special strong paper when sending letters in the name of the emperor. The letter paper was folded in four, and there was only a blank space where the sealing wax should have been.

Wei Xi shook the paper open with one hand; the creases appeared distinct and fragile in the light of the gas lamp.

Gold-stamped patterns covered all four corners of the paper, and Emperor Odin's signature in ink mixed with gold powder, together with the bright red seal, gave this pass tremendous authority. It could be said that from now on she was one of the emperor's confidants, and all kinds of agencies hidden in the dark would open their doors to her, including the Empire's Black Cross Legion and the Perpetual Motion Research Institute.

"This is the first reward I gave you. You didn't waste the resources I invested in you."

Emperor Odin is so similar to his ancestors. They are all fully armed and walk in the latitude and longitude of power, trying to walk a bloody path.

"You will be my spokesperson in the Church, and you will be the earl, marquis, and even duke of the empire. Now I ask you to continue to win more victories. Let the saints of the Silver Moon Church love and worship you, and help me to completely control it. I trust you, and I will spare no effort to support you. You will definitely not let me down, right?"

Wei Xi looked at the old man silently.

He is no longer young, and his gray hair forms a sharp contrast with Wei Xi, but Wei Xi does not have the aura of a seasoned power holder like him. People who are immersed in power will never grow old, and their vitality is even greater than that of idle young people.

"I will never let you down, but can you let me stand in front of people now? I should have dozens of competitors."

Wei Xi felt something was wrong from the very beginning when he arrived at the isolated single training ground. It would take a huge amount of resources to train dozens of girls individually, which was impossible.

Therefore, the nobles' selections were just for show, the ones who really cared were the military and the Vatican, and Wei Xi was a weapon secretly cultivated by the emperor. When to expose him to the public should be decided by Emperor Odin.

Wei Xi had never met those competitors before, but she always kept in mind Odin's words and the requirements of the task. Between her and the competitors, only one person could truly step into the upper echelons of power.

"They are no longer your competitors. In fact, the military had already met you before the assassination mission. Admiral Marton liked you, and your achievements silenced the other factions. Most people finally agreed to send you to the Black Cross Legion. Your success is of great significance to the future of the empire!"

Odin pressed the bell on the table, and a secretary in a suit and tie came out from the suite deep inside. He placed two things in front of Wei Xi, and then left silently like a ghost.

"Open it and take a look. This is what you need for the next stage."

Wei Xi glanced at the file bag and picked up the gold-inlaid hunting knife first. It was very exquisite, with a carved blade and serrations on the back. It was inserted in a deerskin sheath that felt excellent.

This is a rather legendary weapon, said to be the decoration of a certain Pope before the Dark Ages. Although it is said that the man eventually drowned in a lake during the war, his servant risked his life to return the hunting knife to the owner's family, composing a song of loyalty.

Wei Xi pulled it out and took a look at it, and determined that the decorative symbolic significance of this thing far outweighed its practicality, so he put it aside out of interest and tore open the file bag.

Inside was a document proving that Wei Xi had military status from then on and was a member of the military, no longer an ordinary noble.

There was also a pair of collar badges in the bag, with swords and shields embossed on the silver surface. With this, she could be called a young officer, and a not low-ranking one.

"Thank you very much for your gift, Your Majesty. However, I thought that after gaining recognition, I would take root in the Holy See. Wouldn't giving me a military identity cause dissatisfaction among the clergy?" Wei Xi picked up a collar badge, rubbed it, and asked.

The Vatican has very strict requirements on religious ceremony procedures and does not allow its subordinate clergy to overstep the line. Those who make reforms privately will be demoted at the very least, and at the worst, the Pope will order them to be expelled from their posts and labeled as heretics. Everyone wants to appear to be extremely compassionate, and the unspoken rule is that people in the Vatican cannot hold military positions.

Emperor Odin's arrangement for Wei Xi was simply a slap in the face of the Holy See.

"If they intend to let the Tree-born Cult take over, they can certainly give up on you for such a small matter." Emperor Odin snorted coldly, "Belon said that you have a deep understanding of the classical religious rituals of the Silver Moon Cult, and have read many books on religious ceremonies."

"Yes." This was no secret. It was mainly because Abigail was a little rebellious. Her father, the Earl, hated the Pope and strictly prohibited religious books from entering Lentium. However, children's curiosity could not be suppressed. The more they were not allowed to do it, the more they wanted to do it. Under high pressure, they would only rebound. Wei Xi, who inherited all of Abigail's memories, was also proficient in religious studies.

"Then there is nothing to worry about. The previous saint couldn't even preside over a mass independently, and her Lush language was a mess. Compared to her, your identity problem is just a small matter."

The most formal Tridentine Mass in the Vatican must use Lutheran script for the ceremony. Now that the influence of the Vatican has greatly declined, presiding over a complete Tridentine Mass in Lutheran script is a huge test of a clergyman's professional ability.

"No one dares to fall behind in times of war, Abigail. You just need to follow the route I have planned for you." Odin looked at the clock on the wall.

"Oh, it's almost eleven o'clock now, and we have been talking for nearly an hour. I heard that you rushed here as soon as you got off the plane. Are you tired? You should go and rest first. I will send someone to pick you up to the Black Cross Legion's base in two days. Have a good time in Yalai for two days, my girl."

Odin raised his hand towards Wei Xi.

"Then." Wei Xi stood up and saluted Emperor Odin respectfully.

"I will go to rest first, Your Majesty."

Odin nodded and said, "Luke, send a car to take Count Monty away."

Wei Xi did not ask about Belon's whereabouts, just as no one dared to stop him who was being guided by Luke along the way. Most of the bigwigs in the military were in the temporary base camp of the Eastern Front campaign, and Emperor Odin would soon set off there. The rest of the young princes and princesses were all under strict protection, and most of those who had grown up were working in government departments or the military.

This beautiful and huge palace is now mainly used as a temporary meeting place. The Amber Palace at the back is the residence of the remaining members of the Kafa family. Therefore, Wei Xi could not see any young boys and girls in long dresses playing and fighting. The dark crowd came and went, and she was one of them.

"Go to Monti's house at 036 Rambla Street." Wei Xi ordered after getting in the car.

The car slid out of the gilded gate smoothly, as steady as if it was driving on the water. Wei Xi actually had a good rest in Fleur, but she didn't want to give up this rare vacation.

More than half a month ago, Pope Todd Rhodes gave her a jade seal, which also gave her the authority to enter the database. Now that her military strength is guaranteed, it's time to go there and take a look.

The time they had been apart was not long, and Monty's house was still the same. Sera was surprised by Wei Xi's silent return, and after confirming that she had two days off, she became busy.

"Annie, go and tidy up the young lady's bathroom. The new essential oils are in the third cabinet, the one with the mint wax."

"Mei, open cloakroom number five and look for the sky blue silk dress with embroidered roses. Get a set of the rest of the clean underwear from cloakroom number one."

"Des, send the menu to the kitchen. See if the chef is missing any ingredients. Drive to the store to buy some. The young lady wants fresh cold roast lamb."

"Nika, go to the wine cellar and get the bottle of white wine, the one in the fourth row and sixth column."

At Sera's command, the best quality lobster, asparagus and lamb were delivered to the kitchen of the mansion. While the chef was cooking the food, the maids began to set the table, light the candlesticks, pick flowers from the garden and put them in a vase, and take out Wei Xi's favorite bone china plates and silver knives and forks.

The gloom caused by the rain was completely invisible in the mansion. Wherever Wei Xi went, the lights were on. The maids didn't know where their master had been in the past half month, and suddenly became out of place in this mansion.

The green moss and tender hydrangeas in the house were always quiet and gentle, but the Earl's temperament gradually became sharper. When she sat quietly at the dining table to eat, even Sera couldn't help but hold her breath and remain silent.

Since she was a child, she had an experienced etiquette teacher who followed her to correct every little movement of her walking, sitting, lying, gestures and feet. A literary master taught her elegant conversation. The life of an aristocratic girl was taken care of by a strictly trained head maid, and every wrinkle on her skirt was ironed out, leaving it flawless.

Wei Xi put down her knife and fork and looked out the window. The rain was rustling and it probably wouldn't stop today. She drank the wine in the glass bit by bit, stroking the cold glass with her fingers thoughtfully, then lowered her head and took out the jade seal.

The lighting is warm, and the texture of the jade seems to be covered with a hazy veil in the light. This little gadget is also the key to power.

She played with it for a moment, put it away, and said, "Get the car ready, Sierra, I have to go to the Vatican."