Secret: The Witch's House Traitor

"I'm not going to joke with my life."

"Do you remember how the emperor got along with you?"

"He didn't tell you a lot of things because he wasn't sure. He didn't want you to worry or put you at risk. I told me all this in advance because nothing will happen to me. I'm absolutely sure. You just need to trust me and watch me fulfill my promise."

Lin Nuo had a helpless smile on his face.

Bernadette is the only one who needs to play the emotional card and needs to be convinced seriously.

There is no need to say this about the Goddess of Night and Lilith.

But isn’t this good?

At least the worry in Bernadette's eyes was real.

She was genuinely concerned about his safety.

Chapter 477 Melissa, do you know each other?

"I've lost a lot of loved ones..."

"If you have made up your mind, I have no choice but to support you."

Bernadette didn't really support Lin Nuo's choice, she just had no way to refuse.

In fact, even though she is already a famous mysterious queen on the sea, she is still like a little girl in some aspects. She couldn't change Roselle's decision a hundred years ago, and she can't change Lin Nuo's decision now. Everything seems to be no different from the past. The only difference may be Lin Nuo's relaxed attitude, which makes Bernadette less worried.

"You can choose to rest early."

"Shall I arrange a room for you?"

Lin Nuo glanced at the moonlight outside the window and yawned in a humane way.

Bernadette shook her head imperceptibly. She was already a complete mythical creature. How could she still think about sleeping in this situation? She didn't have the time to do so. Instead, she felt a little anxious in her heart.

“These are the results of my research.”

"You can kill some time."

Lin Nuo reached into the void, took out some books on mysticism and placed them on the table.

He opened the cabinet and took out two blankets, one of which he spread on Bernadette, and with the other, he lay back in the armchair and covered himself with it. He waved to Bernadette, then closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Bernadette looked at the blanket on her legs and the pile of books in front of her. Her original idea of leaving disappeared. She tapped lightly on the table, and the lights in the room went out. A candle that only illuminated an area of half a meter was lit. Bernadette turned a page and continued reading.

......

October 9th, Thursday.

22 Pacefield Street.

Lin Nuo was invited to the "Luen Charity Scholarship Fund" to handle some matters.

Because the donated money was large enough and with Audrey's recommendation, Lin Nuo also got the title of honorary director.

The purpose... probably is that Audrey occasionally asks him out under the guise of the foundation.

Audrey was dressed very simply today, with her hair simply tied up and without any accessories. Her dress was light green with only ruffles on the cuffs, but no lace or tassels.

Hazel followed Audrey, she was also wearing only a light green dress, except for the jewel necklace which was actually a sealed item, all other jewelry was put away. Compared with the two noble ladies, Fors, who was wearing a light yellow ruffled long dress, was a little inconspicuous. It was not because of Fors's appearance, but she was obviously not used to suddenly participating in charity work, and wanted to hide behind the two people to avoid some trouble.

Lin Nuo usually doesn't care much about this kind of thing, but he can come and take a look today.

Because if nothing unexpected happened, Klein also received an invitation.

"Good morning, Miss Audrey, Miss Hazel, Miss Forth, and Mr. Hull."

Klein was a little surprised when he first entered. He didn't expect that such a small foundation would gather so many... acquaintances, especially... He didn't expect Lin Nuo to come here with a vest, although he also used Dawn's vest to inspect the development of the foundation.

"Where are you going?"

Klein asked casually. He remembered that Miss Justice's main job at the foundation was to raise funds from gentlemen and ladies in upper-class society.

Audrey smiled and responded:

“Visit various universities and care for the students I helped before.”

At this point, she blinked and her smile became more obvious:

"Mr. Dantes, do you want to go with me? Let's go and see those children who have the opportunity to change their fate because of your ideas and kindness. Some of them are already young adults."

Lin Nuo smiled at Audrey's mischievous look. He seemed to understand why the funds of the scholarship foundation were a little tight. It turned out that a large part of the 10,000 pounds donated by Earl Hall after Klein donated the stocks was invested in those outstanding young people.

This seems normal. Investing in children who need enlightenment education does not conflict with investing in young people who have already shown talent.

“It was an invitation I couldn’t refuse.”

Of course Klein would not refuse. He kept going to the foundation hoping to see whether the gold pounds he earned through all the hard work he put in had created some substantial value.

Due to their identities as pseudonyms, Klein and Lin Nuo, and Dawn and Hull did not communicate much. Fors secretly glared at Lin Nuo, wanting to condemn him for arranging a series of things for her without consulting her. However, the occasion was not right, so Fors could only endure it for the time being.

They went out and, at Miss Audrey's suggestion, chose a trackless public carriage.

Klein was somewhat surprised that a noble lady like Audrey could ride a public carriage so skillfully.

Lin Nuo was also chatting casually with Hazel who was sitting next to him. He chatted with Hazel and then with Ms. Jacob who was parasitizing Hazel. But Klein seemed to have some Amon phobia. He would look at Hazel secretly from time to time, as if through the spiritual line, he reasonably suspected whether Hazel was parasitized and whether she would suddenly take out a monocle and wear it on her right eye.

While chatting, they arrived at the first stop of this visit, Backlund University of Technology.

Strictly speaking, a school of this level does not need much funding from the Scholarship Foundation. This was originally a technical university supported by George III in order to subtly establish a new order.

Based on Audrey's identity and Dwayne Dantes's social connections, they directly met the president of the newly established university, Mr. Portland Momont, a resident of 100 Böklund Street.

He is one of the people in the scientific community who is second only to Roselle and Turan von Helmothuizen (Orange Light). He is a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Kingdom of Loen, is good at mechanical engineering, and has won the "Light of Machinery" Award.

The old man with a healthy complexion confided to his good neighbor Dawn and the distinguished young ladies some interesting things that happened since the establishment of the school. Lin Nuo looked at this believer of the God of Steam and he was a little skeptical. Could the God of Steam compare with these top old scholars in human beings in scientific research?

The authority of the Perfect One is somewhat unreasonable. He can perfectly inherit the wisdom and creation of human civilization. In other words, even if the Perfect One is an idiot in science and engineering, as long as He is still the Perfect One, all the achievements of human civilization will become a thin layer of painting held in His hands.

It would be a waste of talent for the Perfectionist to only collect the marks of human civilization. Human civilization has only existed for a few thousand years? He might gain a lot of valuable things by chatting with the Super Star Lord. The Super Star Lord would definitely share knowledge and technology generously and would not care about a little bit of patent fees.

Lin Nuo walked around the office and looked at the rows of mechanical engineering books on the bookshelf. He could extract the content of the books without taking them out, and he could also analyze the extent of Rune's technology tree. Compared with Lin Nuo's leisure, Klein and Audrey listened to Portland's story politely and with a proper smile, and occasionally agreed with him.

During the necessary greetings, they found an opportunity to start working.

Portland was about to call his secretary in when he heard someone knock on his office door.

"Come in," the principal responded loudly.

The door opened without any noise, and a girl with black hair and brown eyes came in. She was not dressed up, had a thin face, and regular features. She looked about seventeen or eighteen years old.

Lin Nuo's eyes lit up, finally this trip was not in vain.

Klein's gaze suddenly deepened as he looked over there, then he retracted it.

The girl didn't expect there would be a guest in the principal's office. She was a little nervous and hurriedly lowered her head and said:

"Excuse me."

"It's okay. They're getting ready to leave." Portland said nonchalantly, "Have you finished the item I asked you to make last week?"

"It's done." The girl walked through the door and stood aside.

Lin Nuo looked at the little girl who didn't recognize him. He adjusted his own destiny, confused the fate of Lin Nuo and the vest Heer, and modified the cognition of other people.

Portland Momont then smiled at Dwayne Dantes, Audrey and the others:

"Her name is Melissa Moretti. She is very talented in mechanics. I discovered her by chance and asked her to help in my laboratory after school. Of course, she can only do odd jobs at the moment."

“Not bad.” Klein praised with a smile on his face, the corners of his mouth curled up.

Audrey glanced at him and smiled:

"There are always some arrogant people who say women don't have a talent for mechanics, but this lady has proven them wrong."

Lin Nuo walked up to the little girl and said proudly:

"As expected of my sister."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he inadvertently attracted some attention.

Melissa looked up at Lin Nuo in surprise. She was a little surprised. Of course she recognized that this was her brother's good friend Lin Nuo, but why didn't she recognize him just now? Was it because she was too nervous?

Klein turned his head with an unnatural expression and looked at Hull. He opened his mouth to remind Lin Nuo that you are still wearing a vest. Even if you are not wearing a vest, Melissa has nothing to do with you.

"Melissa, do you know each other?"

Portland looked at this student whom he had high hopes for with confusion. This student didn't look like he would have any connection with Mr. Hull who lived at 32 Böklund Street.

"He is my brother's friend."

"He helped us a lot after we moved to Backlund. The house we rented now was introduced by Mr. Lin Nuo."

Melissa explained to her mentor.

Klein, Audrey, Hazel, and Macht were all stunned when they heard the little girl say the name "Lin Nuo".

They looked at Portland, but Portland didn't react, as if Lin Nuo was equivalent to Hull.

"I would be even happier if you could call me brother."

"This time I was accompanying the staff of the Student Aid Foundation to work, and I came to see you by the way. I don't think it has affected your life in school, right?"

Lin Nuo smiled gently at the little girl.

"No...no."

Melissa was a little overwhelmed by Lin Nuo's gaze.

"Why are you still so thin and your face is a little pale? Did Professor Portland assign you too many tasks?"

Lin Nuo didn't feel embarrassed at all that Portland was there. He looked at the girl's thin appearance and expressed dissatisfaction.

"No, Professor Portland took good care of me and taught me a lot."

Melissa was shocked to see Lin Nuo turning around and preparing to ask Portland for an explanation, and she quickly grabbed his arm and explained.

Watching the interaction between the two, leaving Portland aside, Klein almost broke his teeth.

"Professor Portland, thank you for taking care of my sister."

"Many times I wanted to help her and make her life easier, but this silly girl would refuse without hesitation."

"Alas, I have no choice. I don't want to disturb her current life and put too much pressure on her. If someone bullies Melissa at school, I hope the professor can help me take care of her, or arrange for a servant to pass on a message to me after get off work. I have some of Hermoshuin's research manuscripts here. They are all fragments and have no great value to me. I hope they can bring you some inspiration."

Lin Nuo saluted to Professor Portland, then took out some fragments of manuscripts that recorded some of Hermoshuin's ideas. These were things that "Ju Guang" did not have the energy to complete and test before his "death". "Ju Guang" originally wanted to pass these fragments to those who needed them, so that other scientists could continue his unfinished work. Now that Lin Nuo took out the corresponding part of mechanics, it was considered to be making the best use of it.

When Klein saw the big killer that Lin Nuo took out, he had already anticipated what would happen next. Thinking of the "Orange Light" who knocked on his door and said that he could die at the door of his enemy, Klein suddenly felt a little regretful. Why didn't he ask for a few manuscripts by the way?

"The research manuscript of Turanian von Helmotheuin, the 'Father of the Second Generation Difference Engine'?"

As expected, this real scientist had a rosy face and a loud voice. His previous displeasure towards Lin Nuo for being a little rude was swept away, and his eyes were full of burning desire as he stared at the thing in Lin Nuo's hand.

"This is not the manuscript of the Difference Engine."

“It just records some research directions and some conjectures that need to be verified.”

Lin Nuo looked at Portland's surprised expression and explained.

"That's precious enough. What I need is some research ideas. Don't worry, if I really get any inspiration, I will take Melissa with me to conduct related experiments and research."

Portland Momont patted his chest and promised. If Lin Nuo gave him money, he might be polite on the surface, but he snorted in his heart. But Hermoshuin's handwritten manuscript? Even if the things recorded on it were already public knowledge, it still had considerable collection value.

Lin Nuo smiled. He took the notebook from Melissa, put the remaining manuscript into the notebook, and then stuffed the notebook back into the little girl's hands.

Chapter 478 The King Doesn’t Understand People’s Hearts

Portland looked at Melissa again with his fiery eyes.

Melissa looked at Lin Nuo and her mentor somewhat at a loss. She wanted to return the things, but they were for her mentor, and looking at mentor Portland's fiery eyes, Melissa didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Take it first, and don't show it to your supervisor. If your supervisor sees it now, the people at the foundation won't be able to complete their work smoothly."

Lin Nuo touched Melissa's head in front of Klein.

Dwayne Dantes felt like his breath was stuck in his throat and he could hardly breathe out.

He really wanted to rush up and have a fight with Lin Nuo, but Lin Nuo was trying to gain benefits for Melissa, so as an incompetent brother, no matter how unwilling and depressed he felt, he could only endure it for the time being.

"Mr. Hale, why should I delay my work because of a manuscript?"

"Just let Melissa take a look at it for me. I'll take a quick look and then we'll continue."

When Portland Momont heard Lin Nuo's words, he felt as if his heart was being scratched by a cat's claws. He was so itchy that if there weren't so many people here, including his neighbors and the noble lady, he really wanted to rush up and snatch the manuscript.