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[Assistant] While I walked under the dripping orange trees of my wet garden, and amongst its drenched pomegranates and pineapples, and while the refugent dawn of the tropics kindled round me, I reasoned thus, Jane, and now listen. For it was true wisdom that consoled me in that hour, and showed me the right path to follow.


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[Assistant] The sweet wind from Europe was still whispering in the refreshed leaves, and the Atlantic was thundering in glorious liberty. My heart


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[Assistant] Dried up and scorched for a long time, swelled to the tone, and filled with living blood. My being longed for renewal, my soul thirsted for a pure draught. I saw hope revive, and felt regeneration possible.


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[Assistant] From a flowery arch at the bottom of my garden I gazed over the sea, bluer than the sky. The old world was beyond. Clear prospects opened thus. Go, said Hope, and live again in Europe. There it is not known what a solid name you bear, nor what a filthy burden is bound to you. You may take the maniac with you to England, confine her with due attendance and precautions at Thornfield.


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[Assistant] Let her identity, her connection with yourself, be buried in oblivion. You are bound to impart them to no living being. Place her in safety and comfort. Shelter her degradation with secrecy and leave her.


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[Assistant] My father and brother had not made my marriage known to their acquaintance, because in the very first letter I wrote to apprise them of the union


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[Assistant] Having already begun to experience extreme disgust of its consequences and from the family character and constitution seeing a hideous future opening to me, I added an urgent charge to keep it secret.


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[Assistant] And very soon the infamous conduct of the wife my father had selected for me was such as to make him blush to own her as his daughter-in-law.


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[Assistant] Of whose secret inner cabinet she has now for ten years made a wild beast stand, a goblin's cell. I had some trouble in finding an attendant for her.


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[Assistant] As it was necessary to select one on whose fidelity dependence could be placed, for her ravings will inevitably betray my secret.


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[Assistant] Besides, she had lucid intervals of days, sometimes weeks, which she filled up with abuse of me.


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[Assistant] At last I hired Grace Poole from the Grimsby Retreat. She and the surgeon Carter, who dressed Mason's wounds that night he was stabbed and worried, are the only two I have ever admitted to my confidence.


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[Assistant] Mrs Fairfax may indeed have suspected something, but she could have gained no precise knowledge as to facts. Grace has, on the whole, proved a good keeper.


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[Assistant] Though owing partly to a fault of her own, of which it appears nothing can cure her, and which is incident to her harassing profession, her vigilance has been more than once lulled and baffled. The lunatic is both cunning and malignant.


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[Assistant] She has never failed to take advantage of her guardian's temporary lapses. Once to secrete the knife with which she stabbed her brother,


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[Assistant] And twice to possess herself of the key of herself and issue there from in the night time. On the first of these occasions, she perpetrated the attempt to burn me in my bed. On the second, she paid that ghastly visit to you. I thank Providence, who watched over you.


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[Assistant] That she then spent her fury on your wedding apparel, which perhaps brought back vague reminiscences of her own bridal days. But on what might have happened, I cannot endure to reflect.


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[Assistant] When I think of the thing which flew at my throat this morning, hanging its black and scarlet visage over the nest of my dove, my blood curdles.


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[Assistant] I pursued wanderings as wild as those of the March spirit.


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[Assistant] I sought the continent, and went devious through all its lands.


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[Assistant] My fixed desire was to seek and find a good and intelligent woman whom I could love, a contrast to the fury I left at Thornfield. But you could not marry, sir. I had determined and was convinced that I could and ought.


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[Assistant] I never doubted some woman might be found willing and able to understand my case and accept me in spite of the curse with which I was burdened. Well sir?


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[Assistant] When you are inquisitive, Jane, you always make me smile. You open your eyes like an eager bird, and make, every now and then, a restless movement, as if answers in speech did not flow fast enough for you, and you wanted to read the tablet of one's heart.


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[Assistant] Great ball over the top. Pepe is onside. Oh, it's the youngster, Charlie Patino. Off the bench. What a moment.


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[Assistant] It's really great to have you back. I know that you've worked really hard to be here. It's great to be, for you to be on the pitch. And I remember when you scored against me in the dome, what, but let's hope that now you can be scoring for us. I know you deserve this and we're really happy to have you back and we hope that you can show yourself and be a great part of the team next season. So this is for you.


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[Assistant] On that list of 28 men asking to be excused from tomorrow's mission three times more than normal. They give a lot of reasons, colds mostly. And most of them haven't got colds. And that doesn't mean that they've suddenly gone yellow. It just means that they're getting their bellies full. Now, do I okay them physically and mock them duty? How much can a man take? What's physical and what isn't?


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[Assistant] It was pleasant to Dr Watson to find himself once more in the untidy room of the first floor in Baker Street.


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[Assistant] Which had been the starting point of so many remarkable adventures.


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[Assistant] He looked round him at the scientific charts upon the wall.


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[Assistant] The acid charred bench of chemicals, the violin case leaning in the corner, the coal scuttle, which contained of old the pipes and tobacco,


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[Assistant] Finally, his eyes came round to the fresh and smiling face of Billy.


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[Assistant] The young but very wise and tactful Page


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[Assistant] Who had helped a little to fill up the gap of loneliness and isolation.


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[Assistant] Which surrounded the satanine figure of the great detective. It all seems very unchanged, Billy. You don't change either. I hope the same can be said of him.


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[Assistant] Billy glanced with some solicitude at the closed door of the bedroom. I think he's in bed and asleep, he said.


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[Assistant] It was seven in the evening of a lovely summer's day.


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[Assistant] But Dr Watson was sufficiently familiar with the irregularity of his old friend's hours.


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[Assistant] I'm frightened for his health. He gets paler and thinner and he eats nothing.


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[Assistant] When will you be pleased to dine, Mr Holmes? Mrs Hudson asked. 7.30. The day after tomorrow, said he.


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[Assistant] You know his way when he is keen on a case. Yes Billy, I know.


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[Assistant] He's following someone. Yesterday he was out as a workman looking for a job. Today he was an old woman.


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[Assistant] Fairly took me in, he did, and I ought to know his ways by now.


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[Assistant] Billy pointed with a grin to a very baggy parasol which leaned against the sofa. As part of the old woman's outfit, he said, but what is it all about, Billy?


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[Assistant] Billy sank his voice as one who discusses great secrets of state. I don't mind telling you, sir, but it should go no farther.


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[Assistant] Is this case of the crown diamond? What? The hundred thousand pound burglary? Yes sir. They must get it back sir.


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[Assistant] Why, we had the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary both sitting on that very sofa. Mr Holmes was very nice to them. He soon put them at their ease and promised he would do all he could. Then there is Lord Cantilmere. Ah.


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[Assistant] Yes, sir, you know what that means. He's a stiffen, sir, if I may say so. I can get along with the Prime Minister, and I've nothing against the Home Secretary, who seemed a civil, obliging sort of man. But I can't stand his lordship, neither can Mr. Holmes, sir. You see, he don't believe in Mr. Holmes, and he was against employing him.


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[Assistant] It rather refailed. And Mr Holmes knows it. Mr Holmes always knows whatever there is to know.


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[Assistant] Well, we'll hope he won't fail, and that Lord Cantilmere will be confounded.


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[Assistant] But I say Billy, what is that curtain for across the window? Mr Holmes had it put up there three days ago. We've got something funny behind it.


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[Assistant] Billy advanced and drew away the drapery which screened the alcove of the bow window.


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[Assistant] Dr Watson could not restrain a cry of amazement.


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[Assistant] Billy detached the head and held it in the air. We put it at different angles so that it may seem more lifelike. I wouldn't dare touch it if the blind were not down, but when it's up you can see this from across the way. We used something of the sort once before. Before my time, said Billy.


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[Assistant] He drew the window curtains apart and looked out into the street.


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[Assistant] There are folk who watch us from over yonder. I can see a fellow now at the window. Have a look for yourself.


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[Assistant] Watson had taken a step forward when the bedroom door opened and the long thin form of homes emerged, his face pale and drawn, but his step and bearing as active as ever. With a single spring he was at the window and had drawn the blind once more.


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[Assistant] That will do, Billy," said he. You were in danger of your life then, my boy, and I can't do without you just yet. Well, Watson, it is good to see you in your old quarters once again. You come at a critical moment, so I gather. You can go, Billy. That boy is a problem, Watson.


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[Assistant] How far am I justified in allowing him to be in danger? Danger of what, Holmes? Of sudden death.


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[Assistant] I'm expecting something this evening. Expecting what? To be murdered Watson.


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[Assistant] No, no, you are joking, Holmes. Even my limited sense of humour could evolve a better joke than that. But we may be comfortable in the meantime. May we not? Is alcohol permitted? The gas-a-gene and cigars are in the old place. Let me see you once more in the customary armchair.


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[Assistant] You have not, I hope, learned to despise my pipe and my lamentable tobacco?


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[Assistant] It has to take the place of food these days, but why not eat?


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[Assistant] Because the faculties become refined when you starve them.


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[Assistant] Why surely as a doctor, my dear Watson, you must admit that what your digestion gains in the way of blood supply


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[Assistant] Is so much lost to the brain. I am a brain Watson.


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[Assistant] The rest of me is a mere appendix. Therefore it is the brain I must consider. But this danger, Holmes, ah yes, in case it should come off, it would perhaps be as well that you should burden your memory with the name and address of the murderer. You can give it to Scotland Yard with my love and a parting blessing.


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[Assistant] Sylvius is the name, Count Negretto Sylvius. Write it down man, write it down. 136, Moorside Gardens, NW. Got it?


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[Assistant] Watson's honest face was twitching with anxiety.


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[Assistant] He knew only too well the immense risks taken by Holmes, and was well aware that what he said was more likely to be understatement than exaggeration.


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[Assistant] Watson was always the man of action, and he rose to the occasion.


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[Assistant] Count me in, Holmes. I have nothing to do for a day or two.


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[Assistant] Your morals don't improve, Watson. You have added fibbing to your other vices. You bear every sign of the busy medical man, with calls on him every hour. Not such important ones. But can't you have this fellow arrested? Yes, Watson, I could.


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[Assistant] But I have not got the stone. What is the use of taking them?


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[Assistant] We can make the world a better place by laying them by the heels.


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[Assistant] But that is not what I am out for. It's the stone I want!


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[Assistant] And is this Count Silvius, one of your fish? Yes, and he's a shark. He bites.


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[Assistant] The other is Sam Merton, the boxer. Not a bad fellow, Sam, but the counters used him. Sam's not a shark.


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[Assistant] He is a great big silly bullheaded gudgeon, but he is flopping about in my net all the same. Where is this Count Silvius? I've been at his very elbow all the morning. You've seen me as an old Lady Watson. I was never more convincing.


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[Assistant] Life is full of whimsical happenings, Watson. It might have been tragedy. Well, perhaps it might. I followed him to old Straubensie's workshop in the minories.


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[Assistant] Straubensie made the air gun. A very pretty bit of work, as I understand.


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[Assistant] Well it may get a bullet through its beautiful head at any moment. Ah, Billy. What is it?


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[Assistant] The boy had reappeared in the room with a card upon a tray.


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[Assistant] Holmes glanced at it with raised eyebrows and an amused smile. The man himself, I had hardly expected this, Grasp the Nettle Watson, a man of nerve.


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[Assistant] Possibly you have heard of his reputation as a shooter of big game.


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[Assistant] It would indeed be a triumphant ending to his excellent sporting record if he added me to his bag.


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[Assistant] This is a proof that he feels my toe very close behind his heel. Send for the police. I probably shall but not just yet.


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[Assistant] Would you glance carefully out of the window, Watson, and see if anyone is hanging about in the street? Watson looked warily round the edge of the curtain.


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[Assistant] Yes, there is one rough fellow near the door. That will be Sam Merton. The faithful but rather fatuous Sam.


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[Assistant] Where is this gentleman Billy? In the waiting room sir. Show him up when I ring. Yes sir.


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[Assistant] If I'm not in the room, show him in all the same. Yes sir. Watson waited until the door was closed.


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[Assistant] And then he turned earnestly to his companion. Look here, Holmes, this is simply impossible. This is a desperate man who sticks at nothing. He may have come to murder you. I should not be surprised. I insist upon staying with you. You would be horribly in the way. In his way? No, my dear fellow, in my way.


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[Assistant] Well I can't possibly leave you. Yes you can Watson, and you will. For you have never failed to play the game. I'm sure you will play it to the end.


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[Assistant] This man has come for his own purpose, but he may stay for mine.


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[Assistant] Holmes took out his notebook and scribbled a few lines.


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[Assistant] Take a cab to Scotland Yard and give this to Yall of the CID. Come back with the police. The fellow's arrest will follow. I'll do that with joy.


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[Assistant] Before you return I may have just time enough to find out where the stone is. He touched the bell. I think we will go out through the bedroom.


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[Assistant] And I have, as you will remember, my own way of doing it.


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[Assistant] It was therefore an empty room into which Billy, a minute later, ushered Count Silvius.


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[Assistant] The famous game-shot Sportsman and Man About Town was a big swarthy fellow with a formidable dark moustache shading a cruel thin-lipped mouth and surmounted by a long curved nose like the beak of an eagle.


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[Assistant] He was well dressed, but his brilliant necktie, shining pin and glittering rings were flamboyant in their effect.


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[Assistant] As the door closed behind him, he looked round him with fierce, startled eyes, like one who suspects a trap at every turn. Then he gave a violent start, as he saw the impassive head and the collar of the dressing-gown which projected above the arm-chair in the window.


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[Assistant] At first his expression was one of pure amazement.


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[Assistant] Then the light of a horrible hope gleamed in his dark, murderous eyes.


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[Assistant] He took one more glance round to see that there were no witnesses and then, on tiptoe, his thick stick half raised, he approached the silent figure.


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[Assistant] He was crouching for his final spring and blow when a cool sardonic voice greeted him from the open bedroom door. Don't break it, Count, don't break it. The assassin staggered back, amazement in his convulsed face,


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[Assistant] For an instant he half-raised his loaded cane once more.


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[Assistant] As if he would turn his violence from the effigy to the original.


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[Assistant] But there was something in that steady grey eye and mocking smile which caused his hand to sink to his side.


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[Assistant] It's a pretty little thing, said Holmes, advancing towards the image. Tavernier, the French modeler, made it. He is as good at waxworks as your friend Straubenzie is at air guns. Air guns, sir, what do you mean?


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[Assistant] Put your hat and stick on the side table. Thank you. Pray take a seat. Would you care to put your revolver out also? Oh, very good, if you prefer to sit upon it. Your visit is really most opportune, for I wanted badly to have a few minutes chat with you.


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[Assistant] The Count scowled with heavy threatening eyebrows.


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[Assistant] I too wished to have some words with you, Holmes.


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[Assistant] That is why I am here. I won't deny that I intended to assault you just now. Holmes swung his leg on the edge of the table.


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[Assistant] I rather gather that you had some idea of the sort in your head, said he. But why these personal attentions?


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[Assistant] Because you have gone out of your way to annoy me. Because you have put your creatures upon my track.


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[Assistant] My creatures, I assure you no. Nonsense, I have had them followed. Two can play at that game, Holmes. It is a small point. Count Silvius, but perhaps you would kindly give me my prefix when you address me.


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[Assistant] You can understand that with my routine of work I should find myself on familiar terms with half the rogue's gallery, and you will agree that exceptions are invidious. Well, meester Holmes, then. Excellent.


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[Assistant] Old Baron Dawson said the night before he was hanged,


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[Assistant] That in my case, what the law had gained, the stage had lost.


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[Assistant] And now you give my little impersonations your kindly praise. It was you, you yourself.


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[Assistant] Holmes shrugged his shoulders. You can see in the corner the parasol, which you so politely handed to me in the minories.


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[Assistant] Before you began to suspect. If I had known you might never have seen this humble home again, I was well aware of it. We have all neglected opportunities to deplore.


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[Assistant] As it happens, you did not know, so here we are.


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[Assistant] The Count's knotted brows gathered more heavily over his menacing eyes. What you say only makes the matter worse. It was not your agents, but your play-acting, busybody self.


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[Assistant] You admit that you have dogged me. Why? Come now, Count. You used to shoot lions in Algeria. Well, but why? Why, the sport, the excitement, the danger, and no doubt to free the country from a pest. Exactly. My reasons in a nutshell.


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[Assistant] And the Count sprang to his feet, and his hand involuntarily moved back to his hip pocket. Sit down, sir, sit down. There was another, more practical reason. I want that yellow diamond


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[Assistant] Count Silvius lay back in his chair with an evil smile. Upon my word, said he.


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[Assistant] You knew that I was after you for that. The real reason why you are here tonight is to find out how much I know about the matter, and how far my removal is absolutely essential. Well, I should say that from your point of view it is absolutely essential, for I know all about it, save only one thing.


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[Assistant] Which you are about to tell me. Oh indeed, and pray what is this missing fact. Where the crown diamond now is.


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[Assistant] The Count looked sharply at his companion. Oh, you want to know that, do you? How the devil should I be able to tell you where it is? You can, and you will, indeed. You can't bluff me, Count Silvius.


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[Assistant] Holmes' eyes, as he gazed at him, contracted and lightened.


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[Assistant] Till they were like two menacing points of steel. You are absolute plate glass. I see to the very back of your mind. Then of course you see where the diamond is.


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[Assistant] Now count. If you will be reasonable, we can do business. If not, you will get hurt.


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[Assistant] Count Silvius threw up his eyes to the ceiling. And you talk about the bluff, said he.


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[Assistant] Holmes looked at him thoughtfully, like a master chess player who meditates his crowning move. Then he threw open the table drawer,


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[Assistant] And drew out a squat notebook. Do you know what I keep in this book?


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[Assistant] You are all here. Every action of your vile and dangerous life. Damn you, Holmes, cried the Count with blazing eyes. There are limits to my patience. It's all here, Count.


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[Assistant] The real facts as to the death of old Mrs. Harold, who left you the Blymer estate.


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[Assistant] Which you so rapidly gambled away. You are dreaming. And the complete life history of Miss Minnie Warrinder. But you will make nothing of that. Plenty more here count.


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[Assistant] Here is the robbery and the tronde de luxe to the Riviera on February the 13th, 1892. Here is the forged cheque in the same year on the Crédit Lyonnais.


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[Assistant] No, you're wrong there. Then I am right on the others. Now count, you are a card player. When the other fellow has all the trumps, it saves time to throw down your hand. What has all this talk to do with the duel of which you spoke? Gently count. Restrain that eager mind.


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[Assistant] Let me get to the points in my own humdrum fashion.


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[Assistant] I have all this against you, but above all, I have a clear case against both you and your fighting bully in the case of the crown diamond. Indeed.


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[Assistant] I have the cabman who took you to Whitehall, and the cabman who brought you away. I have the commissioner who saw you near the case. I have Ike Sanders, who refused to cut it up for you. Ike has peached, and the game is up. The veins stood out on the Count's forid.


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[Assistant] His dark, hairy hands were clenched in a convulsion of restrained emotion.


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[Assistant] He tried to speak, but the words would not shape themselves. That's the hand I play from, said Holmes. I put it all upon the table. But one card is missing. It's the King of Diamonds.


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[Assistant] I don't know where the stone is. You never shall know. No? Now be reasonable count. Consider the situation.


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[Assistant] You are going to be locked up for twenty years. So is Sam Merton. What good are you going to get out of your diamond? None in the world. But if you hand it over, well, I'll compound a felony. We don't want you or Sam. We want the stone.


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[Assistant] Give that up, and so far as I'm concerned you can go free. So long as you behave yourself in the future. If you make another slip, well, it will be the last.


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[Assistant] But this time, my commission is to get the stone, not you.


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[Assistant] But if I refuse, why then, alas, it must be you and not the stone? Billy had appeared in answer to a ring.


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[Assistant] I think count that it would be as well to have your friend Sam at this conference. After all, his interests should be represented.


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[Assistant] Billy, you will see a large and ugly gentleman outside the front door. Ask him to come up. If he won't come, sir? No violence, Billy. Don't be rough with him.


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[Assistant] If you tell him that Count Silvius wants him, he will certainly come.


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[Assistant] What are you going to do now?" asked the Count as Billy disappeared. My friend Watson was with me just now. I told him that I had a shark and a gudgeon in my net. Now I am drawing the net and up they come together. The Count had risen from his chair and his hand was behind his back.


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[Assistant] Holmes held something half protruding from the pocket of his dressing gown.


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[Assistant] You won't die in your bed, Holmes. I have often had the same idea. Does it matter very much?


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[Assistant] After all, Count, your own exit is more likely to be perpendicular than horizontal.


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[Assistant] But these anticipations of the future are morbid. Why not give ourselves up to the unrestrained enjoyment of the present?


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[Assistant] A sudden wild beast light sprang up in the dark menacing eyes of the master criminal.


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[Assistant] Holmes' figure seemed to grow taller as he grew tense and ready.


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[Assistant] It is no use your fingering your revolver, my friend, he said in a quiet voice. You know perfectly well that you dare not use it, even if I gave you time to draw it. Nasty noisy things revolvers count.


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[Assistant] Better stick to air guns. Ah, I think I hear the fairy footsteps of your estimable partner. Good day, Mr. Merton. Rather dull in the street, is it not?


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[Assistant] The prizefighter, a heavily built young man with a stupid, obstinate, slab-sided face, stood awkwardly at the door, looking about him with a puzzled expression.


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[Assistant] Holmes' debonair manner was a new experience, and though he vaguely felt that it was hostile, he did not know how to counter it.


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[Assistant] He turned to his more astute comrade for help.


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[Assistant] What's the game now, Count? What's this fellow want? What's up? His voice was deep and raucous.


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[Assistant] The Count shrugged his shoulders, and it was Holmes who answered. If I may put it in a nutshell, Mr Merton, I should say it was all up.


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[Assistant] Now look here, Count Silvius, I'm a busy man and I can't waste time.


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[Assistant] I'm going into that bedroom. Pray make yourselves quite at home in my absence.


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[Assistant] You can explain to your friend how the matter lies without the restraint of my presence.


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[Assistant] I shall try over the Hoffman Barcarole upon my violin.


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[Assistant] In five minutes I shall return for your final answer. You quite grasp the alternative, do you not? Shall we take you, or shall we have the stone?


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[Assistant] Holmes withdrew, picking up his violin from the corner as he passed.


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[Assistant] A few moments later the long drawn wailing notes of that most haunting of tunes came faintly through the closed door of the bedroom.


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[Assistant] Ike Sanders has split on us. Yes, has he? I'll do him down a thicken for that if I swing for it. That won't help us much. We've got to make up our minds what to do.


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[Assistant] Afamo, said the boxer, looking suspiciously at the bedroom door. He's a leery cove that wants watching. I suppose he's not listening. How can he be listening with that music going? That's right.


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[Assistant] Maybe somebody's behind the curtain. Too many curtains in this room.


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[Assistant] As he looked round, he suddenly saw for the first time the effigy in the window and stood staring and pointing, too amazed for words.


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[Assistant] Tart, it's only a dummy, said the Count. A fake, is it? Well, strike me. Madame Tussaud ain't in it. It's the living spit of him, gown and all.


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[Assistant] But them curtains count. Oh, confound the curtains. We are wasting our time, and there is none too much. He can lag us over this stone. The juice he can. But he'll let us slip, if we only tell him where the swag is. What? Give it up. Give up a hundred thousand quid. It's one or the other.


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[Assistant] Merton scratched his short cropped pate. He's alone in there. Let's do him in. If his light were out, we should have nothing to fear. The Count shook his head.


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[Assistant] He is armed and ready. If we shot him we could hardly get away in a place like this. Besides...


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[Assistant] It's likely enough that the police know whatever evidence he has got. Hello, what was that? There was a vague sound which seemed to come from the window. Both men sprang round, but all was quiet.


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[Assistant] Save for the one strange figure seated in the chair, the room was certainly empty. Something in the street, said Merton. Now look here, Governor, you've got a brain, surely you can think a way out of it. If slugging is no use, then it's up to you. I've fooled better men than he, the Count answered.


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[Assistant] This stone is here in my secret pocket. I take no chances leaving it about. It can be out of England tonight and cut into four pieces in Amsterdam before Sunday.


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[Assistant] He knows nothing of Van Seder. I thought Van Seder was going next week. He was, but now he must get off by the next boat. One or other of us must slip round with the stone to Lime Street and tell him. But the false bottom ain't ready.


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[Assistant] Well, he must take it as it is and chance it. There's not a moment to lose.


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[Assistant] Again with the sense of danger which becomes an instinct with the sportsman he paused and looked hard at the window.


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[Assistant] Yes, it was surely from the street that that faint sound had come.


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[Assistant] As to Holmes, he continued, we can fool him easily enough, you see. The damned fool won't arrest us if he can get the stone. Well, we'll promise him the stone.


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[Assistant] We'll put him on the wrong track about it, and before he finds that it is the wrong track it will be in Holland, and we out of the country. That sounds good to me, cried Sam Merton with a grin. You go on and tell the Dutchman to get a move on him.


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[Assistant] I'll see this sucker and fill him up with a bogus confession. I'll tell him that the stone is in Liverpool.


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[Assistant] Confound this whining music, it gets on my nerves. By the time he finds it isn't in Liverpool, it will be in quarters, and we on the blue water. Come back here, out of a line with that keyhole. Here is the stone. I wonder you dare carry it.


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[Assistant] Where could I have it safer? If we could take it out of Whitehall, someone else could surely take it out of my lodgings. Let's have a look at it.


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[Assistant] Count Silvius cast a somewhat unflattering glance at his associate.


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[Assistant] Come over to the window, if you want to see the beauty properly. Now, hold it to the light. Here. Thank you.


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[Assistant] With a single spring, Holmes had leapt from the dummy's chair and had grasped the precious jewel.


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[Assistant] He held it now in one hand, while his other pointed a revolver at the Count's head.


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[Assistant] The two villains staggered back in utter amazement.


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[Assistant] Before they had recovered, Holmes had pressed the electric bell. No violence, gentlemen, no violence, I beg of you. Consider the furniture.


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[Assistant] It must be very clear to you that your position is an impossible one. The police are waiting below.


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[Assistant] I fancied that you must have heard me when I displaced the figure, but luck was on my side.


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[Assistant] It gave me a chance of listening to your racy conversation, which would have been painfully constrained had you been aware of my presence. The Count gave a gesture of resignation.


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[Assistant] We give you best, Holmes. I believe you are the devil himself. Not far from him at any rate, Holmes answered with a polite smile.


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[Assistant] Sam Merton's slow intellect had only gradually appreciated the situation.


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[Assistant] Now as the sound of heavy steps came from the stairs outside, he broke silence at last. A fair cop, said he. But, I say, what about that blooming fiddle? I hear it yet.


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[Assistant] Tut tut, Holmes answered. You are perfectly right.


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[Assistant] Let it play. These modern gramophones are a remarkable invention.


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[Assistant] There was an inrush of police, the handcuffs clicked, and the criminals were led to the waiting cab.


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[Assistant] Watson lingered with Holmes, congratulating him upon this fresh leaf added to his laurels. Once more their conversation was interrupted by the imperturbable Billy with his card tray.


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[Assistant] This is the eminent peer who represents the very highest interests, said Holmes.


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[Assistant] He's an excellent and loyal person, but rather of the old regime. Shall we make him Anben?


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[Assistant] Dare we venture upon a slight liberty?


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[Assistant] He knows we may conjecture nothing of what has occurred.


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[Assistant] The door opened to admit a thin, austere figure with a hatchet face and drooping mid-Victorian whiskers of a glossy blackness.


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[Assistant] Which hardly corresponded with the rounded shoulders and feeble gait.


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[Assistant] Holmes advanced affably and shook an unresponsive hand. How do you do, Lord Cantilmere?


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[Assistant] It is chilly for the time of year, but rather warm indoors. May I take your overcoat? No, I thank you, I will not take it off.


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[Assistant] Holmes laid his hand insistently upon the sleeve.


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[Assistant] Pray allow me, my dear friend Dr. Watson would assure you that these changes of temperature are most insidious.


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[Assistant] His lordship shook himself free with some impatience. I am quite comfortable, sir. I have no need to stay. I have simply looked in to know how your self-appointed task was progressing. It is difficult. It's very difficult. I feared that you would find it so.


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[Assistant] There was a distinct sneer in the old courtier's words and manner.


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[Assistant] Every man finds his limitations, Mr. Holmes, but at least it cures us of the weakness of self-satisfaction. Yes, sir, I have been much perplexed. No doubt. Especially upon one point. Possibly you could help me upon it?


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[Assistant] You apply for my advice rather late in the day. I thought that you had your own all sufficient methods. Still, I am ready to help you. You see, Lord Cantilmere, we can no doubt frame a case against the actual thieves. When you have caught them, exactly. But the question is...


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[Assistant] How shall we proceed against the receiver? Is this not rather premature? It is as well to have our plans ready. Now, what would you regard as final evidence against the receiver? The actual possession of the stone. You would arrest him upon that? Most undoubtedly. Holmes seldom laughed.


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[Assistant] But he got as near it as his old friend Watson could remember.


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[Assistant] In that case, my dear sir, I shall be under the painful necessity of advising your arrest. Lord Cantilmere was very angry.


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[Assistant] You take a great liberty, Mr. Holmes. In 50 years of official life, I cannot recall such a case.


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[Assistant] I am a busy man sir, engaged upon important affairs, and I have no time or taste for foolish jokes. I may tell you frankly sir that I have never been a believer in your powers, and that I have always been of the opinion that the matter was far safer in the hands of the regular police force.


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[Assistant] Your conduct confirms all my conclusions. I have the honour, sir, to wish you good evening.


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[Assistant] Holmes had swiftly changed his position and was between the pier and the door. One moment, sir, said he.


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[Assistant] To actually go off with the Mazarin stone would be a more serious offence than to be found in temporary possession of it. Sir, this is intolerable! Let me pass! Put your hand in the right hand pocket of your overcoat. What do you mean, sir? Come, come. Do what I ask.


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[Assistant] An instant later the amazed peer was standing, blinking and stammering, with the great yellow stone on his shaking palm. What, what, how is this, Mr. Holmes? Too bad, Lord Cantilmere, too bad, cried Holmes. My old friend here will tell you that I have an impish habit of practical joking.


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[Assistant] Also, that I can never resist a dramatic situation. I took the liberty, the very great liberty I admit, of putting the stone into your pocket at the beginning of our interview.


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[Assistant] Your sense of humour may, as you admit, be somewhat perverted, and its exhibition remarkably untimely. But at least I withdraw any reflection I have made upon your amazing professional powers. But how? The case is but half finished. The details can wait.


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[Assistant] No doubt, Lord Cantilmere, your pleasure in telling of this successful result, in the exalted circle to which you return,


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[Assistant] Will be some small atonement for my practical joke.


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[Assistant] Billy, you will show his lordship out, and tell Mrs. Hudson that I should be glad if she would send up dinner for two as soon as possible.


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[Assistant] Hello and welcome to Overboard, Polygon's board game show. Today, Patrick Rothfuss joins us to spin a tale in the collaborative storytelling game, Fiasco. Here's how you play.


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[Assistant] To begin, select and deal everyone seven cards from the theme deck you've selected. This deck is made up of relationship cards as well as locations, objects, and needs. The first step is to establish relationships between players. In clockwise order, players place a relationship card from their hand between two players sitting next to each other.


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[Assistant] This continues until there is a relationship card on everyone's right and left, creating a chain of relationships around the table.


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[Assistant] Once that chain is complete, players flesh out these relationships in an open discussion. So, if a relationship card says it's between an employee and employer, you'll need to decide who's playing which role.


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[Assistant] Once that's figured out, players take turns attaching an additional detail to these relationships using location, objects, or need cards. Which is followed by a discussion of what these cards mean. Why is the employee's only lounge important to this relationship?


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[Assistant] And the group is obligated to try something else. If you have time, you can also establish some topics you simply don't want to touch in the game, like we did before playing. You can make sure everyone is having a fun time if everyone's boundaries are respected.


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[Assistant] With your characters established, it's time for the real meat of Fiasco, which is roleplaying scenes between characters. On your turn, you have the option to establish the scene or resolve it. Whichever you choose, the rest of the group gets to control the other. Establishing a scene means choosing things like the location of the scene and whether characters are present.


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[Assistant] Using the relationship details you created earlier, you'll play out the scene however you think your character should.


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[Assistant] Just keep in mind that if you choose to establish, the rest of the players get to decide the scene's outcome, and vice versa.


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[Assistant] Even players who aren't roleplaying in a scene can offer up ideas. At some point in your scene, you'll receive a tilt card from either the negative or positive tilt deck.


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[Assistant] Which deck you draw from is determined collectively by the group as your scene plays out. If you achieve a goal, that's probably positive. If you fail miserably, that's a negative.


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[Assistant] That's when the tilt happens, but we'll explain how that works when we get to that part of the game. For now, let's get this fiasco started.


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[Assistant] That's right, Jenna. What happens next is called the tilt. Before we can get to Act 2 of our story, the players need to look at the tilt cards they received for their two scenes. In the upper right corner of these cards is a number, which the players will add together, treating the negative cards like negative numbers.


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[Assistant] Once everyone has done their arithmetic, figure out who the two players are with the largest numbers. Those players get to decide the tilt.


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[Assistant] Next, everyone flips their tilt cards face up, so these two lucky players can read them all and make a selection. The player with the highest positive number gets to pick a positive tilt card, while the player with the largest negative number gets to pick a negative tilt card.


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[Assistant] These two cards, one positive and one negative, are placed in the center of the group and should be thought of as the themes of Act 2.


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[Assistant] By now, you should all have a good idea of where your story's headed, but if you're feeling a little lost, the tilt can be a good way to put everything back on track for a thrilling climax. So let's get back to the story.


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[Assistant] Once the final scene of Act 2 is finished, it's time for the aftermath. You can think of this like the credit scene at the end of the movie, where you get to see what everyone's been up to since the film ended.


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[Assistant] Players once again take a look at their tilt cards and add up the numbers.


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[Assistant] This time, the number will be used to determine their character's aftermath. These short descriptions are generic. The idea is that players will adapt it so it makes sense for the story that's just been told. This is the last opportunity you have to tell your character's story, so have fun with it.


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[Assistant] Earth is dying. We must find a new home.


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[Assistant] Earth is dying. We must find a new home.


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[Assistant] Earth is dying. We must find a new home.


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[Assistant] Earth is dying. We must find a new home.


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[Assistant] Let's dig it. Champagne anyone?


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[Assistant] Earth is dying. We must find a new home.


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[Assistant] Earth is dying. We must find a new home.


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[Assistant] When I reach adulthood, I'll surely develop even stronger new abilities.


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[Assistant] Oh, then, can you tell me what new ability Mississippi Maggie gained once she reached adulthood?


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[Assistant] She transformed into a flying monster for the first time.


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[Assistant] Number 76 felt anxious and thought to herself, These imbeciles are all amateurs. They don't seem to understand at all.


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[Assistant] Who cares about a senior witch looking cute or dreadful?


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[Assistant] Isn't the point supposed to be about the relationship between your evolution of power and the magic cyclone, as well as about how to become a senior witch?


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[Assistant] Number 76 struggled to maintain her smile and she felt her mouth as it started to twitch.


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[Assistant] Sensing that the subject of the conservation had been diverted from the point, number 76 had no choice but to speak. Maggie appears to be exactly like any normal pigeon. How do we know that her power already went through an evolution?


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[Assistant] There was a possibility this question could expose her identity, but number 76 didn't care much about that at this point.


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[Assistant] Number 76 decided to take the chance regardless.


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[Assistant] Perhaps they knew a way to discern the difference between the day of awakening and the solidification of adulthood.


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[Assistant] Even so, they may have confused a derivative skill as a high awakening. Sometimes a lucky person received multiple derivative skills.


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[Assistant] We differentiate it by the magic power. Wendy answered number 70 S-I-X-S question. If we say that a normal witch's magic power is like a cyclone or a thin mist, the magic power will cohere and become a bright new form after the evolution.


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[Assistant] For instance, Maggie's magic power now takes the form of stretched white wings, very different from the foggy mist in her past.


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[Assistant] Her description of the reconstruction of the magic's cohesion is exactly the same as the definition presented by the Union.


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[Assistant] Wendy's words eradicated the last of number 76 doubts.


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[Assistant] If Wendy wasn't lying, then Maggie was indeed a senior witch.


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[Assistant] Although number 76 didn't have the ability to observe magic power directly, Wendy's confidence in her words and the accuracy of her theory showed that she had a comprehensive knowledge regarding the magic evolution.


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[Assistant] I see how it is. Number 76 tried to conceal her inner excitement as she pretended not to understand the issue, your power. Is like that too then? I haven't cohered my magic power.


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[Assistant] Wendy said frankly, compared to Anna, I still have a lot to learn.


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[Assistant] So, she became the manager of the whole union as an original witch and even befriended the higher ascendants?


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[Assistant] Observing the intimate and amiable look of the pigeon, number 76 suddenly had a thought. She had indeed slept for too long.


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[Assistant] This world was drastically different from the tequila era that she had known.


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[Assistant] The witches of the kingdom of Wolfheart didn't sense number 70 SIXS complex emotions, except for Annie. The three witches were playing with Maggie and laughing.


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[Assistant] As the group climbed the mountain, number 76 deliberately slowed down and dropped to the back of the group.


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[Assistant] She moved her hand, which bore a ring of five colors stone, up to her eyes and pretended to rub her eyes so she could observe lightning and Maggie through the gleaming magic stone.


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[Assistant] Since Lightning and Maggie were using their powers, two conspicuous orange lights appeared before number 70 SIXSIs.


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[Assistant] The beams of light above Lightning's head were similar to that of Annie's. They were about a finger width wide. Maggie's beams of light were thicker and about the width of an arm.


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[Assistant] When compared to the beams of the light from last night's infiltrator, their beams of light were much thinner, not to mention the gigantic, wall-like beam of light that had been in the castle district. None of them are the chosen one.


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[Assistant] Number 76 felt an uneasiness in her heart as she remembered the name of the two.


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[Assistant] After they had entered the North Slope Mine, the noise surrounding them became louder and louder.


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[Assistant] The witches were surprised to see that the mine was still in full operation, despite the snow and frigid winds. The busy miners could be seen everywhere on the street.


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[Assistant] To their surprise, none of the miners wore ragged prisoner's cloth.


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[Assistant] Instead, the miners were all wearing thick leather coats with different colored cloth belts wrapped around their heads. The cloth seemed to represent different work.


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[Assistant] The ground near the entrance of the mine was covered with iron bars of the same width.


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[Assistant] Four wheel carriages moved on the iron bars, but there were no drivers or horses. Colorful banners were hanging down from the orbit.


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[Assistant] There were big letters on the banners. Labor is the most glorious act. Use your own hands to win the future. Ten years of working and a hundred years of housing.


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[Assistant] The scarlet banners, white snow, and black railway compose the main colors of the mine.


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[Assistant] Before His Majesty became Lord of Border Town, the seasonal ore from Border Town would only exchange for a few hundred gold royals.


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[Assistant] During the winter, workers were unable to produce any or due to the months of demons.


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[Assistant] Locals couldn't even feed themselves with the money they could get.


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[Assistant] Wendy slowed her pace and turned around after his majesty arrived in the western region and saved a witch named Anna. The door to cooperation between witches and humans was thus opened. Do you see those black steel machines? They are handmade by Anna.


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[Assistant] They can dig tubs, drain water without the drive of magic power, and can be operated by anyone.


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[Assistant] With this equipment, the production of the mine increased more than ten times.


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[Assistant] People's salary now not only filled their stomachs, but also allowed them to buy new cloth or homes.


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[Assistant] The obvious profits allow the town's people to accept the existence of witches. You guys asked recently what the witch's job is. The answer is to create a better life.


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[Assistant] Wendy stroked the red hair on her forehead and said proudly, If you guys join the witch union, we could build this city together and fight for this big family. The citizens will firmly remember your names in the future.


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[Assistant] They could tell that even Annie, who was usually very composed, had been shaken by Wendy's words.


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[Assistant] Her hands that held the wheelchair flexed and fully showed her emotions.


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[Assistant] The rest of the people seemed dazed after they heard the words family of witches.


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[Assistant] To refugees like them, there was nothing more enchanting than a cozy place to live.


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[Assistant] Only number 70-SIXS heart was filled with bouts.


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[Assistant] The key point of the change in Wendy's story was not the witches, but the black machinery.


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[Assistant] A local citizen would be a lower class man even among the common people. How had they known how to build those machines?


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[Assistant] An awakening would only bring a boost to the person's magic power and physical strength. However, it would not bring them unseen knowledge.


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[Assistant] Since we have reached the North Slope Mountain, let's go see Miss Anna.


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[Assistant] Wendy smiled softly. She is not only the busiest witch in the Union, but also the only genius that has gone through two evolutions.


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[Assistant] Passing through a mountain path guarded by numerous guards, number 76 could see the red brick wall looming in the snow forest.


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[Assistant] Judging from the outposts set along the path, number 76 was sure that she would not have been allowed to enter such a restricted area if she had acted alone.


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[Assistant] At least, such a massive display of guards would not be disgraceful to these promoted people.


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[Assistant] Although she did not understand why a witch so gifted would build her home on the North Slope mountain ridges.


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[Assistant] Furthermore, number 76 still was not fully convinced about what Wendy had said.


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[Assistant] Anyhow, it sounded too incredible to her that a witch could experience awakenings twice so soon after she had come of age.


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[Assistant] She knew that even though the number of times a witch awakened did not represent one's strength or ability, yet the perseverance, intelligence, and perception one required to achieve awakenings twice were much more than she could imagine.


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[Assistant] Even in the entire Union, there were hardly any witches who was as exceptional as this one.


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[Assistant] As they walked close to the walls, number 76 noticed something strange. Is this really where the witch lives?


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[Assistant] Looking over the top of the walls, number 76 could only see a few roofs put up with canvas.


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[Assistant] There was no castle or stone tower here. Not even a one story house. Here we are.


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[Assistant] When he knocked on the gate of the yard, the backyard of North Slope Mountain is the research and development center of all kinds of mechanical equipment in Neverwinter.


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[Assistant] Apart from studying, Anna often spends her time working here.


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[Assistant] Wendy introduced, she's now a probationary clerk for the witch union and hasn't awakened yet. How are you? The little girl greeted politely. Please come in.


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[Assistant] Lucia White also spends a lot of time here working with Anna, and she's responsible for the research work on metal materials. Wendy said as she led everyone inside the yard, by the way, her ability also evolved when she came of age, and the improvement of her magic power is quite dramatic, like Anna's.


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[Assistant] She's among the few witches who could drive a sigil of God's will.


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[Assistant] It's a weapon that requires a tremendous amount of magic power. Most people find it hard to light the four magic stones on it.


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[Assistant] His majesty has hung it on the wall of the castle's hall for everyone to test their magic powers.


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[Assistant] If you join the witch union in the future, you have the chance to experience it yourself.


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[Assistant] At the moment, only four members of the witch union are capable of lighting the last magic stone on sigil. Everyone is now guessing who the fifth will be. Hang it on the hall? Only four witches?


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[Assistant] Number 76 felt like she was listening to a fantasy.


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[Assistant] Even hearing the name of sigil of gods was enough to surprise her, let alone caring about where they found it.


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[Assistant] In the tequila age, the sigil was the exclusive weapon for the three chiefs of the Union.


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[Assistant] Expect for transcendents who spent all of their time on training. There was no one who had the required magic power to drive the Golden Thunder.


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[Assistant] But here they actually have only four witches who could activate the sigil. Don't be ridiculous.


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[Assistant] Does the witch union possess even more transcendence than the union?


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[Assistant] Moreover, from what Wendy said, both Anna and Lucia aren't extraordinary witches now. Then how could they advance to become transcendence?


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[Assistant] What sounds crazier to me is the way that the king of common people deals with the sigil of God's will.


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[Assistant] Since there are witches who can activate it, he must have seen the tremendous power it could cast.


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[Assistant] Then why has he placed such a precious weapon in the hall for all the witches to play with?


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[Assistant] The sigil is a war trophy for the slaughter of a senior demon. Does this guy not have any common sense?


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[Assistant] Number 76 suddenly felt a slight pain in her brain.


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[Assistant] The information that Lucia was also a senior which had numbed her.


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[Assistant] Number 76 had seen three promoted witches in just one morning.


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[Assistant] All she wanted to do now was to ask someone why a border city ruled by common people would harbor so many senior witches.


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[Assistant] What was more mind-blowing to her was that they did not have any awareness of how to be a superior.


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[Assistant] For example, Lucia had been introduced by lightning and had already integrated herself with the witches of Wolfheart.


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[Assistant] Anna was much calmer, but number 76 could see from her face that she did not have any complaints about being managed by an original witch, Wendy.


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[Assistant] Through their conversations, you could see that Anna and Wendy had an affinity and trust between them.


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[Assistant] When number 76 could not hold back her curiosity any longer and be about to blurt out her questions, she heard someone finally mention this point.


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[Assistant] May I ask how many people in the witch union have evolved abilities that are new?


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[Assistant] Broken Sword's question was as sweet as the sound of nature to number 76.


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[Assistant] But shortly after that, number 76 was shocked by Wendy's response. She saw Wendy counting the number with her fingers.


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[Assistant] 10. Number 76 was so overwhelmed she had no energy to be shocked.


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[Assistant] If the information provided by Black Money was correct, there were only about 20 witches that lived in the western region of Grey Castle.


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[Assistant] In her plan, she merely viewed Neverwinter as her first stop. Her target was Sleeping Island in the fjords, as it was the place that had the most witches. But she did not expect to find ten senior witches here. Was this a mockery of the incompetence of the Union?


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[Assistant] Drawing a deep breath, number 76 no longer stayed close to them but put the ring before her eyes, taking advantage of the time when they were showing their abilities.


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[Assistant] The beam of orange light shining from Lucio was almost twice as wide as that from Maggie.


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[Assistant] And the beam of light from Anna was much more eye-catching, almost as wide as her trunk, and was nearly the same as the uninvited guest who sneaked into the foreign affairs building that night. Undoubtedly, neither of them were the chosen one.


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[Assistant] It seemed that the wall of light beam in the castle belonged to another person. But was this possible?


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[Assistant] Was there any witch that was more exceptional than Wendy's genius, Anna, and had even experienced awakenings twice?


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[Assistant] At the moment when number 76 was wondering, the gate of the backyard was suddenly pushed open and a blue-haired woman came in. The anti-corrosive results you asked for have arrived. These are the test samples. She placed several glass bottles in front of Anna.


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[Assistant] Aluminium alloy sample number 1872 had the best result like His Majesty had predicted. Thank you for your hard work, Agatha. Goodbye then.


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[Assistant] The witch, whose name was Agatha, nodded and turned away without paying any attention to the rest.


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[Assistant] Her demeanor gave number 76 an impression of the imposing manner that a superior would have in the tequila age.


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[Assistant] But the moment Agatha turned around, number 76 felt like a thunderbolt flashed in her heart. She realized that she had seen this person before.


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[Assistant] Even though over 400 years had gone by and she barely remembered the witch's name, the scene back then was still vivid in her mind.


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[Assistant] She remembered the blue haired witch dropped to one knee before the three chiefs of the union, solemnly took over the cope and scepter which symbolized being a higher ascendant, and accepted the personal blessing of the quest society's leader.


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[Assistant] Number 76 was deeply impressed by the witch's figure when she turned to the audience and raised her scepter that as the youngest senior witch born in the tequila age, her pride and confidence was deeply engraved on the minds of all the bystanders at the scene.


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[Assistant] At that time, number 76 merely served as an original combat witch for the garrison.


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[Assistant] When she looked up at her junior who was standing on the stage with boundless enthusiasm, she felt a sense of infinite admiration tangled with a hint of inferiority. So the witch was Agatha.


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[Assistant] In a split second, the dusty memory fragments were pieced together in number 70 SIXS mind.


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[Assistant] She even remembered in the later years that Agatha had been excluded from the central research group.


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[Assistant] Due to her errant behavior, she had violated the Quest Society's principle of never recruiting common people. But Agatha refused to repent.


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[Assistant] Instead, she decided to establish her own research tower outside the city of Tequila.


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[Assistant] Her status and distinction had saved her from the impediment of other people.


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[Assistant] If any original witch dared to go against the quest society openly, she would definitely be dispatched to the front lines and be engaged in fighting bloody battles until she would end up as one of the casualties.


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[Assistant] Back then, number 76 was discontent with Agatha and considered her behavior quite out of place at that time when there was a war to fight.


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[Assistant] For the Quest Society, losing or met losing a young and talented promoted person.


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[Assistant] For Agatha, being excluded meant she would be deprived of most of the resources and bases for exploring the mysteries of Magic Stone.


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[Assistant] Both of the consequences would be a loss to the holy city of Tequila.


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[Assistant] However, for number 76, who had experienced the fall of the union and had waited for more than 400 years, all her discontent had vanished.


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[Assistant] Now, her heart was brimming with happiness and a kind of incredulous surprise.


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[Assistant] The happiness came from the unexpected chance of being reunited with a tequila witch here.


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[Assistant] While the surprise was she that could not understand how a tequila witch could survive until now.


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[Assistant] It was obvious that Agatha had maintained her body, even her look, in her age of that time.


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[Assistant] It seemed everything about her was frozen since then without even a trace of aging.


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[Assistant] However, the bodies of other survivors had long ago turned into ashes, leaving only their souls that were being kept through unique methods.


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[Assistant] Number 76 fought the urge to stop Agatha and instead silently watched her walk away until the gate of the yard was closed once more. After that, she took a deep breath. She already knew what to do next.


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[Assistant] When the light began to fade and the howling cold wind turned sharp as it usually did every night, Nightingale noticed a slight change of Sylvie's expression and so she asked, Why? What did you find out?


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[Assistant] Number 76 has left the Foreign Affairs building by jumping out of the window on the corridor of the second floor, Sylvie replied. Has she? Nightingale raised her eyebrow.


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[Assistant] Those windows are sealed with iron railings, aren't they? Maybe they were rusty.


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[Assistant] Sylvie stood before the French window, looking down at the city slowly hiding in the darkness.


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[Assistant] She climbed over the wall and the guards at the doorway didn't realize anything. But she couldn't escape our attention. Nightingale could not help but raise her lip. I'm right. She must be plotting something.


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[Assistant] Since keeping Roland safe was more important, she called Sylvie to the office in the castle to keep a watch on the tour of the newcomers with her.


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[Assistant] There was nothing strange about the behavior of the wolf heart witches in the morning.


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[Assistant] After their lunch, number 76 suddenly seemed quite uncomfortable.


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[Assistant] Sylvie could tell from her lip movements that number 76 was tired because she had stayed up overnight.


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[Assistant] At last, number 76 listened to their suggestions and went to bed to get some rest. She skipped the tour in the afternoon.


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[Assistant] Nightingale had thought it would be a quiet and peaceful day, but things changed unexpectedly when it was almost twilight. They noticed that number 76 started to act.


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[Assistant] You've really guessed correctly, Roland said with great spirit, closing his book, but an ordinary person who could avoid your lie detection does possess some extraordinary talent. Nightingale coughed slightly.


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[Assistant] Sooner or later I'll figure out how she did it after I seize her.


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[Assistant] Wait, she stopped beside the street. Sylvie continued to report. Looks like she is waiting for someone. She has neither magic power nor a weapon.


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[Assistant] It looks like she's here either for intelligence or is in collusion with others and planning something big. Nightingale analyzed with soaring spirit. If it's the former, she would have lurked for a little longer.


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[Assistant] Before Roland could finish, Nightingale had entered the mist. Sylvie, protect his majesty in my absence.


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[Assistant] Agatha's hands were suspended in midair, and her heart sank abruptly.


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[Assistant] It was a small street she was walking on leading to the Castle District. Few citizens would pass by usually, especially at nightfall.


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[Assistant] When she noticed someone approaching from behind, without the slightest hesitation, she turned around and summoned ice to freeze the attacker's feet.


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[Assistant] No, if she wears a god stone, I shouldn't be able to get near her.


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[Assistant] Just in front of her, a few seconds ago, the icicle she summoned was formed by magic power before it vanished. How could this be possible?


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[Assistant] But Agatha understood that it was not the right time to probe into that.


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[Assistant] She was sure that the attacker had been well prepared as she had been following her in this quiet street and was capable of dispelling her magic power.


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[Assistant] But when she was ready to strike, what the attacker did shocked her.


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[Assistant] She saw the woman place her elbows at a level position and press her overlapped fingers on her chest before bending down deeply. She had not seen this etiquette for a long time.


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[Assistant] It was a standard etiquette that was performed when a member of the Union met a superior of the Tequila H. Your... Agatha could not stop asking.


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[Assistant] My respects to you, Lady Agatha, the youngest high awaken. The woman said slowly, Can we find a place to have a talk?


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[Assistant] Number 76 closed the door to cut off the noise in the tavern lobby and then walked back to sit opposite Agatha.


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[Assistant] Number 76 knew it would be much easier to expose herself once she acted alone and left the witches of Wolfheart, but concealing her identity was no longer her priority now. I thought you'd take me somewhere out of the way. Agatha looked around the cubicle. I didn't expect you to bring me here.


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[Assistant] I hope you'll forgive me for failing to provide a more elegant environment for our talk.


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[Assistant] After all, this is only my second day in Neverwinter.


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[Assistant] Now that number 76 was no longer concerned about being exposed, talking in the tavern would actually make the other party less worried to some extent, for they would certainly feel safer in a place with so many people coming and going rather than in a dark alley.


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[Assistant] Neither of them feared the cold, but Agatha would not accept the request for a private talk in some desolate place from a complete stranger who appeared out of nowhere.


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[Assistant] Even number 76 would not accept such a request.


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[Assistant] Most importantly, since she had neither hostility toward Neverwinter nor the Witch Union, she need not consider herself as their enemy. Her previous plan of hiding was only for the purpose of finding the Chosen One.


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[Assistant] Now that she had found a better way, there was no need for her to follow the original plan.


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[Assistant] Common people and witches were now faced with a mutual enemy. The danger loomed ahead. How did you find me in only two days?


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[Assistant] I tried to find out where you worked, the hours when you would return to the castle and the route you would take.


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[Assistant] I made the witches of Wolfheart ask Wendy about the first two things and I heard about your usual route from the residence. Number 76 was brief and to the point.


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[Assistant] After I knew that you belonged to the witch union, I decided to take the initiative to contact you. I see. Agatha gazed at her keenly. So there are other witches of Tequila who survived. You could say that, but we're no longer witches.


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[Assistant] Number 76 knew that the only reason Agatha was willing to talk to her was that she had news about Tequila, so she did not conceal anything regarding this.


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[Assistant] There was no way to preserve the body for hundreds of years and so we could only adopt another method to extend our life.


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[Assistant] Not only can you control the body, but you also have the power to activate the domain of God's stone?


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[Assistant] Indeed, this was also the ultimate goal that Lady Alice was fighting for, a god's punishment warrior that was formed by combining a witch and a common person that could combat the demon.


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[Assistant] Even losing half of his blood would not kill the witch as long as the witch's soul was transferred to another body to form another perfect transcendent warrior. I knew her plan was not that simple.


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[Assistant] Agatha remained silent for a long time before finishing her ale.


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[Assistant] But judging from your tone, it sounded like the other survivors didn't agree with this method. And... why did you come here?


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[Assistant] Have you already revealed the information about the demon, the battle of divine will, and the union to the witch union? Agatha nodded. Number 76 suddenly showed a hint of excitement. How did they respond? Did they believe you?


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[Assistant] Not only did they accept the information, they've also started preparing for the third battle of divine will, she replied. In fact, a short time ago, the witch union confronted the demons and killed a magic slayer along with two fearsome demons.


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[Assistant] Number 76 could not help but clench her fist. All the things had turned out as she had expected.


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[Assistant] Agatha had really revealed the information to the local witches.


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[Assistant] In that case, the Witch Union and Tequila have become natural allies, which meant that she no longer needed to hide her identity and could get straight to the point.


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[Assistant] Although she was also curious about the victory of the battle between the Witches of the Witch Union and the Senior Demons before the fall of Bloody Moon, there was something more urgent that she had to discuss.


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[Assistant] Without hesitating, number 76 told Agatha everything about the fight between Natalia and Alice as well as the plan of the Chosen One.


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[Assistant] I found the witch who can start the instrument of divine retribution and annihilate the demons lives in the castle district, and I hope you could help me to identify her. Agatha was a little shocked. Is there anyone who can really do that? Lady Pasha told me so.


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[Assistant] Number 76 took off the ring and handed it over to Agatha.


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[Assistant] As long as anyone summons her power, I can see the orange light that symbolizes the key through the colorful magic stone. Agatha puckered her lips before taking the ring.


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[Assistant] Yes, Roland Wimbledon, a common person who looks ordinary and is even a little rash. Somehow, a faint smile appeared on Agatha's lips. He's the actual core of the witch union.


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[Assistant] I realized later that without Roland, the witch union wouldn't exist, Neverwinter wouldn't be the way it is now, and Grey Castle would never defeat the Church. All of the achievements came from this common person.


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[Assistant] If you wanna find and take the chosen one with you, it's Roland you need to speak to, not Wendy. But, don't worry, he knows much more than you could ever imagine. Agatha chuckled.


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[Assistant] You know what he told me after I woke up in the frozen coffin when I was shattered and bewildered by the fact that the Union had disappeared long ago? He said that common people could defeat demons. This is too arrogant, right? She interrupted, and I thought so in the first place. But in fact, I saw hope in him.


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[Assistant] That hope was something the witches of Neverwinter would believe in wholeheartedly.


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[Assistant] Hence, you must earn Roland's approval if Tequila wants to work with the Witch Union to fight against the demons.


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[Assistant] For a moment, number 76 could not believe her ears.


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[Assistant] If it was a wild witch who identified with the rule of a common person, she would think it made sense.


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[Assistant] After all, more than 400 years had passed since that period when the Union ruled the mainland and the witches were superior.


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[Assistant] But she could not understand why Agatha, an authentic tequila witch, would have so much faith in a common person.


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[Assistant] Additionally, the faith was not merely about recruiting common people as assistants for her experiment.


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[Assistant] Although she had been engaged in missions involving the secular regime before, she did not expect the mission to begin like this.


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[Assistant] Number 76 put the ring away and remained silent for a moment before saying, Please let me think about it.


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[Assistant] After that, she rose to salute Agatha once again before leaving the tavern.


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[Assistant] Nightingale then came out of nowhere and blocked the dim candlelight. When did you discover me? She sounded a bit surprised.


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[Assistant] Nightingale sat down opposite the ice witch and said, Can that magic stone sense magic power?


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[Assistant] It's not magic power, but an orange light beam, or perhaps I should say, the key dot.


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[Assistant] She took out an empty cup, filled it readily and pushed it to Nightingale. Your beam lit up half a room. It was hard not to notice it. Did she notice that too? Most likely, Agatha nodded.


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[Assistant] She and I aren't the same, just like pure witch and I aren't the same, said Nightingale. Did you believe what she said? Yes, I did. But you didn't take her ring, because I really want to help her and get her on the right path.


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[Assistant] Agatha also poured herself a glass of ale and then drank it all. The quality of the drink was rather poor, a far cry from Evelyn's fruity liquor and the strange tasting chaos drinks.


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[Assistant] At the very moment when number 76 revealed her identity, the recurring sense of loneliness disappeared from her heart.


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[Assistant] It turned out that she was not the last survivor of Tequila, and there were other witches like her from the Union who had come to this era after crossing a time span of more than 400 years.


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[Assistant] Although most of the witch union members were very friendly, and Wendy was very affectionate toward her, Agatha constantly felt lost. She knew there was a gap between her and the other witches caused by the accumulation of centuries, which could not be erased in a short time.


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[Assistant] She could not confide to the witches in this new era, so she tried to numb herself by burying herself in work. The only exception was Roland Wimbledon.


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[Assistant] She felt a sense of comfort when she was alone with this weird common person At first, she found it hard to understand


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[Assistant] She realized later on that Roland had the same kind of undefinable estrangement as if he were out of touch with this world. The only difference was Roland hit it much better than her, and hardly anyone noticed it. Finally, she was no longer alone.


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[Assistant] It was for this reason that Agatha hoped number 76 would make a request to visit Roland Wimbledon and her official identity as a tequila witch.


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[Assistant] She looked forward to the both of them standing side by side in the battle of divine will.


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[Assistant] She was already in love with the life here at Neverwinter and naturally, she hoped that her own kind would feel the same way about this place. Furthermore, Agatha had a small hidden desire.


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[Assistant] She wanted to prove to the witches that what she had said was wise and correct, cooperation between the common people and witches was the best way to fight the demons. This was why you neglected her deliberately?


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[Assistant] Nightingale looked perplexed, as this was the first time she saw Agatha's real thoughts.


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[Assistant] Number 76 will understand after she's been here for some time. Agatha curled her lips. Wasn't I the same?


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[Assistant] This batch of survivors did not think of liking the church.


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[Assistant] They did not agree with the plan of the God's punishment army and were reluctant to use the witches as sacrificial materials. They even split up with Lady Alice over this. This was one reason why she decided to help them.


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[Assistant] Afterwards, Nightingale was silent for a long time.


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[Assistant] Only when the rocking candle was burnt to its bottom did she gradually disappear and return to the darkness. I hope she will make the right choice.


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[Assistant] She will. Agatha smiled and said, I believe that.


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[Assistant] Number 76 went back along the same path to the foreign affairs building, where she bumped into Annie and the others, who had finished visiting the beverage plant.


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[Assistant] I woke up and felt much better. She said voluntarily before anyone had the chance to ask.


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[Assistant] It was a bit stuffy in the room, so I took a walk in the yard.


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[Assistant] You should put more clothes on so that you won't catch a cold, said Broken Sword with concern.


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[Assistant] Amy held her hand and said happily, It's a shame you didn't come with us this afternoon.


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[Assistant] Yeah, initially she could only change the taste of the drink.


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[Assistant] But after her ability evolved, she started to create delicious drinks that had unique tastes.


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[Assistant] I swear even the nobility in Wolfheart City would not have tasted something so amazing.


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[Assistant] Amy said excitedly, whether it was black tea, honey milk or fine wines, they would not be worth mentioning compared to her drinks. Another senior witch. Number 76 had become numb.


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[Assistant] Although it was unclear what Wendy Inana meant specifically by learning, there was no doubt that in the training of witches, the witch union was already more advanced than the union.


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[Assistant] According to Agatha, it seemed that all of these were started by Roland Wimbledon, a mere common person, and that was what she could not understand.


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[Assistant] Did common people understand magic power more than witches? I can testify. Hero Echoed.


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[Assistant] For a moment, I even thought that all the tribulations I suffered before had been worthwhile.


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[Assistant] If I could have such a drink occasionally, I'd never leave never winter. Amy stuck out her tongue.


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[Assistant] The three looked at Annie, so she said reluctantly, I'll listen to you. Wait. You guys agreed to stay here just for a strange drink? Number 76 could not help but feel startled.


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[Assistant] And Annie, didn't you say that we had to observe carefully and be cautious? We should at least decide after tomorrow's tour.


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[Assistant] If Wendy heard the reason that prompted them to make up their mind, she would certainly not know whether to laugh or cry. All of a sudden, she felt envious. Simple requirements and easy decisions.


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[Assistant] As long as there was a glimmer of hope they could move forward without hesitation. What about herself?


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[Assistant] After everyone had fallen asleep, number 76 quietly left her room again and climbed on the roof.


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[Assistant] Against the howling wind and snow, she raised her ring in the direction of the castle and narrowed her eyes to see afar, a light beam as wide as the city wall appeared again in front of her eyes.


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[Assistant] It still miraculously appeared in her field of vision, even without the activation of magic power and being out of the theoretical detection range. She needed to find the chosen one for the tequila witches. This was the main purpose of this trip.


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[Assistant] Anyway, the chosen one's significance to the survivors and the meaning of the chaos drinks for Amy and the others was almost the same. She made her decision.


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[Assistant] When Wendy came to the foreign affairs building the next day, number 76 handed her a letter that she had written overnight.


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[Assistant] I am Phyllis, the Tequila Witch from the Maze of Desperation. I have brought news of the Providence and the Savior.


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[Assistant] I would like to request an audience to see the Lord of Neverwinter to discuss our cooperation in the battle of divine will.


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[Assistant] The three of them each responded differently, only Annie was silent.


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[Assistant] Wendy did not seem surprised and did not report this situation to the castle.


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[Assistant] Instead, she received the document and smiled at her encouragingly.


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[Assistant] Come with me, His Majesty is already waiting for you in his study.


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[Assistant] Chapter 706, the formal meeting, the before and after of the dispute.


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[Assistant] Roland had learned about the situation of number 76 from Nightingale.


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[Assistant] In fact, he was very interested in the distant history of tequila and the intelligence about the battle of divine will that the tequila witch claimed to have.


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[Assistant] He had saved a lot of time and effort now that she had shown up by herself.


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[Assistant] Other than nightingale, silvie, and scroll, there were also leaf and two potted plants in the office to prevent accidents from happening.


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[Assistant] Once the plant's abilities were cast, even if number 76 used the god stone, she would not be able to eliminate the crazed vines. As soon as she stalled her footsteps, Nightingale would be able to retaliate and defeat her.


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[Assistant] Potted plants looked like decorations and were harmless when not triggered by magic power.


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[Assistant] Therefore, Rowland also did not need to deploy a handful of guards to surround the room. He did not want his intentions to be revealed before even starting the negotiations.


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[Assistant] When number 76 followed Wendy into the office, Roland smiled and said, Welcome to Neverwinter. Do you need any tactical eyepieces? Everyone was expressionless.


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[Assistant] Nightingale even rolled her eyes and pinched his shoulder in the mist. Your majesty, please don't talk nonsense at this time. Ahem, okay.


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[Assistant] Roland cleared his throat and returned to his usual commas. So your tequilas number 76?


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[Assistant] My name is Phyllis, my dear king. With one hand placed on her chest, she slightly bowed her head and said, Number 76 is just my disguise as a common person. And since you have discovered my identity, the name has lost its meaning.


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[Assistant] The formal salute with the chest gesture was used when a nobility met with royalty or when ambassadors visited other countries.


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[Assistant] It was clear that Phyllis was not ignorant of secular etiquette.


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[Assistant] Roland did not mind the honorific title and slightly inappropriate wording.


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[Assistant] If I'm able to answer, I will, said Phyllis solemnly.


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[Assistant] It was probably due to the fact that she hadn't spoken for such a long time to a common person like him. So her expression was quite rigid.


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[Assistant] She probably wanted to be polite, and at the same time, not lose Tequila's arrogance of being the previous ruler of the world.