old dream

Chapter 215
A few days ago, the Holy Province of the Principality of Danaro made a statement slowly.

They gave up the pursuit of the commissioner's alcoholism case a few weeks ago, and acknowledged the "facts" announced by the Stade Police Department: the dead Commissioner Linus's evidence was solid, so his bones were not eligible for burial in the Saint-Province Cemetery.

This means that less than five days after the Archduke's entry, the contest at Danalo ended.

As the last force of the church in the Principality, the Holy Province once again ushered in failure.As a result, they were forced to surrender control over the enforcement of Prohibition.

So Elena also received news from the Holy Province.The higher authorities did not ask her to testify, but asked her to leave immediately and return to Danaro under the cover of the Jackdaw Hunting Squad.Although Linus is dead, the Holy Province still has expectations for her.

But Elena chose to refuse, she gave up her place in the Holy Province, and applied to be downgraded to join the Jackdaw Hunting Group.

Because this is the only way she can stay in Stade.

"you sure?"

Nancy was a little surprised by Elena's determination:
"Do you know what you're doing?"

The Hunters are by no means a friendly place, they are peripheral organizations of the Order.But it is also the only department that requires members to be banned from quitting for life.

Not only because they have been exposed to too much high-class information, but also because the proportion of members of this department with mental problems is abnormally high.

This practice of never allowing members to withdraw is like completely isolating certain information and influence within the hunting group.

Nancy asked Elena to help clean up the worms, which was already a sideline.

"I know." Elena just replied calmly.

You can only live in the shadows all your life, and there is no possibility of returning to ordinary life.

However, she must not let the person who killed the teacher continue to cause trouble.

Even now, even the Holy Province of the principality has chosen to submit, and the enemy is far stronger than anyone imagined.

Now only she knows that the results announced by the police detectives are just lies, and only she can inherit the teacher's behest and do the right thing.

Even if he stayed in the Jackdaw Hunting Group forever, he would not hesitate.

……

The struggle for power under the sun has never been related to the Jackdaw Hunting Group.

When the Brotherhood and the Ninth Bureau rioted in the streets, none of the Huntsmen intervened.Elena has also been following Nancy, cleaning up more and more insect nests in the dark sewer.

During the period, they saw more than once insects who were suspected of gathering for worship.But what they kneel down to is some shapeless filthy goo.Deliberately kneaded with mud and shellac, some are not even solidified, and no valid information can be obtained from them.

As the disorder of the land intensifies, it becomes more difficult to judge the influence of non-human races from unknown frequencies.

This kind of problem is not even allowed to be touched by ordinary supernatural beings.

And dealing with "dirty work" like this is the job of each hunting group.

They do not participate in the interest disputes on the ground, and the main opponents of the hunting group are from people other than humans.

Non-human races, spirits and abnormalities, most of them have long been isolated from civilized society.But despite this, the threats that appeared in cities and villages never disappeared.

Not only those dangers from the imaginary world.

Even among seemingly ordinary people, some mediocre individuals will have problems on their own one day.

"Did you hear a proverb commonly used by country people when you were young?"

Nancy asked Elena in a somewhat jerky Ankh language:
"To the effect that:

'A child cannot be considered a human being until he is twelve years old. '"

Elena had indeed heard this proverb from her grandmother.It has a very bleak background: the child mortality rate at that time was so high that they could return to another world at any time until they were 12 years old.

So in order to avoid suffering too much grief, parents should not pour too much emotion into them.In other words, don't treat them as human beings directly.

However, there is a deeper meaning to this proverb, which is also its literal meaning:
Human beings cannot be simply regarded as "human beings" before the age of 12.

Everyone has their own coordinates, but it is related to the land and the civilization circle they are in.So, this coordinate is not entirely innate.

This shows that everyone’s consciousness will go through a period when the coordinates are not anchored.

But what does that mean?
"A newborn must be infected in a piece of land for a long time and accept the resonance of the group intention, and then his frequency can be stabilized." Nancy said:

"The age at which the coordinates can be anchored, the statistical average is around ten to 13 years old. And all the time before that, 'they' are actually in an abnormal state, so they will behave..."

Nancy hesitated, searching for the right words:
"... acting very restless."

restless.

Elena couldn't quite understand what Nancy was referring to.

So what kind of state is a person without coordinates, an infant human being before the age of 12, exactly.

"Stade is a hard-hit area because it is an interweaving zone of two frequencies. Therefore, the frequency anchor is very unstable."

"In the past ten years, the mortality rate of children under the age of 12 in this area is actually only around 20.00%. But the public figure is 20.00%[-]."

"The difference of [-]% between the two data is not a statistical omission, nor is it a normal death." Nancy said coldly:
"It's because they're too 'restless' ... to be 'processed' in various ways."

Six percent of the premature mortality rate, that is, six percent of the annual birth population.

Just such an understatement, and disappeared without a sound?

"Six percent...?"

Elena's voice was a little trembling, she didn't digest it for a while, and repeated nervously:
"Six percent?"

…not even a specific number, but a percentage.But how many people are there?

Cognition is shattered again.

The supernatural influence is by no means a small group of wizards, it actually affects everyone.

Looking at it over a longer period of time, that is to say, [-]% of the families lost their children abnormally, but no one noticed the abnormality at all, as if this incident did not exist at all.

It's like no one has discovered that there are actually countless insect nests hidden under the bustling streets.

But the impact was far greater than last time.Elena obviously felt that her heart was trembling like twitching, but the chill was still rising up her spine.

Less than ten years ago, she was just a child.I have passed by this [-]% "processing".

but why?
What does the so-called "unsettled" in Nancy's mouth refer to?
"Some abnormal individuals disappeared by themselves, as if they had never appeared in this world. They accounted for about half of them." Nancy continued as if chatting:
"Some went completely crazy, and some...the body structure was deformed."

"Of course, this is not the whole situation. It's just that I can't tell you too many facts before your permission to join the hunting group is issued."

"The ones who are especially prone to problems are those of mixed race. They have always been the main monitoring targets of the hunting group."

"The number of mixed-race children under the age of 12 in Stade has been controlled within 100. Only in this way can we track them relatively carefully."

"But because of the previous riots, they suffered excessive stress, or shock. So some individuals began to show signs of instability."

"The permit should be in place by noon tomorrow."

Nancy finished her short rest, picked up the lantern again, got up and said:

"So your first task. Probably tomorrow night, go with me to recover a certain half-breed."

(End of this chapter)