In fact, over the past few days, Dorothy had been wondering where to collect Spirituality. The Spirituality of the ""Cup"" could be drawn from flesh and blood, which was not what she wanted. The ""enlightenment"" she wished to accumulate existed within knowledge.
Dorothy had experimented in the bookstore in Wokan Town. The ""enlightenment"" contained within general knowledge was extremely limited. The ""enlightenment"" in ordinary books in a secular bookstore was incomparable to the ""enlightenment"" she had accumulated from the remnant scroll of the "Saint Body Dissection Technique", almost negligible.
Dorothy suspected that the ""enlightenment"" she accumulated from reading all the books in the bookstore might only amount to the two points contained in the remnant scroll of the "Saint Body Dissection Technique". However, it was unrealistic for Dorothy to read every book in the entire bookstore.
After this experiment, Dorothy also roughly determined that to quickly accumulate ""enlightenment"" Spirituality, she needed to acquire mysterious knowledge like the remnant scroll of the "Saint Body Dissection Technique". However, where to find such books had always been a problem.
Dorothy once dreamed of suddenly finding a bookstore on some street corner that sold large quantities of forbidden books, where she could definitely buy one to read for just a coin. If that were the case, Dorothy would definitely clear it out immediately.
But that was just a dream. In reality, Dorothy thought it was unlikely. But now there happened to be a secret gathering. She could go and see if she could find some good things. It would be great if she could find a few forbidden books.
While thinking, Dorothy looked at the calendar on the table. It showed that today's date was April 14th, meaning tomorrow was the day of the gathering. She had to be prepared.
Making up her mind, Dorothy then focused her attention on the gecko Corpse Puppet used for peeking, hoping to continue to glimpse more useful information.
Dorothy resumed peeking at Grego. At this moment, she suddenly noticed that Grego was tidying up the documents on the table, putting them away, and returning them to his bag.
'Hmm? Is he finished?'
Seeing this scene, Dorothy couldn't help but wonder. However, to her surprise, Grego did not turn off the light and rest. Instead, after looking around, he lay down on the floor, which left Dorothy feeling confused.
Just as Dorothy was puzzled, she saw Grego, who was lying down, pull out several large-covered books from under the bed. Upon seeing this, Dorothy's eyes lit up.
'Oh oh... books! Hidden so secretly, are they confidential documents from the An Yin Bureau? Or perhaps some mysterious occult texts?'
Seeing the books Grego pulled out, Dorothy's spirits were lifted. She then focused intently on Grego, watching him place the mysterious books on the table and slowly open them.
Immediately after, Dorothy's expression froze on her face.
The books on Grego's table had no text, mostly illustrations. What was drawn were mature women with full figures and revealing clothing. Each of them posed in various seductive postures, and as Grego turned the pages, the content became increasingly indescribable.
Grego was engrossed in reading, while Dorothy, who was seeing the same content, sat calmly in her seat, her face neither red nor her heart pounding, quietly waiting for Grego to turn the page.
After reading a few pages, Dorothy shook her head with slight disappointment. Leaning back in her chair and taking a cup of water from the table to drink, she sighed and said.
"Is that all? Not exciting, brother..."
To be honest, Dorothy thought it was normal for a young man Grego's age to hide and read some yellow books at home. However, limited by the standards of the era, the quality of yellow books in this era was really not commendable. The character art style was old and ugly, and the patterns were repetitive, which really failed to arouse interest. Compared to the various ""study materials"" of the internet age, they were simply far inferior.
In short, what Dorothy had seen before was much more stimulating than what Grego was watching, to the extent that what Grego was enjoying with great relish, Dorothy found utterly boring.
Unwilling to disturb the young man's precious late-night study time, Dorothy controlled the Corpse Puppet gecko to return to her room, put it in the box, and locked it back in the suitcase.
Then Dorothy put away her box of contraband, turned off the light, and went to bed, ending her first day in Igwinte.
...
The next morning, when Dorothy, wearing her pajamas and rubbing her eyes, stepped into the sunlit living room, she saw Grego sitting on the sofa eating bread, with two plates of breakfast on the coffee table.
"Good morning, Dorothy, come and have breakfast," Grego greeted Dorothy, and Dorothy nodded in response.
"Good morning... Did you make all this, Grego?"
"No, it's Mrs. Hack's cooking downstairs. When I'm busy, I don't have time to cook, so I gave her some money to help take care of my meals... Well, now it's both of our meals." After saying that, Grego finished the last fried egg from his portion of breakfast and continued.
"You eat by yourself. I'm going to the company soon. I have a mission today. You can explore the surrounding area and have some fun these two days. I'll take you to school the day after tomorrow. Remember to have a good time."
While speaking, Grego, with a piece of bread in his mouth, picked up his coat and walked towards the door, while Dorothy sat on the sofa and watched Grego leave.
"Be careful on your way. I'll have fun..."
While saying this, Dorothy picked up the newspaper from the sofa and began to enjoy her breakfast while reading the paper.
After finishing breakfast, Dorothy changed into her going-out clothes, glanced at herself in the mirror, and then left with a suitcase.
Going downstairs, Dorothy hailed a carriage and got in. Riding in the carriage, she began to weave through the City, changing carriages several times, until she arrived at a dock by the riverside.
Here, there were ships coming and going, unloading cargo, sailors shouting back and forth, piles of goods, and many large warehouses for storing cargo.
In the last carriage, Dorothy took out a hooded cloak she had bought in Wokan from her suitcase. After putting it on, she got off the carriage.
With her face covered, Dorothy walked through the fishy-smelling dock until she reached a warehouse. After showing a voucher to the manager, she received a key and a gas lamp. Dorothy entered the warehouse, where she saw rows of large storage compartments with locked iron doors.
This was the dock's storage warehouse. Many goods delayed for various reasons on the dock could be stored here. As long as enough money was paid to the owner, they could be stored for as long as needed. Similarly, as long as there was enough money, the owner wouldn't care what was stored, nor who stored it. The type and grade of goods could be filled in casually, and no one would be idle enough to open boxes and inspect.
In this era lacking relevant management systems, money could accomplish more things...
Having received the key, Dorothy walked deep into the warehouse. After a few turns, she reached a storage compartment. After unlocking the iron door with the key, inside were a pile of wooden crates of various sizes, each locked.
These were all transported by Dorothy from Wokan...
Glancing around, Dorothy entered the storage room and came before a long wooden crate. She took out a ring of small keys from her suitcase, selected one after a moment, and used it to unlock the long wooden crate. Then she put on the Corpse Puppet Ring.
As Dorothy used the Corpse Puppet Ring to activate the ""Cup"" Spirituality, there was a disturbance within the long wooden crate. Then the lid of the wooden crate opened with a creaking sound, like a coffin lid, and a figure rose from the box resembling a coffin.
Tall and thin, dark red suit, black trousers, pale complexion, thin and long face, deep-set eyes, hooked nose, fierce gaze, short black hair.
He was the first person Dorothy had personally killed since coming to this world, the original owner of the Corpse Puppet Ring, the gang leader of Wokan Town, Edrick Grandi.