"The God of Steam and Mechanical Innovation… Did He drive the Steam Revolution?"
Inside Green Shade Town, Number 32, after listening to Beverly, Dorothy also muttered to herself thoughtfully. If what Beverly said was true, then this order construct core was very likely the deity who would turn His attention to her after she invented the internal combustion engine.
'If everything Beverly said is true, then the Steam Revolution was triggered by this God of Mechanics through key inventors who received His enlightenment. Thus, He was the direct driver of the First Industrial Revolution. If someone in this world invented the internal combustion engine, which is key to the Second Industrial Revolution, without His enlightenment, it would be strange if He didn't turn His attention to them.
'In the rumors Beverly mentioned… this God of Mechanics is a God of Innovation. He won't be satisfied with the current state of civilization. When He deems it appropriate, He will trigger the next technological revolution. This means that now isn't the 'appropriate time' He considers, so the invention of the internal combustion engine is not yet allowed to appear?'
Dorothy thought to herself. After talking with Beverly, she had a completely new perspective on this world and its deities.
'Spirit Sight defines knowledge and differentiates between mundane and hidden knowledge. But what knowledge is mundane and what is hidden?… This power of definition might be in the hands of the deities. Those deities might be able to influence the coverage of Spirit Sight. Currently, technologies like the internal combustion engine are defined as hidden, which may be influenced by the order construct core.
'When I used to read medical books, I found that this world in the Steam Revolution era was surprisingly advanced in medicine, even having antibiotics! This proves that knowledge related to antibiotics is not subject to Spirit Sight, and could this also be influenced by a certain deity?'
Dorothy thought this way. Although she couldn't definitively confirm that deities defined the scope of Spirit Sight, she was at least certain there was some influence. She could feel that the reason this world was the way it was today was inseparable from the will of the gods.
"Oh right, you mentioned that fifty years ago, the order construct core was just the God of Craftsmen, building weapons for Light during the Dawn War… Does 'Light' here refer to the Radiant Savior?"
Dorothy continued to ask Beverly, who replied while crossing her legs and taking a sip of engine oil.
"Generally speaking, all scholars who study this mythology believe so. But it's mythology, just listen to it. Without being a participant, you simply don't know what happened then. That 'Light' and today's 'Radiant Savior' might be the same concept, or there might be some difference… No one can be sure exactly how the matters of the deities are."
Beverly finished her response, and Dorothy pondered before speaking again.
"If the mythology you mentioned is true, then the order construct core might be an ally of the Radiant Savior. But the Shining Light Church doesn't even promote this. Their faith today only recognizes the Three Saints. As an ally who fought alongside the Radiant Savior, they are now treated like a suppressed cult, with no churches visible in public places. Isn't this a bit unfair?"
Dorothy continued to ask. In the Shining Light Church's doctrine, the Radiant Savior won the Dawn War and expelled the evil spirits alone, without mentioning any allies. On the contrary, the legend of the Light King mentioned that he had allies. From this point of view alone, the 'Light' in the mythology of the order construct core seems closer to the Light King.
"Oh well… Who cares if it's fair or not? Only 'Light' requires large-scale faith. The others don't have much requirement for faith. If the Shining Light Church acknowledged the existence of other deities, it would inevitably divert a lot of faith, so it's understandable that they don't acknowledge them."
Waving her hand, Beverly said with an indifferent attitude. Listening to her words, Dorothy frowned slightly and then continued to speak.
"Only 'Light' requires large-scale faith… Is there any relationship between 'Light' and faith?" Dorothy asked with a frown, and Beverly replied with a hint of surprise.
"Don't you know? The main aspect of 'Light' is faith. Many deities in other domains have Churches in the present world, but this is mainly to expand their influence in the present world and to command believers to carry out their divine decrees. They don't expect to gain anything from the believers. But 'Light' is different. The deities of 'Light' can indeed gain power from the faith of believers. The more believers there are, and the stronger their faith, the stronger Their power becomes.
"This is why the Shining Light Church values faith so much, and its sphere of influence covers the entire world, being the only official faith in the mundane world. This is because They can truly transform faith into divine power. Under the collective faith of billions of believers worldwide, Light should be the most powerful among the gods in the reverse side."
Beverly said so. After listening to her words, Dorothy was slightly startled and then thought of the way the clerics in the Shining Light Church accumulated Spirituality. Their devout prayers to the Three Saints also seemed to be increasing the power of the Three Saints, and the Three Saints in turn directly gave them Spirituality. It could be said to be mutually beneficial.
Of course, the source of the Three Saints' power is definitely the faith of those billions of ordinary people. Compared to the faith of numerous ordinary people in various countries, the prayers of the clerics in the Shining Light Church might just be used to test their piety.
If that's the case, the motive for the Shining Light Church becoming the largest official institution for maintaining the stability of the mundane world is clear. Because the faith of ordinary people is very important to them, they will inevitably maintain the order of the present world to a certain extent.
After listening to Beverly's words, Dorothy thought this way. She was quite satisfied with having learned so much by coming to Beverly this time.
"Hmm… Thank you. This information is very useful to me. Oh right, you're not going to ask for another information fee, are you?" Dorothy asked Beverly, who shrugged and replied.
"Information fee? This information isn't some rare secret intelligence, it's not enough to warrant an information fee. Besides, last time, thanks to your information, we made a big profit. Now you're my VIP customer. As a VIP, this little bit of information is free~"
Beverly said with a wave of her hand. After hearing her words, Dorothy felt a wave of emotion in her heart, thinking that if her father were here, this kind of information would cost at least fifty or sixty pound.
"Then I'll thank you for that. I've finished what I came here for today, so I'll be leaving now. Goodbye, I'll buy you oil next time."
Having asked everything she needed to, Dorothy was preparing to leave Beverly, when Beverly spoke again.
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"Wait a moment, don't be in such a hurry. I happen to have a letter specifically for you. I was planning to make coffee and knock on your door later, but I didn't expect you to come yourself."
Beverly stopped Dorothy and said this, and Dorothy was quite surprised to hear it.
"A letter for me? Who sent it?"
"Customer's personal information is confidential. I can't reveal it. Don't forget, this postal service was your suggestion for us to start. You wait here, I'll go find the letter."
Saying that, Beverly placed the cup of engine oil in her hand on the coffee table, then got up from the sofa and walked to a wall. After twisting the wall lamp on the wall, the entire room made a clicking sound of mechanisms. The floorboard under Beverly's feet suddenly sank, taking Beverly herself into the ground.
"A magical house…"
Looking at the scene before her, Dorothy whispered to herself, then sat on the sofa and waited quietly for Beverly to return. In her free time, she couldn't help but start observing her surroundings, taking a look at the decoration of her neighbor.
'Although this Beverly is a clockwork person and lives in a mechanical house, the surface disguise of this house is done very well. At least it looks like a place where a normal person would live.'
Dorothy thought this way, then shifted her attention to the coffee table in front of her. She saw an opened copy of the Tivian Morning Post newspaper there, and the news opened on the newspaper immediately attracted Dorothy's attention.
"Bloody tragedy! West Tivian Coal Ash District street bloodshed again, street assault incident occurred, this is the fourth in two weeks!"
Seeing the exaggerated headline on the newspaper, Dorothy's interest was piqued. She then picked up the newspaper and read it carefully, finding that it reported a tragic incident that occurred on the streets of West Tivian. A man used a knife to assault another passerby in broad daylight, stabbing him to death and then escaping. The culprit has now been apprehended by the police.
At first glance, this didn't seem like a particularly eye-catching case. Both the perpetrator and the victim were ordinary people, not like a big star such as Adele. Moreover, since there were many witnesses when the perpetrator committed the murder, the crime was undeniable. After being arrested, the perpetrator also admitted that the victim was his enemy. This was a typical revenge killing, and there was nothing mysterious about the entire case.
This was a very ordinary case. The reason it could be published in the newspaper was that four such cases had occurred consecutively in the same district within two weeks. In other words, such street assault cases occurred consecutively within half a month, thus causing a certain degree of panic.
In the media reports of the newspaper in Dorothy's hand, these tragedies in West Tivian were speculated by the media to have some internal connection and were compared to the Nightmare incidents that had been causing a stir throughout the city recently, suggesting that there might be some terrifying hidden truth behind them.
Regarding these various speculations, the police also published a response in the newspaper, stating that these four street murder cases were independent incidents. The four perpetrators were quickly arrested after the murders and confessed to the crimes they committed. Their motives were also varied… Some were motivated by sudden greed, some encountered enemies on the street and suddenly developed a killing intent, and some killed their partners directly after arguing with them on the street in a fit of anger.
In short, to summarize, it was an incredible series of four street assault cases in a single area, yet these four cases were indeed unrelated. The four perpetrators were all arrested and confessed to their crimes, and their motives were all various spur-of-the-moment killings on the street.
Although it felt absurd, the facts were indeed so. No wonder the newspaper reported it with such large coverage, and this newspaper also had many accusations against the public safety situation in the West Tivian Coal Ash District, accusing the already poor security there of deteriorating very seriously recently.
"It does feel a bit strange, four consecutive spur-of-the-moment street murders in two weeks… I don't know if it's a coincidence. Although I've heard that West Tivian has poor public safety, I didn't expect it to be this bad…"
Looking at the newspaper in her hand, Dorothy muttered to herself. The heat of this series of news was almost catching up to the recently famous Nightmare. However, the Nightmare's victims were almost all people with a certain status and power, while the victims of this series of cases were all ordinary people, so there should be no connection between them.
'However, such a continuous appearance of unprovoked spur-of-the-moment street killings is still a bit terrifying. I wonder why these people can't control their emotions like this?'
Dorothy thought while reading the newspaper, and just then, a sound of mechanisms moving suddenly came from the room again. From under the floor that had opened in the room, Beverly's figure slowly rose again. At this time, she had an envelope in her hand.
"Here, Miss Detective, this is the letter sent to you."
Walking up to Dorothy, Beverly handed the envelope in her hand to Dorothy. Dorothy was slightly startled when she heard the word "Detective", and then carefully observed the envelope in her hand. Although there were no words written on it, Dorothy could smell a faint fragrance on it. The letter seemed to have been deliberately sprayed with perfume.
The address of Detective, the envelope sprayed with perfume, Dorothy almost immediately guessed who sent the letter.
"Hmm, thank you~"
After putting away the letter, Dorothy quickly said goodbye to Beverly and hurried back to her home from her house. Sitting on the sofa in her home, Dorothy opened the letter and took out the letter paper inside, on which beautiful and graceful letters were written.
"Dear Detective—Mr. Ed…
"I now have important clues about my teacher. According to our agreement last time, I hereby notify you through the White Stone Craftsmen's Guild. I hope you can visit the Flying Theatre again before 8 o'clock tonight. After you arrive, I will inform you of the information I currently have, and we may be able to take action together this time.
"Forever admiring you—Adele. Brillez."