At this ti, Ciel had already moved beside Amy and sat down. Not many people on the scene noticed Ciel’s arrival, which made Ciel slightly less constrained.
Amy was sowhat pleasantly surprised by Ciel’s arrival, prepared to get up and help Ciel get a portion of dessert too, but Ciel stopped her, simply asking her to bring a glass of juice over instead.
Today Ciel ate almost from morning till now, couldn’t eat anything more at all, even dessert.
With a friend accompanying her, the originally sowhat constrained Amy gradually loosened up, starting to chatter with Ciel.
When Ciel asked why so many people were looking for her father, Amy also shook her head, not understanding why.
But according to Amy’s impression, whenever soone ca looking for her father, it was mostly related to court matters. After all, her father was a magistrate; most cases in Berren City passed through his hands.
However, usually, her father interacted more with those factory owners. This ti it was direct contact with the real power holders behind those factory owners, the level clearly much higher.
Many people ca from out of town to attend the banquet. Several even ca specifically from Ansu for business here.
Looks like Avena’s “business exchange eting” still held so influence.
“You don’t know why they’re looking for Baron Hastings?” A gentle voice suddenly interjected, interrupting Ciel and Amy’s conversation. They looked towards the speaker, saw a young girl with a golden ponytail and erald green eyes.
“Hello, allow to introduce myself, my na is Isabella Stuart, my father is the owner of the Stuart Art Exchange.” Isabella smiled slightly, introducing herself to the two.
“My na is Ciel.” Ciel nodded, stating her na. As for what art exchange, she had never heard of it at all.
“Just call Amy.” Amy didn’t know this girl either, but facing the other party’s goodwill, still gave her na.
“Just now I heard you discussing Baron Hastings... Are you curious why so many people are looking for him?” Isabella very naturally sat opposite Amy and Ciel.
Her familiarity didn’t make people feel repulsed, mainly because her attitude was very friendly, and the topic she discussed was also sothing Ciel was interested in.
“Yes.” Ciel nodded slightly, following the other party’s words, “What do you know?”
“Maybe you forgot to read the newspaper, there have actually been quite a few things recently.” Isabella smiled, then explained, “Actually, it’s still sowhat related to the previous ‘dehydration syndro’.”
“‘Dehydration syndro’?” Ciel blinked sowhat curiously.
“Hasn’t this matter already ended?” This matter could be said to be ended by her own hand. Moreover, the antidote was developed by Adele and distributed by the Church of the Savior Goddess. Hasn’t this matter passed already? And Adele also completed the Reconstitution Ritual because of this, advancing to second-tier “Plague Doctor.”
“‘Dehydration syndro’ is cured, but the subsequent impact hasn’t ended yet.” Isabella shook her head, saying, “Mostly related to the deaths from ‘dehydration syndro’ and those who lost their jobs because of it.”
“Initially because of so rumors, saying ‘dehydration syndro’ was a virus created by factory owners to kill disobedient people. Of course, this rumor couldn’t stand, later, various other rumors spread, basically every one pointing fingers at various factories.”
“This deepened the hatred of families of workers injured or killed by ‘dehydration syndro’ towards factory owners. Moreover, most factory owners don’t recognize death from ‘dehydration syndro’ as work-related injury, giving no compensation—which it originally wasn’t.”
“Plus so factories themselves have heavy workloads, so people recovered from ‘dehydration syndro’ haven’t fully recovered their bodies, collapsed again during work. Too many such examples further fueled the conflict...”
Speaking here, Isabella shook her head, saying, “The situation is like this now. The truth about ‘dehydration syndro’ is unclear, and the conflict between workers and factory owners is intensifying.”
Ciel nodded slightly.
This is indeed difficult to handle...
The truth about “dehydration syndro” involves transcendents, cults, and the Redemption Society. Any party, especially the Redemption Society, absolutely wouldn’t want the matter exposed. The news could only remain suppressed.
But Ciel also noticed a sowhat unusual point.
That is, the rumors.
Generally speaking, with the existence of the Church of the Savior Goddess, these ridiculous rumors wouldn’t spread on such a large scale among the working class. The Church of the Savior Goddess also needed to maintain a delicate balance with nobles and wealthy rchants, wouldn’t tear faces apart.
Yet rumors erged endlessly, clearly indicating the presence of a behind-the-scenes pusher.
“And... sothing major happened recently too. Things will likely be difficult to remain peaceful during this period...” Isabella lowered her voice, leaned forward slightly. Ciel and Amy’s bodies also leaned forward slightly, listening carefully.
Among them, Ciel’s heartbeat also slightly accelerated. Speaking of recent major events... that would be Ciel obtaining a portion of “Uniqueness.” If the matter was exposed, it would cause huge waves throughout the entire transcendent world.
Is it about “Uniqueness”?
“Sothing happened in North Ansu, newspapers are forbidden to report it.” Isabella saw Ciel was interested, slightly relieved. She looked at Ciel, slowly saying, “Minister of the Interior William ca here just now, actually just passing by... He is heading to North Ansu to quell the situation...”
“What happened?” Ciel couldn’t help asking.
“Great famine...” Isabella shook her head, saying, “News suppressed for a long ti, but recently can’t be suppressed anymore.”
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