Free Web NovelChapter 786: Chapter 787 – Top Hat – Part 2.
"I’m so sorry miss Margaet... But the food creates won’t be arriving today or maybe even tomorrow and the day after." – said Lucy as she and the elderly woman were inside of room filled with handmade dolls.
*Sigh*
"The problem with a food delivery from outside?" – asked the elderly lady with a burn scar.
"!"
"You already know about it!?" – asked surprised Lucy.
"The information quickly reaches this part of the city." – said miss Margaet.
"I’ve even met today Markus who had the same trouble with his own food crates."
"..."
"..."
"Do you think it is the New London’s doing?" – asked Lucy.
"Well... Normally I wouldn’t point my fingers at them and instead think things through.... But this time? I don’t know.... There is too much noise." – said the elderly lady.
"The city council will have to properly have to investigate the matter."
"..."
"But then again... This doesn’t make sense for the New London to attack the Old London."
"!"
(New London?) – thought GreyHunt.
(Old London?)
(There are two Londons?)
"It is true... That the tension between the two cities were and still is tense as well as hostile.... However, in the recent years, the conflict toned down significantly, to the point it is slowly disappearing."
"There is still hostility, but for years there was truly no fights or any form of special conflicts."
"We will truly never like each other... But that doesn’t mean we should aim to start up fights."
"Maybe there is a chance that somebody is intentionally starting up rumors about how the New London is responsible for this."
"This stuff happened once in the past, where some mad ideologist wanted to start off the war with the New London."
"So... We should just do nothing for now?" – asked Lucy.
"Well.... Yes.... But still." – said the elderly lady.
"We need these food crates."
"The food we have at the orphanage is running low and there is no way we will be able to keep everybody fed."
"I still have few favors in stock, maybe I will be able to secure something. I will also ask some people that I know to look into why there is problem with delivery."
"Thanks miss Margaet. " – said Lucy with a cheerful smile.
"Don’t worry... You should rest up for today." – said the worried elderly lady.
"...I’m sorry... But you know I can’t." – said the young girl with somewhat less ’cheerful’ smile.
"... I will be going now."
"...Take care." – said the elderly woman as Lucy left the room.
After leaving the room, the young woman walked through the corridors of orphanage, encountered young children who were playing around as well as young teenagers who were helping around in maintaining the building.
As for GreyHunt? He fallowed the woman for hours, watching her working and leading the people inside of the orphanage.
Observing every single movement and action that the woman has taken, trying to analyze her as well as the building as the whole, in order to obtain information that could reveal the truth regrinding this "abandoned building" and if the woman he is currently stalking is truly related to the Forgotten Murder.
"..."
(Most of the people here are children... And there is also a good number of teenagers as well as few adults here and there.) – thought GreyHunt as Lucy was currently helping out few teenagers and adults in cleaning up
(I’ve been observing this girl already for few hours... And from what I’m getting here is this.)
(She is somebody of a high status within the orphanage hierarchy.)
(A position of power.)
(It seems everybody fallow her command and what not.)
(So far... I only saw 3 elderly ladies.)
(The two ladies that were reading books for children and helping them out in study.)
(And that elderly woman named miss Margaet.)
[1# – Miss Margaet]
[2# - Lucy]
(So far? It looks like this.)
(As for everything else?)
(Well... The orphanage looks.... Normal to say the least.)
(I think this building may not had been orphanage originally, but it was turned into one later on.)
"..."
(Well... Not exactly "NORMAL", per say.)
"Ah shit." – said the man.
"Hm? What is it?" – asked Lucy as she turned towards the man with a catlike ears and tail.
"This is my lil sister’s favorite shirt.... She is going to kill me." – said the man with cat traits. freёwebnovel.com
"Uff.... I don’t think it will be easy to get a new one that looks the same?" – asked the young woman who appears to be a green skinned goblin.
"Nah... It was the last one... I bought it as her birthday present... I could maybe ask if he had possible restoked these.... But.... Fuck me.... I think the chances are slim." – said cat beastman.
(Goblins, beastmen, orcs and even some other races...)
(What in the actual hell is this?!)
(This isn’t a human city! THIS ISN’T HUMAN CITY AT ALL!)
(A lot of the children I saw were also of a mixed race. Some were even hybrids of different races.)
(What the hell is going on?)
(Wasn’t this supposed to be closer to modern times?)
(Not only that... The hell is this?) – thought GreyHunt as he stared at the weird device that was producing water, which out being attached to any pipelines.
(This is magic device! A MOTHERFUCKING MAGIC DEVICE!)
(Was my assumption not correct?)
(Is this by any chance not the 19 century?)
(Or maybe something else is going on?)
(If this story is really from the 19 century OR it is related to the Jack The Ripper, then the fuck?)
(Magic shouldn’t be present! OR ANY OF THESE RACES!)
(...Maybe I should try gathering some information somewhere else for a moment.) – thought GreyHunt as he started walking away from the woman, trying to leave the room by passing through the wall and then enter the corridors filled with children.
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"!?"
GreyHunt body couldn’t move.
The man struggled, but there was nothing he could do.... Or more exactly, he couldn’t move in specific direction.
"..."
"I fucking see it." – said GreyHunt.
(So, I’m REALLY haunting her.)
(And I can’t move too far away?)
(Or maybe something is stopping me right now, trying to prevent me from learning something?)
"Tch."
"I will play by your rules."
(For now that is.) – thought GreyHunt as he returned to stalking the woman.
GreyHunt continued stalking the woman for hours, observing her daily life as well the situation in the orphanage.
"..."
(She went to the bed quiet early, before the sun started setting.) – thought GreyHunt as he observed the woman sleeping.
"!?"
As GreyHunt observed the woman, the entire space around started changing... Before moments later returning to their original state.
(What was that?!) – thought alarmed GreyHunt, as he the woman, no longer sleeping and was already changing her clothing,
AND he also saw that the day was long gone and the night had taken over the skies.
"..."
(Time skip?) – thought GreyHunt as he realized that the time suddenly went forward by few hours.
"..."
"And where are you going?" – said GreyHunt as he fallowed Lucy who moments later left the orphanage.
"!"
"Oh.... Fuck me." – said GreyHunt as he started wondering the streets of the city alongside Lucy... And he instantly realized where he was.
Bars.
Beautiful seductive women.
Partiers.
(This is a red-light district!?) – thought GreyHunt as he continued fallowing Lucy.
(It is located fairy close to the orphanage no less... But why is she here?) – thought GreyHunt as he saw Lucy entering somewhat more fancy looking building through the guarded back entrance.
"!"
"Oh! Lucy!" – said the cat beastwoman who was wearing somewhat revealing and seductive clothing.
"I though you wouldn’t show up today."
"Yeah... Sorry... Today was.... Exhausting and annoying to say the least." – said Lucy as she took off her cloak.
"Anyway, is the situation that bad here already?"
"Oh boy, there is a lot of people today." – said the cat beastwoman.
"You should get ready now if you will want to work. Want me to tell Eli you here?"
"If you could, please... I still just woken up as well, so I kind of need to focus on sobering myself up properly first." – replied Lucy.
"K!" – said the cat beastwoman as she and Lucy went in their separated ways.
"!"
(WOWOWOWO!) – Lucy entered what appears to be a changing room, filled with women who were dressing themselves up.
(Yeah... I think I wait outside for a bit.) – thought GreyHunt as he passed through the wall and waited sometime... Until Lucy finally left the room.... However, her appearance was way different.
She was no longer wearing a humble looking clothing and instead she was wearing a black revealing dress, alongside some make up.
Lucy no longer had an appearance of some beautiful big sister, but instead an appearance of seductress.
(She is a prostitute!?) – thought GreyHunt.
(Damn... I mean, it was a possibility, ever since she entered this red-light district....)
(Still... Her current appearance is like nothing alike!)
(I mean, you can tell that she is the same person, but at the same time not!)
(...)
(...Welp.... I think I know what may happened next.)
(But still.)
(I think I should better watch.)
(In case some fucked up shit end up happening at the moment notice.)
