"Meow~"
The cat's voice was amazingly soft, and Jenkins had never met another cat with such a beautiful voice.
"Maybe this is also Chocolate's special ability."
He stroked Chocolate's back, and the cat made a contented sound again.
When I came to church early in the morning, I just helped my father move some things, which were dozens of snuff bottles packed in cardboard boxes. If it's an ordinary item, then just send Jenkins to pick it up, but the weight of these snuff bottles is more than ten times their visual weight.
The only specificity attached to it is this, and it is not a big deal, so the church asked Dad to take it back to study.
The box of snuff bottles was brought back to the shop in the church carriage, and it took four splits before they were carried from the carriage to the backyard. After moving, Jenkins was so tired that he didn't want to move anymore, so he slumped on the chair behind the counter, and didn't even want to pay attention to his chocolate while standing on the counter.
"You still lack exercise."
The old man said while standing in front of the shelf while arranging the goods.
"That's because you just let me move alone."
Jenkins couldn't help speaking, and then felt the strength he had accumulated with great difficulty dissipate as he spoke.
But he was young after all, after resting for ten minutes, he stood up vigorously again, ready to start a day's work.
Now the city-wide search is not over yet, Pirate King Divo and the cultists of [Dead Whip] are all gone. Recently, however, a lot of alien creatures of unknown origin have been caught, but none of them have tattoos on their backs.
The church is always worried about the angels of evil gods appearing in the sky above the city, so now, except for the clerical staff like Dad and Jenkins, most of the people who can be sent out are spread to all parts of the city.
Jenkins was thinking about it as he swept the broom across the clean floor. Even the cat could tell he was absent-minded. And at this moment Dad took out a box from under the counter, which was exactly the one he had sent Jenkins to Yorktown to pick up the afternoon before yesterday.
Seeing this box, Jenkins remembered the almost identical ring that Mr. Harama Lansam, a friend of Miss Magic and the old elf, brought out, so he came to the counter with a broom, but his father did not dislike him. get in the way.
"What's this?"
"ring."
Pop gave an honest answer, and then added:
"A very old ring."
The cause of this incident is related to Jenkins, and the twists and turns and complications are difficult to explain in one sentence. The matter started from the ring that Jenkins bought from Mr. Ryan Sam last week.
The old man who experienced the big explosion at the pier at night took care of the business in the antique shop as usual when Jenkins and the girls went out to the countryside, and then saw in the ledger the only business that Jenkins made when he looked at the shop at night.
The ring was indeed an antique, and Jenkins bought it at a very reasonable price. Dad could sell it for three times the price if he changed hands. But when he checked with a magnifying glass, he found some unusual patterns.
"Here, look!"
He took a magnifying glass and asked Jenkins to observe a small circle of patterns engraved on the inside of the ring. There were originally fine patterns deliberately made on the inside to increase friction, but the old man found a small section of it unusual.
"This is… "
The magnifying glass of this era is not as good as the high-precision optical microscopes used in the laboratories that Jenkin remembered, but this magnifying glass of the old man is enough for him to see the strange place clearly.
"Carmel script?"
"Yes, it is the Carmel script."
The Carmel Empire was the most important human empire in the 16th Era. It appeared in the middle of the 16th Era and occupied most of the human world until the end of the 16th Era. Even though the 16th century has disappeared and even the history has become mottled, due to its important historical status and with the excavation of ancient relics, the contemporary era can barely piece together the characters used by human society at that time.
In contemporary times, the surname "Carmel" is very common, also because in the 16th century people were willing to change their surnames to "Carmel", and members of the real royal family were also very happy for commoners to do so. A symbol of the love of the family by the people.
"Carmel lasts forever...nobility and elegance..."
That's what that text means, and Jenkins can barely translate it.
"The naming of the Carmel Empire is straightforwardly using the surname of the imperial family, Carmel, so this ring is very likely to be owned by the ancient Carmel family. But the problem is that there are very clear documents showing that, The demise of the Carmel Empire has nothing to do with the end of the 16th century. The Carmel family offended the gods and was punished by the gods 300 years before the end of the 16th century. All the blood of the family and their residences, items used, etc. Wait, it’s all gone. We shouldn’t be seeing rings with these words written directly on them, there’s something wrong with the origin of these rings.”
This is what Dad explained to Jenkins. Jenkins immediately understood the seriousness of the matter, so he asked again:
"Here we are praising Carmel, is it just the Carmel Empire, or other families whose surname was changed to Carmel? Not the royal family that was punished by God, so these rings can survive."
"No, this ring is indeed the property of the Kamel family, we are 100% sure of this."
Dad said with certainty.
"Huh? Why?"
"People in the royal family of Kamel admitted it personally."
"Isn't he being punished by God, so he died?"
"No, there is one person who is not dead. She and her husband have been punished more severely than death under the influence of God's punishment, and this punishment has continued to the present. Think carefully, Jenkins, think carefully, Have you ever met another Kamel?"
Dad guided Jenkins to recall step by step.
"Carmel's Grocery Store, the shop owner who sells special items?"
Jenkins said uncertainly.
"No, although his surname is Carmel, it has nothing to do with the royal family in the 16th century. Think again, although this surname is common, you must have encountered it..."
"Oh, I thought of it!"
With a flash of inspiration, he finally found the answer in his memory:
"It's January this year, the first Tuesday in January this year! Cullen Kamel came to the store to pick up the painting, and his husband Spade Ford was imprisoned in the painting. The two of them were cursed by the gods, There is a constant cycle of curses. The church has not yet decided whether to help them, that woman, Chu Lun Kamel, is living underground in the church!"
PS: It will be updated tomorrow, not today, I remember correctly.