Traveling through time, I'm making pancakes in Warhammer

Chapter 397 Dedication Ceremony

Three hours later

Hive Bareley, Upper Hive

Tavern

Howard and Neville sat at the bar in the tavern. Neville raised his hand first and said:

"A cup of fantasy."

Then he looked at Howard, who said coldly:

"A cup of hot water."

Seeing that the bartender and Neville were looking at him with strange eyes, Howard's expression became even colder:

"A glass of ice water."

The dungeon itself was on the edge of Gunther's mansion, and with the help of Om Messiah, Neville and Howard escaped almost unhindered.

After leaving the Gunther family mansion, Neville told Howard that he knew a safe place and took Howard to this remote tavern.

After the bartender left, Howard said to Neville:

"Master Neville, I hope you have money with you. I have no money on me anyway."

"It's okay." Neville explained: "I'm a regular here and I can buy on credit."

After hearing this, Howard felt like his blood pressure was about to burst his head, but he still suppressed his voice and leaned over to Neville and said:

"Don't you have a brain? You may not be the young master of the Gunther family anymore, and you're still here?"

"Don't get excited, don't get excited." Seeing this, Neville hurriedly explained: "No one here knows my identity, and my family doesn't know I have been here."

Howard's blood pressure dropped slightly and he sat back in his seat, just as their drinks arrived.

Neville's drink was a mixed cocktail, the color of which gradually transitioned from light yellow at the bottom to dark purple at the top, with a lot of white chopped nuts mixed in the middle. Howard's drink came in two cups, one hot water and one ice water.

Neville took the drinks from the bartender and greeted them familiarly. He returned Howard's ice water and hot water to him and asked, "What are we going to do next?"

The blood pressure, which had dropped a little, rose again.

Howard took two glasses of water and stirred the ice in them absentmindedly, then said:

"Tell me everything you know...everything."

Hearing this, Neville, who was stirring his cocktail, also stopped. For the first time, something called "surprise" appeared in his eyes. He looked at Howard and said:

"what?"

Howard: "..."

"This sentence..." Neville's face was full of disbelief: "Shouldn't I be the one asking you this?"

Howard held the boy's shoulder and said with a smile:

"In fact, even now, I know nothing about your family's connection to 'Ms. I'm only here to deliver a letter for her. I should have returned after delivering the letter, but your father kept me here, and you caused all this trouble. Now I don't think I can return for a while."

Howard's smile was still kind: "So, tell me everything you know."

Neville's expression underwent an extremely complicated change in a short period of time. Finally, he withdrew his gaze from Howard and stared at his cup.

"Mr. Howard, can I ask you a question before this?"

Howard: "Speak."

Neville: "You are someone sent by Ms. Irene. What is this Ms. Irene like?"

Howard thought for a long time before answering, "She is a very beautiful... yet very terrifying being, possessing many contradictory qualities. Sometimes she is as gentle as a mother, and sometimes as cruel as a butcher. To some extent, she can be called knowledgeable and wise, but she doesn't seem willing to share her wisdom with mortals. She always stays on the sidelines, watching foolish people get hurt, and then comes out to admire and comment on their misery... But I'm sure this is only a small part of her full picture. I can't see her clearly..."

Howard's voice gradually faded away. Neville saw that he had finished speaking, so he continued:

"Mr. Howard, do you know how we feel about Ms. Irene?"

Howard: "I'm reminding you, if you talk nonsense, she might really hear it... No, even if you want to think about it, try not to think about it."

But Neville was not afraid at all. He said: "My family has only one feeling towards Ms. Irene, and that is... fear."

"I don't see that from you." Howard applauded the boy's bravery and stupidity. "You should really thank her kindness for being safe now."

Howard then added, "Besides, according to you, I should be on the same side as Ms. Irene. Why are you saying this to me? Are you trying to attract Ms. Irene and my attention and find another way to please her this way?"

Neville didn't care about Howard's questions. Perhaps for him, once he chose to tell Howard these things, there was no turning back.

"Ms. Irene... He is the nightmare of the entire Gunther family..." Neville seemed lost in memory. "According to family records, every forty years... maybe fifty, or even thirty, the time varies. The shortest interval is only twenty-six years, and the longest is said to be over a hundred years... Anyway, after an indeterminate period of time, Ms. Irene will have her messenger hand over a blood-stained locket to the head of the Gunther family. Then, the Gunther family will prepare to hold a 'dedication ceremony'."

Combined with what he saw in Freya's territory, Howard was basically certain that Freya would only recruit a new Gunther to serve her after the previous Gunther who served Freya died.

So what did that guy who had only lived for more than 20 years do?

Howard popped a honey-roasted cashew into his mouth and said, "Keep going."

At this point, stories of this magnitude no longer surprise him, and he is fully capable of looking at everything from an outsider's perspective.

"The dedication ceremony is actually very simple. It is to gather as many young descendants of Gunther as possible. When these descendants of Gunther gather together, many terrible things will happen."

Howard threw another bean into his mouth. To be honest, listening to Neville's stories was the most relaxing and enjoyable experience he had since he came to this planet.

"You've seen it too, like Sister Xiasha's self-immolation, and Brother Todd..." Neville's face showed a trace of pain. "They've all changed. The dedication ceremony has begun. According to the records in the family history, only a very few people will survive. And Lady Irene will appear at the end. From among the surviving children, she will choose the one she likes the most and take him away to become her servant."