Anne...

Surman recognized her identity as the first steam train, Anne Caruno, an investigator from the Steam Church, who was with her at the time, as well as another investigator captain Morrison, and a young man wearing glasses.

"Miss Anne, why are you here?"

Surman was a little surprised. Isn’t she an investigator at Steam Church?

According to the tradition of the Steam Church, their investigators entered civilized city-states mainly to collect materials to transport them back to the mobile castle, allowing the castle that maintains an independent ecological system to supplement the materials they lack and ensure their own circulation.

Surman was surprised when Miss Anne appeared in the orphanage.

However, she immediately gave the answer-

"I have completed the collection task. I have nothing to do recently, so I'll visit Little Norman."

"After all, he lost his parents and came to the orphanage for the first time. Although I used the inheritance left by his parents to settle a lot of relationships..."

"But it would be better to confirm some things with your own eyes... right?"

Anne was behind her hands and looked at the ground with a little embarrassed. Obviously, as a young man who had left the mobile castle for the first time, she was still a little awkward. Faced with these trivial matters, she didn't know whether she did it correctly.

Little Norman was the little boy who lost his parents on the steam train. Later, he was unconscious in the snow and was discovered and rescued by Surman. After coming to Gangdian City, Anne volunteered to take over the task of sending him to the orphanage.

"really........"

Surman nodded slightly, agreeing with her actions: "It is better to confirm these things yourself."

Hearing this, Annie's mouth raised, she was a little proud, and hurriedly covered it up, pretending to be calm and looked at the flower garden... but her head and neck were slightly raised, a little like a proud white swan.

"Miss Anne, you... do you know this gentleman?" asked carefully.

Although Anne was wearing work clothes and looked no different from ordinary workers, he did not dare to neglect the other party. You should know that Miss Anne was an investigator of the Steam Guild. As a steward of the Church of the Lord, her social status was much higher than that of them.

Even the rich gentry, or the nobles of the upper class, dare not neglect when facing a church entourage. They must express their respect, let alone, like him, just civilians who are slightly higher than homeless people.

As for the two of them 'smearing' the orphanage, this middle-aged security guard with a rich and intelligent life naturally ignored them.

"Yes, he saved us last time." Anne said with a smile.

Before the middle-aged security guard could understand this, a group of children ran out of the orphanage. While they were having fun, there was a blond boy wearing a small felt hat. Suddenly, his steps were paused and he looked at Surman in surprise.

"Uncle......Shushu!"

Little Norman obviously recognized the savior and ran over with his calves. However, his a little tender and vague words made Suerman's eyelids twitch. Fortunately, Anne next to him corrected: "Little Norman, you want to call him brother."

She deliberately emphasized the tone of the word "brother" so that she was a little stern.

"I know...I know, Sister Anne."

Little Norman had never seen Anne before. With such a serious attitude, he was a little scared. Suddenly, he was a little timid, like a child who did the wrong thing, shouted to Surman: "Good morning, Ge... Ge."

You look like a joke from my previous life...Surman resisted the desire to complain, kept a graceful smile, and took out the candy bag that had been prepared from his arms. It was a coffee-like color and sweet candy with cocoa fruit as the raw material.

In the territory of the cold soil in the north, due to geographical reasons, this sweet sugar produced in the Panjie Tree Domain is very expensive. A few dozen sweet sugars cost about five or six silver orders, which is about one quarter of a gold pound. After all, using cocoa fruit as the raw material, this material is an upper-class seasoning drink even within the Panjie Tree Domain.

Fortunately, in the early days of the Gray Iron Age, Steam Church invented a new sugar-making method that can make cocoa fruit into candies that are easy to preserve. Otherwise, the price of pure raw but not rotten cocoa fruit will be more than ten times that of candies, which is not something that ordinary people can enjoy.

Children are naturally fond of sweets. When Surman took out the sweet candy, the little Norman's eyes were already straight. However, when he subconsciously reached out to touch the candy, Surman took the initiative to stop.

Little Norman, who was puzzled and aggrieved, looked up at the brother, but saw him smiling-

"Promise me with a condition, and all the half bag of candy here belongs to you."

Little Norman nodded quickly.

"My condition is to share the remaining half bag of candy with your companions."

Little Norman hesitated for a few seconds and nodded firmly, but when he grabbed the bag, the candy bag remained firmly, and there was a little deep meaning in his ears, and there were inexplicable words.

"Remember, it's your 'companion'."

Little Norman was a little confused. The next moment, he nodded with clarity and reached into the candy bag again. This time, Surman did not stop him and allowed Little Norman to capture the candy and run to share with his identified companions.

Next to him, Annie looked at him with a slightly complicated look.

As an audience who witnessed everything with her own eyes, she couldn't help but sigh: "You...you are really good at teaching children. Compared to you, I feel like a child who has not grown up and can't teach people at all."

Ms. Anne, please be more confident. It is recommended to change the image to...Surman glanced at the other person's height and comforted with a smile: "Everyone has his own direction, not to mention that it is a good thing for me to do not know anything, so that the children know too much..."

Surman paused and did not say anything more. Instead, Anne shook her head and said, "No, this will allow him to adapt to the environment earlier. After all, we are not his parents, and there is no way to grow with him all the time... Thank you, Mr. Surman."

At this time, a young figure who was lifting his sleeves and looking just finished busy came out of the orphanage.

He was wearing the same work suit, with thick lenses on his face, and said excitedly: "Annie, I'll help them repair the sewer pipe... OK... OK, you guys."

This young man wearing glasses was Eddie. When he saw the two people talking to each other, his expression went from being excited to being confused, then to being complicated, and finally returned to normal. It was a Sichuan opera change, which made Surman amazed.

Unfortunately, Anne, who turned her back to him, didn't see it at all. The next moment, she didn't look back—

"Eddie, I remember that the gas pipelines in their kitchen seemed to be a little uninspiring, and often gas cannot be transported up..."

"You go check it out and remember to fix it for them."

Eddie subconsciously spoke and said in surprise: "Ah?"

"What's wrong? Can't it be..." Annie turned around in surprise, staring at him with big eyes, and the latter's face turned red. The next moment, Eddie opened his mouth slightly and said in a firm and decisive voice-

"good."

After saying that, Eddie went back to the orphanage and continued to use his expertise.

"Eddie needs more exercise, otherwise, he is not qualified to hold a ceremony and be promoted to the extraordinary." Annie retracted her gaze and looked at Surman, who had a strange face next to her, and said strangely: "What's wrong? Mr. Surman, are you feeling uncomfortable..."

While talking, Annie was a little nervous and hurriedly said, "I know a very reliable private doctor. If you feel uncomfortable, I will take you to find her right away..."

"No, nothing is wrong."

Surman shook his head, looked at the direction of the orphanage, and couldn't help but sigh silently.

This...is this too licking?

................

After some pleasant exchange, time slowly came to noon.

After saying goodbye to Anne, Surman chose a casual choice and opened a cafe next to Gran Street, where he enjoyed a cheaper lunch. In fact, it was already the best set meal in the cafe.

He could feel that when he was having lunch, there was a faint sight outside the window, which would fall on his desk.

It shouldn't have been chosen by the window...Surman sighed silently, and settled the food on the table as soon as possible, paid the bill, and wandered around the steelmaking area with a cane.

Compared to his previous life, this time, he had a completely different experience when he looked at the city from the perspective of an indigenous people.

Many stray children selling matches, young pickpocketers who quietly look at pedestrians, are not dressed up well but are better than young street girls, wandering on the street because they can't find a job, and their faces are full of numbness......

The extraordinary, noble or church entourage in the Eternal Night World is really not the same as ordinary people... Surman walked forward silently and experienced the world from another perspective. Before he knew it, time came to dusk in the afternoon, and he finally arrived at the end of the steelmaking area.

The streets here are a bit familiar, and they are within the Jazz District.

"It's time to go to the party..." Surman calmed down and walked forward. The white bungalow with the lights turned off was hung with the sign of the 'Golden Song' club.

As expected, this party should have met the 'Black Butterfly Lady'.
Chapter completed!