Charlotte smiled slightly and said, “If I were in her shoes, and my own family had experienced such a thing, I would be a hundred times more impulsive than Miss Anne.”

“The most urgent thing now is to clear Mrs. Mills’s name as soon as possible, so she can rest in peace. If Miss Anne needs any help, I am willing to do my best.”

“However, it’s already late at night and very inconvenient. Let me take Miss Anne home first, and in a few days we can discuss this matter again.”

Anne Britton lowered her head slightly and thanked him.

Charlotte left the carriage, sat in the driver’s seat, gently urged the horse forward, and from inside the carriage came a clear, melodious voice: “No. 58, Sixth Avenue, Val-de-Vaz District.”

As a qualified talent from the imperial education system, the school had taught many essential skills, and driving was one of the three must-learn gentlemanly arts.

Swordsmanship, horseback riding, and driving...

No, that’s wrong—it’s carriage driving.

Charlotte replied, “Understood, Miss Anne.”

The horse’s hooves clattered, and the wheels rumbled!

A carriage’s speed is never very fast, not even as quick as an electric scooter with a speed limit on Earth.

It took over an hour to get from the Alexandria District to the Val-de-Vaz District. If not for the protection of Blood Glory, the cold midnight wind would have been enough to give Charlotte a cold.

Charlotte delivered Anne to No. 58, Sixth Avenue, and saw a towering, ancient residence. He felt quite envious and knew his guess was correct: Anne Britton was indeed a noble lady, not from an ordinary family.

Anne got out of the carriage and was about to enter the mansion through a concealed side door when she suddenly turned back and said to Charlotte, who had stepped down from the driver’s seat, “It’s so late, and I feel bad for troubling you to bring me home, Mr. Charlotte.”

“There are no public carriages at this hour. Why don’t you drive my carriage back, and tomorrow I’ll have someone retrieve it?”

Charlotte hesitated slightly. He really didn’t want to walk back for over an hour or two—walking was much slower than a carriage—so he agreed and said, “Thank you for your kindness, Miss Anne.”

Anne smiled gracefully, waved gently at Charlotte, and turned to enter the mansion. There were figures moving inside, clearly people who had been waiting to guard the door for her return.

After crossing over, Charlotte’s life had been pretty good. He had even managed to get a promotion and a raise thanks to his intelligence, but he was still far from this kind of noble lifestyle.

He sighed and drove the carriage back.

After tying the carriage up downstairs, Charlotte returned to his newly rented apartment. Lying on the bed, he couldn’t fall asleep for a while. He opened his eyes for a bit, then closed them again, trying several times before murmuring to himself in half-surprise, half-joy, “So it really wasn’t an illusion.”

With his eyes closed, Charlotte could sense everything within about fifteen steps of himself, as if he were the center of a circle.

He knew exactly why!

At the center of his brow was a small, bloody vortex, within which countless tiny, pale golden runes formed a marvelous structure, hidden in the vortex, floating and swirling. It was this wondrous rune that gave him such a strange ability.

Charlotte had studied related knowledge at Sheffield University. This rune was called—Insight!

Although Blood Glory was classified as a type of demonic power, its combat style was almost the same as battle aura: both enhanced the body, increasing strength and speed.

The downside: at the same energy level, its power was slightly below average, with only a slight advantage in speed.

The advantage: Blood Glory granted its wielder several special abilities, known as the Thirteen Marvelous Arts.

“Insight” was one of the Thirteen Marvelous Arts of Blood Glory.

It allowed a person’s vision to form a sphere. With this ability, a transcendent would never be ambushed again. In a melee, they could handle attacks from all directions, and even in a duel, they would have a huge advantage. It was a very powerful support combat skill.

At the seaside in Sainis, Charlotte Baker had summoned an evil god and awakened his transcendence. His first choice was to condense the bloody vortex at his brow, and he had fantasized about condensing the Insight rune, hoping to see some wondrous things.

Unfortunately, he hadn’t survived to return from his vacation.

Since coming back from Sainis, Charlotte hadn’t had time to train, but his Blood Glory had grown at an incredible rate. This was extremely strange and utterly baffling.

Activating Insight consumed a lot of spiritual power. After tossing and turning for most of the night, Charlotte was a bit tired and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Before long, it was dawn.

Thinking about his plan to get rich, Charlotte got up early.

Although he hadn’t slept well, thanks to his extraordinary stamina, he wasn’t particularly tired.

He wrote a letter explaining his request for leave, paid a shengding, and asked the apartment’s errand boy to deliver the letter to Kilmainham Prison.

Charlotte tidied himself up a bit, wrapped the multi-headed chain shackle in a piece of cotton cloth, and prepared to sell it. Just as he stepped out the door, he saw a noble young lady nimbly alight from a luxuriously decorated carriage, give him a slight smile, and say, “We meet again, Mr. Charlotte.”

Chapter 14: The Magic Item Auction