Chapter 43 - Chapter 43: Chapter 42 Daybreak Orphanage (2/2)

“I will hire people to teach them knowledge, personally instruct them, and pick out the useful children to give them blood, so they can join the ranks of the Dawn. We still have too few reliable hands right now,”

She paused for a moment before stating firmly, “I believe that children who have been trained and educated from a young age will be more reliable than ordinary followers.”

Byrne nodded, then crossed his arms and fell silent as if hesitating over a significant matter, before finally speaking slowly:

“I am still researching how to strengthen the influence of the Fischer family’s blood.”

“If the blood could control Extraordinary Exponents, we could make magic potions according to the formula and give a portion of our followers low-level Powers of Consecution too.”

Both of them were very clear about one thing; the ability to create Extraordinary Exponents was the Fischer family’s greatest advantage.

However, back when Lucius was still around, several members of the Fischer family had discussed this issue, and Lucius was firmly against giving the Powers of Consecution to those without blood ties.

Because currently, the Fischer family’s blood could only influence ordinary people and not Extraordinary Exponents, and so if they did this, they would only be creating beings that they could not control at all; if any of those beings harbored thoughts of betrayal, the entirety of the family’s efforts would be ruined.

“Prudence” and “secrecy” were the mottos of the Fischer family; they couldn’t just pin the loyalty of others on intangible things like “trust between people” and “cultivating gratitude.”

The breakthrough in the whole affair lay with Byrne, who held the Power of Consecution of the “Pharmacist.”

He had a hunch that the effects of the Fischer family’s blood could be strengthened and had been conducting research on blood all this time.

At this point, Byrne suddenly picked up a pen and drew a fresh circle on a piece of paper.

“Right, almost forgot to mention, aside from the overt forces, there is also a formidable heretical power on the East Coast, the Sea God Cult with quite an ancient heritage. Within their ranks are Transmutation-class Extraordinary Exponents.”

“It is said that the Tempest Church and the Sea God Cult were originally one force, but later on, they split and developed extreme enmity towards each other,”

“Because the Sea God Cult does not recognize the Tempest Overlord as their Sea God.”

Three months later, the first orphanage in Nasir City was established, and the new town chief came with great pleasure, leading the locals of status to offer their congratulations.

The orphanage was named “Daybreak.”

In the whole Nasir City, there were more than thirty orphans under the age of twelve eligible to join the orphanage, and part of the reason for the loss of their parents was the sudden winter invasion by the Rhea people; naturally, they felt a favorable impression towards the Fischer family for having resisted the Rhea.

The Fischer family’s cost to establish the orphanage was around thirty-five Gold Coins, and each month an additional six Gold Coins were required to maintain basic operations, necessitating the arrangement for the older children to learn trades and earn money.

The orphanage was spacious yet dim, its thick stone walls bearing the traces of the years. Irene led a few caregivers here, where the first batch of children had been waiting for some time.

“Children, from today onwards, I will be your caretaker,”

Irene looked calmly at the children who were yearning for the future yet filled with trepidation, their eyes curiously and uneasily surveying her.

A gentle warmth began to surge from the depths of her heart.

Yet at the same time, Irene was acutely aware of something; love should be selective.

Chris and Byrne and Darren were the most important people in her life, and beyond that, everything about her body and soul belonged to the great Lord of the Lost.

At that moment, she suddenly felt the will of the mighty Lord of the Lost!

It seemed to be guiding her, directing her attention to one of the little girls among the children. Irene immediately looked over.

It was a girl with light green hair, sporting an optimistic smile different from the rest, but her right leg had a highly apparent severe disability.

Was she special?