As a heavy demon storm raged over the entire town of Avebury, flooding the cobblestone streets with large puddles of water.

At the Dark Oak Inn, Grey sat a little removed from the hustle and bustle, enjoying his delicious breakfast, which included bacon, sausage, fried eggs, mushrooms, and roasted tomatoes, accompanied by toast and black tea with sugar.

He specifically ordered the tea with a lot of sugar so that the sweetness would be more palatable than the tea, as he is not very fond of drinks that are too bitter or too simple.

Since he has no money to buy sweets or ice cream, he has to make do with this for the time being.

In addition, a few moments ago, Mr. Carlos came with an umbrella to warn him that they would not go to work today because of the heavy rain lashing the town, something he was already expecting, he saw that dark clouds covered the chained sun and the sky.

As he expected, today is free, and he can explore the town and visit the Goddess of Justice and Order church.

I have to find a way to earn money, but the problem is that the work I do with Mr. Carlos takes all day, plus I get exhausted... Grey takes a sip of the lovely black tea with satisfaction.

After finishing his delicious breakfast, he walks to the bar, where Jonathan is having a drink while talking to the muscular bartender.

Grey sat next to Jonathan as he greeted him. "Good morning, Mr. Jonathan."

Jonathan took a sip of the Porter drink; as the dark liquid went down his throat, he felt the taste of its roasted malt, notes of chocolate, and coffee. He replied.

"Good morning. It looks like you didn't have to work today."

Before answering, the waiter gave him a look and said, "Are you going to have a drink?"

Grey shook his head; he just finished breakfast and had his stomach satisfied; he had no intention of drinking right now, as he said. "Well, I have the day off with this heavy storm."

"Do you have any plans for later?" Jonathan took another sip and asked.

"I have no plans. I'll pay a little visit to the church of the Goddess of Justice," Grey said calmly.

He has only been in this world for two days and one night. Since he cannot leave the village until the folk festivities "Feast of Plenty of Spirits" are over, he goes to the coastal town Opalus, located near the Black Sea, where the original Grey family lives.

Jonathan was silent and, after eight seconds, asked curiously. "Are you a believer in the Goddess of Justice?"

Grey neither confirmed nor denied but said in a calm tone. "I'm just going to the church to talk to Sister Adara about the missing tourists, as I'm afraid of disappearing.

"Since you mentioned it yesterday, I want to know more details about it so I can sleep much more peacefully. Besides, I also want to ask you a few things."

Jonathan raised an eyebrow as he said. "I see, so you are also interested in the missing tourists. Is that all you have pending? If you don't mind, you can accompany me to the outskirts of town after you talk to sister Adara because I don't want to go alone."

"Just outside of town? Are you doing some sightseeing?" Grey felt somewhat curious, though he could imagine where Jonathan was going.

Jonathan shook his head. "I'm not sightseeing. I'm doing some research."

"What kind of research?" Grey asked, showing interest.

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Seeing Grey's interest, Jonathan flashed a small smile as he said excitedly. "I'm doing research on an ancient aristocrat who belonged to the Salem family. According to the ancient manuscripts I found in the Salem family, it existed for a thousand years!

"It seemed strange to me that a family with so much antiquity disappeared out of nowhere, and through my research, I came to this town where they say a member of the Salem family lived, named Van Salem! Isn't that incredible!"

Grey looked surprised at Jonathan; he didn't expect him to be so talkative, although he understood why he was so excited. Originally, Grey also had some taste for history. Otherwise, he wouldn't have studied at the Historical and Linguistic Studies of Opal school.

But like the original Grey, he wasn't as diligent in that area. He wasn't as well versed, so there were some things he didn't know or saw and didn't pay attention to.

But still, Grey frowned and said. "Didn't you hear the history of this town? That the aristocrat Van Salem was a heretic and a blasphemer, moreover, that the house is cursed, knowing all that, do you want to investigate that house?"

"I don't think that story is true; if that house were cursed, they would have informed the church to purify it," Jonathan downed the last of his Porter drink.

No, that house really is cursed. Why would he have been transported to that dream world if it wasn't? Grey added inwardly.

Seeing Grey's silence, Jonathan asked. "So, are you interested? I'll pay you to accompany me."

Pay me? Grey's eyes widened in surprise. His financial situation was horrible right now; he didn't have a single penny in his pockets.

"I'll give you two shillings if you come with me."

"Two shillings?" At that moment, the monetary system popped into Grey's mind.

First, there is the coin called the copper penny. It is the most basic coin of the Kingdom of Leonesse. The purchasing power of a penny was approximately $0.56 to $0.60 before its transmigration. These coins had other denominations, such as five, ten, and fifteen. Despite the three types, the denominations were not in small enough units.

According to the original Grey's memory fragments, in everyday life, one had to buy several different things from time to time to spend a single coin.

In second place is the shilling, which occupies the second place in the monetary system of the Leonesse kingdom. It came from ancient silver and gold coins. One shilling was equivalent to fifteen copper pennies. They had denominations of one and five shillings.

At the apex of the monetary system was the gold crown. It is paper money, like the shilling, but was secured by gold and directly pegged. One gold crown was equivalent to twenty shillings. It had denominations of one, five, ten, and one hundred gold crowns.

Grey was silent; right now, he found himself in a conflict.

I don't want to go to that damned house... But he's paying me two shillings to go with him! It's too much money for someone like me who doesn't have a penny in my pocket...

He sees no problem earning easy money, as he has to accompany him. Besides that, he needs that money; he can't depend on Miss Elena and Mr. Carlos while in this town.

After a few seconds of silence, Grey flashed a small smile. "Deal!"

Jonathan also flashed a smile as he said. "Pleasure working with you."

Then he took out his leather wallet, where there was a wad of bills of different denominations, took out two shillings, and handed it to Grey.

"Same thing, he said." Grey took the two dark green, worn bills that looked like dollars.

After that, they continued talking until the heavy storm stopped.

After the heavy storm stopped, the two left the Dark Oak Inn, where the cobblestone streets were waterlogged, and the sky was still dark. They started walking towards the church.

Grey and Jonathan arrive at the only church made of white marble in Avebury village, the Church of the Goddess of Justice and Order, as almost everyone believes in the Goddess.

They entered the church, where they were greeted by a brown-haired man in a white robe with pale gold lines around the edges. Next to him was a black-haired woman dressed in the same manner.

The brown-haired, black-eyed father looked at the two newcomers with a warm smile as he invited them in. "Come in, don't stand there. You might catch a cold."

Jonathan and Grey did not refuse and entered the church, followed by the brown-haired father and the black-haired sister.

Once seated on the wooden benches, the father in front of them introduced himself, keeping a friendly smile.

"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Paul Stratton, a devoted follower of the Goddess of Justice, and the woman next to me is named Adara."

Pablo, after introducing himself, I point respectfully to sister Adara, who also has a smile on her face.

Ha, devoted follower? That's the most false... Grey scoffed silently as it reminded him of unpleasant things he didn't want to remember.

Jonathan flashed a polite smile as he said. "Nice to meet you, Father Pablo and Sister Adara, although we have met before."

Father Paul and Sister Adara flashed a smile in response and then fixed their gaze on the other person, who had an amused smile on his face.

Grey rose from his seat and gave a slight bow with a smile. "Nice to meet you."

And then he sat back down, but the smile was still plastered on his lips.

Father Pablo kept the same friendly smile as he got straight to the point.

"How can I help you, gentlemen?"