Chapter 126 Mysterious Visitor
A subtle vibration deep in his soul woke Angel from his sleep.
"Here we go again... Didn't I already hint to the Captain that we could go and cause trouble for Klein next door..."
Angel had been harassed by "nightmares" in her dreams during this period, and she was already familiar with it. She lifted the quilt, climbed out of bed, and prepared to hide in the basement first.
...Wait, I don’t seem to have fallen into my usual negative state of “fear of fire”?
She walked out of the bedroom in her pajamas, holding "Thirsty Blood" in one hand and "Magic Pocket Watch" in the other, and suddenly realized something.
Carefully turning on the gas lamp in the corridor, the warm flames spilled onto the ground and onto her face.
That familiar shudder didn't come.
"Heh, Captain can forget things even in his dreams... It seems I'm not completely powerless this time?"
Angel's lips curved into a smile.
After all, it's just a dream, so there's no need to worry about the negative effects affecting reality—
She simply pressed the "magic pocket watch" in her hand and gained three extraordinary magician abilities, including "flame jumping". At the same time, her spirit instinctively sensed the open flame downstairs that she could jump on.
“Snap—”
There was a flash of bright yellow flame, and Angel's figure disappeared from the second-floor corridor.
The next second, she stepped out of the flames in the middle of the living room on the first floor, revolver in hand, hair flying, and a smile on her face, ready to give the forgetful "Nightmare" a big surprise.
Oh, wait...
The two gas lamps on the walls of the living room have been lit, but the yellow flames originally emitted by the burning gas have now turned into a strange emerald green, swaying and dyeing the entire living room a creepy, miserable green.
A cold wind blew by, and the curtains of the windows facing the street swayed, occasionally casting a ray of crimson moonlight onto the ground.
This should be the captain's new trick, right?
I should still be dreaming...
Angel felt her body stiffen. Even if Mrs. Sharon crawled out of the ground and sat on the sofa in the living room waiting for her to get up, she would not be so surprised now.
Gritting his teeth and opening his clairvoyance, Angel slowly backed toward the door, raising "Thirst Blood," alert to any strange things that might appear at any moment.
If the situation is not good, she will "jump" to the street immediately, or even jump along the street lights, the farther away from here the better.
In her spiritual vision, all the non-spiritual objects in the living room appeared grayish white, while the firelight stained by the emerald green flashed a hint of pale yellow, as if pulled by some force and concentrated on the ceiling of the living room.
She followed the yellow color to look at the ceiling, and a translucent face with only a mouth and no other facial features passed through from above and slowly descended into the living room on the first floor.
Angel tightened his fingers, infused his spiritual energy into "Thirst for Blood", and was about to pull the trigger.
"Wait, don't shoot."
The human face fell to about one meter above the ground and then floated in the air, facing Angel. The translucent mouth opened and closed, and a familiar voice came out.
"You are...Daly, Ms.Daly?"
"It's me, haha. I'm sorry for scaring you with my sudden visit."
The translucent face lacked any expression of apology, and with only a mouth, it couldn't make any movements other than smiling.
"How do you prove this isn't another one of the captain's pranks?"
Angel still didn't put down the gun. She looked around, trying to find the "nightmare" hiding in the corner.
"Alas, it seems Dunn has given you a lot of trouble. His carriage is parked at the intersection of Iron Cross Street and Daffodil Street. I just passed by Klein's house. His spirituality is a little unstable. Dunn probably won't be able to look for you tonight."
It doesn't sound like a lie, and the situation this time is indeed different from the previous "nightmares"...
Angel felt a little relieved. She released her index finger that was tightly gripping the trigger and put away the revolver.
"Ms. Daly, I heard you've been transferred to Backlund. Why are you in Tingen City so late this night?"
Now that he was awake and an old acquaintance was visiting, Angel was no longer in a hurry to go back to the second floor. Instead, he sat directly on the single sofa by the window and asked Daly why she came.
The translucent face floated over to the sofa with Angel, its lips moving up and down. "At the end of July, Dunn wrote me a letter asking about the techniques for mastering potions and the little hint you gave him."
The human face was swaying in the air. Although it had no eyes, Angel still felt that someone was watching him.
"I didn't pay too much attention to it at the time. I just thought that he had some surprising insights when thinking about how to master the power of potions, and for some reason, I couldn't guide him further."
"But another letter from him last week mentioned that Klein Moretti had figured out how to master potions by imitating the Mystery Peeper's motto and understanding the name of the potion 'Diviner'. He even mentioned a special application."
"After reading the letter, I knew that you two must have figured out the 'acting method'."
Sure enough, Ms. Daly also knows how to act...
Angel understood and nodded silently.
"As expected, this makes our communication much easier. I once swore an oath before the goddess' sacred relic not to reveal the 'Acting Method' to anyone who didn't know it. This is why I felt helpless about Dunn's promotion. Fortunately, you and Klein told Dunn about this before the church discovered you and swore the oath."
"His acting really hurt me..."
Angel muttered.
The only part of the translucent face was the mouth, with both corners raised upwards. Angel seemed to be able to see through it that Daly's face, which was painted with eye shadow and blush, was twitching constantly.
"I'd advise him not to always pick the same victim... Well, the reason I'm here today is to ask you and Klein to find an opportunity to directly explain the significance of roleplay to him. Um, you can also share this with the other members of Tingen's team. This will be very helpful for their future promotions."
"Then soon, you will be noticed by the church—this is almost inevitable after Klein submitted a special application—and be asked to swear an oath, just like me, not to reveal the 'Acting Law' to those who don't know about it. Believe me, you don't want to know the consequences of breaking your oath."
The last person who said they'd made a similar vow was Kavi from "Mechanical Heart." I don't think she's in trouble...
Angel thought to himself, but nodded obediently to show that he understood.
Seeing Angel's agreement, the translucent face happily swayed in the air for a few times before continuing:
"That's the first thing I came to you for."
"As a reward for revealing the impersonation method to Dunn, I'll tell you a second thing." The human-faced figure paused for a moment before speaking slowly, "The Church of the Evernight Goddess doesn't possess the formula for the Sequence 8 'Instigator' potion, the 'Assassin' path."
Is this telling me not to submit a special request because there are no potions within the church?
Angel chewed over Daly's words.
No, that shouldn't be what she meant... Could it be that Daly already knew, or guessed, that I had been promoted to Sequence 8, but was just having trouble revealing it to the Church, and was also worried that after submitting a special application, she would be required to take the "Instigator" potion on the spot?
The church didn't have the instigator's potion formula, which meant he could submit his application without worrying about losing control due to taking the potion again...
Thinking of this, Angel couldn't contain his excitement.
She was about to thank Daly, but she saw the human face continue to move its lips.
"And the third thing..."
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