Chapter 138 Letters and Messengers
"Ms. Daly?"
Angel was a little confused. Last night, Daly appeared in her home in the same image, but there was a strange green flame in the living room, as if she was in a nightmare woven by "Nightmare".
At this time, the "nightmare" was even still outside the door and had no time to drive away!
The translucent face did not answer, but opened its lips, revealing a bright red tongue covered with unruly fangs, with five slender fingers on the top like a human hand, holding a folded piece of letter paper.
Is this a messenger? Daly's messenger?
Angel understood. She looked back at Dunn who was about to drive away on the street, closed the door, and then reached out to take the letter.
Mission accomplished, the messenger waved his five fingers happily a few times, as if saying goodbye, and then retracted his entire tongue into his mouth, floating and blending into the wall, and disappeared into the living room with a wave of translucent water ripples.
Well, aren't you waiting for my reply?
She looked in the direction the messenger had left in confusion, and her clairvoyance was lifted. The living room, which was glowing white in her vision, returned to its normal color.
Angel, who was afraid of causing a fire, did not dare to light the gas lamp. He could only use the moonlight and his night vision to open the folded letter on the sofa next to the bay window and read the letter sent by the magical psychic.
"If you can see this letter, it means that tonight's operation should have gone smoothly and you have successfully survived. This makes me very relieved. After all, I no longer have to play the role of 'corpse collector'."
The first sentence made Angel frown.
What a terrible way to express concern... It's still that sharp-tongued Ms. Daly.
And how did she guess that I would participate in the operation instead of staying on standby at the base?
With curiosity, Angel continued to read.
"I hope you can tell me the details of this operation. If there are any privacy issues, please skip them. I can use this information to assess Dunn's ability to digest the potion and determine if there is any risk of him losing control."
Assessing potion digestion... Is this a sign of concern for the captain?
Angel's lips curled into a smile.
"Secondly, if you weren't seriously injured during the operation, please submit a special application for early promotion with Klein as soon as possible."
"A senior deacon who is relatively easy to communicate with is currently stationed in Backlund. He will examine the special application you submitted. This is an opportunity not to be missed. I assume you have completed digestion of this stage of the potion."
"Some rumors I heard in Backlund indicate that some high-ranking deacons deliberately make things difficult for Nighthawks seeking promotion. You're very lucky."
Seeing this, Angel folded the letter, ignoring the half-finished content, and closed his eyes to think.
She and Klein had originally agreed to find an opportunity to submit their application at the end of this month, and then perhaps face an internal examination within the church in early September. This way, they would apparently digest the potion in about two months. Although it was different from that of ordinary people, it was not too exaggerated for extraordinary people who mastered the method of acting.
According to Daly, even if they applied in advance and exposed themselves to a shorter digestion time, they had to seize the opportunity and pass the examination at the hands of this "easy to communicate" senior deacon.
Is it because of some special reason, or is it just Daly's opinion?
Should Klein and I wait until the end of the month or even next month as originally planned, or should we submit the application as soon as possible this week?
Angel thought for a moment, but couldn't get an answer for the time being, so he reopened the letter and continued reading.
"Finally, I'll teach you how to summon the little cutie who just delivered the letter to you. It's a simple ritual magic. After summoning the messenger, you hand it the letter, and it will be delivered accurately to me. The messenger's speed may not be as fast as a telegraph, but it's faster than a steam train. A round trip from Backlund to Tingen only takes an afternoon."
The letter ends with instructions for preparation and spells for ritual magic.
Compared to the ritual magic that the Fool taught the Tarot Club, this ritual to summon the Messenger was much simpler. Angel only had to select herbs related to the realm of death and darkness and light the candle that symbolized himself...
Candle……
Angel pursed his lips and continued reading, repeating the spell to deepen his memory.
First is the ancient Hermetic word for “I.”
Then it changed to "I call upon my name" in Hermetic language.
The third paragraph refers to a specific summoned being: "A spirit wandering in the void, a creature from the upper realm driven by humans, a messenger belonging exclusively to Daly Simone."
As she recited the spell word by word, the room seemed to become as gloomy and cold as when she just returned home. A wind blew through the room from nowhere, making a "woohoo" sound.
Hmm? Could it be that the spell is working? But I haven't completed the ritual yet...
Angel turned on her clairvoyance and discovered that the messenger with the translucent face had come out of the wall again, slowly floated in front of her, and stretched out his hand... a hand-shaped tongue, with five fingers repeatedly opening and clenching, as if asking for something.
It turns out it hasn't left yet and is waiting for my reply?
Angel felt a little embarrassed. If he planned to read the letter after taking a shower, or even the next day, would this diligent messenger wait all night?
Looking at the spiritual creature who had waited for a long time but still hadn't received the letter, Angel said apologetically, "Wait a moment," went to the study to get paper and pen, and returned to the living room to start replying in front of the messenger.
"Ms. Daly, I'm delighted to hear from you. You seem to have made no secret of your concern for Captain Dunn. I hope you can have a frank conversation with him as soon as possible, or I might lose my patience and attack him—you won't have the chance to light the chandelier to scare me this time."
After responding to Daly with a smile on her face, she began to write in detail about the preparations, process, and aftermath of tonight's battle with Ms. "Shepherd" D, including Klein's divination and her suspicions about Lanevus.
These were the contents of the battle records that the "Red Gloves" were about to submit. After being reviewed by the church, they would be distributed to various parishes as cases of fighting against the "Aurora Society." They were not confidential, so she did not consider concealing them.
Then she talked about the "special application".
"...Regarding the special application, you guessed correctly. Klein and I have both finished digesting the potion. I will discuss it with him before deciding whether to submit the application immediately. Perhaps it would be better to choose a suitable senior deacon and stay in this sequence for a while longer so that we are less conspicuous."
She didn't blindly trust Daly's judgment. After all, she could only make guesses based on the intelligence she had obtained, and she couldn't make decisions on Klein's behalf.
Originally, the letter should have ended here, but Angel suddenly remembered that the main material of the potion for her promotion to a "witch" was still missing. Perhaps Miss Justice could find the material through her channels, but in order to conceal the formula of the potion and to spread the risk, she only asked Justice to find "all the blood of the Black Abyss Demon Fish". She had to rely on herself for the other half of the material, the "Agate Peacock Egg".
Unfortunately, after going to the underground market of the Dragon Bar many times, Angel couldn't find the ingredients for the potion, and he couldn't even find anyone who had heard of it.
There is reason to suspect that the underground Beyonders in Tingen City are almost unable to access "Mid-Sequence" potions.
Or perhaps these promotion materials are firmly controlled by the "Witch Cult". When Cole Granger was promoted to Sequence 7, the main ingredients of the potion were provided by Madam Sharon.
In any case, if she wanted to obtain potion materials in Tingen City, she would probably have to seek help from people in other regions. Perhaps she could buy them in a city like Enmat Port, where management was lax and there was a large flow of people, but she no longer had any acquaintances there.
Thinking of this, Angel added a few words at the end of the letter.
"Finally, could you please help me find an 'Agate Peacock Egg' at Backlund's Extraordinary Item Market? This Extraordinary material might cost between 500 and 800 pounds. If the price is right, I hope you could purchase it for me, or let me know where to find it."
Putting down the pen, she looked back at the quarrel at the beginning of the letter, feeling an urge to cross it out.
In the end, Angel gave up the idea, folded the letter, and handed it to the messenger, whose fingers were twisted together due to boredom, and watched it swallow the letter and disappear into the corner.
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