Chapter 48 Prelude



At 7 Pinster Street, Leonard, who had come back home specially to attend a tarot party, was just about to go out to the basement of St. Samuel's Church to look up materials in preparation for the action of appeasing the souls in the evening, when his eyes suddenly blurred and he saw the messenger wearing a gloomy and complicated long skirt carrying four blond, red-eyed heads.

As a "requiem master", he can directly see spiritual creatures.

After receiving the letter from Klein, Leonard didn't have time to say thank you before Renette Tinicole turned around and walked into the void without stopping.

"...Old man, why does Klein have a messenger of this level? Is this a benefit for the Favored One?" Leonard couldn't help but lower his voice and asked Pallez Zoroast.

He initially imagined that this was the standard configuration of Tarot Club members, but later realized that he was overthinking.

The slightly old voice of Pales Zoroast immediately said:

"It should be unique to Klein Moretti. Everyone has some special experiences, right? Even for a guy like you, isn't it the same?

"Haha, I thought you would describe it as 'an incomplete angel', but it turned out to be 'a messenger of this level'. Good, you remembered my reminder."

Leonard curled his lips, unfolded the letter and read its contents.

"As expected, he is the one favored by secrets and destiny..." Pales Zoroast used Leonard's eyes to quickly scan the beginning.

Leonard didn't look at the ground, he took a few steps back, threw himself into the arms of the sofa, and then said:

"Klein can see through the theft and replacement of fate... so we don't have to rush to search for the 'thief' to get the demigod-level items."

"Even if you are in a hurry, you don't know where to search." Palles sneered.

Even at that gathering of fateful hermits, similar items might only appear once every few years, and the next gathering would not be until the end of the year.

Leonard couldn't find the words to respond for a moment, so he had to turn his attention to the next two paragraphs.

After a brief silence, he chuckled:

"I have always wondered where Klein got the advanced talisman from the Sun domain when he faced Megose. I thought it was given by the Death Archon, but I didn't quite understand why an angel from the Death domain would collect advanced talismans from the Sun domain. Was he trying to commit suicide? Now, I finally understand.

"Old man, it's not like I haven't held '30782' before. Why didn't you find out that there was a drop of 'Eternal Sun's' divine blood hidden inside it? If you could have stolen some power out of it in advance, you wouldn't have done that, you wouldn't have..."

Leonard was originally going to laugh at the old man for this matter, but as he spoke, he fell silent.

Pales Zoroast sighed in his mind and said:

"If that drop of divine blood could be easily found, the mutated sun emblem would not be in Tingen."

Leonard was silent for a few seconds, then asked:

"Then how can I find a chance to get the holy emblem and make the 'Yangyan' spell?"

Although Klein said it lightly in the letter, Leonard knew that it was not an easy thing to do, because he was no longer the "Nighthawk" of Tingen City. Even if he went back to visit his former colleagues and teammates now, he was not qualified to enter the Chanis Gate.

Hearing his question, Pales Zoroast said unhappily:

"You ask me about such trivial matters. Can't you think for yourself?"

Leonard coughed uncomfortably, then quickly mobilized his brain cells and began to seriously look for a solution:

"I am acting alone now, but the Archbishop has given me the authority to draw local 'Nightwatchers' from the affected areas to help.

“Well, if all the souls in Backlund have been appeased, but I haven’t completely digested the potion, can I expand to other parishes?

"At this time, if there happens to be a haunted incident in Tingen, then I can go back and dispatch two 'Nightwatchers' to use '30782'..."

After Leonard finished his "soliloquy", Pales Zoroast laughed and said:

“Not bad, I found the idea so quickly.

"But have you ever thought that you are going to comfort, not purify, which is inconsistent with using '30782' and is likely to arouse suspicion."

Leonard laughed immediately after receiving the affirmation:

"Old man, you don't understand this, do you? When I first joined the Nighthawks, I was taught this: If you have the ability to purify, then soothing will achieve the best results.

"Emperor Roselle also said that solving problems requires both a stick and a carrot."

Pales Zoroast then said, “Tsk!”

"Then do as you say. Of course, the premise is that you can complete the tasks given by Anthony Stevenson within a week or two. If you wait until the operation to eliminate Amon officially arrives without getting the Kagero bullets, there will be no need to do that."

Leonard thought back to the task list that filled several pages, and his forehead twitched.

He immediately forced himself to forget this worry and muttered in his heart:

"I don't know when the task of punishing that vampire will begin...

"I don't know if there are any 'thieves' of the blood clan who can obtain the demigod-level sealed items...

"A temporary dream world... I can create it myself, and I can find a chance to make it into a talisman, but can this level of power resist the erosion of darkness in the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods'?"

…………

Inside a house in Cherwood District.

Fors sat on the sofa with a novel in her hand, watching Xio walk into the hallway and put on his boots for going out.

"Don't be so anxious. That gentleman won't issue the investigation mission so quickly." Finally, Fors couldn't hold back her doubts and spoke.

Xio glanced at her and said:

"I'm a bounty hunter, and I have other missions."

Having said this, she paused and said hesitantly:

"Fors, do you think Miss Justice looks a lot like Miss Audrey?"

Fors was stunned for several seconds before coming back to his senses. He subconsciously waved his hand and laughed:

"How is it possible..."

Before she finished her words, similarities flashed through her mind, and her eyes widened.

After a while, she whispered:

“It’s not impossible.

"'Audience' path, Psychological Alchemy Society, noble lady, blonde hair and blue eyes... Among the nobles I know, she is the only one who meets the requirements... Of course, there are even more nobles I don't know, and even those I know won't let me know whether they are related to the Psychological Alchemy Society..."

After listening to his friend's words, Xio thought for a moment and said:

"Fors, do you still remember the tasks that Miss Audrey entrusted to us? I originally thought that this came from Earl Hall's instructions, but now I think about it, maybe it came from, um, the party...

"Also, do you remember how we knew the name of Mr. Fool? It was from a book we borrowed from Viscount Glint! There was an old piece of paper hidden in its cover!"

Fors nodded in realization:

"If we can find out, then Miss Audrey, who is a good friend of Viscount Glint, may also find out! This can explain why she was able to join the party..."

"Yeah." Xio agreed with Fors's guess.

Fors opened his mouth and was about to say something else, but suddenly he remembered the failed attempt at monitoring by the vampires. He looked around vigilantly and said:

“Xiu, we usually try to discuss as little as possible about the party.

"As for Miss Audrey, uh, we'll meet once every one or two weeks and observe then."

He took a moment to wake up and nodded heavily:

"good!"

She then opened the door and went out, all the way to a bar in the East District and sat at the bar.

She knocked on the table and said to the bartender who raised his head:

"What new tasks are there today?"

The bartender briefly explained the general situation but did not mention that someone was going to investigate a Mr. Ernes Boyar.

Sure enough, we have to wait until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow...Xiu looked around, retracted his gaze, and asked with a little confusion and concern:

"I haven't seen Sherman for a long time. Do you know where he went?"

It was a young man who believed he should be a woman and was one of Hugh's informants.

The bartender said:

"Maybe she ran off with some man. You know, he's always happy if a man likes him."

"This is not something to be discriminated against." Xio retorted seriously, feeling a little worried for some reason.

She pushed herself up with her hands, jumped off the stool, and prepared to look for other places where Sherman often went.

…………

Backlund Bridge area, Iron Gate Street, "Brave" bar.

Emlyn lowered his hat, pinched his nose, walked through the crowd with mixed smells, and found Ian with red eyes in a card room.

"Mr. White, what's the matter this time?" Ian smiled and led Emlyn to the empty billiard room.

Emlyn took off his hat and muttered:

"A small matter. Please help me issue a commission to the bounty hunters. The content is to track a man named Ernes Boyar and find out his daily movements. The reward is 100 pounds."

"100 pounds?" Ian asked subconsciously.

As far as tracking and investigation are concerned, 100 pounds is really an exaggerated reward. You know, if a bounty hunter can complete this task alone, he can take a year off, even if he has to support a family!

Emlyn nodded and said:

"The target is more dangerous."

After the previous discussion in the Tarot Club, he now thought it through clearly and believed that tracking Ernes Boyar would definitely be an easy task. The vampire viscount would definitely pretend not to notice and deliberately give a fixed trajectory of action.

Therefore, this 100 pounds is actually a reward for Miss "Judgment" for taking the risk of being exposed and joining the joint action. Of course, in order to mislead and cover up, there will definitely be multiple bounty hunters who each complete a part and receive different amounts of rewards. Emlyn can only ensure that Miss "Judgment" gets the largest share.

"I see." Ian extended his hand in understanding, "Advance payment, specific address, degree of danger, appearance characteristics, and a portrait would be even better."

Emlyn then gave him 30 pounds in cash and information about Ernest Boyar's portrait.

"Red eyes?" Ian flipped the paper in his hand and blurted out.

"Yes." Emlyn nodded slightly, glanced around, and lowered his voice, "One more thing. Help me collect clues about the members of the Rose School in Backlund."

"...Rose School?" Ian was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion, as if he had never heard of this name.

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