Capítulo 34: Chapter 34: God
Chapter 34: God
"Honorable Mr. Fool, if I obtain very useful and time-sensitive information, can I also recite your name and inform you through a ritual?" Audrey, who had been observing Alger's entire process and was greatly shocked, promptly asked.
"Yes." Klein nodded lightly and silently praised Audrey's choice of words in his heart. Then he glanced at Alice and Derrick, "The same goes for you."
Alice began to ponder whether she could send a strange picture to him through prayer while he was in an important situation... Wait, can prayers transmit images?
"Yes, Mr. Fool." Derrick responded humbly and lowered his head. Alice immediately realized that her thoughts and actions were too disrespectful, and she quickly made her behavior more respectful.
After a few seconds of silence, Audrey took the initiative to speak, "I need the complete pituitary gland of a Rainbow Lizard Dragon."
"I don't have it. To be honest, I've only seen this creature in textbooks." Derrick, hearing the automatically translated "Phantom Dragon," finally found an opportunity to interject.
This is most likely one of the main ingredients for the "Mind Reader" potion, which is quite easy to guess. Unfortunately, Alice also had no way to obtain this material. She shook her head, "I don't have it. You probably don't know, but this type of dragon is already on the brink of extinction."
"I might be able to get the complete pituitary gland of a Rainbow Lizard Dragon," Alger followed up quickly. Before Audrey could get excited, he stated his condition, "But first, we need to find Qilangos. At that time, adding the part I need to compensate you will be exactly equal to the complete pituitary gland of a Rainbow Lizard Dragon. As Miss Destiny said, this type of dragon is nearly extinct. Currently, they only exist on certain primitive islands in the Misty Sea, the Furious Sea, and the Sunia Sea. The coordinates of these islands are known to very few people. If you're interested in the future, we can make some exchanges in this regard because I am one of those few people."
"I once dreamed of sailing the seas, searching for those primitive islands, and witnessing the ancient customs on them." Audrey responded excitedly, then curiously asked, "The Rainbow Lizard Dragon is nearly extinct. Does this mean the 'Audience' pathway will soon be extinct too?"
"No, there must be substitute materials." Alger answered with great certainty.
Alice couldn't help but glance at Alger. She knew exactly what Alger was referring to, as she had become an Extraordinary by consuming the Extraordinary characteristics that precipitated from a deceased Extraordinary.
Audrey continued to ask, "What are the substitute materials?"
Alger shook his head and answered with hidden meaning, "I don't know. Maybe the people from the Psychological Alchemy Society would know."
Alice couldn't help but glance at Alger again. She realized this was one of Alger's rare moments of kindness, not wanting to ruin Audrey's good mood.
"Then how can you be sure there are substitute materials?" Audrey asked, both confused and puzzled.
Alice glanced at Audrey and silently prayed: I hope her curiosity doesn't ruin her good mood.
Audrey noticed Alice's actions and turned to look at her, "Miss Destiny, do you know the answer?"
"...You wouldn't want to know the answer, believe me, Miss Justice." Alice was silent for a moment before deciding not to tell Audrey for now—eating the precipitated characteristics from a corpse is something most people would find hard to accept.
Alice's advice temporarily curbed Audrey's curiosity. Trusting Alice, she finally gave up on asking further, "Alright, since you say so."
This left Klein, who was on the high platform, feeling conflicted. He was also very curious about the answer, but Mr. Fool not knowing this would be too damaging to his image. Maybe he could ask Alice privately later...?
After the transaction session ended, Klein looked around and then at the Sun, "Does the City of Silver still have faith in gods?"
Alice immediately turned her head to look at Derrick, filled with curiosity about the so-called "Land Abandoned by God" and the "City of Silver."
"We still believe in the Creator of all things, the omniscient and omnipotent God." Derrick answered with reverence.
"...God?" Alice blurted out in confusion. This term was too familiar. Noticing the gazes of Alger and Audrey, she realized she might have spoken out of turn and hesitated, "Sorry?"
This insincere apology made the atmosphere even more awkward. In the silence where no one but Alice and Klein dared to speak, Klein chuckled and glanced at Alice, then at the others, "Why are you all so tense?"
Then, as if he didn't care about the answer, he looked at Derrick, "Even if He abandoned you?"
This nearly revealed Derrick's origin from the "Land Abandoned by God." Alger and Audrey naturally realized Derrick's background.
Unlike Audrey, who didn't know much about it, Alger was shocked by the Fool's power and suddenly realized that Alice seemed to have never shown much respect or fear towards Klein—if she had any respect for a god, she wouldn't have interrupted when the god was speaking.
Recalling Alice's behavior since joining the Tarot Club, he suddenly realized that Miss Destiny had, on several occasions, expressed the Fool's intentions, and the Fool had never refuted her.
A favored one? No, even a favored one shouldn't... A guess appeared in Alger's mind but was quickly dismissed. If she were a favored one, she should be more respectful.
Hmm, no matter how much he racked his brain, he couldn't have guessed that the Fool in his eyes was actually Alice's colleague, and in a sense, even a fellow countryman...
"Yes, we all believe that we will eventually regain the Lord's favor, perhaps on the day the sun rises again." Derrick answered with a not-so-firm tone in this strange atmosphere, "We were once ruled by the Giant King's Court and believed in the Giant King Aurmir. Later, we received the Lord's salvation and will never betray the Lord again."
Giant King Aurmir... Alice repeated the name in her heart and decided to look for information about the "Creator of all things, the omniscient and omnipotent God."
In that case, what is the relationship between the True Creator and the Creator of all things? After all, the names are very similar...
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