章節 202: Chapter 121:Sunday for the Sheriff
Adjusting her hidden triangular sword, Xio only let out a sigh as she entered Bravehearts Bar.
This time she hadn't been able to get much information about the policemen. If the information in the newspapers was anything to go by then Holmes had already taken care of Clark Down.
'I have to work hard to get that formula, there hasn't been a Blood Moon in a long time and I don't know how much time we have before the ravings arrive....' Xio thought worriedly as she passed the doors of Bravehearts Bar.
At the time of entering all the drunks who were there turned to look at who it was, when they saw that it was the threatening Xio Derecha they moved from the road pale.
'Cowards' Xio thought as she approached the bartender who was watching how some drunks left the bar at high speed.
He did not regret much about this, they would return.
Looking into the green eyes of the petite woman he already knew what she wanted.
"First floor, poker room" he said without looking at her while cleaning a glass.
Xio didn't say anything, just nodded and headed into the room.
Opening the door she ran into the same scene as always.
Men with a cold aura like corpses playing cards and the Old Man sitting to the side drinking what seemed to be wine.
Approaching the only one that didn't have that cold aura, she reached into her vest and pulled out an envelope sealed with a yellow seal.
"For Mr. B"
The Old Man looked at the letter and shook his head as he placed his glass on the table.
"Mr. B says that the commission is over."
'What?' Xio thought frozen, her heart had sunk and she felt as if it had stopped beating.
'But I thought I did a good job...'
'Was I cheated?'
'Did Holmes lie?'
'How can I save Fors now?'
'Will I have to see her die in front of my eyes?'
'I will lose another sister....' All kinds of thoughts filled Xio's mind and she could feel her vision blurring.
The old man then took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Xio who snapped out of her spell and looked at the envelope in surprise as she grabbed it.
"This is for you" said the old man and with that done the man got up and grabbed a book that was next to him, he went to one of the free tables.
Xio couldn't care in the least about this but she broke the seal on the envelope and took out the letter.
_ Dear Miss_
The information you gave me was very useful, and thanks to it I was able to catch Clark Down.
Unfortunately due to a friendly chat I had with him I learned that the rest of the policemen will be untraceable so the commission is over.
But don't worry because your work with Clark will be enough to sell you the Trickmaster formula.
I am also willing to sell you the formula at half price if you give me the Sequence 9 Apprentice potion formula. Considering you need the Sequence 8 potion formula then you have a Sequence 9 friend. Getting it shouldn't be a problem.
I'm not sure when you will read this letter so we will meet at the abandoned Ceramics factory in East Borough this coming Wednesday.
_J.H_
"Praise the Goddess" Xio couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief as she touched her chest four times counterclockwise in a circle.
'Holmes can be very provocative but he's not a liar when it comes to dealings... Overthink for nothing...' Xio thought as she tucked the letter into her vest and left the poker room and Bravehearts Bar.
.....
Hearing how the door of her house was opened, Fors quickly got up from the sofa where she was lying.
Arranging the pillows and grabbing her notebook and pencils she began to write, trying to look like she was working.
"Welcome Xio, you came back early" Fors said with a smile trying to hide her sleepiness.
Xio who just entered the room saw this with a flat face.
"..." Raising an eyebrow she pointed to the drool that left a trail on Fors's face.
"Shit..." Fors cursed under her breath as she quickly rubbed her hand across her cheek to wipe away the drool.
"It was just a nap! *PLOP*" Fors was interrupted in the middle of her sentence because Xio threw a piece of paper to her face.
Removing the paper from her face, Fors gave an embarrassed smile at her friend who was looking at her with a flat face.
"Sorry..." Xio raised her hand while cutting off Fors who closed her mouth.
"Read it" she said pointing to the paper and Fors raised an eyebrow as she looked at the paper.
Her drool stained the paper a bit but it hadn't touched the red ink on it so she had no trouble reading it.
The more she read her other eyebrow rose until they both almost touched her scalp.
She looked at Xio in a daze and the short woman nodded.
"Do you remember the formula?"
Fors came out of her surprise and jumped up from the sofa.
"Yes! I kept it under my bed!!" Fors said recovering from her daze.
But as soon as she said that she saw Xio give her a look with a raised eyebrow.
"Hehe" Fors said with a small blush as she looked away.
Xio at the childishness of her friend, she only sighed while shaking her head.
"On Wednesday we will get the formula and on Friday we will go to Mr. A's party to get the ingredients and that same day you will advance, do you understand?" Xio said seriously and Fors nodded strongly.
Fors felt the pressure in her friend's tone and she knew there was nothing she could do so she just accepted it.
Seeing that the message had been understood, Xio nodded with a strong look.
"You can take these days to rest, you will need the energy on Friday"
Fors felt tears form in her eyes upon hearing that.
'How am I supposed to rest with what you just said!' Fors wailed internally as she nodded again at Xio's words.
"Yes ma'am!"
"Don't call me that"
.....
Monday 3:00 p.m....
In Sefira Castle, in the magnificent palace, on the old and musty long bonze table.
Klein watched as the two figures appeared in a crimson flash while another appeared in a torrent of crimson and black fire.
Klein already had his Spirit Vision activated, he looked at Audrey's figure that was forming. He wasn't surprised to see how the colors deep within her aura had mixed. They had become serene and pure.
'She has already become a Beyonder' just before he moved his gaze, Klein saw how the stars on the back of Audrey's chair were moving swiftly, forming a constellation that did not belong to reality.
'Giant Dragon?' Klein stopped himself from shaking his head and using his control over the gray fog, he saw the back of Alger's chair.
'Windstorm'
'The colors deep within his aura grew stronger. Chariot really guessed it was for his promotion...Seaferer...I wonder what sequence it is, 7 or 6?' Pushing those thoughts aside, he used his control over the gray fog again to see the symbol on the back of Adryan's chair.
He saw the illusory constellation that formed the flaming red tip of a spear.
'War and Power... Which Pathway does this symbol represents?' Klein thought curiously but he resisted the urge to look at Chariot for fear of being discovered by him, like the Hanged Man had been last Monday.
The bullying that the man receive was still fresh in his mind.
'I don't know if he has the guts to make that same movement with me but just in case I better not look at him' Klein decided.
Tapping the long table three times like just like before, and smiled as he said.
"Congratulations Miss Justice, you are now a Beyonder"
'He can notice it so fast?' Audrey was stunned and smiled faintly.
"Thank you Mr. Fool, and thank you, Mr. Hanged Man."
"That was a lot faster than I thought," Alger said honestly.
"Hehe Mr. Hanged Man don't tell me you forgot that Miss Justice is a noble? It would be very strange if she hadn't become a Beyonder by now." Adryan said amused.
"Congratulations on advancing to Sequence 7, by the way." Adryan added matter-of-factly as if it were no big deal.
"Thank you Mr. Chariot" Alger said tensely.
He was no longer a Folk of Rage so it was easier for him to control himself but that didn't mean anything when Chariot arrived.
'We haven't even been in the meeting for 3 minutes and they're already fighting...'
' Mr. Chariot, you really can't help but bully Mr. Hanged Man right?' Klein thought as the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. He was looking at the poor Hanged Man.
Trying to prevent the assault from continuing, Klein tapped his glabella twice and said with a smile.
"Gentlemen, Miss, did any of you manage to get hold of Roselle's Diary?"
章節 203: Chapter 122: Klein's Empathy
Hearing the question, Audrey didn't immediately respond like in the past. Instead, she opened her crystalline eyes and looked at the Hanged Man and Chariot with a scrutinizing attitude.
Alger unconsciously subdued his body movements while Adryan couldn't care less.
"I have two pages Mr. Fool" Adryan said with a smile and this caused Klein, whose face was covered by the gray fog, to slightly narrow his eyes in suspicion.
'I don't know why but I don't like that tone, is my intuition telling me something?' Klein thought in complete distrust at Chariot's normal tone, but outwardly he just nodded.
"I have found two pages of the Roselle Emperor's Diary and have memorized its contents" Alger said after adjusting his body.
"I have a page," Audrey said as if she were removed from the conversation.
"Pretty good." Klein didn't let his joy or excitement show in his voice.
"Should we <express them> now?" Audrey inquired in a simple tone.
"Yes" Klein simply nodded.
He maintained his stance without any change.
He had to be careful in front of the Spectator.
Adryan watched all this in amusement as a parchment of yellow-brown goatskin and a red fountain brush appeared in front of him, Alger, and Audrey.
Audrey in her Spectator state looked at Chariot, and she was able to read the man with ease.
'He seems very amused and at the same time expectant, as if waiting for the theater show to start.' Audrey analyzed Chariot but when she saw the man grab the pen she did the same.
'Let's see how I do this' thought Adryan seriously as he felt the fountain pen in his hand.
He didn't need to recall the symbols because he understood them so what he did was imbue the emotion of writing normally.
Silently, lines of text began to appear on the goatskin. They all looked well-written but still had a certain ugliness to them. No symbols were missing and the sentences were complete.
'It's not as ugly as Roselle's handwriting but it would be enough...' thought Adryan with satisfaction.
Roselle's handwriting and his weren't that different, both were ugly but Adryan could defend himself that he didn't fully learn it while Roselle was a native speaker.
The Emperor's handwriting did not have the right to be so ugly.
At the same time that he finished writing, Alger and Audrey did as well and all the parchments reappeared in Klein's hands.
'I hope you enjoy those pages as much as I do~' the redhead thought pleased as he watched Klein read.
Looking at the Diary pages sent by the Hanged Man and Justice, he noticed that symbols were missing and wrong.
'Luckily the web novels I read on Quidiam had censored characters so I'm used to this' Klein ignored the <mistakes> and began to read.
_ April 8_
I stood at the Black King's bow and stretched out my arms, saying to Grimm and Edwards.....
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Finishing reading the face of the page, Klein was a bit confused.
'When Emperor Roselle, who was born in the Intis Kingdom, set off on a voyage? The Fog Sea should be the ocean west to the Intis Republic...Yes, I need to use the historical information from the library to cross reference this...' With a plan to visit the library, Klein turned the page.
_October 2_
They actually want me to marry Matilda from the Abel family without even consulting me first! Heavens. I haven't even met her...
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_October 5_
Miss Matilda is very pretty...
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_October 6_
Her personality and demeanor is just my type. I'm starting to look forward to the marriage.
____
'Hey Emperor where is your integrity?' Klein leaned back in his chair, not allowing his emotions to get through the fog.
He looked down at the last sentence on this page.
_October 9_
They called me the Son of Steam. I quite like that.
_____
He was a little disappointed that the information on the first two pages is so little.
But he didn't get puffed up with this, instead, he began to read the third page. This one had content on both sides.
_May 21st_
The Church of the God of Craftsmanship gave me two options, two beginning sequences: One of them is Savant. This is a complete Pathway sequence that they own. The other one is Mystery Prier.....
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_May 22_
My decision was very easy: Savant! .....
______
_May 23_
I have become a Savant...
_____
_ May 24_
...
I have noticed something worth mentioning. When I direct myself as a Savant, doing things that are in line with this role, the mutterings that made me go crazy to have become considerably softer....
_____
'Is this the <Acting> Mr. Zaratul spoke of? Chariot called it <Acting Method> but he also told the risk in using it....'
While reading this Klein realized that there was a big difference between him and Emperor Roselle.
For example, regarding the matter of returning home, Klein considers grasping in-depth knowledge to avoid risk and achieve his goal, while Emperor Roselle prefers to rely on himself and face risks.
'I have to say, I envy people like that sometimes.'
'Perhaps everyone wants things they don't have. Of course, I also have to consider strengthening myself, both things are important...' he thought, sighing a little.
The description given by Roselle had helped him confirm what Chariot had said in the last Tarot Club.
With the pages that Hanged Man and Justice delivered, now only the pages that Chariot had delivered were missing.
Using the corners of his eyes he looked at how Chariot still kept that small smile.
'I feel that there was something in the tone with which he spoke..'
'Does he know that my mask is a fake...
No, that can't be, he may have the guts to annoy the other members but he never went overboard, that will be because he respects me as a great existence....'
Klein didn't know where that mistrust had come from so he sighed internally to calm down.
'Chariot Bullying managed to enter my head...'
He grabbed the first page and began to read.
The first thing he noticed was how the pages delivered by Chariot had no missing or wrong symbols.
'It seems that the pages that Chariot has are complete, unlike those obtained by the other two...'
'I should not rule out that he may also have a better memory than The Hanged Man and Justice'
_ August 7_
Young Beatrice grew up to be a very beautiful woman. She was about 18 years old the last time I saw her.....
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_August 9_
I'm honestly speechless.
Today I attended another of those annoying parties of those damned nobles.....
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_August 12_
Beatrice showed me that she is already a woman and very passionate about it.
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'Emperor where is your code!!!' The corners of his mouth began to quiver a little more forcefully.
'A sexual escapade of Roselle....'
'Why didn't I expect that when I just read how quickly he agreed to marry a stranger just because she was pretty...'
Trying to divert his attention he grabbed the next page.
_November 13_
This is the first and last time I have a threesome with another man!
I don't even know how I agreed to do that in the first place!
I sure drink too many glasses of wine...
For anyone who can understand my Diary please listen to my suffering because what happened last night I don't plan to reveal it to another soul in my life!!
If you understand my diary that means you are a fellow one so I can tolerate revealing this to you...
It all started at the birthday party of the wife of one of the high-ranking men in the government.
Obviously, since I am the protagonist of this era I was invited so I attended because the man's wife is beautiful.
Since I saw her for the first time in Parliament, I knew that she had to be one of my conquests, so when I saw that her husband had gone to talk to his friends, I knew that an opportunity had come.
She turned out to be much more flirtatious than I thought!
The women of Intis are without a doubt special!!
Just when I thought I could finally win her over, her husband came back.
I thought I had lost my chance but something happened that I didn't expect even a woman from Intis to be able to say.
She, with her damn husband by her side, looked me in the eye and said.
"Would you like to have a threesome with us?"
I swear I thought her husband was going to hit me but he just gave me a knowing smile and said.
"My wife is very good with her mouth. You have to try it"
But bastard that's your wife!
You can't just offer it like that!!
The worst thing is that the woman licked her lips and winked at me!!!
What was I supposed to do?!!
After seeing that I accepted without hesitation and I'm sure it was the wine talking!
Without knowing it, I had fallen into his trap.
The three of us left the room where the party was being held and went to his marriage room...
Their damn marriage room!!
It was a bit awkward being naked in front of another man but at least his wife's body had my full attention.
I admit the bastard was right, his wife's mouth is amazing.
Her tongue touched me in ways I didn't know were possible.
With the games finished it was time for the main event.
It kills me to admit it but it was fun and a refreshing experience.
Between men we understand each other after all.
After moving his wife around like a doll for 1 hour the bastard took a break.
It makes sense after all he is a normal person and I am a Sequence 7 Beyonder and the Protagonist of this Era!
So from that moment it was his wife and me.
Having the husband watch me explore his wife's caverns was certainly weird.
After 15 minutes she was showing me the skills of her mouth again and at that moment I made the biggest mistake of my life.
I looked at the ceiling and closed my eyes...
I was so absorbed in her mouth that I didn't realize that her husband had knelt next to her.....
At one point she stopped but it only lasted a few seconds and then she came back with everything.
It seemed that she had become a void that didn't let anything out!!
That's why I couldn't stand it and end up shooting in her mouth.
When I opened my eyes to praise her for her skill, I was met with pure horror...
It wasn't her mouth...
It was his mouth...
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"*Cough*" upon reading that last part Klein couldn't control himself and ended up letting out a soft cough.
This somewhat surprised Audrey and Alger who looked at Mr. Fool wanting to know what was written.
'What great secrets have to be written on those pages to provoke the reaction of a Great Existence!' Alger thought in surprise.
Audrey had snapped out of the Spectator state in surprise and was looking at Mr. Fool waiting for him to say something.
'I almost lost control of my mask! ' Klein thought in much alarm but outwardly he just lowered the page slightly and looked at the trio in front of him.
"Excuse me, this Diary surprised me a bit" he said with a tight little smile that Audrey would have noticed if it weren't for Klein making the fog that covered his face a little thicker.
He looked at Alger with that same smile and this made the man lower his head slightly.
'Why does Mr. Fool stare at me so much?! Did he feel that I thought of him?! Do not meddle in the affairs of Great Existences!' thought the man alarmed.He was praying that Mr. Fool would not take this offense of his very deep.....
But Klein was actually looking at The Hanged Man so he could use the corners of his eyes to look at Chariot.
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