Part 1. The Joker Chapter 115: The Fraudster
”My name shall not be recited without my permission.”
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When the party had been over for several minutes, Audrey and Alger, who had returned to their own bedrooms and the captain’s cabin, still seemed to have the words the Fool had just uttered echoing in their ears.
In their impression, the mysterious and powerful Mr. Fool was either relaxed, calm and bland, or difficult to speculate on, and seldom displayed such a solemn, condescending attitude.
And it was precisely because of this that the two of them were strangely frightened and willing to obey from the bottom of their hearts:
Words in a similar style were not unfamiliar to them, but they were all recorded in the Apocalypse of Night, in the Book of Storms!
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Daffodil Street, West End, Tingen.
Klein pulled back the curtains and let the golden sunlight into the bedroom.
After Justice and the Hanged Man had left, he examined the Star again, but this time he got no information.
Based on the fact that the Crimson Star had the ability to save prayers, almost like an offline message, Klein believed that the giant-speaking teenager hadn’t prayed in the last two intervals that he had been above the gray mist.
It made him wonder if the other’s parents were hopeless and chose to give up ……
Turning his back to the sun, Klein walked over to the bed and snapped down, not wanting to move a muscle.
He knew he should catch up with the Divination Club and continue the process of digestion, but still, he didn’t want to move, he just wanted to lay there quietly and enjoy a rare day of rest.
Tuesday through Friday, his daily schedule was very full, with occult lessons and corresponding practices in the morning, shooting practice and fighting practice in the afternoon, exhausting him to the point where he had little energy in the evening, and on Saturday, the morning was unchanged, and in the afternoon he began his turn at Channis Gate, eating and drinking underground, and had to keep it up until the early hours of Sunday morning.
Sunday morning belonged to Klein’s time to catch up on sleep, and in the afternoon, depending on the situation, he decided whether to go to the Divination Club or not, Monday morning, he had just run to Hoy University, and in the afternoon, he had to gather the members of the Tarot Club as well as think about the matter of playing a diviner, in short, he was busy all week, and there was not much opportunity for rest and relaxation, after all.
So, at this moment, Klein just wanted to be decadent for once and stay at home like a salted fish, doing nothing and thinking about nothing, purely fuming.
”No way, as a ‘cult’ organization BOSS how can I be so bereft, if Miss Justice and Mr. Inverted Man know about this, their three views will be shattered ……” Klein buried his face in the covers and puffed himself up.
”I have the recipe for Joker’s Magic Potion, just waiting for Diviner’s Magic Potion to be completely digested …… I have the recipe for Joker’s Magic Potion, just waiting for Diviner’s Magic Potion to be completely digested ……”
He muttered a few words and violently rolled over, sitting up.
Pulling a brass-colored coin out of his pants pocket, Klein quickly divined if today was a good day to go to the club and received a positive answer.
”Five, four, three, two, one!”
Counting down, he forced himself to stand up straight and walked toward the coat rack, removing his tuxedo jacket and half-height silk bowler hat.
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Howells Neighborhood, inside the Divination Club meeting room.
Klein sat in a shady corner, sipping a Sippy black tea and flipping through the Tingen City Honest Man newspaper, surrounded by a handful of members, only so many as half a dozen.
Just as he was being amused by the faulty grammar of a job posting, Grassis, wearing a monocle and holding a silk bowler hat, walked in, accompanied by a lady in her thirties in a long blue stand-up dress.
The lady had arched eyebrows, large eyes but not enough eyes, and in her left hand she was clutching a black velvet Intis cap full of feathers and shaped like a helmet.
It was an exaggerated hat. Wasn’t her neck sore from wearing it? Crane noticed something and looked over, and pinched his brow twice in passing, as if relieving his fatigue.
In his psychic vision, Gracias and the lady with the turquoise eyes were physically healthy but emotionally anxious, angry and flustered.
”Good afternoon, Gracias, that Mr. Lanlus really isn’t trustworthy, is he?” Klein asked without rising, smiling slightly.
The last time, Grassis, who had just recovered from a lung disease, had approached him to divine a matter about investing in Langelus Steel Company, and got the result of not good enough not to advise.
But Klein, looking at the other party’s hesitation, felt that he would most likely still choose to take a risk, and at most no longer press his entire fortune, so now, after seeing the color of his emotions, he immediately made a connection and made a judgment.
Gracchus was first stunned, then flooded with a bitter smile and said:
”I really regret not following your divination advice, heh, this is the second time I’ve said this, hopefully, no, I firmly believe there won’t be a third time.”
He turned his head sideways to the lady with a slight crow’s feet at the corners of her eyes:
”Ms. Christina, you see, Mr. Moretti knew what we were up to before we even opened our mouths, he is the most amazing soothsayer I have ever seen, I prefer to describe him as a soothsayer.”
”Good afternoon Mr. Moretti, it is because of the matter of Lanlus that we have come.” The lady called Christina curtsied briefly, looking a little flustered and anxious.
”Shall we go to the Citrine Room?” Gracius was relatively calm and pointed with his chin to the door of the conference room.
Klein smiled and rose:
”This is the work of a Diviner.”
He walked down the aisle to the door and entered the unoccupied citrine room.
Gracias unlocked the wooden door and sighed as he made his way to his seat:
”Lanlus has disappeared, he left Tingen under the pretense of going to West Vilas County to oversee the mining of minerals and never returned, we sent a man over on a steam train to look for him and found that the large iron mines of what he called high quality only existed on the drawings. What makes me feel thankful is that I thought of your divination advice and ended up investing only a third of the original amount or I would have lost my family and my life.”
Klein’s eyes looked deeper than usual at the two men and asked with mild curiosity:
”To make such a major investment decision, shouldn’t you elect representatives and go to the Honchos Mountains in West Vilas County to verify it on the ground once?”
Christina replied rather quickly:
”Our representatives were confused, confused by the temporary personnel hired by Lanlus, the temporary rented place, and the temporary fenced land.”
Without further questioning, Klein maintained his soothsayer’s posture and said:
”What do you wish to divine?”
”I wish to divine whether this matter can still be undone.” Christina glanced at Gracias and spoke.
Klein took the paper and pen:
”Then let’s do astrological divination, I’ll ask and you guys answer.”
Between one question and one answer, Klein labeled the Thunder Constellation in the corresponding position, labeled the symbols of various situations, and completed the event astrolabe.
Compared to ordinary people’s astrolabe divination, he utilized more elements and interpreted them in a way that was closer to the truth.
”Ladies and gentlemen, you are now at a fork in the road, if you are greedy, panicky, and don’t know moderation, you will fall further into the abyss, and you will never be able to get out of it again, but if you can be patient, wait, persevere, and stop being greedy, you will turn the corner, and you will see the sunshine …… “Klein said not too fast and not too slow.
”I see.” Christina nodded slowly and thought for a moment, “Mr. Moretti, can you divine the whereabouts of Lanlus?”
”No, I’m afraid that’s not possible, the information left behind by Lanlus is most likely fake, even his name might not be real, how can I divine it? Unless, you can get very detailed real information about him, or provide personal items.” Klein answered truthfully.
Crestina was silent for a while, and took out a 1 Sol bill and pushed it to Klein:
”I’ve heard Gracias mention that you are a true diviner who fears fate and doesn’t crave money, the rest is considered a tip for the club.”
”Thank you for giving me confidence.”
She stood up, politely excused herself, and left at a brisk pace.
Not greedy for money …… No, I am vulgar! Klein kind of regretted pretending to be some kind of godly man before.
Witnessing Christina’s departure, Gracias closed the door to his room and turned back to ask again:
”Is there really no way?”
”What I just said is the way.” Klein leaned back with a smile.
”Hey ……” Grassis sighed, “Lanlus rolled up over 10,000 pounds of money with over 100 victims, luckily I only lost 50 pounds, just my savings and no debt, and Lady Christina invested £150, which is not an easy amount for her to take on.”
”Have you called the police?” Crane heard the figure of £10,000, and was suddenly filled with a feeling of indignation against the fraudulent gentleman.
Such a sum would have made a rich man, even in Birkeland.
Just simply searching for someone, I wonder if the police will get help from the night watchman, the vicarious punisher or the Mechanical Heart …… Klein thought in a frenzy of thought.
Gracias nodded heavily:
”We have already called the police, and the police are taking it very seriously, after discussion, we are willing to take out a portion of the recovered money as a reward, whoever can provide relevant clues about Lanlus’s whereabouts, once verified as valid, will receive a reward of 10 pounds, and if they can give exact information about the hideout and help the police catch Lanlus, they can even reap 100 pounds of Cash!”
10 pounds for a clue? 100 pounds for catching Lanlus? Klein’s eyes nearly glazed over and his breathing was heavy as he listened.
At this moment he was worrying about the source of subsequent detective expenses:
This week’s extra pay of £3 plus the rest of his personal money would just about cover the second installment, but if that Detective Henry could complete two commissions as soon as next week, his extra weekly pay would be a bit insufficient for the tail portion of the payment, falling short by a couple of soules, assuming of course there was nothing else that required the use of his personal money in the meantime.
It might be possible to get Llanerus’s belongings from the police, but it wouldn’t do any good if he had actually left Tingen already. …… Klein sighed momentarily in anticipation and anticipation.
In the next hour and a half, because of Angelica’s recommendation, there were two more people who came to Klein for “counseling”, one of them was for a child who had just turned 1 year old, Klein drew the birth astrolabe directly, and convinced the other person to be happy and satisfied.
Another was looking for an object, and Klein used tarot divination combined with dream divination to give him a general range, which made him very surprised, because he had never seen a diviner who gave such precise information.
”Maybe I can save up for the missing portion of the final payment just by giving a divination.” Crane, who had given the tip, put on his hat and took hold of his cane, and thought as he made his way to the door of the club.
Just then he saw the lady Christina from before re-enter, accompanied by a young girl in a ruffled hat.
Christina saw Klein and immediately greeted him, lowering her voice and asking:
”Mr. Moretti, you said before that if there are items related to Lanlus, you can try to divine his whereabouts?”
”That is correct.” Klein nodded.
Christina took a breath and asked in a deep voice:
”Then does his child count as a relevant item?”
Huh? Klein was actually a little confused for a moment.