Part 1 Joker Chapter 132: Goodbye “Monster”
After finding a reason for the maids to leave for the time being, Audrey unlocked the door to her room and looked back at Suzie, the big blonde dog that she didn’t know if she still considered her pet, and said:
”Did you hear, uh, or encounter something?”
Suzie, the big blonde dog, crouched stoically and gave a wail that shook the air around her and said:
”Yes, I heard the Earl and a few councilors discussing things in the study, they said that the King and the Prime Minister reached a consensus to abandon their plan to retaliate against the Forsak Empire in a short period of time on the East Coast of Byron, where is the East Coast of Byron?”
Seeing Susie’s amazing progress in mastering the Rune language, Audrey felt more and more complicated, she said in silence for a few seconds, “I’ll give you a map tomorrow ……”
”Okay~” replied Suzie cheerfully, “The King and the Prime Minister think the most important thing to do right now is to move forward with that reform program from earlier, using public exams to determine the government affairs staff, and they’re hoping to get this passed in both the Upper and Lower Houses by October. ”
”Really?” Audrey asked back in surprise.
This was the first thing she had tried to stealthily guide with her powers since becoming a Spectator, and it would fill her with a sense of fulfillment if it turned out to be true!
Susie replied very honestly, “I can’t give you a definitive answer, it’s just what I’ve heard, and I can’t even deeply understand what they mean, after all, I’m just a dog who’s just starting to learn.”
”……” Audrey froze briefly, then burst into a smile and said, “Suzie, you’ve done a marvelous job! Here’s your reward!”
She took out a bag from an ornately decorated cabinet, ripped open the seal, and placed it in front of Susie.
It was a dog cookie made from flour, vegetables, meat and water by Baker’s Landing Caring Pets, and it was Suzie’s favorite snack.
Susie, sitting upright, sniffled and raised one paw, as if considering how to eat in keeping with her current status.
After a few seconds, it gave up thinking and followed its instincts, lunging forward and sprinting to the door of the room with the bag of dried food in its mouth.
Straightening up, it opened the door with one paw and made its way out, ducking into the shadows and grunting as it began to enjoy its snack.
……
On Sunday afternoon, after catching up on the sleep he lacked at home from manning the Charnis Gate, Krynn took a trackless public carriage and arrived at the Wicked Dragon Bar once more.
He had planned to use divination to seek out the “monster” Admiral Admiral and find out the reason for his recent eccentricities, but was interrupted by the sudden loss of control of the Punisher and had to come back today instead.
Passing through the billiard room and entering the underground marketplace, Klein didn’t have to look for Admiral this time, he saw him cowering in the corner, shivering.
This young man with messy and greasy black hair and a pale, ugly face sensed Klein’s approach and instantly covered his eyes and pressed himself against the wall, trying to move to the side door.
But Klein had hurried up quickly, blocking him, and quietly tapped his left tooth twice.
In his psychic vision, Admiral’s aura was quite unhealthy, and no matter which color it was, it was a bit dull, which meant that although the other party had no major illnesses, he was very weak.
At the same time, Klein noticed that the emotional color of the “monster” was clearly fearful and nervous, and the blue color of rational thinking was completely missing.
The surface layer of his astral body expanded from the deepest part of his etheric body, and the color was a uniform transparent colorlessness, as if it was composed of pure light, was this the special characteristic of the “Monster” that he was born with? Klein nodded his head imperceptibly, stared at Admiral’s face, and spoke directly:
”What have you seen and suffered lately? Why are you hiding in a corner, shivering, saying that it’s all dead, all corpses?”
At this, Ademisael lowered his head and looked at his toes, as if he didn’t dare to look directly at the person in front of him.
Trembling in his gray-blue pants and tattered linen shirt, he replied in a panicked voice:
I’m dying, I’m dying! I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die!”
He laughed and cried, and the content of his reply made Klein feel like his thoughts were becoming confused.
Rubbing his temples, Klein asked again in a hushed voice:
”Why are you afraid of me?”
Admiral froze for a few seconds and suddenly crouched down, terrified to the core, and cried out:
”Don’t!”
”Don’t!”
……
A gaze followed, and Klein was instantly embarrassed.
I didn’t do anything to you ah …… Why should I shout as if I was being howled at! He laughed dryly twice, and when he saw that Admiral Mizor was curled up and trembling, just begging for mercy and no more words, he had to pull away from the other party and pretend to be passing by.
Hmm, might have to ask Mr. Azik for advice, except that he left for a vacation in the northern lands of the Forsak Empire last week, and won’t be back until next Thursday or Friday …… Until then, report back to the captain …… Klein covered his mouth and yawned, turning to leave the Underground Trading Market.
After receiving this week’s paycheck, his private money stopped the bleeding back to 8 pounds and 10 Soules, but for those extraordinary materials, it is also still only to take a look, of course, if not afraid of the interest rate is too high, you can go to the boss Svein to do a split loan.
Walking out of the Wicked Dragon Bar and waiting for the public carriage, Klein’s thoughts fanned out on what was next:
”There’s still a week left, the 12 pounds that was drawn at the very beginning will be repaid, and the money taken home will finally be able to reach 3 pounds per week, Melissa will now have no excuse to delay hiring a handyman maid …… The other 3 pounds will be kept hidden for a while longer, and some more private money will be saved up… …”
”Also, as soon as possible, get the ‘Mind Reader’ formula from Duster Guderian or find the appropriate clues, and exchange them for cash from Ms. Justice under the pretext of funding her men …… This can be done through a bank anonymous account to accomplish this, and during the process, I will then use divination methods to do certain interference, which will be very safe and won’t expose my secret ……”
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Getting into the public carriage, Klein didn’t go straight to Blackthorn Security, intending to sit at the Divination Club for two hours first.
This is for the next once again laying itself in the “digestion” of the magic potion thing to make preparations in advance.
Moreover, for Klein, he was also somewhat famous in the “industry” of divination, and there were old customers who came back again, as well as those who referred their friends, so if it happened to be a coincidence, he might even have more than ten businesses in an afternoon.
This gave him an income of about half a pound, even if he only went there basically twice a week, which was not a bad deal for the poor Mr. Fool.
”Ai, it’s a pity that he put his words too well in the first place, and built up his image too perfectly to be able to change the divination fee at will ……” Sitting in the club’s meeting room, Klein thought helplessly while sipping on his Sibel black tea.
With his current fame, even if he charged 4 Soules at a time, there would be plenty of people who would come to divination.
However, as a soothsayer who respected fate, he could only continue to maintain the price of 8 pence.
Although Kraven has now completely digested the magic potion, he is not willing to take the risk of violating the “Diviner’s Code” that he summarized earlier, which includes not using divination to gain extraordinary benefits, after all, he doesn’t know if it will lead to loss of control or something else bad will happen.
–The internal information of the Nightwatchman did not have the concept of “digestion”, so Klein could not judge from it whether there was still a certain risk of violating the corresponding “rules” after digesting the magic potion completely. He could not act against the corresponding “rules”.
Just as he was considering these things, the pretty reception lady Angelica came in, walked next to him, lowered her body, and whispered:
”Mr. Moretti, you have been approached for divination, the ‘Red Onyx’ room.”
”Okay.” Klein had checked before he came to see if it was a good day to be at the club, and got a positive answer from the divination.
He grabbed his half-height silk bowler hat and stepped out of the conference room to see the customer waiting at the door of the “Red Onyx” room.
The customer was a young girl of sixteen or seventeen, dressed in a light blue dress with ruffles, holding a sombrero of the same color, with naturally curly brunette hair, a cute baby-faced face, and pretty, greenish, light blue eyes.
”Elizabeth?” Klein recognized it as his sister’s best friend, Elizabeth, who attended Evers Public School.
He had once helped the other party pick out an amulet and also solved the Selena Magic Mirror Divination incident with the other party’s help.
Elizabeth said with the same face of surprise:
”Mr. Moretti, is it really you? When I saw the name, I wondered if it was you.”
”After all, I’m a fan of the occult.” Klein explained helplessly, then added, “Don’t tell Melissa, well, there’s also Selena.”
How did I meet Elizabeth when my divination results were clearly appropriate for coming to the club? He shook his head in disbelief as he turned to open the door to the “Red Onyx” room.
At the same time, he tapped his left tooth twice.
Entering the room slowly, he took the diviner’s seat and looked up at Elizabeth.
At first glance, his brow furrowed.
The color of this young girl’s aura was tinted with a shadowy green with a hint of light black!
Signs of being haunted by ghosts and spirits …… Klein calmly made a judgment and directly asked:
”Have you been having a lot of nightmares lately, and are some things repeating in your dreams?”
Elizabeth, who had just unlocked the door of her room before she had a chance to sit down, froze in shock and answered only after a long time:
”Yes …… that’s exactly why I came to you.”
Klein leaned back slightly and said, “What dream did you have? From when?”
”Since the last two days of my vacation in the small town of Ramrod, well, my family has a small estate there.” Elizabeth was also half an occultist, and had long recalled the corresponding situation more clearly, “In my dreams I would always meet a knight in black full body armor, he carried a huge broadsword in his hand, and his face was completely covered by the faceplate of his helmet, so that all that could be seen was a pair of eyes that flickered with a reddish light, and all the time he would try to get closer to me, I would be so afraid that I would run away, and the distance was closer than once closer at a time ……”
Klein thought for a moment and asked, “Did you come into contact with antiquities, ancient ruins, or funerary objects and mausoleums two or three days prior to having a similar dream?”
Elizabeth recalled for ten seconds or so and said, “I… I’ve been to the hills near the town of Ramad on those days, and there’s an abandoned ancient castle there.”
This is the standard beginning of a psychic novel …… Klein silently spat out a sentence and pursued the question:
”And did you leave any items behind in the old fort? Or took any items away from the old castle?”
Elizabeth furrowed her pretty eyebrows and asked after a while, not quite sure:
”I was stabbed out of blood by thorns …… Does having blood left behind count?”
Klein nodded solemnly and replied in a hushed voice:
”Counts.”