Part 2 The Faceless Man Chapter 237 – Dividing the Money
With the help of the ceremony, Klein handed over the 2500 pounds in cash and the gold-colored antique mask provided by the “Hanged Man” to Miss Justice, and using the image of the “World” prayer, he urged the other party to complete the transaction as soon as possible. I asked the other party to complete the transaction as soon as possible.
In these two weeks, I used almost 5,000 pounds, if I do not leave Tingen, this money is enough to retire, and usually live on the level of the landlady’s family …… dolls ruined his life, drinking drugs poor three generations ah …… Klein looked at the restored Silence of the infinite fog and the ancient palace, quite a bit frustrated, as if he had lost something important.
He calmed down for a few seconds, returned to the real world, picked up the remaining 830 pound bills on the desk, and purposely counted out six 5 pound denominations.
Crane then placed the 30 pounds in cash into his completely deflated money clip and solemnly tucked it into the inside pocket of his clothing.
The other 800 pounds he divided into two bent stacks, one in each of his right and left coat pockets.
Immediately afterward, Klein pulled open a drawer and extracted two of the five deep-sea naga hairs that he had brought back to the real world in advance, wrapped them in layer after layer of paper, and carefully packed them into the concealed pockets of his clothing.
With that done, he grabbed his hat and cane and headed for the street corner in the glow of the night’s gas lamps, taking a horse-drawn carriage and heading straight for the Bravehearts’ Pub in the Birkeland Bridge area.
In the loud and boisterous environment, Crane held on to his glass of Southwell ale before slogging his way through the waves of boxers cheering him on, leaving the bar, and getting into a hired carriage.
Feeling the roll of the wheels, he purposely closed his eyes when the movement of a window being tapped suddenly rang in his ears.
Klein’s facial muscles moved slightly, and opening his eyes, he looked ahead to see the pale, delicate-looking Miss Sharon already sitting quietly across the room.
Not waiting for the other party to ask, Klein smiled and said:
”I sold the information you provided last time for a good price, the one about the Amon family mausoleum.”
Sharon didn’t say a word, staring at him levelly in silence.
Klein leaned back on his cane and removed two wads of cash and a small ball of paper from his coat pocket.
”Eight hundred pounds plus two hairs from a deep-sea naga, for a total value of around a thousand pounds, which is what you should get.” Klein sucked in a silent breath and handed over the cash and the ball of paper with a smile.
Sharon glanced at him and reached out to take both items.
She lowered her head and looked at the items in her hand, her voice drifting and disembodied as she asked:
”How much did you sell them for?”
”Two thousand pounds, half each.” Klein let out a soft laugh.
If the “Mechanical Heart” had only paid 1500 pounds as originally planned, then I would have owed a portion of it …… he thought thankfully.
Sharon’s bloodless palm flipped over, and the cash and the paper ball were nowhere to be found.
She raised her head, gave a “hmmm” and asked succinctly:
”What’s in the mausoleum?”
”I don’t know, I didn’t go.” Krynn did not reveal the help of the magic mirror Arodes.
In this moment, he felt that if he described the experience in detail, Ms. Sharon would definitely listen intently with one hand on her cheek, as she had done before.
This “soul” lady seems to have a hobby of watching scene drama and listening to all kinds of rumors …… Klein summed it up.
Sharon’s expression did not change, and she said after a few seconds of silence:
”Someone is digging a passage to get to the underground ruins.”
”Huh?” For a moment, Klein couldn’t react to which thing the other party was talking about.
But soon he understood what place Sharon was referring to with the underground ruins in her words.
There was only one underground relic that both of them knew about, and that was the relics of the Tudor Dynasty of the Fourth Age, in which a terrifying evil spirit existed!
Someone was digging a passageway and wanted to enter that underground building? Klein pondered for a few seconds, and suddenly inspiration struck him:
”That what from the Baron?”
He had forgotten the name of the hidden one who was a descendant of the Tudor dynasty, he only remembered that he also had a title of slave baron and lived on West Velas Street, where the Birkeland Police Department was located.
”Uh-huh.” Sharon replied in the affirmative.
”What was he trying to find? Doesn’t he know there’s an evil spirit in there? Doesn’t he know that all of their family’s previous Extraordinaires have died in there?” Klein asked several questions as if to himself.
Sharon sat quietly poised and answered seriously:
”I don’t know if he knows.”
”How long before …… he digs through?” Klein asked with deliberation.
”Two to three months, he’s alone for now.” Sharon gave her judgment.
Whew, Klein exhaled with a small amplitude and said:
”There’s no need to rush this, when I’m ready, we’ll go ‘visit’ him together.”
With that said, he smiled and explained:
”You know, I like to be well prepared in advance.”
I won’t get involved in anything else until I’m promoted to Faceless Man.” He admonished himself in his mind.
”Good.” Without asking him what he had to do to prepare, Sharon’s figure quickly faded and disappeared into the compartment.
Klein smoothly leaned back against the compartment wall, feeling nothing but relief.
The materials for the “Faceless Man” magic potion had already been ordered and were waiting to be “shipped”…… The external debt had also been paid off, so there was no need to worry about anything else… …His mood is like the precipitation of sparkling wine, occasionally there is a little bit of joy silent upsurge.
The only bad thing was that …… Klein touched his left breast, where the dried up money clip was.
He sighed and muttered to himself without making a sound:
”Only 30 pounds cash plus 5 gold coins and some change left ……”
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Thursday afternoon.
Audrey Hall waits in her study for Ms. Yslante to arrive.
–After obtaining the reply from the “Inverted Man” and the “World”, she immediately sent a servant to deliver a letter to Yslante.
The content of the letter was very ordinary, that is, she hoped that the second psychology class of this week would be advanced to Thursday, while in fact, Audrey had already agreed with Yslante that once she expressed a similar meaning, it would mean that the other party to the deal agreed to the conditions.
Tick tock, the wall clock on the wall ticked briskly as Yslante, whose long hair reached her waist, entered the room, carrying several textbooks.
Audrey instantly gave Suzie a look, and the big blonde dog leapt out, slightly reluctantly, and flopped down into the nearby shadows, observing the people coming and going.
Yslante closed the door to his study and looked around the room slowly before sitting down across the small white round table and setting down his textbook.
”Are they paying money, or magical items?” The member of the Psycho-Alchemy Society asked, lowering his voice.
”One gave 2500 pounds outright, and one offered magical items.” Audrey spoke briskly as she removed a clean white cardboard box from her medium orange handbag, the outside of which was covered with a wall of spirituality.
Undoing the wall of spirituality, she opened the lid of the box, allowing the gold-colored antique mask to be revealed.
Then, she repeated the flaws and effects of the mask as it was.
Frankly speaking, when she got this magical item, she was curious and wanted to try out the effects, after all, this was the first magical item she had officially touched, but in the end, she restrained herself, she didn’t want to become cold.
”Value is basically equal.” Yslante tried, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Pausing for two seconds, she pulled out the thickest copy of the textbook and flipped to page 48.
The center section of this textbook had been hollowed out, holding a palm-sized iron box and a rolled up piece of parchment.
”Human Skin Phantom Properties …… ‘Wind Favors’ Magic Potion Recipe ……” Yslante displayed as he introduced it.
Audrey’s eyes went to the diamond-like trait, and was rather dizzy by the faces formed by the light and shadows inside.
This, this is a bit of restraint “audience” ability ah …… This is the “world” Mr. sequence path? No wonder …… Audrey averted her eyes and surveyed the potion formula:
”Sequence 6, ‘Wind Familiars’, main ingredients: six crystallized feathers of the Blue Shadow Falcon, a pair of eyeballs of the Dragon’s Eye Sea Eagle ……”
Before Audrey had a chance to scrutinize the secondary materials, Yslante had rolled up the parchment just in time.
With that, she rearranged the iron box’s spiritual wall, closed the textbook, and pushed the heavy book towards Audrey.
Audrey pressed the book, but not in time to hand over the gold-colored antique mask and the 2,500 pounds in cash to Yslante.
Meeting the other party’s puzzled gaze, she said with a light smile as she was prepared:
”The other party is worried that the characteristics do not match, afraid that the formula is fake, hope to do the verification first.
”And until the validation is complete, the money and things are kept by me, placed in my place, they all think I’m very reputable, and I don’t want to lose that reputation.”
”I understand their concerns.” Yslante said after a moment, “We trust you just as much.”
The money and goods were in the hands of her own members anyway, and with an open heart, she wasn’t worried about being cheated at all.
Moreover, Ms. Audrey was rich and prestigious, and she was trustworthy as a guarantor. …… Yslante thought with relaxation.
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Above the gray mist, inside the ancient palace.
Klein held a pendulum in his hand, divining the authenticity of the formula for the “Wind Favored One” magic potion.
He didn’t want to lose the most experienced and powerful member of the Tarot Club, Mr. “The Hanged Man”, through negligence.
When he opened his eyes and saw the citrine pendant turning clockwise, Klein sighed in relief and sent his thoughts to the crimson star symbolizing Mr. Inverted Man.
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The City of Generosity.
Algernon first saw the endless gray mist, and then heard the low but distant words of Mr. Fool:
”Ms. ‘Justice’ has completed the transaction.”
In front of Alger’s eyes, an illusory parchment appeared, on which was written the recipe for the magic potion “Wind Favored One”.
With Mr. “Fool” at his disposal, he had no doubts about the authenticity of the formula and bowed his head respectfully, saying thank you.
When the “illusion” dissipated, he immediately found a pen and paper and wrote down the magic potion formula.
Then, he paced back and forth in a slightly agitated manner, muttering silently to himself:
”The Blue Shadow Falcon …… is on that primitive island ……”
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After finishing the matter of the “inverted man”, Klein had the time to check the human skin of his own shadow characteristics.
After confirming that it was real, he relaxed against the back of his chair and exhaled happily:
”Finally ……”
After three seconds, Klein sat up and decided to make the “Faceless Man” potion tonight without delay!