Part 2: The Faceless Men Chapter 111: The Imaginary and the Actual “Familiars”
Queens, Earl Hall’s house, inside the dining room.
According to the usual practice, Audrey was praying before the meal with her father, mother and brother.
”Praise the Goddess!” She nodded four times clockwise on her chest to close with these words.
But before she could speak, a thick gray mist filled her vision, hidden by her eyelids, and a figure that looked down on all that was owned by all spoke in a lofty and majestic voice:
”That is a ‘Blasphemy Card’ made by Rossel.”
Mr. “Fool” …… “Blasphemous Card”? Audrey who finally waited for a response was first delighted, and then slightly stunned, not understanding what the so-called “blasphemous card” actually refers to.
However, she soon had a guess, she always knew that Rossel the Great had made a hidden deck of cards, symbolizing some unknown power, a total of twenty-two cards, is considered to be the tarot card reference object.
And she also heard the “hanging man” said that the secret hidden in the deck of cards is the way of the gods, is the way to become a god!
Originally, it is called “blasphemy card” …… and “blasphemy tablet” corresponds to …… This is absolutely the most mysterious world of the most It’s definitely the best treasure in the mysterious world!
The way of the gods!
No wonder Mr. Fool’s dependents had to ask for help to make sure it was the real one before they acted, lest they made a mistake and didn’t get the right target, and the Church of Steam realized that there was a “Blasphemy Tablet” hidden in one of the bookmarks instead… …
I wonder if he succeeded ……
None of the extraordinary members of the Church of Steam have come to make their routine inquiries, perhaps he is still planning ……
Between hidden tremors in her body, Audrey saw another praying figure, blurred to the extreme, in the thick gray fog.
He was saying respectfully:
”Great Fool, please convey my gratitude to the Validator, which has made my operation very smooth.”
”For this, I am willing to raise the payment to 3,000 pounds, deducted from the 5,000 pounds yet to be paid, which is the other party’s fair share.”
Success? That’s a success? But when I looked at the front pages of the newspapers, there was no news of the theft of the exhibit, it was all about the appearance of the 12th victim of the serial killings. …… Raising the payment to 3,000 pounds means that Mr. Fool’s family’s operation was indeed a success, and that he took the money without anyone noticing. He took the bookmark with the blasphemy card without anyone noticing! That’s pretty cool! Rossel the Great invented this term, which is not elegant, not reserved, not noble, but it’s the only thing I feel right now!
We, the Tarot Society, have the complete Pathway of the Gods!
It should be complete, right?
I wonder which one?
But whatever it is, it symbolizes the path to godhood!
Under the light of Mr. Fool, we will one day become the best and most powerful hidden power!
I wonder if there are any other bookmarks with “blasphemy cards” hidden in them. ……
Audrey controlled her excitement and let the dining maid lay out her napkin with longing and pride.
Her eyes flicked to Earl Hall, who was in the habit of reading the newspaper while she breakfasted:
”Papa, is there any news of note today?”
Earl Hall exclaimed:
”That demon killed another innocent person, the twelfth time, it was a fashion designer who had not been famous for a long time, just because she had worked as a streetwalker a few times when poverty was hard to support, she suffered such a terrible thing.”
”Luckily, this time there were witnesses, someone witnessed the demon committing the bloodshed, heh, he was terrified and kept shouting ‘murder’ ‘help’ in the street, heh, I have to say, his shouts His pleas for help had a very nice effect, and the demon didn’t catch up.”
”The police used this to lock up the suspect and are in an intense manhunt.”
Audrey said as she once again drew the Crimson Moon on her chest:
”May their operation be successful.”
”Dad, from what you just described, that was a scary and funny scene.”
”I hope that witness doesn’t have nightmares afterward because of it.”
On the same night, Mr. Fool’s dependents took the “Blasphemy Sign” from the heavily protected museum without alerting anyone. …… Audrey added yearningly in her mind Audrey added in a wistful voice and filled in some of the details for herself.
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Inside the Kingdom Museum, in the restored study.
”Is it confirmed that only two bookmarks were stolen?” Max Levimore, the leader of the “Mechanical Heart” team, asked his teammates.
As he spoke, he stole a glance at the large figure standing in front of the desk with his back turned.
It was an old man wearing a white priest’s robe and a clergyman’s fedora, the head of the Bakerland Diocese of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, and a member of the Council of Gods, Archbishop Horamik Haydn.
This big man was not only a clergyman, but also a very famous scientist, Professor Emeritus of the Physics Department of Birkeland University.
”Yes, only those two bookmarks were stolen.” The questioned member of the team replied with considerable certainty.
Max nodded gently and looked over at Horamik Haydn, thinking for a moment and asking with deliberation:
”His Excellency the Archbishop, yesterday evening after the closing time, there were some noble children who came to visit, they had touched some of the exhibits, including one of the two bookmarks that were stolen, do we need to make them cooperate with the investigation?”
”This matter is known to me.” Horamik turned his body with his hands naturally lowered and said in a calm tone, “I’ve already confirmed that those noble sons and daughters don’t have any relationship with the thieves who stole the bookmarks, so there’s no need to make them cooperate with the investigation anymore.”
”Yes, His Excellency the Archbishop.” Max himself didn’t think there was any problem, not to mention that Archbishop Hayden had enough occult knowledge and various extraordinary techniques to confirm it.
Horamik, who had a very gentle and kind face, and who likewise did not show the slightest hint of anger at this point, looked around the room and said:
”And there was more than one person here last night, at least two, split into two opposing sides to each other.”
”One of them may even be higher in sequence than me, and the other side strangely escaped.”
”Although I can’t restore the complete scene, there are some things I can ‘see’.”
”Things are more complicated than we thought.”
He sighed as he said this:
”And I can see why they stole the bookmark.”
”We’ve been lied to by Russell for over a hundred and fifty years ……”
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3,000 pounds, what a pain in the ass, I’ve been saving up for so long, it’s less than 1,000 pounds …… However, the “Blasphemy Sign” is priceless, you can’t even get money for it, and “Justice” Ms. Justice’s contribution to this matter is definitely worth that price. ……
Luckily, it’s all deducted from what she owes me, which relieves some of the pressure. In the future, if I run into Mr. Aztec, I’ll pay the 15,000 pounds that belongs to the “Favored Ones” with a high sequence of formulas. …… The rest of the “Blasphemy” cards are priceless, and can’t be exchanged for money. I don’t know what the other “blasphemous cards” have been disguised as, but according to the character of the Great Emperor, they should be quite surprising …… Klein ended his response, looked at the gray fog sea outside the palace, and sighed silently for a few moments.
Prudence, he temporarily left the “Black Emperor” card on the gray fog, left in the “Fool” seat facing the surface of the bronze table, and the same, and Aztec bronze whistle.
When he returned to the real world, he performed a ritual, summoned himself, and threw the “master key”, which was a combination of lost and unlucky, a seal whose negative effects seemed minor, but could be fatal in serious situations, onto the gray fog, intending to be fine without using it.
The “universal key” is just a relic of an unlucky guy who was just promoted to Sequence 9, but it even has this kind of negative impact that even the middle Sequence Extraordinary Person can’t weaken……. It seems that the “apprentice” was out of control at that time, and there was an additional factor. It seems that the “apprentice’s” loss of control at that time had additional factors ah, so there is an unusual place ……
After thinking about it, my previous decision was correct. We should be cautious and prepared for exploring 32 Wilde Street in Bridge South. …… Well, it must be made clear that the effect of a seal is not necessarily related to the sequence of the owner who extracted it, but must take into account a number of factors, such as whether or not it has been contaminated by an evil god. ……
Klein took a shower in the much cooler water, and walked out of the washroom all fresh, and went downstairs to enjoy the corn tortillas he’d picked up on the way, a crunchy, tangy, and sweet specialty of the highlands of the Kingdom of Fenneport.
Satiated, he pushed through last night’s experience to see if he had left any clues for others:
”Even with the ‘master key’, it’s impossible to escape under a demon if you’re not an Extraordinary yourself, and that mysterious and powerful lady at the time must have confirmed that I wasn’t just any private investigator, and I didn’t think I could hide that.”
”The fact that she didn’t take me into custody means that she is either an official person who has a certain goodwill towards wild Extraordinary Persons, or she doesn’t belong to the three major churches not to the military, well, I’m inclined towards the latter point, the former will most likely confiscate the ‘Universal Key’, hey, I was a bit desperate at that time, I thought that I would be treated as an ordinary extraordinary person imprisoned to the underground of the Steam Church, and even already started to think about how to break out of the prison, who knows, she just left like that.”
”What organization was she from? Or the wild ones? No, wild Extraordinary Ones that have reached such a powerful level are bound to have an organization of their own.”
”That demonic dog must have used its extraordinary ability to erase clues related to itself, which naturally includes mine, in the field of the occult, there’s no way to separate them, and that lady is likely unfit for exposure as well, the clues from my escape seem to have been interfered with as well.”
”As for what’s going on in the museum, they’re looking for special spirits, strange beings, what does that have to do with me, Sherlock Moriarty?” Klein chortled to himself, settling more and more inside.
Of course, he’d dared to go home, having divined it beforehand, just as he wasn’t afraid of a completely unsolvable trap within the museum.
Phew, this matter is over …… What are you doing today? Practicing extraordinary abilities and dabbling in food at the Krag Club? Hmm, I wonder if the Night Watchers Substitute Punisher and the others have identified the murderer, should I write another letter to Eisinger Stanton with a slight hint? As his thoughts rolled around, Klein heard someone outside approaching and moving away.
Another letter? Puzzled, he opened the door and saw a letter lying in the letterbox.
The letter was from Eisinger Stanton.