Part 3 The Traveler Chapter 83 The Voyeur’s Eye
Inside the captain’s room, Gadelia slowly rose from the floor and walked in silence to the full-length mirror next to the bookcase.
In the mirror, the skin on her face was white and smooth, not a single crack could be seen, her ears were normal and small, with no signs of flaring, and her slightly deep purple black eyes were calm and unruffled, as if nothing had happened.
However, Kadriya’s eyes with a bit of mysterious flavor could see more:
Hidden under the skin, not yet completely dissolved, eyeball-like flesh and blood; pain and madness in the rapid fading of the spiritual body; swimming in the surrounding difficult to describe the form of countless illusory things; separated by a number of rooms, cleaned up the deck of the sailors ……
Everything within the range of a few dozen meters was presented in her field of vision in an unobstructed but unusually chaotic manner.
From the day she became a Sequence 5 “Astrologer”, the “Secret Spy” ability has been greatly improved, she can also vaguely see a thick curtain of shadows around her, behind the curtain, there seems to be something watching her, watching all the living beings.
There are no traces of being influenced by Mr. “Fool”, which in turn explains a lot of things …… He, no, k directly pull my mental body into that mysterious space of the ability to weird, strong, hidden, not that demigod-level scepter can be compared to the ……k although wearing the current fashionable clothing, but this can not explain any problem, for this level of existence, in different people’s eyes to present a different image is a very simple thing, and k really look like I’m afraid it will make every direct viewer lose control of death …… Gadelia gazed at herself in the mirror, silently reflecting on what had just happened.
Inevitably, she had some guesses about Mr. Fool’s identity, but they were only guesses, guesses without evidence.
”The fact that K wears a swallow-tailed formal dress doesn’t mean that K is young, not long after his birth, perhaps K’s nature is ancient, even older than the seven gods, the knowledge that I have chased after tells me that before the Cataclysm, there were indeed older gods, and K may have been one of them.” Gadelia muttered silently to herself, turning away from the full-length mirror and walking back to where she had been struggling in pain earlier, picking up the framed glasses that had fallen aside.
She slid the heavy glasses up to her nose, covering her eyes with a deep purple tint, and everything that wasn’t part of her normal vision quickly disappeared from “in front” of her.
Gloria stood there, once again contemplating what Mr. Fool and the so-called Tarot would do for her.
Unconsciously, a tall figure appeared in her mind, and the words that she could never forget echoed in her ears:
”Leave, your fate is not with me.”
Is this my destiny, Your Majesty? Gadelia closed her eyes.
……
Above the gray mist, inside the ancient, majestic palace.
Klein tapped his fingers on the edge of a long, mottled table, causing the tarot cards on it to disappear.
He was thinking about the aftermath of the “Star General” joining the Tarot Club:
”If there’s no other way, I might really have to break away from the safe channel and enter that ocean derived from the ruins of the Divine War in order to search for the mermaid’s song, and at that time, the ‘Hidden One’ who fears the ‘Fool’ and can be controlled by me to a certain extent is obviously more powerful than Iceberg Lieutenant. ‘ is obviously more reliable than Iceberg Lieutenant General Edwina and the rest of them as collaborators, and borrowing her ship is safer …… Well, Mr. ‘Inverted Hangman’ is the alternative.
”‘General Above the Stars’ is a member of the Moss Ascetic Order and holds a lot of knowledge, which is helpful to the Tarot Society, but in my case, there is a certain amount of hidden danger, and Mr. ‘Fool’ has an image that is built on a high level of sophistication …… later, have to be more cautious, resolutely do not do not pretend to understand the answer, not sure of the time would rather ambiguous a little bit, or even adopt the God’s stick type of treatment, of course, in order to completely solve the similar problem, must be as soon as possible to improve their own, as soon as possible to become a high sequence of strong people, the strength to be worthy of the level, the level of the level of the level to match the bits and pieces of the grid.
”With such a Sequence 5 level, with many strong men under him joining, the overall strength of the Tarot Society is already not low.
”After getting the ‘Scepter of the Sea God’, I don’t have to worry about such a Tarot Club member being too strong and prone to problems.
”I hope that one day in the future, ‘Star Above General’, a member of the Moss Ascetic Society, will become an important helper for me to take revenge on the ‘Hidden Sage’.”
Klein exhaled and his figure disappeared above the gray mist.
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Berkland, at the bottom of St. Samuel’s Church.
A red-gloved night watchman held a telegram and entered the temporary office assigned to them.
”Captain, there’s been a situation in Enmat Harbor.” He said to “Requiemist” Soest with a slight excitement.
Soest stroked the hair on his right sideburn and said:
”What is it?”
”A new situation with that ‘Fool’, the one the Aurora Council is looking for.” The team member with the telegram handed over the paper in his hand.
His reply instantly drew the attention of several Red Gloves present, including the dark-haired man with green pupils in the corner, who had his chair cocked up, his feet resting on the table, and his bowler hat covering his face as if he were taking a nap.
Thorst took the telegram, glanced at it, and instantly laughed:
”Someone who falsely claimed to be one of his dependents and attempted to swindle him was struck dead on the spot by a bolt of lightning after chanting his honorable name.
”There really is a hidden existence called ‘The Fool’ ah ……”
The dossiers related to the two tarot rituals and the “Fool” had been handed over to Souster’s Red Glove Squad, who were in charge of the investigation, but there were no clues in this matter, and they didn’t pay much attention to it because they had other tasks on their hands.
”‘The Fool’ has the ability of the Lightning Field?” Leonard Mitchell said as he removed the black bowler hat covering his face.
”Who knows? If he’s the incarnation of an old friend, preparing the appropriate magical items in advance could do something similar, it’s not without precedent in the past, especially with those pseudo-gods on the southern continent and the colonized islands… Oh, and that liar falsely claimed that ‘The Fool’ was the ‘Lord of Storms ‘ incarnation, which is probably why he was struck to death by lightning and not the other way around.” Thorst leisurely tossed the telegram aside.
Leonard glanced at it, gathered his feet, half-sidestepped his body, and laughed softly:
”Not going to look into it?”
”How can I find out? You disguise yourself as an ignoramus and chant his honorable name?” Thorst snorted.
It’s very likely that I’ll catch the tail of that “Fool”, but I’m basically saying goodbye to this world, my “Nightmare” digestion is progressing well, I’ve just gotten another good thing, and there are still a lot of sequences ahead of me, so how can I afford to sleep peacefully? Leonard stroked his hair down and said:
”Can we get a couple of death row inmates to try it out?”
”But he’s perfectly capable of not responding as well.” Solstice shook her head.
”It could start with those two cases involving Tarot rituals, which I’m getting the feeling have something to do with the ‘Fool’, first of all, the ‘Fool’ itself is the main card of the Tarot deck, and secondly, the organization that’s looking for, or wanting, his familiars is the Aurora Society, and the first case involving a Tarot ritual was the Lanlus case, and the Aurora Society’s attempt to bring down the ‘True Creator’ was thus derailed.” Leonard said as he pulled on his black vest and got up.
Solstice thought hard and said:
”With the leads on the other cases just about broken, we don’t have anything we need to work on for a while, so you can try to focus on the two Tarot Ritual cases.”
”Sure.” Leonard responded with a smile.
This was exactly the effect he wanted to achieve, to gain freedom of movement for a certain period of time with the help of a case that no one cared about whether or not the results were found.
……
At 2:50 p.m., Forsyth shivered as she returned to her lodgings from the chilly streets.
It wasn’t that she wanted to go out in this damp, cold weather, but the family’s stockpile of food had been depleted, and Hugh had chased after a fugitive toward Prize Harbor in order to capture a fugitive for a bounty, and there was no telling when he would be able to return home.
”She always instinctively pursues and captures fugitives, and sort of plays the part ……” Forsyth said, clutching the large kraft bag, and habitually pulling out the key to open the mailbox, and grabbing out the letters and bills inside.
Entering her room, putting away her food, and taking off her tightly wrapped thick coat, Voorhees looked through the letters.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up as a letter came from her teacher, Dorian Gray.
After she was promoted to “Master Juggler”, she first wrote this matter in a letter and mailed it to Dorian Gray, hoping to get her teacher’s congratulations and subsequent guidance, but after several days passed, she never waited for a reply, and for a moment she was a bit worried, thinking about whether or not to go to Pritzker Harbor to take a look.
Voorhees quickly opened the envelope and skimmed through it:
”…… I apologize for not answering the letter until now, I was away from Port Pritz for a while earlier, for a bit of a relative’s funeral.
”…… Your talent pleases me, perhaps those stories hidden in your heart have helped you to accomplish a better play, when you have digested the ‘Master Juggler’ potion, I will provide you with the Sequence 7 ‘ Astrologer’ recipe and certain materials, but also will send you a gift ……
”…… The play of ‘Master Juggler’ focuses on the words ‘perform’ and ‘fool’. ‘ two words, ‘fool’ can also be replaced by ‘deceive’, this is all things that have been verified by generations of extraordinary people …… You can refer to the ‘Swindler’ and ‘Magician’ of the other pathway, the meanings of their names are similar in some ways ……”
Forsyth sighed in relief, glanced up at the wall clock, and walked quickly back to his bedroom, unlocking the door.
The weekly tarot session was coming up.
It wasn’t long before a crimson glow surged like water before her eyes, flooding everything.
Inside the ancient, mysterious palace, Forsyth was about to look over at Mr. Fool when he suddenly caught sight of a figure at his side.
That seat had been empty before!
A new member? A lady? “Forsythe the Magician’s eyes twitched, and he half-turned his body, pretending not to care.
A new member? A lady…… Miss Justice was about to rise to greet Mr. Fool when she suddenly saw an unfamiliar figure.
She was puzzled and expectant when she realized that the female was on the same side and the male on the other side.
This should be Mr. Fool’s intentional division, I do not know if there is any symbolic meaning in it. …… Well, on the left side is a lady, on the right side is a man, and on the left and right side is the deity “Fool”, who can not be defined by gender. “Mr., ah yes, there is also Mr. “World” …… Oh, is he also not male or female, or even not human? Audrey, you think too much …… “Justice” stood up and saluted in a brisk tone:
”Good afternoon, Mr. ‘Fool’~”