Part 4 The Undead Chapter 87 Feedback
In the light and soothing melody, Klein and Hazel were dancing, one of them had a straight figure, the other one was slim and tall, except for the age difference which seemed a bit big, no matter the rhythm of the movement, or the temperament and appearance, all of them were very compatible, extremely beautiful, and it could almost be used as a demonstration teaching.
Klein took the initiative to break the atmosphere of silence, in the midst of a light turn, said in a seemingly casual manner:
”I always had nightmares a while ago, luckily I have the blessing of the Goddess, after praying a few times in the church and drinking a few cups of holy water, I stopped waking up in the middle of the night.”
Hazel lifted her eyes in silence and said after a two-second interval:
”What kind of nightmares?”
Surprisingly interested in this topic …… Will Onsettin said it was not a problem at all …… Klein responded with a smile:
”Being inside an abandoned and dilapidated church, and then being chased by various monsters.
”But the things in the dream, you should also be clear, always unable to remember the details, I have difficulty describing exactly what those monsters look like.”
Hazel didn’t say anything, but disapproval was written within her bright dark brown eyes.
In other words, she didn’t think it was always impossible to remember things in dreams.
Klein embraced her with a diagonal step and smiled:
”Indeed, I’ve had very clear dreams before.
”At that time, when I was still in the Southern Continent, I dreamed of an inverted mausoleum, consisting of dark boulders stretching down into the earth, and of living corpses with white feathers coming out to take me in.
”I had similar dreams for several days in a row, which was a bit humiliating to say the least, and I was so scared that I panicked and traveled to a nearby city and found a club of soothsayers who were asked to interpret my dreams for me, and came to the conclusion that I may have offended a tribe’s belief in the dead on one of my acquisitions of specialty products.
”Strangely enough, when I went to that tribe and apologized, offered gifts, and participated in one of their celebrations, I never had that dream again.”
The above was all made up by him from the perspective of a soothsayer, in order to arouse Hazel’s interest and see if she would unconsciously reveal something, and at the same time, it was a subtle suggestion that would not arouse suspicion, with the implicit meaning that Hazel, if she had ever been disturbed by a dream, would be better off to seek out a member of a soothsayer’s club or a church pastor to have her dream interpreted, and not to blindly believe in the dream herself and reckless attempts.
-When Will Onsettin mentioned that Hazel had a bit of a problem and that he could talk to her about dream-related topics, Klein suspected that the contradictory points the other party displayed might have originated from the continuous dreams, otherwise it would be hard to explain why she was severely lacking in common sense and blindly arrogant about the mysterious world when she clearly had at least Sequence 8’s strength, and, moreover, she is an upper class young lady who receives family education, it should be difficult for her to come into contact with wild, unexplained extraordinary people, after all, her father belongs to the members of the House of Commons who are sure to be protected, and there shouldn’t be a lack of extraordinary people around her.
So Klein thought that Hazel had most likely come into contact with some item, or because of her personality, she had been seen by some powerful person, and through the way of dreams, she had been guided step by step to become an Extraordinary Person without being given the necessary common sense, and at the same time, she had been lured to go digging inside the sewers in search of something.
There were two factors that made him more certain about this speculation: Will Onsettin’s words, and the fact that Sequence 5 of the “Stealer” pathway was called the “Dream Stealer”, which did not, and could not, only have the extraordinary ability of stealing thoughts of actions!
Hazel quietly listened to Dawn Dantes, mouth subconsciously opened, and then closed again, after nearly ten seconds before saying:
”Why didn’t you go to the Church of the Goddess then?”
Sure enough, there was a reaction to the dream topic, but it was still prudent and did not reveal anything …… Klein said with a bitter smile:
”There is no church of the Goddess in that neighborhood yet, it belongs to the region that believes in the God of Steam and Machinery.”
Hazel did not continue the subject, returning her attention to the dance itself, seemingly immersed in the music.
Krynn was equally quiet, wandering with the girl to the beautiful melody.
A dance over, he returned Hazel to her original spot, then headed to the long table area to get a sweet iced tea out of thirst.
That’s when he saw Bishop Elektra enjoying a glass of red wine there.
–Unlike the Church of the Storm and the Church of the God of War, the clergy of the Goddess of Darkness, all of whom were not allowed to abuse alcohol and had to refuse distilled spirits, could drink champagne, beer, and red and white wine in small quantities.
”Well? This should be your first time holding such a grand ball, right?” Bishop Elektra smiled and raised his glass.
Klein responded with a smile:
”It’s troublesome and, well, interesting, the biggest problem is that dancing so many dances in one breath always makes one tired, sweating all the time and wanting to drink water.”
Bishop Elektra chuckled:
”Come Berklander, don’t cut back on your physical exercise, there are times when social situations are more exhausting than you think.”
Speaking with a derisive expression, he said:
”Ms. Olori was quite complimentary of you, believing that your insides are good enough to match your outsides.”
……Thanks for her affirmation……Klein couldn’t find other words to respond for a moment, so he could only respond in a joking manner:
”A person’s inner self cannot be seen by a single dance.”
Not waiting for Bishop Elektra to show a smile that all men understand, he turned to say:
”Bishop, I have recently meddled in a business deal that may offend a certain powerful gentleman, and I am a little concerned.”
He was referring to the matter of the Cowiem Company and Baron Sindras.
Bishop Elektra sipped his red wine and said:
”Don’t worry, Berkland is a place of law, and besides, the Goddess will protect you.”
”That reassures me, praise the Goddess!” Klein earnestly drew a Crimson Moon on his chest.
As he waited for Bishop Elektra to head for the dance floor, his gaze sank and he sighed silently.
It wasn’t that he was cringing or hating anything, but he was feeling a bit guilty, at least up until now, the Church of Darkness had been treating him quite well, and although there was money involved, he did give a lot of help, and was even willing to provide a certain amount of shelter, and yet, he was planning on how to deal with the Inner Watchers, and how to steal the item by hiding it from the sealed core behind the door of the Charnis.
Hey, if this plan must take a long time to complete, then it really must be timed for psychotherapy, or else there will still be problems on the mental side of things …… Klein examined his own emotions, and shook his head slightly unnoticeably.
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Chorwood District, inside a house.
Hugh put the large Fernbolt pie and Dixie Bay sweet iced tea he had bought back on the table and said to Voorhees:
”Don’t eat this kind of food too often, it’s not very healthy.”
”Why do you say that?” Voorhees took a piece of pie studded with fruit and ham meat and took a bite.
”I read it in a magazine, and as a bounty hunter, staying in shape is an essential thing.” Hugh hesitated, but grabbed a piece of pie and brought it to his mouth.
Forsyth snorted:
”You are an extraordinary person who favors combat, not an ordinary bounty hunter who doesn’t need to be too deliberate to keep in shape.
”Perhaps, you missed your last chance to grow taller because of that, ah yes, I’ve heard that the ‘warrior’ pathway is effective in making people taller, just look at those barbarians in Forsak.”
Hugh was stunned, and suddenly sighed:
”But I was born half ‘Arbiter’, I can’t become a ‘Warrior’.”
Obviously, she had seriously considered it.
Seeing that she had stirred up her best friend’s memories, Voorhees pretended not to say anything and concentrated on enjoying the late dinner.
When she had eaten and cleaned up, she pulled Hugh into her bedroom and cleared her throat:
”You’ve been helping me a lot lately, and I’ve decided to give you a present.”
”What’s the trouble again that I need to do?” Hugh touched his short blonde hair warily.
”……” Forsyth blinked, suddenly reflecting a little on her usual state.
She laughed dryly and said:
”This is for before, before.”
Without waiting for Hugh to respond, she produced, at the other’s suspicious look, a square tin box, the kind that originally held rolled cigarettes.
”I don’t smoke.” Hugh shook his head directly.
Forsyth gave a “hmm” and opened the iron box, revealing the light blue translucent hexagonal prism inside.
Hugh’s gaze froze, watching the lightning-like gleam that crossed the inside of the crystal, and asked intuitively in return:
”Inquisitor?”
”Yes, I came across a participant in a gathering of extraordinary people offering it on the cheap, and fearing that I would miss my chance, I hurriedly bought it.” Voorhees spoke the truth without a hint of falsehood, “As you know, I was rewarded by my teacher for an incident only a while ago, and I don’t lack this money.”
Hugh knew that his best friend had been going out a lot lately, claiming that she was working for her teacher, but he still couldn’t believe that she could buy a copy of the Inquisitor’s Extraordinary Trait as a gift to herself so easily, it was so far beyond their original life status!
Is she still gambling, starting to win big after becoming an Ascendant? Or has she finally set her sights on a bank vault and is relying on her ability to “open doors” to steal the money inside? Hugh had a lot of guesses, but she couldn’t find any evidence.
After two or three seconds, she decided to spend two random days a week pretending to go out and observing what Forsyth was doing.
If she didn’t trust her best friend’s character and bottom line, she would even suspect that the other party had become the mistress of some powerful extraordinary or rich man.
”It, it’s too valuable.” Hugh waved his hand, trying to refuse the gift.
Voorhees had already thought of what to say and spoke with a smile:
”Anyway, I’ll have a lot of things to trouble you with in the future, so consider it as an advance payment.”
”We are good friends, we don’t need to talk about payment.” Hugh hesitated for a second and shook his head.
Just waiting for your words! Forsyth immediately laughed:
”Then consider it as an early birthday present for you, no refusal allowed!”
”But my birthday is still half a year away ……,” Hugh muttered while finally reaching out and taking the copy of the “Inquisitor’s” extraordinary characteristics.
……
On Sunday morning, Hugh held down his inner excitement and anticipation, and went out as usual, ready to go to a specific place to leave the corresponding secret mark, and asked the masked man of MI9 to meet in the night in the depths of a remote alley.
With the extraordinary characteristics of the “Inquisitor”, she had already digested the “Magistrate” magic potion, and only needed to obtain the correct formula to be promoted to Sequence 7, and take a solid step forward in investigating the truth of the past year and restoring the glory of the family, so she couldn’t wait to take a few more military missions, and get enough money for a few more military missions as soon as possible. a few more military missions to gather enough merits as soon as possible.
After doing this, she planned to go around a few places in the East District to see if there was any important news, and then go home and track down Forsyth to figure out what her best friend had been doing lately and if he was in any danger.
However, as soon as she entered the Eastern District, she felt as if someone was staring at her.