Part 5 The Red Priestess Chapter 98: Out in the Rapids
Birkeland, St. George’s District, inside a room where the factory had piled up debris.
The mirror with obvious cracks flickered, and its surface became dark and deep, as if it was connected to another world.
Suddenly, a white hand reached out from beneath the mirror’s surface, as if piercing through layers of water.
A silhouette then stepped out from the mirror, and it was none other than the sweet and innocent Magical Girl Tris who wore a long black dress.
Her face was rarely pale, seemingly losing its blood color, and her forehead was full of dense sweat.
With a snap, the suitcase carried in Tris’ hand fell to the ground, and the fear in her eyes could no longer be suppressed.
She then murmured with a blank expression:
”His messenger is actually an angel ……”
At this moment, Tris only felt a cool chill on her back, like a cold wind blowing over her.
She had no way of anticipating that the matter of summoning a messenger would be so dangerous, but fortunately the woman with four heads silently watched for a while before doing nothing, collecting the letter and leaving just like that.
……
North End, 160 Birklund Street, inside Dawn Dantes’ mansion.
”Who sent it?” Klein inquired with a bit of anticipation as he received the letter from the messenger lady.
The four blonde, red-eyed heads of Renette Tynecol said in turn:
”Filth ……” “Darkness ……” “The ……” “Vessel ……”
This nickname …… Klein heard in a flash, and for a moment did not immediately react to who the messenger lady was talking about.
Those who had their own way of messenger summoning flashed quickly within his mind, making a filter one after another.
In just a few seconds’ work, he had a corresponding guess:
Tris!
As far as Klein knew, the witch who was renamed Trischke was probably one of the mediums of the original awakening or descent.
In this case, it was not impossible to call it a “vessel”.
Those who know enough about the mystical world know that the “Original Witch” is an evil god, called the “final one” to end everything, with the purpose of creating doom and destroying everything, and holds part of the power of emotions and emotion-related desires, and is described as dirty and dark, not too apt. k has been described as dirty and dark, not quite aptly, but understandable.
Similarly, filth and darkness could also describe Tris, who had been contaminated by the Evil God to a certain extent.
Worthy of being an angel, it dares to say this about the “original witch”…… Klein secretly marveled, and was about to unfold the letter paper and read it quickly.
At this time, he suddenly remembered something, busy looking at the messenger lady and said:
”What is the behavior of the sender of the letter facing you?”
”She …… was …… very …… afraid.” ……” three of Renette Tynecol’s heads spoke one after the other, and the one that didn’t get a turn could only simply open his mouth.
Kraven’s expression gaped slightly, and he asked with deliberation:
”Did you mark her?”
The head of Renette Tynecol that hadn’t been able to speak earlier snaps:
”No. ……”
The remaining three blonde, red-eyed heads then added:
”Because ……” “She ……” “Has ……”
”The original ……””s ……””breath ……”
Klein was silent for a few seconds and nodded:
”I see.”
After watching the messenger lady cross into the void and leave the area, he unfolded the paper and quickly skimmed through Tris’ letter.
Surprisingly, she is looking for me to deal with the “Saintess of White” Katrina …… Isn’t this exactly what I want to do? …… Klein’s eyes flickered a few times, and he immediately turned over and found a glue-like black The black thing.
Immediately afterward, he turned into Germaine Sparrow’s appearance, and evenly applied this mass of things to a small mirror in the room.
After waiting patiently for nearly ten minutes, until the glue-like black stuff evaporated into thin air without any residue, Klein was unable to contact the witch Tris.
As expected, Tris, who had been contaminated by the “Original Witch” to a certain extent, recognized the level of the messenger lady, and was frightened by the angel that delivered the letter……. Shortly, I’m afraid she won’t be able to contact Germaine Sparrow… …Ai, had I known that Miss Messenger was an angel with a special status, I definitely would not have let k appear in front of Tris, or instructed her that if there was a magical girl summoned, she could send it over together with a letter …… Klein sighed a few times silently, and could only say that it was really a bit unlucky.
At this time, his ears suddenly rang with the sound of illusory cascading prayers.
……
Inside a gloomy alleyway in the area of Beckland Bridge, Hugh was hiding a “grimy” secret.
Hugh concealed his “Gloomy Blade” and entered the place, glancing left and right warily.
”Not bad, getting more experienced.”
As a low male voice rang out, a silhouette walked out from the darkness around the corner.
He was tall and upright, wearing a gold mask that revealed his eyes, nostrils, mouth and cheeks, and was the same MI9 officer who had contacted Hugh earlier.
”What is the matter that you urgently contacted me for?” Hugh took the initiative to ask.
The golden masked man similarly did not make pleasantries and asked directly:
”You still seem to be monitoring the situation around Viscount Stepford, have you found anything unusual recently?”
Hugh thought for a moment and said:
”There is.
”He had intimate contact with a woman of unknown origin, and several times had the other party come to his mansion late at night.
”I tried to follow the woman, but failed twice.
”Also, Viscount Sturford suddenly went out late at night two days ago, and I didn’t know where he went, so I wasn’t able to follow him.”
The man in the golden mask gave a “hmmm” and inquired deeply into various details, and Hugh answered them all according to the particulars of what he had seen at the time, only concealing the two things about having met with Sherman in the carriage and having followed Viscount Sturford all the way to the outside of that warehouse.
”Not bad, your persistence is very rewarding.” The man in the golden mask nodded gently, not seeming the least bit skeptical of what Hugh had said.
He exhaled and turned to say:
”With this matter, you’ll be able to add a lot more to your merit.
”Frankly speaking, continuing like this, it won’t take long for you to save up enough contributions to exchange for Sequence 6 magic pills, but before that, there will definitely be a strict qualification review, and your background, huh, no need to be skeptical, I’m very well aware of your background, and it’s bound to fail the review.
”In fact, there is no need for you to seek the truth, I know that this is your motivation to stick to Viscount Stepford’s related mission, but my personal advice is to drop this aspect.
”With your current sequences and abilities, you are more than capable of providing a good life for your mother and brother, and rest assured that no one will come after you.
”And if you try to hold out, I can’t guarantee what will happen.”
At these words, Hugh, though he had anticipated them to a certain extent, when he actually heard them, it was a little difficult to contain the throbbing and the rush of emotions within him, and he blurted out:
”Who on earth are you?”
”I’m just an ordinary Middle Sequence Extraordinary.” That golden masked man laughed and said, “You may not know, the position of palace chief of guards, there is a counterpart to the military intelligence nine authority, equivalent to the deputy director in charge of the royal family related to the time when your father was still alive, I was his subordinate, in all aspects of his help, he passed away, did not make a mistake and do not know any hidden information I was excluded from the military intelligence nine authority Core, you see, heh, I can only be responsible for you peripheral intelligence officers.”
Speaking of this, the golden masked man sighed:
”Your father had too much help for me, so after I recognized you, I deliberately made you a subordinate intelligence officer to provide you with some help within the scope of my own authority, however, I have my own family and my own life, so it’s impossible for me to do too dangerous things for you and take too high a risk.
”In this case, I will help you get a ‘Judge’ magic potion formula next, and then after that, you should not accumulate merits and seek promotion, change some things that make life better, as for privately, what are you going to do, I don’t know, nor do I want to know.”
Hugh listened in a daze, his lips opened and closed for a while and said:
”My father, he, what kind of a man is he?”
The man in the golden mask replied in a somewhat sighing tone:
”He is a truly valiant, noble and just nobleman, but he is not that perfect, he is impulsive, eager and irritable ……”
Hugh listened quietly and wanted to ask something more, but all that came out of his mouth ended up being just a phrase:
”Thanks.”
”Go back, I’ll leave a message for you to meet up when I get the ‘Judge’ formula.” The golden masked man waved his hand and said.
When Hugh’s back completely disappeared at the exit of the alley, this man in the golden mask was just about to turn around when a slightly fluttering voice suddenly rang in his ears:
”She’s lying.
”She had followed Viscount Stepford to the vicinity of the crime site at that time, this is something that can be determined.”
The golden masked man was silent for a moment and spoke to the shadows beside him:
”She was probably just worried that it would arouse suspicion.
”With her sequence, how could she possibly defeat Viscount Stepford? Besides, wasn’t it said that Viscount Stepford was carrying a ‘1’ level seal?
”I’m sure she most likely didn’t even dare to get close, otherwise, she wouldn’t have survived at all!”
The slightly fluttering voice responded:
”In any case, since there are suspicions, further investigation should be done. What happens after that, you should not inquire anymore.”
Outside the alley, Hugh was walking calmly along a gas streetlight.
She had deliberately not said just now that she had followed Viscount Stepford.
It wasn’t to hide it, to clear the air of suspicion, to not invite trouble; the real purpose was just the opposite.
Before this Tarot meeting, her expected plan was to say that she had followed Viscount Stephod to a certain warehouse in the dock area, and was scared away by the sudden rise of a terrifying tornado, which was more convincing, more believable, and less susceptible to suspicion, but knowing that Mr. Germaine Sparrow, “the world”, was interested in this matter, she quietly changed her mind, and decided to let her own story be more convincing. But knowing that Mr. Germaine “The World” Sparrow was interested in the matter, she quietly changed her mind and decided to leave her words open to suspicion.
She felt that at her level, if she wanted to find out the King’s secret, it would probably take her three years, five years, or even more, maybe never, and with the help of The World, she might be able to succeed this time.
For this reason, she was willing to take the risk and put herself in the middle of the current.
And before coming to see the man in the gold mask from MI9 today, Hugh had prayed to Mr. Fool to convey his thoughts to Germaine Sparrow, “The World”.