Part 5. the red priests chapter 142 – hiding in the shadows
On his way from Birklund Street to St. Samuel’s Church, Crane passed the Ruane Charitable Scholarship Fund at 22 Pacefield Street, and was surprised to find it still open.
As the founder and current trustee, he had a considerable degree of concern for the cause, and he slowed down his progress and turned the corner.
Just as he entered the front door, Klein saw Miss Audrey coming down from the second floor, followed by her personal maid, a large golden-haired dog, and several staff members.
”Good noon, there doesn’t seem to be anything here that needs to stick around in this situation.” Klein greeted him and opened his mouth to voice his doubts.
Audrey, newspaper in hand, looked over at Dawn Dantes and said:
”There are several recipients who were injured in this air raid, I just visited them and arranged for follow-up treatment.”
The noble lady’s eyes were vaguely red, as if she had seen all sorts of things in the hospital that made it hard to hide her grief.
”May the Goddess bless them.” Klein understood and drew a Crimson Moon on his chest.
He took the opportunity to voice an idea that he had been preparing for a long time:
”I’m going to donate some more money out for the foundation to buy food, medicine and medical equipment, we can do more in this man-made disaster.”
”Excellent idea, those who are suffering will be heartily grateful to you, Mr. Dantes.” Audrey nodded her chest four times clockwise as well, her eyes glowing with obvious joy and compassion, “I’ll do what I can as well.”
She didn’t want to just donate, but organize things accordingly.
Klein nodded and said:
”There’s no need to praise me, at a time like this, I’m just doing what I’m supposed to do.
”On top of the donations, I will also be donating food, you will consult directly with my butler Walter on these matters, well, Miss Audrey, I can write you a power of attorney now so that you can mobilize the resources of the Maege Manor in my name.”
”And what about you, Mr. Dantes?” Audrey asked as she opened her mouth with a vague suspicion.
It was the most normal response in this context right now.
”I received a notice from the church to help them with something, what exactly, I haven’t gone to St. Samuel’s Church yet, I don’t know for now, the only thing I can say for sure is that I have to run around lately, and will not be able to return to Maege Manor for a long time.” Klein uttered the reason he had made up earlier, “Miss Audrey, this period of time together at the Foundation has allowed me to understand your character and ability, and your origin and position also determines your vision and pattern, entrusting this aspect of things to you is the best way I can think of.”
Klein didn’t expect his lies to get past a seasoned “viewer”, he was only trying to deceive those around Audrey “Justice”, well, not the dog.
”Is Mr. World going to give up Dawn Dantes’ identity for a while so he can do something in hiding? Audrey put on a thinking face with some realization, and after a few seconds of contemplation, she said:
”In this situation now, I can’t refuse such a request.”
Klein secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately had his personal manservant Nyuni go upstairs and bring down paper and a fountain pen, and then in the presence of a group of staff members, he personally drafted a power of attorney, signed his name, pressed his handprints, and stamped his seal.
With that done, Klein turned his attention to the paper in Audrey’s hand:
”Is there anything else happening? I just came back from outside the city, and all I heard was the newsboy shouting that the kingdom had declared war on Forsak.”
Audrey pursed her lips and said with a slightly somber expression:
”Not long after the Forsak airship formation air attacked Beckland, their Sunia Sea fleet took advantage of the cover of the thick fog and attacked the Royal Navy base on Oak Island in Pritz Harbor and the shipyards in the surrounding area, thankfully, the Storm Church was forewarned and sent a telegram ahead of time, and Pritz Harbor wasn’t lost, only quite a number of ships and factories, and it’s rumored that the Quite a few deaths and serious injuries are said to have occurred ……”
”Such is war ……” sighed Crane, “Can you show me how the King declared war?”
Audrey, well aware that King George III was in trouble and hearing the sarcasm in Mr. World’s words, didn’t refuse and handed over the newspaper in her hand.
It was a copy of the Tassock Gazette.
And without unfolding it, Klein saw the king’s declaration of war on the front page:
”…… Seven hundred and eight years ago, the Forsak took the island of Sunia from us.
”A year ago, the Vossaks took half of our interests in East Byron.
”Today, they have bombed Birkeland and attacked the harbor of Pritz, and many, many Ruins have been killed and wounded as a result, and blood has drenched the land.
”We can’t afford to back down any further, backing down will only be rewarded with Forsak bullying over and over again, any further backing down and we’ll lose all our interests overseas, with huge amounts of unsold products, untold numbers of workers out of work, and many more farmers bankrupt!
” ……
”All things past and present show that justice is in our hands, and that we already have enough strength to seize total victory.
”Gentlemen, I, your Emperor, George III, on behalf of the House of Lords and Commons, and on behalf of the Government of the Realm, hereby declare war on Forsak, and we shall never cease to advance until they have raised the white flag and surrendered with their hands up!
”Advance and recapture the island of Sunia! Forward, capture St. Milon!
”Victory shall be ours, and the gods with us!”
Kraven quickly skimmed through it and used his “Joker” ability to control the movement of the corners of his mouth.
He then returned the Tasok Gazette in his hand to Audrey, took off his hat, and saluted:
”I’ll trouble you for the next thing.”
”Please don’t worry.” Audrey took the power of attorney and the newspaper and returned the salute.
Without any further delay, Klein took his valet, Nyuni, and left the “Ruen Charity Scholarship Fund” to St. Samuel’s Church.
At this time, there were not many believers in this church, most of them had gone back to their own homes, busy preparing for life after the war.
In the dark and quiet environment, Klein found a seat, took off his hat, clasped his hands, in front of his mouth and nose, whispered the “Goddess of the Night” honorary name, and then said:
”…… I got the news from the ‘Red Angel’ evil spirit, Chalatu is likely to have come to Beckland, and the ‘Blood Emperor’ secret relics within the hidden probability is the ‘Blood Emperor’. hidden is the high probability that it is the mausoleum needed for the ‘Black Emperor’s’ ritual ……”
Finishing his prayer, Klein waited patiently for a while and saw Archbishop Anthony Stevenson enter through the side door and walk towards himself.
This holy man had a clean face, no beard, wore a robe with a red moon symbol on a black background, and did not make a sound between his walks, like the darkness of the night that was slowly descending.
Approaching Dawn Dantes, Anthony did not speak, but merely made a sign with his eyes, and then turned toward the location of the library.
Crane rose with him, put on his hat, and followed in silence.
As for his personal manservant, N’yoni, he took his cane and walked towards the door of the church and waited there.
Outside the storeroom, Archbishop Anthony turned his body with a slight smile and addressed Dawn Dantes:
”The war has broken out, there are too many things that need to be done, as a devout follower of the goddess, are you willing to provide some help?”
Sure enough,…… it seems that Lady Arianna has already left Bakerland,…… Klein lamented while drawing the Crimson Moon on his chest:
”It would be my honor, praise the Goddess.”
After responding, he immediately asked:
”What do you need me to do?”
”I’ll let you know when there is something appropriate to do, and you should try not to return home in the meantime.” Saint Anthony said in words that didn’t quite make sense.
And Klein instantly understood the other party’s meaning, which was to go into hiding first, this side didn’t have the energy to deal with Charatru for the time being, and at most provide shelter within a certain range.
Just as I thought, the goddess is digesting the “uniqueness” of the “death” pathway, and won’t be able to send a god down for a long time, and the church hierarchy has to deal with the war, as well as the negative effects of the “0” level seals. The negative effects of “0” level seals are more terrifying than one another……. Klein nodded gently:
”Yes, His Eminence the Archbishop.”
”May the Goddess bless you.” St. Anthony drew the Crimson Moon.
”Praise the Goddess, the only place to go is to peace.” Klein responded with two skillful gestures.
Then he left St. Samuel’s and turned into another street with his valet.
After just a while of walking like this, at some point, both Dawn Dantes and Njoni disappeared.
……
East End, inside a two-bedroom rental house.
Klein, who had a flat, unimpressive face on top, took out his adventurer’s harmonica, brought it up to his mouth, and blew on it.
Soon, Renette Tinnikol, who was carrying four blonde, red-eyed heads, stepped out of the void, not a bit surprised at her indentured servant’s new appearance.
Without giving the letterhead, Klein said directly:
”Tell Miss Sharon and Maric that Charatu has come to Berkland, and is likely to be in contact with the Rose School, so that they must be very careful, and that it would be best if they did not even go to the ‘Bravehearts’ bar again in recent times.”
”Charatu ……,” this time all four of Renette Tynecol’s heads spoke at once, and it seemed to take some effort to remember who it was.
”The head of the Mithraic Order, the once insane and now sane Sequence 1 Angel.” Klein pulled out a gold coin and handed it to the messenger lady.
He didn’t say that Charatu was interested in Germaine Sparrow, believing that the messenger lady, as a higher spiritual being, could sense her own specialness to some extent, otherwise this angel wouldn’t have to lower herself to be a messenger – if it was for the “Yesterday Revisited” charm, k If it was for the “Yesterday Revisited” spell, K could have helped in a more honorable way.
As for the reason why Charatu didn’t find the gray mist in the Misty Town, but was interested in Germaine Sparrow, Klein thought that there were three reasons: firstly, the extraordinary convergence of the gray mist brought this powerful “soothsayer” to Beckland and foretold something, and secondly, Germaine Sparrow was able to leave the Misty Town and return to the real world after getting the wrong symbols. Third, Germaine Sparrow may be related to an organization that believes in “The Fool”.
When Chaletoute comes into contact with the Rose School and finds out that the Mother Tree of Desire is also interested in Germaine Sparrow, the level of importance will skyrocket, even if there’s no speculation in his mind.
Renette Tignicole did not say anything else, one of the heads swung forward and bit the gold coin.
After watching the messenger lady leave, Klein pulled a chair and sat down, surveying the sky outside the window across a wooden desk.
The layout of this rental house was now the same as the one he had stayed in when he was in Tingen City, with the bedroom on the inside and the living room, dining room-cum-study with a high-low bed on the outside.
At this moment, in the room, besides him, there were also the secret puppet Chunas and the secret puppet Enyuni.