"If I do this exorcism every day, I will be able to digest the 'Joker' Potion in less than a month."
The sullen Klein threw the empty holy water bottle to Leonard, who took it with a playful smile and said:
"Then I suggest you go directly to West Borough's circus. Maybe in just a week, 'Goddess's Sword' Your Excellency will come to help you get promoted to Sequence 7."
"As long as you're willing to play the part of a curly baboon jumping through fire hoops."
Seeing the two of them mocking each other mercilessly, Angel smiled and felt his chest felt a lot warmer.
Oh, it turns out to be the temperature of Sun Holy Emblem, so it's okay.
Taking "Mutated Sun Holy Emblem" off her chest, she looked at her pocket watch and found that the limit time for contact with Sealed Artifact was less than two hours away.
"Let's go back to the church quickly, and then take turns guarding the Holy Emblem to recover our strength, otherwise it may be too late."
She interrupted the conversation between the two and suggested.
The three of them - or Klein, who was so busy that he was sweating - had cleared all the "haunted" places on Morse Town, and there was no additional gain after several divination attempts.
The few people who were heading towards the church quickened their pace and soon returned to Church of the Evernight Goddess in the center of the town.
After explaining to Priest Siel that he needed to occupy the church for a period of time, and vaguely indicating that there might be certain risks in getting closer, the priest gave up the church.
Fortunately, no believers came to the church at noon. After Sier left, there were only three Nighthawks left in the church.
"It will take more than three hours to get back to Tingen. It's best for us to rest for an hour to recover our tolerance for negative effects."
Taking the holy emblem handed over by Angel, Klein said.
"I thought one-hour rotation would be the best way to go, starting with me first."
Although he pretended to be calm, he seemed a little excited inside, a little inexplicably excited. Did he specifically ask to lend this Sealed Artifact for something private?
After being promoted to "Witch", Angel's Instigator instinct became more refined. At this time, you can feel a trace of negative emotions from Klein, but it is not strong. It seems to just stay at the "guilt of deceiving teammates".
"How about two people guarding the place and one person resting? The effect of resting is similar, but it is safer."
Leonard suggested with a chuckle, but his eyes were fixed on Klein, trying to read something from his expression.
It can be clearly felt that Klein's mood has become depressed...
Angel laughed secretly at Mr. "Clown"'s easy-to-guess thoughts, pretended to be thinking, and said after a moment of silence:
"If it is a team of two, the rotation time must be more precise and reasonable. First, we must establish a system of equations to find the solution for the rest time and rotation method, and then compare it with the results of the single rotation to find the optimal solution..." She recalled the forgotten mathematics knowledge and muttered a few words, and then used the "Persuasion" ability, "By the way, Leonard, how are you doing in mathematics?"
The latter was already as confused as she was when she heard the historical knowledge, her eyes were wandering, when she heard Angel calling her, her body trembled, and she hurriedly answered:
"Let's keep watch alone. Each person will watch for one hour, so that we can rest for two hours. Look, how simple it is."
As if trying to avoid something, Leonard flew towards the door of the church.
"Okay then..."
Klein showed a reluctant expression, but after Leonard turned around, it immediately turned into a cheerful smile.
Thank you——
He gestured with his lips and said silently to Angel.
"I'll take over in an hour. If you feel like you can't hold on any longer, you can call me over in advance and we'll stand guard outside the door."
After giving some instructions to Klein, Angel followed Leonard and left the church.
"Did you just use the ability of 'Instigation' on me?"
Leonard, who was under the tree next to the church, leaning against the tree trunk to avoid the afternoon sun, suddenly asked.
You finally came to your senses, you are so slow...
Angel pretended to be secretive and said:
"Actually, to be precise, I don't have 'Instigation'. What are you going to do? It's 'Persuasion'."
"So you admit it?" Leonard simply walked around the tree trunk and stared at Angel and said, "If I push open the church door now, what will I see?"
How do I know...
Frowning slightly, Angel looked at the church door. The steeple-style church was facing away from the sun, and the shadows fell between the main entrance and the big tree where they were hiding. As Sun tilted westward, they gradually got closer.
"I don't know," she admitted honestly, "Aren't you going to be the 'protagonist' of Adventure Novel? Why don't you try to figure it out yourself?"
Leonard sneered and leaned back against the tree trunk.
"Remember, we all agreed not to explore each other's secrets, so I won't go to Klein this time, but it's impossible for you to discover my secrets and what's special about me during this mission."
It turns out that Leonard was suspicious. He took over Dunn's words from Klein and took the initiative to participate in the mission. He suspected that Klein and I wanted to observe him secretly and take this opportunity to discover what's special about him?
You are so narcissistic, Mr. Midnight Poet!
Angel sighed, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and stopped answering.
But why did the weather suddenly get hotter...
She looked up and found that the sunlight had become fierce at some point, and the clouds penetrated by the sunlight seemed to evaporate and disappear against the background of the blue sky.
"What a beautiful day."
she praised.
Unfortunately, within a few minutes, the blazing sunshine was gradually obscured by the reappearance of white clouds, regaining its previous intensity.
Leonard seemed to still not give up, and once again looked at the Morse town church with black walls.
When it was time for the one-hour shift change, Angel opened the side door of the church and walked in. She could feel Leonard looking at her expectantly from behind.
I said without looking, but my face was full of curiosity...
She closed the door with her backhand and walked deeper.
The temperature inside the church was much higher than outside. Klein was leaning on the bench in the first row of the church, seeming to be concentrating with his eyes closed. When Angel came closer, he discovered that the former had sweat on his face, his shirt was soaked, and even the ends of his black hair were dry and curly.
It was as if it had been exposed to the strange sunlight just now.
Angel frowned, stretched his right hand towards Klein's body, and used the Frost ability of "Witch" to summon a large number of ice crystals that were not condensed together. This would not form Frost Spear or similar objects, but it could quickly reduce the surrounding temperature.
In just a few seconds, the high temperature in the church was dissipated by Beyonder Ability and turned into a cold place. At the location closest to Angel, there was even mist that condensed after the moist air was cooled.
"Ah sneeze——"
In his sleep, Klein felt the drastic change in temperature and sneezed.
It seems like I have a cold...
Angel stopped Frost's power with a guilty conscience, letting the cold air around him slowly dissipate, and looked at Klein who slowly opened his eyes.
"Sorry, I was a little sleepy just now and took a rest. Is it already time?"
The first thing he did when he woke up was touch the pocket of his windbreaker, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and said in a hoarse voice.
"It's been one hour. I'll guard Sealed Artifact next. You can rest outside, or ask the priest for a glass of water."
Pointing to the church door, Angel replied.
"Thanks, I will."
Klein nodded, took off Sun Holy Emblem from his chest, handed it to Angel, then stood up unsteadily, turned around and prepared to leave the church.
"By the way," he suddenly remembered something, turned around and walked back, "This is for you, thank you for helping me get rid of Leonard."
He took out a thin gold piece from the pocket of his windbreaker and handed it to Angel.
"It's called 'Flaring Sun Charm', and the opening spell is the 'light' of Ancient Hermes. I haven't tried how strong its effect is, so remember to throw it far away."
This is a piece of Charm that has been engraved, similar to Slumber Charm, "Requiem" and other Charms of Church of Evernight, but the base material is gold and the pattern is much more complicated.
The moment she took Charm, Angel felt a warmth similar to Sun Holy Emblem seeping out of Charm, penetrating her skin and entering her body.
There is no doubt that the hour Klein was alone just now was just to make this Charm, and it should have used the power of Sealed Artifact "Mutated Sun Holy Emblem".
By handing it over to me so directly, he was taking the initiative to admit his behavior and Bribe?
Looking at Klein walking away slowly, Angel smiled slightly and stuffed Charm into his pocket.
I haven't saved my manuscript, I really haven't saved my manuscript...