The next day, Angel came to the home of 15 Minsk Street and Sherlock Moriarty of Cherwood Borough.
"I was wondering if you would avoid the limelight or even leave Backlund after what happened that day. I didn't expect to see you again so soon."
When Sherlock opened the door, he was still dressed in his homely white shirt and black vest. His coat and hat were hung by the door, and the fireplace was burning with a blazing flame, dispelling the coldness of early winter.
The most important purpose of Angel's visit this time was to thank Sherlock for his help that day. Although "Fool" was involved, Sherlock must have rushed to the scene at full speed the night before yesterday, and had time to help her divert Nighthawks, so that she could wait for the characteristics - part of the characteristics to be released, so as not to leave empty-handed.
Therefore, she brought almost all Mystical Item and Beyonder Characteristic.
"You mean, I get to pick out some of the day's loot?"
Sherlock looked at Angel who was sitting on the sofa next to the oriel window in confusion. The latter went straight to the topic after briefly describing the day's battle, which caught him off guard.
"Yes, you helped me a lot, and you deserve it."
Including the inadvertent battle with "Devil Dog", she has cooperated with Detective and "Magician" three times, and the process was quite pleasant. Angel took the initiative to give up some of the benefits out of courtesy and with the intention of maintaining the relationship.
"Those are all your battle gains. I just, um, lured away the official Beyonder on the orders of Mr. Fool."
Sherlock said seriously, but was not moved by Beyonder Characteristic, who was worth a thousand gold.
Unexpectedly, the other party refused the readily available benefit, which made Angel appreciate this the Fool's Believer even more in surprise.
Of course, unilateral help would not last long. Angel still offered to give him some cash as a thank you for his help that night, but this would have to wait until she received the 5,000 pounds from "Justice" Audrey.
Yesterday, she calculated cash, Mystical Item and other assets until late at night, but when she woke up, she found that she was still the poor Demoness, with only 100 pounds left in all cash, and a pile of formulas and Mystical Item, Beyonder Characteristic, which were difficult to cash out.
Before selling the "Sheriff" feature to Miss Magician and Justice fulfilling its promise, the current "blank check" is the limit of her ability.
"Speaking of the battle that night, I have always been curious. Your strength should be more than 'Witch', right? Have you been promoted again?"
After talking about money, Sherlock asked curiously.
"Yes, I have been promoted to Sequence 6," Angel admitted happily. There is no need to hide this apparent strength, not to mention that the other party may want to cooperate with me in the future. "My Sequence 6 Potion name is..."
Speaking of this, she hesitated.
"...'Demoness of Pleasure'."
Although Angel has no other meaning when pronouncing the name, after knowing most of the ways to play "Demoness of Pleasure", I always feel a little ashamed when hearing the corresponding words.
Obviously, Sherlock, who was sitting opposite, was not ignorant about this. He was stunned for a moment and then abruptly changed the topic:
"Ahem, I took the time to go to 'Harvest Church' last week. The Vampire named Emlyn White said that he was going to convert to Earth Mother, but he was actually released by Priest."
"At that time, he swore that he would never change his faith..."
Angel was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that Vampire, who still refused to let go after being locked up in Shimen for half a month, would succumb like this.
"Of course it was a lie. He proudly commented that the tall Priest was easy to deceive, and then left the church, but hurriedly came back in less than half an hour, saying that his mind was filled with Life Holy Emblem, and his hands were itching to take a broom to clean the church. Finally, I hired a carriage to take him away and send him home. Looking at him like that, I'm afraid it won't be long before he goes back, puts on a priest's uniform, and serves the believers devoutly."
Is this evil? Or some kind of Psychological Suggestion?
Angel guessed, thinking of the "Mental Terror Candle" of Priest, and held a second of silence for Vampire in his heart.
Then, she asked Sherlock if he had finished reading the occult book and could he borrow it. The latter readily agreed and returned to the second floor. After a few minutes, he brought out a book bound with parchment paper. The four corners of the black cover were worn and looked very dated. The title of the book, "Secret Book", and the author "Kalaman" were written on it in Hermes.
After discussion, Angel used the notes of the Abraham Family that he had obtained a few days ago and a recipe of "Apprentice" in exchange for a week's borrowing time for "Secret Book".
Of course, she copied the Abraham notes separately, deleting the formulas of "Trickmaster" and "Astrologer". Otherwise, the value of the notes with three formulas would be much higher than the cost of borrowing "Secret Book".
"Why does this notebook feel like it's coming to an abrupt end..."
After browsing through it roughly, Sherlock pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose, looked at Angel, and asked doubtfully.
"Because the owner of the notebook is dead. To be precise, I found this notebook at the place where he died."
Angel told the other party how he divined "Master Key", asked Vampire Emlyn, and finally went to South District Verdi Street to find the notes.
"The Master Key that led us to get lost and meet 'Devil Dog' was actually created after the death of the owner of this notebook?" Sherlock also expressed concern for this Abraham The descendants of were amazed at what they had experienced. Then he put down the copied notes and said, "Can I borrow that Master Key and, um, study it together with this notebook?"
Is he preparing to divine the key and obtain more information? Well, maybe this genuine Seer doesn't quite believe in my divination skills and wants to try it himself...
Thinking of "divination", Angel was a little angry, but she still nodded, took out the brass key from her pocket, which she rarely carried these days, and handed it to Sherlock.
"Be careful of the curse it contains. It's best not to go out with it."
She reminded the other person carefully.
This Detective stretched out his hand to take it, without answering, but stared at the key in his hand carefully for a few seconds, then suddenly squatted down, pressed it against the carpet under his feet, and twisted it half a circle as if opening a lock.
In an instant, his whole body fell into the rippled carpet like water and disappeared before Angel's eyes.
"Bang——"
The next second, the flames of the nearby fireplace shot up, and the figure of Sherlock stepped out of the flames.
"As I thought, it can be used not only on door locks and walls, but also on floors that are not too thick."
He looked like he was in control when he returned to the living room from the basement Flaming Jump, but the dust on his hair and wrinkled shirt still told of his embarrassment just now.
What answered him was Angel's imageless laughter.