"An old friend comes to visit" sounds like it has a double meaning.
For ordinary people, that is a moment of reunion worthy of celebration, but for a Beyonder Detective who has many friends and many enemies, it may be a life-threatening "friend" coming to seek revenge.
The young man, who seemed to be Isengard Stanton's new assistant, had obviously thought of this. His expression changed a little. He loosened his hand holding the door, touched his belt, and said cautiously:
"I don't remember you having an appointment."
"I just wanted to pay a visit when I was passing by. He still owes me at least 1,000 pounds."
Angel showed a trace of deliberate dissatisfaction, which made the young man stunned for a moment, and then blurted out as if he thought of something:
"Are you Irene Watson Miss?"
He should have come here after Great Smog, but he actually knows me? It seems that Isengard often mentions my affairs. Perhaps Desire Apostle's case also left a deep memory in his heart... Angel cursed, nodded slightly and acknowledged his identity.
She also noticed that the man with gray-blue eyes, high cheekbones, and Lenburg characteristics did not have a pistol hidden at his waist. She guessed that he was about to touch Charm just now, and judged that the other person was also a Beyonder, but Sequence should not be tall.
It is very likely that he is a person from Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom. Considering Isengard's experience in Lenburg in those years, Church of Knowledge, who may not be allowed to set up churches and related institutions in Loen, regards it as a secret stronghold, constantly sending believers, and then integrating into Backlund...
While thinking about it, the assistant who confirmed Angel's identity relaxed and made a "please" gesture to Door Opening's side of the road.
Angel entered Entrance Hall and came to the living room with not good lighting. Familiar memories suddenly came to his face.
The sofa in a half circle, the dining table where she enjoyed Klein's soft-boiled eggs, the dark corner where the poor assistant was torn into pieces, and the stairs leading to the second floor...
He also admitted that he actually heard some noise outside the door that day... Angel's cheeks felt a little hot for a moment, but his increasingly thick skin kept its whiteness well.
In the corner of the living room, Isengard Stanton, with gray hair on his temples and a pipe in his hand, had already stood up from the easy chair. With undisguised surprise in his eyes, he took a few steps forward to greet Angel:
"Miss Irene, I didn't expect... to see you again."
As he spoke, he waved to his assistant, asked him to leave the living room, closed the door, and then led Angel to sit on another single sofa. He also leaned back in the easy chair, and then lowered his voice and said:
"After Great Smog, I haven't waited for your visit, so I asked the deacon of 'Machinery Hivemind' who often appears with a question and answer mirror. He said that you... died in that horrific Catastrophe."
As he spoke, he pointed to the southeast, indicating the horrific smog that claimed more than 100,000 lives at the end of last year.
"Four months ago, Sherlock Moriarty returned to Backlund. When he came to see me, I also asked about your whereabouts, but he also said that you were killed in the haze... What is going on? Did you use that opportunity to fake your death to escape, or was the rumor wrong?"
It can make the well-informed God of Knowledge and Wisdom believer scratch his head. It seems that my "resurrection from the dead" has indeed caused him a lot of trouble, and Sherlock——Klein In order to conceal the whereabouts of Irene Watson and avoid being discovered by Ince, I deliberately said that my identity was dead... Angel smiled secretly and said mysteriously:
"I did die in the haze at that time. After all, a 'despair' Demoness spreading the plague was not something I could deal with at that time... But thanks to Goddess, I was resurrected not long after."
When Goddess was mentioned, Angel clicked on his chest four times and drew Crimson Moon, implying that his reappearance was related to Goddess.
Immediately, she felt the remaining undigested parts of "Unaging" Potion loosen in the other party's surprised eyes.
This is the normal range of digestion, not the horrific progress after Saint Samuel Cathedral prayed to Goddess... Angel, realizing that the main purpose of coming here was achieved, murmured with joy and fear in his heart, and quickly changed the topic:
"Loen and Feysac are at war. Is there any relevant news from you?"
She was naturally referring to Lenburg and Church of Knowledge there.
After Witch Tia, who had fled with a lot of key information, came to her door, she had some suspicions that Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, who seemed to be independent and did not have too much contact with the churches of the four major countries, was actually doing a lot secretly. When she met their believers at this time, she naturally had to ask clearly.
Isengard shook his head, raised his pipe, glanced at Angel, put it down again, and said:
"There is not much news. Feysac's undeclared war caught everyone's expectations. Before that, most people thought that Loen would provoke a war at the end of the year or early next year to divert internal conflicts and avenge the defeat of the last war. In this way, the scale of the war would not be too large and it would probably be limited to overseas colonies. Unexpectedly...
"Now no one can say for sure what will happen next. Loen and Feysac's military strength is not much different, and they are likely to be in a stalemate for a while, but Feynapotter Kingdom is facing Loen after 'Oath Betrayal War' Hatred to the core, it is very likely that they will join the war at the right time and join forces with Feysac to deal with Loen. Of course, their targets should first be directed at Lenburg, Masik and Segal."
Oath Betrayal War is the war that split the religious beliefs within the Feynapotter Kingdom more than 600 years ago, which eventually led to three people sandwiched between Intis and Loen The small country between and Feynapotter became independent and believed in God of Knowledge and Wisdom, while Feynapotter expelled these believers, leaving only Church of the Earth Mother.
In that war, Intis and Loen teamed up to deal with Feynapotter, and Feysac tried to thwart the conspiracy of these two countries, which was regarded as siding with Feynapotter. Therefore, if the scale of this war expands, Feynapotter is likely to side with Feysac.
Not only that, Angel also took into account the information obtained in "The Travels of Grosell". Knowing that Fourth Epoch, the righteous gods were also wary of each other and even hated each other. He was not sure what the stance of Earth Mother, God of Wisdom, Eternal Blazing Sun and even God of Steam would be after the war expanded.
This is the troubled world that Adam is looking forward to... Couldn't He already have Potion in his hand and be ready to drink it all at the right time? This may be earlier than Promotion Ritual who started "Black Emperor" from George III...
Angel sighed secretly and continued to discuss the next situation with Detective, who was also a believer in God of Wisdom and a member of Loen. Although Isengard had no access to the deeper secrets of the occult world, he had a unique view of the world of "ordinary people". His analysis of the direction of the war taught Angel a lot.
Gradually, she changed the topic to Great Smog. The matter of hunting "Desire Apostle" made Isengard aware of it. She chuckled and took the initiative to mention:
"I remember that after that case, part of your reward was deposited with me. It was more than I expected at the time, a full 1,400 pounds."
If she had heard this news half a year ago, Angel would have been ecstatic and even thought about how to spend the money three times in her mind. But now that her savings have reached six figures, she no longer has any more emotional fluctuations about this and just said calmly:
"Please donate it to Backlund's charity, as a contribution to the upcoming World War."
"Don't you need it?"
Isengard was a little surprised and even put down the pipe in his hand.
He originally thought that the woman who always talked about money in his memory took the initiative to visit him to "collect debts", but he did not expect that the woman gave up thousands of pounds in cash so easily.
"I have no use for it now."
Angel smiled and replied, then stood up and left Isengard's home.
The latter sat quietly in the living room for a moment, and suddenly became aware of it. He lowered his head and looked at the coffee table, and found that a "Loen Charity Student Aid Fund" leaflet had appeared there at some point.
He looked thoughtfully at the contact information above.
At three o'clock on Monday afternoon, as streaks of crimson light emerged from Gray Fog and condensed into different human forms, the communication among Tarot Club members began.
"Justice" Audrey, who had adjusted her mood through "Spectator"'s own abilities, still took the lead in greeting everyone as before, but she noticed that more than half of the members were in a low mood, so that the already gloomy Gray Fog was cast by an inexplicable shadow.
Except for Mr. "Sun", most of the members are related to the Loen Kingdom and are inevitably affected by the haze of war... Their eyes are on "Moon" and "" in turn Star", "World", "Judgment", "Magician" stayed on him, and finally returned to "Empress" next to him. Audrey sighed in his heart.
These are all members who live in Backlund, just one step away from her, "Empress" Angel... Christine is even in Fosac Airship When invaded, she fought hard to stop her. Her figure, who fought bloody battles and was covered in scars but looked like Angel, would still appear in Audrey's dreams from time to time.
This is the scene I have been dreaming about since I became Beyonder. Unfortunately, the protagonist is not me, I am just Spectator... After being slightly frustrated, she decided to use the ability of "Dreamwalker" to go to the dreams of those who suffered losses in air raids every night to comfort them and make them forget their pain.
This is also a chance to digest Potion...
While she was thinking, "Hermit" who was also on the lady's side was already facing Mr. "Fool" at the top of the long table, lowered his head and said respectfully:
"Great Mr. Fool, I brought a whole diary of Roselle this time."
A whole book, at least dozens of pages, has Tarot Club finally reached this point... The other staff looked at "Hermit" who was wearing thick glasses and receiving everyone's attention with an indifferent expression, feeling a little emotional in their hearts.
Of course, there are only a few emotions. Although the diary contributed this time is more than the total that most people have contributed since joining Tarot Club, considering the connection between the other party and Roselle's eldest daughter "Queen Mystic", this matter is still considered normal.
They were just curious. Since there was a whole diary, why not present it in parts and ask for more rewards, but hand it over in one go?
What happened over there at "Queen Mystic"?
Angel, who also frowned and looked at Cattleya, was thinking more.
Regarding "Hermit"'s donation of an entire diary, she quickly thought that it might be due to the connection between "Queen Mystic" and Klein, and after agreeing to prevent the establishment of cooperation between George III, she was eager to know everything about Roselle's lifetime, so she handed over all the remaining diaries in one go.
This made her feel happy that Mr. "Fool" had obtained more diaries and thought that she might have the opportunity to borrow them from him in the future. On the other hand, she also thought of a new question under the influence of this incident:
How can Mr. "Fool" understand Chinese that no one has known for a long time, and even the information of Spirit World has been completely annihilated and cannot be divined?