Alger reached out, hesitated, then tore open the lead seal and removed the letter from the envelope.
The telegram consisted of only three thin pages, but two were filled to the brim. Overseas telegrams had to travel through undersea cables and pass through Bayam, capital of the Rorsted Archipelago, before reaching here. The process was inefficient. Without his status in the Church of Storms, transmitting intelligence of this length would have been nearly impossible.
Spreading out the papers, Alger looked at the first page, which contained the least information.
This telegram came from Hagg of the Wild Heart bar, a former pirate whom Alger had saved years ago and who had since left the raiding crew.
It recorded a forged identity: "Name: Angel Granger; Gender: Female; Date of Birth: June 28, 1331."
If Miss Empress had forged this identity for herself, then she was now called Angel Granger?
Recalling Miss Empress's conspicuously defensive explanation of "my friend" at the first Tarot Club gathering, Alger's lips curled into a faint smile.
Below the identity information were simple family relations and a personal history. Hagg had specifically mentioned that he had long since placed these documents in Backlund's Central Archives Bureau. No matter who investigated, they would find nothing unusual.
Did that fellow think I had asked him to investigate and settle scores?
Alger snorted and set the page aside, then looked at the second one.
This page was packed with writing. It came from the archives of Tingen City's River and Sea Cathedral and recorded a Beyonder battle that had taken place in Tingen City on the morning of September 2.
At Street Park in the North Borough, the Tingen City Nighthawks Squad had engaged in a fierce battle against the Demoness Sect, the Aurora Order, and a woman carrying the