Ignoring the burning sensation that had come quickly and vanished even faster, Angel opened her door with an unchanged expression and felt her way straight into the basement through the darkness.
She did not know whether Sevillea's "summons" was urgent, so she did not rush to the West Borough immediately. Instead, she planned to make all the necessary preparations first, bring the Mystical Items she needed, pray to Mr. Fool for a blessing, and then go to the meeting. If she could get a good night's sleep before that, she would not hesitate to praise the Demoness of Pleasure.
Of course, if the curses came one after another, it would mean the other party wanted her there as soon as possible, and she would make other arrangements.
Fortunately, after Angel dug out and organized all the Storm Convergence Bullets she had made over the past few days and laid her Mystical Items out one by one on the table, the second curse never came.
"Then I can go tomorrow morning..."
She murmured as she looked at the items on the table. They would be the most important guarantee of her survival the next day.
The "Good Luck" revolver, loaded with specially made bullets;
The "Sun Brooch" she had just received from Sherlock, her own "Rose Necklace" and "Madness Ring";
The Hidden Holy Emblem;
The Beyonder Characteristic of a Faceless;
And finally, the "Magician Pocket Watch" she had brought from Tingen.
Other than the pocket watch and the Hidden Holy Emblem, she had acquired all of them during the past few months in Backlund. Although she had been living frugally in the big city, she knew that this collection of Mystical Items surpassed all the Sealed Artifacts possessed by an entire official Beyonder team in many minor dioceses. It was an