One of the main ingredients Fors, the Magician, needed to advance to Sequence 6, Scribe, of the Apprentice Pathway was a cursed object from an Ancient Wraith. She bought information from the Moon and traveled to an abandoned Ancient Castle with Xio Derecha.
The good news was that there really was an Ancient Wraith beneath the Ancient Castle, and she had indeed obtained its cursed object-but the bad news was that the Ancient Castle harbored a terrifying corruption. Both she and her companion Xio had been forcibly contaminated, and ordinary curse-breaking potions did nothing.
"If it weren't for Mr. Fool, I probably would have met a terrible end."
Fors still sounded shaken.
True to her background as a writer, she described her experience with dramatic twists and turns. Of course, she left out the part about Xio accompanying her. In fact, it was precisely this incident that had prompted Xio to pray to the Fool again of her own accord, formally becoming a member of this gathering.
"So that's what happened..."
Emlyn, the Moon, furrowed his brows.
As the Sanguine's self-proclaimed representative before a god, he had always carried himself with great arrogance above the gray fog. Now that he had learned that his actions had nearly gotten another member killed, he naturally felt both embarrassed and angry.
"The information I gave you came from our Sanguine."
Emlyn said solemnly, "Give me some time. I'll investigate and give you an explanation... I'll also refund the information fee."
Mr. Moon may be a little arrogant and naïve, but he's decent at heart... Fors nodded and said, "All right. I trust you."
Just then, Luther suddenly interjected, "Do you need my help?"
He was rather interested in the Ancient Castle Fors had described... especially the underground Bronze Gate. It seemed somewhat similar