Klein felt there was a deeper meaning behind Shopkeeper Reed's words, and that the information he had bought earlier did not seem so simple either.
Damn it, he had paid for that information. Shouldn't it have been explained clearly?
What?
One piece of information had been bought at a clearance discount, while the other had been given away because it was unsellable at the Café?
Oh, then never mind.
At the same time, Klein felt that the problem might lie with himself for failing to grasp the deeper meaning, because he lacked far too much common knowledge about the extraordinary world.
It was like asking someone for an address. At most, they would tell you to turn left or right, or walk a certain number of meters in a particular direction. They could not possibly explain the origins and definitions of east, south, west, north, left, right, meters, and the like.
With that mindset, Klein gave the matter some thought after returning.
He had only heard of the Moses Ascetic Order from Old Neil today, and his first instinct had been to ask Old Neil about it.
However... Shopkeeper Reed had specifically said he should ask someone he could trust absolutely. The figure in Klein's mind shifted from Old Neil to another, more dependable image.
Although this fell within the realm of secret knowledge and did not seem to be Captain Dunn's specialty as a member of the Sleepless pathway, as a Sequence Six, the captain should still know quite a bit of common knowledge about Extraordinary beings, right?
Thus, Klein found an opportunity to visit Captain Dunn. He tactfully probed for some common knowledge about Extraordinary beings, then casually brought up the Moses Ascetic Order.
"The Moses Ascetic Order?"
Captain Dunn gave him a disapproving look.
"This is a