Roselle's Diary

When Altair turned her gaze back to the blackboard, she saw the information the waiter had just written, which made her feel that the trip had not been in vain.

"Roselle's Mysterious Notes, two pages, 20 Gold Pound"

Altair glanced at Amos and gestured for him to buy back Roselle's Diary.

Upon learning of her needs, Amos did not offer the usual advice that "Roselle's script is undecipherable," but instead immediately rose to find a servant and proceeded to make the transaction.

Before long, Altair received the diary pages, but the crooked and messy handwriting made her frown. She thought to herself, "The person who copied this is really irresponsible. The writing is so badly copied, how can it be deciphered?"

"March 6th, damn it, the food here is making me constipated!"

"Are all the ladies in Intis this open on March 17th? Did I sleep with her, or did she sleep with me? Something feels a little off."

"March 22nd, the time has come to choose a faith: the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun on one side, and the Church of the Artisan on the other."

"My choice is without question. Praise be to you, God of Machines!"

"One day, I will transform the Artisan's Church into the Cult of Machines."

After painstakingly deciphering a completely worthless passage, Altair was speechless at his own wisdom. The most useful part of the entire text was merely the question, "Did she sleep with me, or did I sleep with her?"

That's a decent remark; I can tease him about it in person later.

But I feel like I've seen this passage somewhere before; it should have appeared in the original text.

"On May 21st, the Church of the God of Artisan gave me two choices, the beginnings of two Sequence Pathway: one is the ' Savant,' belonging to the complete Sequence chain they themselves possess, and the other is the ' Mystery Pryer,' obtained from the Mors Ascetic Society, lacking a higher Sequence."

"On May 22nd, my choice was simple: ' The Savant '! A ' Savant ' with a complete Sequence! Although mastering more Occult Knowledge would help me find a way home, the problem is that without sufficient strength, such a journey would inevitably rely on external forces. Whether those forces are good or bad, benevolent or malevolent, is uncontrollable and extremely dangerous. Therefore, it's better to become stronger and return on my own. Thus, a complete Sequence is my primary consideration!"

"On May 23rd, I became a ' Savant.' Thanks to the power of Potion, I was able to completely recall all the knowledge I had learned before—physics, chemistry, and so on."

This is yet another worthless diary entry. These two pages were probably written not long after Roselle "time-traveled," Altair already knows most of what's in them.

But it's alright, Altair bought Roselle's notebook mainly to pass the time. If he finds anything useful, great; if not, he'll just treat it as entertainment.

After Altair finished deciphering, Amos leaned closer and whispered, "Altair, you don't need to be upset. As far as I know, even the Church of Steam and Machinery hasn't been able to decipher the script created by Emperor Roselle."

"You've bought these papers before too," Altair asked, seeing how clearly Amos knew.

Amos nodded and said, "Of course, after all, I idolized Emperor Roselle when I was a child."

"Your childhood idol, and what about now?" Altair pressed.

"Now," Amos shook his head and said, "You know, wealthy people like us would never use the church's ' Distortion ' textbooks, so I still admire him to some extent."

"But sometimes, I also feel that some of his actions back then were foolish, and he wasn't decisive enough. I believe that since we've become mortal enemies, we should go all the way and, ideally, nip any threat in the bud."

After hearing Amos's words, Altair nodded instinctively. Although she knew very well that Roselle's death was his own doing, using those assassins to use the "Black Emperor's" characteristics to complete his advancement and attempt to refresh his status and escape the corruption of the Mother Goddess of Depravity.

But she still didn't understand why Roselle didn't thoroughly purge the Soren Royal Family and nobles after overthrowing the Intis Empire. Was it intentional, or was this whole mess actually created by you?

When the Black Robe Waiter announced the end of the party, Altair and Amos left together. However, they did not choose to return to the Morse Town, but stayed in Tingen City and moved into Sheffield's villa.

The next morning, Altair took a carriage to Red Moon Street in the North Borough and Saint Selena Cathedral. After attending the service, he did not see the person he wanted to see, so he left the church directly.

She planned to go to Vlad Street to see if the Apothecary had come to Tingen City.

Before long, she saw shop number 18, which already had a sign that read "Rosen's Folk Herbal Shop".

As soon as Altair arrived at the shop entrance, he smelled a strange odor filled with a mixture of herbs.

Upon entering the shop, one sees "Rosen Darkweed" standing in front of the counter. This portly "Apothecary" is dressed in a dark robe embroidered with various strange symbols, looking every bit the part of a rural witch doctor.

When he noticed Altair enter, he instinctively began to scrutinize her, but after a quarter of an hour, he couldn't find anything "special" about Altair. So he stepped forward and asked, "Miss, what kind of medicine do you need? Just describe your symptoms, and I'm sure I can provide the corresponding medicine."

"Or perhaps you want some special medications, such as those for whitening or firming..."

The first half of his statement was normal, but what did the second half mean? Whitening was understandable, but what did skin tightening mean? Altair couldn't help but roll his eyes at him, then tempted him further:

Do you think I'm not beautiful now?

"Beautiful, hehe." After saying this, Rosen Darkweed stared straight at Altair, at the Gem Necklace around his neck.

Regarding the behavior of this "Fatty," Altair thought to himself, "If I didn't know your cautious and prudent nature, I might have actually been fooled by him."

After realizing his teasing had failed, Altair asked, "Besides these common materials, do you have any Spirituality materials here, such as Spirit Realm Fog Mushroom Spores, Dragon Blood Grass, or Human Face Rose Petals...?"

Upon hearing the information Altair revealed, Rosen's eyes flashed with shock, but he calmly replied, "What are you talking about, miss? I've never even heard of these things. We don't have anything like what you're talking about."

After saying this, he acted as if he had encountered a lunatic and prepared to kick Altair out.

To avoid affecting future plot developments, Altair explained to him, "Don't worry, I don't belong to any official or church faction. I just had a divination done beforehand and knew I could buy these things from you, so I came all this way."

He then added, "After all, Apothecary are quite scarce, aren't they?"

After hearing Altair's explanation, Rosen still asked warily, "Are you Seer? Or Monster?"

"Seer," Altair said without batting an eye.

After listening, the latter nodded and said, "Sometimes, I really envy the abilities of you Seer. I've only been here a short time, and you've already come looking for me."

To his rambling, Altair could only smile and reply, "Do you have the material I just mentioned?"