Arrangements

"I don't know why, but last night when Klein was on duty, the sky outside briefly brightened up. What do you think happened?"

On the carriage ride back the next day, after they had finished breakfast, Leonard, looking particularly curious, told the others in the carriage about his discovery.

Klein's voice remained relatively calm as he said, "What are you going to suspect me of now? Why blame me for natural phenomena? Why don't you ask me if I'm the one causing the wind outside?"

Leonard blinked, looking at Klein with a slightly surprised expression, as if he didn't doubt Klein at all, and said, "What? I was just asking, why are you so excited?"

"Ha, that's just my response because you've suspected me too much. If you were like everyone else, I definitely wouldn't have spoken like that!"

Klein retorted without mincing words.

Leonard stared at him for a while, but finding nothing wrong, he could only turn to look at Lynch and Royale.

"What do you two think? It's really strange that you haven't said a word!"

He refused to believe that he was the only one who noticed the anomaly yesterday.

Royale shook his head with amusement, "We're all just watching the show. To be honest, Leonard, I wouldn't doubt that you were assassinated by Klein one day, because you're definitely too suspicious. Although the change in Sun is a bit surprising, it couldn't have been caused by Klein."

Lynch immediately nodded in agreement.

"Yeah! Can you blame Klein for it being daylight outside? It can't be that he divined the Eternal Blazing Sun, obtained the Potion recipe for the Sun Pathway from Sequence 9 to Demigod, and then the protagonist of this world appeared?"

He joked, while Klein, standing beside him, concealed the guilt on his face.

Is Lynch a prophet?

He really did perform divination at Sefirah Castle yesterday, and then he saw the Eternal Blazing Sun, saw the Potion recipes for Sequence 9 to Sequence 7 of the Sun Pathway, and even used the drop of blood from the Sun Sacred Emblem to create the Flaring Sun Charm, which caused the sky to suddenly brighten.

However, he knew last night that Leonard would definitely suspect him, so he prepared all night and of course wouldn't leave any trace today.

In any case, Leonard didn't notice anything amiss, and Lynch, if he hadn't known the original story, probably wouldn't have noticed Klein's problem either.

No wonder he's a movie star!

They didn't return to the security company until 11 a. m.

Dunn didn't see anything wrong with the Sun Sacred Emblem. The Sealed Artifact was still intact. It had absorbed energy twice from the Stone of Myriad Phenomena and had even been exploited by Klein to make talismans. So far, it seemed to have changed nothing.

"You can go home and rest now; there are no missions for the time being."

Dunn waved his hand and granted them a holiday.

Lynch and the others did not refuse and immediately prepared to go home to take a shower, as staying outside for a night was not a good experience.

Klein, in particular, had expended a lot of Spirituality creating the Flaring Sun Charm and was now eager to go home and catch up on his sleep.

So they boarded the carriage to go home.

When Lynch got home, he took a bath, put his clothes in a basin outside, and waited for the hourly maid to come and take them out to wash. Then he changed his clothes and went straight to Mr. Azik's house.

After spending the afternoon with Mr. Azik, Lynch finally returned home.

"Companies that don't allow employees to leave work on time are, in my opinion, inhumane!"

Benson was sitting in the living room reading the newspaper. When he saw Lynch, he immediately put down the newspaper and said with a smile.

He had been wanting to say this ever since he heard the news last night that Lynch and Klein weren't coming back.

Lynch waved his hand.

"It's not the company's fault. We could have been back last night, but Klein and I wanted to freeload dinner and breakfast there, so we deliberately stayed."

Benson:...

Is this even possible?

He can try it next time. Actually, it's fine if he doesn't come back for one night since dinner and breakfast are provided and there's nothing else to do.

"Alright, let's eat dinner! Melissa insists on waiting for you, neither Klein nor I can eat!"

Benson nodded to Melissa, who was sitting next to him, blushing slightly.

Melissa quickly explained, "No, that's not it. I just meant that it's more comfortable to eat together as a family, and it's also easier for the maids to wash the dishes, so we don't have to wash a lot at once."

Klein sighed silently, pretending not to hear Melissa's seemingly reasonable explanation.

"Okay, I'll come back earlier next time. There are just too many people on the road, and I don't want to take a horse-drawn carriage."

Lynch shrugged helplessly, offered an explanation, washed his hands, and rushed to the dining table; he still had a great love for food.

After finishing his meal, Lynch quickly went upstairs to switch Reader Pathway to ensure his brain was functioning smoothly.

Mr. Azik made it clear to him that the time for Ince Zangwill to launch his attack was fast approaching, and he needed to make arrangements, at least to leave the security company when Ansali arrived, otherwise something bad might happen.

Ince Zangwill has already done a lot to procure Saint Selena's Ashes, and it's not impossible that he might turn against her if pushed to the limit.

Lynch knew he had better hurry, but he was still a little short of digesting the Potion. Perhaps he was just missing an opportunity, but he didn't know where that opportunity was. Maybe, like the Mimic, he was completely digested by Klein's words.

But it might take some more time.

So Mr. Azik didn't plan to wait for him to digest the Potion. Instead, he planned to do something in a town, and then he could bring two more people with him to ensure their safety.

Lynch decided that the two spots would go to Old Neil and Kenley. Old Neil was too old and had almost lost control before; staying with the Nighthawks team would be suicide.

Kenley was in a similar situation; he had only been in the team for a few months longer Lynch and the others, and hadn't yet digested the Sleepless Potion, making him a newbie.

As for Royale and Frye, Lynch suggested that Mr. Azik find Lanevus's body and dump it in the street so that they could take charge of Lanevus's case.

As for how to ensure that Frye and his team would do as he asked, that was Lynch's job.

He needed to ensure that the remaining members of the Nighthawks squad were the same as in the original story so that the plot could proceed as it was in the book and avoid any unexpected situations.

Most importantly, Mr. Azik can only protect two or three people at most; he might not be able to handle too Mr. Azik.

He wasn't a cold-blooded person; having lived with the Nighthawks squad for so long, he didn't want anyone to die.

If someone were to die, he only hoped it would be Klein, because he could be resurrected.

That afternoon, Lynch and Mr. Azik were discussing how to make things as discreet as possible, at least without implicating him, since he would still be staying with the Nighthawks team afterwards.

Lynch didn't want him to scheme so much for Tingen, only to find out he was wanted by the Nighthawks team when he returned. He would definitely cause trouble then!