Fat Apothecary Rosen Darkwill said reluctantly to the great adventurer Gehrman Sparrow, "Buying newspapers isn't part of what we hired you for, is it?"
Klein glanced at him. "I want to read that paper. During a job, the employer covers all expenses. That's the rule."
Fat Apothecary asked helplessly, "Even your expenses at the Moulin Rouge?"
Klein's tone did not change. "If you want to go there, of course you'll pay your own way."
Fat Apothecary looked a little guilty. "I don't even like going there!"
The main problem was that he had no money left.
As he spoke, Fat Apothecary went to buy a newspaper. Fortunately, it cost only one penny.
The two then took a carriage toward the passenger docks.
In the carriage, Klein opened the paper. The front-page headline of today's Rorsted Daily News was about the death of Great Pirate Taylor.
For a paper that chiefly covered news from the Berserk Sea, the death of a Great Pirate was a major story.
The article detailed Taylor's many crimes and reported that the mysterious ship called the Argo had defeated the Red Lion pirate crew.
The name Argo struck Klein as familiar. It seemed to be the name of a ship in Greek mythology.
He read the account of the ship more carefully, but it offered few concrete details.
A witness also claimed that the ship had docked at a small port on Dilinus Island yesterday, where someone had seen its captain.
With his Faceless abilities, Klein could form a vivid image of the man from the written description alone.
And suddenly, he realized the man sounded a great deal like Mr. Gal.
That set him thinking: Mr. Gal had indeed put to sea recently. Had he killed a Great Pirate as soon as he sailed?
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