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Hearing Bernadette's words, alarm bells blared in Odys's mind. He put on a relaxed expression. "Is there something wrong with those two bookmarks?"

"You should know that one of those bookmarks is no longer an ordinary bookmark, right?" Bernadette, who still had not shown herself, said.

"I don't know." The moment Odys finished speaking, his nose grew longer again.

A chuckle came from the air. "Heh heh."

Odys felt cold sweat about to break out. If they kept talking, it would be easy to drag Mr. Fool into this, and that would be troublesome...

At that moment, he suddenly realized that Bernadette was asking about the bookmarks' specific circumstances, not their whereabouts.

He instantly recalled their earlier conversation about the Card of Blasphemy and realized that Bernadette truly had not been asking where the bookmark was.

That scared me to death! Odys, who knew too many secrets, secretly let out a sigh of relief. He had been the one feeling guilty first, which was why his thoughts had gone to Mr. Fool.

With the obstruction of Above the Gray Fog, Bernadette had no way of using Beyonder means to determine the Card of Blasphemy's exact location anyway.

Only after taking a deep breath did he say, "All right, Machinery Hivemind did discover that one of the two kinds of bookmarks was unusual.

"It is said that Archbishop Horamick Haydn believes that the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery was deceived by Emperor Roselle for over a hundred and fifty years."

After saying all the true intelligence he knew, his nose naturally returned to normal.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent. More than ten seconds later, Odys finally asked, "Um, are you still there?"

"I... I simply didn't expect things to..." Bernadette seemed to steady her emotions before saying, "If you can help me find out exactly what that special bookmark is, I will pay you a generous reward."

"That will be a little difficult." Odys spoke honestly. "It will be hard for me to meet Archbishop Haydn, and even if I do, it will be difficult to get useful information from him.

"However, I will keep an eye out for you. The other people who were there at the time might also know the truth."

It was not that he did not want to investigate. He simply could not.

What if Mr. Fool put a curse on him? He would have to spend the rest of his life in poverty.

Bernadette gave an "Mm." "All right, this is far enough.

"Go back and hurry up with those ten Arrows of Flames! I heard you have not even started yet?"

Odys froze. "Y-you sent someone to watch me?"

"It is not surveillance. They merely check on your progress from time to time."

Odys opened his mouth, realizing that it might be Bernadette's Invisible Servant, which often appeared in the herbal shop. "If I go visit streetwalkers, will you need to know that too?"

"Heh heh, what? Is there something to be embarrassed about?" Bernadette's voice gradually became somewhat ethereal. "Let me remind you that you need to get moving. If you cannot complete the transaction on time, do not expect me to pay the remaining balance."

She intended to have Aria use the Invisible Servant to carefully observe Odys's process of crafting Beyonder Weapons, striving to learn it all. Afterward, Dawn of Elements could make Arrows of Flames themselves.

At the same time, Bernadette had a feeling that making the servant carefully observe Odys's actions would bring unexpected gains as well.

"I understand." Odys said unhappily, "I warn you, don't watch when I bathe!"

"Heh, my servant has no such hobby." Bernadette's voice became increasingly ethereal.

As soon as she finished speaking, Odys felt the weightless sensation around him vanish, and he returned to the Real World.

He sighed helplessly, feeling as though he would not dare take off his clothes even to sleep from now on.

Since the client had urged him on, early the next morning, Friday, Odys had Kainer place an order at the foundry for parts for fifteen Arrows of Flames in one go.

Because he was ordering so many, the cost of parts for each one could be reduced to 1 pound.

Just as Kainer was about to leave, a hired carriage delivered a letter from the Backlund Mechanical Research Society.

Odys opened the envelope, took out the letter, and skimmed through it. It was the investigation report on Xio Derecha.

Odys then had Kainer place an advertisement in the newspaper and send a letter to Xio, preparing to hold the gathering tomorrow.

In fact, when Odys had calculated that bill with Bernadette earlier, the prices he quoted for the Spiritual Materials had been slightly below market price, but they were still inflated.

That was because he could grow and raise some of those Spiritual Materials himself!

After Kainer returned from his errands, Odys had him watch the shop while he entered the basement in the backyard and headed to his laboratory in the suburbs to gather some needed materials.

South Borough, 22 Tutwa Street.

Knock, knock, knock~

"Who is it?" Fors, who was still lazing in bed even though it was already past ten, asked irritably.

"A letter for Xio Derecha!"

"Got it. Put it in the mailbox." Fors opened a magazine and continued leaning against the headboard.

She muttered inwardly, The fog is thick today, and it's so cold. It's fine to get up later. Fine to get up later...

Fors suddenly seemed to think of something. She quickly changed clothes, opened the door, and looked left and right. The fog outside was indeed quite heavy, but there was no suspicious figure on the street.

She hurried to the mailbox and took out a letter signed by the Mysticism Research Society. "Just as I thought!"

Fors looked around again. Still seeing no suspicious people, she thought, Maybe it's time to move again.

An hour later, Xio, who had not received any assignments for noon today, returned. "Oh, Goddess above! You're actually already up!"

As she spoke, she walked over to the fireplace to warm herself. "We haven't seen the sun for two days straight. If the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun came to preach in Backlund, they would definitely gain a huge number of believers."

Fors, who was busy in the kitchen, wiped her hands and handed the letter to Xio. "A letter from the Mysticism Research Society!"

Xio was slightly stunned and quickly took it. Fors had already opened the envelope beforehand.

Pulling out the letter inside, she saw the following written on it:

Dear Miss Derecha:

We are pleased to inform you that you have been approved to join the Mysticism Research Society.

The time of the gathering will be published in the advertisement section on the third page of the Backlund Post. Please watch for advertisements selling large quantities of herbs.

Add 3 to the third number in the advertisement to get the date of the gathering. If the result is 32 or 33, it means the 2nd or 3rd of the following month. Add 2 to the fourth number to get the hour of the gathering. For the final number, ignore any 0s to get the minute of the gathering.

As this is your first gathering, a carriage will come to pick you up two hours before it begins. Please be sure to wait in advance.

In addition, please prepare 5 soli in cash to pay for the standard mask and hooded cloak provided in the carriage.

Leader

Sincerely

Xio frowned. "What a strange gathering."

No Beyonder gathering would send such a formal notice unless the organizer was sick in the head!

"This also proves the information you got before!" Fors helped analyze it. "This Leader has official backing, so there is nothing to fear."

After a pause, she added, "Besides, isn't this mysterious and cool?"

It will probably be released on the first of next month, though that still depends on the actual results. Most likely, it will be released that day.

Also, the Paris Olympics have begun. The author has posted an extra story about a Beyonder sports meet in the previous book, Lord of Mysteries: The New Black Emperor Descends. Those interested can go take a look. ╰(￣▽￣)╭