October 10, Monday, three in the afternoon, inside the Ancient Palace above the Gray Fog.
The Tarot Club convened here once again. After the mutual greetings and the reading of Roselle's Diary, the gathering entered the transaction phase.
Mr. Hanged Man looked at Abner beside him and was the first to speak: "Mr. Tower, is there any news about the Potion ingredients for the Cataclysmic Interrer?"
Abner nodded slightly and relayed Hosenam's conditions. In the end, he added, "As for the Sequence 1 Sealed Artifact from the mind domain that she needs, City of Silver should have one that's fairly suitable. You can think of a way to exchange for it with the Sun."
Alger, the Hanged Man, hadn't actually held out much hope. After all, how could a Demigod's extraordinary ingredients be easy to find and produce results within a week? He had asked mainly to express his urgency and make Tower take the matter more seriously.
Who could have expected that this "well-informed" gentleman of the Tarot Club had actually contacted the seller?
—In fact, if he hadn't been worried that replying too quickly would make the Hanged Man suspicious, Abner could have told him last Tuesday.
As for the other party's demand, Alger didn't find it strange at all. If the characteristics of a Cataclysmic Interrer were easy to obtain, he wouldn't have spent the past few months without the slightest clue.
And now, at least he had a clear goal... What's more, Mr. Tower had even given me an important lead!
Thinking this, Alger, the Hanged Man, didn't hurry to mention the Sequence 1 Sealed Artifact. He merely turned his head to look at the Sun beside him and asked, "Have you returned to the City of Silver?"
"I've already returned... My 'isolation' is expected to