"Spirit wandering amid illusion, creature of the Upper World driven by others, Messenger belonging solely to Azik."
A moment later, a cold wind swept through the surroundings. One bone after another, gleaming with a hazy luster, erupted like a fountain from the ground before him, rising higher and higher until they quickly assembled into an enormous, illusory skeleton.
Even knowing beforehand that this thing existed, Edward still found it quite frightening at first sight. Lilith had long since hidden beneath the sofa, while Audrey stared up at it blankly.
"Please deliver this letter to Mr. Azik. Thank you."
The enormous skeletal hand swept out and firmly grasped the letter. Then it instantly collapsed into individual bones that fell onto the desk, sank illusorily into it, and vanished.
"Phew!"
Audrey patted her chest, looking relieved. "Even his Messenger is this terrifying. Just what you'd expect of an Angel. By comparison, your Messenger is far less impressive."
Edward coughed and huffed. "Ahem, it's a Messenger. As long as it can deliver letters, nothing else matters."
After a pause, he looked at Audrey. "Now we just need to wait patiently for Mr. Azik's reply."
"Let me know as soon as you hear anything~ With the Vanishing Cabinet, there's no need to see you off, but at least keep me informed."
"All right!"
Edward then took out an identification document he had asked the Church to arrange and smiled. "From now on, my name is Gehrman Sparrow."
Although he still wasn't sure what he would be doing on this voyage, anything connected to acting as a "Mental Patient" certainly couldn't be good!
Hopefully, when Klein went to sea and used this identity, he wouldn't be too surprised.
Mr. Azik's reply was considerably slower than expected. Steven Green said he seemed to have gone