"Huh?"
"Last night, I was originally heading to the free school in the East Borough..."
Edward recounted what had happened the night before. After hearing him out, Audrey's eyes widened. "So it was Mr. Fool's Blessed who killed Capim and freed those kidnapped girls, while you... just went and emptied Capim's safe?"
"That's right."
And to think she had imagined all sorts of dashing scenes of Edward as the heroic bandit Black Emperor on her way here. It turned out he had just gone to pick up the spoils.
"Was that Blessed Mr. World?"
"I don't know, but when I got there, I saw him facing off against two Half-Gods."
"Ah, then it probably wasn't Mr. World."
Audrey asked worriedly, "But wouldn't doing that be a little unfair to that Blessed?"
"Not at all. I'm sure His Excellency the Blessed simply didn't care about that bit of money! He was there to punish the wicked, protect the innocent, and uphold justice. Taking that money would have been the greatest insult to him."
Edward declared emphatically, "That's what Mr. Fool's Blessed is like."
Understanding dawned on Audrey. "Oh, right! At the next Tarot Club gathering, I must ask Mr. Fool to convey my respect to that Blessed!"
13 Minsk Street.
"Achoo!"
Klein sneezed, then stared at the morning paper in his hands, dumbfounded.
"Holy shit, what safe? That wasn't me! I didn't do it! I don't know anything about it!"
"What? There were over ten thousand Pounds inside? My heart hurts."
"Wait, the Tower and Justice cards were left in the safe?"
All I did was scatter a handful of tarot cards over Capim. I never even saw the safe, so how could I have left those two tarot cards there?
*Whoever took the contents of the safe must have