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Through a bestowal ritual, Klein handed the £2,500 in cash and the ancient golden mask provided by the Hanged Man to Miss Justice. Using the image of the World praying, he urged her to complete the formula and ingredient transactions as soon as possible.
I've spent nearly £5,000 in these two weeks. If I hadn't left Tingen, that would have been enough to retire on, while maintaining the same standard of living as Mrs. Stalin's family... Puppets ruin your life; potions impoverish three generations... Klein gazed at the boundless fog and the Ancient Palace, which had fallen silent again, feeling rather forlorn, as though he had lost something important.
He composed himself for a few seconds, returned to the real world, and picked up the remaining £1,830 on the desk, specifically counting out six £5 notes.
Then Klein took out £1,000 and placed it Above the Gray Fog. He put the £30 in cash into his completely flat wallet and solemnly tucked it into an inner pocket of his clothes.
He divided the other £800 into two folded stacks, putting one in each side pocket.
Next, Klein pulled open a drawer and took two of the five Deep Sea Naga hairs he had brought back to the real world in advance. He wrapped them in layer after layer of paper and carefully placed them in a concealed pocket.
Having finished all this, he took his hat and walking stick and headed to the street corner under the glow of the gas streetlamps at night. He boarded a carriage and went straight to the Brave and Bold Bar in the Backlund Bridge District.
In the lively, noisy surroundings, Klein persevered through the glass of Southville beer he had ordered. Only then did he leisurely pass through the ever-louder waves of