When the bell ringer, Carnot, heard the name Frank Lee, his expression immediately became somewhat strange:
"I know him... He's a kind and pure person, but sometimes, his purity is frightening."
Indeed... Klein stepped aside at the top of the stairs, following the bell ringer down as he casually remarked:
"Are you very familiar with him?"
Carnot walked ahead in silence, and after a while, he turned his back to Gehrman Sparrow and said:
"I am an unsuccessful product, full of problems, and always ridiculed. Only a few, like Frank, see me with normal eyes and regard me as a person with a real soul..."
"Why did he leave the Church of the Earth Mother?" Klein asked knowingly, carrying a suitcase.
As Carnot exited the clock tower, he determined his direction and answered:
I don't know the specific reason.
"He was an orphan who grew up in a monastery and truly regarded the church as his family and Mother Goddess as his mother."
"He had many strange ideas and originally had the opportunity to become a diocese bishop, but he was almost sent to Judgement for blasphemy."
Frank had mentioned this because he wanted to crossbreed bulls, cows, and wheat... Frankly, if it were me, I'd put him on Judgement too... The reason he didn't get into trouble early on was probably because his Sequence wasn't high enough, limiting what he could do... Klein muttered a few words, then followed the bell ringer Carnot into a street, arriving at the alley behind the Saint Draco Church.
Carnot walked to an ordinary house and rang the doorbell three times, once every two seconds.
After a while, a knocking sound approached, and the door creaked open.
Klein then saw an elderly man wearing a black short coat and leaning on a sturdy cane.
The old man had snow-white hair, no obvious wrinkles on his face, and wore a black eye patch that completely covered his eyes.
"Mr. Congressman, Mr. Gehrman Sparrow has something to discuss with you."
Senator Ricciardo? He's Senator Ricciardo? He's blind? Klein had only heard his voice before, but never seen him, so he was inevitably a little surprised.
Ricciardo tilted his ear, slowly turned his head toward where Gehrman Sparrow was, and chuckled:
"I'm sorry, this is the only way I can see you. This morning when I woke up, I suddenly had a premonition that I couldn't open my eyes to see anything today. To prevent any accidents, I had to wear an eye patch."
... You can do that... I can't compete with this charlatan style... Klein was both amused and astonished.
Immediately, he understood the accurate interpretation of the other party's premonition: that they were not looking at him!
He remembered that Will Auceptin, the " Mercury Snake," had said that Beyonder on the " Monster " pathway could see things that others couldn't, which was why he was able to perceive his own specialness. That's why Admisol of Tingen City had his eyes bleed and collapsed in pain as soon as he saw him.
Senator Ricciardo sensed danger and put on his blindfold beforehand... Sigh, if it weren't for that, I would have asked him what he could see... Klein didn't have a penchant for forcing others to harm themselves, so he collected his thoughts and asked instead:
"Do you have any clues about the magical item I need?"
"Not yet," Senator Ricciardo said with a smile. "After I recovered from my injuries, I went to Bayam. I was lucky enough to encounter a high-ranking naval and governor's office reshuffle, which allowed me to successfully rescue King Roy, although it also wasted a lot of time."
Klein had anticipated this and said without any surprise:
"Then I'll use this request to get some help in return."
"A friend of mine has been plagued by Misfortune since coming into contact with a mural left by the ' Angel of Fate,' and needs to have it eradicated."
Representative Ricciardo thought for a moment and said:
"No problem, you take me there, and don't let him go out, there might be an accident."
Klein nodded, and as he carried his suitcase toward the alley entrance, he seized the opportunity to ask:
"Mr. Congressman, what do you know about the ' Mother Tree of Desire '?"
According to Klein, while the School of Life and the Rose School of Thought appear to have many contradictions, they should actually have a deep understanding of each other.
Ricciardo, leaning on his cane, walked slowly to the side and behind, without anyone's assistance or guidance, as if he weren't actually wearing a blindfold.
He chuckled and said:
"The ' Mother Tree of Desire ' is the embodiment of the ' Chained God ' of the Rose School of Thought, but I suspect the truth might be the opposite; the ' Chained God ' is one of the ' Mother Tree of Desire ' incarnations. My reasoning is that ' Red Light ' Al Moria claims that the Sequence 0 position of the ' Mutant ' pathway is still empty. Heh, you know Sequence 0 is, right?"
"I know," Klein replied succinctly, without elaboration or even mentioning that he knew about the Brotherhood of Pure Light.
Congressman Ricciardo hummed in agreement. "In short, no one knows the true identity of the ' Mother Tree of Desire,' nor does anyone know which path it corresponds to. Perhaps this is its true identity. In addition, I can provide some indirect information."
"The ' Mother Tree of Desire ' and the ' The Moon Primordial ' are opposed to each other and seem to have an irreconcilable contradiction. It is precisely because of this that the Rose School of Thought is always hostile to us."
"However, sometimes the relationship between the ' Mother Tree of Desire ' and the ' The Moon Primordial ' is quite subtle. You may find it hard to imagine that there is a ' Warlock King ' in the Southern Continent who worships the Moon and has joined the Rose School of Thought."
The Church of the Seven Gods despises evil gods such as the ' True Creator,' the ' Primordial Demoness,' and the ' Dark Side of the Universe,' but it hates the ' The Moon Primordial ' and the ' Mother Tree of Desire ' even more.
Similarly, the Aurora Order, the Witch Demoness Sect, the Blood Worship Cult, and the Moss Ascetic Order all dislike the Rose School of Thought.
That's interesting... Is the " Mother Tree of Desire " one of the two most isolated? Klein thoughtfully stopped a carriage and watched as the bell ringer Carnot, escorted " Life Councilor " Ricciardo up.
He then entered the carriage and instructed the driver to go to a nearby inn.
Not long after, the carriage arrived at its destination. Just as Klein was about to get off, he suddenly heard a loud bang. The booming explosion caused the entire street to tremble noticeably, and shards of glass from windows fell to the ground.
No way... Could it be caused by Anderson's Misfortune? Klein's Spirituality intuition told him that was indeed the case, but the unluckiest Hunter didn't seem to be dead yet.
He turned his head to look out of the carriage and saw that a large section of the wall on the second floor of the inn had collapsed, with remnants of flames and smoke still remaining.
At that moment, a figure with disheveled blond hair and tattered clothes stood below, muttering to himself:
"How dare some audacious individual trade weapons, including new types of explosives, in a hotel! I almost died a horrible death... My suitcase..."
Klein glanced down at the suitcase he was carrying and suddenly realized how good it was to be cautious.
He turned around, helped Ricciardo, and assisted the Life Councilor down from the carriage.
Anderson sensed something, turned his head and smiled wryly:
"These arms dealers are so unprofessional these days! Luckily it's daytime and not many people are resting in the inn. It's just a pity for the owner; he's going to suffer a loss. However, the gold they're carrying shouldn't be so easily destroyed, which should make up for a lot of the losses."
I think your Misfortune is largely to blame... Klein nodded and said to Senator Ricciardo:
"That's him."
Ricciardo immediately turned his head toward Anderson, but the dark eye patch obscured his view.
He paused for a few seconds and smiled slightly:
Give me a gold coin.
"Hmm?" Anderson suspiciously pulled a Loen coin from inside his clothing, then smiled at Gehrman Sparrow, "It's a custom in my hometown to sew a small pocket into the innermost layer of clothing to hold a few coins. I didn't believe it at first, but I've been having such bad luck lately."
As he spoke, he handed the gold coins to Ricciardo.
Ricciardo caught the gold coin, slowly closed his fingers, and withdrew his hand.
He immediately laughed:
"Alright, your Misfortune has been lifted."
"Huh?" Anderson stared blankly at Gehrman Sparrow beside him, as if to say: That's it? You didn't hire a conman, did you?
Klein was also taken aback, but chose to believe Ricciardo, after all, he was Life Councilor.
Ricciardo put away the gold coins and chuckled:
"It's just as easy for you to get Misfortune. If you don't believe me, you can try your luck at a casino."
"That makes sense!" Anderson clapped his hands, immediately grabbed the pedestrian, and asked where the nearest casino was.
After a while, he returned wearing a clean and tidy jacket, and instinctively opened his mouth when he saw Congressman Ricciardo waiting on the street.
He suddenly froze, forced himself to shut up, and then thanked him with a grin.
After the Demigod was put into the carriage, he leaned close to Gehrman Sparrow and said with a sigh:
"I was just about to say that although you are blind, you are indeed very powerful in the realm of Fate... Fortunately, I remembered in time that he is a Demigod."
If you really say that, then you might become Hunter who "dies on the spot after his Misfortune is lifted"... Klein didn't agree with him, and instead said:
"Can you tell me a clue about that pistol?"
Because of the significant limitations of " Creeping Hunger," he still desires a more conventional offensive magical item.
Anderson straightened his hair and chuckled:
In Bayam.
"He was a friend I used to know, a very skilled adventurer. Tired of the unstable and dangerous life, he used his savings to buy several spice plantations, married a good girl, and completely retired from the industry."
"He recently had a child, and his thinking has changed. He now wants to provide his child with a better environment, a better education, and a safer place, so he plans to move to Backlund, where there are the best grammar schools and the best public schools."
"Heh, he didn't want to just rent in Backlund, nor did he intend to sell the manor that could continuously generate income. He also happened to have extra magical items on him, so he planned to sell that revolver."
"At the time, I was eager to join the treasure hunt team to that area and didn't know if it was successful. However, very few people can come up with nearly ten thousand pounds in one go, so the deal wasn't easy to make."
"Yes, take me to visit him," Klein replied simply.
At this very moment, aboard the Golden Dream," Danitz discovered a problem with horror:
The captain hasn't shown up for three days!