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After a hearty breakfast at the Intis Restaurant, Leyton pulled Klein back to the house at 15 Minsk Street.
As soon as he stepped out of the Spirit World, Leyton exclaimed with a sigh,
"Bernadette is quite nice; she even paid our bill."
Klein nodded in agreement, especially after he saw the bill for nearly a hundred pounds that the waiter finally brought.
Klein glanced at Leyton beside him and spoke his mind,
"I didn't expect the feast you mentioned would be taking me to freeload, and from a lady at that!"
"I just had a hunch I'd meet Bernadette there. The freeloading was an accident; I intended to treat you myself."
After a slight pause, Leyton deliberately lowered his voice a degree and continued,
"Do you think Bernadette wouldn't shield against the convergence effect between Beyonder characteristic? Not to mention her, the Sage Characteristics on me are covered by the Concealment left by the God of Knowledge and the Hidden Sage."
"Then how did we just run into her directly?"
Klein's expression turned a bit off upon hearing this. After the arrangement by 0-08, he had developed a certain shadow over all coincidences.
Leyton shook his head: "I don't know, but the problem should be with me."
"With you?" Klein asked back, somewhat puzzled.
"Yes, this isn't the first time. I've found that on the Mystery Pryer pathway, I have an incredible influence, though it might also be my misconception."
Recalling all his encounters since coming to this world, Leyton explained,
"When I went out to sea on the Future, I inadvertently mentioned Queen Mystic, and as a result, I directly met her, and then successfully boarded the Future."
"I subconsciously rejected the Moses Ascetic Order, and besides the Admiral of Stars and Queen Mystic, the Beyonders of the Mystery Pryer pathway I've only seen their corpses."
Klein was stunned. If this wasn't the other party overthinking, he would also find it a bit terrifying.
He, who was closely linked to the Sefirah Castle, only showed an extraordinary power of convergence, and had not displayed this kind of influence where he completely avoids meeting people he doesn't want to see.
"Perhaps it's just a coincidence." After hesitating for a moment, Klein said a comforting remark.
"Perhaps." Leyton nodded slightly, then turned to look at Klein, saying in a self-deprecating tone,
"Actually, sometimes I wonder, am I really still me? Or am I like Roselle, who already changed personalities when he was corrupted?"
Klein's comforting words were stuck in his throat. When the other party spoke these words in such a nearly flat tone, it instead made Klein somewhat doubt if it was really so.
Klein hesitantly proposed an idea: "Should I do a divination for you?"
"If I give myself a psychological cue now, making myself genuinely believe that I will encounter a Beyonder of the Mystery Pryer pathway next, what will happen?"
Leyton did not respond to Klein's suggestion, instead shifting the topic to other matters.
"My advice is not to try."
Klein said expressionlessly. He had an intuition that he couldn't let the other party do that.
Pursing his lips, Leyton waved his hand, preparing to leave:
"Remember my amethyst ring, have Mr. Fool make it into a charm for me, or just crush it into Characteristics."
"Okay." Klein nodded expressionlessly, only exhaling a sigh of relief after Leyton's figure disappeared from the room.
Lying back on the living room sofa, Klein rubbed his temples:
"How am I going to trick Alger? Tomorrow is Monday, and he doesn't look like someone I can trick at all!"
After getting the amethyst ring, Klein had already tried to make it into a charm using the characteristics of the Gray Fog, but found it impossible. Although he could see the misfortune entwined around the amethyst ring above the Gray Fog, he didn't know how to leverage and Exploit it.
"Perhaps I really can try praying to the Goddess, She is the Empress of Misfortune and Horror!" Klein murmured to himself.
Once this thought surfaced, it was hard to suppress it, and he could also test the Goddess's attitude towards him.
Thinking of this, Klein quickly went upstairs, prepared all the ritual materials, and set up a ritual.
With a "snap," he snapped his fingers, and the arranged candles lit automatically. Klein dripped two drops of nightshade essential oil into the candle flame, and the flame flickered, filling the room with the scent of nightshade.
After preparing, Klein stepped back and chanted in ancient hermes:
"The Evernight Goddess stands higher than the cosmos and more eternal than eternity.
"The Lady of Crimson,
"The Mother of Concealment,
"The Empress of Misfortune and Horror,
"Mistress of Repose and Silence."
"I pray to You, I pray for the power of misfortune…"
"Nightshade! The herb of the night…"
As the incantation was continuously chanted, the light in the room silently dimmed, and the surroundings became quiet, with only the flickering sound of the flames echoing in his ears.
Suddenly, a strong gust of wind abruptly swirled in the room, the flames continuously swayed, and the materials prepared in the room also began to be swept up, twirling in the air with an invisible whirlwind.
Beside the amethyst ring on the ground, a dark-based, brilliantly adorned charm slowly formed, lying quietly on the ground.
"The Goddess actually responded to me!" Klein exclaimed with a complicated tone.
His prayer being answered by the Goddess indicated that he had entered the Goddess's sight. What was fortunate was that the Goddess held no hostility towards him.
Time quickly arrived the next day, another Monday afternoon. Leyton sat in the armchair in the study, waiting for today's Tarot Club.
After Cattleya had informed him of the Wind-Blessed potion formula via messenger this morning, Leyton immediately prayed to The Fool, asking him to relay it to Hanged Man Alger.
In less than an hour, Leyton received 2000 pounds sent by Hanged Man, as well as the page from Roselle's diary that read, "The taste of a witch is truly good."
At exactly three o'clock in the afternoon, Backlund time, Leyton's vision blurred slightly, and grayish-white mist permeated the surroundings. Vague figures simultaneously appeared in the grand ancient palace.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."
It was still Miss Justice who first rose to bow and greet The Fool.
Then Miss Justice turned her gaze to the second lady at the Tarot Club sitting on the same side as her, her curiosity unconcealed in her eyes, and she asked with a smile,
"Who is this?"
Mr. Fool, seated at the head of the table, leisurely surveyed the room before saying,
"This is Magician, our new member."
Miss Justice, with a strong sense of responsibility, greeted Magician and then introduced the other members around to the new member:
"I am Justice, and those are Hanged Man, Mr. Sun, in order…"
Magician, who had just joined the Tarot Club, observed each person in turn as Miss Justice introduced them:
Miss Justice is a young, elegant, and very friendly, warm-hearted lady; the aura around Hanged Man suggests he might be the leader of some faction; Mr. Sun looks like an ordinary young man, except for his physique, a Feysacian? Mr. Tower, why does he feel as lazy as I am at home? At such a serious and high-end gathering… he's either thoughtless or very powerful; Mr. World, quite gloomy, clearly not someone to be trifled with…
Fors gave full play to her imagination, labeling each member of the Tarot Club with her own perceptions.
While Fors was observing everyone, others were also observing Fors, especially Miss Audrey, who, as a Spectator, had already guessed Fors's identity.
As there was no Roselle diary today, Miss Justice was the first to speak:
"Mr. Tower, the custom-made clothing for small animals that you needed, I have already asked my favorite designer to create it. I will urge her to complete the production within the next two weeks."
"Okay, thank you very much!"
Leyton sat up straight when Miss Justice mentioned him. After nodding in acknowledgment to her, he leaned back against the high-backed chair.
"Small animals? Custom clothing?"
Fors was extremely puzzled. Was it really appropriate to discuss such things at such a high-end gathering?
Miss Justice, being a Spectator, keenly noticed the new Magician's confusion beside her and explained in a jocular tone,
"This was the payment Mr. Tower requested after he answered some of my questions last time: to customize some clothes for the Beyonder creatures he keeps."
"Beyonder creatures!" Magician Fors repeated in a low voice.
Her emotions were complex. While she was still scrambling for Sequence 8 potion materials, others were already luxurious enough to feed potions to their pets.
"Is he a noble like Viscount Glaint, or from a wealthy family?" Fors inwardly added another "rich" label to Leyton.
Hanged Man Alger saw that no one else was communicating and slightly raised his hand, saying,
"I need the crystal feathers of the Blue Shadow Falcon, and clues about the Dragon-Eyed Sea Eagle. Does any of you have them?"
Alger deliberately made the clues for the Wind-Blessed main ingredient vague, so that even if Mr. World and Miss Justice could guess it was the main ingredient for Wind-Blessed, without more specific information, they couldn't know what the true main ingredient was.
Hanged Man mainly focused his gaze on Little Sun and Leyton. Little Sun was in City of Silver, where there were many Beyonder creatures.
As for White Tower Leyton, since he could obtain the Wind-Blessed potion formula, it was highly probable that he also had channels to obtain the corresponding materials.
However, the result was somewhat unexpected for Hanged Man Alger. None of the people present responded to his request.
Everyone looked at each other for a while, and finally, Klein, manipulating the small figure of Mr. World, said in a hoarse voice,
"I will keep an eye out for you."
Leyton echoed him, and the others followed suit.
Seeing this scene, Hanged Man Alger sighed helplessly in his heart.
It seems I still have to find them myself. The other members don't seem to be at sea, so the probability of encountering these two materials won't be very high.
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