Seeing that German Sparrow didn't say a word, Tracy's heart slowly sank, as though it had fallen into an ice cavern.
Looking at Vice Admiral Ailment, who had a look of despair on her face, Klein took out a piece of paper from his pocket. With a flick of his wrist, it flew forward like a poker card.
With a whoosh, the piece of paper seemed to be made of metal as it sliced through a small amount of invisible spider silk and sliced through the crystalline ice crystals. It streaked across Tracy's upper left arm, producing a blooming flower of blood.
The surface of the piece of paper was quickly dyed red as it flew past the Demoness, who had been trapped in her spot, and spun back into Klein's palm.
"…" Tracy originally imagined that the piece of paper would be aimed at her throat, but she never expected it to be aimed at her arm. She was momentarily stunned until German Sparrow folded the piece of paper and placed it into an iron cigar case. Only then did she snap to her senses and ask, "Your true goal is to find Katarina?"
Klein casually placed the iron cigar case back into his pocket and didn't answer. Instead, he calmly asked,
He calmly asked, "Are you her descendant?"
Upon hearing this, Tracy, who was still trapped by the ice crystals and spider silk, suddenly chuckled.
"I'm not only her descendant. I'm her child."
Child … Daughter … As Klein was glad that he didn't rashly kill her, causing Demoness of White Katarina to sense him, he subconsciously analyzed if Katarina was Ailment Maiden Tracy's mother or father.
If Katarina was once a man, it was indeed possible that she was Tracy's father. But the problem was that she was already a Sequence 4 demigod during the Pale Disaster at the end of the Fourth Epoch. And the Assassin pathway would change from male to female at the Sequence 7 Witch stage …
In other words, for Katarina to be Tracy's father, Tracy had to be at least 1,300 years old. And it was impossible for a Sequence 5 Beyonder to live that long. Even most Sequence 4 and 3 saints were unable to do so!
There's only one answer. That is, Tracy was born by Katarina herself, and it happened in the last few decades … An elderly woman over a thousand years old … Klein nodded slightly and confirmed without any change in expression.
"She's your mother?"
Tracy's expression suddenly became a little strange.
"No, Mother."
Klein was about to ask what was the difference between this and his mother. In essence, wasn't one more formal and the other more colloquial? However, Tracy had already sneered to herself.
"My mother is another person. She used to be my father."
… Your Demoness's family sure is messy … But this isn't a reason for you to spread the disaster to the outside world … Klein used his Clown powers to control his facial muscles and continued looking at the Ailment Maiden with a deadpan expression.
Tracy, who was already in a dire situation, had given up on herself. Without waiting for German Sparrow to respond, she sighed and gave a self-deprecating laugh.
"Perhaps I was a mistake from the moment I was born.
"Abnormal parents, abnormal family relationships, and abnormal members of the Church. They shaped and hurt me. When I was eight years old, I discovered that my father, who I had always secretly idolized as a role model, had suddenly turned into a woman. Furthermore, he was becoming more and more delicate by the day, and he was becoming better at using his charms. Later on, he even found a male friend and gave birth to a younger brother for me. Can you imagine how I felt?
"When I ran away from home and came to the sea, after years of hard work, I finally found my normal self and social cognition. I understood what I really wanted. A potion made me become a woman. Heh, a woman …"
Klein listened quietly and said without any change in his speed,
"Your instigation skills aren't bad."
"…" Tracy turned agape and finally sighed. She smiled with a complicated expression and said, "I admit that I was trying to arouse your sympathy. Everyone yearns to live. Isn't that wrong? However, I didn't say a word of falsehood. Those are all my life experiences. "
She didn't exaggerate her pain and sorrow as she paused for a moment.
"Before you kill me, I would like to ask a question. It won't put you in a difficult position."
"What is it?" Klein looked at the Demoness opposite him.
Tracy hesitated for a moment before finally asking,
"Before you assassinated me, did Elaine know about this?"
Klein fell silent for a moment.
"She didn't know what would happen."
Tracy's face immediately lit up.
"Really?"
Without waiting for German Sparrow's response, she revealed an extremely complicated expression.
"Before I die, can I ask you one more thing? If you meet Elaine again, tell her that I'm very guilty about what happened in the past, but I don't regret it. "
With that said, Tracy attempted to shake her head, but she was restrained by the transparent ice crystals and invisible spider silk, preventing her from succeeding.
All she could do was give a self-deprecating laugh.
"Forget it. There's no need to tell her. Let's leave it at that.
"You can do it now."
With that said, Tracy closed her eyes.
After waiting for a few seconds, she didn't feel the pain she expected. Instead, she heard German Sparrow say in a deep voice, "Say it.
Everyone is not to disturb me. "
"…" Tracy was surprised. Her heart was filled with puzzlement as her expression turned confused.
However, since she was already facing death, such a small matter was not worth bothering about. She didn't think too much about it and opened her mouth.
Without thinking further, she opened her mouth and said, "Everyone is not to disturb me."
Just as she said that, the same voice echoed in the Black Death, louder than before.
The pirates didn't suspect anything. It was as though they were following a strange pattern. They instinctively avoided the captain's cabin and continued busying themselves.
The captain had said not to disturb her, so they naturally wouldn't look for her during this period of time!
At the same time, Tracy saw German Sparrow take off his top hat and press it to his chest. He bowed slightly at her, as though he was bidding her farewell.
Then, she felt like she was isolated from the entire World. There was silence around her, and even the crazy adventurer had vanished.
She had obtained the "undisturbed" environment she wanted.
The Lawyer pathway's Magnification and Distortion!
The layer of ice on Tracy's body began to melt, but the invisible spider silk remained firmly binding her, preventing her from doing anything. She couldn't even change her center of gravity.
Hence, she could only stand there like a lifelike wax figurine.
"He didn't kill me …" Tracy looked ahead blankly, momentarily in disbelief.
She didn't believe that German Sparrow didn't take action because he pitied her. This crazy adventurer had killed many pirates, and he had never shown mercy. And although Tracy didn't believe herself to be a normal Demoness and hadn't done many things worthy of a Demoness, as a pirate, how could she not do bad things? Be it selling slaves or plundering ships, she was experienced.
Similarly, Tracy didn't believe that German Sparrow had been moved by her beauty and experience to the point of coveting her. This was because his gaze was so cold, as though he was looking at a dead person.
There must be other factors … Tracy's thoughts raced as she made connections from the matters she might be involved in. Soon, she came to a conclusion. It's likely that I'm too close to Mother by blood, and Demonesses are good at curses. Once I die, Mother will immediately sense it and realize that something is wrong here. She will then avoid it in advance, preventing German Sparrow from finding a target in his subsequent actions. Therefore, he left me alive without being able to communicate with others … From the looks of it, regardless of whether his operation against Mother succeeds or fails, he might come back to kill me … And if I want to live, I have to successfully save myself first.
In Tracy's heart, she actually didn't have very deep feelings for her mother, Katerina. This "Demoness of Unaging" had lived for a long time, and most of the time, she maintained a youthful attitude by interacting with young people. She was often warm to the children she was occasionally interested in giving birth to, but she was cold most of the time.
However, as she grew older, Katerina commented that Tracy was becoming more and more like her past self, so she received more love and help.
However, Tracy didn't want such attention. This caused her to lose her original gender, and she was in an inextricable pain.
"Phew … Although I hate her and blame her, I still unconsciously rely on her. I wish that she would respect my opinion more … I hope, I hope that she can escape German Sparrow's pursuit …" Tracy began to struggle again, trying to break free from her bound state.
On the one hand, she was trying to save herself, and on the other hand, she wanted to inform her mother as soon as possible. She wanted her to be careful of German Sparrow!
Of course, Tracy suspected that German Sparrow, who had only recently advanced to Sequence 4, could harm her mother, who had survived from the Fourth Epoch, a Demoness who was known as "Unaging." However, she didn't hold any hopes of getting lucky. This was because German Sparrow had a helper, the Death Consul that even her mother feared!
Plop!
Tracy finally fell to the ground and attempted to roll towards the desk, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move her body.
She was fighting against none other than the distorted and magnified version of herself!
…
Above the gray fog, Klein was already sitting in The Fool's high-back chair. He placed the piece of paper that was stained with Vice Admiral Ailment Tracy's blood on the surface of the long mottled table.
Following that, he conjured a pen and paper and wrote a divination statement:
"The current location of Vice Admiral Ailment Tracy's mother, Katarina."
Putting down the fountain pen, Klein held the two pieces of paper, leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and softly repeated the words he had just written.
After repeating it seven times, he entered a dream and saw a tall Gothic bell tower appear in the gray World.
Around the bell tower, Katarina, who was dressed in a holy white robe, stood in the shadows of a few buildings. She observed her surroundings with a heavy expression, as though she was searching for something. And the crimson moon hung high in the sky, and its position was identical to what Klein had seen before he entered the gray fog.
This meant that Demoness of White Katarina was still in Baekeland. She was in West Borough, pursuing a particular target.
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