Empress Borough, Earl Hall's house, in the dining room.
As per usual, Audrey was praying before the meal with her father, mother, and brother.
"Praise the Lady!" She tapped her chest four times in a clockwise fashion, ending her prayers with this sentence.
However, before she could finish her sentence, a thick gray fog filled her vision that was covered by her eyelids. A figure that looked down at everyone and everything spoke in a distant and dignified manner.
"That's a Card of Blasphemy created by Rosell."
Mr. Fool … Card of Blasphemy? Audrey, who had finally received a response, was delighted at first before she was slightly stunned. She didn't understand what the so-called Card of Blasphemy was referring to.
However, she quickly had a guess. She had always known that Rosell The Great had created a hidden deck of cards that symbolized some unknown power. There were a total of twenty-two cards, and they were considered to be the reference for tarot cards.
Furthermore, she had heard from The Hanging Man that the secret hidden in the deck of cards was the path of the divine, the path to godhood!
So it's called the Card of Blasphemy … It corresponds to the Blasphemy Slate … This is definitely the top treasure in the mysterious World!
The path of the divine!
It's no wonder that Mr. Fool's adorer had to seek help to ensure that it was really that card before taking action. This was to prevent any mistakes from happening and not obtaining the right target. Instead, it would make the Church of Steam realize that a particular bookmark was hiding a Card of Blasphemy …
I wonder if he succeeded …
The Beyonders of the Church of Steam didn't come to make the routine inquiries. Perhaps, he's still plotting …
As her body trembled, Audrey saw a praying figure in the thick gray fog. It was an extremely blurry figure.
He was saying respectfully,
"The Great Fool, please convey my gratitude to the verifier. This allowed my operation to go very smoothly."
"For this, I'm willing to raise the remuneration to 3,000 pounds. It will be deducted from the 5,000 pounds that have yet to be paid. This is the share that the other party deserves."
Success? He succeeded just like that? But when I looked at the front pages of the newspapers just now, there wasn't any news of an exhibit being stolen. It was all about the appearance of the twelfth victim in the serial murder case … To raise the reward to 3,000 pounds, it means that Mr. Fool's Blessed's operation has indeed succeeded. He took away the bookmark with the Card of Blasphemy without anyone noticing! How handsome! Although Rosell The Great's invention of this term wasn't elegant enough, it wasn't reserved enough, and it didn't match the status of a noble, but it was the only thing I felt right now!
Our Tarot has grasped a complete path of the divine!
It should be complete, right?
Which one would it be?
But no matter what, this symbolized the path to godhood!
Under Mr. Fool's brilliance, we will one day become a top and most powerful secret faction!
I wonder if there are any Cards of Blasphemy hidden in other bookmarks …
Audrey controlled her excitement and let the maid spread the napkin for her with longing and pride.
She turned her gaze and looked at Earl Hall, who had the habit of reading the newspaper while eating breakfast.
"Dad, is there any news worth paying attention to today?"
Earl Hall sighed and said, "That devil has killed another innocent person.
"The devil has killed another innocent person. This is the 12th time. The victim was a fashion designer who had just become famous. She had been a street girl a few times because she was too poor to support herself, but she had already encountered such a horrible thing."
"Fortunately, there are witnesses this time. Someone witnessed the scene of the devil committing the murder. Heh, he was terrified and kept shouting 'murder' and 'help' on the street. Heh heh, I have to say that his cries for help had a pretty good effect. The devil didn't chase after him."
"The police have used this to lock onto the suspect and are now frantically searching for him."
Audrey drew the crimson moon on her chest again.
"May their operation succeed."
"Dad, from what you just described, it really was a terrifying and funny scene."
"I hope that the witness doesn't have nightmares because of this."
And on the same night, Mr. Fool's adorer took away the Cards of Blasphemy from the heavily protected museum without alerting anyone … Audrey added in her heart longingly as she filled in some details herself.
…
In the Royal Museum, in the restored study.
"Are you sure that only two bookmarks were stolen?" Machinery Hivemind's captain, Max Livermore, asked his team members.
As he spoke, he secretly glanced at the important figure standing in front of the desk with his back facing him.
It was an old man wearing a white priest's robe and a clergyman's bonnet. He was the person-in-charge of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery's Baekeland diocese, a member of the Divine Synod, Archbishop Horamick Haydn.
This important figure wasn't only a clergyman, but he was also a very famous scientist, an honorary professor of physics at the University of Baekeland.
"Yes, only those two bookmarks were stolen," the team member who was questioned answered with certainty.
Max nodded slightly and looked at Horamick Haydn. After thinking for a moment, he asked after some deliberation,
After some thought, he deliberated and asked, "Your Grace, after the museum closed yesterday evening, some noble children came to visit. They touched some of the exhibits, including one of the two stolen bookmarks. Do you need them to cooperate with the investigation?"
"I'm aware of this matter." Horamick turned around with his hands hanging naturally and said calmly, "I've already confirmed that those noble children have nothing to do with the thief who stole the bookmarks. There's no need for them to cooperate with the investigation."
"Yes, Your Grace." Max didn't find anything wrong with it, not to mention that Archbishop Haydn had enough mysticism knowledge and various Beyonder skills to confirm it.
Horamick had a very gentle and benevolent face, and at that moment, he similarly didn't show the slightest bit of anger.
He looked around and said, "And there was more than one person here last night. At least two of them were divided into two opposing sides."
"One of them might even have a higher Sequence than me, but the other party strangely escaped."
"Although I'm unable to restore the entire scene, there are some things that I can still 'see.'
"Things are more complicated than we imagined."
Having said that, he sighed and said,
"I also know why they stole the bookmarks."
"We've been deceived by Rosell for more than a hundred and fifty years …"
…
3,000 pounds. How painful. I've been saving up for so long, but I don't even have 1,000 pounds … However, the Card of Blasphemy is a priceless treasure that can't be exchanged for with money. Miss Justice's contribution in this matter is definitely worth the price …
Thankfully, it's all deducted from what she owes me, reducing the pressure a little. If I were to meet Mr. Aztec in the future, I'll use a High-Sequence formula to pay the 15000 pounds that belongs to the Blessed … I wonder what other Cards of Blasphemy have been disguised as. According to the Emperor's personality, it should be quite unexpected … Klein ended his response and looked at the gray fog sea outside the palace as he sighed silently.
Being cautious, he temporarily left the Dark Emperor card above the gray fog, on the surface of the long bronze table directly opposite The Fool's seat. Similarly, there was also Aztec's copper whistle.
When he returned to the real World, he held another ritual and summoned himself. He threw the Sealed Artifact that was a combination of being lost and unlucky, which didn't seem to have much negative effects, but it could be fatal in a serious situation. He didn't plan on using it unless necessary.
The Master Key is only the relic of an unlucky fellow who had just advanced to Sequence 9, but it actually has a negative effect that even a Mid-Sequence Beyonder can't weaken … From the looks of it, there were additional factors that caused the Apprentice to lose control back then. Hence, there's something unusual about it …
With this in mind, my previous decision was right. I have to be careful about exploring 32 Verdi Street south of the bridge. I have to be prepared … Yes, I have to be clear about one thing. The effects of a Sealed Artifact might not be completely related to the Sequence of its owner. I have to consider many factors, such as whether or not it has been corrupted by an evil god …
Klein took a shower with the water that had cooled down significantly. He walked out of the bathroom feeling refreshed and went downstairs to enjoy the corn pancakes he had bought on the way. This was a specialty of the Feynapotter Kingdom's highlands. It was crispy, fragrant, and sweet.
After eating and drinking to his heart's content, he ruminated over last night's experience to see if he had left any clues for others.
Even with the Master Key, if I'm not a Beyonder, it's impossible for me to escape from a Devil. Back then, that mysterious and powerful lady must've confirmed that I wasn't an ordinary private detective. I didn't think of hiding it either.
She didn't capture me, which means that she's either an official who has a certain liking for unaffiliated Beyonders, or she doesn't belong to the three Churches or the military. Yes, I'm inclined to the latter. The former has a high chance of confiscating the Master Key. Sigh, I was in despair back then. I thought that I would be treated as an ordinary Beyonder and imprisoned in the underground of the Church of Steam and Steam. I even began considering how to escape from prison. Who knew that she would leave just like that.
Which organization is she from? Or is she unaffiliated? No, for unaffiliated Beyonders to reach such a powerful level, they must have their own organizations.
That Devil hound will definitely use its Beyonder powers to erase any clues related to itself, which naturally includes mine. In the field of mysticism, there's no way to separate them, and it's very likely that it's not appropriate for that lady to be exposed. It seems like the clues I left behind during my escape were also disrupted.
As for what happened in the museum, they're looking for a special Spirit Body, a strange existence. What does that have to do with me, Sherlock Moriarty? Klein mocked himself, feeling more and more at ease.
Of course, he dared to return home because he had made a divination beforehand, just like how he wasn't afraid that there was a trap in the museum that he couldn't resolve.
Phew, this matter has come to an end … What should I do today? Practice my Beyonder powers and go to the Quelaag Club to scrounge for food? Hmm, I wonder if the Nighthawks and Mandated Punishers have confirmed the murderer. Should I write another letter to Eichinger Stanton and give him a hint? As his thoughts churned, Klein heard someone approaching from outside.
Another letter? He opened the door in puzzlement and saw a letter lying in the letterbox.
The letter was from Eichinger Stanton.
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