After closing the deal for the Thousand Spells Mirage Crystal, Ebner turned his gaze to Mr. Fool at the seat of honor. He hadn't forgotten the mission Mr. Fool had given him last week, as well as the request he had made. Hence, he said,
"Mr. Fool, the investigation of Baron Lamud will take a few days to complete… I wonder if your Blessed is satisfied with the information I previously provided?"
Although Miss Ema had agreed to go to the royal family's library to read the relevant information, she had to arrange the time according to her habits. Otherwise, it would be bad if she incurred the suspicion of others, especially when she had been investigated by MI9 before.
The "Tower" is very efficient. As expected of the famous" Hero Detective!" However, the reason he's mentioning this now is to ask my Blessed if he's willing to accept the commission of investigating the "Fallen Morning Star", right?
Klein sighed inwardly, but he was already prepared for the question about "Tower." He chuckled and replied in a normal tone,
"My Blessed is very satisfied with this, so he expressed his willingness to accept a commission to investigate the origins of the Fallen Morning Star… Yes, due to some of his uniqueness, you need to provide him with some compensation."
Klein tried his best to avoid saying terms like "gold pounds" and "money" from The Fool's mouth. He only used compensation as a substitute. He even deliberately emphasized the uniqueness of a Blessed, making the members of the Tarot Club focus on this and ignore the essence of his lack of money.
As for what exactly is "special"…The Blessed and the deity are the same person, and they're also very poor and weak… That's "special" enough, right?
As he lampooned inwardly, Klein carefully observed the Tarot Club members present. He discovered that Miss Justice and Mr. Hanged Man were indeed looking pensive. It was unknown what they were thinking about. The Sun didn't even think about it, as though he was daydreaming. Only Mr. Tower frowned as though he was thinking about something.
…
From the looks of it, Klein had divined the commission for the investigation of the Fallen Morning Star… It shouldn't be too dangerous; otherwise, he wouldn't have agreed so readily…
As for the reward… I'll pay a little of my blood. After all, when The Sun's Thousand Spells Mirage Crystal is sacrificed, I'll have to deposit it in Sefirah Castle… I'll just treat it as payment for safekeeping…
With this in mind, Ebner deliberated and said, "What do you think about a compensation of 200… No, 300 pounds?"
As the spoils of war that he had obtained from the Eternal Life Society's base were rather valuable, along with the 1,800 pounds that Mr. Hanged Man had spent on buying the formula last week, he was rather well-off and didn't lack the money. Therefore, he appeared rather generous.
300 pounds? Up to this day, I've only seen that much money from Sir Deweyville… Klein sighed and pretended to be uninterested in the money as he nodded.
"A reasonable deal."
He originally wanted to add on, "Although the compensation he receives isn't because of the money itself," to enhance his image, but on second thought, he felt that it was a little unnecessary. What if "Tower" also added, "In that case, just give me a penny as a symbol"…Wouldn't that just make it worse? Hence, he could only give up.
With that said, the Tarot Club naturally entered the stage of "sharing information." Alger thought for a moment and said,
"Admiral Hell Ludwell hasn't appeared again. His fleet has been subdued, and a new pirate admiral has been born."
Audrey was rather interested in the pirate admiral and asked,
"What's his name? There hasn't been any news about him in Backlund."
Alger nodded slowly and said,
"She's a lady named Mary. She wasn't famous in the past, and she's likely a powerhouse sent by the Numinous Episcopate to replace Ludwell.
"However, last week, she consecutively subdued Ludwell's original first mate, second mate, and third mate, revealing her strength at the pirate admiral level. She also brought a ghost ship, the Pale Saintess, that's comparable to the Black Tulip."
"Then what's her title?" Audrey asked curiously.
"She calls herself Admiral Pale… But because she has a terrifying sword-shaped mystical item known as Pale Justice, and her sword techniques are rather superb, many people call her the Saintess of Swords or Admiral of Swords," Alger answered directly.
Saintess of Swords? Ma'am, did you come to the wrong set…
Furthermore, Pale Justice? This should also be Emperor Roselle's work, right?
Both of them lampooned inwardly.
"However, this new pirate admiral offered a reward for Ludwell's whereabouts the moment he subdued the fleet… It's worth 10,000 pounds!" Alger added seemingly unintentionally.
Giving 10,000 pounds just by informing them of the location? From the looks of it, there's something important that Ludwell needs to be retrieved… Is it that Death ring?
However, did The Hanged Man specially mention it to see my reaction? He suspects that I killed Admiral Hell?
Ebner looked thoughtfully at Alger, but he made no comment.
Alger sighed in disappointment when he saw that Tower wasn't answering. He didn't say anything else.
Seeing that Mr. Hanged Man had finished sharing, Audrey also talked about the changes in Backlund over the past week. She mainly talked about the progress of the two Houses of Honor's investigation.
After she said that, she glanced at The Sun Derrick, who was sitting there in a daze. Her heart stirred as she asked,
"Mr. Sun, I wonder if you can share the situation of the City of Silver and the Forsaken Land of the Gods? I can pay for it. What do you need?"
Derrick was taken aback at first before he said incoherently,
"I haven't had anything I desperately need recently… I should be able to digest the Bard potion soon. I can accumulate my compensation there. Yes… But actually, I don't know what's important to you, so I don't know what to say."
Audrey acutely noticed the word "digest." She deliberated and asked,
"Mr. Sun, you grasp the 'acting method'?"
Derrick looked at Miss Justice in confusion and answered frankly,
"This isn't something strange… The general knowledge class in the City of Silver teaches the 'acting method.'"
The 'acting method' is taught in general education classes… Audrey glanced at The Hanged Man and realized that he was also looking at her. Both of them suddenly fell silent.
So it turns out that only the two of them didn't know of this method.
At this moment, Alger seemed to think of something as he probed, "Mr. Sun, have you mentioned anything about taking note of the 'acting method'?"
"Yes." Derrick nodded without hesitation. "Our general knowledge class clearly stated that there is only one key point for the 'acting method.' 'Remember, you're only acting.'"
Just as I expected… We're using an ingenious method to bypass the obstruction and completely disintegrate the remnant mental influence of the potion, and not submit to it… Sun, you really are a naive youth. You managed to trick me into giving you important information just like that…
Klein resisted the urge to facepalm as he thought to himself.