After this transaction ended, Ebner did not sell the "Traveler's Luggage" in his possession.
Firstly, after purchasing so many extraordinary items from "The World," everyone no longer had much financial capacity.
Secondly, it was because he had already sold the item before attending the Tarot Club.
—Since tonight was the night of the full moon, Ebner had already met up in the Feysac Empire with the two ladies, "Greed" and "Sloth," intending to explore together the "Observer Castle" of Rhine Carendia.
And "Sloth," Closfia, had taken a strong liking to the "Traveler's Luggage" in Ebner's hands, so she had snatched it up first.
With that, the trading session concluded. Seeing that no one was speaking for the moment, "Moon" Emlyn cleared his throat and took the initiative to say,
"Last week, I received a mission from a duke within my clan. He asked me to search for believers of the 'Primordial Moon' hidden in Backlund and protected by the 'Rose School.'"
"Do you want us to keep an eye out for clues?" "Magician" Fors asked.
She happened to know of one—Ebner had told her this morning—but unfortunately that one had already been sacrificed to the True Creator.
"That's only part of it…" "Moon" Emlyn nodded. Then his hands unconsciously clasped together, his chin lifted slightly as he spoke of another matter. "Someone within the clan seems to want to test me. In the intelligence he previously gave me, he omitted a large amount of details, which led to me encountering considerable danger while pursuing a 'Primordial Moon' believer yesterday. If I hadn't borrowed the 'Traveler's Notebook of Leymano' rented by Miss Magician in advance, and if the higher-ups of the Nighthawks hadn't inexplicably mobilized, I might have had to pray to Mr. Fool for help…"
"Magician" Fors suddenly understood. "No wonder you used up a recorded demigod ability."
"Yes…" Emlyn nodded. Before she could respond further, he added, "I'm very sorry. I currently don't have the ability to replenish a 'demigod' ability… I'll convert the value of that ability into pounds and repay you.
"But it may take some time."
Having only recently advanced to Sequence 5, Emlyn lacked sufficient funds at present. The intermediary fee he had previously earned from Ebner had been completely spent because he once again couldn't resist buying new dolls.
Although "Moon" Mr. always appeared arrogant in attitude, he was, well, as a Sanguine, still quite frank and did not look for excuses to evade responsibility… However, a demigod ability isn't that significant to me. Though each time I "record" one, it's quite exhausting… Fors thought for a moment and did not speak further, tacitly accepting Moon's repayment plan.
"Justice" Audrey looked at the opposite side, then glanced beside her. Pressing her lips together slightly, she asked "curiously,"
"Mr. Moon, how do you plan to deal with that Sanguine's test? Will you retaliate?"
"Of course I'll retaliate!" "Moon" Emlyn exhaled silently and subconsciously looked at "World" Gehrman Sparrow and "Tower" Ebner before choosing his words carefully. "However, he was also acting under the orders of a count. I don't believe his mistake warrants paying with his life."
Emlyn's unspoken implication was that he did not wish for Mr. World and Mr. Tower to intervene, lest someone lose their life by accident.
As for Miss Judgment and Miss Temperance, even someone like Emlyn, who didn't particularly care about human relationships, could tell that they advanced and retreated together with those two gentlemen.
Seeing that the four demigods did not object, Emlyn continued,
"I plan to lure that Sanguine into a certain church of the Church of the Earth Mother in Backlund."
Having attended so many Tarot gatherings, even if Emlyn disdained trivial details, he knew to conceal his real-world situation. Thus, he did not specifically mention Harvest Church.
The Church of the Earth Mother only has one church within Backlund city—that is Harvest Church! The rest are located in the suburbs and surrounding villages… "Star" Leonard suppressed a smile and looked up at the lofty dome.
"You want that Sanguine to become a clergy member, go to church every day to pray, do volunteer work, cleanse his soul, and be unable to escape for a long time? That's a great plan!" "Magician" Fors's eyes lit up with interest.
Thanks to Ebner's relationship with Harvest Church, Fors was quite familiar with the Church of the Earth Mother's habit of drawing Sanguine into the faith, making them change beliefs, and become priests and bishops.
"Uh…" "Moon" Emlyn found himself momentarily at a loss for words, because what Miss Magician described was precisely what he did every day.
"So that's how it is… I didn't know the Church of the Earth Mother had such a practice…" After simply reading Fors's thoughts, "Justice" Audrey glanced thoughtfully at Mr. Moon across from her and probed, "Mr. Moon, how do you plan to lure that Sanguine into the Earth Mother's church? Do you have a mature plan? Perhaps I can provide assistance. Mm, you must be careful yourself. You mustn't let yourself enter the Earth Mother's church in order to punish him. Otherwise, otherwise you'll only be able to pray to Mr. Fool for help."
Upon hearing this, "Star" Leonard nearly burst out laughing. He was absolutely certain that Mr. Moon was Emlyn White from Harvest Church. Clearly, this Sanguine was already a cleric of the Earth Mother!
This is somewhat like a drowning person dragging someone else into the water… Leonard restrained his laughter and glanced at "World" Gehrman Sparrow, discovering that this former colleague showed no emotional fluctuation at all, extremely composed.
This made him wonder:
Is this the ability of a "Clown," or has Klein simply become accustomed to this state?
At the head of the mottled long table, "The Fool" Klein almost raised his hand to cover his mouth.
He had not expected Emlyn to be so creative!
This is somewhat like a pyramid scheme, yet also different, since Emlyn knows this isn't exactly a good thing… Leaning back in his chair, Klein watched with great interest, anticipating how things would develop next.
Next, "Magician," "Moon," and "Justice," the three mid-Sequence members in Backlund, began to refine the plan sentence by sentence. Under the guidance of "Hanged Man" Alger, the seasoned veteran, they finalized the scheme.
And through this, Alger completed the transformation of his "positioning" within the Tarot Club.
The exchange and learning continued. Seeing that the gathering was gradually approaching its end, "The Fool" Klein announced the conclusion of this Tarot Club meeting.
After "Justice" Audrey and the others bowed and took their leave, the ancient palace was once again left with only Ebner and Klein.
Klein had just been about to ask about the matter recorded on the last diary page he received today when he heard Ebner say seriously,
"You should be careful recently. I suspect Amon will investigate the list of people who received invitations but did not attend the coming-of-age ball.
"And that list will be easy to obtain, because the Nighthawks will provide it…"
"Did something happen at last night's ball?" Klein frowned and asked.
"At least six angels gathered together. Do you think nothing would happen?" After saying these words that made Klein's scalp tingle, Ebner briefly recounted last night's events to him.
Including his perfunctory "alliance" with Amon.
After the two had a private discussion for a while, Klein finally asked a key question:
"How should the 'marionette' be transferred?"
Although he had previously bought "Admiral of Hell" from "Admiral of Stars" Cattleya, Ludwell had merely been controlled by an item at the time. His marionette transformation had not been complete.
But the "Secret Saint" in Ebner's possession was different.
"You can directly leverage the power of the gray fog using the 'Error' card and 'steal' Botis away," Ebner said. As if recalling something, he added, "That's also one of Amon's signature abilities.
"So don't casually leave your marionettes lying around."
(End of Chapter)