298 The Angry Clown (2/2)
The laughter sounded crazy.
”Are you alright?” Juliana asked concernedly.
The laughter suddenly stopped, and Clown replied in an extremely calm way, ”I'm fine. I just find it funny. A musician who is close to an evil sorcerer and a princess who has special connections to the Congress of Magic can force the Church to kill their most loyal servant. I wonder if the Church has belonged to those sorcerers. How can the grand cardinals… How can Sard, Amelton, and Gossett let this happen?”
”It doesn't matter. I trust you, Minsk trusts you, Lend trusts you, and many night watchers are also on your side. Two out of the three leaders of the Inquisition have mercy on you! This is just temporary. One day the darkness will be driven away!”
Clown shook his head, ”I'm okay, Juliana. You have to trust my willpower, or I wouldn't be able to control my Blessing power. I'll hide properly until I find the solid evidence. Then I'll accuse Lucien Evans of connecting to the evil sorcerer right in front of the Inquisition, or… it'll be even better if I can kill Lucien Evans right in front of Natasha's eyes.”
”Don't! Right now Lucien Evans must be under great protection.” Juliana hurriedly reminded him, ”Maybe this is a trap for you!”
Although she was aware that Clown was able to control his emotions to avoid making stupid mistakes, Juliana also knew that a dark Blessing could make people more or less crazy.
Clown looked out of the window and sneered, ”I know. I know how bad Lucien Evans was injured by me. I did not have the time to really harm him. As a knight, even without those potions, he should be able to recover within a few days. It was Lucien Evans himself who turned this into a bad disease, and thus Natasha could find the reason to kill me using the Church's hand. I'll be careful when investigating him. This time, I'll get him.”
His eyes on the clown mask looked cold.
...
In the garden villa.
”Lucien, are you sure that someone will tell Clown the news?” asked Natasha with uncertainty. ”Don't tell me you learned this from your magic crystal ball.”
”How did you know?” Lucien pretended to be surprised, then he said, ”It's just a simple reasoning. What you asked for was too much, and the cardinals and the leaders of the inquisition must more or less sympathize with Clown, not to mention that based on the number of night watchers that survived in the black forest, there must be other people who hate Professor very badly just like Clown, and those people must be on Clown's side.”
What Natasha said to Gossett was previously agreed by the two of them.
”I see, but this is just your reasoning. Those cardinals and the Inquisition have always been taking a ruthless position when it comes to maintaining their relationship with nobles, so maybe Clown will be killed, and then your plan wouldn't be able to continue.” Although Natasha was impressed by Clown's resolution in fighting against darkness and evilness, she was on her friend's side firmly. She knew it well when she should have mercy and when not.
”Even so, those night watchers are gonna be so worked up that they won't just let go of Professor.”
Also, Lucien thought to himself that, if that person noticed something, he would not blow this chance. After Clown attacked him, Lucien found another way of using this chance and this was also the foundation of his reasoning.
”I hope so.” Natasha smiled, ”You've got that person's information. You should go now. I'll stay here for you.”
...
Although he failed to awaken his Blessing, Viscount Klein was still very energetic in his fifties. His black hair was taken good care of and his green eyes were like deep lakes. He was an archon in the town hall of Aalto.
After attending Lucien Evans' concert in the Psalm Hall, he was too excited to fall asleep. So he just got up and started to read the books he collected in his living room.
It was getting late. Putting down the old book in his hand, Klein was ready to go to his bedroom.
When he put on his pajamas in front of the mirror, a mysterious figure showed up in it, like a reflection. The man in the mirror said to him in a hoarse voice:
”Long time no see, Mr. Philosopher.”
”Professor?!” Klein was shocked, and in the next second, he activated mage armor. In the past years, he finally became a sorcerer.
Viscount Klein was one of the apprentices, Philosopher. Because he was close to Silvia's father, or say, White Honey's father, Natasha got his information but never told this to anyone.
Klein carefully looked back but saw no one behind him. However, the man wearing the black robe in the mirror was still there.
The fourth-circle spell, Figure in Mirror?