469 Vampire Queen (2/2)
”I might take two to three weeks before I return, so I'll pay you in advance. Heh heh, don't forget to help me gather information.”
”Okay, okay!” Old Kohler accepted the notes with a mixture of joy and gratitude.
At this moment, he had already thought of how to spend the New Year.
He planned to buy the cured ham he had been reluctant to buy and match it with his bread.
I really can't stand the wait… Thank you, Detective Moriarty! He swallowed his saliva without realizing it.
Klein picked up his hat, hesitated for a moment, and said, ”You should've noticed that East Borough has been a bit chaotic recently.
”Don't take risks just to find out more information. If you notice anything wrong, immediately hide and avoid getting yourself involved.”
He was rather worried about the matter surrounding Prince Edessak, so he wanted to give Old Kohler a reminder.
”I understand.” Old Kohler patted his chest and said, ”I'm very timid. I won't take the risk.”
”Very good,” Klein praised.
Then he remembered the laundry maid, Liv, and her two daughters, Freja and Daisy, who loved to read, and wanted to change their fates before he said whilst in thought, ”Watch out for Liv's family. Don't let them be bullied. If there are any outbreaks in East Borough, take them to a safe place.”
”Outbreaks… You mean the workers' resistance?” Old Kohler asked, puzzled.
”More or less,” Klein answered vaguely.
This was the limit of what he could reveal; otherwise, it would be very easy for him to be suspected by others or the Sealed Artifact itself.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.
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In a room with large and small dolls, Emlyn White came home at noon and sat in his chair, enjoying the gloom created by the curtains.
He looked around and clenched his fists.
”I'll cheer for myself!”
With that, he rummaged for materials with spirituality and began to write the honorific name of The Fool, as well as the corresponding symbols and magic labels.
After some hustling and bustling, he tried the secret deed ritual. His spirituality gradually dissipated, as if he had arrived at an immeasurably high place.
Vaguely, he saw countless shadows of ineffable shapes, seven colors of light that seemed to contain immense knowledge, and the grayish-white fog that stood above everything.
Above the boundless gray fog, there was an ancient palace that was impossible to see clearly. Seated inside the palace was a person shrouded in gray fog.
Then, Emlyn saw a figure of golden majesty and holiness, as well as black wings that blotted out the sky behind it.
He didn't even have time to count the number of pairs of mysterious wings before he felt himself quickly floating upwards, making contact with that golden figure.
”Ah!”
He screamed miserably as he held his head and rolled on the ground, emitting green smoke from his body.
It took a while for Emlyn to calm down, and then he heard the deep voice of The Fool echo in his ears.
”Your psychological cue has been lifted.”
Is this what it feels like to dispel a psychological cue? It's really painful… Emlyn sat on the floor, panting, his neatly combed hair falling in disarray.
Atop the gray fog, Klein thoughtfully nodded and said to himself, ”Indeed, the Sun Brooch's purifying and dispelling effects can also harm vampires.”
He had calculated in advance that the ”sunlight” needed to remove the weakened psychological cue wouldn't severely damage Emlyn, so he couldn't be bothered switching to a more complicated approach. And now, the result was indeed consistent with his expectations.
After taking care of this matter, Klein took off the topaz pendant on his left wrist and planned to perform a divination.
”It is suitable to head to the Red Rose Manor this afternoon.”
After chanting seven times in his mind, he opened his eyes and saw the spirit pendulum standing still and not spinning.
The difficulty of divining something that involves a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact or a corresponding powerhouse is too high. I'm unable to obtain any effective revelations… Klein sighed, knowing the gist of the matter.
Then, he started to divine if it would be suitable to head to Red Rose Manor tomorrow afternoon, but he received the same signs of failure as an outcome.
It's always said that divination isn't omnipotent, and it has now been proven… I have to decide on my own… I have to take this step; otherwise, there's no way for me to leave the stage unnoticed so as to go behind the scenes… The earlier the better, I can't delay it; otherwise, this matter might become completely impossible to recover from… As his thoughts churned, Klein came to a decision.
He immediately returned to the real world, put on his double-breasted frock coat and half top hat, and he walked out of 15 Minsk Street, heading for Prince Edessak's Red Rose Manor.