Chapter 31: Frightening Them

Chapter 31: Frightening Them

If I dig too deeply, there is a high chance it will lead to Redemption Rose, perhaps even to a hidden Red Angel… Just now, there were several times when I was practically dancing on the edge of a cliff… Thank goodness I restrained my impulse and suppressed my curiosity about the strange situations inside Lime Restaurant and the telegraph office… Klein withdrew his gaze and felt that even the Sun Brooch could not prevent a layer of cold sweat from seeping across his back.

Compared to an incident like the True Creator’s descent, an unknown situation that had not yet been detonated was far more terrifying. At the very least, Klein could not stop himself from imagining what exactly he would have seen, and what exactly would have happened, if he had kicked open the telegraph office door or gone around to the back and climbed in through the window.

His mind kept inventing strange and horrifying scenes, frightening him badly.

At the same time, he decided that he would later prepare Sun holy water for the passengers who had eaten in Bansy Harbor the previous night, to prevent any hidden problems from remaining.

“What is it?” Elland noticed Gehrman Sparrow’s abnormal state.

“I remembered something from the past.” Klein used a Clown’s abilities to keep his facial expression perfectly normal, while inwardly rejoicing that he had not taken risks the previous night and had now smoothly left Bansy Harbor.

As for the secrets of Redemption Rose and the King of Angels hidden there, Klein had only one thought:

Report it immediately!

If I do not report it, am I supposed to keep them around for the New Year of 1351?

If he chose to conceal it and waited until he had a sufficiently high Sequence and enough strength to explore it himself and reap the corresponding benefits, then if something happened in the meantime—if the danger was triggered ahead of time, or if the evil cultists still survived and killed one innocent traveler after another—Klein felt certain he would be consumed by guilt and burdened with a heavy weight. That, in turn, would bring him very close to losing control.

Of course, reporting also required the proper method. Klein was not foolish enough to tell Elland directly or write an anonymous letter to the Church of Storms. That would bring a great deal of trouble. First, the authorities would certainly investigate Gehrman Sparrow’s background with force, and many things would inevitably be exposed once dug into too deeply. Second, this current identity might be revealed to Redemption Rose, drawing the pursuit of a King of Angels.

What Klein intended was to wait until the Tarot Gathering in two days. Using The World, he would mention the abnormalities in Bansy Harbor, and The Fool would lightly draw out Redemption Rose and the King of Angels. As someone related to the Church of Storms, The Hanged Man would naturally understand what he needed to do next.

This would be his chance to earn merit!

As for the matter of Medici family direct descendant blood, Klein did not consider it at all, because neither he nor Miss Sharron had any intention of freeing the evil spirit in the underground ruin.

Seeing that Gehrman Sparrow clearly had no desire to speak about his past, Elland laughed and took out a small black wooden box, tossing it over.

Klein caught it and expressed his confusion with his eyes.

“The murloc’s swim bladder. It can be used to make an item. Very useful at sea.”

A Beyonder material from a murloc… Worth at least 150 pounds… The captain is quite generous… Klein nearly forgot what reaction Gehrman Sparrow should have at that moment.

Fortunately, he was rather experienced in acting. His face immediately darkened.

“I did not save you for a reward.”

Elland burst into laughter.

“I am not giving this to you to repay you for saving me either.

“We count as friends now, do we not? If I see a friend lacking a similar item and help him make up for a shortcoming, is that not perfectly…