Chapter 227: Angel Families

Chapter 227: Angel Families

Just as Klein picked up the diary, Audrey added another sentence:

“Mr. Fool, there will also be ten more pages of the diary delivered to you afterward. They are the payment for the blessing you previously provided.”

She repeated her private promise, lest Mr. Fool believe she had forgotten the matter. The reason she had first offset the information about the Twilight Hermit Order was because she wanted to settle one “debt” completely, and because it carried a slight desire to show off.

Payment for providing a blessing… Magician Fors chewed over those words and suddenly discovered that she had overlooked a very important issue.

In the matter of the Abraham family, Mr. Fool did send an “angel” to help me interfere with divination! I should pay a corresponding reward too… It’s over. I actually never thought of this at all before… I thought it was like other rituals: once it ended, it was completely over… For a moment, Fors felt somewhat panicked.

In ordinary ritual magic, when one prayed for help from a deity or corresponding existence, offerings were presented in advance, while essential oils, hydrosols, and herbal extracts pleasing to the target were burned. This was equivalent to having paid the reward ahead of time. But in rituals related to the Fool, many steps could be omitted, and the price could be paid afterward—or even not at all. That had caused Fors, accustomed to the former, to unconsciously do nothing more than offer thanks.

She hurriedly looked toward the head of the long bronze table and said sincerely, “Honorable Mr. Fool, your interference with the divination helped me tremendously. I will also gather ten pages of Roselle’s diary for you as quickly as possible.”

Seeing the performances of Miss Justice and Miss Magician, the Sun, Derrick Berg, suddenly understood. He had found a way to fully express his gratitude.

But the City of Silver has no so-called Emperor Roselle’s diary… Uh, Mr. Fool is very interested in history. I should read more similar materials and documents… Derrick’s thoughts shifted, and he made a promise to Mr. Fool, who sat high above.

The Hanged Man watched all of this from the side, no longer harboring the slightest doubt that Mr. Fool had “angels” as attendants.

Every organization needs someone like Miss Justice… The power of role models is endless… Klein, who had gained many “creditors” out of thin air, sighed happily inwardly.

As the lofty Mr. Fool, he had always felt too embarrassed to ask directly for payment. Furthermore, he had always believed that casually helping the members of his own organization was a normal and reasonable matter, and there was no need to make it too mercenary. Because of that, he had not manipulated the World into performing a corresponding act to remind everyone.

Of course, if Justice and the others were willing to pay voluntarily, Klein would not refuse.

“Very well.” He nodded with a smile, then returned his gaze to the diary in his hands.

“January 13th. I have established stable contact with Mr. Door.

“This powerful Beyonder, lost deep in the darkness and trapped within the storm, did not impatiently urge me to complete that complicated and difficult ritual to help him return to the real world.

“He seems to have understood that he must present something sufficient to move me, rather than offer three illusory wishes, before I will consider whether to take the hidden and enormous risks involved in saving him.

“For the time being, Mr. Door did not bring that matter up. Instead, he chatted with great interest about the tarot cards I invented—heh, the word ‘invented’ definitely needs quotation marks. From this point, one can see that Mr. Door truly can contact the real world at certain times and in certain ways, thereby observing many things.

“While discussing the Moon card, I thought of something Zaratul had once mentioned. He said the Life School of Thought worships the moon, rather than going one step further to the…