Chapter 57: Great Development Plan

Chapter 57: Great Development Plan

After hearing the wishes of the City of Silver’s residents, a thought instantly surfaced in Klein’s mind:

“Why are all of them related to food…”

The Hanged Man Alger thought for a moment, then said to The Sun Derrick,

“You can have people with those ideas go to Bayam and join the relevant trade unions. Through them, they can look for suitable teachers. You can also directly invite people with expertise in those areas to teach in New City of Silver and offer them generous compensation.

“Of course, the premise is that you must have the residents master the common language of the Rorsted Archipelago as quickly as possible. On that basis, Loenese, ancient Feysac, and Dutan can also be placed on the agenda.”

After The Hanged Man finished speaking, The Hermit Cattleya also offered her own suggestion:

“Besides organizing mercenary teams, you can also try applying for public positions in the various major cities of the Rorsted Archipelago, taking responsibility for handling Beyonder incidents.”

Although the Rorsted Archipelago government and the Church of the Sea God had obtained a batch of Beyonder characteristics and corresponding potion formulas from the City of Silver and Moon City, they still could not cultivate enough Beyonders in a short time. Sequence 9 was relatively manageable: choosing people whose psychology, mentality, and bodies were all fairly sound to consume potions carried only a very small probability of losing control or falling into madness. But beyond that, acting might not necessarily succeed, and acting itself also required time.

Under these circumstances, as long as the residents of the City of Silver could become part of the official forces, they should not have to worry too much about unemployment afterward.

Of course, the Rorsted Archipelago government would definitely control the number of recruits. The City of Silver could not completely solve everyone’s employment problem through this route.

Klein quite approved of Madam Hermit’s suggestion, and even felt it was necessary to issue an oracle to Danitz, telling the Rorsted Archipelago government and the Church of the Sea God to increase the number of official Beyonders within a certain range.

This was not for the purpose of helping the residents of the City of Silver and some non-deformed residents of Moon City find jobs. Rather, it was a necessity in response to the approaching apocalypse, the deepening corrosion of the Outer Deities, and the gradually increasing frequency of Beyonder incidents.

At that moment, The Hermit Cattleya glanced at Miss Justice and continued speaking to The Sun Derrick.

“You should currently control a large amount of liquid funds. You can try investing in mines, spice manors, and plantations across the Rorsted Archipelago, purchasing fertile land and productive forests. They are all very cheap right now. Mm, although the Church of Storms can still influence the archipelago, and although the new government has promised to protect foreigners’ local property, there are still large numbers of Loenese, Feysacians, and Intisians who lack confidence and want to sell their assets quickly before returning home.”

That God’s Envoy named Danitz recently bought a spice manor… Derrick recalled what he had previously heard and suddenly came to an understanding.

The Hermit Cattleya’s suggestion inspired the others. Justice Audrey immediately added,

“When you negotiate, it would be best to hire several professional lawyers. Otherwise, you could easily be cheated. Mm, if you believe it necessary, you can bring along the city’s Psychiatrist as well.

“Also, with a medium-sized harbor behind you, you can develop a corresponding economy…

“Given that the official Beyonders of the Rorsted Archipelago government and the Church of the Sea God lack sufficient common knowledge, you can open paid courses for outsiders at New City of Silver’s general education school. Mm, remove the parts of the knowledge that would easily conflict with the orthodox Churches…

“The railway connecting New City of Silver to the other cities must be built as quickly as possible…”

The Sun Derrick listened in a daze. He hurriedly raised his hand and said,

“I’m sorry. I need to write down what was just said first.”

I forgot he has no foundation in economics… Justice Audrey reflected a little, closed her mouth, and smiled, indicating that Little Sun should seek Mr. Fool’s assistance.

After Derrick manifested paper and a pen and wrote down those earlier suggestions, Justice Audrey, The Moon Emlyn, The Star Leonard, and the other Tarot Club members offered one idea after another, then began refuting one another’s proposals when they were too immature or insufficiently practical.

This lively scene continued for nearly half an hour before finally ending. The Sun Derrick looked at the stack of paper before him—not especially thick, but not especially thin either—and could not stop a smile from appearing.

It was as if he had already seen the beautiful future of the City of Silver.

Yet The Fool Klein, seated at the head of the mottled long table, felt inexplicably emotional, his mood growing heavier.

If he did not think about how the apocalypse would arrive in a little over a decade, the City of Silver’s bright prospects in the discussion just now would indeed be comforting.

But the arrival of the apocalypse would not shift because of human will. Saints and angels were no exception.

Withdrawing his gaze from the papers before him, Derrick thought briefly and said,

“We have already built temples and churches belonging to Mr. Fool. We wish to preach in the archipelago’s various cities. What should we pay attention to?”

The Hanged Man Alger slightly furrowed his brows.

“Have you compiled a sacred scripture? Have you designed the procedure for mass and the details of prayer?”

“Mm.” The Sun Derrick nodded heavily.

All of those were adapted based on the miracles Mr. Fool had displayed, Derrick’s own understanding, and the religious scriptures left behind by that Creator from before. Furthermore, the City of Silver had prayed to The Fool about this matter and explained it to Him. His attitude had been tacit approval.

“Have you constructed the Church’s internal system?” Alger continued asking.

Derrick instinctively glanced at Mr. Fool, who was shrouded in layers of grayish-white fog, then turned back and said,

“For now, we are imitating the internal systems of the other Churches. The Chief of our six-member council concurrently serves as archbishop, and we have appointed a group of residents with missionary enthusiasm as bishops and priests.”

As for the organization within the Church responsible for handling Beyonder incidents, the City of Silver had not established one, because most of them were Beyonders, and they already had corresponding organizations in ordinary times.

Seeing that Mr. Fool neither objected nor approved, The Hanged Man Alger thoughtfully controlled his impulse to teach and gave a slight nod.

“You can try doing that first.”

He paused, then said,

“But pay attention to two points. First, do not promote the faults of other Churches, to avoid causing conflict. Second, respect the current God’s Envoy. Unless Mr. Fool appoints a leader of the Church, the God’s Envoy is the deity’s representative.”

Third, don’t preach through harassment… Also, I deeply doubt the eloquence of those bishops and priests from the City of Silver. I’ll have Danitz find professionals to train them… The Fool Klein, who had been quietly listening, silently muttered a few words.

The reason he did not express any opinion about the sacred scripture written by the City of Silver was that this matter was a little awkward. Yet if he objected to certain descriptions, it would harm The Fool’s image.

Thinking of this, Klein could not help silently lampooning a little more:

“Maybe one day, when Will Auceptin sees the holy scripture of The Fool’s Church, He’ll blurt out in shock: When did I become an angel beneath The Fool?

“And then Leonard’s old grandpa, the awakened Mr. Azik, and Miss Messenger, who is working hard to recover, will follow by saying: What? Me too?”

After the exchange regarding the City of Silver and Moon City ended, The Hermit Cattleya looked around without much expectation and said,

“Does anyone have a Sequence 3 Beyonder characteristic of the Mystery Pryer pathway?”

She had digested the Mysticologist potion a very long time ago. Yet she had obtained only the Prophet potion formula from the Moses Ascetic Order. She remained extremely, extremely far from obtaining the Beyonder characteristic—or, in other words, the main ingredient.

Although she was one of the Ten Pillars of the Moses Ascetic Order, the higher one went along a Sequence pathway, the more precious the corresponding resources naturally became. Even such an ancient organization could not squander them at will. Moreover, Cattleya came from the Dawn and was comparatively less influenced by the Hidden Sage, so she was not especially trusted within the Moses Ascetic Order.

For Cattleya, who had advanced to Mysticologist using the blood of the Snake of Fate and had digested the potion early, Sequence 3 should have been a relatively easy barrier. Yet it was blocked by the materials. Even after several years, perhaps even more than a decade, there might still be no hope.

Therefore, she had no choice but to seek help at the Tarot Gathering.

The Sun Derrick thought back to the demigod characteristics possessed by the City of Silver and slowly shook his head.

Just then, The World Gehrman Sparrow gave a hoarse laugh.

“I suggest you ask the Queen of Mysteries directly.”

Bernadette had already become a Sequence 2 angel. If there were extra Prophet Beyonder characteristics inside her, she could attempt to separate them out.

Of course, Klein could not be certain whether the Sage potion Queen of Mysteries had consumed contained the preceding Sequence 3 and Sequence 4 characteristics.

Ask the Queen? From The World Gehrman Sparrow’s answer, The Hermit Cattleya detected certain implications and suspected that something had happened to the Queen.

“All right.” She restrained the impulse to ask follow-up questions.

Klein continued controlling The World and said to Madam Hermit,

“I have a long-term commission: help me gather all kinds of information regarding the Hidden Sage’s sudden coming alive.

“You can name the corresponding payment now, or wait until you need it in the future.”

Klein had always been puzzled by this matter. Although it could indeed be described as the sudden activation of a Uniqueness, what should have been activated should have been activated long ago.

The Hermit Cattleya thought for a moment and said,

“No problem.”

After another period of exchange, this Tarot Gathering came to an end, and each member returned to the real world.

Inside the captain’s cabin of the Future, Cattleya pushed the heavy glasses on the bridge of her nose and began thinking about how she should write the letter to the Queen.

During this process, she strolled to the window and saw Frank Lee on deck selling the crew the nonalcoholic volcanic beer he had brewed using seabed microorganisms.

He really does take action… Just as Cattleya sighed inwardly, her brows suddenly furrowed.

“At the Tarot Gathering just now, Mr. Fool said that the Planter and Moon pathways are two special pathways that come from the starry sky, are easily contaminated, and can hear divine revelations that might be true or false.

“Frank is precisely a Beyonder of the Planter pathway…

“And he once complained that the Church of Earth Mother failed to understand the true will of the Benevolent Mother…” Behind the thick lenses, Cattleya’s eyes immediately narrowed slightly.