At ten o'clock in the evening, after Susie sneaked out of the door of the living room and ran back to Audrey's room, the latter hurriedly found an excuse for the maids to leave temporarily, then locked the door of the house, and looked back at Susie, the golden retriever dog who didn't know if he was a pet, and said:

"Did you hear that, uh, or what happened to you?"

Susie, the big golden retriever, squatted there calmly, whined, and shook the air around her:

"Yes, I heard the Count and several nobles discussing matters in the study, and one of them, known as the Marquis of Sossna, stirred up the conversation first about which lady was more charming......"

Seeing that Susie's blurted out words were so surprising, Audrey suddenly felt embarrassed, she was silent for a few seconds, and interrupted: "Susie, just skip this marquis and repeat the topic behind them." ”

Later, I will have to reveal the words of the Marquis of Sosna to my mother in a cryptic way, and ask her to persuade my father to reduce his contact with the Marquis.

"Okay~" Susie replied cheerfully, "They discussed the assassination of the prince at the headquarters of the Daily Observer, and said that the murderer may not have been targeting His Royal Highness, but to make trouble for the Storm Church and the 'Substitute Punisher'. ”

"Is that so?" Audrey asked in surprise.

In the past two days, she has seen the "heroic" deeds of the "Zhiyong Detective" at the headquarters of the "Daily Observer", is it all fake?

No, it's not. Mr. Detective's deeds should be true, and I guess it was his cleverness that spied through the murderer's plan and saved the ordinary people in the building at that time.

But I'm afraid that even Mr. Detective himself doesn't know that there is a deeper reason behind the incident...... And I, on the other hand, know.

Just when Audrey was a little self-satisfied, Susie replied very honestly: "I can't give you a definite answer, it's just what I've heard, and I heard the viscount who talked about it say that it was Prince Edsax himself." By the way, the viscount also said that Prince Edsak seems to have been at odds with the Count of Lorena lately. ”

"Count of Lorena ......" Audrey didn't expect to hear this name, thinking of the commission of "Tower", thinking of the witch that the count might collude with, she hurriedly asked, "Susie, who is the viscount who is talking about this?" ”

Knowing the name, she wanted to wait for the dance party and knock on the side.

"Audrey, I don't know so many people, and I know that person is a viscount when I hear the earl call him...... After all, I'm just a dog who is just starting to learn. Susie wagged her tail and bowed her head.

"......," Audrey said with a smile on her face, "Susie, you've done a great job!" Here's a reward for you! ”

She took a bag from a richly decorated cupboard, tore open the seal, and placed it in front of Susie.

These are Bakerland Caring Pet Company's dog biscuits made with flour, vegetables, meat and water, and are Susie's favorite treat.

Susie, who was sitting upright, sniffled and raised one paw, as if considering how to eat to match her current status.

After a few seconds, it gave up thinking, followed its instincts, swooped forward, and rushed to the door with the bag of dry food in its mouth.

It straightened up, opened the door with one paw, and went all the way out, hiding in the shadows, humming and starting to enjoy a snack.

……

After receiving the "heart of the Elder Tree", Abner communicated with Bishop Utrawski about the banquet at the house of Councilor Makht, who did not refuse, saying that he would arrive on time when he received the invitation.

After talking about this, Abner was about to take his leave, but found that the Giant Bishop had in his hand a manuscript with beautiful handwriting, apparently from the girl's handwriting.

Abner thought that His Excellency the Bishop had some romantic story, but when he looked closely, he found that the manuscript was actually written in Chinese! Although the structure of the Chinese frame is very awkward, it is very neat, and it is a relatively good type of copying.

"Rosselwyn?" Abner asked, feigned surprise, and then carefully discerned the text, and found that it was indeed a Russell diary:

"On September 22nd, I got the information about 'Stiano Gold Armor' today, which is really an amazing technique! Stiano is one of the founders of the Morse Ascetic, and this spell is on par with the core ability of the 'Guardians'! Well, I've decided that I'm going to refine this spell again into 'Russell Gold Armor', and it will have twelve different shapes. ”

Well, the Great...... Looks like you're really planning to make all the Golden Sacred Clothes? I don't know if this operation was successfully transformed in the end......

Just as Abner was complaining, Bishop Utravsky, seeing that he was interested, smiled and said:

"This is the Russell manuscript copied by Miss Hazel...... She seemed to like copying manuscript patterns, so I gave her a few of them from my personal collection as references. ”

Is this self-cultivation? Anyway, how does the painting style of the Mother Earth God Church feel wrong...... Isn't copying "scriptures" the style of some Western Continent sect? Abner scolded a few words, but said with emotion on his face: "I didn't expect Miss Hazel to be interested in Rosselwin. ”

"She's interested in all the basics of the occult...... Although she didn't say it, I could feel that the more she studied, the more ashamed she was of her own ignorance. Bishop Utravsky shook his head.

"What about Miss Hazel?"

"Most of the time you still need to be held underground...... Only when praying to the Mother Goddess will she be allowed to come up. ”

After that, Abner did not talk much with the Giant Bishop, and after saying goodbye to the few people in the hall one by one, he left the Harvest Chapel in a carriage.

However, instead of immediately returning to his teacher's house, he went to his residence in the East End.

After all, the "heart of the Elder Tree" is also something that the teacher needs, and Abner does not want to use it to test his humanity, even if the teacher is very good to him, he should not seek to steal the student's belongings.

Moreover, the teacher's home is considered to be used for both business and residence, and people come and go, so he really doesn't feel at ease when such a precious thing is placed there.

Entering his one-bedroom cottage, Abner took out the spare materials that had been placed there and began to set up the ceremony and altar.

The main material worth 2,100 pounds, he naturally couldn't put it in the house in the East End, or it was safer to put it on the "Source Fort".

However, I can't ask the "fool" to help me in vain, and while he is unlikely to refuse, I can't be too casual...... It's better to be respectful, otherwise what if you are scared away.

With this in mind, Abner took out his pen and paper and wrote down the diary of Russell, which he had just seen at the Harvest Chapel, and with his excellent memory, he imitated even Hazel's handwriting.

After doing this, Abner placed the diary on the altar along with the leather case containing the "Heart of the Elder Tree" and sat down, leaning forward and holding his hands together in a prayer gesture against his forehead.

Then he whispered in the ancient Hermetic language:

"O fool who does not belong to this age,

"You are the mysterious lord above the gray mist,

"You are the Yellow and Black King who rules good fortune."

……

It was also 10 p.m., and Crane, who happened to be on the mission of patrolling the cemetery, had just returned to No. 2 Daffodil Street, and before he could take off his hat, he heard the sound of unreal cascading pleadings.

It can't be Mr. "Tower" again, right? The Tarot meeting has just been held today, and there is something to pray to the 'fool' so soon? Klein thoughtfully prepared to enter the living room and head to his room on the second floor.

Just then, he heard the sound of the bathroom door again, and hurriedly turned to check, only to see his sister Melissa coming out of it.

"You're back......" Melissa looked sleepy, rubbing her eyes a little confused.

Crane pretended to cover his mouth, yawned and said:

"Yes, I need a good dream, and I have to go to work tomorrow morning."

Originally, he was on Monday, but because of the cemetery mission assigned by the captain, his vacation was deducted a little......

I don't know if I can apply for a special allowance because of this.

Melissa said "um", and suddenly remembered something, and said with an expression as if she was thinking:

"Elizabeth went on vacation to the small town of Lamb, where her family had a estate."

The small town of Ramder seems to be on the outskirts of the city...... But what does it matter to me where she goes? Crane thought a little inexplicably.

But these divergent thoughts flashed, and he looked at Melissa, smiled and nodded:

"Have a good time, I just want to go get some sleep as soon as possible."

Passing Melissa, he entered his bedroom and locked the door with his backhand.

Immediately afterward, he took out the ceremonial silver dagger and created a sealed spiritual wall.

Then, Crane took four steps backwards, silently reciting the incantation, fending off the frenzied screams, and entered the gray mist.

In this illusory and boundless world, he sat on the head of an ancient mottled bronze table, and looked at it casually, and found that the prayer really came from Mr. "Tower".