Chapter VI Meetings
Esther waited until most of the people had come ashore before hoisting to the back of the passengers, slowly stepping onto solid ground that no longer wobbled.
Old Jack finally just told her to be safe, and Esther was so grateful to the head chef that she hesitated to find the bill, but Old Jack refused to accept the five sules and let her keep them for herself.
David happily said "goodbye" to Esther and rushed back to help his friends unload the goods. Captain Reeves didn't show up, he had more business to attend to, and he had to report the trouble on this voyage to the Church of the Storm when the time came.
Of course, Reeves wouldn't hide anything about the suspicious silver-haired lady, he didn't have the overflowing kindness of Old Jack, and if it weren't for the concern about her hidden strength, Reeves might have sent her directly to the local Storm Church.
As the largest port in the Kingdom of Rune, the port of Pritz is always busy with ships of all sizes. It's not the off-season, and a steady stream of tourists are choosing to go to the sea to get away from the shivering winter in the hinterland.
Even many tourists who are enjoying the New Year's holidays have not yet turned back from their voyages and are enjoying life on the vast sea.
When there were more people, Esther's perception became quite noisy.
Although she was able to identify and navigate various obstacles, she would bump into someone from time to time, forcing her to apologize all the way before she reached the door of an inn that looked ordinary.
Since she didn't know the road and hadn't touched the map of Pletzer Harbour, Esther was now quite at a loss, and only after asking if she needed identification for accommodation, she pointed out three souls under the constant gaze of the front desk attendant, saying that she would stay for one night.
Esther sensed the malice of the front desk attendant from an unknown source, so when she took the key and walked towards the staircase, she opened her palm at him behind her back and squeezed it again, stealing his thoughts.
Esther sighed inwardly, and her eyes were not very easy to use when she was alone, which made her look quite easy to bully.
Thankfully, the waitress hadn't forgotten her job and had told her that the room was in the third room on the left-hand side of the second floor, and Esther locked the door when she entered the room, dragging her chair over and tightening the push-down doorknob to prevent anyone from breaking in.
The window was open, and Esther approached the window and looked out, but she certainly couldn't see anything in the distance now, only a distorted patch of color.
Just in case, Esther closed the window and fumbled until the curtain was drawn to close it, there were too many people coming and going in Prydze Harbor, and it was really inconvenient for her to continue moving.
This time, she chose to believe Zoya's instructions and quietly stayed at the hotel to empty herself, waiting for the tarot meeting in the afternoon.
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Crane was walking down the streets of Pritzport with his suitcase, and he found a random hotel, and after writing a letter to Mr. Azik, he came to the gray fog.
After freeing the soul of the "Faceling" in "Wriggling Hunger", Crane summoned the ball of light into his hand, its brightness had calmed down compared to the previous days, and Crane no longer needed to pull the gray mist as glue.
In the past few days, whenever Klein has time to come up, he will habitually paste some fog on it, but fortunately, this ball of light can be completely recovered before the tarot meeting, and the appearance can no longer be seen from the previous anomaly.
The citrine spirit hung in his hand, and Crane silently recited:
"'Lovers' can attend this tarot party."
Rotating clockwise and with a lot of amplitude, could it be that the most serious problem on the folk's side has been solved, so you can spare time?
Klein first sent the news to the "sun" that he was preparing for the party, and then performed another divination:
"Esther is out of danger right now."
The pendulum gave the same spin as the previous question, which made Klein breathe a sigh of relief.
Unfortunately, I have already left Bakeland, and even if Esther goes back and delivers the letter to Miss Sharon, I will not be able to receive it......
However, Klein still had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and being able to tell that she had successfully escaped from the predicament made him feel much better.
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At three o'clock in the afternoon, the light curtain covered Esther's consciousness as scheduled.
As soon as everyone sat down, they saw the ball of light held by the "fool" flying over the long table and falling straight to the position of the "lover" lady.
And the situation of the "lovers" also surprised everyone, including Klein, who was sitting in the first place.
After she was pulled into the gray mist, she was originally the person with the most solid body, similar to the "fool" and close to the entity, but now the figure of the "lover" is thin and distorted, and the original blonde hair is only a translucent silver shadow, and the swirling depression covers her whole body, and even her face is filled with large hollows that have been hollowed out, making the "lover" appear in a state that may collapse at any time.
The "Fool" raised her hand slightly, and a large gray mist filled the body of the "lover", and as the faint points of light in the ball of light fell into the body of the "lover", her state quickly stabilized, and gradually returned to her original appearance.
This scene lasted for more than ten seconds, and "Justice" covered his mouth in shock and pity, and wanted to ask, but he did not dare to disturb Mr. "Fool's" "treatment process".
The others were equally shocked, and both the "Hanged Man" and the "Sun" thought for a moment that the "lover" was about to lose control in front of Mr. "Fool".
The "magician" felt an unprovoked panic, only she could hear the whispers coming from the ball of light, but she didn't feel anything else because of the gray fog. Of course, the "magician" recalled the pain caused to her by the full moon whispering, and saw that the "lover" was suffering from the baptism of the light, and couldn't help but feel more sympathy.
But soon, the "magician" looked in the direction of the "lover" and widened his eyes, and the light in the ball of light was indeed familiar to her, exactly the same as the light that pierced through the haze that morning in the East End!
The "world" is still silent and cold, staring at the "lover" like everyone else, as if carefully observing her abnormality.
As for the most confused, it is the new member sitting next to the "sun". He watched the strange scene and secretly marveled, but compared to the others, the new member didn't quite understand what was going on, and was simply curious.
When Esther finally stabilized, she raised her head, and "saw" a normal sight for the first time in a long time, her gaze swept over the bronze table, the high-backed chairs of the "world", the different expressions of the others, and the few strands of bangs on her forehead drooped and returned to a familiar color of pale cinnamon yellow.
Eventually, Esther looked at the "Fool" on the first seat.
As soon as the gray mist cleared and the dimmed ball of light flew back into the hands of the Fool, Esther stood up and bowed respectfully to the Fool.
Her voice trembled with joy: "Your kindness and compassion are so great, I am grateful for it. Only with the most devout heart will be rewarded. ”
Esther sounded like she was about to cry:
"Thank you, praise you, Mr. 'Fool'."
Seeing that the condition of the "lover" had really stabilized, Miss "Justice" relaxed her nervous heart, and after taking a long breath, she happily and briskly followed behind and spoke: "Praise the great 'Fool'! ”
With her leading, the others also repeated this sentence one after another, and at the same time, they once again felt the unfathomable depth of Mr. "Fool", the strange and critical situation of "lovers", and the "Fool" actually took action to forcibly help her stabilize.
The "hanged man" looked at the "lover" twice, perhaps in addition to the "world", the "lover" also had something special, so he sat at the end of the table, instead of next to Miss "The Magician" in the order of joining......
The "Fool" crossed the ball of light in his hand and bowed slightly at everyone, but judging by the smile on the corner of his mouth, the god was in a pretty good mood.
"Justice" has another more important matter, and she can't help but speak to the "Fool" again: "Thank you also for your willingness to help, and once again to save Beckland, Mr. 'Fool'!" ”
Everyone immediately pricked up their ears, including the "upside-down hangman" who was adrift at sea, who had also heard about this incident and was quite concerned about it. The most indifferent should be "Sun", because the distance between him and Beckland can be called two worlds, and it is not clear what is going on.
After "Justice" solemnly saluted the "Fool", she turned to the "world" at the end of the table, originally a little afraid of this gentleman who didn't look like a good person, "Justice", but this time there was only sincere gratitude in her words:
"Mr. 'World', if you hadn't warned me in advance, maybe there would have been more victims in Beckland this time in the great smog. Thank you very much! ”
"World" chuckled hoarsely and said, "Actually, it also saved myself." ”
The "Fool" replied indifferently: "I only provided a small help. ”
"No, your dependents really saved Beckland!" "Justice" sighed sincerely, "If it weren't for his reminder, the Church of the Night Goddess wouldn't have been prepared so quickly, and the timely elimination of the Witch of Despair prevented the awakening of the 'Primordial Witch'. Not to mention that he also directly destroyed the ritual of the Aurora Society, cutting off the 'True Creator' who was trying to descend from reality. And the magical glow that appeared in the East End! It saved a large number of sick and dying residents, helping them to recover to a weakened state with only a few remaining symptoms. I don't know of any other power that could do this other than miracles. ”
The first "fool" was moved, and he smiled and spread his hands at the "lover": "Your behavior in the East District is very abrupt, don't make an example." Asking for a 'god to come down' would have cost far more than you think. ”
He still coiled the dim ball of light in his hand, and a faint gray mist gathered on it, slowly turning.
It was hard for everyone to suppress their shock when they heard such a secret, and they all turned their heads in the direction of the "lover" at the end of the table, and her strange state at the beginning of the meeting was fully explained-
She even prayed for a "god descending" in Beckland! It seems to have worked!
And Esther's heart was shocked, and she looked at the first "fool" in disbelief.
He lifted the orb of light in his hand slightly, making it clear.