"This is a magical item formed by the combination of the extraordinary properties of Sequence 7 'Magician' of the 'Fortune Teller' path and a 'God of Steam and Machines' ecclesiastical pocket watch, and its appearance, well, is an ordinary pocket watch......"

"Due to the extraordinary characteristics of the 'magician', it and its bearer will have a certain amount of divination interference, which greatly increases the failure rate of divination directed at them. In addition, it has three extraordinary abilities from the 'magician', which you must have already seen. ”

"The first one is 'Flame Jump', which can designate a flame within a range of tens of meters around you as the landing point for flashing, candle flame and spiritual flame are OK; The second is the 'Paper Man Stand-in', cut the paper figure in advance and carry it with you, you can use it to take damage once instead of yourself, and let the paper figure take your place, with the fire jump can achieve the effect of Thomats's elusiveness, but the number of uses is related to your spirituality, about three or four times. ”

"The last ability, called 'Damage Transfer', transfers the wounds on the body to other locations through contact, a wound can only be transferred once, and it can be used on oneself and others, but it cannot transfer one person's wounds to another person, nor can it be transferred to other objects."

"The way to activate this magical item is very simple, you just press the crown and you will have these three extraordinary abilities for the next ten minutes, and when the time is up, the effects will disappear, followed by twelve hours of negative effects."

"Once the usage time is over, the hour hand of the pocket watch counts down from '12', and before the countdown ends, the user will fall into a state of 'fear of fire', just like 'flame jumping', even the flame of a candle will be afraid, and this state cannot be removed by moving away from the pocket watch. During these twelve hours, the divination interference will also disappear, and the success rate of divination for the carrier is high. ”

"How much fear of fire? I can't tell, do I need to test it out? ”

With the clatter of the wheels of the steam train against the junction of the rails, Angel played with the pocket watch in his hand, recalling Carveh's words on the platform.

Although she had already deduced the approximate function of the pocket watch based on the effect of Tomats's use of this magical item, she did not expect it to be a powerful item that could be used "at will for a limited time".

The negative effects also set a time limit, and according to Carveh, the fear of "fire" is likely to be widespread. However, within 10 minutes of pressing the crown, the user will gain the essence of the "magician" ability, and a Sequence 8 Extraordinary can completely compete with the Sequence 7 Extraordinary when using the pocket watch.

For such a magical item, Angel took it out and asked Kaveh, a member of the "Mechanical Heart", to identify it, but he was actually a little hesitant.

After all, the pocket watch came from Thomats, a defector from the "Mechanical Heart", and that Tomats had "combined" the pocket watch using the extraordinary properties stolen from the "Mechanical Heart" warehouse, and it made sense for Carvey to recover the stolen goods according to the official Extraordinary Person's practice.

So this time she held the pocket watch in her own hand and asked Kaveh to identify it "in the air".

Fortunately, Kaveh, who had already left the "Mechanical Heart" team in Port Enmat, did not make a surprising move, and even agreed to Angel's "free" request, which once made her suspect that Carveh was trying to stabilize her, and would send a telegram to "Mechanical Heart" when she turned around, bringing in a team of high-pressure steam riflemen to retrieve the stolen items.

This suspicion was not dispelled until she boarded a steam train bound for the cities of Stonen and Tingen, which left the port of Emmatt.

The sunlight reflected by this brass pocket watch was as charming as the light of gold in Angel's eyes at this time, and she couldn't help but want to press the crown several times along the way to experience the feeling of being a "magician", but there were many passengers on the train, and she was worried that "sunshine" was also a kind of fire, so she finally resisted the impulse.

Wait until it gets dark and then try it secretly......

Angel put the pocket watch on a bracelet he bought from the station's souvenir shop, and learned how Klein tied the bracelet to his left wrist so that he could use it at any time.

Oh, and I've got to give it a name, and this is my first real trophy......

Angel crossed her mind with some disrespectful names such as "Thomats's remorse" and "Carveh's envy", and finally decided to call it a "magic pocket watch".

Well, it's quite in line with its extraordinary abilities.

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As it came, the steam train passed through the city of Stone, northwest of the port of Enmat, before returning to the city of Tingen, and when Angel got off the train with his suitcase, it was already noon in the sun.

"Ah, the fresh air, it's wonderful......"

Although the city of Tingen has also caught up with the wave of industrialization and built many factories, they are basically on the periphery of the city, and do not discharge exhaust gases to the city, and there are two rivers near the city, the vegetation along the coast is dense, and the air is several grades better than that of the port of Enmat, which is located by the sea but has serious industrial pollution.

Angel greedily took a few breaths of fresh air that she hadn't seen for a long time, and silently apologized to Ms. Dalie, who had invited her.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Daly, but I'd rather stay in Tingen for the sake of the air quality......"

"Hey, be careful—"

A teenager who was hurrying by seemed to be not paying attention to the road, and accidentally bumped into Angel, who was carrying a suitcase, who reacted at the moment of physical contact, nimbly sideways to avoid it, and at the same time covered the pocket of his clothes with his free hand, preventing a stealthy pickpocket.

"It's just that the law and order is not very good, we night watchmen and the police still have to work hard......"

Looking at the teenager who failed to steal and fled in a hurry, she wanted to take out the police badge and hold the other party down, but she felt that the theft was not successful, even if she escorted the person to the police station, there would not be much punishment, and finally let go of the rookie.

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Riding back to 6 Daffodil Street in a hired carriage, Angel subconsciously wanted to check the secret mark on the crack of the door, but remembered that she hadn't been home for several days, and the female worker Tromi must have entered the house and removed the note she had caught in the crack of the door.

I'm too suspicious......

took out the key to open the door, Angel put the suitcase by the door, sat directly on the sofa by the convex belly window, stretched her body, stretched her waist, and then felt that her whole body was really relaxed.

It's better to be at home...... Even if the suite of the "Silver Bullet Detective Agency" is clean and well-equipped, it is far from being as good as this house on Daffodil Street.

She squinted and curled up in the warm sunlight, intending to sleep for a while before the tarot meeting began, but when her eyes swept over the coffee table, she saw an envelope on it.

Envelop...... The last time I saw an envelope at home, was it the last time......

Angel felt like her heart was beating half a beat slower.

She swallowed her saliva and cautiously reached out as if to grasp a bomb.

The envelope was made of some yellowed low-quality paper, without stamps, and should have been placed directly on the table.

Angel tore open the seal and poured out a piece of letter with two lines written in short letters.

"Miss Granger, I'm Trommy, I'm sorry to take a leave of absence next week due to my father's unfortunate death!"

"Whew-"

She could hear her breathe a sigh of relief.

I almost thought it was Mrs. Sharon who had come back to her soul......

Trommy said that he would take a leave of absence "next week", which should have been last Friday, after I left Tingen early in the morning, and was actually taking time off for this week......

Her father died of illness, but she never seemed to have heard her mention it before, could it be a sudden illness?

There were too few clues, and Angel gave up after a little analysis, but she carefully put away the envelope and decided to wait until next week to see the bereaved female worker and give her a salary increase as comfort.

After being frightened by this envelope, she did not have the heart to continue to rest, but went to various specialty restaurants on Daffodil Street and Iron Cross Street to forage for food as usual.

Passing by 2 Daffodil Street, she deliberately looked closer to the window and saw that Moretti's family was not there.

Also, after all, today is Monday......

When Klein comes back in the evening, I'll say hello to him again.

(End of chapter)