On a deserted island between the island of Passu and Byamu, the capital of the Rorsted Islands, where the altar of the Church of the Storm is located, a sailing ship dozens of meters long, painted golden yellow, reflecting the sparkle of the sun, is docked on the shore.

It belongs to one of the seven pirate generals, "Iceberg Admiral" Adevina, and although the pirate general has a decent reputation for not raiding ordinary passenger ships, he is careful to avoid it when a ship passes through a cross-sea route.

At this time, the sailors on the "Golden Dream" did not have time to pay attention to the passing passenger ships, because their captain, the beloved "Iceberg Vice Admiral" of all the sailors, had disappeared!

The high-ranking members of the pirate group questioned each other, and found that the last time they had seen Edvina was two days ago, the evening, when the general locked himself in the captain's room after saying that he was going to conduct a difficult study and would not show up for the next day.

At the time, none of the sailors, including Daniz "Blaze", were of the question, for the erudite but more knowledgeable captain was a common practice in retreat.

They took the day without make-up classes as a vacation during their trip, and spent 24 hours as crazy as they held bonfires and cabaret performances while sailing the Golden Dream to the sea of white whales in the east as planned, and went to Pirate Land to track the appearance of the "ghost empire".

It was almost impossible to fire into the sky with the precious main guns, or to set fire to the flammable materials on the deck.

And then......

"She didn't find anyone to bring water or food, and she didn't show up outside the captain's room, like ...... It's like the whole person has evaporated. ”

Daniz waved his arms somewhat exaggeratedly and said to the others.

"People don't evaporate, wine does."

"Flower bow tie" Yoderson subconsciously retorted, but his expression was also a little worried.

They talked for a long time, searching every cabin except the locked captain's room, but found nothing.

In the end, everyone bravely went to the captain's room, supervised each other, opened the door of the captain's room with the spare key, and was horrified to find that it was empty, even the light beer, bacon and toast prepared before the "retreat" were placed on the coffee table, and almost never touched.

This means that Adevina was no longer in the captain's room at least two days ago!

As the "Thief" path to Sequence 6 "The Fire Thief", the flower tie Yoderson has mastered certain divination skills, and in front of a group of sailors, he uses the items often used by Edwina in the captain's room to do several divination, and the results are not optimistic.

"Almost all the divination failed, unable to point to the location, unable to judge the state, the only thing that was clear was that she was still alive."

Pushing the coins, pendulums, Adevina's usual wine glasses and cushions forward, Yodsen said with a sloppy expression.

"Aren't you usually known as an expert? Shit! Any adventurer I come across in Damir Harbor is better than you! ”

Daniz scolded angrily, seeing that the wine glass was about to roll off the table, he quickly caught it with both hands and put it back in place.

"Then get someone else to help, we'll set sail now and head back to the West Coast, and we'll be there in a week if the wind is down."

First mate Bru Walls, who wore monocles, said calmly.

"One week! The captain can't wait that long, and with all sorts of accidents on the way, the navy, other pirates, and even headwinds can take us twice as long! ”

Boatswain "Bucket" Daniels retorted, his bloated waist shaking like a bucket.

"I'll try divination again......"

Feeling the pressure of the quarrel and the gaze of everyone, Yoderson grunted, grabbed the gold louis of Intis, chanted it in a low voice, and bounced it up with a "ding".

While all eyes were on the flying gold coins, Daniz was reminded of a "master diviner", a "crazy adventurer", and a temporary ally of Captain Adewina.

"Gelman Sparrow!"

He shouted suddenly, so frightened that Yoderson couldn't catch the coin, and let it roll around the table a few times, stopping next to a heavy book bound from parchment with a dark brown cover.

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Surrounded by the familiar crimson light, Angel walked from the suite of the passenger ship bound for Baiam to the magnificent palace surrounded by the gray mist, and sat down on the seat belonging to the "queen" at the long bronze table.

Next to her was the "righteous" Audrey who stood up directly and happily greeted everyone, and opposite her was the "hanged man" Alger, who looked pensive and just nodded in response.

Most of the others were people I knew, such as Emlyn "The Moon", Klein "The World", and the latest "Hermit" Gadelia......

Angel looked around and found that most of the Tarot Society was already his acquaintance, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud.

Miss "Magician" is a native of Beckland, and she may be able to meet her in the future, but Mr. "Sun" is located in the mysterious and terrifying "God's Forsaken Land", and may never have the opportunity to meet in this life......

Finally, there is Mr. "Fool", the initiator of the party, everyone's secret beliefs, suspected of a resurrected deity......

She looked at them one by one, and finally fixed her gaze on the gray mist at the head of the long table.

"Mr. Fool, I request to speak with you alone."

As soon as the words came out, Angel felt that all eyes were focused on him.

"And, Mr. Fool, talk alone?"

The most surprising was Gadelia, who had never seen "this kind of operation", and she first sneaked a sneak glance at the other members, and found that although they were a little curious, they were not surprised, which meant that "communicating alone with the fool" was indeed a feasible request, but the members should rarely engage in similar behavior.

That means that I can also ask Him for a private conversation, and then, bring it up......

Her gaze turned to the Fool, and she subconsciously began to activate the "Voyeuristic Eye", and the gray mist that usually shrouded this existence seemed to have become thin and could be pierced by her!

Just as she was about to see through the gray mist, everything in front of her went dark.

Individual communication began.

Seeing Mr. Fool knocking on the table to signal, Angel first bowed his head and saluted, and then said solemnly:

"Mr. Fool, I apologize to you in advance for being tempted by a fake journal of Russell the Great on my way to the ruins of the Divine War, and I fell into the trap of a high-order extraordinary, letting her know of your existence and that we were collecting the diary.

"She is the 'mysterious queen' of the five seas, and at the same time the eldest daughter of Russell Gustav, ...... Bernadette Gustav"

After reporting the conversation with Bernadette to the Fool, Angel saw that the latter did not speak, so she continued:

"She offered to exchange 'methods of interpreting the diary', saying that she could provide an entire copy of the Emperor's diary, and in addition, a reward for me."

After speaking, she lowered her head, looked at the fool secretly, and waited for the other party's "fall".

After all, at the very beginning of the Tarot Society's existence, the Being had stated that His name should not be proclaimed outside without His consent.

Although the "Fool Who Doesn't Belong to This Era" seems to have been known by secret sects such as the Aurora Society, it is not a secret...... Angel pondered, and after a moment finally waited for the fool's response:

"She can trade the diary for the answers she needs, but the way to interpret the diary is not something she can afford."

Is this a blunt refusal? No, what Mr. Fool meant was that Bernadette could have paid a price to know some of the contents of the diary, but it was impossible to get the full set of ways to interpret it...... Angel nodded knowingly:

"Yes, I'll pass it on to her."

"Don't reveal any more and be careful of making mistakes again."

Klein's tone turned cold, and he commanded, seeing Angel, who was sitting first on the left, bowing his head and saying yes, with a hint of fear in his expression, and a little inexplicable refreshment could not help but appear in his heart.

But this emotion was quickly replaced by guilt, his original intention was not to let Angel continue to meddle in the affairs of the "mysterious queen", but to maintain the "fool's" forced character, so the words came out like a cold command.

At this moment, looking at Angel's lowered head, he pursed his lips, and finally did not continue to speak, but waved his hand to remove the visual and auditory restrictions of others, ending the individual communication.

Then, he looked at the "hermit" Gardelia at the end of the "female queue", tapped on the long table, making everyone's faces pale, and after all looked at him, he spoke:

"Bernadette has to pay enough to find out."

Angel, who was still thinking about the "mysterious queen" in her mind, subconsciously thought that this sentence was said to her, and was about to speak, but found that the "fool's" eyes were directed at the "hermit", and closed her mouth again, looking at Gadelia curiously.

Why did he tell the "Star General" the same answer, because he knew that she and the "mysterious queen" were fake breaks, but in fact there was a connection? Even, Bernadette's communication with me and Klein, two Fool believers, on board the "Future", was also arranged by her, and the Fool was warning her?

She quickly confirmed this from the Fool's colder tone than just now, and the "Hermit's" cowering and even a somewhat trembling figure.

Fortunately, I took the initiative to give up everything, otherwise I would have died socially now, no, I would have died socially...... She thought half rejoicing, half afraid.

In addition to her, the other members of the team showed their own doubts and surprises when they heard this.

They didn't associate this common Intis female name with other titles, but they all guessed that the "Hermit" had a certain "betrayal" shortly after joining the Tarot Society, revealing the contents of the meeting or the information of Mr. Fool to this "Bernadette", and the latter wanted even more, so much so that they alarmed Mr. Fool himself.

Fortunately, their doubts did not last long, and under the inquiry of "Sun" Deric, the fool continued to speak:

"Bernadette is the eldest daughter of Russell, the owner of the Dawn, and the leader of the Dawn of the Elements."

"It turns out that the 'mysterious queen' is the eldest daughter of Russell the Great? It seems that the identity of the 'hermit' is really the 'star general', they are really a hypothetical split, in fact, they are still in contact with the ...... in secret" The upside-down hangman's brain exploded, and he had a certain understanding of the recent complicated sea situation, he looked at the "hermit" and found that the other party's head hung lower, and he did not deny it, and laughed secretly in his heart.

The other members, such as "Justice", "The Magician", "Moon" and others, although they did not know the situation at sea as well as Alger, they had all heard the name of the "Dawn", especially Audrey, who was very interested in the occult world, and immediately reacted that the "answer" that Bernardette, the "Queen of Mysteries", might want to know, was in her father's diary.

And the focus of everyone's attention, the "hermit" Gardelia, after a long silence, regained some ability to think, looked up at the fool, and said in a low tone:

"I made a mistake and I won't justify it. No matter what you are prepared to do with me, or even kill me, I am willing to bear it. ”

This sentence made Angel, who had been observing Gardelia's expressions and movements, feel a twitch in her heart, and she left the flagship of the pirate general, and had a good impression of the beautiful, mysterious and hospitable "Star General", and saw that the members who also committed the mistake of "leaking" would be punished, and she couldn't help but wonder in her heart:

Is it a bit ...... if I was just let go gently, and the "hermit" was severely punished

…… Eccentric?

As soon as the thought flashed through her mind, she heard Gadelia snort in pain, leaned back, and collapsed on the high-backed chair.

Then, a continuous stream of screams echoed through the Grey Mist Palace, piercing the ears of the other members.

Mr. "Fool" punishment of "Hermit", begun!

(End of chapter)