Chapter 1090: A Difficult Choice

After sitting in a daze for a while, Klein rubbed his forehead, stood up, took four steps backward, and entered the Gray Fog.

He then materialized Gehrman Sparrow and, through a prayer to Mr. Fool, conveyed two messages: one to Danitz, and the other to The Hermit Cattleya.

The former was a reminder to be careful of the Secret Order recently. Although Klein didn't think Zaratul would directly approach Danitz—who on the surface had connections with Gehrman Sparrow—it wouldn't hurt to warn him. As a Faceless, Klein had some understanding of Beyonders of the Seer Pathway. He believed that those who truly managed to advance were sufficiently cautious and careful. Exceptions and oddballs existed, but they certainly didn't include Zaratul, who was at Sequence 1.

In the current situation, in the eyes of Angels who possessed enough secrets, Danitz seemed more like a deliberately thrown bait meant to lure certain targets. Therefore, Zaratul would likely be very cautious and steer clear, at most sending members of the Secret Order to conduct some roundabout and indirect investigations.

For the same reason, Klein's message to The Hermit Cattleya also touched on this. But the main point was to tell her to immediately contact the "Mysterious Queen" Bernadette and say that Gehrman Sparrow wanted to meet her as soon as possible. Additionally, Klein also informed the "Star Admiral" about something he had originally planned to postpone until the next Tarot Club meeting, letting her decide whether to purchase the potion formulas for Sequence 5 Druid and Sequence 4 Classical Alchemist of the Farmer Pathway.

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To the west of the Raging Sea, on Celos Island.

Danitz, who was there gathering clues about the whereabouts of the "Disease Vice Admiral," was holding a mug full of golden beer, and his expression suddenly turned extremely complex.

"What? Did you see someone and recall an indescribable experience?" Anderson swirled the "Lilliang" malt liquor in his hand and teased Danitz with a laugh.

Danitz gulped some beer, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and said rather dejectedly, "We'll have to be careful of the people from the Secret Order from now on..."

Since meeting Gehrman Sparrow, he'd often heard similar words, and his reaction had gone from initial panic to numbness and despair.

He suspected that one day he would be wanted by every organization, big and small, known and unknown, except for the one belonging to Mr. Fool.

Anderson looked Danitz up and down and chuckled, "Sometimes I think Gehrman Sparrow is more of a hunter than I am. Ha, so you have a special way of contacting each other, no need to summon a messenger."

Danitz was about to make some casual reply when a man from Intis burst into the tavern, holding a telegram: "Feysac air raid on Backlund! Loen officially declares war!"

"War?" Anderson and Danitz exchanged a glance and, relying on their Pathway characteristics, keenly sensed the scent of a large-scale war.

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"Feysac has attacked Backlund and Port Pritz, Loen officially declares war... The three ironclad fleets weren't in port, no losses, they are successively returning to the Loen coast..." The fleet of "Star Admiral" Cattleya was just passing by Oravie Island and had gathered various intelligence from passing telegrams.

She was about to consider how a pirate fleet should act in this situation when she suddenly saw the boundless Gray Fog and heard the voice of "The World" Gehrman Sparrow.

"Be careful of the people from the Secret Order, be careful of Zaratul..." Cattleya, who was to some extent from Intis, first focused on this seemingly least important matter.

Because of this, she had no doubts about "The World" Gehrman Sparrow's request to meet the Queen as soon as possible, considering it an extension of the Secret Order and Zaratul matters.

Finally, she parted her lips and softly uttered the names of those two potions:

"Druid... Classical Alchemist..."

"The modern name for this Sequence 4 should be 'Ancient Alchemist,' and it was previously called 'Body Alchemist'..."

Cattleya unconsciously walked to the window and looked down. At that moment, out at sea, where there was a time difference with Backlund, Frank Lee and the "Craftsman" Sharif were leaning on the side, basking in the sunset. The former looked relaxed and content, but there was a hint of confusion in his eyes, as if some problem remained unsolved. The latter was pale, lips trembling, and his clothes were covered with mushrooms here and there.

"Druid... Ancient Alchemist..." "Star Admiral" Cattleya repeated those two terms, feeling something heavy pressing down on her.

After about ten seconds, Cattleya adjusted her heavy glasses and silently consoled herself: "Mr. Fool didn't hint at anything, so it can't be serious..."

With that thought, sparkling starlight fell and formed a stairway of light between the captain's cabin window and the deck.

Cattleya descended the stairs and walked over to Frank Lee and Sharif.

After a few seconds of silence, Cattleya asked, "Frank, what is your dream?"

Only then did Frank Lee realize the captain had arrived. He pushed himself up and stood: "Dream?"

The "Biologist" thought seriously and said, "To be able to study soil, crops, and hybridization techniques without restrictions, and also to free humanity from famine, to make people equal. What you can do, I can also do; what you can grow, I can also grow..."