Mr. "World" making such a request at this time did not surprise "Magician" Fors, who answered with a hint of tension: "Okay, okay.
"What kind of transaction is it exactly?"
She had corresponded with her teacher
"The World" Klein laughed hoarsely: "You don't need to tell him what I want for now. Just offer my terms and see if he's interested."
"Your terms are still the promise to lift the Abraham family curse?" "Magician" Fors cautiously sought confirmation.
Klein nodded, pointing at "0—61" on the mottled long table: "It could also be this 'Box of the Old Days'."
A thing that requires a Level 0 sealed artifact to exchange is certainly not simple... Both "Justice" Audrey and "Hermit"
"Magician" Fors, on the other hand, valued the promise to lift the curse more, because she had personal experience and knew how tragic her teacher's family really was.
Without hesitation, she replied solemnly: "Okay."
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In the basement of a house in the West District of
"Saint of Gloom" Cosma, hidden in the shadows, suddenly grew out of the darkness.
He tilted his head as if listening to something, and the muscles on his cheeks twitched gradually, not patch by patch but dot by dot; not only did they fail to connect, they interfered with each other, making him look extremely bizarre.
Just a few seconds later, Cosma showed an expression of extreme pain. His skin tore inch by inch, his flesh and blood squirmed as if boiling, mixed with deep blackness.
With a thud, he fell to the ground, prostrating himself toward the altar, vomiting a large amount of innards and twinkling light spots.
The head of this "Saint of Gloom" pressed tightly to the floor, and he muttered frantically: "Butis actually died...
"A 'Secret Sorcerer' carrying a Level 0 sealed artifact died just like that...
"On the scene there was a tarot card, 'The Hermit'...
"The two enemies who made the move were both saints, one a 'Mystic', the other a 'Manipulator'...
"An organization that uses tarot cards as code names and believes in 'The Fool'...
"Gehrman Sparrow...
"..."
After the uncontrolled muttering, "Saint of Gloom" Cosma shed tears of remorse and pain: "I confess, I confess, I confess..."
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A few days later, in a room of an apartment in Pritz Port.
Dorian Gray Abraham, who had disguised himself, had finally received a letter from his student Fors.
He carefully examined it, and after confirming there were no problems or unusual signs, he picked up the letter opener and extracted the letter.
The letter began with the usual greetings, and then Fors wrote directly: "...We have killed 'Saint of Secrets' Butis and taken the items on him..."
...Dorian, who had intended to skim through it first, was suddenly choked by this sentence. He read it several times over, forgetting to continue.
Dorian knew deeply just how strong Butis was and understood well how terrifying a "Secret Sorcerer" could be.
But now, his student, whom he had taught for only a little over a year, told him in a very flat tone that she had already dealt with Butis.
For a moment, Dorian's mind was filled with thoughts like "impossible", "lie", "there's a conspiracy", suspecting that Fors had been controlled by Butis or the Aurora Society.
In any major faction, a Sequence 4 Beyonder was definitely a top-level executive and a very important member; how could they be killed so easily!
Dorian's
Just as he read another line, Dorian's eyelids twitched, and he felt the letter paper in his hand heavy as a boulder.
He was certainly no stranger to the "Box of the Old Days"; it was the Level 0 sealed artifact of the Abraham family, proof of their former glory.
"...The one who was killed was Butis, who was carrying the 'Box of the Old Days'..." Dorian grew more astonished, feeling that things were beyond his imagination, but at the same time he inexplicably thought it might not be impossible; maybe what really killed Butis was the "Box of the Old Days".
He was well aware of how dangerous that Level 0 sealed artifact was!
At the same time, he finally noticed a single word: "We".
This was the first time Fors indicated that she had companions and collaborators.
Of course, Dorian had long suspected it, but had tactfully avoided calling her out.
So that's it... Dorian sighed and eagerly read the later content: "...This action against Butis was taken because a friend of mine wanted to show goodwill to you. He said he is willing to make a deal with you using the 'Box of the Old Days' or the promise to lift the curse on the Abraham family. He doesn't know where you are, and I won't tell him. You are fully free to refuse..."