Lord of Mysteries: The Color of the Stars

"Mr. Z?"

Julian immediately looked surprised upon hearing this, and asked knowingly:

"Using letters as code names... Is this one of the 22 messengers of the Lord that Mr. Arepis mentioned during our last meal?"

"That's right."

Hainas nodded slightly:

"Mr. Z is the messenger of God in charge of County Ahova and the bishop of the Lord, and resides in Port Enmat."

The bishop of the "True Creator"... refers to the "Rose Bishop"?

Julian knew that the power levels of the "True Creator's" messengers were generally between Sequence 7 and Sequence 5, and the "Rose Bishop" of Sequence 6 fit perfectly into this power range.

Furthermore, although the "Aurora Society" is a cult that believes in an evil god, its essence is still derived from the belief in the "Ancient Sun God" of the Tertiary period.

Under the influence of "Angel of Fate" Urolius, the titles given to the divine messengers within this organization are definitely not arbitrary.

For example, "monk" should correspond to "hermit", "bishop" should correspond to "rose bishop", and "shepherd" should correspond to "shepherd".

Based on these known conditions, Julian can basically determine that Mr. Z's strength should be at Sequence 6, consistent with "Pleasure Witch" Mrs. Sharon.

"There's still something I don't understand, Hainas."

Julian shook his head, looking puzzled.

"Why did you say you needed to report to Mr. Z when I mentioned Lanius earlier? Is he important within our organization?"

"This is not something we should know... I've only heard a little about it."

Hainas Vancent shook his head:

"All I know is that Mr. Z had special considerations when he agreed to let Sirius recruit Lanius into the Aurora Society, which seems to involve some key issue."

"All right."

Julian didn't press further upon hearing this, and simply continued drinking his tea.

After leaving the "Fortune Telling Club," Klein Moretti quickly returned to his home at 2 Narcissus Street by public carriage.

Benson and Melissa were not home at the time, which gave him a quiet environment to hold his "Tarot meeting".

Klein returned to his room and, after walking four steps backward, arrived above the gray fog.

There was still half an hour until 3 p.m. The reason Klein came so early was mainly to do a divination for Haynes Vancent.

As Old Neil had previously stated, many people were attempting to engage in dangerous magical rituals and divination methods, so the "magic mirror divination" alone would not have been enough to alarm Klein.

What really bothered him was that Julian seemed to have a good relationship with Haynes.

When he first arrived at the "Fortune Telling Club," he had heard that Haynes seemed to highly regard Julian's face reading.

Today he caught the two of them having afternoon tea together in a very intimate manner—considering that although Julian did not always intervene in the "Night Watchers'" law enforcement, his identity as an external consultant for the "Night Watchers" was still very sensitive.

If Julian were to inadvertently, or under the influence of some supernatural force, reveal the Night Watch's law enforcement activities and internal personnel composition, it could very likely cause unnecessary losses or even attrition for the Night Watch.

"Hainas Vancent harbors clear hostility toward the Night Watchers."

After speaking, Klein tossed the coin into the air and caught it.

"As expected, the 'profile picture' side is facing up..."

Klein muttered to himself, "This means the divination result is positive."

To conserve spiritual energy, Klein's divination statement contained two questions at once.

The first is that "Hainas Vancent knew of the existence of the 'Night Watchers'", and the second is that "Hainas Vancent was hostile to the Night Watchers".

Many people may harbor some degree of hostility towards the "Night Watchers" because they are essentially servants and enforcers of the "Goddess of the Night."

Given the general public's vague understanding of the Inquisition, even some devout followers of the "Lord of Storms" and the "God of Steam and Machinery" may harbor a vague hostility towards the "Night Watchers."

Therefore, if Haynes Vancent has a clear hostility towards the Night Watchers, it means that he knows of their existence, which suggests that he must be an extraordinary being, and that his hostility towards the Night Watchers is not insignificant.

Therefore, Klein had reason to infer that he was highly likely to belong to a cult that opposed the true gods.

"Hainas Vancent is trying to obtain information about the 'Night Watchers' squad from Julian Albrecht."

This was the second divination question, but this time, as Klein tossed the coin, he failed to catch it.

"???"

Klein was startled. He saw the coin bounce on the bronze table and then roll onto the high-backed chair belonging to Mr. "Tower," that is, Julian.

"Gurgle..."

It finally fell down after the collision.

The "avatar" was still facing up, but this time Klein had doubts about the result.

Was this divination interfered with?

He frowned slightly, quite surprised.

Klein had previously confirmed that divination above the gray fog was far more accurate than divination in reality, and that ambiguous results were almost never obtained.

Although the coin ultimately pointed to "yes," the process was so convoluted that Klein decided to try again using pendulum divination.

He took out his pendulum and asked the same question, only to find that the pendulum swung back and forth along a straight line, but shifted clockwise as it swung.

"...Never mind, it seems there is something wrong with Julian."

Thinking of this, Klein couldn't help but glance at the neon-colored clouds interspersed among the deep red stars above the gray fog, and then shook his head.

Before the "Tarot Meeting" began, Klein finalized the three-part title "The Fool" according to his own ideas, preparing to inform the three participants at the meeting.

To be honest, he was quite surprised that Julian had been able to contact him even without his name being mentioned; it seemed to be some kind of special ritual magic specialization.

When it was 3 o'clock, Klein once again chose the stars and vibrant colors that represented Miss Justice, Mr. The Hanged Man, and Julian the Tower.

Julian had already made preparations; he had found a quiet club lounge in advance to await the start of the "Tarot Meeting".

After the neon lights faded, Julian sat down at the bronze table and once again became "Mr. Tower".

Good afternoon, Mr. Fool!

Miss Justice's clear and melodious voice rang out as scheduled.