Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Chapter 21 Ash Black

Adding Ember to the Tarot will give Klein a sense of urgency.

On the one hand, he hoped to obtain useful information from the embers and did not regret his decision.

On the other hand, it was inconvenient for him to have much interaction with Yu Jin.

After all, he is the "Fool" in the Tarot Association, so asking him directly would be too beneath him.

To this end, he tried to create a pseudonym for himself, but ultimately failed.

At the same time, he also heard the prayer of a deep red star.

Because of the language barrier, he gave up responding to the other person's prayer.

Besides, even if he responds, it's useless. He's not a real god and can't solve the other person's problem at all.

After doing all this, Klein was once again caught in a dilemma.

He now suspects that the "girl" he met is very likely the former "instigator" Triss.

Because their appearances and temperaments gave him almost identical impressions—

She has a round face, narrow eyes, and a gentle temperament.

Except for one being male and the other female, they are almost identical.

But he had no evidence to prove his "guess," and it would be difficult for him to explain the reason to the captain.

Could it be that he obtained the information from the Tarot Society?

After much hesitation, Klein finally made his decision—

Just say it's your intuition.

Since it's all just speculation, revealing it can increase the number of clues, and it's not easy to be doubted if you say it's intuition.

After all, it's a diviner's intuition.

Moreover, they might even be able to use fortune tellers as a cover?

Just say it's the result of your own divination.

"Okay, let's do it that way!"

Klein nodded solemnly, then hesitated for a moment before taking out the crystal pendant to do a divination first.

……

So the next day at work, Klein took the opportunity to reveal his guess about 'Tris's' identity.

You mean...

Dunn frowned slightly. "Trist may have escaped our pursuit by transforming into a woman? And you saw her before, but didn't recognize her?"

"Yes."

Klein nodded, presenting his prepared explanation, "In fact, when I encountered that 'girl' that day, my intuition gave me a hint, but at the time my mind was focused on capturing Triss, and I didn't connect the two of them."

"But when I was looking up information about the Witch Cult yesterday, I accidentally discovered that the Witch Cult is almost entirely composed of women."

"So I speculated that it's possible that an assassin's path might turn into a woman at a certain stage due to the effects of a potion, such as Sequence 7."

"Sequence 7?"

Dunn pondered for a moment.

According to their guess, Triss was indeed on the verge of promotion at that time.

Otherwise, his unusual behavior cannot be explained.

In other words, the other party had indeed begun working on advancing to Sequence 7 after arriving in Tingen.

The only problem is that they don't know the name of the potion for Assassin's Path Sequence 7.

"This is indeed a direction for investigation."

After a moment's thought, Dunn slowly said, "The information you provided is very valuable. I will have someone investigate it immediately."

Although this was based on Klein's intuition.

But for extraordinary individuals, so-called intuition often stems from spiritual warnings.

And spiritual warnings are often more accurate than their own judgments.

Therefore, Dunn did not hesitate to accept the information, especially since they really had no other investigative approach at the moment.

Given that Klein's extraordinary path is that of a diviner, his "intuition" will be more valuable than that of ordinary people.

After reporting the situation, Klein was finally satisfied.

He attended the welcome party the team held for him in the evening.

Klein was pleased because his weekly wage had increased to £4.5.

The only regret is that Neil couldn't attend his welcome party.

"I've found Miss Justice's mind-reading formula, it's time for me to go find the Joker's potion formula."

Klein sighed inwardly. If things continued like this, he feared he would become the worst-performing member of the Tarot Club.

Can you believe that the leader of a mysterious organization is actually the lowest-ranking member?

At the same time, inside the Church of St. Samuel in Backlund.

Ember also made a "negotiation" with Archbishop Anthony.

"What price would I have to pay if I wanted to purchase potion recipes from other sequences?"

"cost?"

Faced with Ember's question, Anthony paused for a moment, then quickly drew a crimson moon on his chest and said, "How about we go with the market price: two hundred pounds for Sequence 9, four hundred pounds for Sequence 8, and eight hundred pounds for Sequence 7?"

After a pause, Anthony continued, "Of course, I can only provide low to mid-series potion recipes, and I can only guarantee the integrity of the low-series potion recipes."

If it's a regular night watchman.

They don't need to pay the price of gold pounds; they only need to make sufficient "contributions" to the Church of the Night.

Once their contributions are sufficient and they meet the promotion requirements, the Church of the Night will naturally provide them with the corresponding sequence of recipes.

But if it's something Ember wants, but he's unwilling to spend the time making a 'contribution'.

Considering his status as a dependent, he could be given certain special treatment, and it would be acceptable for him to use gold pounds to exchange for it.

"That's enough."

Ember nodded slightly. All Miss Justice wanted was a mind reader of Sequence 8.

However, even Sequence 8 costs £400.

This is not a small amount.

Even with his weekly wage of £100 plus the £100 from Anthony, it would still take him at least three weeks to save up enough.

However, perhaps we can wait until the next tarot reading and have Miss Justice pay part of the cost in advance.

After all, she doesn't seem to lack money.

……

October 7, Wednesday.

Backlund, Crown Racecourse.

Yu Jin stood in the VIP box, gazing down at the racehorses and riders speeding by.

Two days have passed since I attended the tarot session.

These days, following the advice of Archbishop Anthony, he frequently attends gatherings among the upper nobility of Backlund.

Unfortunately.

The highest-ranking attendees were viscounts or even just heirs.

According to Ember's plan, anyone who knows about the "Black Emperor" should at least be a count or higher.

However, he had only just begun attending gatherings among nobles and did not possess a particularly distinguished status.

It's quite normal that he had contact with the upper echelons of this country.

But as long as you attend more parties, everything will be alright.

Thinking this, Yu Jin suddenly turned around and looked at the girl beside him.

The girl had dazzling, smooth blonde hair, wore a white long dress with mutton sleeves, ruffles, and lace at the chest, and a veil hat adorned with blue ribbons and silk flowers. She also wore light-colored gauze gloves.

At that moment, the other party was staring intently at Ember.

"Is there something you need?"

"Ember asked politely."

For some reason, this girl had been staring at him ever since he started.

"No, it's nothing."

The girl was startled by Yu Jin's sudden gaze and could no longer maintain her previous detached demeanor as if she were an observer. Instead, she lowered her head in a fluster.

Finally, she felt that her appearance was a bit too suspicious, so she couldn't help but blush and ran away as if fleeing.

"Um?"

Yu Jin looked puzzled, finding the other party's actions somewhat inexplicable.

However, it did not receive much attention.

Because although he could sense that the other person's soul was stronger than that of an ordinary person, the strength was still limited.

It's not even good enough to be used as firewood.

No, let alone being used as firewood, the other party doesn't even qualify to be burned to ashes; they'll just be burned into thin air.

"Audrey, what's wrong?"

Some thin young men noticed Audrey's sudden panic and approached her to ask with concern.

"It's nothing."

Audrey had regained her composure by now. She shook her head and asked, "Grelint, what's wrong?"

Grelint was her friend, and it was hard to say whether he was lucky or unlucky.

His father died early, but he inherited the title at a young age.

With her keen eye for talent, Audrey could tell that the person who came to her must have something to ask for.

"Audrey".

Upon hearing Audrey's question, Viscount Grelint lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "I know a true extraordinary being, an extraordinary being who does not belong to the royal family."

You always say that.

"Really?"

Audrey wore an elegant yet polite smile, but was actually not interested in what he was saying.

"I swear on my father's honor, this is absolutely true!"

Viscount Grelint nodded solemnly, his face serious.

"So."

Audrey wanted to feign surprise, but then she hesitated, pointing to the embers not far away. "Viscount Grelint, do you know him?"

"We've met twice."

Viscount Grelint glanced at it, nodded, and said, "Ash Black, a fallen nobleman. I heard he only recently arrived in the capital, so he's been frequently attending gatherings among the capital's nobles these days."

"He attended my party a couple of days ago, but you happened to be absent that day, so you didn't see him."

After a pause, Grylint added, "I'm having a salon at my house tomorrow afternoon, and he should be able to attend if I extend an invitation. And of course, that extraordinary one I mentioned."

"Ash Black?"

Audrey's jewel-like eyes sparkled.

From the moment she first saw Yu Jin, she felt that this man looked very familiar—

He was very similar to the "lover" she met at the tarot meeting the day before yesterday.

The reason why the two can be linked is partly due to the audience's talent in observing and comparing the physiques and temperaments of both sides.

But the main reason is that the dazzling array of rings on the other person's ten fingers is simply too impressive.

After all, even the nouveau riche in the capital rarely wear rings all over their fingers.

To date, Audrey has only met two people who would dress like this.

One is a 'lover,' and the other is this Mr. Ash Black.

……

Tingen City.

In the morning, Klein returned to the university to visit Mr. Azik.

In the afternoon, he divined that the clown potion recipe was related to Sirius Apiris.

Feeling that fortune tellers are really weak in combat, Klein decided to acquire some materials needed for ritual magic so that he wouldn't be left without them when he needed them and have to wait to die.

So he went to the underground market to make purchases.

As he was leaving, he saw a young woman in a light green, flowing dress also preparing to leave.

Klein felt that the woman's back looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't quite place it for the moment.

But he had more important things to do, so he didn't pay attention to this little thing and quickened his pace to the library.

His intuition told him that he should be able to get information about Sirius Apiris there.

That makes sense.

(End of this chapter)