Under the night sky, the harbor was rather quiet. After leaving the Flying Fish & Wine, Klein made a detour in the distance. He first walked quickly before moving slowly, his pace gradually turning into a stroll.
When he was sure that no one was following him, he turned his face back to Gehrman Sparrow as he passed through the shadows. He stuffed the hem of his shirt into his trousers.
He adjusted his sideburns and took out his gold-rimmed glasses, placing them on the bridge of his nose. It gave him a coldness despite his refined appearance.
He began to rely on the stars to find his way back to the White Agate.
As he walked, he let out a soft chuckle. Amidst the cold wind, he leisurely thought, I hope White Shark isn't that foolish and is able to see the flaws I left behind...
The persona he had set up tonight was of a new adventurer who lacked experience and made mistakes. And this person, on the other hand, knew a lot about Damir Harbor and White Shark. He had a tempting mystical item on him which had messed with his mind, making him a little crazy deep down.
Klein's initial idea was that pirates would wander around the ocean, and even the navy would have a hard time finding them. If he could get more accurate information from White Shark, he could of course go straight to them. If that didn't work, his identity could be used as a bait to lure some knowledgeable pirates to a predetermined location to complete the initial hunt.
When it was discovered that White Shark could contact Old Quinn, the intelligence officer of Admiral of Blood, Klein's plan was completed. His acquisition of the passcodes and the frequency spectrum had allowed him to monitor the corresponding situation and grasp the target's movement. Then, by interfering with the divination of others, he could, at the most appropriate time, use the combination of having a powerful mystical item and being a weak adventurer as bait, to catch a number of big fish.
Now, the problem I have is that I don't have the equipment to monitor their communications... It's basically impossible to buy it at sea... I'll have to use The World's identity to get Miss Justice or Miss Magician to buy one in Backlund. I'll receive the delivery via a sacrificial ritual... This is the advantage of the Tarot Club! With this in mind, Klein sighed.
Seeing the White Agate in sight, he quickened his pace a little and found that Donna's family and Cleves were returning from another street.
Cleves greeted him by nodding his head. Just like when they officially met, he said in a low voice, "I heard there was trouble at Flying Fish & Wine?"
Very well-informed and rather familiar with Damir Harbor... Klein smiled and replied, "I only taught two cheats a lesson"
Cleves's brows twitched slightly, suddenly feeling that his impression of Gehrman Sparrow was a little wrong.
"is Mr. Cadwell getting in trouble too?"
"He... is, why?" Klein asked with somewhat confused tone.
"he is the young master of the big Family... and the captain of Elland promised his family to take care of him while he was at sea... He wasn't hurt, right? As long as he doesn't get hurt, then it's fine." Cleves explains the reason why Luno Cadwell is one of the important people in agate on the clearing klein.
Luno, my dear friends... Is your family that vicious? Klein sighed silently, instantly remembering Luno's words when he was at the Bar a few hours ago... he was enlightened never to mess with the Cadwell family!
Cleves thought After his previous observation and interaction, he felt that, although this young adventurer was a bit sharp, a bit reserved, and a bit cold, he could still be considered someone who smiled, was polite, and knew when to advance or retreat. But now, he was a bit uncertain. He felt that there might be a hidden flame of madness hidden in the recesses of his heart.
At this moment, Donna's father interrupted, "Mr. Cleves, who is this?"
"A colleague, Gehrman Sparrow," Cleves introduced in a very simple manner.
With a polite smile, Klein extended his right palm.
"It's my honor to meet you. In the future, if you need anyone, and if you can't find Cleves and the others, you can consider me."
"No problem. I hope you're as strong and professional as them!" Donna's father shook hands with Klein with apparent warmth and introduced himself, "Urdi Branch."
Klein had just released his grip on the box when his spiritual perception was triggered. He felt that there was something strange inside the gift boxes the Branch servants were holding.
He quietly activated his Spirit Vision and discovered that the gift box contained strips of cured meat. However, the surface of the cured meat had very rich colors at the red, white, and black spots. They looked they were things from the spirit world.
There's the aura of the spirit world, but they're practically harmless... This cured meat is very special... Klein was surprised.
Noticing his gaze, Donna's father laughed and said, "This is a specialty of Damir Harbor. In the center of the island, there's an extinct volcano. There are a few cracks in the surrounding underground caves where a natural hot wind blows. Curing meat there allows the meat to gain a wonderful and unique flavor. It can be used as gifts for friends.
"Mr. Sparrow, if you wish to buy some, it's not too late."
Unique flavor? The taste of the spirit world? Klein had a rough idea of what was going on.
According to theories in mysticism, the spirit world completely overlapped with reality without interfering with it. One had to rely on the strength of a Beyonder to open up a gap, but this wasn't an absolute situation. There were places in the world, which had the spirit world being strong enough to slightly influence reality.
In such regions, it was very easy for the dead to turn into water ghosts, zombies, and the like. There was also a non-trivial possibility that residences in such areas would have paranormal activity.
A similar situation should've occurred in the interior of Damir Harbor's underground caves, but it's not serious and doesn't cause any abnormalities, only giving the cured meat a unique flavor... There wouldn't be any problems if one doesn't eat too much of this in one sitting... Klein responded with a smile.
"I'm not interested in cured meat."
Only at this moment did he finally confirm that the cured meat that the bartender had previously served him was ordinary and nothing special.
At this moment, the little boy, Denton, pointed at the moon in the sky and said, "It's so very red!"
"Yes!" Donna nodded in agreement.
Very red? Klein looked up and saw that the red moon was no different than usual.
Because a child's spirit is relatively pure, he temporarily possesses certain Spirit Vision powers after being tainted with the spirit world's aura from eating such cured meat? Would the children on this island be in a similar situation? Heh heh, this might be the source of Damir Harbor's folklore... Klein observed for a moment and found the answer.
The group strolled back to the ship, moving up the gangway and arriving on the deck.
Klein bade them farewell and went to the second-class cabin.
Suddenly, his mind stirred and he once again activated his Spirit Vision.
He saw the huge skeleton messenger appear in front of him and drop a letter.
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"I can't sleep!!" due to the multitude of thoughts, Luno finally gave up on sleeping and was about to go to the deck. He was wearing a shirt, and pants and a robe that he had attached to his shoulders. Staring at his reflection in the mirror, Luno took his cane and flute and walked out of the room with a blank stare.
His brain was unable to hold all the information, and decided to 'shut down' making Luno in a dazed state, he walked towards the stairs down, and his eyes met Donna's family, Luno paid his respects for a while before returning past Donna's family, he was silent halfway through, because he saw these two children were also silent.
Confused, Luno tilted his head to see what Donna and Denton were seeing, instantly his expression turned flat.
Luno stared at the skull body in front of him and then looked at Klein silently commenting on it.
Luno sighed, ah yes that's right, I remember this scene
Pa!
Klein stretched out his hand and caught the slightly heavy letter.
The large skeleton messenger didn't stay, and it immediately disintegrated into a fountain of bones. One bone after another fell to the deck and disappeared, as though it didn't want to stay a second longer.
With the letter firmly in his hand, Klein didn't lower his head to examine it. Instead, he instinctively turned around and looked at the wooden staircase leading to the first-class cabins.
He saw Donna and Denton with their eyes wide and mouths agape, as though they wanted to scream at the sight of the scene, but everything they saw was over before they could make a sound. As a result, they even wondered if they were hallucinating.
Then his eyes caught an Amber eyes, that was Luno in his plan shirt. He looks like judging klein now. Klein lips twitch. Then Klein saw Luno snap his fingers, instantly Donna and Denton turned around and walked with blank eyes towards his family, making Klein furrow.
Could his strength be like that? That's what klein thinks.
Seeing klein's gaze, Luno shrugged his shoulders, then he said casually
"Next time please teach your messenger some kind of atiquette, or you'll find yourself in an embarrassing position" Klein looked at him blankly, then shook his head.
"That's not my messenger"
"Oh... then tell the owner of the messenger"
Looking at klein who didn't say anything else, Luno waved his hand, "alright, I'll go to the deck, good night, Gerhman"
Klein was silent for a moment before nodding "good night, Luno"
Luno chuckled, so he continued his way, exiting the cabin and going to the deck.
He was quite relaxed at the moment, watching the sea peacefully.
Seeing the messenger from azik, made me think of trying to call the messenger... My spiritual power is already more than enough to try to make a contract with the beings of the spiritual world. Luno took a small note, this was not the note he always used to write about his journey.
Mystical item, messenger book: the use of writing is like writing a letter and then throwing paper in water illuminated by moonlight. Negative effect: will not be able to write in the sun.
Luno used this little book and wrote down his questions to his father, questions like how to call messengers or make a contract with them, after which Luno tore up his paper and threw it into the sea, it was the same right?
It takes about 1 day or 24 hours for him to receive a reply back. The reply will be written directly in Luno's notebook. Luno looked at the moon and took out a flute, he lifted the flute in front of his lips and began to blow it.
That night, a melody accompanied the ship gently, and the ship traveled more smoothly.
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Early in the morning, the sun rose above the horizon and dyed it golden.
Luno just came out of the bathroom, his hair was wet, he looked at the sun then got ready for breakfast and started his journey back.
Along the way to the deck, Luno will greet the ladies and gentlemen, making the morning even brighter.
On the deck, Luno saw Klein, with Luno's signature smile walking towards him, well Luno will be honest he does plan to stick to Klein like a stamp and Tianzun.
At first he gave a hello to Gerhman which was replied with a similar greeting, and his polite smile.
Then, he saw a drunk Captain Elland returning, his straight sword swaying.
"Morning, captain Elland" Luno gave a bright smile to Elland who replied with a small smile.
Thinking back to last night's incident, Klein came over and said without a smile, "Good morning.
"White Shark didn't cause you any trouble, right?
"He should be able to determine that I'm a passenger of the White Agate."
Dressed in a dark red coat, Elland took off his ship-shaped hat and laughed.
"Wait, what did I miss? Gerhman! You didn't tell me you were going to have a party with Hamilton!" the tip of Klein's lips twitched, he looked at Luno tiredly.
Captain Elland laughed even harder, he patted Luno's shoulder and shook his head while muttering interrupted by his laughter "young people are always full of enthusiasm"
"This is his own problem.
"Actually, he wanted you to pay half the repair fees for the bar counter, but that isn't much. It's just a few soli. I happened to win six pounds last night and gave him some extra tips, and that was the end of it."
"Why are you paying that captain? Wasn't yesterday the beer payment still there? Wow, they're corrupt, I'll report it—"
"No, there's no need it's just a few soli, you don't need to bring them before the judge"
Luno gave him a look of disapproval, but with some persuasion, Luno finally gave in and gave Captain Elland a small nail;
Meanwhile Gerhman looked at all this with a complicated look,
Captain, are you afraid that a crazy adventurer like me will blow the whole thing up just for the sake of face, so you ended up choosing to bear the compensation? And Luno did you have a gruge to that white shark? You have a high sense of justice... Klein was silent for a few seconds.
"I understand."
Then, he turned and walked back to the bow, leaving two soft words: "Thank you."
Compared to Elland, Luno frantically stopped Gerhman's hunchback and patted his shoulder with a sweet smile,
"What are you doing friend! We're friends, of course we have to help each other, no matter if you're a bounty hunter, or maybe a murderer, as long as you do something like that to a really bad person, then it's fine."
Brother, I think you should be double-checked... that thought is a little unhealthy... Klein looked at Luno with a hint of worry that was quickly covered with a cold German expression.
When Klein returned to his original position, he felt the sea breeze blowing against his face. He slowly let out a breath, feeling that it was too goddamn hard to force a persona. Especially for Luno who has an attitude like Little sun in the tarot club!
After enjoying the wind for a while, he was about to return to the cabin when two figures suddenly appeared beside him. They were Donna and Denton. Here Donna and Denton don't fully believe that what she saw before was a dream.
Cecile, who was in charge of protecting them, was a few paces away.
Donna was obviously imitating Klein's taking in of the scenery, but her eyes were darting around nimbly.
Just as Denton, who was in a similar state as her, wanted to speak, she spoke first.
"Uncle, who was that last-last night?"
Klein looked slightly at Luno who immediately shrugged his shoulders and pretended not to understand.
So that last night only made them sleep and not erased their memories? Remind Klein to give him a punch later.
"It was a messenger. You can think of him as a postman." Klein also didn't look at the two little kids, as though he was talking about what he had for breakfast.
"Messenger?" Denton almost lost control of the volume of his voice.
"The world is so huge, so there's bound to be some strange creatures in this world. Trust me, although this creature looks very ferocious and terrifying, it's actually very gentle and professional... It just sent me a letter on behalf of a friend who's far away," Klein explained slightly, trying to describe the four-meter-tall messenger as pitiful, weak, and helpless.
Pfft- Luno held back the laughter that was about to come out of his mouth, he walked away, letting Klein take care of things in front of him.
Her eyes lit up as she said, "Well, that's amazing!
"It's like listening to a story!"
"Very cool!" Denton also expressed his opinion.
Then, he puzzledly asked, "But why didn't anyone else see it? No one had any response!"
"That's because your hearts are pure." Klein smiled.
What a white lie... Luno commented silently as he stared at the view of the sea in front of him.
"C-can we have a messenger of our own?" Donna asked, curious and excited.
"That will depend on luck," Klein answered simply and calmly.
He couldn't help but lampoon inwardly, I don't even have a messenger of my own!
In order to obtain a messenger, he had to design an accurate summoning ritual and prepare the corresponding spirit world creature contract. This was a specialized field of knowledge, and randomly doing so could easily summon something bad, so Klein didn't dare to recklessly try it.
"Yes. Yes." Donna looked forward to it.
Then, she said in a tiny voice, "Uncle, we'll keep this a secret for you."
Beside her, Denton nodded solemnly.
At this moment, a new passenger that intended to board in Damir Harbor carried his suitcase as he walked onto the deck.
Luno's amber eyes shone at the Man, a wide smile visible on his pretty face.
Oh hello there the maid Danitz…