"Silver City...the members of your party all have interesting backgrounds."

After finishing the sacrifice and the response to the gift ceremony, Klein returned to the real world, removed the spiritual wall, went to the piano room where his cohabitant was, and listened to her express her opinions.

"The 'Sun' of Silver City lives in an area that is basically isolated from contemporary social civilization. He faces life-and-death crises every day, so he is so eager for weapons and means of recovery...

Miss Justice, well...she has a certain influence in the aristocratic circle of Loen Kingdom, and her financial strength is also considerable. I will not reveal too much about the rest to avoid causing trouble for her;

As for Mr. 'The Hanged Man', you actually poached people from the Lord of Storms Church. It seems I need to re-evaluate your courage——"

She raised her hand to outline the symbols for building a blockade, while commenting on the existing Tarot Club members one by one.

Klein smiled helplessly, walked to a sofa with direct sunlight and sat down. He turned to look at the girl on the left side who was sitting on the single sofa adjusting the strings of the Lute:

"I think you would be interested in Silver City where the Sun is located..."

After pausing to think about the word order, Klein briefly introduced to her the information he knew about Silver City so far, including the speculation that the city-state might be in the "Land Abandoned by Gods", including the fact that the city-state has more than one top combat power.

A demigod, including the remaining beliefs of Silver City, is in darkness and is suspected of being abandoned by the gods, etc.

Finally, he had to sigh:

"Fortunately, you reacted quickly and promptly emphasized that you are only the provider of extraordinary items and potions, not the manufacturer, so that the little 'Sun' gave up his previous thoughts. Otherwise, we still don't know how it will end... What's more, you haven't heard anything yet.

He said that someone has found a way to the land abandoned by the gods, and he invited you to go to Silver City, but in fact there is no feasible way at all..."

Of course, the most important thing is that if the "Fool" says something like "can't do it, can't find it", it will really damage his image as a mysterious and powerful person.

"I never thought there was such an exception among your Tarot Club members." Alice glanced at him and continued to loosen the pick of the strings and adjust the tightness. "I just feel that your party lacks a provider.

A mysterious businessman of rare and high-quality props... I envision accepting high-end, elite personal customization commissions, but I don’t plan to be sent to a city-state that is often involved in battles to work as a mass-produced craftsman."

"So you are really able to make extraordinary items? Has the research on potions made progress?"

Klein finally couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart and asked her curiously.

"It can be done. I have already figured out a way to solidify extraordinary abilities through alchemy, but... there are many differences between the specific details and the methods of your orthodox 'craftsmen' here, but as long as you don't take them

If you have it checked carefully by a professional, there won't be any big problems.

In terms of potions... Well, I gave up research. It was too time-consuming and energy-consuming. At present, I have only completed the formula conversion of potions for treating minor injuries, and the rest of the preparations have been put on hold for the time being. When I catch the Beyonders of the 'Pharmacist' path, I

Let’s consider further arrangements…”

After muttering a few words in a low voice that seemed very dangerous, the girl waved her hands and leaned back against the back of the sofa with Root in her arms:

"In short, if your Tarot Club members plan to buy potions from me, I will sell the remaining finished potions in their current inventory. In terms of quantity... each person is limited to purchasing one bottle at a time?"

"Actually," Klein said after considering it, "as long as you raise the price or ask them to use extraordinary materials in exchange, they will naturally understand how precious these potions are."

This is a magic potion from another world that will not lose its potency! The kind that can save a life at a critical moment! Use one bottle to lose one, and of course you can’t sell it cheaply!

While he was thinking about the appropriate pricing of those potions, Klein suddenly heard a light and cheerful laughter coming from the side:

"Hmph, looking at your appearance, those who don't know may think you are trying to sell some treasure, for fear that you will suffer a loss..."

"I, this is a very reasonable reaction!" He said calmly, and his tone suddenly became a little weaker, as if he was about to make an unspeakable request, "Alice, I want..."

"You want me to make extraordinary items...weapons?" She raised her eyes with a smile and revealed his intentions in one word.

“And you can’t afford customization at the moment?”

Without any pause, Alice completed Klein's biggest embarrassment. Then she raised the corners of her mouth slightly, raised her hair, and said:

"Don't worry, things are coming one by one. I still want to confirm a certain issue from you - for example, are you collecting Russell's diary?"

"……Yes."

Thinking that she had once visited the home of a researcher of the "Rosel's Secret Text" and brought back corresponding photos, plus the behavior of "The Fool" reading Rossell's Text in the Tarot Club was no longer a secret to her.

, Klein nodded generously.

"It just so happens that I have a task that I want to entrust to you, and the reward will be an extraordinary weapon. Well, now I have three extraordinary characteristics on hand..." As she said that, she raised her fingers one by one and counted them in detail.

"One Sequence 5 characteristic of the 'Sun' path, one Sequence 7 characteristic of the 'Sleepless' path, and one Sequence 7 characteristic of the 'Stealer' path... The first two characteristics have a little pollution left inside, so they were made

The effect of the props will be somewhat discounted, so my personal preference is to choose the 'Decryption Scholar' characteristic."

"'Decryption Scholar'...is this the name of the potion corresponding to sequence 7 of the 'Stealer' path?"

It doesn't sound like I have any extraordinary ability to enhance combat effectiveness. It feels more like improving intelligence... But apart from the simple spell of turning paper into a knife, I lack direct and effective attack methods. Currently, I can't rely on the goddess of the night.

If you pray for power, you cannot make a spell...

Is there no better choice? After reaching Sequence 5, the "Sun" path should be able to master many attack methods, right?

After making his choice, Klein couldn't help but mutter and pick and choose.

Perhaps because his pickiness was too obvious, Alice blinked lightly, let go of Qin in a funny way, stood up, sat down on the double sofa bench, sat next to him, raised her finger and poked this guy's cheek.

"I noticed that you are getting thicker and thicker... Before you completed my commission, you started thinking about what kind of reward you would like, huh?"

Klein cleared his throat and gently held her wrist to avoid the delicate and soft touch on her face:

"What are the details of the commission? It's best not to exceed my capabilities..."

"Solving the puzzle...?" Alice frowned uncertainly, and quickly relaxed her expression. She took back her right hand that was restrained from moving, and took out a long and narrow piece of hard paper, the size of a common playing card.

There is no difference.

"This is--"

Klein was about to take the hard card from her hand, but when he saw her flipping the front and back of the card and showing the side with the pattern to the outside, his movements instantly stopped in place.

A male image wearing gorgeous court clothes with two beautiful beards on his lips, and a hazy and graceful female image that seems to be extremely beautiful and mysterious, together form the front of the playing card.

In the lower right corner, a line of text condensed by stars seems to be shining:

"Sequence 0: Original Witch!"

Instinctively, Klein recognized the man in court attire on the card pattern.

The most legendary figure in the development of the Fifth Age so far is Russell Gustav.

He is also his "predecessor as a time traveler".

In this way, the nickname of this card with the name of the "Sequence 0" potion is also ready to be revealed.

"The card of blasphemy...the 'witch' card?"

With the girl's acquiescence, he took the thin and heavy card, and carefully observed it, and saw that the star-like text, the words "Original Witch", were slowly fading.

Disappeared, and finally the strokes were completely hidden as if they had never appeared.

"Well, it seems that I guessed it right. You did get relevant information from Russell's diary."

As Alice spoke, she stood up and sat back on the single sofa, and took out the lute again from the piano case placed on the coffee table.

"In short, according to what I have observed so far, this card has some guessing elements. Before solving it, you can't see the secret buried in it... Okay, I will leave this matter to you.

I believe you can do it.”

"Wait a minute," Klein, who was holding a card, called out to her with a slightly weird look on his face, "Have you...have you tried injecting spirituality into this card?"

"I have made similar attempts using magic power, what's wrong?" After Alice answered, she immediately realized something and raised her eyebrows rather displeased, "Just because I am not an extraordinary person, I am not even qualified to be a puzzle solver.

There's none?"

this……

Klein allowed his spirituality to continue to spread, pouring into this card that had lost its starry text. The portrait of Russell and the portrait of the mysterious woman on the pattern were dimmed, leaving only silence, a dark background, and two new lines.

, a Hermes text made up of brightly shining silver dust.

"Please recite the complete name of a certain being."

"Make sure He answers your prayers."

The two fell into silence and looked at each other in the piano room with good sunlight.

After a long while, Klein cautiously asked:

"Does this count as... solving the mystery?"

"I don't know. Don't ask me. If you want to ask, just ask that guy named Russell." Alice looked expressionless, glanced at the black card with silver dust, and said in a dull voice, "So, you

Do you want to recite the honorable name yourself and then respond to it yourself?"

If it were before, I could actually try to recite the complete name of the goddess, but there is no guarantee that I will get a response...

Klein thought for a few seconds, then stood up and handed the changed "Witch" card into the hand of the least maiden:

"It's up to you to recite it. It's not like you don't know the honorable name of 'The Fool'..."

Halfway through, he suddenly swallowed back the rest of the unspoken words, because the words on the card were twisting and deforming, scattering like dust to the lower right corner, recreating the end point of the "Witch" path.

In the name of the card, the dark card surface became bright again, returning to the original pattern of Rosell and a woman in a long skirt.

"Let me think about it..."

Sitting back on the double couch, Klein covered his mouth and quickly filtered out several solutions.

The more direct one is that after reciting the name of "The Fool", he quickly went to the gray mist to respond, and then returned to the real body to observe whether there would be any changes.

But the disadvantages of this are very obvious. If he follows the instructions of this "Witch" card, something bad will happen. His body in reality lacks its own protection ability. He can only pray that Alice will respond in time and protect him.
To be continued...