Chapter 75: "Era"

Chapter 75: "Era"

In the luxurious villa of Earl Hall in Queens.

"Why did you come to visit so early?" Audrey glanced at the sky outside and then looked at Viscount Glint in front of her.

 Glint looked around and only saw a large golden retriever squatting nearby. He then lowered his voice and said, "I was planning to go to the racetrack, but I met Cons on the way. He told me something very interesting, really interesting. I thought I would pass by here, so I came to share it with you."

"What is it?" Audrey asked with interest.

 Glint answered without paying much attention to his wording, "You must have heard of the Aurora Order, right? The one that assassinated the Intis ambassador. They were caught, and several important members died. A very big plot failed because of this."

Audrey's eyes lit up, and she asked reservedly, "What plot?"

"I don't know. Cons wouldn't say. He only told me that the person in charge of this plot was a previously wanted fraudster named Lanrwus." Glint spread his right hand.

Audrey nodded imperceptibly and asked curiously, "Was he caught?"

"He died, but not at the hands of our people." Glint paused and said, "This is the interesting part. When his body was found, it was covered with many tarot cards. The ones in the center were the 'Wheel of Fortune' and 'The Fool'. Imagine that scene..."

Tarot cards? "Wheel of Fortune" and "The Fool"? Audrey was initially stunned, then she "understood":

This was done by our Tarot Club members!

This was... instructed by Mr. Fool to Miss Destiny?

I was right; Miss Destiny has other connections with Mr. Fool!

She, she might be a favored one of Mr. Fool... But would a favored one really treat a deity like Miss Destiny does?

...

After throwing the task of researching the badge's function to Klein, Alice went home satisfied.

At exactly three o'clock in the afternoon, the new week's Tarot Club meeting began.

Audrey looked directly at the head of the table and said cheerfully, "Good afternoon, Mr. Fool. The 'simple' task you entrusted has been completed."

When Miss Justice deliberately emphasized "simple" and moved her inquisitive gaze to herself, Alice knew that the ritual-like scene had already been discovered by the other party.

What would Miss Justice think of it?

Alice met Audrey's gaze with pleasure and winked at her.

Before Audrey could think about Alice's intentions, Klein's calm voice had already sounded, "I already know."

After saying this, he sighed leisurely, "This era, this Backlund, the East District, the Dock District, and the Factory District, are truly the breeding grounds for evil gods."

What? Alger, who thought he had heard everything, was stunned and doubted his ears. Why would a simple task lead to the breeding grounds for evil gods?

Alice, who had never thought in this direction, was slightly stunned.

At this moment, the somber and reserved "World" chuckled and said:

"Yes, every time I see or hear about child laborers who die in large numbers in their teens, workers who rarely live past thirty due to overwork and harsh environments, and the elderly who barely survive the previous trials but lose their jobs due to old age, lack of security, and end up wandering the streets, dying of hunger and cold, I have no doubt about the existence of evil gods. They are on the ground, in the East District, the Dock District, and the Factory District.

"Ha, some investigation reports even mention that workers in some factories rarely live past five years.

"And in Backlund's East District, there's a saying: the residents there, their grandfathers were definitely outsiders, without exception.

"This means that people there won't have a third generation, they can't have grandchildren.

"Poverty and hunger make their children very weak, unable to adapt to the hard work, and they quickly wither in Backlund, let alone get married and have the next generation."

The words of the "World" not only shocked and confused Audrey but also made Alice truly realize the kind of era she was in.

"Happy" lived in a modern society far from famine, war, and in peace and stability. These things only existed in textbooks and news for her.

And Alice, who had been raised by the Night Watchers for three years, also lacked an understanding of the lives of the people at the bottom of this era.

Alice murmured to herself, "So, in this era, the people at the bottom live like this..."

Audrey, who was shocked and confused by this astonishing fact, did not notice, but Alger immediately noticed Alice's strange wording.

...this era?

Thinking of the Fool, who seemed to be a resurrected ancient god, Alger suddenly had a guess about Alice's origin.

Maybe she also came from a distant era? Maybe she and the Fool came from the same era? Perhaps she, no, maybe she once was, an old acquaintance of the Fool...

—It must be said, this might be the closest Mr. Hanged Man has ever been to the truth.

"Thank you, Mr. Fool. Thank you for saving Backlund. Your sigh also made me understand the root of the problem. Thank you, Mr. World. You let me know many things I didn't know before." Audrey restrained her emotions and sincerely thanked the two gentlemen sitting at the top and bottom of the ancient long table.

Alger had to start thinking again about how big a deal this "simple" task had caused.

As for Derrick... Derrick was trying hard to understand more content.

When Mr. Fool's gaze came over, Alger immediately understood his meaning and hurriedly handed over the last page of Roselle's diary.

After reading the diary, Mr. Fool leaned back and smiled slightly, "You can communicate freely now."

Who would think that Mr. Fool is only Sequence 8... Alice muttered secretly, then eagerly looked at Alger: "Mr. Hanged Man, you haven't suddenly changed your mind about what you promised me, have you?"

"We can now agree on the code for that time."

"Code..." Alice glanced at Klein, rolled her eyes, and raised her hand, "Mr. Fool, I request a private conversation."

What is she up to again... After blocking others, Klein nodded at Alice, indicating that it was now a private conversation.

Then, Alice looked at Alger mysteriously, "Mr. Hanged Man, you know the kind of code where I say the first part and you say the second part, right?"

"Such a code is easily cracked." Alger emphasized.

"It won't be," Alice said confidently, "No one but people from our era can answer this code."

When everyone else became serious

Alice: (sitting obediently) (swinging her feet under the table) (pretending to take notes while drawing on paper) (secretly kicking the table leg) (studying the relationship between the elasticity and thickness of the shoe sole by stepping on the bench leg with different forces)

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