Chapter 101:Second Tarot Club

In an old and small room, an old man and a man was talking.

"The bathroom is on the first floor, in the back" explained an old and almost bald man to a man with a workman's hat and dirt on his face.

The worker was dressed in the clothes of any other worker and had a bag on his shoulder, he was also quite stooped but the most curious thing was his red eyes.

"Understood"

Hearing the rough and tired voice, the old man just shook his head.

He handed the red-eyed worker a key and he grabbed it with his hands wrapped in dirty bandages.

"The payment will be every 15th of the month if you can't pay I'll kick you out and your things will be the payment so you better be up to date" the old man growled as he left the room and slammed the door.

Listening as the footsteps were moving away, the worker just sighed as he straightened up and took off his hat, showing his beautiful red hair.

"What a fucking room." Adryan said in disgust.

The bed was old and the sheets were yellow, he could smell several strange odors in it that made his disgust increase.

The odors varied in origin, but they were all products of the human body.

The floor was very dusty and the only furniture in the room was a small table and an old chair, also a small wardrobe that was broken in several parts.

Seeing this he just sighed as he placed the bag on the table and took out a broom brush along with a rag.

The first thing he did was toss the dirty pillows to one side and remove those filthy sheets and this allowed him to see the multiple holes in the thin mattress through which the stuffing was coming out.

"At least it doesn't have springs..." the redhead murmured as he went to the bag and took out a clean and thick sheet along with a small pillow.

He wrapped the mattress in this sheet and placed the pillow on top of the bed.

Now the room looked much better and all he had done was change the sheets and pillows.

While he was cleaning he heard Flora's amused laugh.

"It's so much fun watching you act like a servant!!" Flora said between laughs and Adryan just sighed as he used the rag to clean the wardrobe.

He would now live in a hotel in the East Borough, he first thought of using a hotel in a better area but decided to use this one because he did not have to worry about implicating innocent people if he were attacked again.

This hotel was one known in the East Borough because it was one controlled by various gangs and even that old man was a member of one.

This hotel was a 'good' one but only gang members could afford the price of living in it.

Thanks to that he did not have to worry about harming innocent people because there were no innocent people here.

'I could even set this building on fire and if everyone in this burns I won't feel bad' the redhead thought darkly.

Although of course, that would be after robbing them.

With the furniture clean he grabbed the broom brush and began to clean the floor.

'Tomorrow I'll go check how Xio is doing concerning what I asked her, I'll also take advantage and write her a letter to let her know that the meeting place has changed, also maybe I can tell Maric about Steve' the man thought seriously.

After a while, the room was finally clean and Adryan nodded satisfied with that.

Now with a more 'livable' room, he sat on the bed while he took out a handkerchief and wiped his face with it.

With his clean face, he lay back on the bed, he reached into his pocket and took out a beautiful pocket watch and opened it.

The hands of clock marked 2:40 p.m.

Seeing that the Tarot Club was still a little far away, he closed the pocket watch and put it away.

Closing his eyes he let his mind wander.

'Now I can take advantage of the fact that I'm in the East Borough and investigate the whereabouts of those policemen, if I'm lucky I might get something by the end of this week'

'It's also been a while since I notified the churches so Joseph should be dead by now, that means their activity here should be much less and the chances of running into them are low.'

That thought caused a sharp smile to form on his face.

'That means I can go out as Mr. Holmes again so digesting what's left of my potions shouldn't be hard thanks to that.'

'I have just under 700 pounds left but that's no problem after all, the gangs here have plenty of money I can steal~'

'But now I better go back to the matter of Steve, why did he attack me? It can't be just because of those documents, right? He must want something more but what? I don't remember having something that interests you? Maybe it's the characteristics of the Beyonder that I killed?'

When that thought passed through his head he kept thinking but then he shook his head.

'I can't be sure of that, the only thing I can be sure of is that he wanted me dead because he went for the kill from the first moment although it makes sense, in this world the dead speak and whatever he needed he would get it with my death '

A possibility hit his head causing him to open his eyes.

'He doesn't think I know where Maric and Sharron are, right? He doesn't have any evidence on that so he shouldn't have that possibility in mind' another thought came to his head that made him frown.

'Maybe....if I put myself in Steve's shoes this would be what I know.....

An unknown person murdered one of my men and not only that but also took some documents that were encrypted, why?

If they are encrypted, why take them if they don't work for you?

Unless he knows how to do it but that's impossible

According to the survivor, he was low sequence so how would he know how to decrypt it?

Unless he knew someone who knew how.'

The memory of Maric quickly deciphering the documents came to his head and this made him raise a hand to his face.

'The fact that Maric decrypted them so quickly should have caught my attention....'

'Is very possible that it's a Rose School of Thought method'

'The fact that the documents weren't in my house should have bolstered the idea that I gave them to someone...

He wants to kill me to find out who that someone is and he has very good reasons to believe that it is who he is looking for'

Now he raised both hands to his head as he sighed.

'He wants to use me to find out where Maric and Sharron are....'

As soon as that thought crossed his mind he just opened his mouth.

"I'm an unlucky bastard" Adryan said defeated as he covered his face with his hands.

Flora listening to the redhead's words huffed but said nothing.

She was the real unlucky bastard!!

He was already worried by the time Jason and Tyre arrived in Backlund but now he had to worry even more since he would be the main target.

'It's a good thing I got away from Isengard before they arrived' the redhead thought with relief.

Sensing that the time had come, he put his hand in his pocket and brought out Hangover Time again.

Opening it, he saw that it was a minute before 3:00 p.m.

"Flora, I'm going to take a short nap, don't bother me" he said as he laid his head on the pillow and closed his eyes, and began counting in his mind.

"Good for me, I'll have time for myself" answered Flora without haste.

'56...57...58...59...

60' As soon as he counted the number sixty, a crimson light enveloped him.

...

Opening his eyes and looking around, Adryan found himself back in his high-back seat at the long, tall bronze table.

Looking to his side he saw where the figures of Audrey and Alger were sitting.

And the most important one was sitting on the Seat of Honor covered in the thick gray mist, one hand was flat touching the table while the other was scratching his chin.

"Good afternoon Mr. Fool~" Audrey shouted with a cheery voice.