Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 137 The Importance of Tarot Club Reputation

Use your brain!

Fors felt like her brain had never been working at such a high speed before. She scanned her surroundings, her eyes suddenly brightening as she asked, "Mr. Fool, besides me, has anyone else been here before?"

Klein the Fool nodded and briefly introduced the Tarot Club to Fors.

The Tarot Club? Isn't this the organization that helped the authorities kill Vice Admiral Hurricane?

Fors was stunned for a moment, clearly not expecting such a result. This made her unable to help but ask, "Mr. Fool, was the incident with Vice Admiral Hurricane done by your followers?"

"One of my followers was involved in this matter." Klein the Fool naturally would not deny it. At the same time, he also felt the benefits of having Lucifer on his side. Fors, who had just been extremely frightened and vigilant, seemed to relax a lot after getting his confirmation.

In fact, this was indeed the case. If Mr. Fool was an evil god in Fors' heart before she knew that he was related to the Tarot Club, he was now moving closer to being a righteous god.

After all, the Tarot Society is an organization officially recognized by the church and has a good relationship with the official. The existence followed by such an organization should not be an evil god.

This really made Fors breathe a sigh of relief. Feeling that her soul was safe, she also became interested and asked:

"Mr. Fool, can I join this party?"

Fors was not stupid. She did not want to be associated with an evil god, but if the other party was a being close to a righteous god... this was an opportunity!
Although Fors's personality was a bit dull, she was not completely without ambition. The most important thing was that even if she was facing a good god, Fors did not dare to directly beg the other party to let her go.

Since that’s the case, she might as well fight for some rights for herself. Perhaps one day in the future she can become a powerful Sequence 6 or Sequence 5!

For thought of this, he felt a little excited.

Klein the Fool naturally wouldn't disagree, so he just smiled and asked Fors to choose a tarot card for him as a code name. After a brief thought, Fors chose the main card "Magician".

After Fors was sent away, Klein the Fool shook his head with a faint smile and muttered, "Facts have proven that the organization's reputation is very important..."

If the Tarot Club had a worse reputation, Ms. Fors would probably have cried when she joined the club today.

At the same time, in Fors and Xio's apartment—

"Fors? Fors, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

Xio waved his hand in front of Fors, his expression slightly anxious.

"I'm fine!" Fors grabbed Xio's flailing hand. Thinking of what had just happened in that mysterious gray fog, she was still a little dazed.

After all, this experience was so wonderful that even Fors had never written about such a magical thing in the book.

But of course she couldn't tell Xio about all this. After all, she had promised Mr. Fool to keep it a secret.

So Fors just smiled and said, "I'm fine. I was just too sleepy, so I took a nap."

"Huh?" Xio was visibly stunned for a moment. He looked Fors up and down again, and after confirming that she seemed to be fine, Xio couldn't help but complain, "Who told you to get up so early today? Are you feeling sleepy?"

"Stop talking. I'm so sleepy." After hearing this, Fors actually felt a little sleepier. She couldn't help but yawn, and her eyes fell on the broken crystal ball again. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.

This mysterious crystal ball connected her, a mere Sequence 8, to a mysterious being. Even Fors wasn't sure whether this was a good thing or a bad thing for her. "But at least Mr. Fool isn't some evil god. The Tarot Club is cooperating with the authorities... Could this world finally be welcoming its eighth true god?" Fors muttered to herself. The thought of this possibility excited even her humble self.

Although Fors didn't know much about the history of the Fourth Era, she knew that the seven true gods of today did not exist from the beginning. At least the God of Steam and Machinery, whom she believed in, was born at the end of the Fourth Era, as recorded in the scriptures.

Although no true god has been born since the Fifth Era, who can say for sure?

……

"Here, the sweet iced tea and Dipsy pie you asked for." It was almost noon when Rowling returned home after purchasing the ingredients.

He casually handed Mr. Fool's Holy Communion to him, who took it and helped to carry the other things in Rowling's hands.

After they moved everything to the kitchen, Klein began to examine the ingredients Rowling had purchased. Besides the usual rice, flour, grains, oils, vegetables, and meat, there were also many less common ingredients and various seasonings, some of which Klein didn't even recognize.

"Where did you buy all this stuff? It's so comprehensive..." Klein was a little surprised. It's not like he didn't go to the trade market, but he had never seen many of the things Rowling bought.

"That's a lot to talk about. For example, this fruit is a specialty of the City of Generosity. It's said to be very effective in treating baldness. I specifically asked Mr. Men to open a door, and I went over there to buy it. Your brother is coming to visit in a couple of days, so you can give it to him to treat his premature baldness."

Rowling picked up a slightly strange-looking fruit and stuffed it into Klein's arms. He then introduced other things, which were basically local specialties.

Klein's mouth twitched when he heard this. He said, "So, in order to purchase these, you used the Time Gem to summon Mr. Rangmen and gave you the ability to travel."

"Right!" Luo Lin nodded and said as a matter of course, "Otherwise, how can we purchase the most authentic and genuine ingredients? You know, there are actually many things here that I haven't eaten before, so this is a good opportunity to research new dishes."

What else could Klein say? He could only say that when it came to delicious food, Rowling's drive was truly formidable.

"Okay, let's make lunch first! What dishes do you want for lunch? It's rare that I'm interested, so I'll show you my cooking skills." Luo Lin washed his hands and looked at the other two people in the kitchen.

After these words were spoken, both people in the kitchen were a little interested. Medici naturally wanted to try the dishes from the Sun God's hometown, while Klein said that he was a little craving for Sichuan cuisine.

"After all, since coming to this era, everything else is fine, but I really haven't eaten many spicy dishes..." Klein touched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed.

"I hope someone still remembers his promise!" Medici crossed his arms and spoke arrogantly.

"Oh, let me think about it..." Luo Lin pinched his chin and thought for a few seconds. After a few seconds, he decided, "Then let's have spicy Russian food for lunch."

Rowling then busied himself in the kitchen, while Medici and Klein assisted him. After the dishes were ready, the three of them gathered around the table to eat. Halfway through the meal, Medici suddenly turned his head and looked in a certain direction.

"Huh?" Luo Lin also looked up as if he sensed something.

Although Klein didn't react as quickly as them, he also noticed something was wrong. He looked up and saw the colors around him distort. Then a figure emerged and staggered twice before standing firm.

"Mr. Azik, what's wrong with you?"

It turned out that the person who came was Azik, whom he had not seen for a long time. However, compared with the last time they met, Azik now looked a little embarrassed and had many wounds on his body.

(End of this chapter)