Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 57: Another new fund has arrived (for your monthly tickets!)
"The Land Forsaken by God", Silver City, at the bottom of the round tower.

After the Tarot meeting, Derrick returned to the real world. He sat cautiously for a few seconds, but didn't notice anything unusual. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Remembering the information exchanged at the Tarot Club, he quietly put his ear to the wall to listen to what was happening next door.

Suddenly, an old and ethereal voice came from behind Derrick: "Where were you just now?"

Derrick froze instantly, and all the hair on his body stood up.

But the combat experience he had accumulated from patrolling and exploring outside made him calm down quickly. He did not rush back, but clenched his hands under his chin, as if praying.

The small room suddenly became bright, and a pure beam of light wrapped in flames fell from the ceiling and hit the person behind him.

At this moment, Derrick was stunned to see that the divine light he had prayed for had grown thicker, so bright that he could not open his eyes.

In the light, someone pounced behind Derrick, followed by a shrill scream.

Derrick then dared to look back. In the bright light, he saw a shadowy figure. It was wearing a black classical robe, a pointed bonnet, black hair, a broad forehead, and a single lens carved from crystal.

Soon, the bright light faded, and Derrick saw the gray-haired "Chief" Colin, and a translucent insect on the bed behind him.

It is only as long as a thumb, and is divided into many sections by rings of transparent color.

Derrick was stunned at first, then realized the danger was over: "Your Excellency, 'Chief'."

Colin nodded slightly and said, "We've always known there was something wrong with him, but in order to find out what the purpose of that man named Amon was, we deliberately didn't eliminate him directly.

"Unfortunately, he was normal until today."

Then he turned to Derrick and asked, "Why do you think he suddenly changed? How do you feel you are different from others?"

Derrick frowned and fell silent, but he soon recalled that Mr. Hermit had once said that Amon was a descendant of the "ancient sun god."

So he replied, “Maybe it’s because my extraordinary path is different from others.”

Colin's expression didn't change. "What were you doing in the room?"

"At..." Attending the Tarot Club!
Derrick suddenly realized that things might not be as simple as he had imagined.

He took a deep breath and said, "...sleeping."

Colin looked Derrick in the eye quietly for more than ten seconds before asking, "Before he mutated, did you notice anything unusual?"

“No.” Derrick shook his head with certainty.

The bottom of the round tower fell silent again. After more than ten seconds, Colin said, "Your condition has stabilized. You can go back."

Derrick was stunned for a moment: "Okay."

He took a deep breath and walked along the corridor out of the round tower. On the way, he met the guards who came one after another. They let Derrick pass without even asking him a question.

Derrick hurried home, closed the door, and observed carefully for a while. Seeing nothing unusual, he muttered in a low voice, "A fool who does not belong to this era... I just experienced a terrible thing..."

He reported to the Fool everything that had just happened and mentioned his own guess, hoping to get an answer from Mr. Fool.

As the tension subsided, he felt intensely tired, so he lay down on the bed and quickly fell asleep.

In the quiet and dim room, flashes of lightning sometimes illuminated everything and sometimes disappeared into the darkness.

Derrick, who was sound asleep, suddenly twitched his lips and raised his hand to pinch his eye sockets. "Oh, Fool! Interesting."

Backlund, West District, 51 Henry Street.

Odysseus opened his eyes, saw the ceiling of the lounge, and then yawned loudly. He was really a little sleepy.

However, he was destined to have no time for a nap today, so he got up and offered 260 pounds to the "Fool" to complete the deal with the "Magician".

Then he came to the shop in front, summarized the accounts sent by Enoch and Mandy's assistant, and listened to the brief reports from the two.

Just as he expected, after a while, Viscount Kelton's subordinates delivered the high-level spiritual materials ordered by Odysseus.

Those spiritual materials were packed in two large suitcases. They contained not only the materials needed for Odysseus's next experiment, but also the spiritual materials needed to make the "Flame Arrow".

After inspecting the goods at the counter, Odysseus paid 2360 pounds, and his savings were instantly depleted.

Bringing these materials to the backyard, he began to process these spiritual materials in preparation for mixing the spiritual paint used to draw the "Flame Arrow" magic circle.

He had to complete this order quickly and get the remaining 2000 pounds from Bernadette. Furthermore, Klein didn't mention the Flame Arrow trade at today's gathering.

Odysseus guessed that the deal must have fallen through.

But it didn't matter. The money from Bernadette was enough for him to make up for the bad check he wrote at the Tarot Club.

At dinner time, Max, the captain of "Mechanical Heart", came to invite Odysseus to dinner.

Only then did Odysseus remember that he had some money coming in.

The two of them found a restaurant nearby and asked for a small room where they would not be disturbed.

Before the food was served, the two of them talked about business.

"I asked Captain Ikanser for you at the right time," Max said, puffing on his cigarette. "Unless you join the Mechanical Heart, it will be difficult for you to apply for the Wizard's potion formula."

Odysseus was slightly taken aback. If Max had said this before today, he would have only considered trading with Bernadette. However, with the formula deal at the Tarot Club, he said with more ease: "Okay, no problem.

"Convert all those merits into gold pounds for me."

"You made the right choice." Max was also very happy. If Odysseus insisted, he didn't know how to persuade him: "Your intelligence before allowed us to destroy a 'Rose School' den.

"The captain said that he would give you a larger reward for this case. Originally, I was going to give you 600 pounds. Since you gave up the 'wizard' potion formula and asked for gold pounds instead, I can help you apply for a little more by adding the two together."

He thought for a moment and said, "1500 pounds shouldn't be a problem."

"That's great." Odysseus said honestly, "It can fill the gap in my finances."

Max was slightly taken aback: "Are you conducting new research again?"

He thought to himself: No wonder he gave up the "wizard's" potion formula.

"Yes."

"I've always wanted to ask you, why don't you join the Mechanical Heart? With your research achievements and talents, wouldn't it be better for you to focus on being a researcher in the church? The church will provide you with ample funding, and you only need to focus on your research."

Odysseus laughed and said, "I'm afraid that if I really let go of my research, the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery will go bankrupt."

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