Chapter 39 Mr. A: Are you willing to become a secret praying person?
Hastur unfolded the note, which read: "If you are willing to become a secret prayer, you can provide the earth rhinoceros solid horn crystal for free."
Hasta's first reaction was, Mr. A is really reckless!
As long as you have enough understanding of occultism, you will know that the secret prayer person is on the Hanged Man pathway, which is the pathway that the Aurora Club is good at and manipulates.
The reputation of the Aurora Society in the supernatural world is that everyone shouts about it. It is a force hostile to the Church of the Seven Gods and is equivalent to a terrorist organization in peaceful times.
Their members usually hide in the shadows, and only when they take action do people realize how terrifying they are.
Mr. A’s current behavior is equivalent to directly asking you if you want to buy a submachine gun in peacetime.
If you encounter a more righteous person, you will definitely report it directly to the official organization.
Hasta's second reaction: Does Mr. A like him?
I have always heard that the Aurora Society is rich in beauties, and they attach great importance to their appearance. No matter whether they are men or women, they are all welcome.
The more good-looking someone is, the more they like them.
To put it simply, it is a complete look control.
Hastur’s third reaction was rejection!
Not to mention that he was about to be promoted to Sequence 8 Barbarian. Even if he had not set foot on the Black Emperor Path, he would not choose the Hanged Man Path.
There are several extraordinary people in this path who are crazy. The only difference between them is that some people are relatively crazy and some people are very crazy.
Aurora's big stage, don't come if you're not crazy.
"Forgive me for refusing, I prefer to be a medicine man."
Hastur wrote a sentence on the note and asked the attendant to pass it to Mr. A.
Mr. A opened the note and glanced at it, then turned his attention to Hastur again. After a while of silence, he wrote another sentence on the note.
Soon, Hasta received a reply from Mr. A right in front of him again.
"Everything is a gift from the Lord. We all need to stay close to the Lord. He is the only salvation in the last days."
"..."
Hasta was silent. He really didn't know how to complain about Mr. A's thinking logic.
This sentence simply exposes the word preaching nakedly in front of me.
Doesn’t Mr. A know that at this kind of extraordinary gathering, the more enthusiastic he is, the easier it will be to arouse resistance from others?
Am I so easily deceived?
"I am a believer in the goddess and will not deviate from her."
Hastur replied politely to save Mr. A from pestering him.
Less than two minutes later, Mr. A once again asked the waiter to send a reply.
"Earth Rhinoceros Solid Single Horn Crystal, 300 pounds."
Hastur thought for a moment and then wrote "Deal" on the note.
I'm not used to Mr. A's psychology, but faced with this kind of reasonable deal that comes to his door, he can't give up.
Xio and Forsi stared at Hastur for a long time, their eyes full of curiosity.
In the circle they knew, Mr. A could almost be said to be the most powerful Beyonder. It was incredible that such a person would value a newcomer who came to the party for the first time so much.
"As you know, I have always been very popular." Hastur explained with a smile.
"Yes, I heard people say that Mr. A is a very handsome man, and it is normal for you to be valued by him." Xiu smiled and made a point.
"..."
Hastur was silent, decided to drop the topic, and asked: "What did you gain tonight?"
"No."
Xio and Forsi shook their heads together. One of them didn't have much idea about promotion, and the other was seriously short of money.
After the transaction, we took a ten-minute break and then came to the free communication session.
Hastur had no interest in this link, but he always felt that Mr. A's eyes often glanced at him, which forced him to show that he was interested in all kinds of knowledge.
"Are any of you interested in the words left by Emperor Russell?" Someone held up a piece of paper and looked around at everyone with excitement.
Hasta remained silent. Forsi glanced at him quietly and whispered: "Can the deal you mentioned last time continue?"
Hastur said: "I only accept the original manuscript of Emperor Russell. Other imitations have no collection value."
"Then how to determine whether it is the original manuscript of Emperor Russell?"
"I know a professor with rich historical knowledge. He is very knowledgeable in this field. And isn't Mr. A also very good at identification?"
Forsi glanced at Mr. A, then whispered a few words into Xio's ear.
Soon, Xio stood up and walked towards the man who claimed to study the mysterious writings of Emperor Russell. After communicating with him enthusiastically for a while, he successfully retrieved three original manuscripts said to be left by Emperor Russell.
Hastur just glanced twice and saw that two of them were copies made by later generations, and only one was the real original manuscript of Russell's diary.
Chinese handwriting is difficult to imitate, especially long sentences. It is difficult to imitate them completely.
In addition, he knew the format and content of Russell's diary and what style the content would probably be, making it easier to distinguish.
Xio took three of Russell's diaries and went to find Mr. A for appraisal. Mr. A looked at them briefly, selected one of them, and then looked past Xio and landed on Hastur.
"Thank you for your generosity."
Xio successfully obtained a free appraisal from Mr. A and walked back with brisk steps.
"Pay it, my lord baron."
Xiu's tone was very pleasant. She only said a few words and got 50 gold pounds for free. It was a big profit for her.
"Of course, this is the deal we agreed on." Hasta nodded with a smile, approving the deal.
The reason why he was willing to pay a high price to buy Roselle's diary at this stage was to prepare for the future.
Because in the future, he would not join the Tarot Club.
At that time, if he wanted to influence Klein and change some regrettable things, the only way was through Roselle's diary.
Klein collected Roselle's diary through Audrey, the anti-political commissar, Fors and others, and he was the one who could provide Roselle's diary stably.
He could also write Chinese characters and knew many things. Although his handwriting was different from Roselle's, he could completely regard his diary as a replica of Roselle's diary.
There was another advantage to doing this. Compared with direct contact with Klein, which would arouse his defense and vigilance, it was better to communicate through Roselle's diary. Klein would definitely be more willing to believe Huang Tao, a fellow countryman in distress.
And in these transactions, he could also recover the cost of buying the original manuscript of Roselle's diary from Audrey, Fors and others.
This is a business that is absolutely sure to make money.
So now he wants to let Audrey, Fors, and Xio know that he has a hobby of collecting the original manuscripts of Roselle's diary, and he also has many of them in his hands.
In this way, when they need to trade with Mr. Fool, they will naturally think of him.
The exchange session gradually came to an end. Mr. A wanted to complete the transaction with Hasta alone, but this request was rejected by Hasta.
Mr. A did not force it too much, and asked someone to hand over the solid unicorn crystal of the earth rhinoceros to him, and Hasta paid 300 gold pounds.
Leaving the party cabin, the three returned to Viscount Grallint's villa.
Facing Grallint's burning eyes, Hasta could only say sorry that he really did not purchase the pharmacist potion formula at the extraordinary party tonight.
"It doesn't matter, I can wait." Grallint pretended to be relaxed.
After chatting for a while, Hasta paid Fors 50 gold pounds, took back a manuscript of Roselle's diary, and ended the short gathering tonight.
At 11:33, Hastur returned to his study, sat at the desk, and began to list the income and expenditure during this period.
His main income came from three sources: 2,000 gold pounds borrowed from Viscount Glint, 800 gold pounds from selling the Barbarian potion formula, and a weekly salary of 10 gold pounds.
There were many places for expenditure, such as purchasing extraordinary materials, purchasing Roselle's diary, the wages of the housekeeper and maids, and daily living expenses...
He picked up a pen and wrote and calculated on a piece of paper, and finally came to a conclusion.
He had less than 800 pounds in his savings, and only 500 pounds was left in the bank. He still had more than 200 gold pounds on hand, and had already paid 500 gold pounds to support the salary and expenses for two or three months.
With the current expenses and savings, without purchasing the extraordinary materials of the Sequence 7 Briber, it can support until the plantation income in June.
But he couldn't help but collect the extraordinary materials of the briber in advance, which was another huge expense.
"Alas, I still have to keep making money."
"I can consider making money after I'm promoted to Sequence 8 Barbarian. Now I'd better digest the Lawyer Potion."
"I don't know what kind of changes will happen to the Hall of Stars after I'm promoted to Sequence 8."
Hasta thought deeply for a long time, then took another piece of paper and continued to summarize what he had encountered during this period.
The Lamp Goddess and the Fallen Mother Goddess, Andrew who blackmailed him but was not caught, Madam Germani who had recently calmed down, the poorhouse whose true and false situation had not yet been found out, and Mr. A who was very interested in him.
These are all potential enemies that may cause trouble to him.
He didn't plan to pay attention to the Fallen Mother Goddess now, and as for the Lamp Goddess, he would wait until he was promoted to Sequence 8 to see the situation.
The fraudster Andrew can be offered a reward and let Xio help find a solution.
Madam Germani, it's best to keep it like this.
As for the poorhouse, because Professor Wayne had a deal with Vice Dean Bard, he didn't report it to the Church of the Goddess of Night. As long as he didn't go to the poorhouse again, there shouldn't be any trouble.
As for Mr. A who was very interested in him, it was a bit of a headache.
Who knows what those lunatics will do? Maybe they will come to my house at night to preach for the True Creator.
"He won't really find out my identity so quickly and come to my house, right?"
Hasta subconsciously looked out the dark window, with a bad feeling in his heart.
"No, I always feel that this place is no longer safe."
Hasta frowned slightly, thinking that he needed to move to a new residence, preferably a place closer to the Church of the Goddess of Night.
Only in this way can he feel safe.
"After tonight, find a reason to live in Queens for a while. After being promoted to Sequence 8 Barbarian, I should be able to have a certain ability to save my life."
Hasta made a decision in his heart.
He sat and thought for a while before burning the paper full of words to ashes.
Because of Mr. A, he was in a bad mood. Well, he couldn't let the lamp god live too comfortably.