bookbashuk Chapter 76 The Imaginary Dog and Audrey
Chapter 76 The Imaginary Dog and Audrey
Rune, Backlund, Queens
Audrey dismissed the maid and told her not to bother her for a while, then sat nervously at her desk and began to wait.
"Three minutes left..." Audrey took out her pocket watch and glanced at it. When she realized that there were still three minutes left before the agreed-upon tarot meeting, she couldn't help but take a slightly nervous breath.
Because the room was so quiet, Audrey could even hear her own rather rapid heartbeat.
This can't be blamed on her being nervous.
Audrey thought she shouldn't have been so nervous if the Church of the Night hadn't joined forces with the other two major churches a few days earlier to declare Mr. Fool the eighth true god.
God knows how stunned she was when she learned the news from her father in advance.
Although Audrey had already confirmed the Fool's mystery and greatness during the first Tarot meeting, she never imagined that the Fool would actually be the eighth deity.
And I participated in the Divine Council held by the true gods. Goddess, this is like something out of a legend, and now I've become a part of that story... Audrey couldn't contain her excitement whenever she thought about it.
Although Audrey was excited to be a member of the Tarot Club, she still did not publicly announce her membership.
After all, Audrey wasn't stupid. Mr. Fool's attitude clearly indicated that he didn't want them to publicize the existence of the Tarot Club. Telling close friends and family was fine, but publicizing or even revealing the identities of other members of the Tarot Club was not.
Audrey herself is not the kind of person who is particularly flamboyant. She does not want to attract too much attention just because she is a member of the Tarot Club. As an audience member, she is not suitable to step into the spotlight.
So even though she was very excited during this time, Audrey only discussed the newly emerged god Fool with her friends a few times.
This is not surprising, after all, with the three major churches strongly supporting the Fools, recently, from nobles to commoners, anyone who pays even a little attention to this field has been discussing things related to the Fools and the Fools' Church.
Just then, Audrey suddenly felt like she was being watched, which made her instinctively look over, and sure enough, she saw Susie crouching in the corner, peeking at her.
Audrey's smile froze for a moment, then turned into helplessness. She said, "Susie, what are you doing here..." Then she realized what she was doing, shook her head, and said, "Oh well, whatever, you're here!"
Audrey sighed. She thought of the accident that happened a few days ago when she was mixing the Audience Potion. For some reason, she didn't drink the Audience Potion she had prepared right away. Unexpectedly, Susie, her golden retriever, drank the Audience Potion.
Although Audrey was not delayed in becoming an Extraordinary because she had already prepared two sets of potion ingredients, Susie underwent some strange changes after drinking the potion.
For example, her IQ has improved significantly, and sometimes Audrey even feels that it wouldn't be surprising if Susie started speaking one day.
As Audrey was thinking this, she suddenly heard a strange voice:
"You didn't let me leave."
This made Audrey's eyes widen as she looked at the golden retriever and exclaimed incredulously, "Susie, you can talk?"
"Woof? Me, I can talk?" Susie seemed startled as well. She barked like a normal dog before saying, "I think I can talk, because of Audrey. I learned to talk."
She spoke haltingly, clearly not yet fluent, but she obviously understood what she was saying, rather than simply parroting.
"This is unbelievable!" Audrey couldn't help but raise her hand to cover half of her face, preventing herself from showing an expression that wasn't quite elegant. Then, as if remembering something, she said, "No one else knows about this, right?"
"No, only Audrey." Susie shook her head, and this time she spoke more fluently than before.
"That's good." Audrey patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief. Then, as if remembering something, she glanced at her pocket watch and her heart skipped a beat.
Oh no, time's up!
"Susie, whatever you see next, don't tell anyone else." Audrey only had time to say this to Susie before she was swallowed up by crimson.
Of course, from Susie's perspective, Audrey fell asleep in her chair right after she finished speaking.
This made Susie tilt her head in confusion. After thinking for a moment, Susie quickly left her original position. A few seconds later, Red appeared out of nowhere and brought out a blanket. She nimbly jumped up and covered Audrey with the blanket.
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Sunia Sea —
After dismissing the crew and closing the cabin door behind him, Alger, dressed in his Storm Teacher uniform, sat down in a chair and took out his pocket watch to check it.
The pocket watch indicated that there was still a while before the Tarot meeting.
Alger was not surprised by this. He put away the pocket watch, but the news he had received a few days ago involuntarily came to mind.
Receiving messages at sea in this era was not always convenient, as not everyone had a messenger. But no matter how inconvenient it was, the news of the appearance of the eighth true god, the Fool, was still delivered to Alger immediately.
It's hard to say what Alger was thinking when he received the news. All I can say is that if Alger had any less facial expression control, the other crew members would probably have noticed something amiss on the spot.
He still underestimated the greatness of Mr. Fool.
Alger couldn't help but think this way. In fact, he had made some guesses. Mr. Fool might become the eighth god in the future, but in his original guess, it should be a long process, and he might even have to go through some wars between the gods before Mr. Fool's position could be determined after the war.
After all, the world's beliefs are already divided, so which true god would easily divide up their own cake?
In this world, wars caused by faith are not uncommon, and the seven gods are never at peace. For example, there is the God of Night and the God of War, or the God of Storms, the God of Knowledge and the God of Sunshine. These churches directly condemn each other as heretics and would never hesitate to annex each other if given the chance.
Even the former Steam Church and the Eternal Sun Church, which seemed to be on good terms, never gave up suppressing the Steam Church before the appearance of Emperor Roselle.
Yet, under these circumstances, Mr. Fool received direct support from the three major churches. Even the other four churches, upon learning of this, did not express any opposition. Even the Church of War, which was most hostile to the Night, seemed to have tacitly approved of the matter.