"The Fool" Klein and "The Magician" Fors had similar ideas: as researchers in the field of mysticism, should they also publish books? And publicly at that?
However, some extraordinary individuals have left behind works on the extraordinary and mystical. The "Book of Secrets" in Klein's possession is said to be the work of a demigod.
However, this book was never published and is very likely a unique copy, with at most a few handwritten copies.
Fors cleared his throat, trying to hide his wandering thoughts: "What kind of book do you want to publish? Well, I do know a few publishers, but it has to be a good story or have good writing for them to be interested."
Odis said, "These are books that belong to the category of research."
He added, "It's research on herbs."
Fors nodded, thinking to himself: I see.
She had heard the "hermit" talk about herbal knowledge before, and he seemed very professional.
"These kinds of books are reference books, so they should easily get to the printing stage," Fors said, based on his own experience. "However, the print run may be very small, usually less than 5,000 copies, or even just 1,000 copies."
Odis then asked, "If I mail the manuscript to the publisher, is it possible to publish it without revealing my personal information?"
"Theoretically, it is possible," Fors replied, "but the probability of it being published is very small. If the author is not well-known, it is almost impossible to publish."
"I suggest that the author recommend the book to the publisher, as this will increase the chances of it being published."
Odis thought to himself, "Lelouch is somewhat famous, but it's not a good one. To avoid offending the nobles, the publisher might refuse to publish such a book."
However, if Fors were to help with the recommendation, it would cause her a lot of trouble. The "punisher" might very well follow this lead and collect the copper pennies from her gas meter.
Then Odis thought back and realized that he could use his intelligence network to contact a few writers, but that would expose the connection between Mr. Gar and "Lelouch", or the connection between the "leader" and "Lelouch".
This was also an outcome that Odis did not want to see.
At this point, Fors added, "Besides recommendations from writers, you can also ask well-known journalists for recommendations."
Odis nodded; he, too, didn't have many trustworthy journalist friends.
This transaction has now concluded. After the individual discussion, the transaction phase of this Tarot session has ended.
During the open discussion, Audrey, embodying justice, began by saying, "There was a fire on King's Road yesterday!"
Fors, who was also in Backlund, said, "I've heard about it too. Apparently, a nobleman secretly built a fighting arena on King's Road, and it was burned down last night."
She saw the news about it in the newspaper this morning: "According to the newspaper, it seems that it's not just a simple matter of building a fighting arena."
"That nobleman also imprisoned and tortured some young girls in the fighting arena, and used the fighters to form a gang that did many shady things for the nobles."
"For example, killing workers who organize strikes, killing mistresses who try to blackmail nobles, killing women who report to the police after being assaulted by nobles, etc."
"The operators of the fighting arena used their connections with the nobles to exonerate these gang members on multiple occasions."
Fors commented, "Such a person should be burned at the stake."
At this time, the news of Bishop's murder had not yet been published, and Fors still thought Bishop was alive.
After reading the Daily Observer's report, she also wrote a letter to Parliament suggesting the abolition of the legal immunity of nobles.
Not only the king and queen can enjoy this right, but in the Kingdom of Rune, nobles of the rank of baron and above basically have legal immunity. As long as it is not the king, the parliament, or the church that wants a noble to die, they can legally escape legal sanctions no matter what crime they have committed.
Not many people know about this, after all, it's not something to be proud of, and the judicial authorities can't publicize it everywhere.
Fors only learned about this when he was writing his book and consulted many books and magazines about law.
The two female members were furious about what happened at the fighting arena, but the other members didn't seem very interested.
The "Little Sun" in the "Forsaken Land" didn't care much about this topic, while Klein and Alger's experiences had long since shown them the true colors of the nobles, so they weren't surprised that the nobles could do such things.
"The World" said in a deep voice, "Thanks to this fire, otherwise no one would have known about the existence of the fighting arena."
He had originally planned to give a brief comment and then move on to another topic, but "Justice" Audrey immediately said, "No, it wasn't because of the fire that people learned the truth."
"He was a brave extraordinary individual who killed the nobleman who ran the fighting arena, along with several of the nobleman's subordinates! Then he set fire to the fighting arena!"
"That nobleman is dead?" Fors was taken aback. "The newspaper reports aren't complete?"
"Yes, someone has blocked the news!" Audrey said seriously. "According to Lelouch… it's that brave Extraordinary One who said he submitted relevant evidence to major newspapers and police stations."
"But only the Daily Observer reported on it, so someone must have blocked the newspaper's reporting and the police's investigation."
Lelouch? Klein suddenly felt that the name sounded familiar.
Fors asked, "What Sequence number is that Extraordinary being named Lelouch? How did he kill that nobleman?"
Audrey said, "Based on my observation, he only has Sequence 8..."
"What? Sequence 8?" Alger joined the conversation: "Didn't that nobleman who was killed have any extraordinary bodyguards with him?"
"Yes, but I think Lelouch made thorough preparations for this!" Audrey said. "He first disguised himself as a fighter in the arena and attracted the attention of Bishop, the manager of the arena, through two matches."
"But because Lelouch was unwilling to join the 3N Party... The 3N Party is the gang that Miss Magician just mentioned, which Bishop formed using the fighters in the fighting arena."
"Therefore, Bishop sent members of the 3N Party to assassinate Lelouch, but instead, Lelouch killed three of the members, and only one member escaped. It is said that he seems to have suffered a mental breakdown."
"Lelouch used some kind of magical method, and despite the crime scene being burned by fire, one of the members actually froze to death!"
Odis's lips curled up slightly; it felt quite nice to be praised.
Fire?
Klein recalled the news reports from a few days ago, and he manipulated "The World" to ask, "Was it the fire that happened on River Bend Avenue?"
Audrey immediately replied, "Yes! It was that fire."
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
This further caught Bishop's attention, so he arranged two very difficult extraordinary fighting matches for Lelouch.
"Later I heard that before the second match, Bishop promised Lelouch that if he won both battles, he would personally preside over the ceremony for him to join the 3N Party."
"Lelouch won both battles and even killed an extraordinary being who could command the undead in battle."
Bishop was delighted, believing he would have another powerful subordinate, so after the second battle, he went to the fighting arena himself.
"Lelouch seized the opportunity to kill Bishop and set a huge fire, burning the whole place to the ground!"
Klein internally commented: This was an operation with a meticulous plan. Of course, Lelouch's personal abilities were also very strong, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to win those two extraordinary battles.
The image of a lone hero was established in his mind.
Fors seemed to understand something, and she asked Audrey, "Were you there at the time?"
"Yes, I had met Lelouch before that," Audrey answered truthfully, "and was very interested in the words and actions of this extraordinary person, so I went to watch the match and ended up seeing such a big surprise."
Upon hearing "Justice" say this, Fors recalled that during the last gathering, "Justice" seemed to have asked the other members what the consequences would be if they refused an invitation from a certain extraordinary organization.
Based on her description, she must have encountered Lelouch, who had rejected the 3N Party's offer of recruitment.
Alger frowned and asked, "Among the audience, are there no extraordinary individuals who can stop all of this?"
"Yes! Extraordinary individuals tried to help Bishop, but their abilities were blocked by a barrier protecting the audience," Audrey explained.
"Because that match was a no-rules game where weapons were allowed, there had to be a barrier in the stands to protect the spectators."
"But what was unexpected was that the barrier protected Lelouch."
Alger laughed and said, "This should also be part of Lelouch's plan."
He said, "Based on your description, it is not difficult to see that this Lelouch is a person with excellent planning ability. He approached that nobleman step by step and completed the assassination."
"In order to better carry out the plan, he would naturally conduct a detailed investigation of the final assassination location and collect relevant intelligence through various channels."
"If I were Lelouch, I would be very happy to learn that there is a barrier protecting the audience there!"
"Because this means that assassination missions have become much simpler."
"First of all, there can't be any extraordinary individuals with too high a sequence among the audience. After all, a sequence 5 person wouldn't be interested in a battle between a sequence 8 and a sequence 7 person."
"And among the extraordinary bodyguards, it is impossible for someone to be a Sequence 5. The reason is simple: who would want to be a bodyguard once they reach Sequence 5?"
"Perhaps only the king and a small number of high-ranking nobles can afford to hire extraordinary individuals of this caliber as bodyguards."
"Now that barrier is there, we only need to deal with the extraordinary bodyguards surrounding that nobleman named Bishop."
The other members nodded in agreement, and even Odis couldn't help but admire in his heart: Great minds think alike.
Fors then asked, "Did Lelouch say anything inspiring back then?"
The phrase that had impressed him so much immediately came to Audrey's mind: "He said he was Lelouch of the Rebellion!"
Klein, behind the gray fog, almost slapped his thigh: "I remember now, this... this guy is a time traveler, right!"
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