NOVPUBBy the stream flowing through the capital, the residence of the Saint Kray Monastery vanished intermittently into the night, even the moonlight slipping away now and then.
The bright lights shone from behind the curtains on the second floor of the residence.
Lanci and Talia had been studying the mysterious Pink Holy Level "Ultra Long-Distance Communication Program-7" in this study for a long time.
"This card, I can’t make it, its craftsmanship is so unique."
Talia puzzled over the Communication Magic Card.
It always seemed that it might also use the principle of super-ancient holy artifacts, its encryption level was completely unlike the technology of this era.
The card Lanci now held clearly had some functions that could not be used.
He checked the communication directory.
Apart from Landry, there were eight other contacts.
"So, does that mean this secret organization that Landry is a part of has a total of nine members?"
Lanci murmured, equally puzzled.
The original owner, Landry, being relatively lower as number seven, seemed to have joined later, so there weren’t many messages in the Communication Magic Card.
And apart from numbers one and two, private chats were not possible, only group chats.
It appeared.
Number one should be the organization’s leader, and number two the acting coordinator.
Before long, a new message popped up, grabbing Lanci and Talia’s attention.
It was from that contact named "Truth."
[Truth (2): That’s good, now except for number four, everyone else is in Brilda. In principle, we should not interfere with or probe each other, also for safety considerations.]
[Truth (2): But let’s still try to help each other out.]
The other added.
"So everyone is in the same city?"
Lanci exclaimed surprisingly.
"You guys who want to stir trouble within the Cerryti Empire, the best place is the capital, Brilda, right?"
Talia felt Lanci had no need to play innocent in front of her.
Though Lanci had taken over for Landry.
But this group of secret society members in the capital Brilda couldn’t be up to any good.
"Not at all, I am the one who wishes the Empire well the most."
Lanci declared earnestly.
"...If you say so."
Talia felt there was no need to argue with Lanci; what was there left to debate when he was like this?
"Speaking of which, this ’Truth’ who holds the number two Sacred Communication Card, he simply acknowledged that I just arrived in Brilda, instead of having been here for a short while."
Lanci thought.
Moreover, from two’s wording, in principle, these members also should not interfere with or probe each other.
That meant the other party might not know what the real identity of the holder of number seven Sacred Communication Card was.
"So, does that mean only the founder, number one who issued these cards knows everyone’s real identity?"
Talia also understood what Lanci meant.
"I think so, probably only number one has met Landry. As long as I don’t meet with number one offline, there should be no risk of exposure."
Lanci nodded.
From the style of the organization, the most mysterious number one probably would not reveal his identity when distributing cards to other chosen members.
"But let’s reply to number two’s message first."
Lanci said to Talia while typing a message on this pink sacred communication program.
[Justice (7): Okay.]
He sent it out.
Even now, with the opportunity to obtain some information through the conversation with "Truth," the more he said as an impostor, the more loopholes might appear.
The right plan was to observe the group messages on this special Communication Magic program for a while to understand the rules and characteristics of this organization clearly, then perfectly join their conversation later without easily exposing himself.
This time, they waited a long time, and number two did not reply again; Lanci and Talia relaxed a bit.
It seemed to have concluded for now.
"No one else is speaking in the group chat for the moment."
Lanci observed and said.
It appeared everyone was busy with their own things, or perhaps the relationships within this secretive organization weren’t so solid.
"Do you want to stay in this organization?"
Talia felt Lanci’s business in the Empire was beginning to increase again.
But the current issue was, Lanci didn’t know the scale, nature, or goals of the organization, not even the organization’s name.
"Of course, otherwise Landry’s identity might be exposed. If anyone in the capital knows him best, it might be this organization. To make good use of this convenient identity, I have to fulfill his duties by the way."
Lanci sighed and spread his hands,
"It’s not too serious, more friends, more paths. Maybe later I can get some information or help. It seems like the organization’s security isn’t too bad, let’s see how it goes."
"That’s good, I’ll go check what’s for dinner."
Talia said, standing up and pushing her chair back.
As things were, they might as well live like this in the Empire; the immediate concern was to fill their stomachs.
...
Meanwhile.
In Cerryti Empire’s Imperial Capital, nestled at the foot of the towering Ostrero Mountain beside lush green pine forests,
the uneven city center boasted a temple-like beige building.
The temple’s outer walls, made from Divine Era Stone Bricks, stood a hundred meters tall, unbreakable even by generations of decay, casting a faint glow under the moonlight.
The surrounding with hundreds of automatic Enemy-Seeking Sky-Splitting Cannons, their muzzles sternly pointed at the distance, seemed ready to turn any unauthorized intruders to ashes at a moment’s notice.
Beneath the thunderous Cerryti, fully armed special patrol officers in black military coats, wielding Imperial series blazing guns, watched the distance with icy gazes.
