"Mr. Pompeii is still alive."
Like a silent bomb, it detonated in Alicia's heart.
The female chess player's eyes slowly changed from shock to coldness: "Mr. Dickinson, if you are joking about this matter..."
Sean said seriously: "Mr. Pompeii is still alive. This is absolutely true."
In the deserted warehouse, Sean whispered about his experience in the "used book cemetery".
The dark underground, the crazy old man, the awakening after the attack of sky phobia, lamenting Andre, and the expressions and habits of speaking...
After Sean described it in detail, Alicia's cold eyes slowly turned reddish and shed a little tears.
“He said if I find you, let me tell you where he is.
"He also said that he hoped to see you again before leaving."
Alicia covered her mouth and tears rolled down her face.
After a long time to calm down and be able to speak, the female chess player asked urgently: "Is he okay? How can he live when there is nothing underground?"
"He is very good." In order to calm the other party's emotions, Sean said with firm eyes, "He carries the 'Light of Reason' and walks freely underground. His legs and feet are flexible, and even the most ferocious evil spirits are planting seeds for him. mushroom……
“Also, I visited him several times and brought him some daily necessities each time.
"He's doing fine and there's no need to worry.
"But..." Sean thought of the old man chewing an apple seriously and enjoyably in the candlelight, "He is old after all. After going out this time, you must go see him as soon as possible."
Alicia nodded heavily.
From this moment on, the female chess player has completely trusted Sean.
"Alicia," Sean whispered, "who is Andre? What happened to Mr. Pompeo? Why did people think he was dead?"
The female chess player sighed, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and said slowly: "Andre is Grandpa's favorite student.
"He..." Recalling the past made Alicia's eyes cast a shadow of fear, "He was called by grace."
Sean blinked: "Being called by grace?"
Sean thought of the pillar of light he saw outside the town of Levin, which recalled the one-winged angel to the sky.
"Why was Andrei called? Is he an angel?"
"He..." Alicia said slowly, "He was once one of the six saints, known as 'Saint Andre'."
One of the Six Saints?
The powerful person in the divine court? One of the leaders of the Holy See who is on par with 'Saint Matthew' of the Mosaic Trappist Order?
Sean looked confused: Why are saints called?
Alicia's eyes were a little helpless, and she raised a finger to stop it in front of her mouth.
This means "silence", which means topics that are forbidden by the gods, and talking about them will lead to disaster...
Sean's eyes moved slightly: Saint Andre was a student of Pompeii, and for some reason, he was called by the Holy Father.
This information is already on the verge of being taboo.
Blindly continuing to go deeper without sufficient strength will only lead to destruction.
"At this stage, it might be safer not to know so much..." Sean thought.
Alicia continued: “Before Andre was called, Grandpa was in a state of mental instability due to the amount of reading he did.
“This incident had a huge impact on him and he became mentally unstable from that point on.
“At the most serious time, he hid in the sewer alone, refused to eat or drink, talked crazy all day long, and wanted to escape from the sky.
“We took him home and he ran away again.
"I've been running away for twenty years without any news...
"Considering that the tracking object drifted into the sea and he was unable to take care of himself, we all thought he was dead..."
From what Alicia said, Pompeii had gone completely crazy before.
However, he didn't expect that after spending so long in the cemetery of old books, his sober personality would resurface.
The "Calling of St. Andrew" is the reason why Pompeii is hiding in the cemetery of old books.
"What is the connection between these old events and the Candlelight Reading Club?
"What happened in the past?"
Sean felt that there was also thick fog behind him.
From the mists of history.
However, the task at hand was not completed yet, and Sean had no idea of turning his eyes behind him.
Alicia Pompeo's mood gradually eased, and her expression returned to arrogance and calmness.
After tidying up her appearance a little, she took Sean back to the store.
Sean and Olivia had been in the store for a long time, and staying any longer might attract unnecessary attention.
Alicia ordered in a cold voice: "Our evacuation will take place tonight.
"Sean..." The female chess player looked at Sean, "Tonight, there may be a small-scale battle. I need the help of you and your team."
Sean nodded: "Go all out."
After giving the outline of the evening plan and the meeting time and place, Sean took Olivia and left Wendy's alchemy workshop.
Before taking the tram to leave the commercial street, Sean took a detour to observe the painter wearing a beret and with an Apennine accent.
Sean had some doubts about his identity.
After watching him finish the last few strokes of the gouache painting depicting the street scene, and finding nothing suspicious, Sean took the tram back to the Shipwreck Hotel.
Half an hour after Sean returned to the hotel, he apparently went to visit the "industrial area", but in fact, Moonlight and Ivan, who had gone to visit and investigate, returned to the hotel.
Sean informed his teammates of his progress and plans for the night.
Hearing that the Queen had been found, Moonlight was visibly surprised by Sean's speed.
After that, several people began to arrange things involving action and secrecy.
After all, after helping Alicia escape from Ocean City, Sean and others will continue to search for Aaliyah and Charlie Jojo here.
They cannot reveal their identities during this operation.
At dinner time, Sean met Sarah's family again in the restaurant.
After learning that the drug does exist, Sean can't sit back and watch them continue to eat artificial meat.
Before dinner, when no one was around, Sean made it clear to Sarah that she couldn't eat meat.
But he could not explain why, only that the meat seemed to contain ingredients harmful to health.
After Sarah listened, she nodded dubiously.
The reason why Sean went back to the hotel instead of just waiting outside for the action to start was partly to meet with Moonlight and Ivan to discuss countermeasures, and partly to create an illusion——
He mentioned more than once in the hotel, consciously or unconsciously, that he planned to go to the amusement park in the evening.
After dinner, Sean took Olivia directly out of the hotel.
After taking the tram to the amusement park, they found a deserted place and Sean took out two things from the invisible stomach bag.
They were two parrots with runes painted on their bodies.
"Mimetic Parrot", the esoteric bird raised by Evan Burns.
Not only can it simulate people's appearance, but it can also communicate and talk with people in the voice of the simulated person as if it were real - of course, it is a relatively superficial and perfunctory conversation, and it can cleverly find excuses to leave.
Therefore, after mimicry, even if you meet someone you know and say hello, your secret will not be revealed and it will only give people a cold feeling.
However, this is enough.
Sean and Olivia activated the mimic parrot, and after the parrot standing on the ground expanded with an indescribable and uncomfortable feeling...
It was like a mirror appeared in front of them, with two identical people standing there.
However, Ivan slightly adjusted Olivia's parrot so that the simulated Olivia was flesh and blood, rather than copying a body made by precision alchemy.
The two real Seans left in a deserted place.
The two mimic parrots walked in opposite directions, walking into the playground with relaxed expressions...
