Part 4 The Undead Chapter 146 The Problem with Aroldus
As Klein’s last stroke fell, the light inside Pool Room Three dimmed a little steeply.
On the surface of the small make-up mirror, water-wave-like patterns swirled in circles, eventually becoming deep and dull.
Immediately afterward, one bloody word after another protruded:
”Ask your questions.”
Such a scene is full of spiritual horror, even if the opposite side is a “ghost”, a “living corpse”, at this time also seems to be deterred, briefly did not dare to open their mouths.
Only Klein, always holding a smile, as if he had already gotten used to all this.
He had already instructed “Magic Mirror” Aroldus beforehand, so that it would not ask too difficult and too private questions, so that it would not behave like a servant – if not for the more knowledgeable Sharon and Maric asking questions to better grasp the point, Klein would surely prefer to do it himself! If Sharon and Maric hadn’t been more knowledgeable and able to get to the point with their questions, Klein would have preferred to do it himself, without revealing the fact that he had such a “helper”.
After a few seconds of silence, Maric took two steps forward to the table and opened his mouth.
Just then, Sharon’s soft but emotionless voice suddenly rang out:
”I’ll ask.”
Without waiting for Maric’s response, she stood up seemingly floating and looked at the vanity mirror and said:
”The Tutansis II mummy was a trap by the Rune military against the Rose School, right?”
The original blood-red text on the vanity mirror melted with a flourish and slid downward, trailing smudges, except for one word that barely remained, writhing and morphing into:
”Right.”
Sure enough, it was a trap by the Rune Military against the Rose School, which would preliminarily rule out the Rose School having a plot against Ms. Sharon and Maric, after all, it would require taking far, far too many risks over the value of a Sequence 5 plus a Sequence 6, and even if that group of Rose Schoolers no longer restrained their desire for vengeance, they weren’t crazy enough to go to such lengths, unless, of course, they originally wanted to take on the Rune Military, and in the process, bring the traitors Involved, but if so, the best place to start the war should be the southern continent or the sea, not the vicinity of Bekrand, no one knows how many scary guys are hidden here …… In the midst of his mind, Klein saw the surface of the mirror revert back to the ghostly depths, and new blood-colored text emerged:
”According to the principle of reciprocity, it is my turn to ask questions.
”If you answer incorrectly, or lie, you will be punished.”
Still obedient, not mentioning the requirements in terms of performance art …… Klein, who was looking out over the table, nodded his head faintly and unnoticeably.
At that moment, the previous sentence slowly disappeared and new words appeared:
”You ……”
The blood-soaked word froze for a full three seconds before it was followed up:
”…… answer the relationship between the ‘Bound God’ and the ‘Mother Tree of Desire’.”
For some reason, Klein felt that the color of blood seemed quite a bit duller in this latter paragraph than it had been a moment ago, but fortunately the questions were of the sort that weren’t really out of the ordinary and that he wanted to know about.
Sharon, who was wearing a black fedora, looked at the vanity mirror and said without any change in expression:
”At the beginning of the Fifth Age, with the fall of the Reapers, the Aegis family gradually lost control of the Star Plateau and the Pas River Valley, and those places had their own extraordinary organization, the Rose School.
”Initially, there was no ‘Mother Tree of Desire’, only the ‘God of the Bound’, and the Rose School prized abstinence, establishing a system of religious rituals, including laws, and the official members lived lives of purity and low desire to deal with the the aftermath of gaining power.
”Suddenly one day, words such as indulgence were added to the oracle, and many of them slowly changed, reverting to the ancient and bloody tradition of primitive rituals, and in later years, some of the top brass of the school began to covertly claim that the ‘Bound God’ was the ‘Mother Tree of Desire’ The Mother Tree of Desire.”
Sounds like the “Fettered God” has been slightly impregnated or replaced by the “Mother Tree of Desire”. …… If this one was a Sequence 0, then the “Mother Tree of Desire” is really very scary. Mother Tree” is really very terrible, no wonder all the other gods are hostile …… However, the “Bound God” may not be Sequence 0, there is a small possibility that it is fully activated ‘uniqueness’, or there are two copies of the ‘uniqueness’. However, the “Bound God” may not be Sequence 0, there is a small possibility that it is a fully activated ‘Uniqueness’, or a King of Angels with two copies of Sequence 1, or even weaker, there is currently a lack of sufficient information to confirm the …… Klein frowned slightly, thinking about the “Mother Tree of Desire”.
At this time, Sharon has turned to ask:
”What are the problems with the Tutansis II mummy?”
On the surface of the make-up mirror, blood-red words wriggled and changed, deriving into complete sentences:
”It is full of curses, an incarnation of a curse, and the possibility exists that it will turn into a living corpse on its own.”
This mummy is made of curses? It’s worthy of being a corpse left behind by a high sequence powerhouse …… How should this be solved? Klein looked sideways at Miss Sharon and Maric, and found that both of their expressions were calm enough, without a bit of surprise, as if they had already known, and that meant that they had a solution, of course, Sharon, no matter what, had almost no expression, all the same calm.
”Magic Mirror,” Aroldus finished his answer, asking his own question based on reciprocity:
”You ……
”…… endeavoring to raise your rank, for what purpose?”
This time, it also started with a blood-soaked word, and then continued with a less colorful passage after a few seconds of solidification.
Did this, in fact, mean that Arodes was hesitating, struggling, fighting against itself? On the one hand, it had trouble restraining its nature from wanting to ask difficult questions, but on the other hand, it had to press itself in consideration of my command? Klein gave a dark laugh thoughtfully.
Sharon, with her long, complicated and delicate dress, stood there in silence for a while before softly quirking her lips:
”At first it was about not wanting to be bullied, now it’s about having the ability to protect yourself and your companions, as well as, revenge, and, spreading the idea of temperance …… If everyone could temper their desires, there would be no wars, no killing, and no much, much suffering. ”
Klein was slightly taken aback by what he heard, for as far as he could remember, it was rare for Ms. Sharon to talk like that.
This is not to say that the other party will not speak a large paragraph of words, but even if she is long-winded, but also extremely restrained, do not do too much description, like just now when answering the first question, only simply restore the matter of the passage of time, seems to say a lot, but there is not a sentence of redundant, subjective words, and now, the sentence that she added later, relative to her style, obviously more wordy.
Was this a viewpoint that had been repeated in her mind and suppressed for a long time without being expressed? The chaotic reality of the southern continent, full of strife, suddenly surfaced within Klein’s mind.
There is a large number of enslaved natives there, there is the bottom layer that dies in batches due to starvation and disease, there are constant wars and the constant appearance of living human sacrifices.
If I was born in the southern continent and could live until now, I would surely also hope for world peace and happiness for the people …… Speaking of which, both Ms. Sharon and Maric’s looks are not typical of the southern continent’s ethnicity, well, I heard that some of the upper echelons of the ancient Highland Kingdom and Pars Kingdom were actually from the northern continent, and that’s true…before the fall of the Grim Reaper, the north and south continents Before the fall of the God of Death, the north and south continents were able to navigate smoothly …… Also, when Sharon mentioned revenge just now, that word was said without weight, and it seems that there is no hope, or there is not such a strong desire for it? Klein sighed silently, listening to Sharon ask detail after detail and answer question after question.
After clearing up the situation related to the mummy of Tutansis II, Sharon asked again:
”Aside from Mehames, what are some of the high sequence powerhouses that will appear in this trap?”
On the surface of the dresser mirror, a wave of water floated for a while, and finally solidified into a brilliant light that covered everything in light, and nothing else could be seen.
With Arodes’ ability, it should involve angels or “0” level seals, so it can’t give an accurate answer …… Klein retracted his gaze and smiled at Miss Sharon and Maric:
”Looks like it’s about what I expected, the Rune military left quite a bit of leeway.”
Sharon nodded her head with a small margin, still looking at the dresser mirror, waiting for the hidden being to give k’s question.
The blood-colored words squirmed, no longer intermittent as before, and presented themselves in a single breath:
”What do you think of your teacher?”
Teacher? Miss Sharon still had teachers …… Also, as a Temperance, to be able to remain untouched and stick to the path within the long since denatured Rose School, surely there was someone who was providing shelter …… That was one of the reasons she and Maric were able to escape? Klein looked up with some dawning anticipation for Sharon’s answer.
Sharon pursed her lips and said:
”I adore k.”
…… used k? Klein was so shocked he could barely keep from smiling.
In all the major extraordinary organizations, including the Church of God, earth angels are very rare, and even only one or two, he just thought that Miss Sharon’s teacher was a sequence 4 sequence 3 saint, the strongest such as the “Sea King” Yarn Kautman, who knew that the other party used “k”. Who knew that the other party used the honorific “k”, which is a word that is significantly different from “he”, “she”, and “it” in Ruen, Guversac, and even Giant and Elven languages!
After the shock, Klein suddenly sighed a little: Miss Sharon’s current condition largely indicates that her teacher is probably gone, and her escape with Maric is probably the last struggle of this temperance leader in the Rose School, and for the “Mother Tree of Desire”, it is either to be impregnated or wiped out, and made into a seal, and there will be no other choice. There was no other choice.
Once again, the surface of the mirror became dark, and all the bright red words disappeared.
It took several moments before new words surfaced on it:
”Continue.”
”I have no more questions, thank you for your help.” Sharon spoke slowly, lifting the hem of her skirt in a curtsy.
As her words fell, the dresser mirror returned to normal with a flourish, and the light in the pool room was no longer dim.
Sharon turned to look at Klein and said in a voice that was not unusual:
”This matter is dropped.”
Obviously, she also understood exactly what the light that the hidden being presented when it finally answered meant.
Klein shook his head instead and smiled slightly:
”There’s no need to make a hasty decision, I’ll ask you a few more things, there might still be a chance, a chance that doesn’t require too much risk.”
At least my divination results suggest that there is a chance! He added silently in his mind.
”What is it?” Maric asked, somewhat uncontrollably, pre-empting the question.