Part 5 The Red Priests Chapter 110 The Real “Devil”
After getting a general grasp of the situation, Klein looked at the full-length mirror in the room and turned to ask:
”What is the king’s secret?”
On the surface of the mirror, which seemed to lead to another world, water light gently floated and gradually reflected a scene:
It was a piece of relics hidden in the depths of darkness, covered with the dust of history, yet almost intact.
It means that the king’s secret is within the remains of the “Blood Emperor” …… Arodes This is not afraid to answer directly, or really can only see this extent? Klein deliberated for a moment and said to the “magic mirror”:
”It’s your turn to ask questions.”
The scene within the full body mirror did not change in the slightest, but only highlighted one silver word after another:
”Great Master, do you have any other questions?”
”Yes.” Klein nodded nonchalantly and said, “Where is the ‘Holy Daughter of White’ Katrina currently?”
In the mirror, the silver words quickly faded and disappeared, but the background did not change at all, it was still the remains of the “Blood Emperor”.
If it wasn’t for the words appearing and disappearing, I would have thought that the “magic mirror” was dead……. Katerina is hiding in the ruins of the “Blood Emperor”? The real one? Klein nodded thoughtfully:
”Your turn.”
Above the scene, the silver words reappeared and coalesced:
”Why don’t you leave Birkeland, kind master?”
This is a good question, I originally had this intention …… I initially investigated the Becklander haze incident only based on my righteous indignation at the innocent deaths of the poor people of Old Kohler, and the confusion of a near breakdown of my main goal, and then later I was tied to the identity of the Goddess Favored Ones, and then after that, I wanted to stop the disaster that was going to happen, and to save people I knew from the suffering of the ambitions from the top. I wanted to prevent the coming catastrophe, to save the people I knew from the pain of ambition from on high, not to become drowned in the tide of the times, and was willing to take some risks to do so. ……
As for now, after realizing the possibility of a world war and the fact that the promotion ceremony for “Ancient Scholars” was close to being “tailor-made” for me and full of traces of arrangements, I realized that even if I really wanted to escape, I might not be able to do so, or that I might not be able to escape from Beckland, but I might not be able to escape from Beckland. Even if I escape from Birkeland, I probably won’t be able to escape the fate I’ve been carrying since the beginning. In that case, I might as well take the initiative to take the risk and challenge myself to see if I can figure out the truth, find the opportunities that may exist, and grasp my own destiny……. Klein’s thoughts were endless and gradually settling down.
Immediately afterward, he replied in a calm tone:
”Leaving doesn’t really solve the problem.”
After saying that, Klein began to ask questions:
”Where is Tris currently?”
Inside the full body mirror, the scene finally changed, this time it was pitch black, with the occasional root of something thick sliding across the surface.
Arodes likewise could not see Tris’ condition ah…… Klein nodded slightly:
”It’s your turn to ask.”
Watery light floated inside the mirror again, and strands of silver color converged into a coherent sentence:
”Great Master, I have a message for you, may I speak?”
”Speak.” Klein responded rather curiously.
The one silver word wriggled into a new text:
”You must be careful next!”
And with an exclamation point …… “Magic Mirror” Arodes smells something bad? Klein thought for a few seconds and said:
”What do you think could threaten me?”
”I don’t know, a feeling ……” Aroldus reorganized the words so that they went from silver to gray, a visual representation of what it meant to be frustrated and self-doubting.
Without waiting for Klein to respond, new gray and white words leapt out of the mirror’s interior one after the other:
”Great master, there is another scene I would like to show you, may I?”
”May I.” Klein said as he slowed his speech.
On the surface of the full body mirror, the watery light rippled, and the pitch blackness changed with it.
It became deeper and deeper, dotted with one diamond-like point of light after another.
It was beautiful and vast night.
Does the scene shown by Aroldus point to the goddess, who is essentially a “star”, or is it a “starry sky” with eyes cast upon it? It seems that it does not dare to directly express ah …… Klein considered for a moment, no longer trying to ask questions:
”That’s all for today.”
”Yes!” The gray words resurfaced tinted with silver, and the speed of the projection somehow slowed down, “Great master, you, you still haven’t said that if there are any questions after that, you will call on me again, your faithful servant Arodes ……”
What a ceremonial mirror …… Klein opened his mouth in amusement:
”Of course, I will summon you again, in case I have other questions.”
”Yes, master! Farewell, master!” On the surface of the mirror, the silver words resumed their normal speed and sketched out a sketch of a constantly waving hand.
When everything was back to normal, Klein burned the paper with the summoning symbols drawn on it, pulled back the curtains, and once again gazed up at the cold, dim sky.
……
Queens, inside a modest dark church.
Both Hugh and Forsyth had received the words that Miss Justice had prayed to Mr. Fool to convey, knew that the problem had been solved, and generally understood what the king’s secret was.
”…… is really powerful.” Fools, a believer in the “God of Steam and Machinery”, opened her eyes in the dimly lit prayer hall, tilted her head sideways, and lowered her voice to a whisper.
She would have liked to say Mr. World, or that Germaine Sparrow was awesome, but she wouldn’t make that level of mistake now.
This past week had given her the feeling that she had been floating around Mystique for more than a decade.
Hugh opened his eyes as well, but first drew a Crimson Moon on his chest as penance for disrespecting the goddess by his earlier behavior.
”Yes, that’s a ……” Hugh said before he finished his sentence, but the meaning was transmitted into Voorhees’ mind with precision.
What she wanted to say was that Hwyn Lambeth was a true demigod, but less than ten minutes had passed since herself and Voorhees had entered this church, and he had been resolved by Germaine Sparrow.
It was surprising that there could be such a big gap between the same Saint!
”Maybe there is,Angel’s Blessing ……,” Voorhees combined his own experience in transcendental events and novel writing to implicitly make a guess.
Since the darkness and quiet of the large prayer hall was not really conducive to communication, Hugh made no direct response to Folth’s words, nodded, and stood up, entering the aisle.
The two left the prayer area side by side and approached the main door before Hugh exhaled and said:
”I wish I could be that good someday ……”
”I’ve thought that on occasion.” Forsyth chuckled, “Uh, anyway, you’ve counted yourself done with the investigation, haven’t you? While there’s certainly quite a bit of the so-called secret still worth digging into, the general outline of how it was a thing has become clearer.”
Hugh looked at the door in front of him and said in a daze for a few seconds:
”But what’s the point? I can’t do anything about it, and I can’t.”
”No, no, no, no, that one isn’t too honorable as far as hostiles go; at least we can look straight ahead.” Forsyth seriously relieved his friend, “When you’ve gained mass, you’ll find you’re capable of participating in this, at least in the parts that don’t involve higher levels.”
Forsyth, who had joined the Tarot long before Hugh, had witnessed Mr. Fool’s schemes, and through his dependents and Tarot members, he had sabotaged the coming of the “True Creator”, uncovered Banshee’s secrets, and obtained part of the “Storm” realm. “Storm” field of authority, intervened in the “0-08” home, and these things involved angels, angel king, and even the true God, compared to the mere King George III, is indeed nothing.
Hugh walked slowly to the door and said after a moment of silence:
”I see what you mean.
”We’ll return to the Eastern District next, there’s no hurry to move first, when I get the ‘Judge’ magic potion formula, then we’ll hide completely, I think, after today’s incident, they shouldn’t dare to take the risk of investigating us again.”
”Definitely, they are just hiding in the darkness and can’t see the shadow of the sun.” Forsyth hastily echoed, and then sighed, “I just hope that the teacher’s reply will arrive before we move again.”
Hugh raised his hand and scratched his yellow hair, and said earnestly as he stepped out of the church door:
”Once I get the formula, I’ll purchase that button and try to get a boost as soon as possible.”
”Not bad, recovering fighting spirit.” Seeing this, Forsyth smiled and teased.
Hugh didn’t say anything else and continued to walk forward with a serious expression.
After walking several dozens of steps, she suddenly paused and said without turning back:
”My money should, should not be enough to buy that button, when the time comes, when the time comes, you lend me a little ……
”I’m sure I’ll pay it back.”
Voorhees froze for a second, then lost his smile:
”Good.
”If my guess is right, I should be able to get my subsequent things from my teacher.”
……
At noon on Thursday, Klein excused himself to rest, returned to the master bedroom, entered the lavatory, and took four steps against the grain to the gray mist above.
He thought that the glass bottle containing the “magic potion” should have finished absorbing.
Sitting in the Fool’s high-backed chair, Klein motioned his hand to lift the quarantine and bring the target to him.
The transparent glass bottle was already tinted with a darker color, and its surface was latticed with a shimmering light, giving it the appearance of a work of art.
It was empty, with not even half a drop of magic potion left inside, and the wider mouth of the bottle was covered in a mist of floating light, giving Klein the feeling of being absorbed into it as soon as his eyes landed there.
Faintly, a voice came from inside the bottle:
”Put in a hundred gold coins and you will be granted a wish ……
”Put in a hundred gold coins, and you’ll be granted a wish ……”
Who did this learn from …… I have to say, this repetitive monotonous words do help with hypnosis …… Really putting in a hundred gold coins is equivalent to opening the door to the mind body on its own, and will be manipulated by this bottle, becoming its slave… …With a little analysis, Klein invoked the “Cross of No Darkness” and inserted it into the mouth of the bottle with the help of the pressure of the gray mist.
”You devil!” The voice in the bottle cried out harshly, then was miserably shielded by the gray mist.