Volume 7: The Hanged Man Chapter 24: Fulfilling a Wish
Putting away the “Fool” card, Klein took out the “Creeping Hunger” from the void, put it on his left hand, and opened the “Teleportation”.
Upon returning to the shrunken municipal library, he immediately said to Arianna, the “Servant of the Hidden”:
”It was thrown into that abandoned palace on the main peak of the Hornachis Mountains.”
That was one of the entrances to Misty Town.
As for what to do with “0-02” afterward, that was a problem for the Church of Darkness.
”Good.” Arianna nodded, didn’t say anything else, and directly shifted into the “stealth” state, disappearing in the same place, just like a sketch erased by an eraser.
K did not say thank you, nor did he say the reward, just like every time he helped Klein in the past, he never asked for anything.
Does Ms. Arianna know that I have obtained the “Fool” card? Klein looked around thoughtfully and sighed slowly in the deepening night.
Although the incident had been resolved in less than two hours, a number of people had lost their lives under the harsh “rules”.
The citizens of Beldan were more or less at fault, but their punishment far outweighed their crimes, and the most innocent were the travelers coming to or passing through Beldan, who had to deal with nightmares just because they were outsiders.
Klein had tried to do something to protect a number of outsiders, including Roy and the others, but he was equally restricted in what he could do, and there were few loopholes that could be exploited to make it all seem like it hadn’t happened.
The next main thing is to provide treatment for the survivors …… Klein retracted his gaze, ready to “teleport” to Biles’ home first, to deal with some hidden problems.
Just at this time, carrying four blonde, red-eyed heads and wearing a long, somber, complicated dress, Renette Tynecol bit a black goat horn and stepped out into the void.
”k ……” “Escaped ……” “Spirit World ……” said the three remaining heads of this messenger lady in turn.
”Not bad for a former Archprelate.” Klein, who had already noticed it, sighed without being surprised at all.
Then, he pointed to the black goat horn:
”This was left behind by Larion?”
When Klein received the item, the head of Renette Tynicol that failed to speak just now spoke up:
”Yes.”
Encountering the Transformation Curse and still being able to tough it out and escape from the spirit world is indeed impressive …… Is this the Sequence 2 Angel that is best at head-on battles? With a flick of his wrist, Klein let the black goat horn in his palm shatter into countless tiny points of light, dispersing quite a bit of residual spirit.
–The limbs left behind after an extraordinary person has been “transformed” contain part of their extraordinary characteristics, and they cannot be returned.
When those dots of light were reorganized into Sequence 9 to Sequence 7, as well as Sequence 4’s extraordinary characteristics, Klein selected Sequence 8 “fighter” from them, and returned the remaining ones to the messenger lady with a smile:
”This is your trophy, I only charge for the information.”
Renette Tignicole did not have the courtesy to let one of the blonde hair and red-eyed head raised, opened its mouth and sucked out Sequence 9, Sequence 7 and Sequence 4 “fighter” pathway extraordinary characteristics.
After watching the messenger lady leave Beldan, Klein “teleported” back to Biles’ home and smiled at Roy and the others:
”Problem solved, you are no longer hated outsiders.”
The four extraordinary people had just smiled a heartfelt, relieved smile in response when they saw the magical Mr. Wizard invoke a stranger out of thin air.
It was an old man in a dark red bow tie, shirt, vest, suit and blue-striped pants, his hair all white but still thick, his temperament gentle and elegant.
This is Klein once had a secret puppet Herwin Lambeth, he intends to use this “manipulator” to seal the memory of Biles contact “0-02”.
The fact that it was not contaminated by the source material doesn’t mean that Biles won’t encounter that horrible thing when he recalls it later!
Since Biles’ corresponding memory was only that one, and he didn’t have a substantial understanding of the truth of the matter, the operation Klein needed to do was quite simple, so he didn’t seek help from Ms. Justice, and planned to use his own secret puppet’s historical pore image to accomplish it.
”You didn’t tell them about what you did at the municipal library earlier, did you?” Klein said as he motioned for Hwyn Lambeth to come up beside him while looking at Byers.
Byers shook his head in panic:
”I remember your instructions.”
”Very well, I will be giving you a psychological session next to help you forget those things or you will be targeted by ‘0-02’ and will never be able to get peace until you die. Believe me, a seal of this level can definitely do something similar, even if it has been taken away.” Klein frankly stated his purpose.
Byers’ lips opened and closed a few times and said:
”Okay.”
He chose to obey and believe.
After inviting Roy, Pasha and Phil out of this rental house, Klein manipulated Hwyn Lambeth to do a series of mind field operations, successfully making Byers forget the brass tome he saw and the contents on it.
After doing this, Klein discreetly took out the “Magic Mirror” and looked at it:
”Aroldus, are there any other hidden dangers in this matter?”
On the surface of the ancient silver mirror, the watery light floated, reflecting a line of silver words:
”Great master, there are no more hidden dangers in Beldan, as for Rune and Fusak elsewhere, as it concerns ‘0-02’ itself, I cannot see clearly.
”Perhaps you could do a little more confirming yourself?”
”Hmm.” Klein nodded gently, took out a gold coin, and chanted the appropriate divination statement in a low voice.
With a clang, the gold coin popped up and tumbled into mid-air.
During this process, a scene naturally surfaced within Klein’s mind, it was a chimney, a street, a city, extremely generalized and lacking a specific point.
With a slight frown, he collected his thoughts and probed his hand to catch the gold coin that had just fallen.
Then, he let Pasha and the others return to Byers’ home and smiled at Roy:
”Didn’t you wish to obtain the next magic potion? Now you can make a wish.”
Roy asked with surprise in his eyes and a bit of apprehension:
”Can I wish for more?”
”It’s a giveaway.” Klein responded with a smile.
Roy’s heart was moved, he stopped asking questions and seized this opportunity to make a wish to obtain the next magic potion.
Klein then threw him the extraordinary characteristics of the “Warrior” pathway Sequence 8 “Fighter”:
”This is essentially already considered a magic potion, but to be safe, I suggest you seek out the appropriate recipe and gather the correct supporting materials.”
”Praise you for your magic.” Roy thanked rather excitedly.
His first magic potion was a “Warrior” extraordinary property that was in a sense “swallowed raw”, and because of the imminent doom, a lower level, and good luck, he didn’t lose control of himself on the spot, and didn’t even suffer from more serious psychological problems.
After that, he gradually came into contact with other extraordinary people, came into contact with the real occult, knew how dangerous his previous behavior was, and never dared to make a second similar attempt.
Facing Roy’s praise, Klein looked around the circle and smiled:
”Next, you guys follow me out of Beldan, it’s not that there’s still danger here, but I have to hurry up and fulfill your wishes.”
One was Roy’s wish for Klein to help them leave Beldan, and the other was Pasha’s wish to ask Klein to protect them and let them leave Beldan alive.
Although these two things no longer have any meaning in the current situation, to Kline, it has to be done even if it doesn’t make sense because the fulfillment of the wish is at stake.
I’m just a heartless “wishing machine”…… Klein said to himself and looked at Biles and the others with a smile.
Pasha and the others looked at each other, did not dare to object, as before, took each other’s hands.
Then, Klein took them and “teleported” them to the outskirts of Beldan.
”The Wish Magic has been performed, and it’s time to say goodbye.” Klein then took off his hat and gave a salute, trying to look like a real wandering magician.
It was his habit of playing the part.
Seeing this, Pasha asked offhandedly:
”May we know your name?”
Klein smiled:
”I have too many names, different people have different names for me, you can call me ‘Miracle Magician’ Merlin Hermes.”
”Mr. Hermes, are you a follower of the ‘Goddess of Night’?” Roy asked with hesitation.
…… Klein was momentarily at a loss as to how to answer, as he was tempted to say that he had been, but now he wasn’t.
After a moment’s consideration, he decided to play the role of the “Secret Servant” in advance.
He immediately restrained the smile on his face and said solemnly:
”I serve the ‘Fool, the Lord of Secrecy, the Great Lord above the Spirit World.
”If you wish to believe in this great being, or wish to do more understanding, you may go to the Sunia Sea Rothschild Islands, where the Lord’s missionary, Daniz, is preaching.”
Moreover, Silver City must have all the magic potion formulas before the “Warrior” pathway Sequence 2 …… Klein silently added a sentence in his heart, but did not say it out loud.
Roy nodded slightly and said:
”For the first time, I know that there is such a great being in this world, and your magic shows the light of k.”
He didn’t respond directly to Mr. Merlin Hermes, as he was still hesitant.
The same was true of Pasha, Byers and Phil.
Without further ado, Klein turned away from the four extraordinary men and circled back to Beldan in the other direction.
He did not forget the purpose of his drop-off in this small town, and intended to immediately find a room and go to the gray mist above to study the “Fool” card.
……
Inside a library in another city in Makai County.
A young legal researcher pulled a book off the shelf, walked over to a table by the floor-to-ceiling windows, and sat down.
In the process of carefully flipping through the book, he noticed a page of yellowish-brown paper wedged inside.
”What’s this?” The young legal researcher wondered to himself as he probed his hand and pulled out the paper.
Upon recognizing it, he determined that the paper was written in the ancient Forsak language, with rather rare content:
”…… In the Fourth Age, there was a book called the ‘Book of Trenthorst Brass’ ……”